to see him in asheville, nc on august 2?

i think that would be me.

I'm gonna be out of town when he is here.

i would definitely not miss him, ever. the floor seats sold out immediately and i clicked on them RIGHT WHEN THEY WENT ONSALE. like, i was logged in, and i was refreshing until they went onsale, right when they went onsale i hit 2 tickets best available and they were all gone, but i had another window opened luckily looking for balcony seats and i got two of those, and when i went to the akron tickets in the other window i had open, they were sold out and i looked at those right at 10 as well, well a few seconds after i got my asheville shit settled. then, after i was going through with buying the balcony seats i checked to see if there were any better ones available and they were all sold out, so i got my two lucky tickets.

fuck yes.

I know a 90 year-old writer from Asheville. Lives up here now. Wife and I went to a poetry reading of hers yesterday. Very nice lady. Has an "Our Town" type play that's mighty good, too, though she'll never get famous. It and most of her poems are about people from Asheville from 60-80 years ago.

I'm going to try to get tickets to the Chicago show. They go on sale tomorrow. I've got a couple people that are going to help me. I'm still not very confident I'll get tickets. I assume they'll sell out in an instant.

i would have but he isnt playing within 500 miles of nyc from the previous itinerary i saw.
oh well, i'm saving for a pony anyhow.

they are $80 here at the Ryman, and while Ryan Adams sold out in about 2 hours, Waits-ies can still get tix here.

I can't believe they aren't sold out. Ryan Adams vs Tom Waits, that's ridiculous. People don't know what they'll be missing.
I have that giddy feeling you get when you're around someone you really care about. Yeah, and I still have a month until I see him.
Oh shit. I can't wait.
How far away is this place you speak of? I could shell out some more money to see my favorite artist.

oh, they haven't even gone on sale.

you sure?

edit: today at noon. i see, my bad. its nashville, so I imagine theyll be gone before the hour is out.

hey, if akron ohio and asheville nc can sell out in seconds then I think nashville will sell out quite fast.

They are selling some for $44.50. Front row of the balcony is the best seat in the Ryman.

I'm reconsidering buying tickets.

I survived not seeing Radiohead for $125, so I wonder if I can survive not seeing Tom.

well, you've also already seen him. do you really want to taint the memory of that exceptional performance?

^^^ The reason I'm friends with you.

I don't know. I mean, $200 towards a bed or TW tickets? Contact lenses, new glasses, books for school, school itself, etc? All stuff that I need more than a concert.

I hate being a grown-up.

oh, and z, KR (think of the initials...) broke the projector in the training room, too. the fun never ends.

Got 15th row for Akron and 3rd row for detroit... I wish it was August already.

i want to murder you. how much do you want for the detroit tickets?

i am pretty sure it's 1 pm and the ryman auditorium show hasn't gone onsale.

Yeah I got general admission tickets for the Atlanta show.

Tons of people got screwed by the Ticketmaster site while trying to buy tickets. Luckily I managed to get two, but I couldn't get balcony seats (must've sold out in under 5 minutes). Also, I had to buy one ticket at a time and use a separate credit card for each one. Horrible experience.

general admission!? i'd kill for general admission. i'd camp outside the venue so i could be first in line to get my spot.

central time, dear.


sold out by 1230

The balcony at the Tabernacle is pretty close to the stage. It's much better than being on the floor usually.

Where's the show? It doesn't sound like its at The Orange Peel since its GA. Thomas Wolfe Auditorium? I saw Ryan Adams there and its basically basically a seated theater, but I had a good time at the show. I was wasted too, so that helped.

tommy, what's the balcony like at the thomas wolfe auditorium? does the section facing the stage hang over the second floor section or is it so far back that there is no way you'll see anything?