Why It's Sometimes Best Not to Digitally Document Every Exciting
Life Event  Over the weekend I attended a concert in Jones
Beach—the Deftones opening for System of a Down—which I was hell
bent on documenting, thoroughly, using my iPhone. All through
the Deftones' set, I snapped pictures and took video. Then it
started to pour, with thunder and lightning very nearly
canceling the rest of the show, even before SOAD took the stage,
and my phone was temporarily fucked via water damage, primarily
in the camera functionality.  I put my phone away, took cover
under a large tent away from the stage (lighting and other misc.
electrical equipment deemed a safety hazard till the storm let
up). SOAD ending up going on, and playing wonderfully, but I
mostly kept my phone concealed for the duration of the event.
Not because of the water damage, or the risk of further damage
of some sort, but because I realized—despite having outrageous
front row seats—I'd spent the majority of Deftones' performance
watching them play on m