HT Giveaway: Win A Phish Joy Box Finale
We’ve finally reached the end of our Phish Joy Box giveaway and we’d like to thank everybody for participating. The answers you’ve provided have been stellar and in a few days we’ll use a random number generator to pick two winners of the Joy Box which includes includes the CD plus 10 posters dedicated to each one of Joy’s 10 tracks each designed by a different artist, an extensive hard-bound booklet, as well as a “complete second album” called Party Time along with a DVD featuring some live performances from ’09.
[A Look at a Joy Box Mockup]
Today, we’ve got our eighth of eight questions and each answer you give to each of our eight questions will count as one entry in the contest. That’s right, you can enter eight times by answering all eight questions. Just don’t get greedy and answer the same question twice. This contest will run until September 25, 2009 at 11:59PM.
Just follow the rules below and we’ll announce our winners on 9/28:
- To enter the contest leave a comment below telling us about the best Phish concert that you’ve attended
- All comments must be longer than 10 words and shorter than 50
- Your comment must be left by 11:59 PM EST on Friday, Sept. 25
- Don’t be greedy, only one entry per person, per question
- Winners will be selected at random from all entries to all 8 questions
- Winners receive one copy of the Joy Box each
So there you have it. As you see, question #8 is “what is the best Phish show you’ve personally attended?” Thanks so much for participating and we’ll announce the winners on Monday, so check back to see if you’ve won.
- HT Joy Box Giveaway: Question #1, Question #2, Question #3, Question # 4, Question #5, Question #6, Question #7
- Previously on HT: Joy Review, Festival 8 Giveaway
- Dry Goods: Joy Box Pre-order
Scott Bernstein
Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.
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08/08/2009 Gorge, one of those everything shows. The crowd, the energy, the scenery, the sunset, the jams, the antics, the lights, all of it.
Third time’s a charm. My third show was the amazing White Album Halloween, 10/31/94. After a quick visit with my sister at Skidmore College, I drove to lovely Glens Falls for the show. An absolutely incredible night that never ended. Oddly, my memories of that night are in black and white. Should I be concerned about that? Pumped for The 8!!!!
1. Big Cypress – pure bliss. Time of my life.
Top 3?
2. 7.15.00 Columbus – dragged my pops there and a couple other family members. They were blown away.
3. 8.7.09 Gorge. Something was in the air that night.
besides big cypress being the best time of my life, my favorite show would be 08/09/98-va beach ampitheatre. I was 17 and had been to a few lots outside shows and jumped the fence the night before at merriweather during setbreak, but this was my first full show.
From the pyite opener through some of the best gems of phish’s catalog to the terrapin station encore! As soon as the first 6 notes of terrapin dropped, my teenage eyes saw more people cry than I could imagine. Great tour, great show!
10/21/95 Phish Pershing Auditorium, Lincoln, NE
Later to become a live download release. Drove from Lawrence KS with a great crew, great show, great memories.
Amy’s farm, what an energy, hidden away in maine, free, last min announcement!! it was awesome!
after driving and sitting in the car for 30+ hours, begging a local farmer to let us camp in his field, and hiking five miles to the show…I would say coventry was the experience of a lifetme!
8/15/09 my first (and so far only) show. I’m 16 and wasn’t able to see them before 09. Incredible. Will be seeing more.
Big Cypress has an unfair advantage but beyond that… 11/22/97 is probably the best beyond that.
12/31/02 Madison Square Garden. There first show back after the hiatus and my first ever Phish live experience, unreal. Seven Below around midnight with fake snow and people on stilts. WOW
5/30/93- Laguna Seca Daze- they opened with lengthwise. Great weather, great festival, great friends, great show!
My first show was Nobelsville this year (thanks to my parents and the haitus). That day was amazingly hot, the lightning storm/glow stick war during Fluffhead was friggin crazy, we got kicked out of the venue and the second set melted my face. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Other than Big Cypress, My personal fav, that I went to was 12/31/1995.
i’m gonna go with 8/1/99, the second set was everything i wanted!
I don’t know that it’s the “best,” by your (who every you are) measure, but 8/2/97 was my favorite attendance.
11/22/97. This show found phish during an apex of creativity at a favorite venue of theirs. Its difficult to select a favorite show, but this one has them pulling out all the stops and to this day is recalled as a top dog among fans.
So hard to pick just one BUT I will go with 8/16/96, first day of The Clifford Ball. There was an incredible vibe that whole weekend and they backed up the crowd’s expectations with 2 incredble shows. While second set from 8/17 is one of my all time favorite sets, the 8/16 show from top to bottom was just amazing. Also in the running for me are 12/31/95, 11/27/98, 7/25/99 and a bunch of others. Tough question indeed.
[...] Question #8: What is the best Phish show you’ve personally attended? [...]
With 125+ shows going back to 11/27/92 I’ve seen some really amazing shows, but none compare to the experience I had on 8/14/09 1st row, between Trey and Page. From the first notes, they picked me up and spun me round, not letting me go until that awful WMGGW encore.
7-25-99 DeerCreek. The best 1st set I’ve seen to this day, and has to be considered in their Best of. The Meat, MFMF>MLT>Whipping Post is beyond epic. The Makisupa was hilarious, the Boogie On raged. Huge Birds>Walk Away. Classic Purple Rain! Enough Said!
9/18/1999 @ Chula Vista is a show I will always remember. From the 22 minute “Boogie”, to staring @ the side of the mountain, next to the venue. It was a special night for me.
Hard to top Big Cypress.
Hamburg, Germany 1996. Out of body experience.
6/24/94 – Murat Theater, Indianapolis, IN. This was my first show and is etched in my mind like no other. DSky opener, McGrupp, Sloth, Demand, Antelope. Nuts, I tell ya!
oh gosh, it’s like picking your favorite child. I would have to say 11.27.98 Worcester (the “Wipeout” show) or 4.4.98 / 4.5.98 Island Tour shows.