I'm sinking into Dead world again right now, but I'm happily solidering on with 2011, so let's do this! 
Currently deep into some FUNKY Wolfman's action on 7/1/11, Watkins Glen!
Set 1 of Superball is pretty unassuming - It never goes above and
beyond, but - and it's a VERY BIG BUT - it hits the sweet spot
throughout with terrifically tight playing (the norm for 2011 so far)
with a couple nice rarities and absolutely stonkingly great Type 1
jamming when warranted.
If it's not exactly an ultra-memorable classic set, at least it knocks
it out of the park while you are actually listening to it
Possum - opens the set and DESTROYS. Possum is always hot but this one
has extra mustard on it. Terrific upbeat way to open the festival!
Peaches En Regalia - basically a segue, it begins immediately out of
possum and the guys nail it. I kept thinking they could sub in for
Dweezil sometime if needed 
Moma Dance - FREAKING TIGHT AND GROOVY AND AWESOME.
Torn and Frayed - not played since Festival 8
NICU - Nothing special but very hot, Play it Leo!!!
Bathtub Gin - Moma really got us dancing, but this is probably the first
real jam of the set. 15 incredibly good Type 1.5 minutes. NOT TO BE
MISSED!
Life On Mars - Did NOT expect this! Crowd ate it up and Trey nailed it
My Friend My Friend - Hot, duh
Wolfman's Bro - JAM OF THE SET!!!! There have been a number of great
jams so far but this one totally takes the cake. Spectacular funky
explorations
Roses are Free - the absolute perfect song choice to come out of that.
Very good stuff so far!
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Set 1 of Superball ruled:
7/1 Watkins Glen - SUPERBALL
Possum - NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLOSTION
>Peaches En Regalia
Moma Dance - Best version ever?!
Torn and Frayed
NICU - PLAY IT LEO!!!
Bathtub Gin - OUT OF THIS WORLD SPECTACULAR TYPE 1
Life On Mars
My Friend My Friend
Wolfman's Brother - 12 EXPLOSIVE MINUTES OF FUNKY RAGING!
Roses are Free
>Funky B - EXTRA HOT MUSTARD
Quinn The Eskimo - MONSTER!
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Set 2:
Ambient Jam intro>
Crosseyed and Painless>
short but sweet Type II excursion>
Chalkdust Torture
That segue into CDT was smoother than glass
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Ok, so this show was excellent top to bottom, BUT, while it was great,
it never reached ultra-memorable for me. It just didn't feel "special".
It was just a really hot show without much mystery - the setlist pretty
much tells you exactly how its gonna go, ya know what I mean?
Another objectively great show that left me feeling lacking, for want of a better term.
An amazing Phish show takes you on an adventure - this was just a nice sunday drive on a really hot day 
It definitely gets the 'ol "**" hot show recommendation from me, but on the whole it was kinda....bland??? Not the right word.
You know what I mean. Awesome show, but on the whole probably just a good warmup for things to come
Gotta say - that Mike's Song>Simple>Type II>Bug was actually
maybe the awesomest stuff of set 2. Never thought I'd say Bug was a
highlight but this one was PERFECTLY placed coming out of that smooth
Simple. And then it just EXPLODES!!!! Totally worth hearing.
Peace and love
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