First of all, before I declare a moratorium of talking about Radiohead for a while, check this out.

Best.

Band.

Ever.

Ok, on to new business.

I was at the Bouncing Souls show the other night, and while it was a decent show, I was dismayed by the mosh pit.

Now, I've been to a ton of shows, and I've seen a ton of mosh pits. In this case, it was actually even kind of appropriate, relatively speaking. But that's assuming mosh pits ever make any sense at all.

As an outside observer, it's always seemed to me that moshers are moshing independent of the music. Sure, they'll slam dance to some of the harder songs, but I've seen people mosh to the most mellow songs in a band's catalogue, and I've even seen people throw down during the between-set house music played over the PA.

Are you kidding me?

But I'm not here to judge. If you want to buy a ticket and ignore good, live music, that's not that big a deal. What bothers me is that it ruins the show for anyone nearby. Regardless of the size of the venue, I've always somehow found a way to be standing right next to the pit when it opens up, and as a result, protecting myself takes priority over enjoying the show. And I'm not a little guy; won't someone please think of the children (and/or various undersized adults)?

I don't think I've ever been to a concert where I didn't see at least one or two people doing something with which I completely disagreed. Maybe they've gotten into a fight, or maybe they're just being way too hipster. Whatever the case, so long as it doesn't hurt me, I don't care. But your freedom ends at my face, and if your having a good time is contingent on me having to fend people off myself in lieu of focusing on the concert in front of me, well, that's not really fair.