@TheEmu said:

@lenuto46

So, if you and your friends think something was "sick," everyone else must be wrong? If you actually did read these reviews and recaps religiously, you would know that we do our best to provide our own honest assessment of a show. We don't unrelentingly bash everything. If we think something is fantastic, we say so. And I tried to do that in this recap as well. Did you not read that I enjoyed the Back On The Train, the Disease, and the Piper? Did you not read that I praised the song selection in the first set and the fact that they nailed It's Ice and Mound? No, because the only thing that matters to you is that I don't agree that the show was "sick" and also gave my honest opinion about the DSky, LxL and YEM.

Did you read my recap of Dick's 3 last year? BGCA 3? Apparently not, because then you might have an idea that it has NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with 1.0 vs. 3.0. In my opinion, those shows were amazing. Those shows were sick. 7/7/13, IMHO, doesn't come close. All I can do is give my opinion. You are under no obligation to read it, let alone agree.

I'm not sure what irritates you so much about me not being a musician. That was specifically addressing the whammy pedal, because I don't get what Trey is trying to do. Plenty of other people feel the same way. It doesn't mean I don't appreciate how skilled they are, and how difficult what they do is. The reason I write recaps about Phish shows is because I'm passionate about the band and spend an insane amount of time listening to, thinking about, analyzing, and writing about Phish.

We go through the same thing, year after year, every time someone posts a review that's even remotely critical of a show. So, again, I say with all sincerity, if you are looking for blind praise of every note that Phish plays then these recaps are not for you. I would recommend you read something else, perhaps something written by one of your friends.

This is exactly the kind of thing that is so frustrating, you basically missed the entire point of my response.

There is a general taste in the mouth of Phans that you guys are negative curmudgeons. Why do you think you keep encountering this kind of criticism year after year? And the fact that you vehemently defend yourself points to just how much your ego is wrapped up in all of it. Thank you for proving my initial point better than I could.

P.S. I have read all your reviews positive and negative, but it doesn't matter at this point. The few positive ones pale in comparison to the general state of negativity that exudes here -- and it's not just my friends who think so. It is clear that you are writing for a specific group of like minded, self inclusive, folks and not the community en masse. Whether this was intended or not, the Phish.net is now bigger than those who created it and run it. There is a level of responsibility you must embrace that serves all of us, including the it's-all-Hood fans, but most importantly the spirit of fun that surrounds this band and its music. Wake up dude! Or should I ask... can you still have fun? Seriously, don't be Wilson....