Article ranting about people talking during shows

There was an article in the Austin Statesman on March 22nd entitled "Shhhhh! Music being played" The journalist rants about how people are too loud during gigs in Austin. 9 commenters agree with him. Only one disagrees. I've only played a few shows in Austin, and they were all at Trophys, which is a pretty rowdy bar. They weren't the kind of shows where anyone would want to keep it down. I understand that it's annoying if people are talking too loudly through a soft performance (one of the commenters sites people talking through a Johnny Cash solo set that he video taped), but most groups are loud enough to rise above the conversation. Certainly all high energy bands are looking to spur vocalization from the crowd. I'd just be surprised to hear that it's actually gotten that bad. Since when can you not just turn to someone being too loud and tell them to keep it down.