I know the reviews will come in today critical of some song selections, the gag, jamming, yada yada yada... I think this show had a bit of everything. Solid opening segment with ACDC, Wolfmans and Scent Of a Mule. Some crooning from Page. A fantastic Fluffhead with the aprapros "came to NY" lyric and auld lang syne teases. Very cool type II with Page on theremin in Light going into Golden Age. And some humor in the form a nod that Sneaking Sally and 46 Days are very similar (I assume a nod and a great 46 Days at that). I personally thought the flow of the show was great. Somewhat of an arc. It built up through the first set and took off for the phenomenal second set kept going into the Steam/stunt/DWD. The vacuum flying behind Fishman was hilarious. The energy was off the charts at the Garden. The Wedge, Alaska and Velvet Sea that followed began our decent back to earth but not in a disappointing way. The feeling I got, starting off the year with great versions of these songs, especially the sentiment of Sea, was, in my opinion, as satisfying as it gets. Follow it up with the best First Tube I have heard from 3.0 and the Slave I hoped with all my might for was as good as it gets. We can argue where this show sits amongst the history of New Years shows but to be honest I just don't care anymore. Was this show 12/31/95? Nope, it was 12/31/2011 and wouldn't have asked for it to be anything else. Happy New Years all.