I do not agree that they haven't played well since the 90s. If we are talking about 3.0 or whatever it is. By the way I hate using 3.0 or 2.0 I think it is so dumb...
Here are some highlighted shows of fall and winter tour.
10/20/10 (Wed) Utica Memorial Auditorium - Utica, NY
Set 1: My Soul, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Vultures, Wolfman's Brother > Cities > Guyute, David Bowie, Wilson > McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Saw It Again > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2: Drowned > Sand, Theme From the Bottom, Axilla > Birds of a Feather, Tela, Split Open and Melt > Have Mercy > Piper > Split Open and Melt > Slave to the Traffic Light, E: Good Times Bad Times
Such a great tight show, guyute and Wilson teases through out. (side note can't wait for my dvd to come.)
10/26/10 (Tue) Verizon Wireless Arena - Manchester, NH
Set 1: After Midnight, The Sloth, Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Mellow Mood, Access Me, Llama, All of These Dreams, The Curtain With > Scent of a Mule, A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, It's Ice, Walls of the Cave
Set 2: Possum > Light > Mike's Song > Simple > Makisupa Policeman > Night Nurse > Makisupa Policeman > The Wedge, Ghost > The Mango Song > Weekapaug Groove > Llama Reprise, E: Show of Life
From everyone I talked to this was the best show of 2010. I didn't go but have heard it a bunch of times
12/27/10 (Mon) DCU Center - Worcester, MA
Set 1: Sample in a Jar, Funky Bitch, Cool It Down, Roggae, Heavy Things, What Things Seem, Roses are Free, It's Ice, Mountains in the Mist, Julius
Set 2: Mike's Song > Mound, Weekapaug Groove, Farmhouse, Seven Below > What's the Use > Twenty Years Later, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Possum, Cavern, David Bowie, E: Loving Cup
I will admit the first part of this show was horrible. The Roggae was great, second set after Framhouse (set Killer) was money and smoking. Listen to Seven below >whats the use> twenty and tell me that they haven't played well since the 90s.
I think everyone looks at the 90s and wants them back, you aren't going to get them back sorry to burst that bubble. There will never be another Island Tour, it just won't happen. The Dead went through it too, they starting playing shorter songs less jamming. I will agree that the new fans are sort of annoying but hey just like skiing they are having fun.