Great review, Doctor Smarty. Every word was spot on, even your more stream-of-consciousness ones. And YES, even the political ones. Although, to be fair, I think how the current administration has affected the demeanor of our country is beyond politics. It is a behavioral, societal, and psychological pox on the face of society. A pox that has now manifested, after being years under the surface, in the more common appearance of Nazis, racists, bigots, misogynists and creeps. And yes, it could be argued that the administration has nothing to do with that; I for one call bullshit because with the way Cheeto Pendejo manipulates the media and social media, the things he says and doesn't say - if he's not outwardly giving permission, permission is implied. And Phish? Politics has never been fully absent from the discussion, nor from the band themselves. Remember Ramble Dove? That was members of Phish helping get Bernie Sanders elected to the U.S. Senate. Fish is now a Maine Selectman. Phish also contributed to foundations and charities that have political ties, like Waterwheel. So I don't buy the "politics doesn't belong in Phish or on a Phish board" argument. It should, however, be PRIMARILY about the band and their music. @longtimegone made a great point about wanting "politics as part of following a band that wrote an entire song cycle about the dangers of authoritarian dictators when we have a would be authoritarian dictator in power right now?" Because that is the synopsis of TMWSIY right there, and why the Wilsons of the world have to be kept from enslaving all the Lizards. And that's why, I believe, IMHO and whatever, that The Baker's Dozen was done IN NEW YORK - home of the Marmalade Dictator - and the show I saw, the peak show of the run (7/30) featured the legend of Colonel Forbin and his faithful Famous Mockingbird, who brought the Helping Phriendly Book back to the People. No. Coincidence.