Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Operation 'Phish Phry'

PCWorld - Kenneth Joseph Lucas II, of Los Angeles, was one of a total of 100 people arrested by Egyptian and US authorities as part of Operation Phish Phry in 2009, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) said resulted in the highest number of people being charged ...... Read Full Article

Friday, March 2, 2012

Phish throws a line to charities

Ithaca Journal - JEFF RICHARDS / STAFF PHOTO » What: Phish: Super Ball IX, a three-day festival. » Where: Watkins Glen International, 2790 county Route 16, Watkins Glen. » Tickets: General admission tickets are $200 in advance, $230 starting Friday; special passes are ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Phish festival inspires release of special ale

Elmira Star-Gazette - Tasting Room Manager Mike Benz pulls a taste of Hop Stash IPA brewed at the Ithaca Beer Company specially for the Phish concert at Watkins Glen International. / SIMON WHEELER / STAFF PHOTO ITHACA -- In homage to the jam band Phish, which will play this ...... Read Full Article

Friday, February 24, 2012

Trey Anastasio Teases New Phish Album

Cinema Blend - Phish is a band that really needs to be seen live in order to appreciate the brand of jam music they make. The Trey Anastasio led band creates music that's eclectic and long winded on its albums, but, when the group performs live their tunes come ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Smut lure powers Tumblr phish scam

Register - Maliciously constructed web pages designed to look like legitimate Tumblr addresses have been poisoned with links that supposedly offer access to lurid content, providing prospective marks log in to the ...... Read Full Article

Friday, February 17, 2012

Local non-profits stand to gain from Phish shows

Ithaca Journal - JEFF RICHARDS / STAFF PHOTO Fans of the popular jam band Phish, the hotels that will house them and the restaurants that will feed them won't be the only groups to reap the benefits of the band's appearance at Watkins Glen International this weekend. ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Photos, Video Phish Restores Rock To Watkins Glen With 3 Day Festival

Gothamist - And so for decades rock n roll was banished from the renowned racetrack—until this weekend, when Vermont quartet Phish drew an intimate gathering of 30000 for three days of music, art, and jubilantly conspicuous consumption. "We're glad you could make ...... Read Full Article

Friday, February 10, 2012

Time Out to Enjoy All Things Phish

New York Times - Last weekend that meant Super Ball IX, the ninth festival by Phish, the eclectically funky rock quartet. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

More phantastic reviews for Phish

Elmira Star-Gazette - Bulls start to run in a Pamplona-style running of the bulls on Sunday during Phish Super Ball IX at Watkins Glen International. About 100 people wearing bull masks chased people in white shirts and red sashes toward the stage and in Ball Square in the ...... Read Full Article

Friday, February 3, 2012

34 arrested at Phish concert

Corning Leader - By Anonymous Thirty-four people were arrested on illegal drug and other charges at the Superball IX Phish Concert at Watkins Glen International over the Fourth of July weekend, the Schuyler County Sheriff's deputies reported Wednesday. ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Majority of arrests at Phish's Super Ball IX fest drug-related

Elmira Star-Gazette - Phish fans had their vehicles checked before entering Super Ball IX. / JEFF RICHARDS / STAFF PHOTO About 90 percent of the arrests made during the Phish Super Ball IX festival were drug-related, according to a final tally of arrests released Wednesday ...... Read Full Article

Friday, January 27, 2012

List of arrests at Phish festival

Elmira Star-Gazette - » Robert Hagopian, 35, of Bolton, Mass., was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of marijuana and four counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. » Tyler Kern, 21, of Pittsford was charged with fifth-degree ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Majority of arrests at Phish Super Ball IX fest drug- related

Ithaca Journal - About 90 percent of the arrests made during the Phish Super Ball IX festival were drug-related, according to a final tally of arrests released by the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office. "We expected the drugs to come in," said Schuyler County Sheriff ...... Read Full Article

Friday, January 20, 2012

Symantec researcher warns on Apple MobileMe/iDisk phish

Infosecurity Magazine - A Symantec researcher is reporting a large phish taking place surrounding Apple's new iDisk cloud service, with recipients being routed to a rogue MobileMe/iDisk login page - located on a free web hosting service - in a bid to extract their login ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Phish Super Ball IX Watkins Glen International Speedway

PopMatters - Superball IX, the three-day music festival extravaganza hosted by Phish – the only band to perform throughout the entire weekend – drew approximately 30000 fans to the beautiful Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. ...... Read Full Article

Friday, January 13, 2012

Blues Traveler opens Lake Tahoe Music Festival

Sierra Sun - It got its break opening for the Allman Brothers, it's often been on the same bill as Phish, and it has a longtime tradition of allowing fans to tape the live performances. But Blues Traveler is not a jam band. The name implies it might be a blues band ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts From Blog to Book to Book Website

jambands.com - As previously reported, Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts blogger David Calarco will release a new book on Phish, Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts – An Anthology By A Fan For The Fans, this holiday season. Calarco has now announced a new website ...... Read Full Article

Friday, January 6, 2012

Phish frontman Trey Anastasio gets confessional at drug court conference

Washington Post (blog) - By The Reliable Source Phish frontman Trey Anastasio speaking about his drug court experience in at a conference Wednesday. (Larry French/ Associated Press) The problem with most celebrity do-gooding in Washington is the glossy self-congratulatory ...... Read Full Article

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Phish Rocks the House at Super Ball IX

PopMatters - But there seems to be only one band that has the dedicated fan base to stage its own mega-festival with no supporting acts, and that band is the Phish from Vermont. No one besides Peter Jennings and out of touch parents seriously refer to the jam rock ...... Read Full Article