Mayhem at Symphony Hall; punches thrown at Pops!
We'll have no more complaints about the common people, thank you very much. BPDNews explains what led to a balcony-clearing brawl at the Pops last night:
The first victim stated that the second victim kept striking him with his program and after the two exchanged words a struggle ensued and was broken up by security and others in the area. The second victim stated that the reason he was tapping the first victim with his program was because he wouldn't stop talking during the performance and refused to be quiet. He attempted to have Symphony Hall staff respond and when he returned to his seat, he said that the first victim stood up and another struggle ensued, which was promptly broken up by security.
We may need the Herald's
We may need the Herald's headlines, but they need a spellchecker-- Lockhard?
The assonance of the first title was fantastic, Adam!
Assonance is one of my favorite words becasue its so deceptive. it sounds like a word to describe the behavior of certain Pops fans instead of repitition of vowel sounds.
This one?
Nobs raise hob; punches lobbed in Pops mob
Yes!
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Fight video from AP
Fight video from AP.
Kill the Ref!
Okay, who decided that "Hockey Parents Night at the Pops" was a good idea?
I'm waiting for the editorials by concerned pundits
Every time a fight breaks out at a rap concert there's all the commentary that rap music causes violence. I'm waiting for an editorial on how symphonic music is a source of eeeeeeeeevil.
Fights breaking out at a Boston Pops Concert.
A first time for everything, I guess. Not that it's funny, however.
Why couldn't the aggrieved person try asking the big-mouth next to him to please stop talking before tapping the gabber on the shoulder with his program?
Are you kidding? It's
Are you kidding? It's hilarious!
And it's not as though it's the first time anything like this has ever happened at a symphony concert/opera/ballet...see "Rite of Spring" for just one example.
Granted, it was for a totally different reason, but the history of classical music concerts being a place where people came to sit quietly and listen to the music is a very short one. I rarely go to symphony concerts as an audience member because I have no attention span.
Concert manners
Perhaps the Pops should start handing out copies of this.
Wikipedia has a list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music_riot
Oh, but of course they do.
Oh, but of course they do.
A new age--
when audience participation is the order of the day. (lol)