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Old 06-27-2018, 06:15 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by CorbeauNoir View Post
I was feeling this big-time during Sled Island. Maybe I'm getting too old for SI or whatever, venues like CMC and Studio Bell where people just shut the #### up and listen to the music are fantastic but it seems like every year I feel more actively driven to avoid sets at #1 Legion or the Palace. I ended up leaving Thundercat early because I was getting so irritated with the ambient chatter actively drowning out the music. I swear removing the giant flaming-C baffles on the ceiling has made the acoustics substantially worse in there too which I'm sure doesn't help.
Sled Island can be bad for that because people show up early to see a band they like and just chat with their friends until they get on stage. It's very disrespectful.

The worst example I can remember was a Lou Barlow acoustic set at Commonwealth. There were so many people talking you could barely hear the music.
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