For the first time in fifteen years, Phish is coming to Charlottesville.   Moving up from Trax and U-Hall, the quartet has graduated to the JPJ.  I don’t think it would be a stretch to propose that this is all Coran’s doing.  Thank you Mr. music mogul.  Between the Jefferson opening around November and Phish landing in December, Charlottesville looks to be resurrecting some musical spirits.  This will actually be Phish’s eighth concert in the city.  Check out the stats of their previous trips below.  Note that their 1990 concert is not included as they have no known setlist.  These statistics are from the original Phish stats site, ZZYZX’s Phish Stats site.

Shows Selected

• 2/21/91 Trax, Charlottesville, VA
• 7/24/91 Trax, Charlottesville, VA
• 11/15/91 Trax, Charlottesville, VA
• 3/25/92 Trax, Charlottesville, VA
• 7/15/92 Trax, Charlottesville, VA
• 10/27/94 University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

78 songs have been played (11% of songs Phish have played).
The average number of songs per show is 23.1.
The average amount of times each song was played is 1.78.
There were 39 onetimers

Total Times Played

Golgi Apparatus – 5 (83%)
My Sweet One – 5
Split Open and Melt – 5
Cavern – 4 (66%)
Chalk Dust Torture – 4
Suzy Greenberg – 4
Bouncing Around the Room – 3 (50%)
Divided Sky – 3
Guelah Papyrus – 3
Possum – 3
Sparkle – 3
The Landlady – 3
The Squirming Coil – 3
All Things Reconsidered – 2 (33%)
Bathtub Gin – 2
Big Black Furry Creature From Mars – 2
Contact – 2
David Bowie – 2
Fee – 2
Glide – 2
Harry Hood – 2
I Am Hydrogen – 2
Llama – 2
Maze – 2
Mike’s Song – 2
Poor Heart – 2
Reba – 2
Run Like an Antelope – 2
Silent in the Morning – 2
Stash – 2
The Horse – 2
The Lizards – 2
Tweezer – 2
Tweezer Reprise – 2
Uncle Pen – 2
Weekapaug Groove – 2
Wilson – 2
Ya Mar – 2
You Enjoy Myself – 2
Buried Alive – 1 (16%)
Colonel Forbin’s Ascent – 1
Cracklin’ Rosie – 1
Destiny Unbound – 1
Dinner and a Movie – 1
Down With Disease – 1
Eliza – 1
Esther – 1
Foam – 1
Frankenstein – 1
Funky Bitch – 1
Highway To Hell – 1
Horn – 1
I Didn’t Know – 1
Icculus – 1
It’s Ice – 1
Jesus Just Left Chicago – 1
Julius – 1
Lawn Boy – 1
Love You – 1
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters – 1
Mound – 1
My Friend My Friend – 1
Rhombus Narration – 1
Rift – 1
Runaway Jim – 1
Setting Sail – 1
Slave to the Traffic Light – 1
Sleeping Monkey – 1
Sweet Adeline – 1
Tela – 1
The Asse Festival – 1
The Curtain – 1
The Famous Mockingbird – 1
The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony – 1
The Sloth – 1
The Vibration of Life – 1
Tube – 1
Vacuum Solo – 1

Full setlists from Phish.net:

1990

• 1990-10-10 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA (No Known Setlist)

1991

• 1991-02-21 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA)
• 1991-07-24 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA)
• 1991-11-15 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA)

1992

• 1992-03-25 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA)
• 1992-07-15 (Trax, Charlottesville, VA)

1994

• 1994-10-27 (University Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA)

2009

• 2009-12-05 (John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA)

Well it appears that Comcast struck a deal with ESPN360.com to open the streaming up to their customers.  I happened to notice this by luck, checking the 360 site for today’s Clemson game.  How happy was I to discover full access to the site, no logins, and all the steaming goodness of college football

A side thought, I am running an old Pentium 4 into the TV that I picked up from work.   Working with an ATI Remote Wonder, I am able to navigate Hulu’s desktop app and control the ESPN360 nearly seamlessly.  Cable and the TiVo’s collection of my favorite programs will be missed, but on demand Internet steaming is definitely the future. Hopefully local television and their parent companies will realize the future and offer web based steaming of their local broadcast.  Being able to queue up your own program is nice, but sometimes I enjoy letting the pros figure out the schedule.  How about some XML based broadcast exchange.  You want a program, you submit a request for the steam, and different companies compete to fill the request.  Queuing for each section of programming is on half hour increments to all help with bidding and some standard of which commercials may be inserted.  You choose your broadcast company.  They know what you like, sorta how Netflicks knows how you like your movies, they the multiplex steams of your taste.  Some steams are traditional scheduled based broadcast while others are a dynamic blend based off of your preferences.  Broadcasters are paid off of the value of their steam, just like normal television, and the multiplexers sell their audience. Everyone wins.

Prior to the DTV transition, Charlottesville had two channels for high definition content,  NBC-29 and WHTJ-41 in the valley.  Running the TV through auto program today reveals that every channel is running in some sort of HD now.  This is exciting as most programs are shot in HD now.  More sports and news in HD.  I like that.

Here is the breakdown:

• 16-1 ABC16 720p
• 16-2 CBS19 480i
• 19-1 CBS19 1080i
• 19-2 19NOW 480i
• 19-3 FOX27 480i
• 27-1 FOX27 720p
• 27-2 MyCvill 480i
• 29-1 NBC29HD 1080i
• 29-2 Wx+ 480i
• 29-3 CW29 480i
• 41-1 WHTJ-HD 1080i
• 41-2 WHTJ-D2 480i
• 41-3 WHTJ-D3 480i

Having all the channels in HD is exciting.  I’ve found that the extra weather channels on the side are useful.  The extra feature makes the weather channel a necessasity of the past.  If there are other channels any one has found.  Let me know.

I know it is late, but if you are still undecided. The Charlottesville Tomorrow website has some good information about who is running. Charlottesville City Voter Guide and the Albemarle County Vote Guide

Umphrey’s McGee and the Disco Biscuits took turns rocking the Pavilion Wednesday night. Umphrey’s started it out during the day with a smaller but dedicated crowd. People rolled in until well after the Disco Biscuits started playing. I got some sweet tapes out of it. We ran about 45′ FOB 8′ high, 24″ right of center. The sound was tweaked where the bass was right in the sweet spot. Either way both bands were excellent and everyone had a great time.

Big thanks to the crowd and security for making the venue such a great success.

After the big show everyone dispersed to do their bidding. Balloons seemed present and welcomed. Everyone needs a good laugh. That being said, we made our way to Obit to check out Tucker’s fantastic Wednesday Night Music Showcase where the Kings of Belmont (K.O.B.) rocked it out with a high energy infused rocking party. People were getting down while Max tore notes well into the night.

Set List:

06.27.07 WED
Charlottesville Pavilion

UMPHREYS
I: Jam> Plunger> JO> Plunger-> Rock Fuzz> Partyin’ Peeps, Wizard Burial Ground> Stew,
Thin Air, Great American, Got Your Milk (Right Here)> All In Time, YYZ

BISCUITS
I: Caterpillar, Highwire> 7-11> Above the Waves (Inverted)> (Echoes fakeout)> Spaga>
Story of the World, Spacebirdmatingcall

Encore: Rock Candy

Disco Biscuit Videos:

Kings of Belmont Videos: