Photo finish
"Photos? Photos are for people that can't remember." That’s a line from the 2009 George Clooney pic “Up In The Air” . It struck a chord with me then, and I still love it now. I’m reminded of it whenever I go to a concert. Have you been to any gigs lately? It’s the strangest sensation. I was at Tom Petty in the o2 in 2014, and I looked around at one point at the 9,000 people in attendance, about half were watching the gig through the screens on their smartphone, recording the whole thing. Then they’d stop and save the file, take a few pics, fidget a bit, instagram or tweet them, and get ready for the next song. This is a source of great bemusement to me. They’ve spent €100 to come and see this once in a lifetime gig - indeed his last in Ireland. Here they are playing with their phones for the duration. And I would bet you every penny I have that about 1% of them will ever watch these videos again, and when they do, they’ll be watching with a friend, po...