Having raged the pit on Night 1 at Grand Prairie, our seats in the 200's, far Mike's side, sounded like shit. My partner @farmho_se and I cruised the venue for unconventional dance zones in the theater that had dank sound, settling on a back wall beneath the 300's, Page side. The security guard...
Last night's show in Grand Prairie, Texas came on the heels of what some were calling a lackluster show in Austin the night before. A return to Trey's birthplace yielded a very connected show between the phans and the band while bringing me an unusually clear picture for what life is all about....
The current rating (2.36) places this show in the select club of worst shows ever; "beyond abysmal", said a reviewer. So what happened? Trey started using again? Fish was drunk? Mike was only interested in his upcoming tour? Page wore the wrong shirt?
No, simply this: no jam.
Does it mean...
This was the worst show since 2004. That second set was beyond abysmal. It was embarrassing. It was Hampton 04 Set 2 Part 2.
Lol at Number Line, The Line, Tide Turns and Friday in the same set, not to mention surrounded by Stealing Time, Julius and then a Show of Life encore.
Ouch town...
Weird show. I'm worried Taste is going to develop Stockholm syndrome in that 2nd set.
First set is about as much as anyone could hope to ask for. 2nd set is an utterly baffling collection of songs. So baffling that the encore raises the real spectre of a joke.
"It doesn't have to be all...
Something about being a phish phan I've never understood is the complete inability to understand why people can't admit that a) there have been elite shows since 2.0 and b) phish off nights are not "still better than any other bands best night!"
Neither are true and tonight was a perfect...
It is legal to take your armadillo to a show here in Grand Prairie. So I took mine. Travis (his name), my girlfriend (Doreen) and I went. We received looks from many of the attendees, but shook them off as noobs. I taped this for my brother Stanky Aaron. He's in jail for 50 years for having a...
1.677/5? Worst show since 2004? Really?
Why does everything need to be Type II? Why does every show need to have 20+ minute jams? It should be abundantly clear by now that it's no longer 1997. The band plays exactly the kinds of shows they mean to play, and there are many different types of...
This show was their way of saying suck it to all the complaining fans. The slow songs exist because they want to play them. The Line is not my thing but I've always liked Friday. # Line is good. I'm happy with a Foam bust out. A Lifeboy bust out. Waves. Taste. Tight 1st set. I think they just...
They are up there doing whatever they want. It's totally on purpose.
Twice bittens review is spot on. He caught what was being thrown out there that night.
They showed us at dicks they can play 6 second sets in 3 days if they want, it's not a matter of age or ability.
Go to the shows...
Following the closing refrain, a jam develops which features some good melodic, low key playing. The energy gradually builds and really amps up in the final 2 minutes.