Submit: What do you think it means to be a phishhead?

Eddie:

• You store all of your tapes in the safe in case the house burns down.

Sniffles:

• you trade your last 40 for a ticket

SlavePhan:

• every time austin city limits comes on, you get phone calls from all your friends telling you not to miss them on TV.
• You have 35 emails from friends after Phish is on the Simpsons.
• You consider Phish your religion
• Almost every day of the year, you think of a historical phish show. Ex - 8/20/01, damn, they played red rocks for the first time 8 years ago! You then continue to play the show all day long in honor of the moment.
• You've changed your email system to put Phish as the company you work for
• You liken your old tapes to family members
• You realize that '93 was in fact the greatest year of the band! ha!
• while pledging a fraternity during hell week, your only rule as punishment is not to talk about Phish the whole time - it was quite hard i must admit
• your nickname is SlavePhan

Turbo:

• you're around your town and you think you see a member at least once a day.
• speaking of the band you have to say, "I love it, I love it, I love it."

sebass:

• You spend your first hour of work reading these posts and begin to formulate a plan on how to use remaining vacation days and some well placed excuses on why you have to miss a month of work to go on tour once hiatus is over.

AWL:

• you have a one hour presentation in philosophy class the next day but you spend all night long reading these quotes and downloading more Phish shows
• you try to incorporate Phish into every paper, assignement and presentation you do
• you want to drop out of school, never get a job and spend all your time listening to shows until they come back

Heather:

• you've planned a small gathering to watch "Weekend at Burnsies," but you have asked everyone to please not talk during the show.
• your phriends and phamily understand you're gone as soon as the boys go back on tour.

Buzzy:

• You and your friend are in computer literacy class and you have to make a list of your friends' names and addresses on microsoft excell, but when you get past 5 names you realize you don't have any more friends, and you start adding names like Chris Kuroda, Harry Hood and Suzy Greenberg and making up fake addresses for them.

scarymonster:

• you have a special place in your heart for everyone named Jimmy....
• you once owned a cat affectionately named Poster Nutbag.
• you laugh every time you drive down Mall Blvd and see the Wilson Rd sign with the King of Prussia Mall in the background. (KOP,PA)

JimAwayRun:

• A song as gorgeous as "Let it Be" has turned into nothing more than a commercial, if you will, for Sleeping Monkey.
• A great live Piper will make your mind spin until you could do nothing more than fall back on your bed, and laugh, and laugh until you fall apart.

Dude Man Guy:

• No Matter WHAT concert you ever attend, you think... It would be great to see Phish here.
• You miss everything... even the shit you hated about tour.

LStrecky:

• you read all of these entries and cry because YOU MISS THEM SOOOOO MUCH!!
• you know your scream of joy will be heard around the world when the hiatus is over
• your six year old is singing AXILLA at the top of her little lungs in Walgreens.

JimAwayRun:

• You often wonder how much better everyday events such as dinner with the family,or taking a shower would be if they were lit by C.K.

Yonder Precipice:

• you just know in your heart how right it is

Jersey Phan:

• this list is almost too much to bear emotionally

WaterBuffalo:

• You would rather chill outside and listen to YEM in the back of your Volvo station wagon than go inside to the party.
• You name your piece "Phishy Phishy Phishy" and talk to it.
• People tell you Phish is spelled wrong and you just stare at them.
• You drive a car with more than 5 Phish stickers on it... and taking one off is a sin
• You use YEM and Piper as your musical reference in your English projects.
• You have a folder on your comp called "Phish Philes"
• You think there should be an annual jam called "Phish Phest"

Ryan C:

• You start listening to a different band just because the boys cover them........ and they wind up doing it better

scarymonster:

• you already know that "Weekend at Burnsie's" is going to be the best Simpson's episode ever!
• You'd like to light a fire under Jeff's ass to post some new stories up here.

Woo-Hoo! Guy:

• You are listening to NPR and they have just finished a story about Antarctica.  The music after the story is Tweezer Reprise, and you get the joke. The story was about Antarctia, and the next thing you hear is "won't you step into the freezer?" ...F-ing brilliant.

Prince of Prussia:

• You never miss an episode of Beat the Geeks on comedy central because movie geek totally reminds you of cactus mike.

Althea:

• You realize while driving through Burlington why slave to the traffic light is actually a feeling.

Dennis:

• you have a tattoo of the bands logo on you ankle and you believe in four gods

Allen:

• your cheeks hurt from the non-stop perm-a-grin you have on right now because every one of the entries on this list applies to you, and you absolutely love the shit out of it.

