Nice review, though overly brief.....I like how you point out the work the band went through to get to set 2....It's an oft-overlooked aspect. I get the impression from a lot of phans that they think the band just didn't step up to the plate when a show is "average". Your point about the work of it all is well-made...as a musician myself I can tell you that it takes enormous effort and concentration to play this style of music, that is, the way Phish plays it (not the strung-out-thanks-for-coming-but-I really-don't-fucking-care-anymore way the Dead did it). The fact that the boys have so few tour dates makes it surprising to me that they have had so many great performances recently. Been almost three months since they played together and only one average show out of three? That's pretty amazing.
By the way, I LOVE SHOW OF LIFE!! There.....now that I've lost all credibility with you, let me add that I think it's an awesome encore song. (I'm quite sick of Loving Cup). Then again, I like Bug as an encore, too, so you get my drift.
I mean, what IS YOUR PROBLEM, really? Are you afraid of drifting into the mist?