Thanks guys. Like the Essex Character Zero, I started off thinking I was going to make a quick entertaining statement but ended up feeling the vibe and going batshit crazy.

I'm a big fan of noobs in general. Besides the obvious that we were all new at one point- and lord willing, we'll all find other new things to fall in love with in our life.

With the hiatus and then the breakup, it was hard for Phish to draw in new blood for the majority of the Aughts. The crowds are significantly smaller than they used to be but they also seem a lot younger. So while it may seem as if all these new people are a monolithic horde following some hot new trend, it's really just Phish reaching people again.

Thank (or blame) MGMT & Animal Collective & Ariel Pink for reviving interest in the psychedelic if you must tie, personally it brings warmth to my heart to see mobs of teenagers wearing neon headbands and dashikis wandering around the Phish lot trying to decipher what their first hit of acid is saying to them when they could be at Nickleback with too much makeup on drinking Bud Lite until they puke.