(As posted on Phish's FB page too) So, I was thinking about the dynamics of Phish and the audience. As a long time phish head (class of '89) I spent the years between 1989 and 2000 with a similar age (give or take 5-10) years crowd who were passionate about listening for every tease, who could call a tune on the first note, and when the teases within a jam were in it's infancy, the majority of the crowd would become rabid and frothy, encouraging the band to "go for it" to explore, experiment, be unpredictable and throw it down. To me, it was about the give and take dynamic between the band and the audience, the energy, excitement and insanity, and knowledge of the music and its possibilities that gave opportunity for both the band and the audience to encourage each other to go into another dimension. The dynamic between the audience and band are muted for me. I don't feel it or see it as much anymore. I also noticed that the average age of the crowd is the average age when I saw Phish back in the early 90s. So it's a newer connoisseurship, and the old-time phish heads who experienced that dynamic are fewer in numbers. Of course, for some older phish heads, lifestyle changes make it more difficult to get to a show, also, mail-order and actually getting tickets without showing up at a lot doesn't exist anymore. The pause in Phish 1.0 to 2.0 and then to 3.0 didn't help carry on the musical dynamic and understanding between the audience and phish either. I always loved phish because it was about experimentation,improvisation, unpredictability, risks, and exploration. I often wonder if the reason they hold back is because the audience holds back too.