@JMart said:

@ericwyman said:

@chillwig said:

I could go on, but suffice it to say that each of above happened in the thread above, some more than onces. If one of those takes is your knee-jerk response to a salty recap, then yes - maybe phish.net recaps aren't for you.

Could you go on though? I’m curious how deep this list could go.

And then we could rank them by stupidity.

This is a perfect example of utter bullshit.

I'm coming to believe that the ever-widening and harshening (is that a word? it is now!) of opinions and the response to those opinions is a direct influence of the internet on phish as well as our culture (cf every time politics is brought up on this site and, well, politics in general). Each take has to be hotter than the last and the ability to intelligently disagree has seemingly vanished. there's no way any of us would talk this rudely to each other at a show in person, or to our friends and acquaintances, coworkers, etc. We'd be ostracized. But it's the internet, so we don't have to do anything but flame away, sit back, and eat some more cheetos.

All of that having been said, it really does count for something attending the shows and I wish the site leaders would try to find reviewers who were actually AT the show. I was there Saturday. It wasn't the best show ever, but I had a ton of fun regardless.

More on this from Raleigh, where I'll be in attendance and writing the review. Have fun tonight in Camden everyone.

Have fun! Definitely looking forward to your review.

It all started with my comment to the author's recap (see below for convenience) and snowballed from there. I didn't think I was being too harsh, just hoping the author still enjoys Phish. Because, man, the Sunday show was fun and I wasn't even there. For the recap to be that harsh (overall) just didn't make sense to me, and apparently others.

I think I'm just sick of people complaining about everything when there are so much more important things to complain about. Prior to BD, I heard "They never play 20 minute jams anymore". During/after BD, I heard "That 30 minute jam just meandered too much for me."

I'm just here to have fun and enjoy it while it lasts, and I truly think others will wish they were too when Phish ultimately calls it quits. Hopefully it's not the never-ending complaints that push them there though...

2018-08-06 2:14 pm, comment by Wombat_en_Fuego
Wombat_en_Fuego My initial interpretation of this review is that the author has a tough time enjoying him/herself these days? Hopefully not.

Maybe it is just easier for me to have fun nowadays as I age. Maybe I just appreciate Phish playing together and am willing to "look the other way" on technical issues because of it. No matter the reason, I thought the show was pretty awesome from the couch and wish I had been there. If anyone who struggles to enjoy a show like last night's, would like to give me his/her ticket, I'd be happy to take it!

Thank you Phish for taking chances still. It keeps me interested and attending with zero expectations. I haven't had a bad time in this 3.0 era, so please continue to rock on...