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NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden's reelection campaign is getting some big-name fundraising help Monday from Broadway’s top stars. Both Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the event, with tickets ranging from $250 to $7,500. Since at least Bill Clinton, Democratic presidents have cultivated intimate ties with powerful figures in the Hollywood entertainment industry. Biden himself raised roughly $1 million during an early 2020 campaign fundraiser at the home of Michael Smith and James Costos, a former HBO executive. That event was attended by former DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg, now a Biden campaign co-chair.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Biden, Sara Bareilles, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt, Jill Biden, Bill Clinton, Michael Smith, James Costos, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Katzenberg, “ Joe Biden, ”, Chris Korge, “, tycoons, Mickey Kantor, “ It’s, ” Biden, Donald Trump ’, Trump, Annaleigh Ashford, Alex Edelman, Josh Gad, Christopher Jackson, LaChanze, Ruthie Ann Miles, Leslie Odom Jr, Andrew Rannells, Aaron Tveit, Betsy Wolfe, Thomas Kail, Alex Lacamoire, Andy Blankenbuehler, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Amanda Green, ___ Slodysko Organizations: Writers Guild of America, SAG, Hollywood, Actors ’ Equity Association, General, Democratic Party, Democratic, HBO, DreamWorks, Biden, Democratic National Committee, Fund, White, GOP Locations: U.S, Manhattan, New York, Southern California, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, LA, Washington

The Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 11,000 television and film writers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains for studios, have not held talks for three weeks. “This was the companies’ plan from the beginning — not to bargain, but to jam us,” guild leaders said shortly afterward. The studios have rejected that demand, but it is a position supported by many Writers Guild members, including numerous showrunners. “We’re just always trying to see if there are any ways anybody can help.”Behind the scenes, however, frustration among elite Writers Guild members has been mounting. Mr. Murphy set up a financial assistance fund for idled workers on his shows and committed $500,000 as a starting amount.

Persons: ”, Alexi Hawley, Scott Gimple, ” Steve Levitan, “, “ We’re, Ryan Murphy, Chris Keyser, Murphy Organizations: Guild of America, Alliance, Television Producers, Union, Writers Guild, Fox Studios, Guild Locations: Los Angeles

☆ McDonald’s is getting rid of self-serve soda machines
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —McDonald’s is getting rid of one its biggest perks. The fast food chain is eliminating its self-serve soda machines by 2032 at its US restaurants, the company said, explaining that the change is will make the experience consistent for customers and crew across the chain. For decades, McDonald’s let customers fill (and refill) their own drinks at its dining rooms. McDonald’s future includes restaurant designs with smaller or no dining rooms (and high-tech drive thrus) to reflect that new reality. The chain also recently teased another major change, called “CosMc’s,” a new small-format location that includes a reduced dining area.

Persons: New York CNN — McDonald’s, Uber, Chris Kempczinski, hasn’t, Taco Organizations: New, New York CNN, ”, Taco Bell, Starbucks Locations: New York

☆ DOJ seems worried about Google 'squashing' startups, says former Facebook general counsel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDOJ seems worried about Google 'squashing' startups, says former Facebook general counselChris Kelly, Kelly Investments founder, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how strong the DOJ's case is against Google, which side of the case Kelly would like to represent, and the explanation for how companies get prosecuted in antitrust law.

Persons: Chris Kelly, Kelly Organizations: Google, Kelly Investments

☆ Biden campaign to focus more on Trump to boost lackluster fundraising
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Allie Raffa | Peter Nicholas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In the meantime, the Biden campaign plans to focus its message on warnings about Trump — which campaign officials hope will energize the party's grassroots and spur more donations. Some campaign officials see an opportunity for an influx of contributions when Trump's legal trials begin. A Biden campaign official who softened expectations for the coming fundraising disclosure said Republican candidates may have also had a slow summer. The Biden campaign will try to galvanize rank-and-file Democrats with new merchandise and ways for contributors to "engage" with the president, two sources said. Recently the Biden campaign began a fundraising contest to win dinner with Biden and former President Barack Obama.

