Relatively crude all-encompassing term for a group of bands who are musically quite disparate. Current jam band successes include such unique groups as Phish (closer to being straight rock than anything), String Cheese Incident (electric-grass or "acid grass"), Yonder Mountain String Band (more traditional bluegrass), Umphrey's McGee (prog-rock and jazz influences), Widespread Panic (Southern-ish rock), Blues Traveler (blues and power rock), Medeski Martin and Wood (jazz), etc. The originators of the phenomenon were the Grateful Dead, and Dead successors such as the Other Ones, Ratdog, and Phil Lesh & Friends carry the mantle of the Dead legacy today. The term "jam band" is of course rooted in the fact that all of these bands "jam," or improvise for long periods of time during their shows. Other characteristics of "jam band" status include dedicated traveling fan bases, close rapport with such fans, long sets at shows, etc.
by Phil February 26, 2003
The sound made when someone knows what another person is about to do. Used primarily to taunt the other person.
A way of saying "hey doofus, I know what you just picked. Get ready to be schooled."
Used especially during video game playing with multiple-choice games such as Techmo Superbowl.
A way of saying "hey doofus, I know what you just picked. Get ready to be schooled."
Used especially during video game playing with multiple-choice games such as Techmo Superbowl.
by Phil January 27, 2005
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by Phil August 21, 2005