During their Halloween show last night in Portland, OR, Umphrey's McGee played a medley of songs referencing recent cases of purported pedophilia by well-known musicians, including Michael Jackson (who's reportedly paid tens of millions to avoid trials regarding sleeping arrangements with young boys) and Pete Townsend (who explained having surfed the net for child porn as having been doing research on an important issue).The medley ended with a short, perhaps only three-second, tease of the beginning of Mike's Song, making an off-color funny of the reports of a year ago or so regarding since-withdrawn accusations that photos Mike Gordon took backstage at a non-Phish concert were in some way inappropriate. (Though note that Jackson has not been convicted, and Townsend was cleared.)Those in attendence insist that it was a brief, funny bit that was best understood at the event and may not convey well beyond the event. Some defenders of Phish are understandably angered by the choice of humor, but Umphrey's has issued an apology - and is, you should know, a smokin' act about whom there's a recent and growing buzz for good reason.Also, they request, keep in mind their odd sense of humor, evident even in their album titles - the first of which was Greatest Hits Volume III. They also share our interest in funding music education, and will =performed a benefit for Save the Music on December 10th at Irving Plaza.