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2. I was discussing the album choice with a fellow fan upon its announcement, and he made the point that Occam's Razor might well apply here - the band has spoken very highly of Bowie in the past, they took it very hard when he passed, and in a long line of sentimental album choices for musical costumes, this was perhaps the most sentimental of all. He also noted that a lot of Phish's formative musical choices were from the early-to-mid-70s - Bowie, Zep, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Zappa, et al. Sometimes it's just a cigar. Grand statements are grand statements because they happen rarely, not because every single show has to Be A Thing. We can make something A Thing after the fact. We don't need to do it here, I don't think, with the benefit of hindsight.
3. As for Trey's "creative risks"...if he *primarily* steps away from playing guitar down the line, I'd probably wonder. I don't think he will. You do ANYTHING for 30-odd years, sometimes you want to do something that's, y'know, not that.
4. I do wish a bit more attention was paid to that third set - it's a set that reveals its pleasures more subtly (that all-star Sand notwithstanding) than the three Godzilla-monster second sets preceding it, but there are pleasures, indeed. Do NOT skip that Also Sprach Zarathustra.
5. Quite a nice recap, on the whole.