The big thing for me about this run is that I'm legitimately excited for 2013, not just in the general "oh, Phish is playing, that's awesome" sense, but in the "oh shit, where is Phish going to go next?" sense. The second leg had gotten my hopes up in a pretty big way anyway, mainly because I will gladly trade a run of "consistent" shows that I will play once and then forget about/save the best jams from over a run with some stinkers and some goddamn mind-melting shows, which is what Summer Leg 2 had been giving us. But Dick's went absolutely beyond the pale, with three shows that have shown us what this band is capable of now, while stretching out the length of the jams without sacrificing any quality. I've said before that I have no problems with Phish playing 14 minute jams instead of 20 minute jams, but if Phish is going to give us 20 minute jams with this many musical ideas and a minimum of "gotta get this to 20" wankery, then bring on the added length. And Phish has done just that over their last 3 shows.

2013 (and the NYE 2012 run, if that comes to pass) are going to be utterly amazing, on the evidence of the past 3 shows/St. Louis/BGCA3/Long Beach. I can't wait to watch it unfold with the rest of .net.