@J_D_G thanks for all you've contributed over the years. I've been reading your stuff or what feels like forever (for better and worse for both of us I suppose . . .)

the lack of consensus on '97 is interesting. seems like everybody would write their "X better than Y" differently.

The disjointed 11/19 wolfman's (which has one of my favorite haze-peak moments) lacks the smooth fluidity of the 11/17 ghost . . . the 11/23 second set doesn't have the same diversity of creative jamming that the more successful set IIs (such as 08/16) have, it picks an idea and hammers it into the ground."

this definitely isn't '99 where there's 09/14, 12/11, 07/25, and the rest. just compelling show after compelling show.

Even 11/22 II . . . outside of the Halley's, it's a lot of fun dance-fluffery. but, an iconic jam plus another 40 minutes of dancetastic phish is a killer set!!

97 was an amazing year. thanks to the .net team for giving us the discussion fodder.

07/25 . . . 08/09 . . . ah well.