@TroySucks1488 said:

I usually hate Golden Age but I loved the slowed down tempo version.

Dicks 1 Set 1 was great. Set 2 was average, nice Carini jam. Dicks 2 was overall pretty average. Dicks 3 was average but better than Dicks 2. First part of set 2 was the highlight for me.

Dicks 1 was a comparible show to the epic Philly show in '15 before Magnaball that everyone here on Phish.net went utterly gaga over. Ditto the Atlanta run from that year, both of which would be probably ranked as "tier 6" by this reviewer if they happened during this tour.

Dicks 1 had no issues that would drop it from being an epic barnburner by any Phish fan's expectations.

The truth of the matter is that the intellectual clique at phish.net are simply not happy unless they have something to bitch about. It's that simple. The shows are at or exceeding the quality level of Magnaball all summer. Expectations expectations. We all have 'em. Just that some of us have enough perspective to be aware that we have them.