7/12/99 @ Great Woods Amphitheater w/Steve Lacy

Attendance Bias

My guest today is the anchor of Fox 5 News at 5 and 10 in New York City: Steve Lacy. Steve chose to discuss Phish's July 12, 1999 show at the Great Woods Amphitheater. Having grown up in Massachusetts, this was a hometown show for Steve. Not only that, but it was the band’s first show back at Great Woods after a wild weekend in 1995, and it felt like a homecoming for all involved.

When I was a kid, probably 9 or 10 years old, I got a TV in my room. My curfew was to go to sleep at 10, but my parents said that I could stay up until 10:30 if I watched the news before going to sleep. As a result, I became a die-hard fan of Fox Five News at 10 in New York. This is the local city news—NOT to be confused with FoxNews the cable channel. So when I found out that the current anchor for the Fox 5 news is also a big Phish fan, I knew that I would love to talk shop with him. I’m also a big Howard Stern fan, and Steve is occasionally name-checked there, famously when he wrote an essay to rebut Howard’s negative response to Phish back in 2015.

The bottom line is that I want have everybody on Attendance Bias; everyday fans and friends, but also well-known names within the community. In the end, we’re all the same. We just want to talk endlessly about Phish, and I think that came through in today’s discussion of July 12, 1999 at Great Woods.
Enjoy!
Audio for today's episode: 7/12/99 @ Great Woods Amphitheater