Awesome review, makes me want to download the show immediately. I'm bummed I missed Reba because of a birthday party. I guess in the end I shouldn't complain, not many people are blessed with TWO families, one that's always home, and the other that makes you feel at home when you travel to shows. I haven't looked up the numbers about how many tickets were sold, or whether the band lost money, but as a local to the metropolitan NYC/NJ area I think the band should turn Randall's into the MSG of Summer. I have no opinion on Dicks, because I haven't seen a run there yet. But for the East Coast, I honestly think Randalls puts SPAC to shame....eh, that's a bold statement to make.....I'll probably take it back next time I go to SPAC in 2015....but nothing compares to being able to easily, easily, so damn easily...walk up to the front of the stage and make eye contact with all 4 band members. That alone made this venue great. SPAC rocks because of the lot scene -- Shakedown is classic at SPAC, and if the lot scene alone is why you go see Phish, I can more than respect why SPAC is the god of the East Coast summer tour. I just feel like Rosa Parks, every time I go to the front row of the Lawn at SPAC and BAM there I am at the back of the bus, the bus being the venue, all of us on lawn being the black folk, and everyone with seats the privileged class. No man, I'm not going to the back of the bus. And at Randall's I don't have to go to the back of the bus. I can give a big middle finger to the "quote" "unquote" "MAN", and just mosey on up to the front row, blow the band a celebratory thank you kiss, and then mosey on back to the lawn and watch pretty girls and blissed out boys caroling in hoolah hoops, and then mosey on up to the front town as many damn times as I please. Awesome venue.

And it makes apparent how utterly important venue choices are for the band and the fan base. My only complaint about Randall's was the lack of parking. But Harlem was fun to walk through at midnight, lol, so I really have no complaints. It was cool to see the Apollo Theater and get a brief "Wow" about the fact that Harlem, so steeped in music history, was being given a free concert 3 nights in a row. I have no doubt that almost everyone playing dominoes outside on the streets of Harlem were tapping there feet involuntarily to the 3 nights of free music they were gifted.

Anyhow, awesome run. This is the first time since I've been seeing Phish that I seriously want to quit my job and just hop on tour. Every show they loosen up, and every time they loosen up, magic happens on stage.

God bless the Phish.