@jk99951 said:

So one should ignore roughly 50% of every show in order to evaluate them?

I don't think that "all but ignore first sets these days" means that there's nothing to evaluate. There are song by song recaps of every show these days on this site, including analysis of first sets. When analyzing a tour in retrospect, you can make the point that "for the most part" unique moments in these shows come from the second sets. This post was just a review of extraordinary moments in Fall 2013. First sets did not produce the most outstanding moments, so why would this particular review require an evaluation of everything?

It's just a recap--if someone who doesn't have time to listen to every minute of every show reads this, then they might have a good place to START.

@jk99951 said:

lolphish, it's sad what a shell this band has become, but hilarious to watch the phluffers try and validate them.

Oh, and it's just an opinion...on which I believe @J_D_G clearly prefaced his entire review.