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| I am getting some time to reacquaint myself with the weird world of Phish. If you have never come across them before they are possibly the biggest band that you have never heard of. Now that The Grateful Dead have finally called it a day they are the biggest thing on the American jam band circuit with the possible exception of The Dave Matthews Band . A jam band is a group who extemporise (make it up as they go along) and the basis for the music can come from virtually any genre. There are country, rock, blues and even electronica jam bands. What they all have in common is the ability to take a basic framework, like a song, and take the music off in any direction that they chose.
Phish are a favourite although I have a really soft spot for The Grateful Dead, this is strange because I am not into anything more mind altering than Old Peculiar. In terms of the sound, Phish play an eclectic mix of rock and funk and unlike the Grateful Dead when Phish play bluegrass it is almost always with tounge in cheek. Phish produce ordinary studio albums generally with short eclectic songs but it is LivePhish that garners the most hardcore support. You have probably never heard of them because they are a touring band who live stream and sell downloads to those who cannot make the concerts. Amongst the travelling army of true believers the constant fear is missing the one concert where something special happens. This might be a rarely performed song out of their repertoire of over 400 songs, an entire album of someone else's material like their recreation of The White Album, or even an elaborate joke like when they set up an entirely fictional online backstory for an entirely bogus Scandanavian pop band called Kasvost Vaxt in order to play an album of 90's dodgy Scand Pop material.
A typical live Phish track can be of any length. A three minute studio track can become the jumping off point for an hour long experimental jam. Those who have entered the world know the secret language. They know the strange references to the fantasy world of Gamehenge without which some of the early tracks make no sense but everyone should find much of what they do accessible as Phish have never been afraid to take on cover versions.
Phish concerts generally have audiences in the tens of thousands. Sometimes however they will put on whole weekend festivals at which they are the only performers. Audiences for these events can run into the hundreds of thousands. Although there is a definite skew towards the more left of centre in the audience the band generally keep out of politics and as such also have a strong following on the libertarian right.
After touring for over 30 years and becoming multimillionaires in the process Phish were still touring up until the recent pandemic. As a sub cultural movement they are one of a small group of bands who have been stunningly successful without registering on most peoples radars. If you have an hour or two sit back and listen to some LivePhish.
PS My wife hates them and will not stay in the same room if they are on the hifi.
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| Quote: SouthStander.com "I was surprised by Ready Player One, not usually my kind of thing but very enjoyable. Also agree on Picard, very good for the most part but some elements a little drawn out.
Finished Ozark season three now. What a final scene!
Watched Jo Jo Rabbit last night and not 100% sure. Good film, well made, well produced but didn’t sit quite right. Laughter and tears in almost equal measure while poking fun at fascism, what’s not to like? I understand what it was trying to do, and to say, but not sure it hit home. Very quirky, wont be for everyone, worth persevering with though.'"
Watched Jo Jo Rabbit twice now, and I agree, I still don't quite get it.
Found Spaceballs on a "rbp" channel, still funny! "Use the Schwartz!"
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| Hunters - Amazon Prime.
The premise is very good until episode 4, then the plot twists become obvious (well, they did to me). All in all very well put together but, like Picard, strangely contorted to be less than the sum of it's parts by the end. A massive miss from Amazon to go "Marvelistic" with something that could have been genuinely interesting. They are doing a second series, which I imagine will be the last (it should be), unless they indulge in some Dallas-esque shower/dream sequence to bring cast members back.
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| Devils Advocate - have flicked past this so many times, for some reason I watched it today, and what a film! I wouldn't describe it as a horror, just very strange.
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| Safe - Netflix
Twist a minute binge fest which saw us watch all 8 episodes over two nights. Once you get over Michael C Hall’s slightly awkward British middle-class accent it a good watch. Filmed in parts of the world I know; Manchester, Salford and Liverpool, it canteras along at a good place. Cliff-hangers at the end of almost every episode and had me unable to spot the ‘killer’ until midway through the penultimate episode. Well worth a watch. A good 8/10.
Oh, but you’ll have to turn a blind eye to some of the technical mistakes (IT).
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eurovision-the story of fire saga
.......downright silly, bad accents, ott singers/songs but strangely addictive...if you suffer and enjoy eurovision every year you will love it...if you dont...you will hate it.....the songs are very good, catchy and very eurovision, plenty of cameos from past winners....but its the final song after the event that will get you singing and demanding it to be played in pubs once they re-open! PLAY JAJA Ding Dong!!!
The Order
completed season one..quite surprised how good the first series was..10 episodes completed over 2 days. A magic cult set in a us college is infiltrated by a young student who wants to find out how his mother died....students start being picked off one by one who are pledges wanting to join The Order...about to start season 2 so here's hoping its as good as the first.
Hollywood
Excellent....be aware lots of sex, sexual references, racism and homophobia and exploitation....but it is set in the Golden Age of Hollywood films. only problem was it wasn't long enough...8 episodes.
Salvation
watched both series..then found out it got cancelled so left on a what happens next......
Asteroid discovered to be heading to earth by a student,teams up with a multi millionaire who has built an arc style space ship (just in case), us government knows and bumps off anyone who tries to tell....a US coup by the presidents staff and army ...russian threatens war with the US...but both are being held to ransom by a cyber terrorist group....first season was good...second seemed to drag on through the middle but picked up towards the end.
The Floor Is Lava
idea is good and fun....gave up after 2 episodes due to the over the top egotistical american contestants who felt the need to shout louder each time they spoke to each other.
Currently into week 14 of shielding so just a few programmes i've got round to watch atm
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