Persons: Joe Biden, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Biden, Chris Korge, Korge, Biden's, Harris, Kevin Munoz, Biden isn't, hasn't, Kamala Harris, Minyon Moore, Trump, Barack Obama Organizations: White, WASHINGTON, Biden, Fund, Democratic Party, NBC News, Harris coalition, Republican, Democratic, Trump, Convention, U.S . Capitol Locations: Washington ,, Georgia, Chicago

☆ Fanatics and ESPN are ready to shake up sports betting this fall. Here are the 5 battlegrounds to watch during the biggest gambling season of the year.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The start of the regular NFL season kicks off the biggest sports-betting season of the year. Here are the battlegrounds to watch as Fanatics and ESPN Bet enter and Bet365 gains share. The NFL kicked off Thursday night, and so did the biggest season of the year for US sports betting. It ranked fourth among more than 40 apps in EKG's national panel of "secret shopper"-style app testers — behind only FanDuel, DraftKings, and PointsBet. "There's one strategy: you have to be early, you have to be ahead of the start of the season," Beynon said.

Persons: We've, Macquarie, Chad Beynon, Bet365, Chris Krafcik, Krafick, EKG, Penn, It's, Sportsbook, isn't, Beynon, That'll, DraftKings, it's, BetMGM, Entain, Wynn Organizations: NFL, Bank of America, ESPN Bet, Penn Entertainment, Fox, Krejcik, ESPN, DraftKings, Penn, BetMGM, Caesars, MGM, Angstrom Sports, Wynn Resorts, Rush, Interactive Locations: Ohio, Colorado, Virginia, BetMGM, FanDuel, Macquarie, Las Vegas, Chicago, Connecticut

New Era, which makes caps affiliated with the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Basketball Association (NBA), has invited investment banks and law firms to pitch this month for roles in its stock market debut, the sources said. MLB, the NFL and the NBA hold minority stakes in New Era. The company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) may reach or surpass $300 million in 2023, the sources added. It was launched in 1954 and customized for select teams in MLB, the NFL and the NBA. Separately, Chris Koch told Bloomberg News on Thursday that New Era had secured a $600 million refinancing loan from banks.

Persons: Kevin R, Wilson, Ehrhardt Koch, Chris Koch, Jim Grundtisch, Jim Patterson, Abigail Summerville, Echo Wang, Anirban Sen, David Gregorio Our Organizations: National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, ACON Investments, MLB, NFL, NBA, Arm Holdings, Ivy League, New, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: New York, Buffalo , New York, American, New, Echo

☆ Feeling Healthy Is So Metal: Metallica at Midlife
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“I can tell you that having a clear mind and a clear view and feeling strong and healthy, you can still give the drums probably more of a beating and you can kind of go up and let loose and push it as much as you ever have before,” says drummer and co-founder Lars Ulrich in an interview. Jeff Yeager

Persons: ”, Lars Ulrich, Jeff Yeager

☆ Paranormal Festivity: A Small Town Celebrates U.F.O. Lore
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Local legend has it that Elmwood is a favorite visiting place of extraterrestrials and U.F.O.s, a reputation that inspired the name of the annual festival. The stories go back many decades. One of Elmwood’s most infamous stories is the one about the police officer George Wheeler, whose squad car is said to have been hit with some kind of blue light from a U.F.O. one night in 1976. Six months later, Wheeler was dead, as reported in Howard Blum’s 1990 book, “Out There: The Government’s Secret Quest for Extraterrestrials.”

Persons: George Wheeler, Wheeler, Howard Blum’s, ” Locations: Elmwood

In this courtroom sketch, former U.S. President Donald Trump appears on classified document charges after a federal indictment at Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. WASHINGTON — Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee said Thursday that all court proceedings related to former President Donald Trump's election interference case will be streamed live for the public. The broadcasting of Trump's proceedings would give the public unprecedented access to what will be one of the most high-profile trials in American history. Earlier this month, congressional Democrats, led by California Rep. Adam Schiff, called for Trump's federal criminal trials to be televised. Trump, the current Republican presidential front-runner, is facing 13 felony counts including racketeering, soliciting false statements and criminal conspiracy.

Persons: Donald Trump, Wilkie D, Ferguson Jr, Chris Kise, Scott McAfee, Donald Trump's, McAfee, Adam Schiff, Schiff, Judge Roslynn Mauskopf, Trump Organizations: WASHINGTON, YouTube, California Rep, Courts, Washington , D.C, Republican Locations: Miami, WASHINGTON — Fulton County, Fulton County, Washington ,

☆ Trump rambled so much in a NY fraud-case deposition, a lawyer griped, 'we're going to be here until midnight'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump gave long-winded answers while being deposed in NY AG Letitia James' financial-fraud lawsuit. "We're going to be here until midnight," one of the AG's lawyers worried out loud. "Chris," Wallace responded, "we're going to be here until midnight if your client answers every question with an eight-minute speech." Trump told the lawyer he paid off all the loans that he took out from banks to pay for his properties. When I get sued by you — fortunately, I don't need banks," Trump continued.

