The eternal debate of whether someone at the show can objectively review the music will continue, but maybe the real question should be can someone who ISN'T at the show objectively review the music?[/quote]

I liked reading this review and it confirms a lot of what i was seeing on the webcast (including a quick pan to the half moon hanging during the HTTM). Obviously the whole experience, including frolicking in the warm waters while during a rocking CDT, must have been amazing but this review and the above comment fly in the face of what this forum has always preached: that the ONLY thing that matters is the music, no matter whether you listen from home or are at the show. There are always incredible aspects to being at a Phish show that do not translate to a day-after download or even the webcast (i.e. a Festival, Vegas, the Gorge, etc.) but we've all been constantly told that the purpose for a review is to address the question of will the music stand up over time? With the exception of the Cities> Light is any of this show actually worth listening to again? I can understand how if you were there you'll have an emotional attachment to the moments when it happened and will hence want to re-listen, but not so much for the rest of us. The first set was more interesting than most, but the second set felt a little "Saturday night special", in my opinion.