“ Between acts, Americans and Glaswegians mix in front of the stage with art-school kids from London, all looking at their mobile phones. They’re torn between the consolation of being together in the dark and the new kind of primal neural connection in which no one is ever alone for a minute, even while remaining separate, spinning atoms.
Underachievers Please Try Harder: Indie rock reunites on the English coast, by David Samuels, Harper’s magazine, May 2011, wherein the author spends the weekend mooning around the All Tomorrow’s Parties event with an all-access pass, making trite, though often honest, observations. (via ninastotler)
