The Verdict:
After the excellent 10/19 and 10/20 shows, 10/22 is definitely a step back. That said, it's still better than the vast majority of post-Berkeley Phish shows thus far. The first set is really nothing to write home (or at all) about, so I won't. It's a completely standard affair aside from a setlist that fits together really well and doesn't let up. Much.
The second set actually follows a bit of a 10/19 blueprint at first: the last few minutes of the "Rock and Roll" dissolve into some legit evil jamming. "Carini" follows and goes immediately evil -> rock peak. It's one of those excellent short-but-sweet jams and even though Trey prematurely kills it for "My Problem Right There," somehow even that song works in the next slot because the boys are on a roll.
The "Sanity" in between "Mike's" and "Weekapaug" gets a great sort-of-jam, sort-of-noise-wall extended outro, complete with lots of weird screaming and keening, and a late-set "Light" gets taken for a long walk. Had this "Light" really worked, I think this could have been elevated quite easily from an average-great set to an excellent one, but, for me at least, the jam is pretty pedestrian. There's not a lot going on beside the usual Trey-peggios and it never really develops beyond that.
That said, there are some gems in this second set worth checking out, and hope for the FUTURE.
The Live Review:
10/22/10: Four shows left until Halloween. Can they nail three shows in a row?
10/22/10: Disease opener.
10/22/10: Standard Disease to open, slanky Funky Bitch following.
10/22/10: Fluffhead. Weird placement.
10/22/10: Rough landing at the end of Fluff. Roses Are Free is next.
10/22/10: THAT PUMPKIN = MY DESTINY
10/22/10: Rift! What is this, summer of 2014?
10/22/10: Actually, a much solider version than most 2014 takes.
10/22/10: Moma. We're definitely in '2010 First Set' mode tonight. Hoping for a surprise or two, though.
10/22/10: Moma followed by Ocelot, NICU.
10/22/10: Ocelot solo was a lot more rock and roll and peakey than usual, but otherwise nothing to see here yet.
10/22/10: Sample, Julius to close set one.
10/22/10: Julius got extended a little, but just longer than usual, no surprises.
10/22/10: S2 opens with Rock and Roll!
10/22/10: As an aside, LivePhish's use of '[PlaceName] Jam' tracks for 2010 shows is really weird and inconsistent.
10/22/10: It happened with most serious jams in summer 2009, has been really patchy since, and if I remember, is gone by '11.
10/22/10: We've gone from 'Rock and Roll' to 'Providence Jam' now, but it's definitely just more Trey soloing.
10/22/10: Getting darker now, about two minutes into the jam.
10/22/10: Dark ambient space now. Really damn cool. Almost 8/5/11-ish.
10/22/10: It was sorta winding down anyway, but Trey killed it with a > Carini.
10/22/10: Trey pulls out a great little riff here and drives this Carini into the stratosphere. This is crazy-guitar-peak city right here.
10/22/10: Trey just killed the Carini space jam for a segue into My Problem Right There.
10/22/10: It was a decent segue, but man, he's be vicious to jams in the last few shows.
10/22/10: Rock and Roll darkness jam > Carini darkness jam > My Problem Right There doesn't make a lot of sense in general.
10/22/10: I actually really like My Problem Right There in a weird way, just strange placement.
10/22/10: Mike's is next.
10/22/10: Trey has conjured another great riff and everyone is running with it. Neat to hear a Mike's jam with a little structure.
10/22/10: Welp, now we're back to Rock Noodling Mode.
10/22/10: Mike's -B Sanity. That's weird.
10/22/10: Sanity lyrics are especially hilarious this time around.
10/22/10: Extended vocal and then instrumental outro on Sanity. I wouldn't call it a 'jam,' but it's neat. Loops now.
10/22/10: Drum and bass jamming out of the feedback noise now...dying out...transition into Groove!
10/22/10: Above-average Groove to close out that weird and fun sequence. Suzy is next.
10/22/10: Monster piano solo from Page.
10/22/10: Suzy > Light.
10/22/10: Slowing down from the typical jam-opening arpeggios at around 6:00.
10/22/10: Fish and Mike are pushing around for something interesting, but Trey's not taking the bait.
10/22/10: Back to the vocal outro now.
10/22/10: ZERO'D
10/22/10: Trey playing a weird, dissonant solo in Zero. The band catches on, and now there's a full-on wind-down -> outro peak. Cool!
10/22/10: Zero > 2001.
10/22/10: The 2001s lately have been short, but surprisingly interesting. This one definitely follows suit.
10/22/10: Loving Cup, end set.
10/22/10: First Tube puts a punctuation mark on a pretty straightforward and uninteresting sentence.
10/22/10: Shades of the last few shows here, though, definitely not a backslide into the Dark Times of Really Recently.
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