OOTO Monday Open Thread...

We’ve got friends visiting from Phoenix, so I’ve been out Seeing the Sights around PDX all weekend. Today is the last day of same. Back to our normal schedule on the ’morrow, but for today this is an open thread.

The subject? Do you feel that the expectations for live performance have been lowered since the advent of the laptop and the loss of so much tour support money? I was watching a Lady Ga Ga live performance on YouTube the other day and I was like “this weak-ass shit is the hottest ticket going?” It isn’t even in the same ballpark as Justin Timberlake, let alone the monster stage shows of the 80s and 90s as put on by Prince, Madonna, the Jacksons, et al. I feel that it is generally indicative of the industry as a whole, where it is perfectly acceptable to get up in front of a crowd, change some scenes in Live and maybe tweak a filter freq or delay send, and call it a show.