From: smaltais@nyx.cs.du.edu (Stephen Maltais)
Subject: Re: DEAD PHISH:')
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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 19:18:31 GMT

In article <18g5buINN5h4@agate.berkeley.edu> shell@gandalf.Berkeley.EDU (
helly Culbertson) writes:
>In article <6uDPqB1w165w@quake.sylmar.ca.us>, loose@quake.sylmar.ca.us w
ites
>
>> It doesn't really matter as you say...but someone did suggest the bato

>> (as if there is one) should be passed to Phish (which brings up anothe

>> question: how many Phish fans are NOT Deadheads or former Deadheads?).
>
>That's a good question - I've wondered that myself at times.  But I also
>think it would be interesting to find out how many Phish fans are
>(current or former) Zep-heads or AC/DC-heads or Yo Yo Ma-heads.  It is
>my impression that, though many Phish fans have indeed seen the Dead (of
en)
>and collected Dead tapes, they have not limited their musical tastes in
>the past to the Dead exclusively, as some (though of course not all)
>Deadheads choose to do.  And, as others have noted, a surprisingly high
>proportion of Phish fans are musicians themselves. 
>
>> Does anyone really think the mass of Deadheadia can suddenly shift to
>> just one band.  
>
>I certainly hope not - and, particularly for Phish's sake, I hope it doe
n't
>happen to them!!
>
>> In reality I see us spreading out to any number of
>> bands, most promient of course are Phish, Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors

>> Radiators etc.  I don't think in twenty or so years you're going to
>> find us gathered around a chosen "heir" to the throne.  We're going to
>> disseminate and spread around and infect other scenes and create new
>> scenes perhaps...
>
>I agree with this completely, and it sounds like a very good thing to me

>(especially the part about creating _new_ scenes).  
>
>It's a little hard for me to talk about Deadheads - it can be an emotion
l
>topic.  Certainly that was the cultural group I identified with most str
ngly
>for about eight years (1983-1991)...but I worry for the most visible seg
ent
>of the Deadhead population these days.  I work in Arcata, in northern 
>Humboldt County, California.  At the time of the cancellation of the Ven
ta
>shows, I would estimate that there were about 500 tourheads in town en r
ute
>to the shows; two-thirds of them are still here, having been deprived of
>their destination.  Most are living in vehicles, downtown (it's a small
>town, pop. 12,000) or in the Co-op parking lot.  Most whom I have spoken
>with are kind, friendly people; and most are begging and panhandling for
>food and spending money.  What worries me is the apparent attitude that 
t
>is society's responsibility to support them...I wonder how long the Dead
>will need to be off tour for these folks to find a life of their own,
>something positive they can create for themselves instead of pulling ene
gy
>from the Dead scene.  Please don't misunderstand me - I don't wish to 
>criticize this lifestyle choice, but wouldn't the Dead scene be a lot mo
e
>positive these days if all the participants were prepared to contribute
>as much to it as they expect to receive from it?  I guess that's true of
>life in general.  So what has this got to do with Phish?  Well, it just
>seems, so far, as though the Phish fans I've encountered have learned
>something from the rise (and fall?) of the Deadhead culture, and aren't
>looking for a free ride; I hope we can maintain this attitude.  I'm very
>glad that Phish are _not_ touring right now, during the Dead's vacation.
>
>I understand very well that the folks who have settled in the Arcata Pla
a
>this month do not represent the largest portion of Deadheads, and I also
>realize that they do not read Usenet!  But it is this small, visible gro
p
>that I worry about when people suggest that Deadheads might attach thems
lves
>en masse to Phish.  I sure hope it doesn't happen.
>
>Shelly
>
>


BULLSHIT !!!!!
It's the same fucking people.[