Phone first, concert second?
August 10, 2009 8:59 am MusicWhat is it with people and their complete inability to disconnect from their cellphones for even a brief span of time?
I was at the Dream Theater show last week with one of my friends, and the sheer number of bright white screens detracting from our enjoyment of the concert was ludicrous. You don’t need to send a text message or check your fucking Twitter feed every five minutes, you sad, pathetic losers. Put the thing down, and enjoy the band you actually paid to come see!
This kid next to us watched the entirety of the concert through his cellphone’s screen, for crying out loud. It was annoying, and if he’d been in the row in front of us, extremely distracting. In that case, I would’ve angrily ordered him to put the damned thing away.
(There was also the two drunken douchebags behind us who wouldn’t shut the fuck up, but that’s a completely different issue than the cellphone problem.)
If you’re going to attend a show, you don’t need to be on the damned phone. Seriously, put the fucking phone away before I slap it out of your hand.
August 10th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Dude, I agree with this SO MUCH. When I saw NIN a few months ago the girls in front of us watched the entire show through a digital cameras view screen. My girlfriend is pretty guilty of this too, she had to tweet the name of each song as it was played. Why do concertgoers suddenly think they become photo journalists or something? Bootleggers are an entirely different story, I like those guys.
August 10th, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Make her leave the phone in the car next time!
August 10th, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Like I said, I definitely agree that it’s distracting and pretty pathetic – I only checked my phone twice. Once for the time, and once when I’d taken a trip to the bathroom for a quick Tweet on the great show…on the other hand though, I’m glad to have some YouTube memories of the concert.
August 10th, 2009 at 10:09 PM
That kid was annoying… didn’t even know the names of the songs being played!