@malachai said:

We all realize that the crowd nowadays is like a hair shy of a group you would find at The Gathering of the Juggalos, right? I mean I saw people stumbling around with blood literally dripping from their faces. Countless people just completely drugged out and not there to be a part of anything musically, simply there to somehow rationalize their poor life choices and drug abuse. As for the show, Fuego is alright and all but that's not what people who have been down since the get down are coming to see. It was a great show, don't get me wrong. Aside from being surrounded by mostly wasted people barely paying attention to the music, I was still blown away with more than a few musical moments, and Cactus is the coolest guy playing a bass guitar anywhere in the universe. I don't care if it sounds pretentious or not, but I wish the band would transition into playing nicer venues and jacking up ticket prices to put a little more class into their act instead of keeping the young drug crowd around. Their music is better than the scene they allow to happen. Sorry kids, but I'm just being honest. I'd like to be able to enjoy a performance without all the nonsense. Can't wait for SPAC!

Interesting. For years now I've become more and more impressed with how well the Phish crowd has cleaned up. Late 90s / early 00s crowds were pretty much fucking disgusting. Maybe they don't know the music as well now, but good for them. Everyone starts somewhere.