Reading many of these reviews; I find myself wanting to say, "Put down your calculators and listen to the music."

Could not agree more! IMO, some folks think that the more negatively they critique a show, the more intelligent they seem or that it somehow "proves" they have great musical taste or something. What, do some of you guys have a PHD in Phish Studies from Phish University?
These negative comments sort of remind me of the character described in "Brian & Robert". What ever happened to surrendering to the flow? Or, as the Talking Heads once suggested, that we "Stop Making Sense"?
I like to hear people discuss the relative merits/demerits of the music i love, but some of the negative comments on here the last 2 days just sound like a lot of whining from people who've been spoiled by the riches that Phish has bestowed upon all of us for the last however many years we've each been following them. How lucky we all are to have something so wonderful to complain about!