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1st Edition
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- Artists
- Davidoff, Adam
 - Bands
- Phish
- Edition Details
| Year: | 2010 | | Class: | Other | | Status: | Fan Art | | Released: | 12/27/10 | | Run: | 300 | | Paper: | Die Struck Brass Coin | | Size: | 1.75 X 1.75 | | Markings: | Numbered |
- Event
- December 27-28 & 30-31, 2010 & January 1, 2011
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The 2010 NYE Coin was designed to commemorate this year's 5 night NYE Run being held at The Worcester Centrum and Madison Square Garden. These are two of the more hallowed venues in Phish history, so I tried to work in as much symbolic imagery as possible relating to past moments in each venue. I focused on trying to work in as much NYE flavor as possible, while maintaining a cohesive design.
The Worcester Centrum Side of the NYE Coin was inspired by the 1993 NYE Run during which Phish played on a stage designed to look like an aquarium. The square shape of this setup doesn't work well with the circular format of a coin, so I adapted it to be a fishbowl. The bowl is littered with Phish symbolism. The figure of Moses standing with the 10 Commandments at center stage relates to Tom Marshall's appearance on 12/31/93 to sing the 1st line that he ever wrote for a Phish song, "Rye, Rye, Rocco" during Antelope. The scuba diver and the giant clam were part of the NYE gag that night, and the sperm whale is a nod to the Moby Dick encore that had everybody buzzing on 11/29/97. The surfboard next to Moses is a reference to the Wipeout Fest that went down at the Centrum almost a year later, on 11/27/98. The dates on this side of the coin were placed in the bubbles rising up from the fishbowl floor.
The Madison Square Garden Side of the NYE Coin references all of the previous NYE shows performed at MSG. The Van de Graff generator on the top of Madison Square Garden is a nod to the Gamehendge Time Factory gag performed as midnight approached on 12/31/95. The Udderball (complete with pentagram as a reference to the Harpua narration from 12/30/97) is climbing up the side of MSG, and lends to what I feel is a bit of an urban Godzilla theme. The Udderball was brought to life on an incredible half-domed projector setup that was integral to the 12/31/97 NYE countdown. The caterpillar crawling down 8th Avenue is a reference to the costumed troupe that delighted the audience throughout the 1998 NYE Run, donning an array of fabulous costumery. During the Wolfman's Brother on 12/28/98 caterpillars crawled up on stage and squirmed around while the band destroyed everyone in MSG that night. The seven snowflakes are a nod to the 2002 NYE gag when snowflakes began falling from the ceiling during the Seven Below performed as midnight approached on 12/31/02. I couldn't resist making the snowflakes reminiscent of the snowflake on the Alta Ski Resort logo, as that is one of my favorite mountains! The dates for the 3 Night Run appear on the top of the building running along 8th Avenue, and the large digital clock outside of MSG is set to 4:20, as are all clocks that appear on Phish Coins.
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