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Live earthquake video from the plaza in downtown Arcata from a web camera.

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EarthQuake footage from North Coast Co-Op

In our fifth installment of New Year’s Eve Report this week, we’re taking a look at the Umphrey’s McGee 3-night run that started with one show at Chicago’s Vic Theater and continued with two nights at The Aragon Ballroom.

It was “throwback night” at The Vic on the 29th as UM played a venue a little too small for their current draw and all the merchandise onsale reflected an older “look” that was also mirrored in the show poster. It also looked like the music might be from an earlier era as the first hour featured songs that were all at least seven years old, including the fan-favorite rarity Front Porch which clocked in at twenty minutes. But UM made it clear that this would not be a night of exclusively old material when they closed the first set with The Floor, a tune debuted in 2007. Read more at Hiddentrack

Phish "Gone"

Running from yourself
Come back from the dead
All those sleepless nights
All that pain
I'm sorry you're gone
But you're gone.

When hope is nearly lost
You'll finally do what's right
Stop bleeding from your head anymore
The devil has you down
So turn around
And rise into the light

Running from yourself
(Spinning got you here)
Come back from the dead
(And there's no sun left in your eyes)
All those sleepless nights
All that pain
(You looked right through me)
I'm sorry you're gone
But you're gone
(Left alone sleeping)

When hope is nearly lost
(Gave with all your strength)
You'll finally do what's right
(Spoke with your eyes closed)
Stop bleeding from your head anymore
(I saw you dreaming like a child)
The devil has you down
(Cross the river with your friends)
So turn around
And rise into the light.

Driving down the interstate on December 28th was anything but normal for the local residents of Miami. With tye-dye shirts popping out of car windows and jam music blasting, excitement truly filled the Florida air as phans prepared themselves “to run like antelopes out of control” for phour days of Phish New Years in Miami.

Opening up the first show with “Sample in A Jar” not only excited the audience but prepared them for a true sample of what Phish is really all about: passion, energy and a genuine good time. “There is something about a Phish show, something amazing” says avid Phish phollower Marc Schillian, 23 of West Palm Beach and let me just tell you, he is quite right. As the music arose that Monday, and the crazy non-stop light show began, the audience quickly sprung from their seats and began dancing without a care in the world. Read on

Set One: Alligator(jk), Next Time You See Me(bw), Pride of Cucamonga(pl), Money for Gasoline(bw), Hurricane(jk), Death Don't Have No Mercy(jk), Silvio(bw), Magnolia Mtn.(jk), Uncle John's Band,
Good Lovin(bw)

Encore: Dark Star > Jam > Let it Grow > Dark Star, Attics of My Life