Thanks to those aforementioned technological advances, it was now possible to do so with relative ease. This brought an influx of new, younger fans (myself included) who were hungry to dig into the band's back catalog, which included hundreds of shows. In the the late 1990s, Phish was also going through a creative peak that coincided with the band's first major flirtation with the mainstream. But they also welcomed Grateful Dead fans into the fold after the 1995 death of Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia brought that band's touring to a halt. Phish's long jams and their blend of rock, jazz, prog, and a dash of bluegrass helped the band organically build their own following. This all coincided with a few other events that would help push Phish's popularity to new heights - and kickstart the band's own efforts to take advantage of this new tech. People could now easily find and procure high-quality recordings of the shows without having to spend a fortune on postage and blank tapes. Since shows were recorded on digital equipment before they were transferred to cassette, fans were now able to copy the recordings directly to their computers, where they could be burned to CDs or stored digitally.įans of Phish and similar bands (the Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic) used these new tools to share shows across the web using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites (a forbearer of BitTorrent) and fan sites, even as Napster and MP3 sharing were still fledgling parts of the internet. Writable CD drives became increasingly affordable throughout the late-1990s, as did high-speed internet - especially on college campuses, where jam bands like Phish were especially popular. Case in point: all those damn CDs of mine. Who's got some phriendly advice? /C7UHe0vdzPĪs digital technology has improved and gotten even cheaper, fans have continued to use their savvy to figure out better ways to share the band's shows far and wide.
Oh #Phish tapes, why can't I part with you. In Phish's 35 years and counting, their fans have done the remarkable: They've used technology to turn their favorite band into one of the quieter successes of the streaming music revolution. Hauling out the overstuffed binder, I thought of the band's open-minded recording policy - trading is okay as long as the shows are audience recordings (as opposed to soundboard recordings) and no one profits - and how it's helped create something special. As a fan of the band for the last 23 years, I've been hell-bent on trying.īut it's more than just the memories. Each one is unique, and if you're a fan, you want to hear every possible version of your favorite song, and to collect them all. This will be Han's first TV writing credit, but she'll be co-showrunning with Gabrielle Stanton, who has written on Grey's Anatomy, The Flash, The Vampire Diaries, Castle and more.As Phish recently prepared to hit the road for their annual summer tour, I found myself digging in the dark reaches of a closet to locate a binder I'd filled with dozens of CD recordings of the jam band's live shows.Įvery show is a spectacle unto itself, an ever-changing setlist that never repeats, lasting between two and three hours, and featuring improvisational jams that can stretch upwards of 20 minutes. A love triangle emerges between Belly and the two sons, and the trilogy (which also includes It's Not Summer Without You and We'll Always Have Summer), follows its main characters from young teens to fully grown adults and also touches on the relationship between a mother and her children and the power of female friendship. The Summer I Turned Pretty follows Isabel "Belly" Conklin, a teen who spends summers at the beach with her mother, her brother, her mother's best friend and that best friend's two attractive sons. Han is also writing and co-showrunning the new series, meaning fans of the book and its two sequels can probably rest easy that the show will stay faithful to its source material.
#The summer i turned pretty tv series series#
To all the fans who love To All the Boys I've Loved Before, have we got news for you.Īmazon Prime Video is developing a TV series based on The Summer I Turned Pretty, another book by To All the Boys author Jenny Han.
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