http://myspace.com/phisharchives blog entry 5
(originally posted 11/10/05 4:20a EST. reposted 3/14/06 9:26p EST)

original blog:

it's a decade since the fox theatre shows. in the midst of a mostly arena tour, the band treated us to 3 nights at one of the most ornate and sonically pleasing theaters in the country, the fabulous fox. it was in atlanta at a post-show party at yakitori that i first learned the band might hire an archivist. when john paluska asked if I'd help the new hire out, i said I'd be happy to but suggested they just hire me. after 1995 holiday tour (aka "interview tour") i got the offer to move to burlington to start doing what I do now. i can't imagine it happening any other way but don't take it for granted either. every day is a new adventure in past-turned-future. ozzy said it best when he said "today was tomorrow yesterday".

you might ask "why this whole schpeal about the fox and then you post a random track from vermont from a decade before and miles from anything like 11/11/95 mike's song or 2001 > bowie?" that's a fair question and maybe it is a non sequitur, but what's myspace about if not a rambling non sequitur from someone who surely has something better to do. not to mention neither of those monsters, or arguably any before or since, might ever have happened if not for the college radio show that begat this track. in honor of both occasions, this early dave's energy guide replaces 11/19/92 fast enough for you (w/ gordon stone on drippy pedal steel) from st. michael's, the second track posted here and another hometown college gig.

page first sat in with phish at uvm in spring 1985 after hearing them play at goddard (and being slayed by fish's playing as so many of us have since), but he officially joined the band 9/26/85 for a show called wruv "exposure". wruv is uvm's student radio station and exposure still showcases local bands. that local showcase in a city of 40,000 was the first time page loaded his keyboard into a show as a member of phish - as he's done a thousand times since. jeff holdsworth was still in the band then and for most of the following year and the five-member phish played this instrumental along with some other early material to introduce new listeners to the band.

repost:

two quick things to add upon repost. first, the scintillating 10/21/95 reba was removed to make room for this repost of deg rather than the 11/19/92 fast enough mentioned in the original blog (which i'll also eventually repost). second, deg isn't actually up yet as of the time i'm posting this, because it's taking a long time to process at myspace. that means you'll hear it sometime in the next 24 hours, probably sooner than later.

Enjoy!

--ks