Jack White bans phones at gigs for “100% human experience”

Post by technofiend » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

pavel_lishin wrote: post #191

ken wrote: post #189

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I think the viscerality of this response is fascinating. Putting your phone in a case is a "prison", and you must check it every time you go to the toilet, and you're concerned about a terrorist attack -- enough to want your phone, but not enough to stay home, as if your apps could somehow save you. > Treat people like adults. If they break the rules, ask them to leave. Isn't that what we've been trying for the past…

> Isn't that what we've been trying for the past 10 years? Clearly, it's not working. Have we? I've only been to one show in the past decade where a performer called someone out in the crowd for being a jerk with a camera. They wouldn't turn the flash off, so the artist asked them to stop, then they took another flashy picture, so the artist mocked them until they put the camera away for the rest of the show.

Post by icebraining » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:23 PM UTC

doctorstupid wrote: post #147

parasubvert wrote: post #47

People use their phones to have human experiences and connect to others that aren’t physically present. While I can understand certain environments should curb cell use (Where lights and flashes are distracting to performers and the audience), or the desire to maintain mystery or quality by controlling bootlegs... a rock concert has distractions-a-plenty, between flying beer cups, weed smoke, people gabbing loudly ab…

About these people who "use their phones to have human experiences and connect to others that aren’t physically present". How is the sender anything more than a human tripod for a webcam that happens to be in a concert? Nothing is being shared because nothing is being experienced in the first place. If anything, the camera is doing the experiencing. By bypassing our minds and instead offloading experiences directly t…

Post by technofiend » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:24 PM UTC

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I agree, the safety aspects of this are shocking and the 'be free of phones' puritanism is a bit dull. A _very_ strict code of conduct for attendees is something that can (and does) work. Jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett has been known to stop his 4-hour long improvisation sessions in some of the world's most prestigous venues mid-flow to dress down an attendee trying to film him. People don't make that mistake twice. htt…

My goodness, all those people who went to concerts before cell phones must have been so hardcore, taking risks like that. My guess is that if you put your phone away you're less likely to hurt from, you know, other people doing the stupid stuff they do at concerts. I understand that people want video, so they can post it, and get their dopa-soc on Facebook, or wherever, but seriously, musical artists (especially the…

Post by alangibson » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:25 PM UTC

Post by icebraining » Thu, Jan 25, 2018, 9:26 PM UTC

davehtaylor wrote: post #162

I despise the fact that people think they need to have their phones in front of them the entire time, taking shitty pics and videos that they'll never look at again. However, I would never support an artist/performer who tries to prevent me from using my own things. It's not their right to tell me that I can't pull out my phone if I choose to do so. It belongs to me. So while I would never actually have my phone out…