Month: July 2007

Cure tix

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Well, I got my tickets to The Cure concert this morning. I’m not happy where they’re at (back of the lower-level). Nothing good was coming up and we tried many many times, so I snagged them before it got worse since Joe was getting all upper-level after they came up. I’m disappointed, but at least we’re fairly straight across from the stage and a little to the left which is where Robert usually stands. And who knows, maybe the sound will be better in that section since at previous concerts I always sat more to the side of the stage. I’m crossing my fingers because the tickets weren’t cheap. With Ticketbastard’s “convenience” and order processing charges, it was $154! Add to that the $20 parking charge and holy shit, that’s an expensive night out!

They have an opening act this time around – 65 Days of Static. Based on the music on their site, I think they’re going to be pretty good. I guess we’ll see.

Upcoming releases

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A couple of new things I’m looking forward to:

The new Pinback album. Go hear to listen to a sample of their latest single which can be downloaded at iTunes if you use that (I don’t because I can’t put the files on my USB drive to listen to at work).

The recent Pelican album. Kinda heavy metal with a Cure-ish circa 1981 Carnage Visors sound.

An Aqua Teen Hunger Force video game is coming out in December. Check it out. I’m not sure about the whole golf theme, but I crack up just looking at Master Shake so I’m going to have to check it out.

I’m sleepy, The Cure, and Sears finale

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Ok, I am wiped out! I’m not used to working all day and then going out until 10 pm. My parents came over and we went to Old Country Buffet for dinner because everyone but me loves that place. I don’t hate it, I just don’t go out of my way for buffets because the food typically isn’t good. This OCB wasn’t bad, though. And the kids love it, so what can you do?

After dinner we went to this miniature golf place that we drive past all the time and have been meaning to check out. It’s fairly new and quite nice. I had a coupon but they had some family special and we ended up saving a bundle. Or I should say my mom did since she insisted on paying for everything. The kids are finally in bed and I’m probably not too far behind them. I have to make sure I’m up in time to buy Cure tickets tomorrow.

Speaking of, the presale today wasn’t much better than yesterday’s. At least it allowed two tickets at a time, but all the seats were lower level in the back. Although now that it’s too late someone informed me that those have a good line of sight. Oh well, hopefully I’ll get lucky and score decent tickets tomorrow. If not, at least I will be able to hear them no matter where we’re sitting. I’ll get tickets one way or another; it’s not like they are going to sell out. I may love them, but I’m realistic about their popularity. Although something has to be said for the fact that they are still successfully touring over 25 years after they formed but Kelly Clarkson had to cancel her tour due to poor ticket sales.

I finally picked up my Sears packages on Monday and wouldn’t you know it, nothing fit but the shoes. Wednesday I took back two shirts, two bras and the duplicate pair of shoes for a refund. Since they credited me for the more expensive shipping, I’m not going to ask that they credit the other one as I would have paid for one order’s shipping anyway. They never credited me the price difference for the shirt, but since I took both back, it’s a moot point now. I doubt I will ever order online again from them because it was such a hassle. Plus it’s too hard buying clothes without being able to try them on first. Even the bra which was my size and a brand I already own was too small. Bleh.

Cure presale

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You know you’ve been domesticated when ordering a new toaster oven gets you all excited. Not bad for $9.99 (after rebate) though, huh?

Do you know what doesn’t make me excited? Dealing with Ticketbastard pre-sales. I tried to order tickets to The Cure concert today via the pre-sale code posted at The Cure’s website and not only could I not find any seats unless I was willing to purchase one ticket at a time, but even that seat, while on the main floor, was way in the back. Who the hell goes to a concert alone? Ridiculous! Even worse is that stubhub.com had tons of tickets in the front. WTF? How do the scalpers get all the good seats?

It sickens me that the true fans, who were bitching up a storm at The Cure’s site (and who can blame them), can’t get decent seats unless they are robbed blind by the scalpers. It’s a conspiracy! I wish everyone would band together and refuse to buy tickets from scalpers so they’d stop the act. It’s disgusting, and I think it should be illegal to sell any tickets above face value. Also, I think Ticketmaster assists the scalpers. I bet they sell the better seats to the scalpers above face value so they can make extra money and then the scalpers just bump up the price further. There are tickets online for over $250 a piece! I love The Cure, but I’m not willing to pay that much for tickets. Especially not to see them at the shitty Allstate Arena. I’d really like to take a survey of all the people in the first 50 rows to find out how they got their tickets.

I really feel sorry for some of those fans. They were so desperate to get what they thought would be better seats during the presale that they bought whatever they could get their hands on. Some even bought the tickets one at a time and now are trying to locate someone holding the ticket to the seat next to them to see if they’d be willing to swap. So sad, and pathetic. Is this what we’ve been reduced to because they can’t come up with a better way to reward the loyal fans who buy every album their favorite band releases? We have to stoop to scalpers and e-bay just to get a glimpse at the band whose pocketbooks we are lining with our devotion? If they truly cared enough about their fans, they wouldn’t allow that shit to happen.

Anyway, there’s a radio-sponsored pre-sale tomorrow morning so I’m going to try that one as well. Not that I expect any better results. I realize they only release particular seats during a pre-sale, but are you telling me the band couldn’t get better choice seating for their fans? I hate Ticketmaster so much, but luckily for them I love The Cure more than I hate them or I wouldn’t even bother.

Sears package delivery update

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Before we left for Indianapolis I contacted UPS to find out what I could do about the two packages and the helpful lady told me to leave a note just asking that they hold the packages at the facility for pick-up, so that’s what I did. I called UPS later that day to confirm and the driver took them back to their facility, so I have until Tuesday to pick them up. So far I’ve received one credit from Sears which is for the shipping, but they were supposed to also credit me for the new order being higher than the initial one since the sale ended, so I’m going to have to contact them about that. I just hope the items I ordered fit and are worth all this hassle.