@coletrane - you make one of the arguments that is made over and over again, but never seems to really gain traction. Your argument is to appreciate the music for what it is, but you fail to realize that all of us on the Phish.net DO that, in a very big way. Suggesting that we either love Phish blindly or jump ship for Mariah Carey is just plain dismissive and ignores the issue altogether.

It's unfair to ask us to take every note as gospel because we're lucky to have that note. We listen to almost every show and it's entirely fair for us to compare them. Not every one of Phish's 1500+ shows can be a classic "must-hear."