Jughead:

• You hate scalpers!!!!!
• You're at looking at this page.

JimAwayRun:

• In '97 you convinced your grandparents to move their Italy trip from summer to spring, so you could go along and catch the boys-EUROPEAN STYLE!

CactusFrank:

• The lyrics to songs have helped you on science tests on several occasions (i.e Rift,Golgi)

Mr. Cheese:

• you drove 2 days to get to NYE 2000. 
• the smell of tour takes over your car, and you love it. 
• people that don't like PHISH say, "I heard they broke up," and all you can say is... "You don't know what the F@*K you're talking about!"
• When 500 hours of PHISH discs just isn't enough. 
• When you sit at your computer and think of things to write on this website!!! 
• When every single pin number you have is related to PHISH. 
• When every poster on your wall is of PHISH. 
• When you go to bed at night, and wake up the next day remembering all the cool dreams you had about hanging out with the band (even when you were bugging the S%$T out of them in your dream!)

uno dos TREY:

• You can spot yourself in the front row at Big Cypress grooving to "Heavy Things" on ABC during a camera shot over the crowd.

Rob:

• you find yourself playing "Name that Phish Tune" with a co-worker. (E-mail me for the rules.)
• you have had at least a two hour discussion on the philosophical meaning of "Boy.Man.God.Shit."
• you think the joke "Why did the kid get thrown out of the Phish show?" "Because he Panic-ed." is actually funny.
• you have several different savings programs going on for when the Boys come back.
• when the Muzak system where you work plays Deodato's version of 2001, all you can think of is Fishman's ba-boom-tap, boom-tap, boom-tap that starts the song off when they do it.
• your boss catches you singing Sneakin' under your breath and asks if you like Robert Palmer. (i said he's applauded)
• you rent a golf cart and go to the local mall to drive up and down the rows almost hitting people - just to see what that feels like
• you've already made the first-show-back-set one-opener call, and know you're right.
• just seeing and hearing Page, Mike, and Trey together at new year's had you acting like a 12 year old girl at a N-Sync concert.
• your car's engine sound sometimes reminds you of Mike when he's thumpin' on the Modulus

Boonejam:

• I don't know about everyone else, but personally I CANT go to sleep with a Phish show on because it brings back too many memories....
• You actually feel sorry for the other guys who "just don't get it"

JessieLee:

• you are at work in a hotel, trey walks up to you, and you think you are dreaming. then you start to talk to him, he invites you to the show (phil and phriends), and you almost die of excitement.

Chase & Ben:

• Every time you drive by the Rochester skyline you always hear Golgi playing in your head. Always.

Mike:

• when you're already reserving tickets w/ about 50 scalper services in case your ticket for the first show back slips away

Bathtub Vin:

• gooballs are the main course at every meal
• you read every one of these posts
• when you tell people you like Phish, they ask if they are Dave Matthews, and you walk away shaking your head

Todd Duvall:

• When you train in the off-season to rush the gates at festivals in hope of becoming one of the lucky few to claim a spot on the rail
• you go witness any other live music, no matter how great it is, SCI, Moe. or Creek - once inside, you wish it was the boys from Vermont on stage

scarymonster:

• you spend your entire lunch reading phish stories about other phishhead's phishheadedness.

Kevin:

• You know you're a phishhead when you save up all of your christmas, easter, lawn mowing, and couch change money for five months so you can buy 4 tickets instead of one for a show you're going to, just so you can find deserving miracles, only to have the tickets stolen out of your locker at school by a thug who used them as rolling papers... and it just so happens your own personal miracle is granted when your best friend manages to get his hands on an extra ticket to get you into the show, yet you are more mad about the four people you could have gotten into the show, and apologize to every fan who approaches you and begin telling them your story until they walk away, or it's over.

Josh:

• You dream that you are at phish show and Trey ask you to come up on stage see a tune with the band.

Zach:

• When you're on a plane ride home from L.A. and two girls in front of you are discussing Phish...  they're talking about how they will never come back, and a rage builds inside you, then you feel the need to cry

Shaun:

• you spend an hour in the bookstore with frustrated employees, determined to find the Helping Friendly book

Wyndem:

• you are fed up with stupid people who like to throw glowsticks at the band.

