The previous examples are so bulky, whereas these almost disappear:
I donno. Maybe I've been doing commercial and theatrical AV too long. Maybe bulky visible head-worn mics are more rock'n'roll, or at least krautrock-y.

I'm all for you being you but socks with sandals is aesthetically unpleasing. How about tube socks with high heels? Pasties over brassieres? Where does the madness end? Rock a slip-on socked if necessary, but leave the socks & birks, slides, and straps for your backyard, b. There are standards.

Don't have any hot take about mics worn on the head, or, "headset." Front 242 is dope tho so socks with sandals is the most egregious. Stop it.

And to see the proliferation of it from the streets to college campuses and runways is just mind-blowing. Dying on this hill.

kicker_of_elves wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:41 am Somebody on a comment thread somewhere wrote that the headset mic is the equivalent of wearing socks with sandals. So which is the more egregious affront to good taste? Show your work.

Socks with sandals is a bigger affront than most other affronts.

Tony Robbins probably does both.

I just wanna say… I played the 2010 drug church bbq in sandals and socks, and there was zero criticism, unless you poo-ninnies were talking all kinds of shit behind my back. Either way, I didn’t/don’t care. I have bigger Keens to fry.

I think Dale Crover probably does both.



Socks and sandals has potential to be a powerful statement.


"What a badarse."

Dave N. wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:35 am I just wanna say… I played the 2010 drug church bbq in sandals and socks, and there was zero criticism, unless you poo-ninnies were talking all kinds of shit behind my back. Either way, I didn’t/don’t care. I have bigger Keens to fry.

You bet they were!

Happyman wrote: Socks and sandals has potential to be a powerful statement.

No, it doesn't.

enframed wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:51 am

Dave N. wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:35 am I just wanna say… I played the 2010 drug church bbq in sandals and socks, and there was zero criticism, unless you poo-ninnies were talking all kinds of shit behind my back. Either way, I didn’t/don’t care. I have bigger Keens to fry.

You bet they were!

Happyman wrote: Socks and sandals has potential to be a powerful statement.

No, it doesn't.

Adam, I just giggled for half an hour.

Geiginni wrote: Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:03 pm The previous examples are so bulky, whereas these almost disappear:

I donno. Maybe I've been doing commercial and theatrical AV too long. Maybe bulky visible head-worn mics are more rock'n'roll, or at least krautrock-y.

Yeah, I've been using E6 and D:Nice mics for over a decade regularly for corporate stuff. They can sound pretty good, though they really always do need the little windscreen and don't let anyone tell you they don't. If they are skin color matched, they basically are invisible even on a giant IMag shot. I've seen a few of the Beyonce types using them live while dancing a round doing the look at me shit pop music on occasion. They seem really hard to get into monitor wedges safely, but most people are using in-ears now. Fiddly, and break easily, but NC. Socks and Sandals are always a failure, whereas these mics can be a solution to a problem in some situations.