WHY IS LIFE SO F$*%ing EXPENSIVE?!

[storytimewithjoe]

Today, I read one of the local rags to find out that "Garbage" is coming in concert in July. WooHOO! OK, for those of you who don't know me well, my musical tastes are pretty varied. I love Irish folk, 80's, some show tunes, some classical, some pop-modern, etc., etc. But along the lines of modern rock, there is only one group that I am just nuts about - Garbage.

Hell, I'd turn straight again for Shirley Manson! (OK, not really. It is a metaphor).

Anyway, I would love, love, LOVE to see them live! So on a whim, I checked it out. Tickets are available. Yeah! The concert will be in Costa Mesa. Yeah! The cheapest tickets are...

PTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOEY!!!!!

The cheapest tickets are $130. Oh LORDIE! OK, geek that I am, I still have my concert ticket stubs from all of my high school concerts. I am proud to still have my Duran Duran ticket, general admission, $19.50. Of course, that dates to March 26, 1984 (I know because it was the day after my sweet-sixteenth). Now, I know that inflation doth occur. I know that things are more expensive. But One HUNDRED thirty bucks? Sorry, but for that kinda money, the performers had better be doing more than just singing to me, if ya know what I mean.

Comments

[aliskye.livejournal.com]

Dang. That is a *LOT* of money for a concert. I've paid up to $100 for a Broadway show but I expect a lot of performers for that. :)

Flabbergasted.

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

$130 for a single ticket?!?!?! Do they give you a 4 course dinner with the band and autographed concert shirts?

$100 used to get you two tickets, dinner, drinks and shirts.

Re: Flabbergasted.

[flaming-mo.livejournal.com]

Great icon! That one busted up my man.

[daimhin.livejournal.com]

Try looking for them on TicketMaster. I just found them for $39.50 a ticket on there.

http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/776816 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/776816)

[acdntlpoet.livejournal.com]

Ha! I just noticed your "Current Music" is "right between the eyes", which is amusing because your post on my friends list is right next to one with the avatar showing:



and a discussion about how it is disturbingly similar to a "money shot"...

[joeguppy.livejournal.com]

Naughty!

[acdntlpoet.livejournal.com]

don't tell me that image doesn't quantify one of your many fantasies!

[joeguppy.livejournal.com]

I refuse to comment on what I fantasize about unless you are willing to act them out. So ptttb!