@ForgeTheCoin said:

It's a great jam, and I'm as big of a Phish nerd as there is...... But this is like the 4th dissection I have seen of this jam into it's component parts...

What gives? I don't ever remember the Runaway Jam getting the analytical autopsy... All you had to say was, 'Just get a copy and LISTEN...'

Agreed.. "8:00 - repeated notes from Trey"?
its like..
19:27- cool noises by phish
20:13- mike hits a awesome note on bass
28:25- trey plays 3 chords, (or was it 4 chords i hear? almost sounds like a song i've heard before!)

If you read this, without ever hearing the tweezer, you'd have NO clue what it really sounded like.

Also, sometimes I don't think Trey is "working on a new theme". Sometime's they're just playing. They're really good. There's no way to really know. I know for a fact, however, that the band isn't thinking as consciously about where the jam is going as you may think. Anyone who has played in front of a live audience knows how important it is to let go and just let it happen. Phish is good enough to just let it happen. They aren't up there doing equations in their heads.

I may not hear the same musical milestones in a jam as the 30 that someone else marks significant. IDK, maybe I've already seen too many of these second-by-second commentaries the past 2 days, but really, just listen to this wonderful jam. There's so much going on in 36 minutes, everyone is going to have their own experience.