Phish Fry

From the Washington Post

"The Vermont jam band Phish -- Gen X's answer to the Grateful Dead -- left fans in shock yesterday, announcing plans to call it quits after a summer tour. "We don't want to become caricatures of ourselves, or worse yet, a nostalgia act," guitarist Trey Anastasio said on the band's Web site. The final tour starts June 17 and winds up with massive concerts in Vermont on Aug. 14-15."


President Bush is the most distressed by this news as it means come this fall, all those permanently unemployed, patchouli wearing generation-thieves who spent the last 8 years following Phish from one state park to another are now going to go back onto the unemployment rolls. You see, no longer can they make a living in the tie-dyeing hemp or hand-woven rasta hat industries.