Phish is giving it their all, but it's different now. They don't hang out and live with each other playing music all day. They have families. They have other lives.

Improvising is more difficult than most think. Paradoxically, it requires a lot of practice. And that just ain't happening like it used to.

I think leg one got ppl excited because Phish was more consistent than any other time in 3.0. Were they crazy, meltage good like winter '95 or fall '97? No. But it felt like things might be headed that way. Hence the high (unrealistic) expectations for leg two.

Pound for pound, still the best in the biz though. Respect.