Comments on: Confessions of a Concert Hater http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3620 Priya Raju Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:18:32 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=529#comment-3620 Padma - Thanks for your comment. And thanks for your invitation. For a concert lover like you, 1.5 hours may seem like a jiffy. But to me, it would seem like a life term in a penitentiary! Does the genre change every 90 minutes, or is it just the performer & the band? Its good that I can walk around, but I still can't decide which song will be played. I still can't handle the boredom of the same genre playing on & on for 90 minutes. Your MIL takes cotton balls as ear plugs to a concert? I have a better solution. I stay away from concerts :D And let the I-POD rule. Padma – Thanks for your comment.

And thanks for your invitation. For a concert lover like you, 1.5 hours may seem like a jiffy. But to me, it would seem like a life term in a penitentiary! Does the genre change every 90 minutes, or is it just the performer & the band?

Its good that I can walk around, but I still can’t decide which song will be played. I still can’t handle the boredom of the same genre playing on & on for 90 minutes.

Your MIL takes cotton balls as ear plugs to a concert? I have a better solution. I stay away from concerts :D And let the I-POD rule.

]]> By: padma ashtekar http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3612 padma ashtekar Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=529#comment-3612 Priya and Carnatic Concerts?!!Good! To have a real kick of concerts,I invite u to pune to attend SAWAI GANDHARWA concerts held in dec.There artists will not bore u for 3 hours,artists perform for 1 and half hours,vocalists,instrumentalists and variety of performers keep on changing and perform for whole night. There u can walk around,run,jump,...without disturbing others.My husband accompanied me for these concerts,when i was enthralled in wonderful world of music,he got bored after 6 hours and on seeing his pitiable condition,i had to return home at 11 pm,the concerts were continuuing till 4 am. So,getting bored in concerts is common syndrome,when u get bored ,u can come out and have some masala milk,panipuris etc to make the concerts more interesting.as my MIL always does,take cotton balls for your ears.! Priya and Carnatic Concerts?!!Good!
To have a real kick of concerts,I invite u to pune to attend SAWAI GANDHARWA concerts held in dec.There artists will not bore u for 3 hours,artists perform for 1 and half hours,vocalists,instrumentalists and variety of performers keep on changing and perform for whole night.
There u can walk around,run,jump,…without disturbing others.My husband accompanied me for these concerts,when i was enthralled in wonderful world of music,he got bored after 6 hours and on seeing his pitiable condition,i had to return home at 11 pm,the concerts were continuuing till 4 am.
So,getting bored in concerts is common syndrome,when u get bored ,u can come out and have some masala milk,panipuris etc to make the concerts more interesting.as my MIL always does,take cotton balls for your ears.!

]]> By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3422 Priya Raju Thu, 29 May 2008 18:13:52 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=529#comment-3422 Saraswathi - Yeah, sandwiched between 1.2 billion people, we all learn to shout a bit to be heard ;-) We only learn what our community considers important. And civic sense takes a back seat in a developing nation's struggle for survival. Not that I'm justifying it - far from it. When people get some civic sense, they'll not litter the streets, damage public property or disturb others by being noisy. Perhaps schools can start teaching such things to children. Who else will teach them?? Their parents?? Ha, Fat Chance! Saraswathi – Yeah, sandwiched between 1.2 billion people, we all learn to shout a bit to be heard ;-)

We only learn what our community considers important. And civic sense takes a back seat in a developing nation’s struggle for survival. Not that I’m justifying it – far from it.

When people get some civic sense, they’ll not litter the streets, damage public property or disturb others by being noisy. Perhaps schools can start teaching such things to children. Who else will teach them?? Their parents?? Ha, Fat Chance!

]]> By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 Priya Raju Thu, 29 May 2008 18:06:25 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=529#comment-3421 NK - Thanks for the links. They are pretty interesting. Migraine & diminished pain bearing capacity - Hmm. Seems to be a generalization. I've sort of elevated pain-bearing to ascetic heights. For e.g., I don't take novocaine for dental procedures. It does seem to me that introverts will have more trouble with noise (& other distractions), though the reverse may not be true. I can't stand flashing strobe lights either. Though I hope I'm not "inactive & irresponsible" :D NK – Thanks for the links. They are pretty interesting.

Migraine & diminished pain bearing capacity – Hmm. Seems to be a generalization. I’ve sort of elevated pain-bearing to ascetic heights. For e.g., I don’t take novocaine for dental procedures.

It does seem to me that introverts will have more trouble with noise (& other distractions), though the reverse may not be true. I can’t stand flashing strobe lights either. Though I hope I’m not “inactive & irresponsible” :D

]]> By: Priya Raju http://www.sastwingees.org/2008/05/16/confessions-of-a-concert-hater/comment-page-1/#comment-3420 Priya Raju Thu, 29 May 2008 17:54:20 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=529#comment-3420 Rupika - More speakers strategically placed can cover large halls. I think people are noisy in India because they love generating din. I wonder how people in other densely populated, middle income countries - like China - conduct themselves in public. I have a feeling they'll be as noise-loving as us. I could be wrong. So your son hates all the noise. That's good news for us. At least that means we are not genetically pre-disposed to boorishness :-) Rupika – More speakers strategically placed can cover large halls. I think people are noisy in India because they love generating din.

I wonder how people in other densely populated, middle income countries – like China – conduct themselves in public. I have a feeling they’ll be as noise-loving as us. I could be wrong.

So your son hates all the noise. That’s good news for us. At least that means we are not genetically pre-disposed to boorishness :-)

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