March

• Members of Phish:

  Each year, one week in April is designated National Library Week. It is a time for celebrating the role that libraries play ithin our lives and a time for others to discover what libraries can bring into their lives. During 1993, National Library Week will be held from April 18-24, and the American Library Association's theme for the week is "Libraries Change Lives".
  
  What is your earliest memory of a library?
  Dear Library People,:

  When I was little, I went to the Goodnow Library in Sudbury, Massachusetts to find out how to build a robot. Sure enough, I found out. Libraries have been an integral part of my life. -- Mike
• Phish:

  My aging cat has some sort of saggy pouch tummy that waddles when she walks, is this some sort of tumor?

  Shreve LaFramenta
  Dear Shreve,:

  Your cat is probably experiencing a simple case of "loose stomach guts" that comes with aging. You may ask your vet just in case, but in the mean time, pat your cat on her head-top. She loves that. --Mike
• Trey, Mike, Page and Jon:

  I'm a semi-new listener, so I was completely blown away at the November 25th show (my first Phish concert). The highlight of my night would have to be "The Lizards." This was the first and only time I had ever heard this song - I was hoping you could tell me anything about this song. Thanks a lot, guys.

  J.P. Kendall
  Dear J.P:

  Instead of telling you about the song, I thought I'd mention that I heard last night that somewhere in the world there are lizards that weigh 200 lbs. And can eat 180lbs. of flesh in one sitting. They have serrated teeth so that they can tear at people's flesh and let them rot before returning to eat them. -- Mike
• Phish:

  I know that you guys have an open mind when it comes to music. I've often wondered if you've heard and if so, what you think of these two bands:
  
  #1 - Ween
  #2 - Negativland
  
  Both bands are extremely humorous in theirapproach towards music, but in an entirely different way than Phish.

  Paul M.
  Dear Paul:

  Funny you should mention Ween. We spent the entire last tour turning people on to their "Pure Guava" CD in the back of our tour bus practically every night. Personally, it is my favorite new album in quite a while. They recently became label mates of ours at Elektra and I have yet to thank the person who signed them. I'm still listening to it every other day or so. I love them so much I recently sent them a death threat in the mail and signed my real name to it. Negativland has always been one of my favorites. On practically every mix tape I've ever made for anyone I have included "Car Bomb" and I highly recommend listening to this track on a loud stereo system for it contains the greatest explosion sounds ever put to tape. I would love to do a gig with these guys. Thanks for listening. -- Fish
• Phish:

  In your most recent newsletter you answered a question that had been bugging me for months. Mike said that after "shit" you say "water your team, in a bee hive, I'm a sent you." Why does it sound like "wash your feet you drive me to forenzy"? Is it English??? I still love you.

  Jessica W.
  Dear Jessica:

  You don't seem to get it. "Water you team, in a bee hive, I'm a sent you."
  
  Thanx, Mike
• Mike:

  What are your super special powers?

  Alex Gross
  Alex:

  Thank God someone has become aware of my super powers. I got them from sniffing glue. -Mike
• Mike:

  I believe you made an error in the last issue of "Phish Update" (regarding what the hell it is you're saying after "shit" in the song "You Enjoy Myself"). I believe the correct lyric is: "Wash, you face, and drive me to Valencia."
  
  Your apology expected,

  Mike Moore
  Mike:

  The words are "Washer/Dryer Freezer/Fencing." -- Mike Gordon
  
  p.s. Listen to the Portland, ME tape 2/3/93
• Phish:

  I was just finishing up the vacuuming, when I recalled a long pondered question to my memory: "Why does Fishman-have an affinity to sing into a vacuum cleaner and how did this 'Hoover maneuver' come about?"

  pondering in Plymouth, -Jairaj Swann
  Dear Jairaj Swann:

  1.) Fish likes to sing into a vacuum because it sounds good.
  2.) He started doing it at a party.
  -the long-awaited, well-coveted answers. -Mike
• Phish:

  Could you please write down the words to You Enjoy Myself. Not just Boy, Man, Shit; I mean the part I don't understand. I promise to keep it a secret if you do.

  Jason
  Jason:

  What we are saying is "Wanton in a key, I live, and me for horse-rent." --Mike
• Mike:

  What are the lyrics to "You Enjoy Myself" near the end of the song when it sounds like "Won't you please-e-drive me to Valensi" - or something.

  Ariel
  Ariel:

  The lyrics to Y.E.M. are in fact "Won't you please-e-drive me to Valensi". Finally someone guessed it. Except the real words aren't "drive me to" but "curve me from". -- Mike
• Mike:

  I've been dying of curiosity for the last year-an-a-half or so to know what is being said repeatedly in "You Enjoy Myself". ("What did Fee say, drive me to forensic"? I have no idea.)

  Travis Just
  Travis:

  In Y.E.M., we say "Washington fences, please, say me". --Mike
• Phish:

  Listen guys, why did you lie? In your last update, you wrote the lyrics to You Enjoy Myself. I find them false. After boy, man, god, shit it sound much more like, "Won't your fece drive me to Falenzen?"! I still love you, even though you misled me. By the way, what the hell does "Water your team, in a bee hive, I'm a sent you" mean?

  Brooke Raines Lindridge
  Brooke:

  "Water your team, in a beehive, I'm a sent you" means "Yes, I'll play, but no, I won't raise". --Mike
• Phish:

  In your Feb '93 update something pleaded with you to remain "small". The question is what is the definition of small. Here? I think that is great you guys grew out of Nectars and out into the world. After attending an amount of your shows. I must say I would rather see you in a crowd of 2,000 instead of 200,000. Where I am 100 yards away from you guys and the sound is so superficial from the use of so many speakers. People can't ask you to not grow. Because they like you as you are now. That would be like asking a puppy to not grow into a dog because it is so cute!

  Peaches Wehmeier
  Peaches:

  We hereby officially refuse to play for more than a billion people at one untelevised concert. --Mike