@lumpblockclod said:

@waxbanks said:

i can never quite decide whether i love or just tolerate [the Hampton '97] shows. (i drooled all over them in my .net reviews but the more i hear, the more ambivalent i get.)

I certainly wouldn't go as far as you, but I am struck by my realization over the past several years at how strikingly average those shows are in the context of Fall '97. They're still great shows and I love the Halley's, Emotional Rescue and Bag (though it does stall in places). The Slave is also a great version. As good as all of that is, there are probably 7-8 shows from Fall '97 that I consider to be a cut above the Hamptons.

And I don't know if I'd go as far as you.

The Halley's is in my top 5 all time jams, and by its lonesome offers the show epic status. And on the lesser of the 2 nights. 11-21 is just stupendous... I know it's a nice Slave but you can't talk about that show without talking about the space-Ghost. One of the major highlights of the whole tour.

But Fall '97 is, to your point, consistently hosey, and all those shows have It, except maybe SLC.