, attached to 1990-06-16

Review by stgsince88

stgsince88 I heard about this show and really wanted to go but didnt have a car. It was 11 bucks. I was a junior at Johnson State College. All my friends who liked the band were like "Im not paying that much for Phish" after having seen them many times for far less. Finally convinced 2 people to go if I paid for them. I was down. We took literally the longest route possible by going straight down 100 to this day I have no idea why we didnt go 89 to 91. But I remember being so relieved when we finally got there at like 11pm and people were all set up with tents and shit. It was my first phish festival. Woke up the next morning soooo fucking hot. I am telling you I am writing this review to say this. That was the hottest day in Vermont ever. I got here in 87. Im still here in 2023. And to this day it is the hottest day Vermont has ever had. It hit 100 in Springfield that day for sure. We started out the day just smoking weed at the Dam nearby. And then we went back to see the show. Thankfully there was a river right across the street where I went at least 15 times that day. Turned out that half of my friend's from college were there as they were all from Brattleboro and home for the summer and decided to go. It was a huge JSC reunion with tons of coolers of beer. I think Phish literally played every song they knew. By like 5 pm things get blurry. Drinking all day in the hot hot sun will do that to you. Rather than spend that night in our tent one of my homies who happened to be from ireland invited us to his mom's house with AC and I just remember waking up and him making us toad in a hole which I had never heard of before. It's funny what I remember. A mini train, maybe a mini golf course, the river, the heat, and toad in a hole. This review isnt about the music, its about the experience. And it was fucking wild. It was a popular tape back then and I've heard it a million times but its these memories I have and share.


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