@Nomidwestlove said:

@mgolia6 said:

I understand the rigors of recapping a show on this site...I have done it a couple times. You do it for free and out of sheer appreciation for and love of this band and the scene. You also open yourself up to other's critiquing your work. I know that, from time to time, my comments might come across as divisive. I have some strong opinions when it comes to this band. I have also been on the receiving end of other's strong opinions. I welcome and respect their perspective. We come here as much to debate as we do to praise and lift each other up. That's what makes this community great. But when someone represents another person's work or words as their own, that doesn't jive with me. Just because you volunteer for this gig doesn't make you exempt from citing sources. Especially when the source is another volunteer who wrote the song history.

I appreciate the constructive criticism here. I honestly did not mean to misrepresent those words for my own. I did provide a hyperlink to the song’s history, so I was by no means trying to hide anything, but point taken on sighting sources. I am not professional writer. I try to write a recap once a year more as intentional writing project to challenge myself. My tiny contribution to the scene that has given me so much. I did put about four hours of work into this and definitely had some help from a few people along the way. I’ll know better for next time. Love and light homie. ????

Thanks for acknowledging. Ultimately, there is nothing but love here. I will say, I loved this passage,

"In waves, orchestrated by the wind, a few drops of rain dashed themselves against the windows, where they surrendered their antic wildness, their whiplash abandoned, there their sea bullet roulette, to join the zendo of day dreamers sliding in a slow, soft, wriggly meditation towards the puddle of being."

Honestly, I have no clue how it connects to anything else, or the music, where are these windows you speak of...lolz...but it is, in my estimation, some beautifully written prose.

I also loved this line, "For a moment a pin had been pulled away from the axis of the universe." I think that this is a great description of the feeling that courses through me in those rarefied moments when I get to experience IT at a Phish show.