Rob Mitchum

Sphere3 Recap: Squaring The Sphere now on the blog courtesy of @phishcrit Rob Mitchum phish.net/blog/171372377… #Phish #Sphere

Long time no see! Good news: Phil & Friends essays coming this week. Bad news: I'm still on Substack, haven't decided where to migrate yet. Also, I have successfully weaned myself off this site, so find me on BlueSky going forward. ✌️

Possum snubbed?

Can’t wait to buy this CD-ROM.

Time to quietly disappear this post, I guess. 😉 phishcrit.substack.com/p/never-never-…

The finale of 1998 marked the end of Phish's imperial phase. But they went out partying, as Prince would have them be. phishcrit.substack.com/p/imperial-gar…

The 1998 NYE run summarized the preceding year as well as any in the 90s, which meant that one show had to be weirdly all over the place: phishcrit.substack.com/p/remains-the-…

The final 2001 of 1998 completed a trilogy of monumental versions and provided a montage of the year's accomplishments: phishcrit.substack.com/p/beyond-the-i…

My statement about the Substack shenanigans is at the end. Short version: looking into alternatives, but this run will still be posted there.

25 years ago today, Phish moved into the Garden for its first full NYE run and wasted no time making it weird. phishcrit.substack.com/p/big-shots

It was inevitable that the show after 11/27/98 would be a hangover, and it was a rare recovery day for a tour that has only accelerated: phishcrit.substack.com/p/turkey-coma

It sure sounds like there was a secret ingredient behind 11/27/98, and it works out just fine...for now: phishcrit.substack.com/p/snowstorm

On the night before Thanksgiving 1998, Trey leaned into an effect that would play a big role in the following year: phishcrit.substack.com/p/play-it-back…

Chose this screenshot because it's the Phish version of

While the arc of 1998 has bent towards minimalism, there's a rebellion afoot in Phish, and 11/24/98 showed who's responsible: phishcrit.substack.com/p/there-are-tw…

Stumbled into a pirate stream of Live Phish 6 on Spotify.