Persons: Trump, NY AG Letitia James, Donald Trump, Letitia James – who's, fraudster, couldn't, James, Cortez, Michael Cohen's, Chris Kise, Kevin Wallace, Chris, Wallace, winder, Kise, — Organizations: NY AG, Service, New York, Trump Organization, Trump, Trump National Doral Golf Locations: Wall, Silicon, Alexandria, United States, New York, Miami

☆ Jeff Daniels Unwinds With Hidden-Camera TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jeff Daniels has accomplished a lot battling boredom. Before he moved to New York in 1976, he bought a guitar to play when he wasn’t getting work. After he moved back to Michigan in the 1980s, he started getting bored between movie jobs, so he formed the Purple Rose Theater Company. I walk out and I see them, I hear them, but that’s not the climax. For me, by that point, it’s over.”Daniels talked about pursuing his other endeavors — creative and athletic — while avoiding ticks.

Persons: Jeff Daniels, wasn’t, Atticus Finch, Harry Dunne, “, ” Daniels, ”, that’s, That’s Organizations: Rose Theater Company Locations: New York, Michigan

☆ Adtech firm The Trade Desk has a plan to reduce the cost of digital ads
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Trade Desk will start undercutting the fees publisher adtech firms tack on to digital ads. The adtech used by publishers often inaccurately prices their inventory, said a Trade Desk exec. Adtech firm The Trade Desk is about to execute a plan to lower the price advertisers pay for digital ads. The Trade Desk operates software called a "demand-side platform" that advertisers use to buy ads across the internet. While other DSPs occasionally send low-ball bids, publishers might be more willing to look at The Trade Desk's bids due to the large amount of advertisers using its platform.

Persons: SSPs, Will Doherty, Doherty, Chris Kane, Adam Soroca, aren't Organizations: Google, Jounce Media, Trade

Jenkins denied a motion by McDonald's and Kempczinski to dismiss Peaster's race discrimination and retaliation claims. The judge did dismiss claims that McDonald's had created a hostile work environment and intentionally caused Peaster emotional distress. Carmen Caruso, a lawyer for Peaster, said he looks forward to bringing the surviving claims to trial. At a 2021 meeting at McDonald's corporate headquarters, Peaster, the company's vice president of global safety, security, and intelligence, said Kempczinski's response to the incident had been insufficient. Peaster claims that following the meeting, Kempczinski and other executives retaliated against him by refusing to meet with him and making it impossible for him to do his job.

Persons: Chris Kempczinski, District Judge Linsday Jenkins, Michael Peaster, Peaster, Jenkins, Kempczinski, McDonald's, Carmen Caruso, Lori Lightfoot, Daniel Wiessner, Alexia Garamfalvi, Bill Berkrot Organizations: McDonald's, McDonald's Corp, District, Chicago, Peaster, Thomson Locations: Chicago, U.S, Albany , New York

☆ A young Elon Musk once sweet-talked a random mall salesman into giving him a Dungeons & Dragons module for free and we think we know which one it is
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Chris Kaye | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Ronan Farrow story in the New Yorker highlights an adventure of teenage Elon Musk. Musk and a friend made an unsupervised trip to a mall to obtain a Dungeons & Dragons adventure. While the story doesn't mention which classic '80s module Musk was after, we have a guess. AdvertisementAdvertisementTeenage Elon Musk took a joyride in a boosted car and skipped out of a South African mall with a possibly purloined Dungeons & Dragons module. AdvertisementAdvertisementOnce at the mall, the pair discovered they didn't have enough money to pay for the module.

Persons: Ronan Farrow, Elon Musk, Farrow, Theo Taoushiani, Taoushiani's, Elon, Taoushiani, Musk, he's, Jon Peterson, —, ToEE, Gary Gygax, Peterson, Gygax, Trey Parker Organizations: Yorker, SpaceX, New Yorker, TSR, AAA, Wizards Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa

☆ Jon Rahm: Fan gambling heard by players ‘every single round’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Gambling in the crowds on the PGA Tour? “The environment we put out at a PGA Tour event, we believe, is best in class, so you balance that with the fun. And that’s long been an issue out here, really, since the beginning of the PGA Tour. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesDennis was joined at the press conference by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, who added that Saturday’s incident was “unfortunate,” but ultimately, uncommon. We have tremendous fans that have tremendous respect for what these players need to do in order to provide and present the tremendous performances they do.”

