My 2 cents (disclaimer, I'm old and crabby): The first time I saw the glow sticks launched in the air was Madison Square Garden on 12/30/97 during Hood. I had heard that they had done this thing in the summer where Chris had cut the lights and people threw glowsticks everywhere, but didn't think much of it. On that night at MSG it was pure magic. The lights went out, and they started shooting out of everywhere, creating a 3-D show that coordinated perfectly with the beautiful Hood. After a while, Trey started trying to catch them without stopping the jam, which was very entertaining. The whole thing was awesome. Fast forward to late 90's and I am at the Rosemont Horizon (maybe it was 2000, can't recall for sure). At this point in time, everytime the boys would sink into any jam that promised any length, out came the glowsticks. The novelty had worn out, which was fine, but now it was clear that people were throwing them on-stage more frequently (I will give them the benefit of the doubt that they weren't actually trying to hit one of the fab-four). I can recall the middle of Stash, which I figured was two or three tunes from the end of the set, that someone hit the drumkit which made an annoying noise and at that point the jam was pretty much just cut off. The boys left the stage and everyone around me agreed that the glowsticks had run their course and were actually detracting from the show. Obviously this is something that a lot of people love and I am not that guy who thinks Phish needs to play to please me and only me, but if we are going to continue to beat this dead horse further into the ground, can we please keep them off the stage?