@bertoletdown said:

@Josh006 said:

I am one of those people who thinks that people who webcast shows should NEVER review a show, not because their opinions are meaningless, but rather because I feel their take should be discussed/shared in the comments section. 15 years from now when I go back to reminisce about past shows, I'd like to hear from people who were THERE to help me piece those live memories back together. One way of looking at this- do webcasters count shows they watched from their couch towards their statistics? No? Well why do you think that is? Listening to old shows will tell you something about the music, but it doesn't put you THERE.

Look, I was at all 3 of the SF shows and I'm gonna be honest, reading some of the reviews after the show on Friday kinda knocked my post-show high down JUST A LITTLE (because that 2nd set was BALLS- like could contend against most shows this tour). Wanna know why? Because WE ALL share in the groove. Reading webcasters spewing hate regarding that was, I'm sorry to say, very ignorant and just plain factually incorrect!

I was the one who reviewed Friday and I stand by it.

"Spewing hate" and "ignorant" and "factually incorrect" are tall claims for which you offer no evidence. Would you like to offer some?

As for that recap's impact on your post-show high, that's on you. Sorry.

No no no, sorry for my confusing post brah... I wasn't referring to the full-on "recap", but rather the initial reviewer comment on that section by @HighNote, who was complaining of poorly executed transitions (there were no real segues, so it's kinda hard to really mess up a transition like that) and generally degrading the show as a whole. While I give you Wading and Joy were kinda slow and were a bit awkward sandwiched between Disease> Birds> Tweezer> Twist then CDT then Antelope, but being at the show, I found those tunes to be both beautiful and necessary so that I might catch my breath. After noticing people who weren't there poop all over Friday and Saturday, I stopped reading and so I never read your Recap (no offense). I do find it strange that official recaps are being written by people who werent at the show, which as far as I'm concerned invalidates any commentary. Can a movie reviewer write a review on a flick without ever seeing the production but rather just read the book?

As far as my "post-show high", none of y'all really killed it, just added to my frustration in that the couch tour is an awesome thing, but it's not even on the same plane of existence as being at a show! To pretend otherwise is utterly ridiculous!!!