As big a Phish fan as I was/am, I\'m not sure how excited I\'d be about the next round of Phish shows. I find it interesting asking myself how much I would be into it at this point. I know they\'ll never be as good as they were when I started seeing them or as good as they were on all the live recordings I listen to. Tickets will be 3-5X face value again. Half the show will be Trey\'s new pretty little dittys with a few legitimate Phish tunes mixed in, just like Summer \'04. The whole scene will be 16-22 year-olds who got too little, too late and are just trying to get a taste of The Great Phish Phenomenon. There\'s nothing wrong with these people and I don\'t blame them one bit for being so eager to get back into it. I\'d be desperate too if I were this big a fan and had only seen 15 or fewer shows. However, I feel that the audience\'s motivations are rooted in desperation, which ultimately leads to stress and even hostility. Couple that with the band\'s questionable motivations and it all leads up to some very suspect shows.
I would almost certainly hit up "mail-order" and Ticketmaster on-sale for shows in my area, but as soon as I got shut out of those (which is a certainty this point) I would not go hitting up websites for $150 tickets. I think I may be satisfied to simply consider myself lucky to have seen the shows I did. I don\'t need anymore.
