Great review @bertoletdown! I especially concur with and want to reiterate what you're saying about Trey's tone right now. I don't think it's an abuse of superlatives to say "we may be witnessing its peak incarnation right now," which is certainly no tangent. It's really cool to view the setup for MSG as another step in a very specific direction Trey has in mind, and it's great you lay it out like that.

I am really interested in what you and the rest of the .net elites (i mean it only in the best way) think of the theme employed in the Bathtub Gin jam, which has been preponderant in many of the last couple of year's best jams. You make no mention of it here, but i know you all are hearing it, too.

Also, i wanted to give some love for the theme used by Trey in the Ghost jam, which sounds like it is borrowed from Cobain's refrain at the end of All Apologies, "all in all is all we are." It is his usage of that tease/refrain that sends this Ghost to the stratosphere, as it defines the best four minutes of the piece, and i very much look forward to its inclusion on the setlist when @Bizarro_Jerry gets a little time to update.

Finally, that the setlist still says -> Party Time Jam is just hilarious and your treatment of that fact in this review is awesome, man. As a person taking these setlists too seriously, i too hope this abomination "will crumble under the heaving weight of its own ponderous rationale" because this Party Time deserves its place as noteworthy alongside the only entry in its jamchart (7-8-2012).

Once again, you contributed a really great review of a wonderful show. Last night is the kind of night that keeps all of us, and i believe band included, on this journey with no regrets. From the proverbial couch i was all alight so i can only imagine what glee transpired inside that big round room last night.

Happy New Year .net!