What Keeps Phish Fans Coming Back for More?

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The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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The band just completed a 13-show run in New York where it didn’t repeat any songs, and its fans are already hungering for the next residency.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your hour-long noodle of music news and journalism. I'm your
0:14.5	host Karen Gans. Oh, Oh, Oh, What you were listening to there was Stash by the band Fish who just played a 13 night residency at Madison Square Garden called the Baker's
1:27.7	Doesn't.
1:28.7	And here to discuss I have two jam-oriented guys ready to go. To my left I have Ben Ratliff.
1:35.2	Hi Karen.
1:36.2	Hello Ben.
1:37.2	Ben wrote for the New York Times for 20 years and he now teaches at NYU and writes for
1:41.2	many many other places.
1:43.0	And on my right, I have Jesse Jarnow.
1:45.0	Hey Karen.
1:45.6	Jesse is also a freelance writer who's DJ at WFMU.
1:49.8	And you may also know him as the author of Heads,
1:52.6	a biography of Psychadelic America,
1:54.6	and Big Day Coming, Illa Tango
1:56.3	and The Rise of Indie Rock.
1:57.7	Welcome guys.
1:58.4	So, I'm very happy to have you both.
2:01.1	We've all been to Fish shows in the past week, but different
2:05.0	number. I went to one, Ben I believe went to two, and Jesse. I went to seven.
2:10.8	There you go. So... And did Karen and Jesse did you overlap on that one night?
2:16.5	We did. We were sitting right in front of and back of each other. Got to share Fish's big
2:20.8	alt rock moment when they busted out radio heads everything in its right place.
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