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Replies to a couple of comments:
@RobesPierre
The music, as heard through my (fine) balcony seat, that was unfortunately and unexcusably located outside the soundscape of the main speakers. When we have a review from the couch we tend to get eaten alive because, "hey, you had to be there, maaan!" Turns out the venue sound system is part of that equation. I wrote about what I heard - which was so muddled that I couldn't even tell that the Birds was the Birds, and was slow to recognize songs that I've heard hundreds of time. There were phasing or delay issues on top of the entire absence of any midrange signal at all. It sounded like they weren't even in rhythm with each other. Felt committed to spend the first set there because that was my actual concert experience, but so glad so stub myself down to the lawn. Sound, space, and yes, even the view, were fantastic for the subsequent 5 sets.
@Tanner22
I didn't forget to mention the Gin/Coil. I left them out because I couldn't think of anything interesting or descriptive to say about them. You can look at the setlist and see that they are there. The Gin is substantially similar to other late first set placements (Magna excepted of course). So, yes - as @KingMob replied, "Nothing to see here," relatively speaking. Gin was Gin.
Now that the run is in the books, my overall take is way less hot than many people who think the sky is falling. We had an incredible weekend, and enjoyed every moment - including that first set - where I was taking notes for this review and my wife and I were absolutely cracking each other up with jokes and comments on the epic sound fail.
Quick version from the forum:
For 2.0/3.0, SPAC pav/balcony is now batting an extremely weak 1/4 in terms of concert experience (sound, crowd, atmosphere), having squeaked out a broken bat single on 7/7/2012.
Lawn is batting over .900 for the remaining dozen or so shows I've seen there.