Concert Rules.

I went and saw The Mountain Goats tonight. The performance was great and I loved the audience/band banter, it was a good time. The problem for me was with the crowd. I am getting worse and worse at being able to deal with crowds and just people in general. This is why I usually like to be in the front of a show so that all the stupidity can happen behind me and I don't have to deal with it and can focus on the music. I hate rude people, I hate people who don't use courtesy and who think they deserve things...I don't know if I am becoming more critical or if people are just becoming more obnoxious, but either way, I am having a harder time dealing with them.

But I was thinking...when going to see a film it is always a non-smoking experience. People are reluctant to get up and leave for a drink in the middle of the movie...they get what they want before the show usually and even if they want another they realize it'd be rude to make people move and interupt there movie-going experience so they can have another box of Goobers. It is supposed to be quiet during the show, often even the opening of the movie mentions being quiet and courteous. Also, typically if you go to a movie (most people, there are jerks everywhere though) you do not just stand to the side and talk to your friends the whole time, people think "why spend $8 and not watch the movie?" and you don't come in late to a movie, you go early to get good seats, you go when the lights are on and you can see where you're going and your head won't be in the way of people watching the movie...I guess I just wish the same rules applied to concerts.
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