@the_nitty_gritty, I am not sure I understand your point.

I agree entirely that last night's show was ferocious, dick-in-the-dirt rock, but I don't think the show was without spacey or patient or adventuresome jamming either. There were a few different points where they brought the weird.

I also think Phish has been mixing it up and making use of their entire stylistic arsenal on both legs of this tour -- shredfests, long tough compositional tunes, type I and type II jams, vocal jams, funk, ambient jams, space, etc.

If there's anything predictable about Phish this tour, it's the repeats.

Finally, the suggestion that Phish should take its cue from jamtronica loses me completely. I don't want to shit on your favorite band, but none of the artists you named are fit to sniff Phish's sweaty jockstrap.