BuzzFeed - Courtesy of Shaun Kessler "Dude, I can't believe you're hearing 'Lizards' right now, for your first Phish show ever!" I shouted to my boyfriend, Rahul, through the thick cloud of smoke enveloping Madison Square Garden. He smiled back at me, as happy as someone who doesn't know the difference between the song and the reptile could possibly be, and I hoped he was having a good time. Like, really hoped, in the same way I really hoped my parents would like him when they met him for the first time, even though it would've been technically OK if they hadn't. You'll be relieved to find out, although probably not as relieved as I was, that Rahul did have a great time. And I think that, throughout the course of that show in January, somewhere between the 22-minute rendition of "Tweezer" and the epic "The Lizards" encore, he even started to understand just how much this band has shaped me. I had told him about the formative role they've played in my life, but Phish is, above all else, a liv
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