FIRST LEG 6/11 Chicago – Toyota Park
6/12 Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio – Blossom Music Center
6/13 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
6/15 Portsmouth, VA – Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
6/17+18 Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater (formerly the Meadows)
6/19+20 Saratoga, NY – SPAC
6/22 Mansfield, MA – Great Woods
6/24+25 Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
6/26+27 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion,
6/29 Canadagiua, NY -Finger Lakes Performing Center (The potential sleeper show of the tour, on a Tuesday, first time since 6/22/95)
7/1 Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater
7/2 Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
7/3+4 Atlanta, GA – Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood (They need to pick a name and stick with it)
SECOND LEG
8/5-6-7 The Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA
8/9+10 – Telluride, CO
8/12+13 – Deer Creek, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Amphitheater
8/14-15 – Alpine Valley, WI
8/17+18 – Jones Beach, NY
(Rumored – 8/20+21 – Radio City Music Hall, NYC)
5 shows for New York State. Love the Empire State Love
PhanArt will need Street Team at all of these shows! Email PhanArt Pete for info! phanart AT gmail dot com
Recently we created a survey for Phish fans to give us an idea of what the lot scene is like from their point of view, what they buy, what they make, what they want to see, and so on. 123 people responded to this survey over three weeks, giving insight into the buying power and creative forces of Phish fans. Here are the results with analysis of the survey.
Definitions to keep in mind
Fan-art is defined as art that is made by fans and inspired by bands, movies, events, etc…
Phanart – fan-art made specifically by Phishfans, for Phishfans, and/or inspired by Phish
Analysis: Shirts and posters make up over 2/3 of all things people make, which makes sense since that is what we see most of. 1/5 made clothing of some sort, beyond shirts, the same amount as stickers. Are there as many stickers as clothes out there? Perhaps.
3. Did you…..
Make money – 47.8%
Break even – 28.3%
Lose money– 23.9%
Analysis: 75% of respondents made money or broke even, giving fans a 3 in 4 chance of not losing money. This is not indicative of ALL art fans have made or sold, but a good enough judgement that its at least worth getting into making something with a 75% chance (based upon this survey) to NOT lose any money.
4. Would you sell fan-art again?
Yes – 78.3%
No – 21.7%
Analysis: Overwhelming that most fan-art makers attempt to repeat the success they had in the past, especially since 75% of fans made money or broke even, showing correlation between the question 3 and 4.
Reasons given FOR selling fan-art again include:
– Meet cool people
– Meet people and feel more vibes that day
– Because i love to and am always so inspired right before tour time.
– It is a great way to fund your trip and I enjoy making the art itself
– It’s a ton of fun and I enjoy creating different things related to my favorite band.
– Because i can get to the next show
– It’s fun! (multiple responses)
– I did it more for an activity, and I thought it would be fun to give away stickers…etc
– Money, meeting people
– Fun to meet people and get more ideas also
– Didn’t try to sell it…just made it for myself
Reasons given for NOT selling fan-art again include:
– Because I dont like making money off of art
– Mostly I’ve made stuff for fun not money
– Wasn’t for sale were gifts for friends
A little of both…
– It’s really more maybe. These day I prefer my tours or shows as vacations and as sales is part of the day job these days, it’s less likely.
5. Have you ever bought fan-art?
Yes – 96%
No – 4%
Analysis: Not much of a surprise, since nearly everyone has bought some sort of fan-art in their day
6. What have you bought? (multiple answers allowed)
Shirt – 91.7%
Poster – 82.3%
Sticker – 78.1%
Jewelry – 35.4%
Other – 49.0%
Analysis: Again, the overwhelming responses indicate Shirts, stickers and posters as the predominant items bought on lot. An average of 84% percent of respondents has bought a shirt poster or sticker. This accurately reflects the 84.6% of items contained within PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish that are shirts, posters/paintings and stickers.
