It always amazes me just how bad my writing is. For how else can so
many people mis-interpret my meanderings.
Anyway, Jeff had some good points, so I think I need to clarify.
First, to everyone who thinks I am bagging laptop shows, that is not the
case. A laptop is a tool to do something, the laptop does not sing and
dance for you, nor will it be scoring groupies afterwards, although
oddly enough the damn things can still get viruses, but I digress. It's
only a tool, so just as an Apple Mac won't make you a better designer, a
laptop won't make a boring performance.
Second, Kent decided to bring up Fred Gianelli. I don't know why. I
have never heard anyone describe his performance as boring (well maybe
his ex-girlfriend ... laugh Fred laugh ...) and to my current knowledge
he doesn't use a laptop as his main performance piece. Sorry, there was
no second point, I just wanted the cheap laughs of the ex-girlfriend
joke.
So here's my refined point about boring laptop shows in some kind of
logical notation:
IF you go to a performance
AND the performance is BORING * (see note below)
AND the performer primarily uses a laptop
THEN
BECAUSE a laptop is inanimate and cannot be blamed
AND BECAUSE the performer is only expressing their art and cannot be
blamed
THE only conclusion left is that the music is boring.
Elementary my dear Watson.
* BORING. Thanks to all you boring people telling me about subjectivity
I have refined the definition of BORING to be anything which you find
boring, for you personally, not for anyone else.
Also notice the difference between BORING and boring. BORING is
subjective and boring is universal in that we all know how boring feels.
SO....
The next time you go see your favourite act perform AND they are boring
AND they are using a laptop, PLEASE DON'T BLAME THE LAPTOP, it's the
MUSIC which is BORING *
* (according to the above definition)
Thank-you for allowing me to clarify.
Tosh
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