The songs really aren't that much more compact than the vast majority of shows before 1997. Sure, 94 had some sporadic crazy ass shows or a super long Bowie or Tweezer, but for every Tweezer that went completley bananas, there were two that wrapped up quickly and dumped into Lifeboy. I believe there 17 Tweezer> Lifeboys during Tweezer's heyday of 94-95?

It's easy to have selective vision when looking at the past. Nostalgia is the least funkiest bitch of all.

Honestly I'll never get the whole "Bust Out" thing. Especially judging a show or tour by the lack thereof. Every tour, Phish must become more aware of the fact that less and less people are following them from city to city. Their popularity is at an all-time low. There is just too much competition for the youth, and a lot of these kids came up during a time when Phish was a memory.

Back to this leg though. We're 10 shows in. Long Beach, San Fran Night 3 and St. Louis were absolute stunners. A lot of it is samey samey, but it's hard to blame them.

IMO we're in 1993 again. Watch the band's re-evolution. Sometimes they want to play the songs they can slay, sometimes they want to launch into a random Chalkdust Outro Jam before running through Frankie Says, Undermind and eventually landing in the most unique Limb By Limb ever played (even if said Limb's jam wasn't really unique in the overall scheme of Phish)

Twist, If I Could, Light, Hood part made perfect sense and sounds good even if the Light was subdued. I don't get why that seems to be catching the crap. Then again, I like Atlanta a lot more than Charlotte and I'm apparently in the minority on this tour. Digging it in general. Lot of repeats.. oh well. I'm not paying money for any of it!