21stC malaise . . . . . the cellphone hell!

One of the recent developments in social behaviour I struggle with is the talking and chatting through concerts these days and there are many ROIO's were this is the case. I have been to concerts like Bob Dylan at The Roundhouse where somewhat unexpectedly we were threatened with violence by drunks (why would you go to a Dylan concert to get pissed?) and yes he threatened to bite our faces off as he pushed past us! This seems to me to be a new attitude to modern music concerts and post punk I get it but seriously you can hear folks opening their hampers and clinking glasses and talking THROUGHOUT a concert all over the planet. I admired Ravi Shankar in the Concert for Bangladesh asking the audience to refrain from smoking  . . . . never mind talking! As Joni Mitchell liked to point out no-one ever harangued Vincent Van Gogh and shouted at him "Hey Vince, paint Starry Night again Maaahn!"

Failing to turn your phone off when you go to a music concert? 
I don't get it . . . . . .

so this is possibly one of the most depressing clips I have ever seen!



I despair . . . . . . . .