Haha, lest you think I'm turning all puppies and rainbows on you -- you know I can't go too many days without complaining.
Leonard Cohen is touring. And he's playing the gorgeous Paramount Theatre in downtown Oakland. Guess how much tickets are?
$100-$251.
Jeebus.
Unless, of course, you want a nosebleed seat. Those are $70. And I think I'd only pay that if it was general admission.
I am all about someone getting paid, but the prices of shows are really ridiculous. But I suppose someone like Cohen isn't making his money from merchandise, so a higher ticket price is a little more understandable. However, I won't excuse $251 for anybody. Boo.
Looks like I'll be putting on Songs of... and drinking bourbon at home that night, for free, instead of dropping nearly $100 after fees. Hell, it's probably better than a seat where you need opera glasses!
Leonard Cohen is touring. And he's playing the gorgeous Paramount Theatre in downtown Oakland. Guess how much tickets are?
$100-$251.
Jeebus.
Unless, of course, you want a nosebleed seat. Those are $70. And I think I'd only pay that if it was general admission.
I am all about someone getting paid, but the prices of shows are really ridiculous. But I suppose someone like Cohen isn't making his money from merchandise, so a higher ticket price is a little more understandable. However, I won't excuse $251 for anybody. Boo.
Looks like I'll be putting on Songs of... and drinking bourbon at home that night, for free, instead of dropping nearly $100 after fees. Hell, it's probably better than a seat where you need opera glasses!
Labels: booze, get off my lawn, music, Oakland
posted by Ammie at 5:42 PM
3 Comments:
That's an interesting looking bottle of whisky. What does it taste like?
I'm not a big connoisseur of bourbon, and I don't try many because I often think they're too sweet. I'm more for Scotch. Funny why I even drink it: Trevor really likes bourbon, and he got hooked on Bulleit when a bartender friend of ours turned him on to it, and so we had a deal where we would buy Scotch one week, bourbon the next. I got tired of drinking beer on bourbon weeks, so I tried it.
I ended up really liking Bulleit because it's a little oakier and less sweet than some other bourbons. It's smooth and mellow with a honey/caramel flavor rather than vanilla. Takes an ice cube well. Plus, it's dirt cheap for something of it's caliber, around $20 a bottle.
The bottle is also really attractive. A local high-end bar uses Bulleit bottles to serve water, and our bartender friend uses his for olive oil.
It is apparently available over here, though 5% weaker and with a different stopper, so I will try and get a bottle.
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