Reading (and Allentown) are the sort of towns Billy Joel wrote the song "Allentown" about. Having watched the same sharks eat my hometown of Pittsburgh when the steel industry largely left in the 1980's, I feel some of Reading's pain. Being a larger city, Pittsburgh was able to build itself up quicker than small towns with out a diversified industrial safety net. There, the effects of those times are still in place. Thanks, Reagan.

So I'm glad to see Phish playing there. Overjoyed, in fact. Any shot in the arm for Reading is welcome. And Phish medicine is good medicine

Great piece, @Doctor_Smarty!