good thing phish is more than music, its an experience. to say you are only there/here for the music is crazy. if thats true never go to a show again and just sit in a hole and critique all the soundboards, and let me know your favorite shows so i can download them. also could you please judge the fireworks show off of the soundboard recordings, i am wondering if it was a good display i am wondering how it holds up to the best displays in the world.....

how would you have acted or danced during bethel sound check if you were there? differently than listening to it in your room? differently if you had ran a 5k with 1600 others? did u take that rediculous liquid after the 5k for the night sets? would it have been better? worse? is your opinion anymore valid because you went to 150 shows?

i get to live in one of the greatest places in the world to ski. i ski around 200 days a year. many days i have skied powder up to my head for 8 hours straight (one of life's finest experiences) i can look like a dick and not appreciate a day that the powder is only up to my knees (some people wont even go to the mountain for 8 inches) or i can enjoy it as much as the next person, hopefully more because that means i'm doing something right.

and lets face it without human experience, does anything even happen? you are bringing in your experience of your room, your mood, your headphones, and the pot you were smoking alone listening to soundboards. some of us can bring the experience of actually knowing how rediculous shit was. and thats what makes music, and especially interesting music awesome.