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Musically, it was a relatively disjointed show. The setlist, the flow, etc. never quite found any semblance of rhythm. And that's unfortunate. The opening triptych of Simple, Camel Walk, Jibboo was fun and dancy and unbeat and tight and seemed to portend good things. But the rest of the night was simply uneven... the playing was tight, but the ASIHTOS was the only thing that really felt inspired and present and fresh.
As far as the show itself... very interesting venue. New, small venue, capacity of 7200. Smallest Phish show I've seen in a very long time. Perhaps the most chill venue staff I've ever seen at a summer show. But it's a tiny lawn plopped down in the middle of a residential redevelopment project on the river. Parking was plentiful but scattered all about; Shakedown was small though I was fortunately able to get my Cosmic Charlie's burrito. Don't let the name "Pavilion" fool you, as nothing was covered (and this plays into the story of night 2).
If it were 30 years ago, I'd put the ASIHTOS as filler on the backside of a set I casette and move on. I was glad to be there; every show for me is gravy at this point. We had some killer neighbors in the venue, and a good time with our crew. But nothing much memorable here from a musical standpoint outside of that one jam.