My first show, and I caught the phever on the first notes of Paul & Silas. Forgive the cliche, but it is no understatement to say I had the time of my life. Unbelievable vibes from start to finish. Huge thanks to everybody for your warmth and acceptance; the Phish community is truly a brotherhood, and as soon as I stepped into the amphitheater that night, I was embraced as a brother. I made more lasting emotional connections in 3 hours at a Phish show than I have in 17 years in suburbia...no joke. Each and every person I came into contact with that night somehow played his own part in making June 15, 2011 absolutely unforgettable. If you were there and you happen to remember chilling with a redhead kid with a yellow and black tie dye shirt and a blue walker, that was me...please don't hesitate to shoot me a message when you've got a second.

Damn...not to get all sentimental or anything....

Anyway, here I am, just another high school kid from Suburbia whose life was changed by Phish. I swore I'd never be a slave to the capitalistic machine, and yet I find myself working 8 or 9 hours a day this summer, trying to scrape up enough dough for the New Year's Run and the 2012 summer tour...

All because there is, for my money, nothing like a Phish show.