Tag Archives: the live concert experience

In the future, will bands need ‘mascots’ in order to extend their brand?

Photo by Kurt Christensen via BrookVeeg

I remember when I was a young boy connecting with my father through mainstream interests, we used to attend professional sporting events. At these events, each team had a ‘mascot’ who intended to get fans ‘fired up’ about the home team. I’m not sure how much adults [...]

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Will Crystal Castles ‘be a better band’ now that Alice Glass ‘plays guitar+bass’?

I have heard mixed reviews of the live Crystal Castles experience. Many tweens have found the concert to be ‘fucking amazing’, but older people and electro purists think that the set is ‘fucking garbage.’ Many times, the band plays sets that are 15-30 minutes long [unverified statement]. The band is apparently is [...]

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U, Me, And Every Concert We Attend: How We Grow Older With Concerts

Lately I have been attending numerous live concerts after ‘going on a break’ from ‘going to shows’ since the audiences got too tweeny. I have been going through a very concertially existential crisis, and really thinking about ‘why am I here?’ ‘Why did I make the extra effort to see this band?’ [...]

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