Lauren:

• you could lip sync to the entire album "Rift" by the time you were 6.

wishiniwereaphishin:

• when someone asks you what type of music you listen to, you say Phish
• when they ask you what your favorite song is you smile to yourself and say Phish
• when they ask you to explain, you smile to yourself again and know that they just don't understand

john kiesow:

• when you have ALL of their songs on mp3 even though you own all the cds anyway

Jillian:

• when someone tells you that your obsessed with Phish, and you take that as a compliment.

Jon:

• You come to realize that this fall is still too soon...

jesse:

• nicu is your pin number

Zach:

• You almost hit a possum in the road on the way to Oswego, and you get this stupid grin on your face.
• You won't even consider dating someone who isn't into phish because it's such a big part of your lifestyle.
• You start silently planning how you're going to get tickets to that first show back from hiatus.

Kris Mitchell:

• you turn your 12 year-old brother on to the band, then get mad at him when he doesn't like one of your favorite songs.
• you whip up two tournaments based on the ncaa basketball tournament. one for phish original songs and one for covers.
• you have mental pictures of what people on the great debate look like even though you've never seen them.
• you feel bittersweet motel got robbed at the oscars.
• you wouldn't mind if your girl slept with a member of the band (and you're rooting for it to be trey).
• when people start telling you your tour stories would make good movies.
• you're starting to think that tattoo of jerry on your leg would like some company.
• you hate sci because you think they're trying to steal phish's thunder (as if).
• you've become a jazz fan when you used to think it was boring.
• you can't help but feel jealous when people tell you they've seen more shows than you.
• you won't tell people you dislike tela cause you know it's a popular song and you don't wanna be judged.
• you don't wanna listen to antelope on tape too much cause you still want it to be special to you.
• you hate to admit to yourself that you really do like phish more than the dead.

ceej:

• you absolutely love trey in the "simple" scene of bittersweet
• you think every cover is better than the original version
• you celebrate YEM friday
• you get offended when people say the dead are definitely better than the boys (no way...hahaaa...)
• you have obsession phases with each member and realize that they actually are irreplaceable and perfect for each other
• you come up with random theories based on the boys (compared to most overpowering and boring drummers, fishman hits cymbals like no other...he lets everybody be heard while still keepin a flowing, steady, phatty beat)
• you can come up with tales forever

colforbin:

• - you are still trying to figure out the weird, alien type stuff at the end of the second set, Halloween 96. (I still don't get it)

Jeremy:

• you drive all the way to sunny florida by yourself jamming to Hampton comes alive  to see the most unbelievable show ever! And then you have the entire hampton collection memorized word for word all the way back home.

Ryan C:

• YOU'RE STARTING TO REALLY BELIEVE THESE RUMORS!!!!!!!! FALL 2002

snlplager:

• You want to catch the band and keep them in a big jar in your basement.

Maggey:

• the first shows your were going to, your mom had to drive you.

Ben Davis:

• You find yourself running through a deep dark enchanted forrest, when in actuality you're just driving around extremely high, grooving to a good Antelope.

  Corey Green:

• you spend all of your time at work making up fantasy setlists and sending them to your friends to see if they can figure out what all the songs have in common
• you refuse to get rid of any tour shirt, no matter how many holes it has
• you drive all night after one phish show just to wait in a 4-hour line to get into the weekend festival the next day
• you have told everyone you know that "hiatus" isn't the same thing as breaking up
• you smile when you see a sign at rest stop that says "cars trucks buses"
• when you hear the name wilson, you automatically think "king of prussia"
• it takes you ten minutes just to decide which tape to listen to in the car
• when you get in your friend's car and can immediately tell which show you are listening to

Dudeman:

• In your high school, the paper was wondering what college everyone was going to, and about 20 people went to NICU. 

millie grace:

• at one point in your life you have attempted to save enough money to have mike follow you around for one day, pounding on the bass.

kyle:

• you all of a sudden get it in your head that you have to hear 'loving cup' from the darien center show 2000, but quickly realize that you can't listen to that without hearing that awesome 'Character Zero' first, since you love that one so much, and then you remember the 'suzy greenberg' from the first set and go nuts because that's got to be one of the coolest things ever, and then you remember that the whole thing started off with PYITE (which was your password for a very long time), and then you just had to listen to the whole show because there was no other choice. everybody, picture yourself at a show right now... do it.

  now try to remember that feeling all day long.

  Greg:

  • You just want to weigh everything you see.
  • You get lost in a maze of a 30 min jam, get out and say, "I know what life means."
  • You want to steal a Deer crossing sign every time you see one

Larry Bird:

• When yours friends starts calling you fish.
• When you have over 100 Phish mp3s on your winamp playlist and still are downloading more!

