yea, i dont know Nigel. I just feel like so many awesome jams have come to their conclusion this year without stepping into 20+min waters. They can fit more into a 15 min jam now so that it packs a punch right on par with something thats 21 minutes. this feels like early 90s phish as far as the setlists and the spirit in which they're playing and goofing around with the elements of every other year thrown in. we're getting some of the most nasty funk since 97', some of the most avant garde stuff since 94'. man of course they COULD be more patient and let jams go 3 or 4 minutes longer but it certainly isn't the difference between greatness and something else at this point, at least not to me. phish already climbed the mountain and blew the top off that bastard and now i just see them as a band who came back down to share what they discovered. they're joy with being onstage is infectious. they've been blowing my mind all summer. maybe now that the race to 200 is over (was it Contact?) they'll chill out a little bit and satiate your need for a little extra sauce on the jams but even if they don't you can still find transcendence in the music. theres nothing wrong with adjusting you expectations, we do it in life all the time.