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This is one of the most beautiful Phish sets ever. The midday sun was hot and high at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. It was the morning after a six-hour, three-set Grand-Halloween-Throwdown, and the third day of the first Phish Festival in five years. Everyone was content and relaxed. Our brains were full on music, and as we listened to the band play, we munched on donuts shaped like the number 8. The only other time I had heard Phish play acoustic was during the Bridge School Benefit in 1998. It's still a sweet memory. This set was even better, with a long and gentle Mountains In The Mist, the treat of a Curtain With,