Under the Scales

Tom is joined by fellow Osiris podcaster Mike Finoia (Comes a Time). Mike pilots the submarine as they do a deep dive into the 1998 Phish song Mountains in the Mist. Awaken beasts! Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This November, the top 3 Osiris Phish podcasts are focusing on November 1995 - a great era in Phish history. Under the Scales welcomes back Brad Sands who appeared two years ago on Episode 40 in June 2018. Brad and Tom today discuss Phish’s November 1995. Coming after their ambitious cover of The Who’s Quadrophenia for Halloween that year, Phish was off to the races. Their playing was stellar, and...

Fall 2000 was a tumultuous time — politics were dividing the country, the internet was advancing faster than society could keep up, and the recording industry was undergoing major change. We take another look at this time through the lens of another band, Radiohead. Steven Hyden, author of a great book “This isn’t Happening” about Radiohead’s revolutionary album “Kid A” which came out in October 2...

As part of the Osiris Phish podcast ‘October Project’, along with Beyond the Pond and HF Pod, we are examining Phish’s epic Fall 2000 tour. In this second of two episodes, Tom interviews John Paluska who was Phish’s first manager. John sheds light on Phish’s decision to take their first hiatus after playing hard on the road for 17 years. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visi...

As part of the Osiris Phish podcast ‘October Project’, along with Beyond the Pond and HF Pod, we are examining Phish’s epic Fall 2000 tour. In this first of two episodes, Tom interviews Andy Gadiel, the founder of Jambase, who was at every show for the latter part of this tour. Andy sheds light from the audience perspective on what it meant to have the band take their first break from touring for...

RJ and Tom dive deeply to examine the Phish song Leaves. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom talks with Bob Lefsetz, music industry analyst, author, podcaster and Phish fan about the state of music in the world today. Check out the Lefsetz Letter archive: https://lefsetz.com/wordpress/ Subscribe to the Lefsetz Letter: https://lefsetz.com/lists/?p=subscribe&id=1 Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

RJ Bee and Tom take a deep dive into the lyrics of Chalkdust Torture. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom speaks to the multiple grammy-winning producer, engineer and mixer responsible for so much of the great music we all listen to, Vance Powell. Recently having completed co-production of Sigma Oasis, he tells us how he got here and about some of the other fantastic artists who rely upon him to create their own signature sound. Audio Engineer: Jesse Lauter @jesselauter Audio Engineer: Matt Dwyer...

RJ Bee and Tom take a deep dive into the lyrics of Evening Song. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom is joined by a very special guest for the new Under the Scales season premier. Don Hart is a Nashville composer and arranger, and has been working with Trey since 2004 to add beautiful orchestration to so many of his songs. Don discusses working with Trey, and their technique, and illuminates the details behind many of their collaborations in a very musical episode. Originally released in 2020...

The secrets and stories behind the Pharmers Almanac Volume 6, bible to Phish fans when it came out in October 2000, are told by its creator Kevin Cassels. Fly backwards 20 years into Phish's remarkable history with Kevin and Tom. Recorded by Julia Shuster. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

The wonderful bluegrass sensation Billy Strings is on the show! Billy shares 5 important songs with Tom and explains how they influenced his career. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rock writer Jesse Jarnow is featured. We discuss his many articles, books and career at large. One article in particular created enormous ripples (a tsunami?) in the Phish community. Jesse is known in the Osiris world as the voice/writer of After Midnight, a tribute to Phish's 1999 Big Cypress festival. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn m...

Dan Berkowitz, founder and president of CID Presents is interviewed by Tom and RJ. What is CID Presents? How did they pull off yet another amazing Phish gala in Mexico? Why did Phish move to a different resort? What is CID doing next? All these questions and more, answered. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Conclusion (Part 2). Tom and RJ interview Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach of Goose live onstage at the Brooklyn Bell House as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival. They played several acoustic numbers and were joined by their friend Jeffrey Arevelo on upright bass. Those were Arcadia, Time to Flee, A Western Sun, Brian & Robert (Phish), Jive II, Birds of a Feather (Phish). Originally released...

(Part 1 of 2) Tom and RJ interview Rick Mitarotonda and Peter Anspach of Goose live onstage at the Brooklyn Bell House as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival. They played several acoustic numbers and were joined by their friend Jeffrey Arevelo on upright bass. Those were Arcadia, Time to Flee, A Western Sun, Brian & Robert (Phish), Jive II, Birds of a Feather (Phish). Originally released in 2020...

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend talks songwriting, Phish, music industry, show biz, influences, New York and more. RJ Bee joins Tom to interview Ezra in a far-ranging open-ended interview where the Vampire Weekend effect is viewed through a Phish lens occasionally. Originally released in 2020. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

Cal Kehoe, guitarist for Pink Talking Fish, talks music with Tom. The two met exactly 10 years ago, and have written three songs together and shared a stage at a Phish after show during the Bakers Dozen in 2017. Listen to Cal discuss PTF and the method and philosophy behind covering three bands. There's a lot of music in this podcast. "Anthony" from Sonic Boom Studios in Raritan NJ is mentioned se...

Another Osiris podcast, Beyond the Pond, has compiled their top-30 albums of the decade. Tom talks to them about their motivations and the thoughts behind making such an epic compilation. We hear music from each of the hosts' top-10 selections. Brian Brinkman's top 10 albums: Brian’s Top Ten Albums of The 2010s:      01. The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream  02. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest,  03. The...

Listening can make you wonder. If you've ever wondered about the songs: Dirt, Guyute, Undermind or Light, then listen to this lyrics-analysis podcast and perhaps pieces will fall into place for you. But keep wondering anyway.  Photo Credit: Tom Marshall Photo Art: Mark Dowd Originally released in 2019. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

The lyrics for 3 popular Phish songs are examined lovingly by the Under the Scales forensic team. The Wedge, Crowd Control and No Men in No Mans Land are all on the table.  Produced by RevoiceMedia.com Photo credit: Jay Sweet Originally released in 2019. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From 2011 to 2014 there was an amazing Phish podcast called Analyze Phish hosted by Scott Aukerman and Harris Wittels. Once it ended, Tom Marshall, saw an opportunity for another Phish podcast and launched Under the Scales in 2016. In this episode, Tom interviews one of the Analyze Phish hosts, Scott Aukerman. This episode contains clips from the Analyze Phish podcast: https://www.earwolf.com/epis...

Phish's charitable arm, the Waterwheel Foundation, is discussed by the founders: Beth Montouri Rowles, Matthew Beck and Henry Schwab. Produced by RevoiceMedia.com. Originally released in 2019. Please support our work by visiting OsirisPod.com/Premium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom speaks with Brando Rich of CashOrTrade.org. Platinum tickets, hoarding, scalping and more are discussed, and how new technology is helping to get face-value tickets into fan’s hands. The ticket secondary market is examined. Buyers often face steep markups, but there are new methods being employed to get more face-value tickets to fans. Produced by revoicemedia.com. Originally released in 2019....