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The concert film will feature footage by AEG Live and Action 3D that was shot during all eight sets of Festival 8 in Indio. Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm really hoping the pyro-infused Mike's Song didn't end up on the cutting room floor as I'd certainly love to see that in 3D.

Very cool technology… Ridic.
Dave O, Hidden Track

According to Consequence of Sound, the band will begin to tease Phish 3D: The Movie with a 15-second trailer at Alice in Wonderland 3D screenings this weekend. Expect a longer trailer to be released next month.

If you hit the official site you can enter your email and ZIP to get notified when tickets go on sale.

Consider me in line already!

Update: Phish 3D Bloomberg Release (March 6, 2010 @ 12:01 am CT)

Per this Bloomberg release there were 3,659 screens in the U.S. and Canada equipped with 3-D projectors as of Jan. 5 and Phish / Action 3D / AEG Live will be using technology from Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. to digitally transmit and project the movie.

Update: Under-the-Hood of the Official Site(March 6, 2010 @ 10:35 am CT)

The source code of the phish3dmovie website leads me to believe it was developed in partnership with the aforementioned Cinedigm (which is a tad curious) by a group called New Reach Consulting who appear to have a pretty solid music industry background.

NOTE: For the tech dorks out there, and perhaps more curiously, if you view the site with the Firebug "Net" tab open you'll see some strange "Flexispot" JavaScript / Flash tracker thing that as best I can tell is attempting to determine if you've previously visited a whole slew of other sites. (e.g. Bonnaroo, Jazzfest, Last.fm, etc). I have no familiarity with this but my assumption is that they'll be running ads for the movie on some of those sites and this script will allow them to account for “view through” conversions (i.e. you saw an ad, didn't click, but later went to site anyway). This is of course pure speculation so hopefully someone from New Reach will see this and chime in with an explanation.

Update: 3/9/2010 The artifacts mentioned above have been removed from the site.

Update: Theater Locator (March 6, 2010 @ 8:30 pm CT)

Assuming this is showing at the same spots as the DMB 3D movie, here's a theater locator so you can see if it'll be anywhere near you. The closest theatre for me is just 3.4 miles away. Fine.

Update: Red / Blue 3D Image by Darren Cokin (March 8, 2010 @ 12:50 pm CT)

Just found this cool 3D Phish photo that fan Darren Cokin posted to the Phish 3D FB page. Throw on some red/blue glasses and click the thumbnail for the full version.

Update: Phish 3D Announced on Phish.com (March 9, 2010 @ 3:00 pm CT)

Okay, now it's officially official, as the movie has been announced on the Phish.com News page.

Is it April yet?

Photo by vitroid

About a week ago, a seemingly spammy twitter post broke the rumor of a possible Phish run on August 9th & 10th at the picturesque Town Park in Telluride, Colorado.

It's definitely doable.
— Paul Machado, Jazz Fest director

This was quickly followed by a Denver Post article that was equally non-commital.

By the time we would be able to invite them, it might be too late.
— Craig Ferguson, Telluride Bluegrass Festival director

Well here's some good news. As of 12:30 PST today, the Telluride Parks and Recreation Commission gave their okay for the Phish shows in Telluride, leaving just two hurdles in the way of the prospective throwdown in the mountains.

I spoke to the Parks & Rec department to find out a bit more about what stands in the way and here's what I learned.

The first hurdle is a meeting with the Telluride Commission for Community Assistance, Arts and Special Events (CCAASE) who still need to approve the addition of the shows to the Telluride Special Events Calendar. This meeting is on Wed, March 3rd at Noon MST.

From left to right: Craig Ferguson, Planet Bluegrass President; Terry Tice, Telluride Jazz Board President; Jackie Arguelles, Jazz Director of Finances and Special Events; Paul Machado, Jazz Executive Director (Photo by Merrick Chase)

Pictured here are some of the key players in the effort to bring Phish to Telluride this year, as well as some of the other great music festivals in Telluride.

If you see them around, be sure to say thanks!

The second hurdle is yet another meeting, only this time it's with Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser and his six-member Town Council. The council will need to exempt the proposed event from a deadline requirement that passed last Spring. This meeting will take place on Tue, March 9, with the Phish portion at 11:05 MST.

Assuming this meeting is successful it's all downhill from there!

P.S. According to the fine folks at Phish.net, Phish has played 11 shows at 3 different venues in Telluride, the most recent being 10/28/91 at the Elk Ballroom featuring a second set that included Dinner and a Movie, Harpua, and a 149 show Whipping Post bustout. [AUD Part 1 | 2 | 3]

It's official! Learn about PHISH 3D: The Movie.

Earlier today a page appeared on Ticketmaster that seems to finally confirm some great news: a theatrical release of a new Phish concert film.

Assuming the word on the street is correct, this will be none other than Phish Festival 8 in 3D, which has been rumored since the run-up to Festival 8 and now has a rumored release date of some time in May of this year.

A number of sets of Festival 8 in Indio was shot by AEG Live and Action 3D, as reported in Variety back in November, and the theatrical release was also mentioned in an article (since removed) in Palm Spring's newspaper The Desert Sun.

Our goal was to mimic a concert.
John Rubey, president of Network Live, a division of AEG Live

According to Variety, 3D concert films like U2 3D don't generally make much money (the exception: Miley Cirus), but I can tell you at least one person who wouldn't dare miss Festival 8 in 3D — this guy!

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MSG: It's Not Just for Chinese Food

For the second-to-last stop on what can only be described as a great 2009 Fall Tour, Phish is back at Madison Square Garden for 3 nights.

Learn about PHISH 3D: The Movie shot at Festival 8.

Game Fuckin' On!

After months of buildup with the map teaser and album teaser, Festival 8 is finally upon us.

I'll be updating this post throughout the weekend as time permits so stop by once in a while for random musings, photos, and of course Festival 8 setlists, audio and videos.

And don't forget to visit PhishTwit for real-time Phish updates, chat, streams and more. Can't wait to see what transpires.

P.S. The person who posts my favorite comment on this post before 11:59 pm CST on November 8th will win one of these ridiculous CK5 bobbleheads for free*.

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