Mister Sulu, I feel a rant coming on. Fire up warp engines.

So today started out crappy. A co-worker dropped me an email saying 'Hey! That band you dig, Bitter:Sweet, is playing on Sunday night in Santa Cruz! Come down and hang out!' That was pretty cool. ( And then I got to the ticket ordering stage. )

EDITZ:
It occurs to me that I merely reported, and forgot to rant. So.
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? AND WHY AREN'T MORE PEOPLE WRITING THE SORT OF INDIGNANT EMAIL I'M COMPOSING NOW TO EXCORIATE THIS SORT OF BLATANT MONEY GRUBBING PRACTICE? BECAUSE THE LONGER YOU SIMPLY LIE BACK AND TAKE IT, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH.

The Vanessa Carlton concert

I was going to post a review of all three bands, and then I was concocting a list of the ways free concerts and people in general behave in ways detrimental to enjoying the concert. But I think I'm just going to give a really quick review and sign off.

People suck. Vanessa Carlton doesn't.