As previously reported by K&K, a growing number of music festivals have taken the bold stand of banning selfie sticks from their hedonistic, devil’s music bacchanalias, including Coachella and Lollapalooza. Well, according to an item in the Georgia Straight, you can now add the Squamish Valley Music Festival and the Pemberton Music Festival to the list of selfie stick-free zones.
Granted, there is nothing less rock ’n’ roll than trying to improve the composition, angle and steadiness of a photo or video of yourself with the help of an elongated rod. But surely there are far more egregious, unsexy items that should be kicked off the summer music festival circuit. Hacky sacks, for one. And how about dudes wearing do-rags. And do we have to mention Birkenstocks. Mind you, if the Vancouver Folk Fest banned all of these things, it would probably cut the crowd down by half. So let’s just focus on hacky sacks. And yes, all are pop culture references date back to the last time we went to an outdoor music festival back in 1997. Before we even knew what a selfie was. Or even a smartphone, come to think of it.
It’s like our life is always stuck in second gear, when it hasn’t been our day, our week, our month, or even our yearrrrrrr….