7. How much fan-art do you own?
Blank space where no text should be
1-10 items
11-15 items
16-20 items
21-25 items
26-30 items
more than 30 items
stickers
63.3%
12.7%
7.6%
3.8%
0.0%
12.7%
shirts
68.2%
17.6%
5.9%
1.2%
1.2%
5.9%
posters
54.8%
14.3%
9.5%
3.6%
1.2%
16.7%
jewelry, misc, etc…
70.4%
11.1%
3.7%
3.7%
0.0%
11.1%
Analysis: From this chart, we can see that more than half of respondents own at least 1-10 pieces of fan-art. The numbers drop off from there, with only an average of 13% of respondents having more than 11-15 items, 6% of respondents having 16-20 items, and fewer collecting more. This represents the minority of hard-core collectors of fan-art, as encountered in the creation of PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish where a handful of fans had the a significant amount of fan-art to help in the creation of the book that was otherwise lost to time.
8. Do you seek out particular fan-art?
Yes – 56.1%
No – 43.9%
9. Is there anything you haven’t seen on lot that you would like to see?
Yes – 28.4%
No – 71.6%
Comments of those who responded yes:
– Matted photographs
– More creative stuff instead of just brand logos turned into phish songs
– I’ll know it when I see it!
– A small area where poster artists could display/sell their stuff. Too often I find someone with an awesome print. When I ask where they got it, it’s usually from somebody just walking around
– The “Jesus” fish logo thing, with Phish written inside. I’ve seen them on cars, haven’t been able to find one for myself 🙁
– Furniture
– Pretty much anything as long as it’s high quality
10. What are your overall thoughts on the genre of ‘fan-art’? (scale of 1 to 10, 10 being best)
I love all fan-art!
very cool
kinda cool
mildly cool
it makes no difference
eh, not for me
not very heady at all
Rating
Average
33.7%
46.9%
11.2%
4.1%
1.0%
2.0%
1.0%
8.31
Analysis: 91.8% of fans responded positively (the first 3 choices), giving fan-art in general an overall rating of 8.31 on a scale of 1 to 10. Not too shabby.
So there you have it, the first ever Phish fan-art survey. Look for more of these in the future as we delve deeper into one of the mosdt unique and growing genres of art in America today.
One of the few noteworthy fan prints from the recent TAB Winter Tour comes from PhanArtist Isadora Bullock.
“Big Red” is a 15 X 21.5 inch 4 color linocut in a limited edition of 55. Each poster costs $30, including shipping. You can order one of these great prints by emailing the artist, Isadora Bullock, at barkascruff@gmail.com
Gordon Shumway is the focus of PhanArtist Vinny Naro’s 11×24″ Giclee art reproduction printed on 250gsm cotton fine art paper. Only 50 of these were produced! Each print is signed and numbered by the artist in gold paint and comes with a certificate of authenticity. $30.00USD. which includes shipping. 10% of online proceeds will benefit The Mockingbird Foundation. www.mbird.org
Payment options: Send PayPal and address to: vinnynaro@yahoo.com, or send a check/money order to: Vince Naro, 201 Prospect St. G, Endicott, NY 13760
With the 1 year anniversary of Phish 3.0 upon us, we took a look at the PhanArt Archives and found we had over 60 pieces of art collected from our time at the shows, in the lots, and at Best Poster Convention III. Here are some of our favorites, a mock-top 10, since we couldnt choose just 10.
Surrender to the Flow Artistic director Drew Suto has limited quantities of posters of his limited edition artwork from Surrender to the Flow for sale. Drew has been a part of Surrender to the Flow from the beginning of the fanzine, started by Christy Articola, and if you have ever read an issue page by page, you have come across Drew’s artwork. His limited edition prints are not only stellar but also provides the backdrop to a most-unique publication that continues to have a positive impact on the Phish community.
Artwork from the Festival 8, Fall Tour and Miami posters are featured in these prints that are signed and numbered in editions of 15 for 8 and Miami and editions of 50 for Fall Tour. Each poster is only $10, with free shipping and handling.
You can pick up any of these prints using Paypal. Send $10 for each print you want to niki.chaos@yahoo.com
Within the Phish community, we are fortunate enough to have small businesses that are created by fans, for fans, to satisfy the need in the Phish community. Whether they be food vendors, clothing makers or designers of jewelry and clothing and other wares, Phish lot is the home to not only a unique genre of art (PhanArt) but also to a number of small businesses that start out on the lot and sometimes move into a larger existence as demand is generated.
