@lumpblockclod said:

no amount of sound dynamics or ENERGY is going to turn the 7/2/11 Tweezer into the 12/2/95 Tweezer.

Why does everything need to be compared to a show 15, 18, 20 years ago?

@lumpblockclod said:

can we please put to rest this notion that what is experienced at a show is SO different that someone who wasn't there doesn't have a valid opinion

Can we stop pretending that what is experienced at a show is not different that what you hear sitting on the couch tour after the fact. The whole show experience can never be captured on an audio recording. Even video (or live stream) doesn't do it.

Couch tour aficionado's tend to like the atmospheric or drawn out jams, which conversely leave the live crowd itching for a bit more energy. We had five years where we could only talk about the past: Comparing notes about our shared histories.

Now we have Phish touring, going deep into T2 territory in some jams, and kicking out the jams on other occasions.

I, for one, an enjoying the hell out of this run. Phish is firing on all cylinders right now, and you only need to be there to experience it.