How far from the statue of liberty should you be in order to get the best view? (Bear with me) This is a problem I had kids tackle every year in my Calculus class. We can define "best view" as one in which the statue fills the largest percentage of our vision. If we are very far away, the staue looks tiny and fills up a small portion of our vision. yet if we are too close - perhaps right up against the pedestal, then again we have a narrow and distorted view. At some distance, we find a view that fills our vision, that balances the nearness and the distance.
Periodically, through the years I have found myself either too far or too close to the band. In the mid-to-late 80's, I was perhaps at what I now consider a great distance. They were a really neat band, talented and different. I'd see a show, enjoy, and forget until next they popped up on radar. In the 90's I began to see them regularly - perhaps too much. I found myself getting bored at times with songs I used to love because I'd seen them a lot. I had gotten too close. Finally, the closeness got too much - I felt I had lost perspective - that they had become more than what they were - a really good band. I forced myself away.
Since then I've remained at what I consider a comfortable distance. I check them out a couple of times per year. I listen to them sporadically in between. I try to keep them at a distance from which I can appreciate them. Not too close to see the weathering pock marks; not too far away that I forget what hooked me in the first place.

That being said - I had a great time at Great Woods. I thought they sounded great and seemed to be having a good time. I was a bit bored with the webcast set 2. Time for a break...I'll be back. After all, they're a good band, one of my favorites!