Carini: for Frenchie. Love it. Big ol’ jam to start off the Dicks run, nothing unfamiliar here, but they work their way through for a long while and find a segue back into the song to end it off. Great way to begin the show

Halley’s Comet: standard

Blaze On: standard mid first set version

Prince Caspian: These mid to late first set placements have been spectacular since Pittsburgh 2017 and here’s another example. Nothing crazy but the jam gets out there for the last few minutes. Then it fades out and Trey starts up

We Are Come To Outlive Our Brains: 109 show bustout. Love the vibe of this song and glad they brought it back. Short version but after the songs played before there’s nothing wrong with it

Mercury: one of my faves from the 3.0 era. Composed parts are done perfectly and the Trey solo in the Red Queen part is very nice. They start to jam it out but after a short time Trey takes us into

Ruby Waves: another big exploratory jam in this first set. TBH I kinda zoned out a little during this, (not because of the song) but an enjoyable performance from what I remember. Trey as he always does now, takes us back into the chorus to end it off

Character Zero: rager to end the first set. Brief and not standout but high energy and fun as always

Set Your Soul Free: brief rendition to start the second set. No exploration due to Trey wanting to just get on to the next song, which had a fantastic year in 2023 so here we go…

Tweezer: 23 minute beast. Starts off with a few minutes of familiar playing then branches off with a blissy jam for a while. After that it grows a bit evil with Page moving to different synths and they lock into a solid groove. We then move onto a more psychedelic realm, containing Norwegian Wood-esque licks from Trey as they build to a glorious peak, but we’re not done yet. The peak settles down into a new spooky place with Trey utilizing the demon robot pedal and some Mike action. A little bit later they find a great groove which after only 30 seconds finds its way back into the Tweezer riff but they’re STILL not done. Page finds a nice sound and Fish is laying down a sick beat. After a minute or two of this Trey finds his way into

Beneath A Sea Of Stars Part 1: bringing the energy down for a bit after that outstanding Tweezer jam. Beautiful mid set cool off and it leads into a neat little buildup jam for a while then they finish it out

Oblivion: The great new jam vehicle of 2023. Once it gets past the barrier of Oblivionness, Trey switches the key and starts fumbling around a bit, but before we get anywhere interesting Trey leads a strange segue into

Light: I don’t mind this song but wish they had kept going with Oblivion. But let's see where this goes. After the main part concludes the jam starts by quieting down a little and it starts to remind me somewhat of early 3.0. Then continuing on with a Your Pet Cat tease and Fishman finding a nice rhythm involving some cowbell and they play around with that for a bit. Fishman is the MVP of the jam at this point as he goes through different enjoyable patterns. Trey starts building a peak which ends up breaking free again into a short moment of funky delay effects which segues into

Slave To The Traffic Light: standard ragey second set closer

Show Of Life: standard

Say It To Me SANTOS: always a great high energy closing song. Give me this over Cavern or Suzy any day of the week (sorry not sorry)

Awesome way to start the Dicks 2023 run. You could argue this show was just 2 second sets. Highlights are Carini, Ruby Waves, Tweezer, and Light. For me this is a 8/10 show