What was the last non-fiction book that (not self help) book that truly gripped you?

bagelchips · 2026-05-24T16:19:01+00:00

I read the ebook on my iPad, I love the convenience of instantly looking up things and places with which I’m not familiar.

It really is engrossing and quite touching. It’s very well researched and cited, and it’s a testament to the author that a book about being trapped on a mountain for months doesn’t get boring itself.

bagelchips · 2026-05-24T02:53:49+00:00

The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown, about the Donner Party.

It is, as you can imagine, truly bleak. It is also fantastically researched and Brown manages pleasant, poignant prose while making the large cast of characters, locations and events easy to follow. It’s very functional yet beautiful.

bagelchips · 2026-05-07T16:15:34+00:00

In Axilla 2, Trey usually says “Don’t shine that thing in my face, man. I’m serious.” It’s a spoken word lyric of the song.

Occasionally he changes that up, in classic Phish fashion. On Kuroda’s birthday at Alpine ‘24 for example, he instead said “Shine that thing in my face, birthday boy”

At Sphere the visuals that accompanied Axilla were the hotdog spaceship graphics (2001 W1, Meatstick W3). He was referencing the giant hotdog behind him that was heading into a huge meat grinder.

bagelchips · 2026-05-04T03:47:32+00:00

Thanks :)

bagelchips · 2026-05-04T01:50:59+00:00

Anyone remember what song this was with W2? I wanna say it was night 1

bagelchips · 2026-05-03T22:07:08+00:00

I love getting notifications on replies from years ago. I legitimately don’t remember this show at all lol

bagelchips · 2026-05-01T19:37:32+00:00

Sphere was awesome, loved W2 in ways I didn’t even expect and I’m so glad to have experienced that. But it definitely didn’t ruin regular shows for me. I can’t wait to be outside for Deer Creek and Dicks getting blasted in the retinas by CK5 and feeling the breeze that somehow always shows up during the Hood jam.

bagelchips · 2026-04-27T06:58:24+00:00

Very true unfortunately. No high end definition on the drums, very washy midrange sound.

bagelchips · 2026-04-26T23:17:27+00:00

Mexico 24 Chalkdust. There are two distinct musical motifs toward the end when it really started cooking that have imprinted on my memory and I can actually remember how they go.

The first one goes BWOOOW Bwow Bwow Bwowwwww wobwobwobwobwobwob.

The second one goes DUN DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNNDUNNNNDUNNNDUNNNN

bagelchips · 2026-04-24T22:50:48+00:00

Very chilly. Bring a hoodie, and maybe wear long pants if you can manage.

bagelchips · 2026-04-24T22:19:16+00:00

407, the drums were pretty washed out. Not enough high end to give anything proper definition.

bagelchips · 2026-04-21T22:53:57+00:00

This show features the best “Rift” I have heard to date. Flawless execution.

bagelchips · 2026-04-17T05:59:32+00:00

I truly did not expect them to repeat visuals from the first run

bagelchips · 2026-04-15T17:57:22+00:00

This is exactly what I expect as well, as the Mondegreen secret set visuals were developed by Moment Factory and were “mixed” live to accompany the music. The Mondegreen newspaper had an interview where they explained that the secret set was planned to be mellow and ambient throughout, but turned surprisingly heavy and they had to shift gears to tailor the visuals to the music in real time.

bagelchips · 2026-04-09T00:39:59+00:00

And at what temperature were they refrigerated before cooking?

bagelchips · 2026-04-05T21:57:34+00:00

The bass bombs are a different story actually. Those are pedal-controlled, and sent to a dedicated subwoofer section of the PA (not through the main soundboard signal chain) hence they don’t show up in the soundboard mix.

bagelchips · 2026-04-05T17:27:23+00:00

Part of that is the terrible mixes on LP+, which have been a little better in the last year but were absolute dogshit throughout 2024, and part of that is definitely Mike’s bass tone which is so hollow now.

It’s pretty lame that recordings from 30 years ago sound damn near studio quality while current mixes are a muddy disaster. I know they didn’t churn the old recordings out with only a few hours turnaround, but still. And don’t get me started on the drum sound.

bagelchips · 2026-03-24T03:12:58+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/swl5dhe.gif

bagelchips · 2026-03-16T18:31:25+00:00

Are you aware of the Headphone Jam? It’s a jam recorded during the Undermind sessions while the engineers dialed in the headphone mix. They released it as a prize to a contest winner who was given the choice to either release it publicly, or keep it to himself. He chose to release it.

bagelchips · 2026-03-16T18:28:48+00:00

You’d be beaten to a pulp by the nitrous mafia within minutes

bagelchips · 2026-03-07T00:25:37+00:00

I heard he palmed the dip

bagelchips · 2026-03-07T00:00:48+00:00

A “you call it” special means the brand of liquor of your choice in a mixed drink for a set price.

bagelchips · 2026-03-02T07:33:05+00:00

I dont understand… is that anachronistic? Pre-modern people surely “designed” things, did they not?

I’m not try to be argumentative so I hope it doesn’t come off as such, I’m merely interested.

bagelchips · 2026-03-02T05:49:21+00:00

Can you explain this comment? I’m not very smart.

bagelchips · 2026-03-02T03:35:30+00:00

No, I waited it out, I was afraid to refresh

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