Welcome to the 218th edition of Phish.Net's Mystery Jam Monday, and the debut of a new era of the MJM. While Phish 3.0 officially started on 3/6/09, some might argue that the band didn't really hit its stride till five months later at the Gorge on 8/7/09. Likewise, while MJM 3.0 officially started on 11/9/15, maybe someday folks (all seven of you who tune in each week) will say that it took MJM 3.0 five months to hit its stride. Like always, the winner will receive an MP3 code good for a free download of any show, courtesy of our friends at LivePhish.com / Nugs.Net.
I've posted three clips this week -- these three clips share something in common. To win, be the first person to identify the song and date of each of the three mystery jam clips, and answer what the three clips share in common*. Each person gets one guess per day, with the second “day” starting after I post the hint -- each guess should contain three songs / dates, and a guess at the commonality. A hint will be posted on Tuesday if necessary, with the answer to follow on Wednesday.
*Yes, these three clips were all played by Phish. Yes, none of these clips were played in my kitchen. There is something very particular that I have in mind that these clips share in common, and only that commonality (along with the three songs and dates that share it) will be accepted as the correct answer.
Note: While I expect this to be harder than your typical MJM, I don't expect it to be three times as hard; if you figure out one of the clips, you'll want to look at where / when / how / why it was played / recorded / etc. to guide and narrow your search for the other two. We'll start out this week with a more straightforward puzzle, and as folks get the hang of it, we'll take you out into Type II MJMs and beyond. If this fails miserably, the MJM always reserves the right to revert to the classic format. Good luck and have fun!
Hint: The years these jams were played are like Span, Panik, and Posey yesterday -- well, more like Span, Posey, and Panik; the commonality is like the three most important aspects of real estate investment.
Answer: Congrats to six-time winner @WayIFeel who successfully identitied the 12/13/92 Bowie, the 4/6/94 Mike's Song, and the 8/9/93 Tweezer as all being played on Canadian soil. One more win puts him on the shelf as yet another MJM emeritus -- when he's gone, who will fill his shoes?
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That's about the only thing I can say. MJM 3.0 is hard.
Hmmm...
clip 1: 12/31/12: Chalkdust jam
clip 2: 12/31/11: Steam jam
clip 3: 12/31/: Character Zero jam
And for what it's worth, if he really does have #3 I'd be shocked if he didn't have leads on the other two by now...
4/6/94 Mikes
8/9/93 Tweezer
http://phish.net/venue (sort by Country)
Or don't, because that would be cheating and would especially suck for those folks who are working on figuring it out fair and square.
And for what it's worth, if he really does have #3 I'd be shocked if he didn't have leads on the other two by now..."
I wasnt able to jump from 3 to 1 and 2 as easily as you figured..."
Did you notice that #3 was played in Canada? Anyway, these aren't supposed to be impossible, but we'll see how it goes before abandoning the new format. With phish.in / PhishTracks and the jam charts, we've seen so many difficult MJMs drop in the first hour that I figured we should try something different for a bit. It's not necessarily a unilateral change though."
Im in favor of keeping this format... It was a lot of fun this week. A+"
Sweet, thanks, I'm glad to hear it! Sort of levels the playing field a bit, because no one is just going to waltz in and take it without a second thought. If you work for it, you can get it, but it's not just about the amount of time you're willing to spend -- there's still the typical MJM intuition involved, like pinpointing the era / key / venue type etc., and the puzzle aspect makes it a little more interesting too I think. Next week will be interesting for sure...
Nice MJM
Last week I was the first one I've known right off the bat in a while and didn't listen until 5 pm