(Working on a Title) Wednesday – Etiquette, Festival Streaming
July Fucking 30th, are you kidding me? You know what that means don’t you? That’s right, school is right around the corner and summer (although realistically just starting) will be coming to a close. Before that happens however, I will be enjoying some more time on the golf course, going to concerts and attending some late summer films, maybe even catch one at the Drive-In if I’m lucky. What I ask all other attendees is please have some goddamn…
Etiquette
While some of you may disagree I consider myself a calm and collect person under most circumstances, but when something bothers me it drives me fucking insane. So much to the point that I actually yelled at my brother’s friend at a concert last week (yeah, that columns still in the works) because of his lack of. So to prevent me from possibly pounding your head in with the nearest blunt object let’s all try to keep that from happening by remembering to…
Repair Your Ball Marks and Divots
This may be the easiest of my requests to comply with. You tear up some grass, walk the 4 feet to pick it up and place it where it was. You hit the green after a lofty shot, repair your mark. Throughout any given day HUNDREDS of golfers can hit a single course and cause wreckage. Sure the best golfers can keep that shit to a minimum but I don’t play the courses the best golfers do. More course repair means hiring more grounds crew which means higher rates. That’s a best case scenario. In most situations it’s assholes play the course, tear it up, don’t make repairs, the course doesn’t have enough in the budget to keep making repairs, thus the course is shit by August. So please, repair your marks.
For The Love of God Put Your Phone Down
I recently attended two highly anticipated concerts and left both wanting to kick about 2000 different people in the genitals and then the throat. If you are at a concert and you want to snap a couple of shots of your favorite band, please, by all means. HOWEVER, if your phone is in the air for more than 7.2549 seconds your head better be on a swivel because I’m gonna start throwing shit. People if you want to stare at a live concert on a 5 inch screen do me a favor and stay home. Nobody gives a shit that you shot a 30 sec video or the entire fucking performance, YouTube is full of these videos and the only ones that are sought out are the ones where something “unreal” happens. Guess what, life, while amazing, is still pretty fucking boring. The odds of you catching something crazy on video are slim to none. So let’s do everyone in attendance, and even the artists themselves, a solid and put the goddamn phone away and enjoy the fucking moment. The reason I shell out my hard earned cash to see a band live is for exactly that. To see them live, not through your phone, so put it down before I shove it up your ass.
Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
Whether it’s the movies or concerts it seems that people have endless amounts of money to spend on events to talk and not pay attention to the event they paid to attend. Well I don’t. So when I go to a movie I want to hear the dialogue coming from the big screen, not the big fat fuck 3 rows behind me who doesn’t understand what’s going on. I attend concerts to see live music and hear from the artist. Not the airhead who is shit talking the guy she came with because he isn’t paying attention to her. I’m guessing he’s there for the same reason I am. You want to talk there’s a place for you, it’s called the bathroom, or the outside. Unless you are at either of those places, if there is music playing, shut up. Unless you’re singing along, or exuding a scream of happiness or joy, just keep your damn mouth shut and enjoy the music.
Festival Streaming
So for those of you not from Chicago, this is the weekend you stay the fuck out of downtown. Why? Lollafuckingpalooza (not to be confused with Lawapalooza, that happens in September). I have been to one of these in my lifetime and that is plenty for me. While I still find that the cost of a single day ticket is a bargain to see that many bands I usually only really want to see one or two of them and they are the ones that usually play the shorter sets. This year is no exception and thanks to modern technology it’s possible to watch them from the comfort of my own couch. For those of you that aren’t aware a few years ago Lollapalooza started streaming certain sets, usually time delayed, through their website. I first used this 2 years ago to watch Gary Clark Jr. put on a clinic and used it last year to watch Nine Inch Nails put on one of the best performances I’ve ever seen. This year Bonnaroo did some streaming of their own which is how I found out about Valerie June, while waiting for the band I wanted to see who were coming up next. I think this is an amazing idea and am glad it’s catching on. How awesome would it be to be able to catch some sets from Coachella in California or Jazz Fest in Louisiana? Pretty damn awesome that’s how awesome. I know I will be rocking out at 3pm CST at work while streaming some good ol’ J Roddy Walston & The Business and then Saturday night maybe a dance party in my living room to some Outkast, who knows, the week is still young. You can actually still stream some of last years sets here and you can check out the entire streaming schedule for this year here.
That’ll do it for this week. Any comments, questions, or concerns? Leave ’em below. You can also follow me on twitter @jekupka Until next week I leave you with this…
Say4ct
August 1, 2014 @ 9:14 am
I fucking agree people are dickheads!
I am with you 100 percent with golfing dickheads, i have to deal with that shit everyday. Drives me bananas, everyone fix your divots you fucks!