Wholesome, soup and driving were three things that came to mind upon seeing last night's show. Feel good tunes like The Curtain, My Soul, Taste, Waste, More and Slave were the wholesome. The 2nd set mashup sequence was essentially "Phish soup". The band threw a bunch of Phish classics into a big pot and stirred em up/"Twisted em around". I loved seeing MEAP finally and I liked how a previous review highlighted the titles connection to the mashup/soup section of the show (random, unplanned soup). Even the minimal jamming in the 2nd set sounded soupy to me at times. Contact and Slave created a "driving" themed encore which was special to me as this was the first show of the weekend i drove to. My friends and I have an inside joke about DRIVING after shows so this was hilarious to us. Definitely not a rager like Friday but I had a great time and it capped off the weekend nicely.

A few more things before I go...

Seeing a "with-less" Curtain for the first time was special. Not sure when the last one was but this is such a strange bust out technicality, I had to explain it to some of my friends. It was in the two hole as well (instead of the opener) which also caught me by surprise but they made up for it with a much more expected Bowie S1 closer.

Bathtub Gin opened the first set here on 8/10/97 which was my 2nd show ever so seeing it open the 2nd set 24 years later was cool and of course they played Twenty Years Later too.

Have a fun rest of tour everyone!