Fair warning, I have never written a review or even felt compelled to, so bare with with me. However, given the reactions to this tour I'm hoping to shed some light as I was lucky enough to be in attendance.

I'll spare you all of the "experience" narrative as that has been covered in detail. I'm also not trying to argue for ratings (as everyone already knows they are the all sacred higher power we must adhere to when judging a show) but I'm afraid of the fun moments that any fan would/should enjoy listening to, being overshadowed by the stream complaints, exclusivity backlash, and lack of "big" jams. So if you are someone who actually likes listening to phish and not just complaining about them online (its a joke, learn to laugh at yourself you negative nancies), I'm hoping I can provide you with some quick highlights based on my relistening this past week and being in the crowd.

Yes, the 2001 is the only jam that really gets exploratory but the first Tweezer of the night packs a fun punch that begins to slightly soar before a silky smooth segue into Free. KDF also takes a turn towards a serious peak before ripping back into a funky Tweezer (third of the night) that is absolutely worth the quick listen.

While only 13 min CDT does more than I remember in person and is a fun little micro jam (sue me) that around 9:40 gave a brief flashback to the to the tone of Trey's magnaball effect. (Anyone else hear that or am I just crazy?). The Mike's Groove was a blast in person and despite any real jam the tight rocking Mike's Song was something I remember really getting the crowd going. The Weekapaug is the real highlight however, with the ass-handed jam as a fun cherry on top to the groove that looks pretty passable on paper but is a fun listen at the very least. 2001 is the winner of the night. Hall of Fame? No. Are you too good to listen to it? Mike says No.

Overall, it was a fun tightly-played show that will give you stuff to be happy about if you look for it. Will I enjoy relistening more given the fact that I was there? Probably Absolutely. All I know from what I saw this tour it seems to be pretty evident the band is having serious fun every night and showing no signs of stopping. That stokes me up more than a 20 min jam every night.