Benjy Eisen

“Maybe it’s not too late / to learn how to love and forget how to hate” - Prince of Darkness. #ripozzy

Ok, Phish, I see what you did w/ Devotion to a Dream and I raise you The Line: low-key shelve under-appreciated songs, bust them out years later during a peak-level tour, and everyone leaves happy. The new becomes old and the old become VINTAGE. Love these 3.0 bust-outs this tour. Love this tour!

1984 just came 50 years late, that’s all. #orwell

I think we all are. :)

33 years ago, Phish played the Mann Music Center for their first time. And they closed that show with Antelope, too. #phish #20yearslater

First, Trey wants a platform to be closer to Mike. Now, Mike wants a vacuum to be closer to Fish. #spiritfamily #phish #waveofhope

If you have IEM’s, sure!

CK5 is the Mann!!

#phish

The problem with Phish shows like the one last night is there’s always the fear - how are they going to top it tonight? I have no idea… but let’s find out!!

Tonight’s Phish show had that special sauce — Philly whiz!!

I’ll have to relisten when not caught up in the adrenaline of the win, but that Sand may be my favorite jam from the summer so far. Creative and exploratory, four as one, with the 2025 Hose Jam to bring it home. #phish #colorcommentary

Welcome back to the majors, Sand. All dressed up in your Philthydelphia jersey, like the varsity player you are #phish #colorcommentary

#phish: Yo Adrian! Bowies historically hit a little harder in Philadelphia. Add in a clandestine Caspian callback jam and I’ll take it home with me!

Runaway Jim -> Foam. It’s like muscle memory from a time long ago… and nothing at all like riding a bike.

But “Bike” would be nice too, while we’re at it.

#phish

Ahh… I didn’t see it in the one review I read. And not to worry - it deserves mention (because of the same venue element) but nobody is calling it Destiny Unbound, Timber (Jerry) or Lushington. :)

Phish Geekery: Don't know why this has gone without comment by Phish commentators, but the "Devotion to a Dream" bust-out last night had a nice callback built in - it was last played in the same venue... nine years earlier.

Gluten-free In-N-Out double-double hack - bring your own GF bun from the Trader Joe’s down the street….

Just no.

Nice save, Piper!
#phish

Adding context to Phish since the wee 90’s, @benjy-eisen.bsky.social nails it as usual. He’s got good material to work with ⭕️🔥

Trey sporting his monde greens tonight is somehow good portent. #phish

Phish Stacks 51 Minutes Of Back-To-Back Jams At Long-Awaited Austin Return Phish’s first show within Austin city limits since 2010 delivered a dazzling one-two punch of improvisation, with back-to-back jams on “Fuego” and “Golden Age” totaling over 51 mind-bending minutes of...

Everything IS Bigger In Texas: #Phish made sure of that at Austin's Moody Center, laying down an improv-heavy show featuring back-to-back +20-minute jams.

Read Benjy Eisen's recap + check out the setlist, The Skinny, videos and more

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Cults these days make me nostalgic for the Flaming Lips.

Cults these days make me nostalgic for the Polyphonic Spree.

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Consistently outplayed by his own allies - because they’re actual politicians while he’s just trying to play one on tv. Maybe his game worked in Atlantic City but it doesn’t on the world stage. Actually… it didn’t in Atlantic City either.

And THAT is why and how you Phish.
#N3 #tweezerfest

Like hot dogs at a ballpark, there is just something so god damn American Traditional about Phish opening a show with “Runaway Jim.”

Okay, Trey, yes, you can keep the new guitar. “Koa 1.5” #phish

#phish geekery cont. - “Old Home Place” really takes us back to a certain time, more than place.

And a pause for a little first set nostalgia just gets more and more comforting as the years/tours go by.