He was probably taking video of the band's performance. I remember back in the the day, you weren't allowed to bring cameras or audio recrding equipment into a concert, they would search you before allowing you in. Now, everyone and their brother (except me) has a cell phone. Pretty hard to control bootleg videos anymore with that many cell phones, in fact, I don't think security even cares about that anymore.
Cell phones are a sore spot with me, I have friends that bug me all the time to "get with the times and get a cell phone" . But the truth is, I don't want to be reached all the time, a cell phone is an elecronic tether, a collar and leash for humans. I have certain friends who would pester me night and day if I had a cell. They would "bored" call me, you know, call me up and say whatchu doin'? To where I'd say "nothing now, I was doing something".
Another reason for my dislike for cells, is the whole tracking thing. The Government used to talk about putting chips in our hands so we "wouldn't have to put up with the horrors of carrying around credit cards". They don't talk about that any more, they don't need to, they can track everyone with ease now. Sorry my rant turned political, we frown upon that here, and for good reason.
