While there are plenty of digital prophets keen to call live-streaming the future, Brendan Maclean isn’t one of them:“I cannot stand it, darling.
It sucks, and not in a good way.”Of course, Maclean’s still doing live streams because, like so many queer artists, he wants to give back to his community during these terrifying times, but he acknowledges the gigs we are missing so terribly will never be replaced by the regimented coldness of the digital world.“No matter how many comments you get, or how many love hearts that pop up, there is nothing that compares to being at a gig and, even more importantly to me, being in a queer bar with my community and sharing that intimate presence with each other.” If you’ve ever seen Maclean perform or.
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