This is the 2nd time I’ve traveled from my home in Alaska and got an Alaska! Haha, always fun, always get shout outs from my friends, like, yeah, Alaska, they played it for just me!!! 😂 Shout out to anybody else from AK in Chicago for our Alaska! Cheers!

N3 on the floor, halfway between sound board and stage, sometimes having the close spot really is the icing on the cake. I love United Center. Easy access, great city, and brilliant sound. Might be my favorite indoor venue I’ve attended.

So much to unpack but I will only highlight one: Twist. After a short standard start, they went right into bliss, and this is the kind of bliss I love. A jam that stays in your head long after the show has ended. A jam that becomes a part of the soundtrack to my life. A jam that becomes an instant classic in the moment, bliss, joy, happiness, all the feels. Because life is not bliss, joy, and happiness all the time. I’ve had to live in the opposite of that for some time now, but being able to hold the hard things in life, and at the same time being able to hold on to the good vibe and energy of this beautiful Twist jam, well, for me, that’s what life is all about. It’s the kind of moment that attaches to the soul at that time and travels on as a part of the fabric of who you are. I love it. I needed it. It’s mine now. Thank you Phish.

I was able to go to the 3 Chicago shows and the following 2 Forest Hills, there were many magnificent moments, but for me, this brief time of Twist was the bliss I needed more then you will ever know.