1st Team Type II Jam Vehicles of the Year: “Carini,” “Tweezer,” “Light,” “Down With Disease,” “Chalk Dust Torture,” “Golden Age”
2nd Team: “Ghost,” “Rock and Roll,” “Twist,” “Crosseyed and Painless,” “Piper”
1st Team Type I Jam Vehicles of the Year: “David Bowie,” “Bathtub Gin,” “Stash,” “Harry Hood,” “Wolfman’s Brother”
Jam Vehicle of Year: “Carini”
MVP: Jon Fishman
Best Music of the Year: “Down with Disease > Carini,” 12/29 MSG
Most Succesful Jam of the Year: “Down With Disease” 12/29, MSG
Most Sureal Jam of the Year: “Tweezer” 7/31, Stateline, NV
First Set Jam of Year: “Split Open and Melt” 7/6, SPAC
Most Sinister Jam of the Year: “Carini” 12/29, MSG
Grooviest Jam of the Year: “Carini” 12/29, MSG
Most Unique Jam of the Year: “Tweezer” 11/2, Atlantic City
Unexpected Jam of the Year: “Twenty Years Later” 10/29, Reading
Underrated Jam of the Year: “Carini” 7/5, SPAC
Best Under 10-Minute Jam of the Year: “Chalk Dust Torture” 7/16, Alpharetta
Comeback Jam of the Year:“Twist”
Best New Jam: “Energy”
Best New Original: “Fuego”
Deepest Pocket of the Year: “Carini” 12/29, MSG
Filthiest Funk of the Year: “Twenty Years Later” 10/29, Reading, PA
Most Adrenalized Moment of the Year: “Piper -> Taking Care of Business” 10/20, Hampton, VA
“Holy Shit!” Moment of the Year: “Woos!” in Tahoe Tweezer—like it or not
Phishiest Moment of the Year: “Bush” funk jam in AC “Theme”
Best Guitar Solo: End of “Down With Disease” 10/29, Reading, PA
Most Fluid and Cohesive Second Set: 7/12 Jones Beach
Most Explosive Second Set: 10/20 Hampton Coliseum
Smoothest Segue: 7/6 “Carini -> Architect” SPAC
Worst Attempt at a Segue: “Sand > Light,” 7/10 PNC
Shreddiest Peak: “Ghost” 10/19, Hampton, VA
Blissiest Peak: “Down with Disease” 7/22, Toronto, ON
Best Song in Non-Traditional Spot: “Sneakin’ Sally” E, 11/1 AC
Best 3-Night Stand: 10/31-11/2 Atlantic City
Best 2-Night Stand: 7/26-27 The Gorge
Best 2-Set Show: 12/29, MSG, NY
Best 3-Set Show: 10/31, Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City
Sleeper Show of the Year: 7/16 Alpharetta, GA
Outdoor Venue of the Year (Gorge not included): Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta
Indoor Venue of the Year: Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY
Best / Most wide open GA Floor: Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Venue With Chillest Employees: Hampton Coliseum
Top “What Song Are They Playing” Moment: “Chalk Dust Torture,” 7/16 Alpharetta, GA
Most Underachieving Jam: “Backwards Down the Number Line”
Best Individual Performance at a Concert: Jon Fishman 8/31, Dick’s, Commerce City, CO
Best CK5 Moment: the “rain” effect at the drop of the Hartford “Tweezer” jam
Worst Show of the Year: 10/22 Rochester, NY
Most Absurd Moment of the Year: 7/19, Chicago—Canceled show mid “Caspian” with no rain
Hardest Rainstorm of the Year: 7/12 Jones Beach
