@AlbanyYEM said:

Man this gets tiresome but here goes. Pointing out flubs/sloppiness is entirely valid in a review of a show. In fact, I would go so far as to say a review without noting these is incomplete. It gives a sense of how tight the band is and how well they are performing overall. Some of the trey flubs are timing issues due to some seeming hesitancy on his part that I would expect to dissipate as the tour unfolds. Assessing this gives us an insight into trey's confidence level which has a direct correlation on both length and quality of the jams. If you view this totally relevant information as a threat it says more about you than it does the reviewer. I don't see why we have to sugarcoat everything around here; are we that neurotic?

That said I would like to humbly ask for a little more info on the jams themselves. I realize this venue is more of a show notes sort of thing and not a full-on surgical review, but I find that listening along with these things in mind helps me focus more intently, agree or disagree with the reviewer's view. One of the things I love about phish is that it directly rewards how much effort you put into listening, so that would be nice. No attacks on your reviews or insults about egos here. Just want more.

This is a great comment per usual, and a very reasonable request.

I like to think I can write about Phish and music in general fairly well, but writing about a jam is about the hardest thing I can think of. It is very hard to describe a type-II excursion -- which is perhaps one of the many things that makes them so valuable and addicting. I try, but never, ever feel as if I've succeeded, because so little of it is empirical and so much of it is subjective. Even emotional and spiritual.

But I'm going to remember this comment, and try harder.