But I could live with his spiel in March.
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It took time to get the tickets, but I would definitely have them by the August show date. The lump in my throat subsided the hole in my wallet filled in. This was going to be the date of the century. A bill that would have amounted to $80 at the box office had suddenly ballooned to $350 after the Showtime shakedown.
THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW PROFESSIONAL
That’s when he introduced me to a list of options - professional scalpers, really. “A show is never sold out,” he said with a scheming half-grin. I explained my plight to a friend, who is a part-time shyster. Now how am I gonna wriggle out of this? I was desperate. Then - and the chronology is important - I phoned the box office. I promptly e-mailed back and told her that I had tickets. Ya follow? The girl was in Mexico when I learned of the concert, but I knew she’d be back in the country by showtime which was six flips of the calendar away. See, there was a Norah Jones concert in another city and I was jonesing for a girl who was jonesing for Norah Jones. Showtime Tickets, eh? They were equal parts nemesis and saviour, as I recall. We’re just calling customers in your area to offer you a special price on Pearl Jam tickets. “Hello, it’s Brian from Showtime Tickets in Vancouver.
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The memory was stirred by a voice on my answering machine. I tucked the experience into a brain drawer that I rarely open.īut I peeked inside the other day. In that moment two summers ago, I was crushed.