Totally p!ssed off at myself.
Totally missed a LOCAL concert for Feist-- was t'other night and I missed it.
Tulsa Feist Concert Review (http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?articleID=20080421_44_D3_span84460)
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I missed Michael Franti/Spearhead a while back here. Knew about it, couldn't justify the cost at the time. :P
It really wasn't that expensive, but just over my concert ticket threshold price. ::)
Eh- who could blame you? Tickets are so expensive any more that the only touring band I'd pay to see would be The Residents.
I don't begrudge the artist making money (since they don't make much on music sales, between the record company and illegal downloads these days), but I DO begrudge the TicketBastard convenience charge which is quite often 20% or more of the total price of the ticket! Especially since most of the shows I go to see are at the University - why can't the Student's Union sell tickets? I wouldn't mind a small markup if it wasn't going straight to a (IMO) useless consumer-gouging service. TicketBastard is arguably necessary for stadium shows and sporting events (where the total cost is so bloody high it doesn't matter) but for gigs with a few hundred concertgoers? Damn, get some ticket paper and print them DYI on a computer, or outsource locally to a small company. It's certainly not beyond today's technology to manage ticket sales. :P
(we just spent big $$$ on Shambhala tix, but at least that's a 4-day festival. It's a fraction of what my sis is spending for Pemberton :scared: - I told her with that money she could take a trip to Mexico, but apparently she's doing that too, later this year. ::) )
My favorite concert deal of the year is Expo Latino - 4 day festival, 3 blocks from the apartment, $15 for a weekend pass. We just go hang out in the park there all day, and then come back for the party at night. Leaves enough money for cerveza, pupusa and tamales. :mrgreen: