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Saturday, December 2, 2023

2023-07-25 Philadelphia, PA

7 25 23 Philadelphia

Set 1 was pure fire from start to finish. Absolutely INSANE set. Hans down one of the best of the whole year so far.

Everything was ULTRA powerful!!!

Heaviest Squirming Coil ever?! The 14 minute Gin is a raging, funky, volcanic shot from the stars. X factor magic.

And the Blaze On is so ridiculously, well, BLAZING.

Not a weak link in the chain, this set demands you play it right through.

A+ first set!  


Set 2

A gnarly 16 minute Disease to open. It never really gets off the ground, but it sure does spit, snarl and hiss from start to finish. Not must hear but an absolute rager from start to finish.

The Well is next and is 20 minutes of some of the best jamming of the year. Pure insanity. But you already knew that.

From here, the set becomes quick-cut, dance party madness.

A short but potent No Men segues at the perfect moment into a gorgeous Sea of Stars.

A must hear Piper rises from the ashes. Wonderfully sick delay/stop start jamming on this. Total groove fest.

Jarring, sudden transition into Crosseyed, but as always, Crosseyed was a friggin Nuclear Bomb. Short like No Men, it hits its mark hard and leaves is begging for more....No, seriously, jesus christ on a cracker.....

And then a perfect segue into Chalkdust. See Crosseyed - another short blast of nuclear radiation to the face! :D

Wading Sea into, what else for a show like this, but Fire to close!!!!

An insane show!!!! Sure, some of the playing was slightly flubby at times, but this was the ultimate example of fire-from-the-sky, nuclear bomb explosion, headbang til you break your neck Phish in 2023.

The 2nd set was BALLZ TO THE WALL FIRE!!!!

In othe words, MY KINDA SHOW :D

I can understand the 3.7 rating, but for me, this would be like a 4.2 or so. SO. MUCH. ENERGY!!!!!!!! :D

Also, The Well was a top 5 jam of the year so far. Hands down. Strange and ridiculous.  



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