I realize that I have to point some of you towards Urban Dictionary and Phish.net FAQ to get a quick tutorial in some of the lingo and slang peppered in my previous post. But I'll also give you some quick definitions.
The Band
Trey: the frontman and lead guitar player
Fish: the drummer, he wears a dress and plays a vacuum cleaner
Page: the piano and keyboard player, my favorite member of Phish
Mike: the bass player, infamous for the tune "Mike's Song"
Mike, Fish, Page, and Trey
People
Kuroda: aka CK5, Chris Kuroda does the amazing lights at Phish shows
Japhan: a Japanese Phishead
Japhamily: Americans (and Japanese) heads that toured the Japan 2000 shows
Crusty: see Wookie
Newbie: someone at their first Phish show
Wookie: long haired, or dreadlocked, unkempt hippies that resemble Chewbacca from Star Wars
Wookette: a female version of a Wookie, usually with armpits hairier than mine
Phishy chick: a young hippie girl adorned in either hemp jewelry or a patchwork dress
Dave Matthews Chick: a very attractive girl on the borderline of hipster and hippie, her favorite band is Dave Matthews Band and she wears Birkenstocks and has on a pair of Victoria's Secret panties
Spinners: Phishy chicks that will twirl around in circles the entire show, and usually afterwards for several hours later
Tour dogs: unleashed dogs that accompany heads on tour, usually following a group of four or five Wookies
Tour rats: group of people who follow Phish... but not for the music, rather for the drug scene in the lots before and after the shows
Veggie Burrito Girl: a Phishy chick selling her food in the parking lot after the show
Vendors: people selling items in Shakedown Street
Drug Speak
Shakedown: named after the Grateful Dead song, Shakedown Street is a part of the parking lot where vendors (legal and illegal) set up shop
Nugs or Nuggets: high grade marijuana (aka the Dank)
Pharmies: pharmacuetical drugs for sale like Valium, Xanax, and Klonapin
Rolls: Ecstasy pills
Molly: pure MDMA (Ecstasy) in powder form
Yay Yo: cocaine
Mushroom Chocolates: magic mushrooms cooked in chocolate
Doses: hits of LSD (acid), sometimes called Dragons
Rolling: (aka Spun out) tripping on Molly or Ecstacy
Slinging: selling or trading transactions in Shakedown Street
Balloons: filled with nitrous oxide, otherwise known as Hippie Crack
Bunk: no good, fake
A glimpse of Shakedown Street in Deer Creek
Misc.
Extras: extra tickets to the show
Miracle: from the Grateful Dead song "I Need a Miracle"... someone who does not have a ticket to a sold out show needs a miracle, or an extra ticket
YEM: You Enjoy Myself... a Phish song
Setbreak: Phish plays two sets every show (sometimes they play 3 for special shows) with a 40 min. break in between, first set is usually 65 to 70 mins. long and the second set is at least 90 mins.
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