I was at this show, and I can attest that the crowd as zonked as the band, so I don't think anyone was too critical of the piss-poor play. Between the 2nd and 3rd set, my buddy pointed out that no one was even talking to each other, and it was true, when I looked around, it was just a sea of hazy gazes.

Other random notes:

The scene outside the venue pre-show was an absolute madhouse as you can imagine. Was this the hardest ticket in Phish history? It sure felt like it. You had to cross a little bridge to get to the venue, and then there was a indoor lobby before you had to show your ticket and actually enter the show. As we left behind the hundreds of fingers-in-the-air and shuffled our way in, I saw a guy inside the lobby with his finger up. What horrible strategy, I thought, anyone who had an extra ticket would surely have unloaded it by now. Oh well, I'm sure he won't be too disappointed, there will be many people who don't get in... and before I could finish that thought, someone actually pulled out an extra for the guy. Miracle, indeed!

* Between the 1st and 2nd sets, Fishman was just sitting behind his kit for like 15 minutes, and no one seemed to notice or care.

* This is an instance where the pre-show hype didn't come close to delivering a quality show, but oh, what great memories of the hype. I will never forget the bewildered looks from the Amsterdam locals who just happened to be walking past the venue on their way home from work.