Jiang says concerts and movies function as energy-harvesting rituals, with events like Coachella serving as a more upscale version of the same underlying mechanism.
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Concerts
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"That's what concerts are. That's what movies are, right? So Coachella is just like a high -end version, but like a low -end version..."
"...poetry. It's no difference from like, why do you go to concert and pay 50 bucks or I've never been to a concert. I..."
"...the poetry. Same thing if, you know, you go to a concert and you might have a favorite musician. When the musician is singing,..."
"...mean, because even if you're a spirit, you still have your concerts, right? So how could you guys use it to make your concerts..."
"...an important way. But if your energy is directed, say, a concert is a great example where people present themselves as demons and people..."
"...if you if you want to go watch Metallica played a concert in Moscow right after the dissolution of the Soviet Union."
"...will no longer fight war okay they create something called the concert of europe the concept of europe is basically um these different monarchies..."
"...his voice, it's like Wagner, okay? It's like going to a concert. The music fills you and it inspires your heart, okay? It makes..."
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