Enjoyable read as always @Icculus! I am personally thankful for your first paragraph, proud we are not just brushing that situation under the rug around here. You nailed that with playful tact. It is worth repeating that we are one big spirit family, and that attack was against all of us that have come to Phish to find our place in the world.

I would love to have read the Jaded Vet take on this show... I feel like that SYF would have put a crack in even the crustiest old heart, new songs be damned. But, that Waking Up Dead should put Trey in the doghouse! @grupp92 tells it like it is right here, and I completely agree. Trey, for the love of Gamehendge, take Mike's music seriously. He's providing a nice counterpoint to your approach, and his songs are worth learning to play well, as his solo shows prove again and again.

Finally, I just wanna share the love for Carini from N1. People are increasingly ready throw stones at anything they can lump in with "bliss" jams, but that Carini pummeled me right in the soft spot. I'd be embarrassed to admit how many times i listened before N2.