Like the band they follow from city to city, Phish fans have their own history of creativity, which in turn follows them wherever they go—even into the kitchen.
Cover art by Cody Schibi
Edited by Taraleigh Weathers (The Healthy Hippie Magazine) and Pete Mason (Phanart: The Art of the Fans of Phish), PhanFood brings together many of the recipes that Phish fans have made and shared over the years. Included are appetizers, salads, soups, sandwiches, entrées, desserts, drinks (with and without alcohol), and a variety of other concoctions that Phish fans enjoy while they are in the lots, at the site, or just sitting at home waiting for the next tour to be announced.
PhanFood is also a wholly nonprofit endeavor, with all net profits being donated to regional food banks and charities in the cities where Phish plays. A cookbook by Phish fans and for Phish fans (as well as anyone else who likes good, healthy food), PhanFood aims to benefit the Phish community and to give back to the communities Phish fans visit as they follow the band to the next great show!
“A phantastic collection of goodies—baked, fried, and otherwise—ranging from the simple (yeasted popcorn) to the complex (including a few that will test your culinary mettle); organized with delightful connections to Phish songs, shows, and history; and benefiting the hungry, on many levels—a full-course of phun!” Ellis Godard, Executive Director of the Mockingbird Foundation
(if you submitted a recipe to the book, email PhanArt Pete!)
Taraleigh Weathersis a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the publisher and editor of Healthy Hippie Magazine, and the Phish correspondent for WCAX News. She lives in Burlington, Vermont.
Pete Masonis a special education teacher and the editor of Phanart: The Art of the Fans of Phish. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and lives in Albany, New York with his dog Halley.
PhanArtist Gregory Brenner has made some unique iPod and iPhone skins.
They are thin easy-to-remove vinyl decals for customizing your mobile phone. Skins are made from a patented 3M material that eliminates air bubbles for easy application. Available for 3GS, 3G & Original iPhone & iPod touch. (4G iPhone skins coming soon).
All of my work is now available at my new online site. Every piece of art (including The Gamehendge Series) is available as prints (multiple sizes), stretched canvas, iPhone & iPod Touch skins, Mac & PC Laptop skins & T-shirts.
The show will hang all of August at Vintage Berkeley, a really sweet gallery/wine shop, just under one mile from The Greek Theater, in the “Gourmet Grotto“, Berkeley’s restaurant district. The opening reception will be Friday afternoon, August 7th, from 12-2pm, and the vino will be flowin’.
Ryan Kerrigan says of Greek Art at Vintage Berkeley: “I’ve shown my work there three times in the past six years, usually solo (although Kerrigan has done an art show with his sister Kelly Anona Kerrigan at Vintage), this will be first time with a group. We have eleven artists for this one this show will focus solely on art related to the August Greek Phish run, and each artist will be showing only their piece related to this run.”
If you are going to the Greek, get yourself to Vintage Berkeley on August 7th from 12-2pm. A short walk for some great art and wine in an area known for its food, you can’t ask for a better pre-show activity!
Update 7/20: Art from Jonathan Lamb and Michael Ortiz:
The prints measure 17 x 15 and are gallery wrapped giclee prints on canvas. Below are some photos of the finished prints. All prints are signed and numbered by myself and Ortiz. Edition of 20 and is $70.00+$15 shipping and can be directly purchased from me via paypal at lamb@likemindedproductions.net
Update 7/25/10 1:30pm
On sale at the GREEK ART show, from Branden Otto:
"Battle of Henrietta the Cyclops"
Update 7/26/10: New Prints from Ian Millard, Bruce Horan and Erin Cadigan!
Greek Columns by Ian K. Millard is a Gel Transfer over a stencil/spraypaint colored background on wood.It measures 11″ x 14″ x 1″ in a custom edition of 10
Ian Millard's Greek Columns
Bruce Horan’s 3-color screen print ‘Poseidon‘ is printed on Coventry Rag paper. It measures 15 x 20 inches in a signed and numbered edition of 85.
Bruce Horan
Erin Cadigan’s “The Greek” is an artist pulled screen print. Made with Gold Metallic ink on Pegasus #80 Cover, this is a 13″x20″ limited edition of 40 signed and numbered prints.
Hey all EARLY ART TCKETS are on special! We want to sell out the remaining, these tickets are limited.
Buy your Early Art tickets this Friday, Saturday or Sunday and receive a two for one admission!
THATS $10 FOR 2 PEOPLE OR 5 BUCKS EACH!
If you get your early art tickets this weekend you;ll automatically be put on the list + 1.
