@Alumni said:

So, yeah, it's fundamentally an exercise in nostalgia for many of us oldsters. But the thing is, time keeps moving on. There's a new generation now. Maybe they care about the music that hooked me, maybe they don't. Based on my impressions, Phish 3.0 is playing to their audience. Complainers like me notwithstanding, I bet that the majority of the folks who go to Phish shows these days are getting exactly what they want - lots of songs that they wanted to hear, and pretty pretty lights.

That's why I don't think change is in the air. Phish may not have the most conventional business model, but that doesn't mean they aren't good at business.

Exactly. To play sheds and arenas, you've gotta know what's up with your music and your audience. The counterculture element of Phish is gone. The audience is no longer mostly weirdos. I'll go to a Phish show expecting long jams and psychedelic freak-outs when I'll expect the same from a Dave Matthews Band show.