Persons: Jon Rahm, Max Homa, they’re, Homa, –, Chris Kirk, caddie Joe Greiner, Greiner, ”, ” Homa, “, Viktor Hovland, Dylan Buell, Rahm, ” Rahm, “ It’s, Michael Reaves, Tyler Dennis, Kirk, ” Dennis, Jay Monahan, Kevin C, Cox, Dennis, ” Monahan Organizations: CNN, BMW, Olympia Fields Country Club, Getty, East Lake Golf Club, “, PGA, BMW Championship Locations: Homa, Illinois, Atlanta, East Lake

☆ Altria seeks US import ban on Juul e-vapor products
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The move escalates a dispute between the two e-cigarette makers after Juul filed a similar patent infringement case against NJOY at the ITC in June. NJOY said in its filings that Juul products infringe two of its patents, and that it intends to obtain a ban on products including its currently marketed Juul device and Juul pods. NJOY also sued Juul in Delaware on Tuesday for infringing the same patents, seeking an unspecified amount of damages. Juul filed its own patent lawsuits against NJOY and Altria at the ITC and in Arizona federal court in June, seeking money damages and a ban on imports of NJOY's Ace vapor device. Altria won more than $95 million from cigarette rival R.J. Reynolds in North Carolina federal court last year after a jury found RJR infringed other Altria e-cigarette patents.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, NJOY, Juul, Altria, Reynolds, RJR, Philip Morris International's, Granth, Chris Kirkham, Blake Brittain, Krishna Chandra Eluri, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS, Altria, Juul Labs, U.S . International Trade Commission, ITC, NJOY Holdings, NJOY, RJR, Thomson Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Marlboro, Juul, Delaware, Arizona, North Carolina, Bengaluru, Los Angeles, Washington

☆ These banks are solid and cheap. But here's why investors should be cautious
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

But the Club is exercising caution when it comes to our two bank names: Wells Fargo (WFC) and Morgan Stanley (MS). Shares of Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley have lost 8.52% and 13.73%, respectively, during the same period. Still, big banks will ultimately be able to manage any new regulatory hurdles, Oppenheimer's Chris Kotowski told CNBC. For Wells Fargo, the company is buying back the most stock of any of the big banks. A combination file photo shows Wells Fargo, Citibank, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

Persons: Wells, Morgan Stanley, Jim Cramer, Banks, Moody's, Chris Kotowski, Oppenheimer, Jim, Morgan, Charles Scharf, Jim Cramer's, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs Organizations: Silicon Valley Bank, Wells, Valley Bank, UBS Group, UBS, Credit Suisse, Federal Reserve, Street, Bank of New York Mellon, BK, P Global, CNBC, Club, Big Tech, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Reuters Locations: Wells Fargo, Silicon, U.S

☆ 3 trends are dividing restaurant companies into winners and losers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article CMGMCDWENPZZA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA McDonald's restaurant near Times Square, NYC on July 29th, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBCRestaurant companies navigating some of the same challenges in the second quarter fell into two categories: winners and losers. While most restaurant companies crushed earnings expectations, a number of them fell short of Wall Street's estimates for their quarterly revenue. McDonald's and Wingstop both reported second-quarter earnings, revenue and same-store sales growth that topped analysts' expectations, a rarity this quarter for restaurant companies. One fast-casual chain has struggled with consumers' value perception.

Persons: Adam Jeffery, hasn't, Papa John's, TD Cowen, Andrew Charles, Burger, Wendy's, Jeffrey Bernstein, bode, Chris Kempczinski, Todd Penegor, Wingstop, Michael Skipworth, Chipotle, Jack Hartung, Noodles Organizations: CNBC Restaurant, Promotions, Investors, CNBC, Restaurant Brands, Barclays, Company Locations: NYC, Chipotle, Texas

☆ Plant-Based Plastics Gain Favor as Companies Pursue Sustainability Goals
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Dieter Holger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Plant-based plastic, that is. However, the environmental benefits of plant-based plastics are increasingly appealing to companies promising to use more sustainable materials by the end of the decade. Plants absorb the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide, which cuts the greenhouse-gas emissions from making bioplastics to at least half that of fossil-fuel-based plastics. A Lululemon shirt containing plant-based nylon. Only plant-based plastics that are chemically identical to fossil-fuel–based versions can enter the existing and growing recycling infrastructure.

