Kung> Chalkdust Torture> Auld Lang Syne (Phish, MSG, 12/31/12)

For their ringing in the New Year theatric, an annual tradition, Phish this year staged an entire Runaway Golfcart Marathon during Chalkdust Torture.  They had opened the set apocryphally with Kung, one of the most obscure songs of their repertoire and more of a Spinal Tapish chant at that.  It contains the lyrics:

Can we stand?
Can we stare?
We can stage a runaway golfcart marathon!

Stand up
Stand up
Stand up on your heels and call
From the hills
From the hills

Given the popularity of golfcarts as mode of travel at their various solo band festivals the golfcart and the runaway golfcart marathon has a unique place in Phish lore.  This particular staged Runaway Golfcart Marathon, although played to the tune of a righteous Chalkdust Torture> Auld Lang Syne with a phenomenal balloon dropped that proceeded into cannons launching ping pong balls all the while what seemed like the cast of a community theatrical production did some sort of stage number involving golf clubs.  Regrettably Phish was joined onstage for Tweezer Reprise by one Carrie Manolakos and some (good) backup singers.  Dressed as an operatic diva Manolokos, who revealed in a recent interview she had no relationship to the band rather the 'gag's musical arranger Carmel Dean, sang in a high, wailing (and bad voice) apparently meant to emulate the Floyd song Great Gig Of The Sky.