We are fortunate to have four fans that run their own screen-printing businesses which were born from the demand of Phish lot and fans in general, or other avenues that have eventually brought them back full-circle.
Included in this roundtable discussion are:
Tripp Shealey, longtime Phish fan and owner of Taboot Clothing, Denver CO – Check him out at trippsprints.com and tabootart.com;
Kyle Donaghy, North Carolina resident and the inspiration behind ‘Kyle’s Song’ by moe., has owned and run John Street Graphics since the late 90s. visit his business site at johnstreet.net;
John Warner, owner of J dub All Stars printing, he has been making designs for nearly two decades and has been seeing Phish since the early 90s;
Jesse Brust, owner of 518 Prints began creating shirts as a recreational activity from the basement of his house, and within a year his business was in full swing.
Pete Mason: How did you first get started printing shirts?
Jesse Brust: I went over to a good friend’s house. A fella by the name of Chris Stain (www.chrisstain.com) to get tattooed. We were in his basement and just as he was getting ready to lay down the first line I noticed he had a small bench model press, dryer and flash. It didn’t look like he was doing much with it so I asked him if he wanted to sell the equipment. That was it. I called a family member up to borrow the money and purchased the equipment the following week.
Tripp Shealey: I used to buy my shirts that I designed from another printer. I got tired of paying higher prices than necessary, so I decided to start printing in house. A couple of friends and I who were like minded decided to save up some money on Summer Tour 98 and buy some printing equipment. The rest is history!
John Warner: A long time ago, I actually started printing my own shirts as a teenager so I had something unique to wear. I used to make stuff for local bands in San Diego and eventually I found I could make a living out of it and formed J dub All Stars
Kyle Donaghy: I took a course in process screen-printing at a community college during summer break in college. I started selling shirts at Grateful Dead concerts to pay for my show expenses (By saying that I’m dating myself). Later I bought a press when I was in school at Appalachian State University.
PM: What are some of your most memorable designs?
JB: Five-color discharge lion and dragon design with application foil outline and a six-color simulated process on a black zip hood.
KD: The YEM/STP, The Piper/Pabst, the Icculus/Adidas, the Sloth/Sopranos, and the Treyhound/Greyhound. Those are my favorites.
YEM/STP A John Street originalIcculus/Adidas A John Street originalPiper/PBR A John Street original
JW: There are some that stand out mainly for clients; I really like the shirt I did for year of the dragon lately.
ph1-n1, fall 2009
ph1-n1, fall 2009
TS: My Bonnaroo lot shirt from the third Bonnaroo on my birthday! Good luck finding one of those. Oh, and Clifford Ball 96! There are too many to choose! I really like the boat print I just did from Miami. Totally new style for me! Opens some doors.
Tripp's Miami Boat Print
PM: When did you decide to make the jump from ‘a fan selling and making shirts’ to ‘a business making and selling shirts’?
KD: I was waiting tables and selling advertising for a local newspaper during the day. When my paycheck bounced at the newspaper, I knew it was time to start something new. I got a loan from the bank, bought another press, and kept at it.
JW: In my case it was the opposite, I had my business and I would make shirts to go on tour, kind of like a paid vacation.
TS: When I realized I really liked the artistic aspect of what I was doing: touring, and selling and designing shirts. There’s nothing I’d rather be doing than creating art. Sometimes I wish I could just be an artist and not have to run this whole screen-printing business. It pays the bills though, and that’s where I’m at for now! Trying to find that balance between business and that pleasure that is art!
JB: I worked a full time job plumbing from 8-4:30. At 5PM I would come home and hit my basement and print until Midnight-1am everyday. My client base was building to the point that I really didn’t need to do plumbing anymore but I continued to do plumbing for consistent money. I was unsure about going out on my own until one morning my plumbing boss called me up before I was even suppose to be in work and said ” Where are you” I said “I’m on my way and I’ll be there on time just like every morning” He came back with “I wanted to leave early this morning so get to fucking work” I snapped! I told him to fuck off and to do the work himself. At that point it became all business!
