Hello Philly police?? I’d like to report 14,000 stolen and/or melted faces. Yes, I can describe the suspects, they are four 55-60 year old white dudes who conjured a Lumpy Headed monster. These guys obviously take sick pleasure in the face extraction process, particularly the ginger with glasses and a goofy grin. Can your sketch artist draw a combination of light and sound that caused my brain to detach entirely from the space-time continuum? Yes, I’ll hold.

My friends: Mann 2 Was a Good Show. Really, really good. Mike’s > Boogie On back into Mike’s again to get us started?? Are you kidding?? Moma and Caspian were both taken for proverbial rides, happy bday #Line to CK5, Hendrix-ian licks from About to Run; and then a first set closing Fluffhead??? Check please.

SYSF, it did feel like a spirit family in the Mann. Treys soul songs are consistently creating great improv, deal with it. Instead of blowing the SYSF jam wide open the barn doors get kicked open with the Carini chords, and where do I start with this unreal piece of music?? It seemed to me like they were toying with both Cities and Man(n)teca at various points but they refused easy exit ramps to keep pushing new ideas. Peaks for days, multiple deep segments, I can’t wait to relisten to this complete beast of a jam. Joy a well deserved breather after the Lumpy Headed monster finally leaves. GA seemed poised to go deep but they unexpectedly opt for LxL, which was pretty tightly played to my ears, concise and beautiful. Golgi was VERY well-played IMO, can we recognize when these older compositions are played well and accurately please, if we’re going to pick out all the faults too?? And then a really satisfying Hood caps the set, complete with big rave-up ending. Turn out the lights and put me to bed, but not before an Antelope encore which turns the dial back up to the 10 one more time before finally ending this stellar performance in a sweaty wooden lodge in West Philadelphia.

Folks we have an extant Phish about to complete its 40th year of existence, and they continue to produce music at this level. How unbelievably lucky are we ??