This concert was an extraordinarily perfect 30th anniversary.
i was fortunate enough to attend all four of the nyc msg shows and retuned home wanting for nothing ( other than to collect and download all the shows so that i can revisit and continue to enjoy the excellence of the past four days )

On this night i had a pretty good vantage point as to what was happening at each juncture. the second set transition to the center of the msg floor was among my most unique and memorable phish concert experiences. it does not surprise me at all that each band member adjusts instantly to the simplified stage setting because they evolved in this setting and individually play out in smaller settings and with other musicians on an ongoing basis.

it looked like... they were having a lot of fun up there on that truck and in the center of it all. and the video progression leading into it is my new favorite music video.

despite the fact that newer songs were played throughout ( ocelot, halfway to the moon, fuego, light, and twenty years later ) the dominating impression of my overall concert experience was Phish - old school. The end of set 3 with bouncing around the room and you enjoy myself is classic familiar excellence. the vocal jam light show was gorgeous and i recall ck5.

i never got to see Phish in the early 90s and it was a joy to be there and experience the return to the beginning with some friends who know and love these songs from back in the day. set two was a real gift to any early Phish enthusiast as well as a newer listener like myself who had never heard any many of these songs before. I had never heard or heard of that song F*** YOur Face before. somehow that just went over my head when it was recently revived. i won't be forgetting it any time soon either.

this show was a most perfect retrospective and i feel like i got my time's worth out of every second of what happened the other night.

thank you berteletdown for sharing your insights and memories and your experience of 12/29, your first show with your daughter. it is a most happy new year indeed!