Super Ball IX was a blessed event! True there is a major difference between being at a show and not being at a show, but listening to it. I was very fortunate to be there. Out of SBIX, Coventry, IT, Camp Oswego and The Lemonwheel this festival was by far my favorite. The music was great and Phish keeps getting better as they age and their repertoire keeps growing. When I listen to shows I didn't attend I try to imagine myself there. It never quite conveys the same feeling, but it helps me get into the mood of the show. Watching Phish 3D was a treat because although the movie didn't take us back to the campgrounds or deliver all the pungent smells Shakedown produces, there was still an element of understanding what that Festival was like. Not to mention there were a few pungent smells coming out of the theater in Park Slope that night with police presence circulating the theater before the movie started. Watching that movie definitely helped me better appreciate what I had already heard through downloads and saw via internet videos, but it will never replace being there. Let's all hope that Phish treats us to some sort of SBIX documentary so that Chris and others can get more of a peek into what we were treated to that weekend. No PYITE, no Maze, no Dr. Gabel (I Love IT), no Guyute, no Fluffhead, no Glide, no Melt, no Slave and no YEM, but I'll keep saying IT until we do IT again...IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!