fantastic review, i felt the exact same way during the run of shows between bgca3 and dicks. I also wasn't sure in what direction the band was heading as it seemed they began to lose a little steam. Ripchords started making an appearance during these shows. The patience trey exhibited was starting to be abandoned and shredding took over. Jamming was becoming minimal, sets were rather standard. dont get me wrong there were some definite highlights such as limb by limb from st. louis or chalkdust into wats the use from atlanta among others. Goin into dicks I was hoping they would get back to the exploration that has been exhibited so beautifully all throughout this tour but wasn't expecting it. Then night1 of dicks happened. i really dont have the words for night1 as i was absolutely blown away. imo night1 was the best show of tour. like someone said earlier today phish has the ability to melt faces AT WILL. two first set exploratory monsters came in the form of carini and undermind. along with an above average first set yem. Then came a monster jim to open the 2nd. If that wasn't enough chalkdust was taken deep as well. fuck your face had capped off the antics in this show which were great. but the real heat came in the form of the tunes i mentioned. the rest of the run speaks for itself. light, sand--> ghost--> piper and a beautiful hood nuff said. this run goes down in phish history. and imo this was the best tour of 3.0. thank you Phish