SourceRolls@waxbanks I got your 33 1/3 sometime just after I had let myself start listening to phish again after a 15 year hiatus (yeah I’m that one guy who bailed on the scene after big cypress). I was trying to be a cool punk art rocker and after that phase ended, finally gave myself permission to check back in on the band. Turned out 2015 was a good year to do that!
Andy Steele@SourceRolls @waxbanks I don't think you're alone in having a long hiatus. I didn't see them between 1996 and 2018.
LL af R 
@waxbanks @SourceRolls @drummmerandy interesting how many 1.0 people took a break, i took off from ‘99-‘13 myself curious what years you all began seeing phish. first show for me 91, never went “on tour” did runs/local. to your initial toot, agree that it’s kind of a full time thing one has to pay attention to Wally —u duck out for a few months and there’s new memes/events/etc that become part of the canon= out of the loop feeling
Mr. Completely@ll_rain @waxbanks @SourceRolls @drummmerandy I saw six local shows in 1990-91, decided they had peaked & become repetitive, preferred ARU and was getting into non rock music, so I bailed and missed the best years 😭 my Mrs got me back into it when we started dating in 99
I rarely go to shows and don't travel far for Phish but I listen to most second sets, watch the majority of webcasts until I burn out on each tour, etc, but the group chats keep me fresh on the memes
@drummmerandy @SourceRolls @mrcompletely @waxbanks looking back i feel the same way abt 2.0- though they were dark times some of the jams were great. when i closed the door i literally closed it..didn’t listen/care/even read about/etc..then had all my kids. 2009 my best friend/older bro figure began laying the groundwork to pull me back in, grateful dead>phish twitter fully pulled me back in. i’ll stream shows but rarely listen back to3.0+shows
@ll_rain @drummmerandy @SourceRolls @waxbanks we saw a half dozen shows in 03 and it was strange. Some of the music was very good, some was absolute trash, and the scene and band vibes were ever more "latter era dead tour" in all the wrong ways. In 04 we shifted into parent mode
TheJediSwitch@mrcompletely @ll_rain @drummmerandy @SourceRolls @waxbanks I was much the same. 1st show 91 & saw a lot of 1.0. Heaviest touring years were 96-99. Was a firm believer they should have dropped the mic the morning of 1.1.00 & called it quits. Did a few shows in '00, but only saw one 2.0 show. For all reasons you mention - scene, vibe, music.
Did a bunch in '09 but not again until 2013. Found the spark again then and see about 5-8 a year now.
@mrcompletely @drummmerandy @TheJediSwitch @SourceRolls @waxbanks whoa my first show was in 91 too. cheers, wow, we pretty much had the same trajectory!
Josh 
@TheJediSwitch @waxbanks @drummmerandy @ll_rain @mrcompletely @SourceRolls My 1st was 12/31/92 + caught a handful in 93, then 94-96 were my peak years (14 in 95 being the most). By 99 I was down to 1 show, went to three in 2.0, but wasn’t really back *into* Phish. When they returned in ‘09 l caught the bug again, but still don’t go to that many shows (2-4 most yrs). Haven’t hit 100 but I will in the next few years.
EckhartTrolle@mrcompletely @TheJediSwitch @drummmerandy @ll_rain @Nolasox @SourceRolls @waxbanks My first shows were 91 too. Basically any time they came to Portland and then a few in the Chicago area when I went off to college. Got fully obsessed when I discovered rec.music.phish in 93 and then stopped in 94 when I was convinced they’d gotten too “mainstream”. Missed out on same great years but gotten bitten hard again in 09.
@waxbanks @ll_rain @mrcompletely @TheJediSwitch @drummmerandy @Ludicculus @SourceRolls So great that their return in ‘09 brought back so many old fans who remain deeply engaged w the band to this day
@Ludicculus @drummmerandy @waxbanks @TheJediSwitch @mrcompletely @SourceRolls @Nolasox right? i’m kind of blown away by the shared similar histories. how’d we never discuss this on twitter too?
@SourceRolls @drummmerandy @Nolasox @TheJediSwitch @mrcompletely @ll_rain @waxbanks I also think a lot of us who moved over here are the same generation. Over there it would come across as some sort of attempt at status and we’d all be dragged. Lol
@Nolasox @TheJediSwitch @SourceRolls @Ludicculus @waxbanks @drummmerandy @mrcompletely wonder if our age/shared history has something to do with all of us being relatively early adapters to the jump here
@Nolasox @drummmerandy @TheJediSwitch @waxbanks @ll_rain @Ludicculus @mrcompletely if I could figure out how to dial in and trade tapes as multibeast @ AOL dot com back in ‘93 I can certainly figure out the fediverse (especially considering the rapid nosedive of the alternative)
@SourceRolls @Nolasox @drummmerandy @TheJediSwitch @waxbanks @ll_rain @Ludicculus I'm also used to the idea that online platforms die but lasting connections are made which survive across platforms and become community. I've been online since 1990. Leaving Twitter is nothing new.
@Ludicculus @mrcompletely @drummmerandy @waxbanks @ll_rain @TheJediSwitch @SourceRolls Yup. One of the great things about finding Phish Twitter in 3.0 was reconnecting with folks I knew on rec.music.phish and gd back in the mid 90s.