Reason #7: HALLOWEEN!!!!

I know you guys have been waiting for a Halloween weekend review. Sorry it has taken me this long to deliver; I was waiting to solve the problem with my hard drive so I could download H'ween night, but I think I'll just start the review. It'll be good practice for THE EDITORIAL I'M WRITING FOR MY RADIO STATION!!! They have finally caught the bait and are letting me do something Phishy. Yay! So anyway, Halloween weekend...
Started off rough for me, the Tropicana (which was a fabulous resort in the end) was giving me a tough time trying to check in and use my mothers credit card. So I was rushing to my room, to change into my dress and get my stuff ready for the show. I had forgotten my ticket, but of course my buddy's buddy had a GA for me at face value. That was super nice, except that walking down the boardwalk to the show, people were trying to get ride of their extras for anything. $20, $10, $5, I didn't hear and free tickets but I'm sure it happened. Anyway, as I'm walking in to the show alone, I see a familiar face from college, and my new friend Frank and I rock the whole show together (he was on the floor alone too). They started with an awesome Star-Spangled Banner (for the massive flag that hangs in the back of Boardwalk Hall) and a rockin' My Soul to kick off the set. I have a real sore spot for Sample in a Jar and was able to dance through the crowd to get up front and see my boys for the first time of the weekend. I love seeing their smiling faces, even when playing something as straightforward as Sample. Besides a few standard breathers, like Sugar Shack, Bouncing, and 46 Days, every song was killer. In the first set, we got a pretty perfect Timber, then an Axilla>Rift>Moma Dance>Cities which made me feel like I was floating on air. It was my first Moma Dance, surprisingly, and it was awesome. Second set is so epic, I just have to list it all the way through: Punch, Sand, Carini, Caspian, Corinna (a Taj Mahal cover not heard since New Years 09), Piper> Theme, Golgi, Slave (!!!!!), Fluffhead closer and Loving Cup encore (hey, why do pirates love Trey? cuz he plays a bad guitaarrrr... hehe). So.. yeah, need I say more? It was redonkulously awesome. Naturally, I thought it wouldn't get better than that. Oh how wrong I was.
I can't hold it in any long- TWEEZEP!!!! Saturday was the night of the Tweezep and a bit of my soul happily stayed behind at Boardwalk Hall. The night started off fairly average, opening with a Kill Devil Falls into Cavern (would have been nice to see those switch) and then a Foam! Thank God they played Foam, it was so quircky and Phishy, that's how I found my headz. Looking around at the kids who were still rockin' compared to the kids who were like "What is that crap, can they play Time Turns Elastic?" (haha, that's for Jimmy D). No TTE, boys, keep it kosher. They played Guelah- hot stuff there indeed- and then tricked us with a fairly straightforward Chalkdust. (I've got a good side story about Chalkdust.. check back for a later post on it). Oh but wait.. there is nothing standard about a WHOLE LOTTA LOVE Dust!!!! CD into Whole Lotta Love back into CD. EPIC, flawless, spot on, and without warning whatsoever. Gah, I LOVE PHISH. Then- a major bustout- my first Ha ha ha, with WLL teases weaved all the way through. Then Walk Away, always riproarin, Wolfman's > Undermind, nice breather and bathroom break without rolling my eyes, into a sick Bathtub Gin that had WLL teases as well! Closed the set with a pretty average Squirming Coil, if that song can be average at all. Second set got duuurrrtyyyy. They opened with a Tube that was kinndaaa outta this world > Possum> Tweezer, both with WLL teases (I was just dying laughing at this point..) but it gets better. Just try to absorb this: Tweezer> HEARTBREAKER> Tweezer> RAMBLE ON> THANK YOU> Tweezer> STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. I'm sorry, maybe you need to read that again, I'll give you a sec.............. see what I mean?!?!?!? I try not to curse in my posts, but FUCKING EPIC RIGHT? I know you feel me. So then, it was like the show could end, and Trey joked that it would. He said "Happy Halloween everyone, have a good night!" Then admitted that it was a bad joke after the booing started. They played Halley's Comet >2001> Bowie> Show of Life and BDTNL which, both I think, totally kill the energy and mood. Show of Life had a really good thing going for it this night, I was into it in a new way but it still didn't maintain the energy that was reverberating from 2001>Bowie, nevermind the Tweezep epicness energy that had faltered a little. They closed the set with a great Good Times, Bad Times (I always love to hear this, and to end with a cover after such a mindblowing show of covers, I was pleased). The encore was amazing as well, Sleeping Monkey into Tweprise with WLL teases, but after the second set I was ready to get my party face on. Saturday was the ragin' night for sure, and my phamily tore up the Boardwalk and Casino. It was really truly something special.
Now, unfortunately, I have to move on with my day. I'm going to get my computer all fixed up so I can download Halloween night and relive every moment in my head. Then I'll be back with a comprehensive analysis of the best damn show ever.
Speaking of best shows, since I got an external hard drive I'm trying to download as much epic Phish shows as possible. Leave your favorite sets in the comments and I'll check em out!!