To say The Curtain With was "cleanly played" is a bit of a stretch. All I could think of at the time is I wonder if Mike ever gets frustrated at Trey on stage.

I'm pretty sure that Page does, sometimes he gives Trey these really ticked off looks. Fish is probably used to it by now.

The Curtain With is my favorite Phish song and they butchered it on Sunday, full stop. The gorgeous slow part before the jam was just sad, it was painful to listen to, even the jam went nowhere. It seems to be a pattern: their more prog rock songs like TCW, Divided Sky and so on aren't setlist regulars anymore and when they do get played, they sound like they could have used some serious rehearsal time. *sigh*

it was awesome to place this show and it's abundance of legal weed in the counterculture timeline.

Hmmm.....maybe that's why.....

half the audience will always be too high to fully engage or enjoy the intensity of a jam

I puff a little before a show, have a few beers, but I never get so wasted that I'm blacking out or need help. I just don't get people who go through all the trouble and expense of going to a show and then get totally wasted. I sure as hell don't want to be anywhere near them after the show either.....