Correct me if I'm wrong here, but you seem to be saying that a mediocre but well played show where maybe they phone it in or maybe its just a jukebox phish show like the final night of Dicks this year (which i thoroughly enjoyed), that this type of show deserves 1 star. Well, then how do you rank a truly horrible show where the playing is actually bad? do you do negative stars? and it seems like you also think 1 star isn't necessarily bad. which is confusing. but, that's not how star based rating systems work. the way literally everyone else interprets them is that 1 star means "bad". it's the lowest rating on a 1 to 5 scale. so i guess you are totally entitled to rate shows you seem to like as 1 star. you seem to think there can only be so many great shows and once that arbitrary number is reached in your mind, other shows just aren't allowed to be as good. but the thing is, they ARE great. The worst shows of 1993 are still great! Phish didn't really play any bad shows then. They were at the top of their game and just on fire. I caught one of the other Leprechauns that summer at Darien Lake. So magical. anyway, i just downloaded this wolf trap show. Gonna give it a spin in the truck tomorrow. I bet i'm gonna like it

Ok, i just listened to the weekapaug>faht. i mean it really doesn't get much more special. They even played the sound effects from the album. And a perfectly played Rift to follow. I'm sorry, but ONE star? That's just...untrue. I really don't understand. This show is better than that! They are making '93 magic here! i hope i don't ever get so jaded that i rate a show such as this 1 star. But i don't think i would. Phish is my favorite thing. in a world totally going to hell. My favoritest thing! i guess go ahead and pat me on the head and ban me from rating shows, jaded vet.
sincerely,
Brian Blatt
a truly UN-jaded vet.

ps, im listening to the GTBT and Page is beltin it out. the crowd is goin nuts on the tape. one star... and walks back after listening to the Tweezer. One star? really?

pps. a given year doesnt HAVE to have 1 star ranked shows. especially if there werent any bad shows played.

ppps Every single It's Ice from 1993 was spectacular and spooky with fishman on the woodblocks. at geneseo in the spring, they filled the gymnasium with smoke. couldn't see 5 feet in front of you. And then Kuroda turned on the white strobes. A memory permanently burned in.

ppps. i'm probably talkin out my butt here and i dont really know anything. it's the internet. thanks for making the nerdy content we all love.