1. Did anyone else pick up on Trey's sarcasm (and even possible annoyance) around the whole Contact request thing? Both verbally before the song, and also when they squared off to trade notes during the song; I thought I sensed some sarcastic mockery from Trey toward Mike.

2. I left the venue immediately after the last note of the show (for some fresh cool air), and observed that they each have their own tour busses, and all four of these separate tour busses rolled out in a convoy ASAP after the show. Point being that post show backstage affairs and riding on the same tour bus would foster comradery. The opposite would not.

~Nigel[/quote]

1. A good portion of the show was played somewhat slow IMHO. Given the heat and the HVAC's inability to deal with the various types of smoke in the building who can blame these guys really. The stretch between Mike's and Weekapaug in particular slowed things down for me (an perhaps Mike). When Mike started Weekapaug, my take was he was ready to rip and did so with no holds barred. Right then, Trey put both hands to his face, shook his head, smiled while looking at Mike and to me it felt like he was collecting himself to be able to get on the train with Mike speed bass. When they came out for encore, I think Trey was still trying to catch his breath like the rest of us and therefore made the CONTACT request.

2. They've been traveling in separate buses for year. Please step aside, nothing to see here.