I've been seeing Phish for as long as I can remember. I don't keep stats. I don't begrudge their setlist choices. I don't care if they don't finish Hood because I've seen them do it what seems like a few million times. I don't expect every transition to be silky smooth, the way to guarantee that would be to only do the same few transitions all the time and I would hate that. I think saying that a Phish has "hits" is crazy, they are not Kenny Rogers and the vast majority of people that were there Sunday night probably new half of those songs.

What I can tell you is that it was a great time. I used to get bent out of shape about what they played (especially looking for interesting segues and rare tunes) and how they played it and the moment that stopped doing that and just had a good time I re-discovered my love for this band. The best shows that I've ever seen from them have still brought criticism from somebody on a review board. Regarding Sunday night, the sound was out of this world, the new lights are sugar for my brain, and the music was fun and diverse (Axilla one moment and the Gambler the next?). I don't love seeing Alaska at the end of the second set and really don't like Backwards down... or Show of Life, but guess who does? That's right, the band, and I am just fine with whatever they want to do because overall they are still the best thing on earth.