Thank you for validating my very similar experience of Tweezer, my overall thoughts on Bug, the misplaced Farmhouse (a song I don't really need to hear again) and several other components of this show. Including the unreasonably long wait to get in. We left our campsite earlier than I wanted to, around 6:30. Knowing Phish didn't start until pretty late on Friday, I didn't want to submit myself to the merciless Gorge sun for no reason. But my group wanted to go, so in we went...and baked anyway, in a sea of people standing completely still for what felt like hours.

I had heard Friday's line was really bad and I wrongly figured they would have things sorted by Saturday. I mean, I was at Dead & Co. just a few weeks ago and security was easy breezy. How bad could it be? If Phish went on at 8:05, we must have finally gotten in about 8:20. I heard the tail end of PYITE and assumed that was their opener. Nope! Totally missed Party Time. I'm sure there are reasons and I know security is there so we can all live to see another Gorge show. And I'd really rather not complain about this part, but it colored my experience of the entire first set because that godforsaken security line stole part of my show.

By the second set I was ready for a clean slate and ready to dance, so I got down to the floor about 15 rows back. Perfectly placed to hear every layer of Tweezer. Some people seem to like that song played by the book, party-style. I much prefer what they delivered: full-flavored and deep. I guess I missed the sick jam on Golden Age described by the reviewer, but to be fair I was in transit to find my group. Farmhouse was a perfect zone of nothing-interesting-happening-here, which makes for a great opportunity to get to a different part of the venue.

I have nothing bad to say about Caspian except that every time I hear it, I feel like the rest of Billy Breathes is missing. That song feels like a tiny piece of an album I wish they would play in its entirety, just for me, just one time. I was back on board for the lovely progression at the end of Rise/Come Together (a song I'd never heard before.) And like everybody else I know, I love Antelope -- but thought they did very little with it.

It's amazing how different everyone's experience of a Phish show can be, and all experiences are totally valid. I'm super happy for everybody that loved this show. And hey, congrats to everyone who got there Friday and stayed for Sunday, you guys lucked out.