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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 1d

I can’t believe that he manages to publish every post on time—as if work, family, unexpected illnesses, etc just don’t exist. I have to imagine there have been weeks when he’s gotten less sleep than Phish did in October 2000

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 1d

Massive round of applause for @robmitchum.bsky.social, who has closed the book on 1.0 in fine fashion. In the words of Trey at Clifford Ball, I don’t know how you do it, man…

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Grind, Grind, Grind

10/7/00, Mountain View, CA, Shoreline Amphitheatre

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 3d

I’ve never been as sure of anything as I am that either Goose or Eggy will cover the first track of the new Taylor Swift album

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 4d

Little secret about the new song I released yesterday: the bassline was directly inspired by a line Mike plays at one point in one of the greatest jams in Phish history, the 9/14/99 AC/DC Bag. Listen and see if you recognize it…

Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

My 2nd single “Chandelier” is out on all streaming services now! Music video snippet below.

Incredible talent on this one:
Jeff Curtin on 🥁
Henry Solomon on 🎷
Aaron Janik on 🎺
Andrew Conrad on clarinet
Brendan Eder mixed and co-arranged horns
Alex Tebeleff mastered
Cover art by Chris Gregori

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

Find me on your streaming service of choice at linktr.ee/mrbengreenfield

Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

My 2nd single “Chandelier” is out on all streaming services now! Music video snippet below.

Incredible talent on this one:
Jeff Curtin on 🥁
Henry Solomon on 🎷
Aaron Janik on 🎺
Andrew Conrad on clarinet
Brendan Eder mixed and co-arranged horns
Alex Tebeleff mastered
Cover art by Chris Gregori

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

Me: after all Ezra Klein’s recent bullshit, is there *anything* that could make me want to listen to him again?

Ezra Klein:

A screenshot from Ezra Klein’s latest podcast episode with Brian Eno

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

This is called burying the fucking lede

From a GQ article about Page McConnell: ([Urian Hackney] met [Santa Davis] once as a little kid, when Davis was drumming with Burning Spear in Burlington; Bernie Sanders and Burning Spear smoked weed together backstage, Hackney remembers, confirming my stereotype of every reggae set ever in Vermont.)

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 5d

Real missed opportunity, not making the headline “Page Side, New-Age Side” www.gq.com/story/phishs...

Phish’s Keyboardist Steps Out From the Page Side

For four decades, Phish's Page McConnell has hidden in plain sight—at stage right, behind a bunker of keyboards. As he releases an ambient wonder of an album and reunites most of his old band, Vida Bl...

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 6d

Wanna come sing the Trey parts at Guerilla Toss tonight?

Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 6d

I am so excited about this book. The art is by the incredible @chrisgregori.bsky.social (who also did the cover art for my album). Great gift for your own littles or others’.

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A page from the “A is for Antelope” book reads “C is for Coventry / We thought Phish was done / But after some rest / They chose to Blaze On”

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 7d

As a resident of their home base in northeast LA, I couldn’t believe they’d make us brave the long drive to the west side. So I do feel your pain.

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 7d

I’ve heard from very well respected rumor mongers that they rocked Woodsist Fest 2023 so hard that many in upstate NY still need more time to recover. I totally get it.

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 7d

RIP. A long life that did a great deal of good & added much to the richness of the world--all one could ask for.

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Taper’s Choice @taperschoice.bsky.social · 7d

New album out now, tour goes on sale Friday, The Taper’s voice is live - we’re back baby !

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 9d

One could argue that the essay should’ve started and ended right here. But Rob kept writing, and the whole thing ended up being worth the read.

Rob Mitchum’s opening thoughts on Phish’s 9/29/00 show: “Oh boy.”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 10d

So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.

These two gotta go.

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 10d

It appears that sitters have become quitters at the table of success

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10d

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12d

A stopped escalator is right once a day.

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 12d

Blocked and reported for not including Cate Le Bon

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 12d

What would an anti-corruption platform look like? Let me offer a brief thread with some suggestions.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20d

Why should corruption be the central organizing message for Democrats? Let me explain my reasoning.

First, corruption -- by which I mean political figures using power in illegal or otherwise inappropriate ways to further their own interests and that of their friends -- is unpopular on its own.

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20d

For all the criticism of Democratic leadership, this is a strong statement. Specifically

1) It frames this as a matter of corruption (which should be the central theme of Democratic campaigning, imho)
2) It emphasizes what Congress (not the courts) should (and if Dems retake a chamber, can) do

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 13d

Didn’t realize he was at Columbia now. Fun.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 14d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Guy Forget @guyforget.bengreenfield.com · 14d

Oof I missed that it was the WNBA. Not great.

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