@Icculus bringing some OG flavour to the @n00b100 style epic post and some seriously deep-bin Phishtory. I'll need some time (and then some) to finish and digest it all. One day we'll be referring to these contributions to the canon as your Oxy years. (Jokes aside, hope you're on the mend, Charlie.)

Also did not realize old RMP posts are so easy to track down. Speaking of epics, got a kick out of finding this this one of mine from March 99 on Ghost as the new "epic," and offering my Top 13 versions from those first couple years. My take on #5 and what lay in store seems to have aged well..

5. 12/31/98 - 98 space rock at it best. This is the kind of jamming that I
hope is really going to take off in 99. Those deep, melodic grooves that
seem to be surfacing quite a bit in Bathtub have SO much pontential for
amazing stuff - listen for it this summer. I know I will be.