I have a hard time wrapping my head around the positive takes on this show. I was there and can say that the Mann is for my money, the best venue on the east coast in terms of positive energy. It's lawless down there, but controlled chaos. Surreal to the point that when I left shakedown, it felt like I had left another.

We carried that energy into the venue, got to our seats and enjoyed strawberry, gin and bott. Unfortunately, the flubs, the missed vocals, the wrong keys are things that I just can't shake. Trey was horrendous in Gin and Walls of the Cave. I just cannot stomach these missteps when there are so many other (and cheaper) options out there in jamband land.

As noted above, some weird placements, particularly Coil which was exciting to recognize at first but then you realize that we had downshifted from an energy standpoint. The setlist I think was overall disappointing because there are so many tunes on the table that hopefully are in play tonight.

This was my 27th show. From an actual show standpoint, I rank it middle to middle bottom. My guess is some of these good reviews are including the entire day, lot scene, shakedown etc, not just the show itself.