More on Tom Waits

So, I got an email from a friend early this morning that Tom Waits tickets are going on sale again for a show at the House of Blues on Sunday, in 4 days.

So I logged in and bought 2 tickets to see Brian Regan, just to make sure my account was set up correctly. I had no problem, even though I made no changes since the last Tom Waits fiasco.

So I logged in and got 2 tickets for the HoB show.

I can't even get excited.

This was supposed to be one of the high points of my life. But It's so tainted by the previous bullshit that I am toatlly apathetic about seeing this show. I'm sure the people who paid $700 on Ebay for tickets to the Akron show are plenty pissed now. I'm sure this makes Tom and Ticketmaster happy. But these people thought this would be the only or last time to ever see Tom Waits in their lives, so why not make the sacrifice? This is not good for the market, Tom. This is not the way to treat your fans, Tom.

It will never be the same. But then we are all reminded that there are more imporatant things in the world than a spoiled song & dance man.

Though I will give him credit for doing this show on the same night as his Akron show. Normally, such a Herculean effort to take care of his fans would impress me. Now I'm just going to call him an opportunist.

"No Shit? I have fans in Cleveland? Cash in!"


Sorry.

I'm tainted.



~Jimm