Miro:

• Every time you see another car with Phish stickers, you feel moved to speed up and show them your Phish stickers!
• No matter how bad your day is, a little Phish jammin' and a cold one makes it all smooth.
• Twenty years from now, when your kids or their friends ask you if you know about Phish, you can tell them you were there and how damn cool it was.

Jackson:

• you are constantly taking gravity bong rips out of your kitchen sink

bobdude:

• You have YEM engraved on your bowling ball instead of your initials.
• You book your honeymoon at a hotel in Burlington, just so you can do a shot of jager at Nectar's.

Phish91267:

• you quote bittersweet motel to your phriends and laugh with pure joy!

• your phirst phish experience was when a phriend lent you "farmhouse" in 2/00, and you heard dirt and inlaw, and you can honestly say it changed your life!!

Willy J:

• Everybody knows you as "that guy that listens to Phish"
• You constantly argue that Phish is better than Bob Marley, although its a tough choice.
• Whenever you see Phish food ice cream you buy it out of respect.
• You feel privileged that you are in a group called "heads" and/or "phish heads"

Rob:

• you get goosebumps from reading what other phishheads have to say

Jonny Q the Woo Hoo! guy:

• You follow the band night after night, get to the show 3 hours early, and stay at least an hour after, all the time walking each lot at least 4 times yelling, Woo Hoo! as you're trying to sell stickers so you can get the next show.

Stephy:

• when you have 6 different screen names and they all have to do with PHiSH
• when you tell everyone you meet your "words of wisdom" ("PHiSH shows are better than SEX!")

Staley:

• you wake up in the morning and check the date on your computer to see if you are "TMWSIY" (the man who stepped into yesterday)
• you have already asked your parents for your own hiatus from college as soon as phish comes back from theirs
• you and your friends have all permanently adopted the names of gamehenge characters for yourselves
• you DON'T WANT A GOLDFISH!

Candice:

• Your class song was Down With Disease.

Front Row Chick:

• You stop asking people how old they are, and instead how many shows they've been to.
• The only time you've TRULY had a religious experience was at a show.
• You wouldn't be able to live another day if the gremlins flew out of the sky and took the music with them into the abyss.
• You don't understand why they don't get it. I mean, how could they NOT???!!
• You realize you're COMPLETELY in love with something that has no name, no face, no body, but can consume you entirely and hold you in it like a child and make all the evils and wrongs and nothingness of the world and beyond all better....if only for 2 short hours.

oldguywhocombskidshairattheYMCA:

• you realize what music really is
• you'd drive across North America just to sit in a parking lot
• I think that sums it up

Nathan:

• your goal one summer was to steal the Llama Lane sign in the neighborhood next to you
• Your band always talks about the Trey faces you make while jamming.
• The place you buy CD-rs at has a 50 pack ready for you every week.
• People can't understand why you're always carrying around that bookful of CD-Rs everywhere you go.
• Your english teacher knows as much about Phish as you do through the numerous papers you've written on Phish.
• Every show you've been to since the hiatus you've found yourself saying, "It's just not the same..."

Andy:

• You listen to a show for the first time ever on you headphones, and an excellent guitar lick or some comment by Trey sends a grin a mile wide to your face, and you look up and everybody's looking at you.

Stev-o

• you realize that you're sitting in your car in the parking lot of the local store, you're dancing to a sick mike's groove, and everyone is staring at you as they walk by.

dandelion:

• The day your cat, the coolest cat, had to be put to sleep, also happens to be the day before your birthday. Your boyfriend decides to give you your present early, to cheer you up. As you are listening to it (Live One 2), Trey shouts "Your cat DIED," and you burst into laughter, just because Phish can always make it better.
• you know for a fact that if you had been turned on to Phish way back.....your life would be completely different than it is now.
• you cannot understand why you didn't get turned on to Phish back then? Was I living in a vacuum?
• Now that you are a complete fan, you cannot forgive that ex for taking someone else to that show, and he didn't even want to go to!!
• Having yet to see a show, you don't even have to wonder what it would be like....bliss.
• Having your established Phishead mate quiz you on song titles as they come on, and you pass with flying colors.
• You can hear the same songs, the same tapes, the same shows...over and over, and it always feels like the first time.
• You know, with your heart, your soul, and every fiber of your being, they WILL grace that stage again, and there will be tears of joy shed. Because it all comes back to PHISH
• You just know...because this one is for you.

Submit: What do you think it means to be a phishhead?