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Phone/Gadget free shows - Yondr pouch?

JMacBass65

JMacBass65

Jan 31, 2009
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So checking out presale tickets for upcoming Jack White show, and came across the following on the Ticketfly website:

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I know JW has had some rants at shows about phones, but I get the sense the venue is already setnupmformthisnsort of thing, and that it's not exclusive to JW. Could be wrong, and for the purposes of this thread, somewhat irrelevant.

My question is, what do you all think about this?

Good, bad, indifferent?

I for one, like it. Although I imagine it will cause some convulsing in some people.
 
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DirtDog said:
My take on it is if I really want to see Jack White, I can live without my phone for a couple of hours. I wouldn’t leave it in a pouch in a venue. I’d have another option - locked in the car, leave it at home whatever.
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Yeah, I get that too. Even in my line of work (real estate), where I kinda need to be accessible "at all a times", I have begun to implement phone free time.

It's on "do not disturb" and upstairs on a charger during family meals, for example. Whatever it is, it can wait.

Thing with this system for venues is that people can keep it with them, and go to a zone within the venue to unlock it (say, to call their parents, or the reverse, call the babysitter, whatever, check voice mail).

I think it's a good solution.
 
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Oddly said:
Seems like a great idea to me.

There was a time in the dim distant past...and some of the old geezers on here will back me up on this...when it was possible to spend a couple of hours without constant phone access.:D
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And you know, it actually wasn't that long ago. Ten years maybe?

But my wife and I noticed a difference between between our daughters bat mitzvah year, 2012, and the year of our sons bar mitzvah, 2015.

As we attended these various celebrations in 2012, yes the adults had them, and there were a few photos here and there, and the occasional checking of messages could be spotted. Fast forward to 2015, and the adults have far less discipline. But what was REALLY different was the kids. Mind you, they are all 12/13 years old. By 2015, the kids were dancing less, more of them were at their tables, or in groups, messing with their phones. And the DJs had clearly noticed the trend, because they were taking steps to combat it, or incorporate phone use into some of the activities to keep the kids engaged.

It's really too bad so many of us have become addicted to these things. I hope there is an eventual shift away from it all.
 
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Oddly said:
There was a time in the dim distant past...and some of the old geezers on here will back me up on this...when it was possible to spend a couple of hours without constant phone access.:D
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i'll back you up on that!
JMacBass65 said:
And you know, it actually wasn't that long ago. Ten years maybe?
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yep!
JMacBass65 said:
I hope there is an eventual shift away from it all.
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in the future: a young person will invent "talking face to face!" just wait...it will happen! ;)
 
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Spidey2112 said:
He's old school... check him out, you may like him and what he's doing...
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Agreed.

First time I heard a White Stripes song (Black Math), it instantly grabbed me. Then I got the album it was from, and initially I was kinda scratching my head. Went back to it a while later and realized - "dude's playing blues!"

He turned it on it's head a bit, but he was basically playing blues.

A year or so ago I heard an old interview with him (2007 I think) with maybe Dan Rather. This very thing came up. He said "all I really ever wanted to do was play the blues, but I had to hide it, disguise it a bit, to get the kids to listen".

Brilliant really. He got a whole generation of kids to buy into music their parents, and frankly, grandparents, were into.
 
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If I go to a show, I don't even pull my phone out of my pocket anywhere it could be an annoyance to my fellow audience members.

I have no problem with measures up to, and including throwing people out for it, and I have nothing against artists who choose this approach. However, I don't pay money for a show to be treated like a child, and I choose not to go to any show with a policy like this.
 
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JMacBass65 said:
Agreed.

First time I heard a White Stripes song (Black Math), it instantly grabbed me. Then I got the album it was from, and initially I was kinda scratching my head. Went back to it a while later and realized - "dude's playing blues!"

He turned it on it's head a bit, but he was basically playing blues.

A year or so ago I heard an old interview with him (2007 I think) with maybe Dan Rather. This very thing came up. He said "all I really ever wanted to do was play the blues, but I had to hide it, disguise it a bit, to get the kids to listen".

Brilliant really. He got a whole generation of kids to buy into music their parents, and frankly, grandparents, were into.
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He has my respect... pretty smart, as well. I believe he has his own vinyl record manufacturing company, up in Detroit... old school, everything.
 
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Another Jack White admirer here.
He seems to bring a true love for music to every project.
I really liked the Raconteurs band, and saw him on his last tour, where he toured with two bands, one male, one female...
The guy's no doubt a bit eccentric, but always worth a listen.
 
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Oddly said:
Another Jack White admirer here.
He seems to bring a true love for music to every project.
I really liked the Raconteurs band, and saw him on his last tour, where he toured with two bands, one male, one female...
The guy's no doubt a bit eccentric, but always worth a listen.
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Agreed.

Really wanted to see him on that tour, and wanted to take my kids (teenagers, and fans too). Alas it wasn't in the budget. :(
 
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His two new singles rock, and he's keeping the dream alive. He's weird, and probably difficult, but I'm a fan, and I bought my 2 tix yesterday.

As an aside, he's playing 2 nights in Houston. Most acts don't do 2 shows in the same city any more.

So, yes, I'll turn in my phone and party like its 1998.
 
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Approaching geezer age, if I haven't already hit it. I like the ability to snap a few pictures at a show. I try to keep it low key and not a distraction to other concert goers. I see no point in recording audio or video with a phone at a show. Shortly after acquiring my first smart phone I tried video recording once at a Mayhem festival and Slayer sounded like absolute garbage on the replay later at home for my brief recording of Angel of Death due to the inadequacies of the phone.

Later at shows I realized I didn't want to be the guy with his phone in the air possibly blocking someone's view or becoming a distraction to others around me. Which at some shows that I have attended has become the norm for a good portion of the crowd holding phones up high and recording away.

So, I have no problem with the occasional picture being snapped. But, the people with the phones held up for the whole show, please put them away.

Also, I have no problem with phones being banned from shows.
 
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