Alicia developed a unique Phish fashion-accessory, the Weezy Bands. They are wide fabric headbands with elastic at the bottom, and they fit most size heads. Each Weezy Band is handmade by Alicia, aka @weezawear. You can purchase a Weezy Band from her Etsy store.
Alicia has also agreed to donate 10% of Weezy Band sales to The Mockingbird Foundation for all sales made during the month of April.
Having attended the four Strangefolk Reunion shows at the end of March in NYC, Burlington and Portland, I saw alot of fan made and official shirts worn by fans. With 12 years gone by since the last original lineup show, a lot of these shirts were taken from the attic, boxes or otherwise unearthed to be worn at the shows. Below is a gallery of those shirts. Thanks to Justin for sharing his online gallery – check out some old school Strangefolk shirts here
If you know when any of these shirts were printed, please leave a comment with an estimated time-frame of when the shirt was made or sold at shows. If you have a shirt that isnt featured here, contact Pete – phanart AT gmail – and share your shirt, adding to the Strangefolk Fanart record.
The Stanley Mouse Series two pins are now available from TRiPP for purchase
The matching sets of 5 pins designed by Stanley Mouse and produced by TRiPP and Kingpin, includes a total of five matching # pins: “Not Fade Away”, “Long Strange Trip”, “Flying Eye”, “Cat Under the Stars” and “Star Skull’
Each pin comes with an embossed Certificate of Authenticity displaying the series #, pin # within the series (1-5), and the pin # within the edition and includes free first class shipping with tracking and insurance.
The cost for an entire set of 5 pins is $150, while each individual pin is $30, although some pins are sold out as individuals.
Long Strange Trip (SOLD OUT as single, only available in matching # set)
Not Fade Away (SOLD OUT as single, only available in matching # set)
The classic shirt from PhanArt is now a pin! Originally conceived by Pete Mason, designed by Mark Sakasai and laid out for pin production by Jiggs, this pin is silver metal with full coloring on the front. The pin has two backings, measures 1.25″ x 0.75″, numbered 1-200 and says PhanArt on the back. Each pin costs $15 and all pins receive free shipping.
A tutorial by PhanArt Pete on How to Fold a Poster. Enjoy.
A limited number of prints from this past weekend’s Bridge Session event featuring Bob Weir and members of the National are now available through my webstore at www.masthaystudios.com. Each of the six color linoleum block prints, featuring my take on the Grateful Dead’s iconic Steal Your Face, is signed and numbered from the edition of 400. Also available is the single Watercolor Variant. This print is numbered 1/1, and was created using traditional monotype techniques giving an overall “watercolor” effect to the image, truly one of a kind. Visit www.masthaystudios.com for more info on each of these prints.
www.masthaystudios.com
Last week, we asked Phish fans to share if they do or do not use certain forms of social media while at a Phish show. The results of the survey are seen below:
Facebook – adding photo (s) – 44%
Facebook – status update (s) – 42%
Twitter – to find out what song they are/were playing – 35%
Twitter – tweeting just a few times a show – 35%
None – I do not use social media at all at a Phish show – 32%
Twitter – uploading a picture (s) – 28%
Facebook – commenting on status(es) and/or photo(s) – 24%
Twitter – responding to tweets – 20%
Twitter – tweeting a setlist (partial or full) – 18%
Facebook – checked in – 15%
FourSquare – checked in – 11%
Of course, this survey is not scientifically accurate. A small sample size (324 votes) does not indicate that this survey is 100% indicative of any given Phish crowd, but it does provide some insight into the frequency of use of social media at a given Phish show.
The most popular responses were using Facebook to add a photo or update status, something commonly seen by those on Couch Tour. Using Twitter to see what song was being played or tweeting a few times a show had an equal number of responses. Slightly fewer, but more than ¼ of respondents said that they uploaded a picture to Twitter during a show and slightly less than ¼ responded to Tweets or commented on Facebook statuses and photos.
Almost 1/3 noted that they do not use social media at all during a Phish show, which may wind up being a higher number, since social media (Facebook and Twitter) were the main ways in which fans were alerted to the survey, making the survey somewhat slanted towards those who are already using social media. If this survey had been sent out over email, there might be a higher number reporting they do not use social media at a show. Essentially, the outreach for this simple survey was akin to taking a phone survey to ask if people if they use a phone. The answers will of course, be skewed. But as mentioned before, this was not designed as a comprehensive, PEW Research Group/GallupPoll level of surveying.
