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Aug 29, 2021Liked by CJ Kaplan, Ken Warshaw

Phish was doomed from the start for me. My entry to the band was an ex-girlfriend--who up 'til this point had only listened to early '90s R & B- trying to sell me on "Rift." It just seemed like a sh*tty mash up of Rush and the worst sides of Pink Floyd. I'd also allocated all my jam band capacity to the Grateful Dead. Maybe I just wasn't ready for it.

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I really had zero experience with this band. Only one of my friends was really into them and he never even tried to get us to listen. I guess the best way to describe how I feel about the music is that I find it completely unremarkable. In fact, I kinda wish it were terrible so that I'd have some good writing inspiration. But, it didn't even give me that

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