Comments on: Hidden Flick: Phish At The Creek

By: Hidden Track » Hidden Flick Turns 50: A Celebration

Hidden Track » Hidden Flick Turns 50: A Celebration — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:01:43 +0000

[...] Subliminal message IV (page turner): An always radiant and welcome Stash and an intense Vultures, with its early notes nodding back to old school Phish as penned by leader/guitarist/frontman/vocalist/future fall guy/scene figurehead Trey Anastasio with a hard rock motif pounded home with emphasis by Mike Gordon on bass, Jon Fishman on drums, and Page McConnell on piano and keyboards. For those who may have caught Phish in their latter years, Walnut Creek documents a strong group performance. McConnell is perfect, especially emphasizing his dynamic ability to anticipate, enhance, and play off his band mates, and, if the moment calls for it, an epic thunderstruck storm which hits the venue during Bye Bye Foot, a rarely played Fishman original, and takes a colossal role during Taste, as the DVD shows McConnell’s reaction to the storm, the thunder hitting the amphitheatre walls, and pushes the entire band to deliver one of their finest performances of the song. Phish ride the weather and the jam rises and falls, escalates, bends, shoots outwards, and fluctuates the tempo based upon the massive thunderstorm. Suffice to say, the film presents a band finding a way to make transcendent music during what 99% of other bands would call a hellacious shit storm that screamed: “Get the fuck off the stage!” [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:08:34 +0000

Great review. Got my “shipped” confirmation today! Can’t wait to hear the bonus disc too!

By: Andrew "Butch" Weiss

Andrew "Butch" Weiss — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:49:46 +0000

amazing review, Randy. Stellar as always.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:01:20 +0000

Oh, definitely! I was in a groove so I left that in…I make loads of literary errors, but I sometimes let a few errors slide in the spirit of the thang. Thanks for reading!

By: scottyg70

scottyg70 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:54:01 +0000

Great review, complete with an AWESOME run-on sentence in paragraph three. Well done!

By: zappafrank

zappafrank — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:17:21 +0000

Thanks for the good review. I can’t wait for August 5 to come around

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:09:11 +0000

I wish i could find some more of those little orange barrels that helped make that night so amazing…

By: the joker

the joker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:11:08 +0000

d00d, i am so f%^king excited and inspired after reading this…i was on the train to work reading this on my crackberry, listening to taste from walnut creek…i just wanted to get up and dance with joy…thanks for the great preview and bringing back the memories.

By: Phish — Walnut Creek « Musical Stew Daily

Phish — Walnut Creek « Musical Stew Daily — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:31:02 +0000

[...] Glide Magazine has been ever so kind to give us their take on Phish’s new archival DVD release, Walnut Creek. [...]