The least responses came regarding tweeting a partial of full setlist, something that is seen by many on Twitter but as a percent of those at a Phish show, the number is quite low (note: PhanArt tweets a full setlist and still enjoys the show, every single time, just like many others). The least popular responses were checking in, whether on Facebook or FourSquare, something that seems to be done by not as many people in general lately, but still notable and present in the world of social media.
A question was brought up in the phish.net forum regarding message boards as being social media. A short discussion ensued where valid points were made arguing that message boards were or were not a form of social media. While the majority agreed that a message board constitutes social media, the question does arise – Do you go on message boards during a show, especially when there are faster ways of accessing and sharing information with others? The number of those who use message boards in this manner at a Phish show remains to be seen, but is predictably on the lower end of the response scale.
The role of social media is a large one in society and clearly quite present at Phish shows, generating perhaps around 30-33% of fans using a form of social media as defined in this survey, while at a Phish show. If you choose not to use social media, that decision is well respected by many in the Phish community, both on and off line. But if you do use social media, don’t forget to pay attention to the show and live in the moment. It’s awesome when Phish plays Sanity, but five tweets or two statuses explaining how excited you are to hear this song may interrupt actually taking in the song and enjoying it in its live setting.
The Denver days have been full of sun, March Madness is setting in, and I can feel summer tour knocking at the door… In the meantime, I wanted to share my latest work, a breakout from the Phish prints… a limited edition screen print run for Radiohead! I recognize that most of you are on the mailing list because you are interested in the Phish prints, but I figure there is enough spill-over into the Radiohead fan base and loyal art supporters… so, please have a look!
The print commemorates Radiohead’s first Colorado performance in nearly nine years, one special evening at the intimate 1stBank Center in Broomfield. Rex Membra (latin for king of limbs) is my interpretation of the sovereign timber… a translation from the king of dinosaurs. Lauding the big-bellied oak tree of the Savernake Forest (in Wiltshire, which the album was named after), I played with the annual rings and tied-in the rex-rooted limbs.
Rex Membra is a LE screen print run of 100 on archival 100lb Cougar opaque white paper (24″ x 18″), all signed and numbered. Please contact me if you are interested in ordering a print… I’ll take requests for numbers on a first come-first serve basis, and will begin shipping orders later this week. Price is $35 including shipping/handling, reinforced postertube, etc. to anywhere in the US/Canada. And, as always, all subscribers (who have purchased at least four consecutive prints) will be receiving free shipping (and of course, you’ll receive the same number print that you’ve gotten in the past); just remind me when you send payment. For anyone that would like to become a subscriber, I am happy to reserve the same print number for you (as long as it’s still available) and guarantee you free shipping for every print after four purchased. Please just let me know… Ciao, Franky.
Rex Membra
Radiohead: Broomfield 2012
Edition of 100
100lb Cougar Opaque White
24″ x 18″
$25
Pick one up by emailing Franky – paisleyblue(at)gmail(dot)com
Check out more of Franky’s art at www.scaglionestudio.com and www.frankyscaglione.blogspot.com/
This video was shot with great help from a number of people. A great thanks to all of you who helped to make this possible.
Director of Photography and Editing: Jen Morgan
Directed by: Jen Morgan and Pete Mason
Produced by: Pete Mason
Starring:
Kyle E., AFF, Chris De Cotis, Erika Fallon, Pete Mason
and featuring Halley
Written by Pete Mason and the following fans on Facebook and Twitter:
@doochey, @surefootedllama, @axillapt3, @mbvisor, @Treyenthusiast, @Alliedise, @apple0229, @P1NT, @jess_staab, @surrenderedflow, @ChinaKatSunflwr, @apple0229, @SaxNStrikeouts, @aaronpethic, @IamKrivoruk, @Tao_Of_Jeff, @the_man_mulcahy, @Languagestrange, @Jiggslikesphish, @StrongPROGress, @JamminTurtle, @Frawg_Dawg, @secretcabdriver, @M_R_Cohen, @Lauren Sullivan, @Christy_420, @Surrenderedflow, @DanMar85, @tpod17, @kipconner, @granPaPaa, @ChaCheesePlease, @axillapt3, @joeymoore21
Update 3/19: The net-profit sales from this pin will now benefit The Mockingbird Foundation. The creators of this pin will cover cost and shipping expenses, with the rest benefiting music education.
From the VT Wook Collective, this pin costs $7 shipped. The pin measures 1.25″, has two backs and each pin is numbered from 1-200. It will be ready to ship by 4/1.