PM: At what point did your fan-business grow into a larger entity?
JW: Well, J dub All Stars was always the main business and the fan art stuff was auxiliary
JB: This happened gradual, client by client.
TS: It’s been growing this whole time, from a little seed we planted back in 98! It will probably never stop becoming larger and larger if the past proves true again.
KD: When Jerry died, I started staying at home long enough to take local orders.
PM: What are some of the challenges you face with your transition to business from just starting out printing?”
KD: Not knowing all the in’s and out’s of the business, what types of inks to use, screen mesh counts, how to quote out jobs, etc…
JB: Employment!! Making sure you have the right team. My employee’s are amazing! Great workers! This is what makes a good business, having people that care about your business as much as you do.
JW: Taxes and paying government agencies so you can operate legally
TS: Well, knowing the in’s and outs of printing for one. There’s a lot of technique involved. Then it just gets crazier from there. Profits, losses, taxes, expenses, customer service, shipping, production, procedures, insurance, registration, etc, etc… There’s a lot to running a successful business, it ain’t no picnic.
PM: Have you found any drawbacks in running a screen printing business?
JB: None. I have fun everyday. New designs, new people. This isn’t a huge money maker. If you get into screen printing thinking your gonna make a ton of money right off the bat, don’t even start. Profits in screen printing come in the long haul.
KD: No, it’s been a lot of fun. I’ve met a lot of nice people around the country via my business and music. Sometimes the solvent odors can really get to you though, and the heat from the dryer.
TS: Sure, like any business working for yourself, you’re responsible for you getting paid. You make as much or as little as you allow yourself to. You’re business day doesn’t always end when you leave the shop.
JW: Taxes on income and goods and anything else the government can take from you.
PM: For fans who have the idea to start their own screen printing business, or design their own shits, what advice can you share with them?
JW: Don’t do it, it’s an unforgiving job. Lol, just kidding. Do good work at a fair price and treat your customers like family.
JB: Same as in my case, work two jobs and put everything you earn back into your business. Don’t spend any money you make. This also means you can’t go on Tour! Clients want a reliable service and most importantly they want to speak with the owner of the company. If a client calls your company for a job that needs to be completed in a short time frame that last thing they want to hear is your out on tour!
KD: Go to work 5 days a week, keep decent hours, and deliver when you say you will.
TS: As far as starting your own screen printing business, be ready to put in some serious time, I’ve been doing this for 12 years, and I’m still no expert. There are people who spend their whole careers being screen printers, and have incredible skill. Jeff Wood has been screen-printing since I was in diapers almost, and you can tell. That’s not something you can just learn real quick! If you love it though, it’s a great art. I will be screen printing for the rest of my life!
We thank Kyle, John, Jesse and Tripp for their time for this roundtable discussion. We fully endorse these fan-businesses for all your shirt making needs. If you have any questions, post them in the comments section below.
PhanArtist‘Java’ John Goldacker’sannual JERRY DAZE 2010 is back and better than ever! A SPACED ODYSSEY! will take place February 27th, 2010 from 2pm-Midnight At THE SPACE STATION in Merritt Island, Florida.
After a short hiatus, the 7th installment of the very popular local tribute to the late Jerry Garcia makes it’s long awaited return.
Born of an idea by co-creators (“Java” John Goldacker, and “Grateful” Dave Grooms) to pay tribute to the Grateful Dead frontman, JERRY DAZE began in the fall of 1999 at Java John & Jen’s KOOL BEANZ Coffeehouse. The very successful event ran three years before Kool Beanz closed. The event was so popular, that fans clamored for more! So, the event continued on in different venues for the next 3 years with the same excitement and success.
This year we have many new faces, and a very special treat with TONI BROWN joining us. For 20 years ( 1980-2000) Toni was Publisher and Editor of Relix magazine, an eclectic music publication focused on the Deadhead Community and “intelligent music alternatives.”
She sold the magazine to focus on her music career, and this year published “RELIX: The Book!“, a beautiful chronicle of her time with the famed magazine.
Live Music by: Dave & The DeadBeats, New Gravity, Old Friends in the Way, Ungrateful Buskers, and more…..!
