Stumbled upon this show not because of the Live Bait YEM or SOaM, but instead because of a Reddit post seeking the fattest Meatstick there ever was. Front to back, this is a pretty sweet show with plenty of memorable highlights scattered throughout a varied set of songs. Wish I was able to finder a high quality recording of it all (specifically that Chalkdust Torture), hopefully this gets an official release some day.

Setlist Thoughts
- PYITE is such a banger opener all the time. Dug the soloing on this
- The main tune of Ghost is super funky with plenty of Page clav goodness. The jam maintains a steady course for quite a while, not daring to deviate from the familiar funk territory it is rooted in. Trey and Mike riffing picks up the tempo and energy a bit, and soon we're in high octane territory. The grand, marching oompah finish is a nice cherry on top.
- I'm not a Farmhouse hater; I think the delicate tune it's become in recent years certainly has a place in the rotation. That said, performances like this make me feel sad to have missed its peak era. Excellent Type I jamming
- Horn, Poor Heart, Axilla are all pretty par for the course. Pretty nice soloing in Poor Heart
- Theme From the Bottom has a lot of pretty moments as Trey flutters around the fretboard. Page gives the piano a nice workout
- I Didn't Know goofy as ever. Took me a minute to put together the Soft G Michael Jordan reference, lol
- A nice somewhat unique YEM. The harmonic movement in the quiet intro section pre-Page solo is gorgeous (maybe my favorite part of the whole tune). Instead of B&D, we get another upbeat ripper where the whole band goes ballistic. Easy Set 1 highlight
- In addition to some fun Guinness banter, Meatstick has a droney jam out that almost pre-empts some Fukuoka type stuff. This too picks up for a bit, emulating some Ghost rhythm. A fun Type II exploration
- Got absolutely jebaited by the 2001 intro to SOAM. Though I was sort of disappointed at first, that feeling quickly dissipated as one of the more crazy Phish jams I've ever heard unraveled. From SOAM > Kung > a several-parted jam, there's plenty to unpack here and I will certainly need to revisit a few times. Highlight though is the quiet revisit to SOAM around minute 24. A gentle dark doominess.
- Bouncing gives us a nice reset before diving into another ripper to wrap up Set 2. Clearly Fishman had energy that night because we enter another higher-than-usual tempo jam that lets Trey absolutely spray hose. The Trey solo chorus clearly stemmed from confused bandmates not knowing how to re-enter the tune, but holy shit that made the drop back in hit sooo hard. Amazing version.
- I love the Brian and Robert, Frankenstein encore choice. A sweet, intimate cool down followed by a tried-and-true blazing instrumental.