Persons: Bioplastics haven’t, Michael Carus, “, ” Carus, Eastman, Chris Killian, bioplastics, Warby Parker, ”, Biden, Manav, olefins, Dow, bioethylene, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis, Haley Lowry, Dieter Holger Organizations: Sustainable Business, Kodak, U.S . Defense Department, European, dieter.holger Locations: China, Japan, biomanufacturing, U.S, Iowa

☆ Focus: US space startups' latest struggles marked by layoffs, shake-ups
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - U.S. space startups have slashed workforces and restructured operations to survive amid an investment drought that has grounded once-lofty aspirations. Those struggles follow the April bankruptcy filing by satellite launch firm Virgin Orbit, which was owned by billionaire Richard Branson. "The focus for investors in this space is very different than what it was a couple years ago. The financial headwinds faced by rocket startups have triggered pain elsewhere as well. It shifted much of its focus to government defense programs as its commercial customers face tight capital markets, CEO Laurienti said.

Persons: Mike Blake, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Joe Laurienti, Caleb Henry, Chris Kemp, Will Marshall, Quilty's Henry, Laurienti, Joey Roulette, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Elon, SpaceX, Astra, Labs, Ursa, Reuters, Planet Labs, Thomson Locations: Long Beach , California, U.S, Denver, Washington

☆ Three ways Covid changed the restaurant industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Now, over three years later, the restaurant industry is back. In the early days of the pandemic, people got used to eating their restaurant food at home. Too many jobs, too few workersEarly in the pandemic, many restaurant workers got laid off. Now, over three years since the pandemic hit the US, some restaurant jobs remain unfilled. But many of these have at the same time vehemently opposed proposed legislation that could raise the minimum wage for fast food workers.

Persons: Anderson Cooper, Bobby Flay, Esther Choi’s, we’re, ” Choi, Mŏkbar, ”, Choi, Esther Choi, Masaharu Morimoto, Roy Rochlin, Joe Pawlak, Carbone, Covid, Chris Kempczinski, Taco, Spencer Platt, “, Uber, Doordash, Bonnie Morales, Leah Nash, Israel Morales, Flay, ” Donna, ” Pawlak Organizations: CNN, New, New York CNN, National Arts Club, Getty, National Restaurant Association, Washington Post, Bonnie Locations: New York, Manhattan, New York City, Israel, Kachka, Portland , Oregon, Portland

☆ What Mike Epps Learned From ‘Sanford and Son’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Chris Kornelis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When you’re a Black man and you see a Black movie like that that is macho, you know, you want to be a part of it in some capacity. When people see me riding it, they look at me like I’m crazy and say: “What the hell you doing? Killer Mike is one of those guys that has been blessed to have that voice for our people. 9Treasure HuntingWhen I’m out on the road telling jokes, the first thing I want to hit is a vintage store. I want to hit the vintage clothing store, and I want to hit the antique furniture store.

Persons: ’, “, ”, Michael B, Jordan, you’re, Denzel Washington, Jackson, Mike It’s, Mike Organizations: Denzel, Detroit Locations: Miami, America, Detroit

☆ Astra conducts layoffs, raises debt and shifts focus to spacecraft engines in bid to survive
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Astra is cutting about 70 employees, as well as reallocating about 50 personnel from its rocket development program over to its space products unit, which builds the company's spacecraft engines. Astra noted that it had 278 total orders for spacecraft engines, as of four months ago, worth about $77 million in contracts. In a separate filing Friday, Astra said it raised $10.8 million in net proceeds from selling debt to investment group High Trail Capital. Astra stock was little changed in after-hours trading Friday from its close at 38 cents a share. In Friday's filing, Astra said it hired PJT Partners as a financial advisor, with the company "focused on thoughtfully pursuing opportunities to raise additional capital."

Persons: Chris Kemp, It's, Riley, PJT Organizations: Astra, High, Capital, Systems, Roth Capital, PJT Partners

☆ How Phish’s Lighting Designer Jams With the Band
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Marc Tracy | More About Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I will in the subtlest way shake my head and say, ‘No, I’m not there,’” Anastasio said in an interview, “and from way back in the room he always gets this little message. I can take it around eight more bars, or four more bars, this peak, and he’ll make some incredible move right when we make the move. I don’t think anyone would notice this happening other than us.”Last Friday night at Madison Square Garden, Anastasio’s interlocutor was standing behind five monitors and a lighting control console, wearing a black T-shirt, jeans and Hoka sneakers. He controlled 100 base lighting looks — different permutations of 302 lights, with 79 colors preprogrammed for Phish — some mounted on 30 movable pieces of truss above the stage. It was his 1,752nd Phish show lighting the band.

Persons: Trey Anastasio, ’ ” Anastasio, ”, Anastasio’s interlocutor, Chris Kuroda Organizations: Madison Locations: Vermont

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