I think the problem with TTE is that's it's hard to critique because of it being like an opus, so people just planketly say "it sucks". Let me try to illustrate this ... take Mike's Groove for an example only... Mikes > H20 > Weekapaug. There are 3 distinct parts to it, names and everything. If we didn't like Mike's or Hydrogen, but we loved Weekapaug, it would be easy to say, "I hate Mike's and H20, but I love Weekapaug". Get me? (Just an example, I love Mike's, h20 and paug, just to show you what I mean.)

That's how I see Time Turns Elastic. It has 'parts/interludes' that I love and parts that I can't stand. But unless it can be cut down or reworked, I'd prefer to see it come out of the Phish rotation. (I agree with others, it probably is better suited for Trey's side projects.)

What I really liked about TTE when I first heard it was the effort it took to write and pull off such a multi-dimensional piece. I applaud them for that.