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Memo to Bluesfest Patrons

Wed Jul 4, 2007 Miss Vicky 

Shut the *&@% up!

The people around you do not need to know that your department is now called "community life" or that you can't believe you saw so-and-so in the crowd. We don't need to know about your adventures in the beer line. Your fellow concert-goers have paid good money to hear the performer; no matter how far back in the venue space they are, they do not need to be treated to your explanation of why the sound is not quite synched up with the image on the screen. We all understand the principles of physics, thank you very much, and we're there to hear the PERFORMER!

Oh, and when the performer declines an encore after you've spent the entire concert chatting? You hardly need to go on and on about how rude it is.

Van was great, by the way. What we were able to hear, that is.

Some people were moved to reply

Big Bob Jul 5, 2007 08:01 AM said:

Sigh. Are you sure they were talking to other human beings or just on their cell phones?

All good reasons to, I don't know, go to more house concerts, where the music is listened to and the performer is always in sync (but not, I add, NSync), 'cos he or she is no more than 20 feet from the furthest spectator.

Miss Vicky Jul 5, 2007 08:43 AM said:

indeed, Big Bob, and I look forward to the next one!

JMG Jul 5, 2007 10:58 AM said:

You can fight back by joining SHHH, the Society for HandHeld Hushing.

Just go to http://www.coudal.com/shhh.php

Miss Vicky Jul 5, 2007 11:19 AM said:

Damn, I need some of those cards. My Evil Eye just isn't working

Richgold Jul 5, 2007 03:27 PM said:

What about http://www.goohf.com/?

If you want some of those, I could pass them along at the next MomSpace meet-up.

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