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In recent weeks, the Phish community has rallied around PhishTracks, the web creation which allows streaming of nearly every freely traded show in circulation.  It is deserving of all accolades and excitement and is clearly an indispensable resource, but it’s not the only way to get live Phish streamed directly to your computer or mobile device, and [...]

One of our most popular features in 2012 was the showcase of Victor Hertz’s incredible rock related pictogram puzzles for The Beatles, Stones, Dylan and more. Meanwhile, the marketing department at Brooklyn Bowl had been hard at work on a smattering of music related puzzles of their own — using them to promote ticket giveaways [...]

Photoshopped Phish images are not exactly a rarity — most are good for a quick smile and instantly discarded.  But some are just magic — worthy of filing away and sharing when most appropriate. Here’s one that serves a dual purpose on this Opening Day and April Fool’s Day.  It works on so many levels. [...]

Much thanks to @KernelForbin for putting this together. Here’s his original spreadsheet, I formatted a little for display here.

This was an interesting little visualization, courtesy of The Atlantic, which notes the top ten metro areas, ranked by number of bands originating from there who performed in officially listed showcases at the 2013 South By Southwest conference.  Chicago just edges into the top 10 with 36 bands. The second set of plots is equally [...]

With the NCAA tournament starting up again, the blogosphere has been lit up with brackets of all sorts and our corner of the music world is not immune.  I was intrigued with the drama and thrilling upsets last year’s tournaments, but there’s even more this March.  Here’s five jamband brackets, some thoughts on how last [...]

Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product.  Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the first two cells of a worksheet (e.g. Days Of The Week, Months of the Year, etc.) and use the autofill feature to [...]

This is just so cool in so many ways. Let’s start at the beginning and work our way to the end… 1. Somebody identified what he considers to be the 100 most essential riffs of all time — spanning seven decades of rock history 2. This person can play every single one in a convincing [...]

[Update 3/13 Tuesday wins again, Phish announces tour today marking seventh time on Tuesday in 3.0] By this point, most Phish fans with a pulse and an Internet connection know that Summer 2013 tour dates are imminent.  Most even have a reasonable idea about the tour itinerary (see bottom of this post for reasonable guesses) and are [...]