I agree with some of what you are saying, @waxbanks but you (and @LightsWentOut ) seem to be implying that folks who are longing for 94-2000 style Type II jams (and I include myself in this number) are somehow deficient in their listening capability or closed minded or something like that. As if we are missing the point that Phish is trying to make with shorter, less exploratory jams. Why should we have to "let go" of those jams? The band is clearly capable of playing that way still - I submit the Bethel "Waves" soundcheck and the Superball storage jam into evidence.

Of course Phish is under no obligation to play that way if they don't want to anymore. But those of us who prefer that style are under no obligation to like the fact that those jams are for the most part gone. It isn't entitlement or egoism to prefer a band's earlier work over its later work. Music hits people in intensely personal ways, who are we to judge their reactions?

If Phish and a listener have drifted so far apart that nothing Phish does pleases them anymore, then yes, posting non-stop criticism on the internet amounts to nothing more than trolling. But I firmly believe all of the recaps here are pretty fairly balanced, and in particular @Doctor_Smarty did a fantastic job reviewing this particular show.

I have had a great time at the few shows I have seen in 3.0, even when they have been maligned for lack of jamming (12/29/12, for example). I still love the band. There are still playing music every night that is worth hearing. But I'm not going to stop wishing that they play something as good as the Went Gin again just because people on the internet tell me that is a selfish thing to want. It isn't.