So of course she had to get them a new puppy. The other day she spoke of their dog as a puppy and her daughter cried because she didn’t remember it. Like all of the animals that they own, and how few of them are actually played with by the children. When she thinks about her husband who says “Ho HO!” to anything that comes up. But every example seems more sad than nice. Like when she read the instructions to her son’s video game so she could offer him tips while he played (and he swats her away, but at least it is “affectionately”). We go into the woman’s head and (at least in my case) pity her a little bit for trying so hard with kids who clearly aren’t interested. Which is better than the game he wanted, Bra Stuffer. And besides, her son is deeply engrossed in his video game Noble Baker “Not now, Mom, I’m Leavening my Loaves” (ha). She is trying to get them interested in the beautiful autumnal day but they have heard it all before. The story begins by looking at a married woman who has their two kids in the car with her. But since I was able to find it at the New Yorker, I figured I’d read it now (this means that of all of the stories in the collection I have only not read two). This story is included in George Saunders’ new collection Tenth of December. Phish releases a lot of concerts, so it’s nice that they throw these free compilations to us once in a while. This great free set ends with a 15 minute “Divided Sky,” which sounds as good as ever. Then “David Bowie” resumes for the remaining 10 or so minutes and it is a fast and furious cut as well. “David Bowie” begins but then pauses as Trey sings “Catapult” a short piece that I don’t think I’ve ever heard played before. And “Run Like an Antelope” is as frenetic as I’ve heard it-the pace of this segment (from 1993!) is insane. “Axilla” is a fast almost punky version as is the near barbershop quartet riot of ”My Sweet One” which is the fastest I’ve heard it done. It morphs into a beautiful “What’s the Use” yet another or f Trey’s gorgeous rising melodies. The next song is a nearly 20 minute, joyous “Free”. There’s a very slow jam in the middle of the song (which in total is 29 minutes) before it turns into a very echoey “Slave to the Traffic Light.” The next song is “Twist” always a fun and energetic live track. Page gets a lot of solo time in this song, too. It slowly morphs into “McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters,” a lyrically insane but musically great song. “My Friend My Friend” is a pretty dark song but it starts with the very pretty guitar work until the minor keys take over. Next comes the silly “NO2” (from 1999), which duplicates the effects of the record pretty well, and the guitar solo at the end of very pretty. “Split Open and Melt” has some loud bass-I hadn’t really noticed the bass so much before, and in this version in particular Mike seems like maybe he’s mixed a little louder and he’s playing some really funky stuff (and making quite a few errors, it must be said). At about 20 minutes, it morphs into the simple song “Contact” and eventually into “Weekapaug Groove.” Which starts in an unusual way-instead of Mike only playing the bass, the band joins the song in progress. The next track is “Mike’s Song.” It opens a 36 minute jam that devolves at around 18 minutes into real silliness with spacey effects and controlled laughter. There’s also a repeated guitar motif (which I don’t recognize) that seems to be a cue for the band to do things (play loud and fast or really slow-including their impossibly slow rendition of The Simpsons theme song. The next track is “The Landlady” (from 1993), a wonderful instrumental that morphs into “Tweezer” which has a pretty wild and raucous jam component. At around 21 minutes the song devolves into them making a bunch of silly rhythmic noises, which must be very fun to see. This version clocks in at almost 25 minutes. “You Enjoy Myself” is one of my favorite Phish songs. There’s a Jewish music section done on both guitar and voice which abruptly ends when the song returns to “Scent”. Indeed there’s a lot of piano on this track-much more than usual (and some of it is crazy). There’s a bit of “Sunshine of Your Love” from the guitars while Page is doing an elaborate solo. “Scent of a Mule” dates from 1996 and has a very “old” quality, like the band doesn’t sound as full as normal (the vocals also have an unexpected country feel). And it’s a fun collection of mostly long jams. This Live Bait free sampler is compiled of songs from some of their summer tours (all songs are from June-August).
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