2011-12-31 New York City, NY

Working through 12/31/11 tonight.

Absolutely terrific first set. Not a lowlight in sight. Not too much went above and beyond, but everything was baseline excellent.

Terrific set sequence as well - everything flowed beautifully and felt in perfect place.

Awesome first set  

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Forgot to mention I'm watching the webcast of this instead of just listening. I'm soaking it all in tonight - set breaks and all

Great show to WATCH! Never knew they did a dance in Mule - that was pretty darn fun.

Everyone is having a blast - there's something hilarious about watching a glowstick land on Page's piano and then he goes and flings it back with a smile on his face

So far in set 2:

Party Time - the first lowlight of the show. Not a great version. Gets the mood going but a pretty poor version playing-wise
Light - BEAST! - Terrific full-on Type II Deep Space Theramin Insanity jam fest
>Golden Age

Some might say Light wasn't long enough, but I think it ran its course perfectly. Trey didn't ripcord it - he realised it was time to move on and did so at the perfect time.

UNFORTUNATELY Fishman completely drops the segue ball AGAIN as he's been doing this year.... GRRRR

HORRENDOUS segue into Golden Age aside, this has been pretty sick so far and GA is now getting down into funky Type II land.... 

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Set 1 was perfect

Set 2 was ok but the segues sucked and other than Light it just felt like a good way to kill time before set 3. Nothing bad (other than those segues!) , but nothing worth mentioning either besides Light. Good stuff but overall a letdown of a set.

Set 3
I have to to bed so youll hear my thoughts tomorrow

 

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12/31 New York City (Freaking AWESOME first set, set 2 shows promise but keeps faltering. Set 3 is just an average 2011 set. Highly disappointing but still a fine gig. Very FUN though!)
AC/DC Bag
>Wolfman's Brother
Scent of a Mule (AWESOME!)
Faulty Plan
Lawn Boy
Gotta Jibboo
Farmhouse (Perfectly placed, beautiful version!)
Pebbles and Marbles (FREAKING AWESOME!)
Ocelot
Fluffhead
Light (TYPE II DEEP SPACE THERAMIN INSANITY!!!!!!)
>Golden Age (AWFUL segue, lol. Gets going then dies... DANG IT!)
>Theme From the Bottom (Much better segue!)
Ghost (Short but sweet)
>Sneakin Sally (Short but sweet, vol. 2)
>46 Days (EXPLODES! TREY HEADBANGING!)
Suzy Greenberg
Cavern
STEAM (FLYING GAG)
Down With Disease (Gag continues, BALLOON INVASION)
>The Wedge
Velvet Seat
Traffic Light