@imdano, as much as i love this band, and have for over 20 yrs, i COMPLETELY agree w your sentiments which is why i've seen a whopping grand total of 4 Phishowz since 2009 and not one single outing between 9-25-00 and 6-18-09...i apologize to those who have to forcefully rationalize to themselves (and, seemingly, the rest of us) in order to believe that Phish is NOW at the peak of their power and creativity...the only example i can think of (and i already knows it SUCKS....however,) is the following: i'm sure most of you have been to higher-end restaurants where you can pick your own lobster or cut of steak BEFORE you eat it...at a good percentage of these establishments, whether or not you would know a good cut of steak even if it bit you in the ass(or a meaty lobster if it pinched you in the ass), no matter what you pick, you cannot lose; every cut (or crustacean) is Grade-A top o' the line stuff...the Phish equivalent of these can't miss restaurants are various years (or times of year) such as spring/fall '92, Aug '93, pretty much aaall of '94, fall '95, fall '97, summer '98, etc...you could be freakin' blind and pick pretty much ANY show from these snippets of time and it would, doubtless, be a winner...now, i've heard almost every show from march '09 to the present and there isn't one span of time from which you can pick ANY show and walk away with a guaranteed eargasm...so, no, the price of a Phish ticket is in no way, shape or form equal to what the Phab Phour are dispensing, here, in the 21st century....thumbs-down away, folks, i fully expect it