Update 7/22/10 2pm:
Each artist showing at BICYCLE has been asked to create new limited edition prints. They were given a theme to work on and asked to come up with their interpretation. All releases will be signed and numbered by the artists and released in editions of anywhere from 25-100. This will make them pretty rare and a very nice piece of art to own.
Since BICYCLE will be a ongoing traveling event hitting up different cities featuring different artists and different musicians over the next few years (and beyond!), you don’t want to miss out on starting your collection of these never seen before pieces. The San FranciscoBICYCLE on Aug 4 is the first of these events. This makes this events artist releases the very first of their kind!
Early Art tickets will get you into the event before the crowd to grab the lowest numbers of the editions before they sell out. Early Art show starts at 5pm, General Admission starts at 6pm. That gives you a full hour to hit up all the artists, ask them about their pieces, and grab the ones you want!
Early Art tickets are just $10! And you can get them here!
This events theme is : POSITIVE VISIONS.
So far we have gotten sneak peaks at Stanley Mouse, Alan Forbes and Erin Cadigan. CHECK THEM OUT!!!
PLEASE CHECK BACK DAILY FOR LOOKS AT THE LIMITED RELEASES BY OUR OTHER ARTISTS!!!!
AS WELL AS MORE ARTISTS SPOTLIGHTS, INTERVIEWS AND NEWS AS BICYCLE GETS CLOSER!!!
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BICYCLE is a psychedelic and visionary arts event taking place August 4th, 2010 at Club Six in San Francisco’s Mission District. Club Six is located at 60 6th St between Mission and Market.
At 5pm-10pm an art exhibit and sales showcase featuring artists: STANLEY MOUSE, ALAN FORBES, DAVE HUNTER, DAVID D’ANDREA, TRIPP SHEALY, ERIN CADIGAN, MARK McCLOUD and the BLOTTER BARN COLLECTION, KYLE CARTER, MICHAEL MATE.
I.A.M.U. Presents artists MARK HENSON, ANDROID JONES, XAVI and CAREY THOMPSON.
Local San Francisco artist CHOR BOOGIE will be live painting during this event. All artists will be releasing limited edition prints on the theme: Positive Visions.
Club Six has 2 floors and 3 rooms. Starting at 9pm downstairs on the mainstage DJ CITIZEN TEN will spin joined by MC ABSTRACT RUDE at 10. At 11pm DJ LOGIC will take the stage for an epic 3 hour set. Upstairs the second stage at 10pm. The line up upstairs is DJ SLEEPYHEAD, KAPTAIN HARRIS and COOPDVILLE.
We couldn’t ask for better artists or a better city to kick off what we plan on becoming a bi-annual, bi-coastal event. Our aim is to bring psychedelic and visionary art to a whole new audience, helping to drive forward the creative and cosmic consciousness that has started with the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
BICYCLE would like to drive forward public awareness of the positive effects of psychedelics, visions, cosmic consciousness, the Age of Aquarius, the dawning of the Hopi fifth world, the Mayan prophecies, sacred geometry, crop circles and all the myriad positive occurrences that are happening in this universe and being told about through art. BICYCLE also plans to expand peoples understanding of what it means to be a visionary or psychedelic artist by holding a juried exhibit that includes poster artists, fine artists, comic book artists, illustrators, graffiti writers and really artists of any discipline who are trying to tell apositive message through their work. By linking these visual artists with musical artists of varied genres we are expanding the reach and bringing these artists to the attention of a new public sector.
BICYCLE is sponsored by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and PhanArt.
These items have been discontinued. Please go to ____________ to see the newest creations from Mama Kat!
Glens Falls native Kat Griffin has found in her spare time a great hobby that phans will love – Taking that certain unique cymbal, the orange cheerio, and making it into unique and collectible items!
The padded stash bag is approx. 10″ x 6″ and is great for hiding stuff. What stuff? Whatever stuff you got to hide, man. $25 with $4.95 s+h
A nice treat for the ladies, this satchel features a large velcro patch on inside flap and also on outside of bag. There’s a secret hidden chamber inside the outside patch as well as a fashion fish blown glass closure piece. $43.00 (size is approx 15″ X 16″); $38 for a smaller purse (12″ X 12″) s+h for both sizes is $6.95
These little orange cheerio pins measure about 1 3/4″ x 1″. Handmade with felt glued to heavy backing with closable pin on back. $6.00 with $2.95 s+h
42° and PhanArt Present: The Art of the Fans of Phish
Poster show announced to benefit The Mockingbird Foundation
GLENS FALLS, NY, MAY 1, 2010:“42° and PhanArt Present: The Art of the Fans of Phish” is a poster show taking place on June 20th, 2010 at 42° to benefit The Mockingbird Foundation.
