On WNYC’s Sound Check show with host John Schaefer on Tuesday, I argued that cellphones are enhancing the live music experience in a "Smackdown" against Thor Christensen, a columnist who recently posited in The Dallas Morning News that cellphones are ruining concerts.
The segment should start zinging around the nation through various NPR and PRI affiliate stations soon, but WNYC has already posted the stream, embedded below.
I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. Indeed, station staff told me that the majority of WNYC callers agreed with Christensen that cellphones are a bad thing for live music. I too have been annoyed by cellphones at shows every so often, but think I made some decent points about why they’re a positive development (referencing the spread of Prince’s infamous cover of Radiohead’s "Creep" at Coachella, among other things).
Hopefully you’ll have time for a listen before voting in the poll:
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