9/1/22 Dicks
Set 1
Ooh! 13 minute Sand opener - lets go!!! Bummer, this version kinda sucks... 
It grooves hard but Trey is asleep, and the jam is all kinds of
disjointed and crappy, Trey trying to set loops and failing miserable.
Terrible start to the show!!
A lengthy, nearly 14 minute Disease is next. Excellent reading, the song
is tight and high energy. The jam is boring as hell - trapped in bliss
rock purgatory with no escape!! The actual music itself feels great and
this is not "uninspired", but it is definitely in that "ok, is anything
going to happen or not?" territory. Its a really good version,
incredibly boring jam wise.
Eventually, the jam somehow picks up steam and we get a ridiculous (and
perfect!) segue into.....Scent of a Mule!! Dude, that segue was nuts.
And Scent is killer! Sounds super rehearsed and very high energy. Effin
A, alright!
After a grimy Ocelot, Heavy Things, Axilla and BOTT all deliver
stupendous type 1 readings. None are must hear, but the energy is HIGH
and they are all about as good as type 1 versions of them get.
Awesome.
The set closes with Theme and Blaze. Both are solid enough.
All in all, Sand was terrible, but the rest of the set was
excellent, if exceptionally "ordinary". Id say grab Disease into SOAM,
but thats stretching it as far as must hear material goes, imo. This set
is a winner, just dont expect anything really special is what Im
getting at.
Very enjoyable and high energy, but pretty uneventful playing wise for the most part.
Set 2
The set starts off badly (see a theme yet?) with a decent but not
amazing Possum into a very good but also underwhelming type 1 Twist. What is this nonsense?!
Finally it all takes a turn for the better with a 17 minute Ruby Waves. Ruby is unbelievable MAGIC!!! Well, the first 11 minutes anyways. After
that Trey seems to lose interest and the jam kinda stutters to an end.
Utterly insane, they deliver a "rip your head off and smash it into the
ground" molten lava hose annihilation peak destruction version of all
time proportions. 5000/10 version.
Dont Doubt Me is excellent and lengthy. Not must hear but kicks butt in the context of the set.
And then, hold onto your effin hats, Wave comes along and takes what Ruby started and elevates it a million times hotter. How is this even possible?! Just molten lava machine gun 1.0 level destruction. What in the F.
The Howling keeps it going good and then we get a 14 minute "balls to
the wall" Piper to close that is explored nicely and definitely loaded
with X Factor Magic like Wave and Ruby.
A terrific, if not truly must hear Hood for the encore. Wow.
All in all, if you like your Phish BLAZINGMOTHEREFFINGSOMEONECALLTHEFIREDEPARTMENT!!!! hot, well, proceed directly here!!
The segues suck, the jams never get strange, Trey abandons Ruby, and
yet...man, hottest set of the summer. Hands down. Easily. My God.
Ruby, Wave and Piper are truly must hear and everything else from Ruby onwards is just heat, heat and more heat. What in the love of X Factor from Hell.
Wow.....
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