The event coinciding with Phish’s two-night run at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center will take place on June 20th, 2010 from 11am – 3pm at 42° Art and Glass Gallery located at 23 Park St, Glens Falls, NY.Artists on hand displaying and selling their work will include AJ Masthay, Erin Cadigan, Jon Blake, Mike Wren and Ryan Sullivan. Work will also be shown and available for purchase from artists such as Ryan Kerrigan, Isadora Bullock, Vinny Naro,Jami Dudenhoeffer, Jason Lees, Cody Schibiand Jeremy Lebediker. More artists will be announced in the coming weeks as well.
The event is open to thepublic and is free of charge. A complimentarySunday brunch will also be served.
Representatives from The Mockingbird Foundation will be on hand and all artists involved have agreed to donate a portion of their sales to The Mockingbird Foundation.
42° is an Art and Glass Gallery specializing in independently blown glass pipes from regional and national artists as well as displaying and selling limited edition prints from artists inspired by the music of Phish. 42° is located at 23 Park St, on the corner of Park and Elm, in Glens Falls, NY. Approximately 15 minutes north of Saratoga Springs via I-87 off of Exit 18.
PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phishis a book compiled and edited by Albany, NY resident Pete Mason. Now in its second printing, the book contains artwork and interviews with those involved in the Phish community. Since its inception PhanArt has donated all of its net profits to The Mockingbird Foundation, over $2,000 to date.
The Mockingbird Foundation is a charitable organization founded to support music education for children. The foundation was set up in 1996 by fans of the band Phish and has since raised over $600,000 through donations and sales of the book The Phish Companion as well as the Phish tribute compilation CD Sharing in the Groove.
Los Angeles designer and artist featured in PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish, Charlotte Kruse, brings Sweet Evie, a fresh take on timeless elegance in her bold and original accessories and jewelry to the Phish scene.
To all who have known her, the remarkable artistic and design talents of Charlotte Kruse have been evident since her earliest years.
Sweet Evie is a one-woman show, running the website, accounting, sales, tradeshows, not to mention the creation of the jewelery and accessories. Charlotte has found herself most “in the moment” when she’s creating and has come up with a way to make a career out of this. This is what she loves to do: whether it be painting or designing t-shirts for Phish shows or costumes or jewelry, being creative and artistic is who Charlotte is.
Charlotte is inspired by everything around her – nature, texture, color, fashion, history art, music and love. Sweet Evie is the most joyful expression of all this inspiration. She designs for women/girls, statement pieces and jewelry that you can wear everyday. Using all kinds of non-traditional jewelry materials – feathers, recycled leather, vintage pins and buttons, and hand dyed-silks, Charlotte personally handcrafts everything herself.
Her work has a hippie vibe, but her work has gotten more refined over time using gold, semi–precious stones, silk, so much that her work could be considered “luxury hippie“. Her art ties into the whole bohemian fashion movement, and from Charlotte’s point of view, “without intention, this is literally what I want to wear and know there are a lot of other people out there from teenagers to older women, who share this aesthetic!”
Charlotte started early because of Phish and in the Phish lots: “I really started working in the fashion industry BECAUSE of phish…I have always made clothing and costumes for myself, but going to phish shows prompted me to design and create clothing/art for sale and for other people. So I think that’s the link in to Phish”
“I no longer actually sell stuff at Phish shows, but man, when I first started making pants and shorts and skirts I sold the shit out of them on Phish lot, my friends have all saved their Chutzhead clothing and like to bust it out to show me when I visit (Chutzhead was thename of the clothing line from back then..I think I still have some stickers or business cards around, so long ago!!) I definitely got top dollar for what I was making and was creating something that was way way different from the other kind of patchworky stuff you’d see out there”
Unique, innovative and stylish, Sweet Evie accessories and jewelry pieces are coveted by all who see them!
Screenprinter Bo Muller-Moore has been printing shirts for a good decade in Vermont. He is best known for his shirt “EAT MORE KALE“, by far his most popular and best selling design. People always ask him “what do you mean?” and “did you think of that?” Bo gives credit to his friends Paul B. and Kate C., who suggested the phrase and special ordered two shirts for themselves. Since then, it has become a huge hit and spread around the world.
You can browse Bo’s selection of shirts at www.eatmorekale.com/store/categories.php Shirts can be ordered from the “special order” section of the shopping cart on his site. Fans interested in a specific shirt can email Bo at Bo@eatmorekale.com or if you have any questions.
The original Eat More Kale shirts
Check out Bo on Facebookand join his group, as he typically runs special contests with prizes for fans.
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.
