Good lord, 49 comments already.

1. I'm not really sure @Doctor_Smarty was going for veiled homophobia there, although I imagine that's always something that can be debated if it's not actual full-fledged homophobia.

2. I enjoy Mr. Smarty's reviews, mainly because a) I'm an English major and a garrulous writer by heart, and b) because he recaps in a manner different from the more straight-ahead recaps of the @pzerbo's of the world. Variety is the spice of life and such.

3. Writing recaps and reviews, even the little scribblings I contribute now and again, is always a hard thing because of the diverseness of Phish's fanbase. Obviously I would *prefer* if everyone agreed with me, especially w/r/t 3.0 ( :p ), but even I would grant that that would get pretty boring after a while, and it's always interesting to see the rich pageant of opinions that crop up regarding this show or that show or this jam or that jam. It's a fact of life that you are going to prefer (x) to (y). There are ways to write about that without hurting feelings, or without simply saying "x is better than y, and you're a drunken chimpanzee if you feel otherwise", but personal preference is really what makes this fanbase go round.

4. EVERYONE should write more reviews. Contribute to the website! It's here for all of us!

5. How do people keep ignoring that Phish played their new material a ton in EVERY tour? And as far as the bustouts and shorter rotations go - I get that plenty of people enjoyed the "200 song" Summer 2012 first sets, but really, once you've gotten past the giddyness of them busting out Llama or Forbin's > Mockingbird or what have you (and I'd like to hear those too, for the record), does it really enhance your experience *that* much when all is said and done? Is it really terrible if you got a killer jam out of a Tweezer instead of, say, something as rarely played as Lifeboy? Or, hell, even more commonly played songs like Fee or The Mango Song? I love the largeness of their catalog, but it doesn't kill me that they don't explore every inch of it.

Or, to put it another way, are you really pushing for a 1992-like 12-song second set just because one of those 12 songs might be Glide?