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“You make us sound like doddering old in Dallas, “We went to go and see Slipknot. better quality audio,’ or whatever. You don’t
men!” exclaims Shaun. The room fills with The same thing was happening there. We’re even live in the moment, you live based purely
laughter. there watching, Slipknot come onstage and on snap shots or videos through a phone.
Shaun continues with the conversation. “I everything looks great, everyone’s getting ex- You’re watching the camera on the phone; you
think ultimately if 15-20 years ago you took a cited. All of a sudden 5,000 phones pop up in are not watching what’s happening behind it so
photo of yourself, people looked at you funny, the air, now they are looking at the show you are condensing the experience to this little
like, ‘what kind of arrogant piece of crap are through their phone; they are not experiencing 4-inch screen. There is so much going on
you?’ Now it’s what everyone does and I think it live.” around you, the people around you, every-
it’s ridiculous when you see some people’s pro- Shaun nods, adding: “It’s not important that thing’s interesting, you know. But people don’t
files and they’ve got thousands of pictures of they’re at the show, it’s important that they can even care about people watching anymore be-
themselves. They’ve got these like pensive say they are at the show.” cause it’s not about anyone else, it’s about
moods and, ‘oh my god, I’m so mysterious “They can share it and be like ‘ahhh look!’ themselves; people are so self-absorbed and I
now’. All of them ultimately are liars anyway says Bryan mimicking the excitement. find it quite disgusting. I find it quite sad that
because they pose in such a fashion that they “They completely miss the moment,” con- everyone is so arrogant that whatever they do
look as good as they possibly can in that mo- tinues Shaun. “They completely lose the expe- with their day is more important or is important.
ment. I think it’s ridiculous.” rience, the connection that’s supposed to Like, I don’t care that you just took a crap; I
With people so busy taking photos or happen, Even then, watching that same Slip- don’t care that you got new shoes. It’s very
recording their experiences to post on social knot show, there are guys getting their arse much a ‘look at me’ kind of thing because it’s
media, they don’t actual live in that moment. kicked but they are still holding their cameras always about attention. Like you said it’s …I
When the band is performing onstage, can it up [holding his arm aloft, Shaun impersonates mean, can you imagine being so pathetic that
be off putting to look out into the audience and someone being pushed around] trying to get you take a photo of yourself and then sit there
see lots of people with their mobile phones in some sort of shot.” The impersonation makes and watch the phone waiting for people to like
the air documenting the show or texting? “Yes everyone in the room laugh. “There’s the arro- what you just did?”
to all of the above!” is Shaun’s lightning re- gance again of ‘well my video is going to be on
sponse. YouTube and it’s going to be better than every- veryone has heard the superstition
Bryan recollects a show the band attended body else’s, because my crappy phone took Ethat breaking a mirror will bring seven

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