Holy cheez whiz.
Sweet mother of crap.
ZZ Top is playing on October 22 at the Schnitz. Do you know how much the top-tier tickets are? Do you have any idea?
$532.
That’s for a single ticket. And that’s not including the $68.80 convenience charge. That’s right. A $68.80 convenience charge–a sum that alone is far more than I spent last weekend in entertainment expenses–on top of a $532 ticket.
With a UPS delivery charge of $25 and an “order processing charge” (WHAT THE FUCK?!) of $2.50, that brings the grand total for one pair of tickets to $1,230.85 for a single evening’s entertainment. This is NOT including parking, dinner, babysitter, etc.
Is there anybody out there in Portland who is paying this much to see ZZ Top? If so, may I please punch you in the crotch?
End Hits: Punching richies in the crotch is what we do best.
Wow. I’ve seen ZZ Top eight times, and the last three or four have been basically the same show. Great? Absolutely. Amazing musicianship? Without a doubt. The three little old men from Texas still tear the roof off and make it look effortless. But $1,200?
Those of us with realistic entertainment budgets can always buy their new DVD, Live in Texas. It’s everything you’ll see at the concert, the sound is phenomenal, and you won’t have old people throwing up on you.
Lord take me downtown, I’m just lookin’ for some tush…
I got one of the “cheap” seats ($56) – and it was only 15 rows from the stage. That’s about the limit of my stupidity. I’ll let others more stupid pay $600 for a seat.
Speaking of “old people” throwing up on you (grin), I had a near confrontation there. This jerk behind me was drunk. While grooving to the music, he sloshed some wine onto my shoulder. I moved out into the walkway, continuing to watch him, and saw him slosh more wine onto the seat where I’d been sitting.
An usher came up to me, told me I couldn’t stand in the walkway, and asked me to return to my seat. I told him about the drunk sloshing wine on my shoulder – then on my seat – and he just said, “You can’t stand in the walkway.” So, I said, “OK, people are standing now anyway. I’ll go back to my seat and stand like everyone else. But if he sloshes any more wine on me, I’ll turn around and (ahem) teach him some manners.”
The usher’s eyes got big (grin) and he said, “No no no … wait just a second.” They quickly found another vacant seat that was just as close.
P.S. People willing to pay $600 for a concert seat are no different than the mass of sheep who form car-lines up to a Starbucks window … for the dubious pleasure of paying upwards of $5 for a $1 cup of coffee with artificial flavoring squirted into it. As Forrest Gump once said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” You won’t find me doing either of those stupid things.