Concert Time
As I believe I’ve mentioned before, it’s rare enough that groups I like actually tour, and that I find out about the tour in time to get tickets. However, it’s particularly annoying when their concerts are scheduled mid-week.
I would love to go see The Pet Shop Boys, for instance, but there’s absolutely no way I’m going to make it to a Thursday show. Just not going to happen, especially given that no one else I know around here would probably want to go — social obligations make it a lot less likely that I’ll wimp out. Once I’m home after work, I’m usually home for good (especially midweek), and in the absence of a convenient dogsitter to take care of the Nigel, there’s just no avoiding a trip back to the flat. I also feel horribly guilty when I do the “walk, feed, and slip out the door while he’s still eating” thing after he’s been alone all day.
On the other hand, The Decemberists (!!!) will be playing on a Friday. It’s not quite so bad doing the feed-and-run thing to Nigel on Fridays, because I know I’ll be spending the bulk of the next two days hanging out with him constantly; it’s so much easier to make it up to him. It’s also just possible that I might be able to find some other people to go, thus increasing my chances of actually making it to the show; the tickets are much more affordable, too ($20, rather than roughly $50, even before TicketBastard’s fee-o-rama).
Hmm. This might have possibilities. . . .
