You know, I just realized - is this the first time someone has started a poll since the "new" board? I think it might be! It looks cool.

As far as the live ending... it's hard to say whether "up" or "down" for the encore is the way to go. Both approaches have their merits. The slow ending usually has a poignant, goodbye element to it which is appropriate, and gives you a sense of closure. It also gets you ready for bed, lol. On the other hand, ending with an upper leaves everyone energized and excited, and that's fun.

Hmmm.... I see I've basically committed to nothing.

I'm going to go with preferring that they end on an upper just because ending on a downer eventually got old.