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    <author><![CDATA[Klaudia Kroboth]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[To be honest, just reading all of this:  Isn't that EXACTLY how a person (or a music person) gets the Blues in Memphis? You may see people doing this cell phone thing in other places and at other concerts too, but it take a Memphian to know the difference.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Winter Mute]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Be glad the people in front of you didn't stand up the whole show. We wouldn't see this yahoo mentality much if they substituted THC and LSD for the alcohol.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Pam Decker]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Wow... These are such insightful, honest comments.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Brian Knight]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I wholeheartedly agree, Mr. Cupp, and Nighthawk, that the industry has capitulated to the venue owners that cowtow to the lowest common denominator of a fan, the  "HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU SEE ZZ TOP IN A ROW?" crowd. I like ZZ but once a year is plenty.
        
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      <![CDATA[I had waited for quite some time to select a concert that would serve well as my nine year-old's first show. Daddy loves music and has regaled him with many tales of the many concerts witnessed.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Robert Tooms]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[In European clubs, even small pubs, they do not allow televisions to be on during live music and the crowds are more discerning. We used to play (and hear)some very concert-like gigs on Beale Street until the advent of loud outdoor speakers and outdoor bars at which time the focus shifted from a music experience to a generic alcohol experience.
        
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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Kate]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Two years ago, I went to see the Drive-by Truckers at the New Daisy. They have a tendency to be a rowdy band, but their fan base are pretty cool people and the shows are almost always great.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Pam Decker]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Agreed. There aren't many people keeping real music alive - and few people who really appreciate and respect true music and musicians.
        
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      <![CDATA[In a world where karaoke is considered real music, and lip synching and sampling makes celebrities, why would anyone be surprised that people come out to shows just to be obnoxious? ...if they wanted to actually listen to weird people playing weird instruments, they'd go to YouTube.<G>
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ryan]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I have trouble getting off my duff and going to a concert. It is like a box of chocolates, you never know........
        
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    <author><![CDATA[James Sposto]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The lack of respect for the people around them and their experience speaks to those obnoxious concert-goers maturity. Concerts tickets COST - I went to a Donald Fagan concert in Philly and had a drunken double date in front of me talking so loudly that I couldn't enjoy the music - and they had no idea what they were listening to (I could tell that one of the women couldn't understand anything that didn't have a driving dance beat.)
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Ed Arnold]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[This is ludicrous. Boring and old, much like Robert Plant himself.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Mark Orndorff]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[So, if we go out to a concert in Memphis, we are supposed to be totally quiet and stare in wonder at the performers? Everyone isn't a music snob, but enjoy concerts just the same.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:12:44 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Chad Graddy]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[If you think this only goes on in Memphis, you haven't spent much time at shows outside of Memphis.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:58:15 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Barbara Burch]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Same kind of crap went on at Earth Wind & Fire. People seem to think that, if they're outdoors, it's OK to be loud and obnoxious at a concert.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:24:23 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Anne]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I actually roadtripped to Birmingham and Nashville to catch the Plant/Krauss shows and saw the phenomena you're speaking of at both. In B-ham, I was in the 9th row and while some were recording on cameras, generally the crowd was having too much of a good time for it to bother people.
        
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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:59:57 -0500</pubDate>
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    <author><![CDATA[Chelsea]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I am embarrassed to admit that I belong to this generation of fools that think this kind of rude behavior is acceptable. When I finally purchased a cell phone (just about the only mechanical device that I own) I told the sales person that I was not interested in bells and whistles, just phone service... just 911 in emergencies,just a phone.
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
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