I attended the recent Alive After Five concert featuring the renowned musician David Lindley. I was amazed that a large part of the audience seemed uninterested in the show, and talked so loudly that it was hard to hear David’s stellar performance over the crowd noise. If you want to B.S., go to a brewpub or your backyard patio. Lets show a little respect for the artist and your fellow concertgoers.

Shut-up and listen to the music.

– Mike Cranmer, Bend

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Shut-Up and Listen

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 10, 2011

<h1>Shut-Up and Listen</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 10, 2011</p> <p><span>I attended the recent Alive After Five concert featuring the renowned musician David Lindley. I was amazed that a large part of the audience seemed uninterested in the show, and talked so loudly that it was hard to hear David&apos;s stellar performance over the crowd noise. If you want to B.S., go to a brewpub or your backyard patio. Lets show a little respect for the artist and your fellow concertgoers. </span></p> <p><span>Shut-up and listen to the music.</span></p> <p align="right"><span><em> - Mike Cranmer, Bend</em></span></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/shut-up-and-listen-2138883/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=14782&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/shut-up-and-listen-2138883/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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