Comments on: Afro Mandinko . . . make people dance and sing http://digitalpill.tv/Content/2009/02/afro-mandinko-make-people-dance-and-sing/ Top musos in Melbourne, Australia talk about their lives, their work and their passion for music. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leo http://digitalpill.tv/Content/2009/02/afro-mandinko-make-people-dance-and-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Leo Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:34:47 +0000 http://digitalpill.tv/Content/?p=157#comment-182 My theory is that people are sick of safe entertainment. I am sure if you had an act called - DEATH TENT - that you toured around festivals it would be a hit. Imagine a spruiker out the front saying - "Come into the DEATH TENT, its so dangerous we can't get insurance. In fact if you want to see the act, you'll have to sign this form which says we can't insure you and you may be killed and you won't be able to sue us." I am sure there would be a queue for that tent from here to the equator and back, wanting some good old fashioned danger. My theory is that people are sick of safe entertainment. I am sure if you had an act called – DEATH TENT – that you toured around festivals it would be a hit. Imagine a spruiker out the front saying – “Come into the DEATH TENT, its so dangerous we can’t get insurance. In fact if you want to see the act, you’ll have to sign this form which says we can’t insure you and you may be killed and you won’t be able to sue us.”

I am sure there would be a queue for that tent from here to the equator and back, wanting some good old fashioned danger.

]]> By: mrG http://digitalpill.tv/Content/2009/02/afro-mandinko-make-people-dance-and-sing/comment-page-1/#comment-180 mrG Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:26 +0000 http://digitalpill.tv/Content/?p=157#comment-180 our local (famous) folk festival banned dancing for a decade, for fear people would "hurt themselves" -- organizers cited "insurance costs -- when dancing was later re-introduced in a sweep of new 'progressive' management, dancers were confined to a special fenced gazebo set aside and behind from the main stage. I stopped paying attention after that, but I hear lately dancing fans are no longer asked to leave. you are, believe me, so lucky to be in a culture where a fiyah like Afro Mandinko would be kindled to ignite. it is special; celebrate it. our local (famous) folk festival banned dancing for a decade, for fear people would “hurt themselves” — organizers cited “insurance costs — when dancing was later re-introduced in a sweep of new ‘progressive’ management, dancers were confined to a special fenced gazebo set aside and behind from the main stage. I stopped paying attention after that, but I hear lately dancing fans are no longer asked to leave. you are, believe me, so lucky to be in a culture where a fiyah like Afro Mandinko would be kindled to ignite. it is special; celebrate it.

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