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LuckyCharms

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2. Well, this was 2017, so maybe not EVERYONE had a smart phone then? I don't know...

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:51 PM

Dec 21

It's weird how things change in a short amount of time.

In the early 2000s, I was in the second row at a Les Claypool concert. It was still light outside, as Les opened for Phil Lesh.

Someone in the crowd pulled out a cell phone and Les yelled "Hey you! Put that cell phone away"! I don't think the guy was taking a picture, he was just talking on it...

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To quaint and all you Deadheads out there... [View all] LuckyCharms Dec 21 OP

Glad they had an audience that stayed quiet and didn't wave smart phones around, however they achieved it. marble falls Dec 21 #1

Well, this was 2017, so maybe not EVERYONE had a smart phone then? I don't know... LuckyCharms Dec 21 #2

Oh dude, you pulled me out of a deep, dark, yukky morass with that! quaint Dec 21 #3

Good, good! LuckyCharms Dec 21 #4