Special Guests: Toni Brown & Ed Munson-Folk Rock & RELIX: The Book Art Exhibit.
And, Featuring the ever-popular Terrapin StationWagon Liquid-Light Show.
$10.00 at the Door Food, Beverages and hotel rooms available, and a “ShakedownStreet“.
Since most everyone has been effected by a family member with cancer : RAFFLE/AUCTION to SUSAN G KOMEN For The Cure
Location: THE SPACE STATION ( At The Clarion Hotel) 260 E. Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island, FL 32952
For MORE INFO Contact “Java” John: javahnagila@hotmail.com
Yet another great hat from Pompeii Prints is the Fluffhead design, created by Vinny Naro. These hats come in black and royal blue flex fit hats, in sizes S-M and L-XL.
All hats are $27 including shipping. Order more than one hat and the cost is $22 per hat.
Send payment via paypal at pompeiiprints@yahoo.com
Nine years ago, Trey Anastasio Band, about as close to the way we see it today played it’s second show of a winter 2001 tour at the Landmark Theater in Syracuse, NY. Reflecting on these past shows of a rejuvenated TAB, replete with horns and female vocals that are better than ever, I gave a listen to this show from 2/22/01 and found the same band, 9 years younger and full of the same talent and jam potential as we have today.
Set 1: In the Wee Wee hours, Push on Till the Day->Tube Top Wobble, Sunday Morning, Mozambique, Gotta Jibboo, Burlap Sack and Pumps, Guyute*
Set 2: Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35, Sand**, It Makes no Difference, Mellow Mood, Happy Coffee Song^, Nothin but an E Thing^^, At the Gazebo, Drifting
Encore: Will it Go Round in Circles?
* acoustic, performed seated on edge of stage
** with Trey on keys (20 minutes)
^ dedicated to Paul Languedoc
^^ Known now as the intro to ‘Pebbles and Marbles’,
Trey 2-22-01 ticket
Shortly after listening to this, I remembered that I very strangely wrote a review of this and sent it off to a few friends that night, a supreme rarity since I never wrote a music review until that night. Since I’m great at cataloging and saving everything (see PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish for solid evidence of this OCD), my email review fo 2/22/01, written a few hours after the show ended.
Hello all. if you didnt get a chance to catch the trey and his band tour this time around, you missed an unbelievable show. it was well worth it, and even though the landmark is an amazing place to see a show, it is not run too well, ie, they ran out of water. but enough of that, on with the show.
acoustic guyute
After having some beers at the blue tusk, myself and some friends from faegans hit off the show. i wound up having seats right i front of the sound board, about 16th row. the show began with what may be an old cover, called ‘wee wee hours’, (i think). they then played a very funky song ‘push on till the day’, which went on for close to 15 minutes. then an amazing new song, ‘its true’, which sounded like ‘fast enough for you’/’waste’. ‘mozambique’ was next, and that is a very funky salsa tune, which had trey dancing a bit. then the band busts out into the one song i knew i would hear, ‘gotta jiboo’. i hear this song every place i go, and every venue in the last 2 years. after a long jam which made t seem like jiboo as done, they went right back into it, then hit off a new one, burlap sack and pumps. the set ended with a rendition of guyute which cannot be compared to. acoustic, front and center of the stage, with trey teasing the crowd before going right back into the lyrics at the end.
after a 50 minute set break, the band returned and played, amazingly, ‘rainy day woman’ by dylan, which was key with the horns. then a long funky version of ‘sand’, (with trey on keys), followed by ‘it makes no difference’. trey then tells the audience that they want to play this next song that they have only rehearsed once, called out ‘mellow mood’, got ‘mellow mood’, great marley tune. then as a dedication to paul, he plays the ‘happy coffee song’. after that, while i rememberit clearly, i have no idea the names of the songs. but everything was great, including a 15 minute encore of ‘will it go round in circles’
ed note: It seems that I left out a good deal of the show, but it was a clearly a blast going there, being nine years younger and being at my first Trey show. One of my favorite Trey shows ever, as well as being my first of a (personally) epic 2001
