watch out, kids, i feel a van-style ramblings coming on...
i think we've officially established that i'm old. i go to a lot of concerts and what has really had me feeling my age is how crotchety i've become over some things.
case in point, one of my pet peeves is everyone on their cellphone/bberry through the entire concert, which i found incredibly annoying when i went to see ben folds tonight.
hi there. you are not paying attention. you are blocking my view and ruining the atmosphere with your ambient light. and it's not even going to be a high quality photo or video!
reminded me of one of my favorite passages from a british book called, "Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit?", which as you can imagine is a "modern encyclopedia" of everything that is shit. this is quoted from Volume 2:
Filming gigs on phones [is shit]
You are at the gig. You don't need to film it. You can DOWNLOAD CLIPS LIVE RIGHT NOW - with your eyes and your ears. It is literally right in front of you. They really should put up some signs. NO PHONE-CAMERA TOSSERS! NO! NO! NO! AND ALWAYS NO!
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i might possibly be guilty ;) it def. takes away from being in the moment, but then you have it forever! ..although i have lost somehow most everything i've recorded in various formats.
don't even think about it during oasis! ;-)
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