Set 1
The show begins with some pretty sick into music before they launch into
a roughly 14 minute Plasma to open the night!! Plasma is full of that X
Factor Magic, baby! A truly exceptional reading going through several
different moods and reading red hot.
The following Evolve sounded downright perfect to me today. When Evolve is good, its really good and this is definitely one of those versions. 
In slot 3 we get a massive 18 minute POWER GHOST, complete with robot
visuals, lol. Throw this in league with Plasma - it suffers from the
2023 "stuck in the box" syndrome, but aside from that, its a total powerhouse!!!! Definitely must hear!
Following a very, very nice Divided Sky and a gorgeous acoustic reading
of Shade, Hey Stranger tears the roof off before a slightly less-than C
Zero closes the set
All in all, while still highly enjoyable, this was probably the
least impressive set since night 1, set 2. Ghost and Plasma are totally
killer though and WELL worth your time while Evolve and Hey Stranger are
both top tier type 1 readings. Im making it sound bad - I enjoyed the
HELL outta this set as a listen, but the results speak for themselves if
we are gonna "analyze" things.
Set 2
The final set of the run gets off to a bad start with a "sounds good but does nothing" wimpy 8 minute version of Oblivion. What a bummer!
Thankfully, a damn 34 minute Down With Disease immediately
follows! Unfortunately, it follows a similar vein as the Fuego from the
night before: its REALLY good but at the same time seems to truly lack
that special "magic". They bliss rage until 21 minutes (kinda boring!)
and then finally go into true Type 2. Trey stays FX free as is his wont
and the rest of the jam, while great, just leaves you feeling slightly underwhelmed
by the time it is done. Good enough to call must hear, but its a
perfect example of what is "wrong" with current Phish jamming. A+++++++
for effort though and HOLY CRAP THAT SEGUE BACK INTO THE SONG WAS SMOOTH
AF!!!
Oddly enough, the following Sea of Stars does 10 times as much in a
third of the time!!!! This is INCREDIBLE!!! Top 3 or 4 versions ever
played, imo next to Camden 2019 and Mexico 2020....Now THIS is type 2 jamming!! Its a wonderful, wacky, soupy, psychedelic mess of a jam. FX all over. Now THIS is X Factor Magic!!! This was so good Id say it is a contender for jam of the whole run!!!!!
And that perfect slide out and into....a 9.5 minute 2001! Excellent version, good enough to label must hear, imo.
The real surprise of the set is a 22 minute Light!!! This one dives deep
and dark quickly before slowly building back up and out into your
typical hose bliss finale. Really fantastic version worth a listen!
The following Ether Edge is wonderful!!! Page takes over with piano and the song is just gorgeous. A++++
Piper follows and kicks things into ludicrous speed Its your typical shred your balls off Piper, but holy friggin cow they are GOING FOR IT!!!! MUST HEAR!!! A+ PIPER!!!!!! PURE INSANITY!!!!
A raucous First Tube, and a hot duo of More and Slave close out the run
All in all, set 2 was basically as killer as any other. Not much
to say! The Light, the Disease, Sea of Stars and Piper all fall into
must hear category for me.
Another awesome show burdened by too much "hose bliss" 
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