Of course everyones entitled to their opinion but i just dont get the negativity that seems to STILL be surrounding almost everything, both good and bad, that these guys are doing right now. we're getting some of the most cohesively structured sets of 3.0 and some of the most patient, loving and dark jams in quite some time. the band is obviously riding a massive creative wave that this 3 night run through the 'afc north' captures so well. their getting more done in 14 minute jams now than they could've in longer jams from years past. nothing is being wasted. and i'm getting SICK TO DEATH of people saying that the on stage antics and verbal play are barely anything more than novelty that phish is using to mask some sort of musical inadequacy. Seriously? that stuff is bare bones phish 101 for godsake. thats phish having more fun as a unit and bonding more with the croweds than I've seen them do in forever. we're getting amazingly well crafted encores, super fun on stage interactive antics, and a real attempt at finding new niches within old songs and new ones. I hope I don't sound to much like an alarmist but I am becoming completely dumbfounded with the underlying cynicism that is running rampant through parts of the scene right now. I have no idea when so many of us began to expect perfection from phish. even in the midst of shows packed with fun and new sounding jamming from the guys, people still seem more focused on pointing out small flubs or some other form of inconsequential minutiae that completely sucks the joy out of the room. Phish, in 2012, as they did in smaller doses in 2011, is creating some of the most thoroughly modern music you are likely to find anywhere these days. And its coming from dudes pushing old age. and its coming from songs that they've taken to space and back hundreds of times. we DONT have to love everything that phish does. not every nights a total barn burner. but as phans, I know you know that shows that are top to bottom awesome, are the exception and not the rule. anyway, this all comes from a place of love, not just for the band and the music but for the community as well. phish phans are some of the most awesome and musically literate people on the planet. we don't have to dial our expectations back. this is Phish. this is what they do. its what they've done since forever. and mark my words, by the end of 2012 (if we're all still alive) , phans will be praising this as one of the best and most complete years of phish ever. the future is so bright, lets just enjoy the ride. Vote Phish 2012. peace.