The contrasts between this and the last SoCal show at the Hollywood Bowl couldn't be more stark. I'll admit my strong bias towards indoor shows (after all, I cut my Phish teeth at the Worcester Centrum), but the energy level was higher, crowd more focused, and the music soared progressively higher with each song. After hanging towards the back of the floor for the first set, we made our way toward for the front just in time for the opening licks of RNR.

I can't add much more than what's already been said, but I'm not sure I've seen a jam with more textures than this one in a live setting. There were some pretty funny exchanges going on all around me about what they were going to segue into, as everyone anticipated a more standard 10 minute jam into something else. I kept mental notes, and as I re-listen it went something like this:
-6 minutes in, a girl in front of me says "Tweezer, yeah!". Just kidding.
-around 12 mins in, I hear calls of "Makisupa". Then, nope!
-at 19 minutes in, the guy behind me says "2001, for sure". Two minutes later he looks on, confused.
-21 minutes in, I call out "Kung!" to a few smiles. No dice
-at 24 minutes in, I was certain of "Frankenstein". Still nothing!

And then the mighty Ghost. Just fantastic, I put this one up there with 12.31.10 when considering how it all evolved. The flow of the second set was just brilliant from there on, culminating in a blistering GTBT. As well played as the Phish standards were tonight, you have to tip your hat to the covers as they really shined on 8/15.