US venue introduces phone locking system during live shows

[blue4]

I like all three of Jack White's bands but I'm not handing over and locking up any non weapon possession that I own just to see him.

You want to ban some things to make the show better for us? Ban drunks, douche bags, women who insist on crawling up on their boyfriends shoulders, the Free Bird guy, etc.

I don't buy the argument that since we got by 30 years ago without cell phones that makes this stuff OK. We got by without anti lock brakes and seat belts back in the day too, doesn't mean I'm getting in the car without them today. Either way it doesn't matter. It's 2018 and cell phones are here, life will never go back to exactly how it was before, and stuff like this is pointless. IMO. Maybe I'm wrong and it catches on. It'll be just another reason why I rarely go to big shows anymore.

 

[StatesideRambler]

Five pages in, has anyone else noticed how quickly and thoroughly the thread degenerated into the same morass as "the right way to hang the toilet paper roll?"

 

[MordBass]

Five pages in, has anyone else noticed how quickly and thoroughly the thread degenerated into the same morass as "the right way to hang the toilet paper roll?"

I stand mine on end on top of the bar, leaned against the wall.

 

[basst scho]

when i look at all these zombies these days, who cannot live a single second without their f***ing phones, i picture riots or mass-suicides or something at such shows

 

[Skokiaan]

Five pages in, has anyone else noticed how quickly and thoroughly the thread degenerated into the same morass as "the right way to hang the toilet paper roll?"

That's an easy one. The patent for the toilet paper roll shows an overhand configuration.

Next topic...

 

[StraffordMike]

I don't buy the "I need my phone for emergencies" argument for several reasons:

1. 20 years ago we all functioned just fine without cell phones. The babysitter knew what to do in an emergency.

2. The babysitter still knows what to do. If your house catches fire, the babysitter should not be calling you instead of 911. If they do, you need a better, smarter babysitter.

3. What emergency can you possibly respond to from a concert? It can take half an hour to get out of a venue and retrieve you car from a parking garage. Then the drive home, which could be an hour or more, depending on where you live. By the time you get home it will be way too late to save the day. The best you can do is react to bad news.

4. Like in pre-cell days, it's still possible to call the venue and have the staff retrieve you from the show. Just tell the babysitter where you're sitting before you leave home.

5. There are already places where you absolutely cannot use your phone. Broadway shows, for example, and all TV show tapings (talk shows, sitcoms, etc.). At some of these tapings they take your phone from you on the way in and give it back on the way out (practical because the audiences are small).

Well I don't support customers, which is what concert goers are, being forced to give up personal property. But since I attend very few live shows it won't be much of an issue. But, hey! If you like being treated that way, all the power to ya. I'll stay home and watch the millions of bootlegged videos

I like all three of Jack White's bands but I'm not handing over and locking up any non weapon possession that I own just to see him.

You want to ban some things to make the show better for us? Ban drunks, douche bags, women who insist on crawling up on their boyfriends shoulders, the Free Bird guy, etc.

I don't buy the argument that since we got by 30 years ago without cell phones that makes this stuff OK. We got by without anti lock brakes and seat belts back in the day too, doesn't mean I'm getting in the car without them today. Either way it doesn't matter. It's 2018 and cell phones are here, life will never go back to exactly how it was before, and stuff like this is pointless. IMO. Maybe I'm wrong and it catches on. It'll be just another reason why I rarely go to big shows anymore.

Although we're in agreement on this particular subject I disagree on anti-lock brakes and seat belts. After 40 years of driving and never having been in an accident why do I have to be saddled with the cost of something I don't deem necessary? Give me the days when I could get a 4wd with a manual transmission, non power windows, no AC, no anti lock, no gps, and get it for under $20 grand. I do agree about the people though. Last show I saw the" young lady" behind me barfed all down my back. Nice. Real nice.
Oh, and in that truck? Give me a bench seat. Thank you.

 

[blue4]

Give me the days when I could get a 4wd with a manual transmission, non power windows, no AC, no anti lock, no gps, and get it for under $20 grand.

You sound like me when I break out the single shot shotgun in a crowd of people with semi autos.
Seriously though I had a near miss the other day. A little sleet and rain coming down and a guy backed out of a private drive right in front of me. I've no doubt that without anti-lock brakes that guy would have been hurt.

 

[Passinwind]

FWIW I get more annoyed by people standing throughout an entire show while bellowing stupidities and doing dog whistles all the way through every single freekin’ song than I am by anything else.

Anything being done to address the morons who can’t just kick back and enjoy the show without getting excessively “interactive” about it? How about they start bagging some of these jerks while they’re at it? (Unless maybe Mr. White doesn’t mind those kinds of show distractions.)

Yep, I have been to countless jazz clubs where your choices are to sit down and shut up, or leave. And it's been that way for several decades.

 

[40Hz]

Yep, I have been to countless jazz clubs where your choices are to sit down and shut up, or leave. And it's been that way for several decades.

Yep. That’s the way it works at Birdland, The Iridium, The Blue Note, and it did at the old Village Gate. With jazz venues it’s behave - or begone. Something I always appreciated.

We were at Daryl’s House last Friday for Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. I like that place because the clientele they get is just there to have dinner and to listen to the band. The performers appreciate it as well and put on unusually good shows because they know they have your full attention. Win-win!

 

[Passinwind]

Yep. That’s the way it works at Birdland, The Iridium, The Blue Note, and it did at the old Village Gate. With jazz venues it’s behave - or begone. Something I always appreciated.

We were at Daryl’s House last Friday for Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. I like that place because the clientele they get is just there to have dinner and to listen to the band. The performers appreciate it as well and put on unusually good shows because they know they have your full attention. Win-win!

Cool. I used to see Ronnie with Roomful Of Blues pretty often. But those venues were in a 70's era ski town and bad behavior was pretty much a given. It's all about context IMHO.

 

[40Hz]

Cool. I used to see Ronnie with Roomful Of Blues pretty often. But those venues were in a 70's era ski town and bad behavior was pretty much a given. It's all about context IMHO.

You should check him out and get caught up again. He’s better than ever. And I think the Broadcasters blow the doors off the Roomfuls even though Jim Mouradian has sadly passed on.