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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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 Posted - 12/15/2004 : 05:44:52
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Can I vent a little here about the people with digital cameras and worse yet camera phones who spend half the show with their devices in the air blocking your view? You can see how shitty their pictures are on their displays. What's the fucking point? Enjoy the live fucking show while you're there instead of missing it while you attempt to document the moment for posterity. Did you not see the professional photographers and videographers? Do you think people aren't going to believe you were there unless you present them with evidence? Do you think your blurry ass pictures are going to help your friends who couldn't make it understand the experience? Or maybe some hot chick will see your fancy phone and will want to sleep with you? On top of this, you're now calling your buddy when they play Monkey or Where Is My Mind? or Gouge Away so they can hear what they're missing.
It's the Pixies! They're live in front of you playing music! This might be the last and only chance you'll ever get to see them! Soak it in and enjoy it now, then reminisce when the DVD comes out. (You might even catch a glimpse of your phone in the audience! "Hey, that's my phone! That's my phone!")
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the thing
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
313 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2004 : 06:26:08
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I second that emotion...
 Forget the cults I got me a whole church! |
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ChessPieceFace
- FB Fan -
33 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2004 : 06:33:18
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2004 : 11:51:20
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I cannot see the point of missing a performance so you can be on the phone telling your buds all about it.
A few years ago, Elvis Costello was in the middle of Allison, I was in heaven and some asshole's cell rang. In the middle of Allison. The guy had the balls to start talk, until people's dirty looks made him hang up.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2004 : 14:28:24
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| Now the fcc, or is it the faa, or both want to allow cell phone calls on flights. can you imagine, not only putting up the with the tiny seats and less service, but having to listen to someone yammering on their cell phone on a cross-country flight? |
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simibaby
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 02:48:48
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| Atheist, you is 100% right on! These ARE the fuckin PIXIES! And I've had to deal w/ the cell/cameras, people talking DURING the songs, people carrying their GIGANTIC winter coats and BACKPACKS into the venue so we can be sqeezed and tripped........how can such a great band attract so many LOSERS?! (Really, it's far f/ the majority but perhaps some of them be "posers"? or out to impress? Hmmmmmmmmmmm |
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JustJeff
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 07:34:45
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i couldn't help but notice this phenom.
cell phones could be the new lighter.
instead of waving your bic in the air,
everyone can wip out their cell phones and
wave them around in perfect harmony.
a glowing sea of lcd. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 07:36:29
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And then you do a little stage diving and crush 10 of them...
Denis
"I believe in your perfect face..." |
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Atheist4Catholics
= Cult of Ray =
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 07:40:27
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I thought about bringing my maglite which has a candle feature if you remove the head.
Now THAT's nerdy!
For more information on rock, visit www.timfranklin.net |
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JustJeff
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 08:02:50
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both exellent ideas.
now, if we could just buy the
world a coke... |
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 13:26:37
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Camera phones and lighters when music slows down! It's the worst image of a concert that you can have!
i've never done good things
i've never done bad things
i never did anything out of the blue
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 13:35:25
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quote:
Originally posted by slaveish
Now the fcc, or is it the faa, or both want to allow cell phone calls on flights. can you imagine, not only putting up the with the tiny seats and less service, but having to listen to someone yammering on their cell phone on a cross-country flight?
that does sound nightmarish
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 13:53:35
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by slaveish
Now the fcc, or is it the faa, or both want to allow cell phone calls on flights. can you imagine, not only putting up the with the tiny seats and less service, but having to listen to someone yammering on their cell phone on a cross-country flight?
that does sound nightmarish
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
If someone next to me on a flight is on their cell phone, then I get the armrest or I get to join in on their conversation. |
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JustJeff
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Posted - 12/16/2004 : 16:29:01
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the question is not wether cell phones are
good or bad, but what is appropriate usage
with consideration to others. and which is more
motivating, taking a picture of the Pixies,
or being moved by the music they create.
this is also a great metaphor for the conflict
between the sythetic and the natural.
which seems to be an issue in this
"information age".
I realize this is a pixies thread not a cell phone thread.
good topic though. thanx atheist.
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/16/2004 : 16:35:37
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Originally posted by darwin
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by slaveish
Now the fcc, or is it the faa, or both want to allow cell phone calls on flights. can you imagine, not only putting up the with the tiny seats and less service, but having to listen to someone yammering on their cell phone on a cross-country flight?
that does sound nightmarish
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
If someone next to me on a flight is on their cell phone, then I get the armrest or I get to join in on their conversation.
i suppose that's still preferable to someone talking to you.. still, a horrid thought. if people didn't feel the need to talk so loud when they're on their phones it might not be a huge problem. but for some reason people still haven't figured out that you don't need to shout when you're on a cell phone
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2004 : 11:54:39
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I once screamed across a crowded commuter train leaving Manhattan at a woman on the other side of the car who was shouting into her cell phone "I can't hear you!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed at her "But we can hear you!" and the whole train car applauded. She hung up.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 12/20/2004 : 00:11:30
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Sadly, I am guilty of taking photos and even video at the last show. I'd seen them before and thought I'd get some good pics to share with y'all and maybe a video clip or two to tide everyone over until the DVD. And I was able to get my camera in by virtue of coming backstage and/or doing so for the site, so I thought I was all the more obligated.
However, while I was thinking of getting to the front so I wouldn't have to hold the camera up, I also thought I should let people who'd been in line and hadn't seen them x number of times on this tour see it. And I told the people behind me that if I was ever blocking them or getting annoying, to just let me know, but they were very cool with it (perhaps because I was far enough back to not be in front of the really into it people) and would even look at it because of the zoom there was a far better view many times.
Normally, though, I agree with you, particularly with the camera phones, because any image you're going to get is absolute garbage. See that fuzzy blob? That's FRANK BLACK! Etc.
Anyway, my apologies for those who I sympathise with for having a camera in your way, but hopefully you can forgive me.
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