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Gamehenge Revival in Brooklyn

0409phishgamehenge.jpg Currently the band Phish is recording an album in an unidentified "fun city" (New York?) before they head out on the Most Important Reunion Tour of Our Time. Tonight, however, something related to the band is going down at Brooklyn's Monkeytown, and it's called Gamehenge. For those who don't know, Gamehenge was frontman Trey Anastasio's senior thesis at Goddard College (you can read it here, though we suggest listening to it). But what exactly is going down at Monkeytown tonight?

In the spirit of experimentation, collaboration and fun, 100 sound artists have re-interpreted Phish's coveted Gamehendge album to create Gamehenge '09! This is a kaleidoscopic joyride through bizarre sound demi-genres.

Whether you are a Phish fan or not, they have become a ritualistic-psychedelic necessity for a distinct and vast niche of the American people. The massive collection of new artists featured on Gamehenge 09 offer a refreshing vantage point from which to reconsider Phish's psychedelic music tradition and to shed light on possible future avenues. The point of this release is to breath new, forceful vision into this modern piece of Americana mythology.

A Phish tribute in the heart of hipster Brooklyn? Unless there's some cannily disguised irony we're missing here, it looks like Williamsburg is about to lose a breathtaking number of "cool points" tonight! Get more details here, and don't forget to tell us why Phish sucks in the comments!

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  • if you are doing a gamehenge thing you think they're great
  • bilowj

    Yes, they are recording in NYC

  • Poingly

    "And it sounds like there are many more."



    Knowing a few of the contributors of this experiment, I can safely safe that participation by a band does not mean or imply that said band thinks Phish is "great."

  • bertolet

    Uh. Phish is great. I know plenty of Brooklyn hipsters who think so. And it sounds like there are many more.

  • feelthebuzz

    PYITE

  • duckumu

    who?

  • Dirk

    I can smell the patchouli already.

  • Guest

    Phish sucks because I said so!

  • nator

    The Cowboys suck because I said so.

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