I agree w/you about the second set bailfest... We left Ithaca @ 8am, because we werent sure what travel would be like, and ended up in the lot by around 3pm. Gorgeous day, great scene, but I definitely had about [i]8 too many lemoncellos[i]. The soundcheck was as freeform & fun as WG, but the show itself never quite got there. Julius marked my return to coherence and it was the type of ripper that had me believing we might be on to something for the 2nd. Drop theme> character0, extend twist, and move slave to the end where it should be IMO.
THat said- this show was a lot of fun & I hope the $$ raised helps the people whose lives have been uprooted by these storms, because I live right on the edge of the area affected and I know people who had water running throught their attics and now have everything (inc. the furnace) in a front yard pile. W/O flood insurance many are SOL