@Matso said:

@mgolia6 said:

Lastly, I know the commitment to volunteering to review a show and appreciate that you offered your services (I thought the writing style, commentary, and analysis was a mild strength) but don’t commit to a recap if you aren’t willing to put in the extra time to finish the review. You basically stopped describing what you heard in 3rd quarter of the show. Not trying to be harsh but complete the assignment versus just telling us to go listen!? Especially for a solid show such as this one.

Not trying to be harsh, but maybe you should reread the review as it covers everything from Wedge through to Chalkdust, so third and fourth quarter.

I don’t find a varying perspective from mine harsh, didn’t find you comment harsh and I wasn’t trying to be harsh by any means when providing my feedback. I am a fan of healthy debate and felt the reviewer left me wanting more. The paragraph that hit in Piper to CDT alluded to the fact that he was more focused on getting ready for night two and getting food and that we should just listen ourselves.

“The fact is I need to eat some lunch, send out this recap, and get ready for Night 2, and you’d be better served by just listening to the whole set front to back. It’s a keeper.”

Again, just my perspective, could be totally wrong, probably am, I clearly suck at Phish. Long story short, if we were to cross paths (or were I to do so with the reviewer) I am certain we would have some great discussions on the band, not all of which would jive. It wouldn’t mean we couldn’t be friendly or that it would lead to full blown arguments. That’s the beauty of this scene and of the hyper passionate fanbase. We can disagree about things and yet stil both love the band for the reasons we do.

I am probably more interested in how y’all feel about my first two points which were more focused on the recappers perspective of the music and band then of how I felt about the final part of the recap.