I think that this review is mostly fair.

Mostly.

Hey, I was in Tahoe, and had an absolute goddamn blast last night - as much fun as I've had at a Phish show since probably Vegas 2003. And it doesn't bother me at all to see the comments about "ripcord Trey" and the like, because that was probably the truth of the experience of sitting at your computer and watching the webcast. It just wasn't the truth of the experience of being there.

Yes, Virginia, there are "you-had-to-be-there" shows. This was one.

The band's intent last night was obviously not to experiment. The band's intent last night was to throw a dance party for the 6500-ish fans at Harvey's, and by that measure it was a huge success. People got the fuck down. Everybody left satiated, and nobody was down in the mouth about how long Ghost was.

What people have to realize is that there is nothing wrong with this dichotomy. It shouldn't cause the discord it does, and neither the fluffers nor the jaded vets are going away.

One last comment - anybody who doesn't think that the Tahoe I WOTC was special is deaf as a post and needs to be rolled in honey and lashed to an ant hill.