Music "TicketMaster"town...

I really, really dislike Ticketmaster. Why? If you have been to a concert lately, or contemplated going to a concert, then you know the exact reason.

Music Midtown is back this year, and with a decent line up....Coldplay and The Black Keys. Wonderful. In and of themselves they are worth the $55 ticket price. Hell, the price could even be much higher and it would be worth it. However...I despise, yes, DESPISE, fees. What exactly are the fees for? No matter WHAT it is for, I can not fathom what would be worth a $16.50 fee. Yes, that's right. These wonderful tickets are $55 (plus the $1.00 donation, plus the $16.50 fee!).

Now, one may ask, but isn't $72.50 a reasonable price for Coldplay? Absolutely. For the life me though, I, at this time, will not allow myself to purchase tickets to Music Midtown because I am so disenchanted by "fees" that are taking over our concert venues and sites where we HAVE to purchase tickets. The concert itself is worth it, the principle behind the whole fee debaucle will prevent me from doing it. I am ok with putting in my earbuds and rocking out to Coldplay with my six pack of whatever I want at the good ole' price of BELOW $9.00 for a sixpack, and save my US$16.50 for something else. Ri-Dic-U-Lous.

I promise to post something happy and cheery in the future if my life ever calms down and I get to participate in some concerts. It looks like Wilco, and Guster, and Wicked, are on my list of definite to dos. I wish you were on that list Chris Martin...but alas...it looks like it wasn't meant to be. At least for now.

Lost in Transition...

Life has been absolutely amazing. I picked up and went to Grad School, and as it is slowing winding down (COME ON JUNE!), my Masters degree is in sight, but I have been a very bad blogger. After talking with my friend Berry (you should check her out here), as well at kids at work who thought it was "so cool that Ms. Brandi is so into music, and ruminating on what life will be like in 2011, we both agree, that the music loving, artist appreciating, girlie girls that we are should let the world fall away and we are must be revived.

I bought tickets for Guster in December, and they have been sitting in internet world, until today, waiting to be printed and in my hand for some good times. In a few hours, I will be able to totally engulf myself in my favorite past time of drinking and listening to good tunes. It has been way overdue.

On an even more excited good note...Jukebox the Ghost is opening for Guster and I'm looking forward to hearing them in person as I have heard some of their stuff and I didn't cry. That is saying a lot given what is played on the radio these days. They are very Temper Trap'ish.

I doubt I will be updating this regularly (which won't be unusual considering I got lost in a black hole when school started), but it will probably be more of a "I love this" quick note, as I expect my life to become even more hectic after June when I continue my other passion after finishing my degree. Music will always be a part of me, and I will always keep looking for inspiration (and the day that Ke$ha will finally be taken off the damn radio, seriously, slit.my.wrists. )

There are loads of blogs out there, and magazines to wet your tantalizing musicbud appetites, so look, and love, because in the end, the music matters! If I find any blogs that stay up to date and current I will pass them your way (when I actually have time to look and pass them that is)!

Brandi