tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post6573136457184056651..comments2024-03-01T00:27:42.852-08:00Comments on Hammer Of The Blogs: Nazi Punks Fuck OffHeywood J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-5466809509289018802008-05-21T17:30:00.000-07:002008-05-21T17:30:00.000-07:00Super Blog hier werd nochmal zurückkommenSuper Blog hier werd nochmal zurückkommenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-10057432057813170072008-02-06T09:07:00.000-08:002008-02-06T09:07:00.000-08:00I think the small/large venue difference has a bit...I think the small/large venue difference has a bit to do with the artist/performer difference. I saw Leon Russell when he was just talented, then when he was famous. In the first instance he was willing to show his imperfections and share his humanity, in the second he was "on stage." As an athlete, I noticed that the larger the crowd, the more "serious" the contest became. The fun, it <I>is</I> a game, seemed to disappear.<BR/><BR/>In politics one notices that, in larger venues, the appeal becomes more emotional than rational, lowest common denominator and all that. TV, of course, plays to the lowest register in that denominator.<BR/><BR/>Love the DK reference.cavjamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432022308089888205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-30877936883805191712008-02-05T16:09:00.000-08:002008-02-05T16:09:00.000-08:00Yeah, maybe I am just getting older and crankier. ...Yeah, maybe I am just getting older and crankier. And of course no one goes to a concert or ball game to <I>think</I>, but I always did go to at least wanting to see a good show or game, and not just holler my brains out or chant in unison. Maybe it's because when I went to concerts a lot, I was playing in bands, and felt that competitive urge, to see if I could pull off what the major leaguers were doing.<BR/><BR/>But you're right, it may also just be an instinctive level of discomfort with large, unruly crowds. Some good memories there on some concerts and games in the past, but no real desire to repeat the experience anymore. <BR/><BR/>That's one cool thing about this area -- there are a few good small venues, and some very good promoters who have brought some bigger acts in to play these smaller rooms. There's nothing like seeing a stadium-level band tear it up in a club.Heywood J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05627748699423939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9908604.post-30030794150868772112008-02-05T13:36:00.000-08:002008-02-05T13:36:00.000-08:00I kinda feel the same about stadiums and large-sca...I kinda feel the same about stadiums and large-scale rock concerts, Heywood, but doesn't that mean primarily that we're just getting old? I mean, was there ever the idea (in going to a concert/ball game) to be able to think critically? If it was, maybe I just never realized that. <BR/><BR/>A certain brand of conservatism wants to make the point that such events were never supposed to be about rational exercise of anything in the first place. Rather, they affirm and test an individual's willingness to be <I>irrational</I> sometimes, as a sign and bond that one is willing, for instance, to be irrational when it matters--e.g., in going to war for one's country: "My country, right or wrong," as the English say. <BR/><BR/>I'm just saying. Me, I never got the thrill for large stadiums. A concert in a bar is a different thing. Besides, I suck at sports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com