I decided not to panic this time and get my ticket when the show went on sale (= paying the service fees), I thought I'd pick up one cheap on the lot. I was surprised that there didn't seem to be any extras around, luckily the box office had upper deck seats for $50. There was a bigger crowd than last year's Forum show, the floor and first level was packed and only about the top rows on the upper sides were empty. I went to the very back row, sat in the middle of the row, the sound was good, the lights looked amazing.

A good Phish show, but I have to agree that some of the tempos were a little slow. The Ya Mar wasn't very good and part of that was the tempo. A first set DWD was nice (if I'm reading the song history correctly, last first set DWD was 9/2/12), Trey really shined on this one. I thought the first set sagged a bit in the middle, but No Men... was a nice start to the 2nd set.

I was surprised that Tweezer didn't jam out more (and I'm not one of those "OMG! No 20 minute jam at this show, it sucked!" types), it got in to some dissonant places but just kinda ended. I like My Friend My Friend but it was a tough listen, not very well played. I love Roggae and it was perfectly placed as the second set breather, but again, the tempo was a little draggy and it was a little sloppy. Slave was good, the jam peaked a little too soon, but always nice to hear that song.

The second set was only 65 minutes, so YEM as the encore wasn't a surprise. Nice rendition, Trey nailed the second sustained note. Trey really did well on the trampoline, the jam after that was fun, it was a nice surprise to see Mike wander over to Page's setup and play a few bits on the Clavinet.

I've found that as I can't afford to follow them around any more, I have a little more expectations in terms of the setlist and the level of playing at the shows I go to, I can't think "Oh well, good show, maybe the one tomorrow will be more adventurous".

Oh, and to the two Massholes a few rows in front of me who talked through the entire second set until a bunch of us told them to shut the hell up during the quiet bits of YEM, put an effin' sock in it, the people around you don't care about your job or girlfriend troubles.