Ticket prices are getting out of hand. The most I've ever paid for a seat was $100 -- which was huge in 1993, but that was for the first (modern) Simon & Garfunkel reunion, up close, for which I would've paid any amount. That's a lot more than I paid to see Cavalaria Rusticana conducted by Anton Coppola in Asbury Park's Paramount Theater. Lou Reed is playing the same venue tonight for $45-75/seat. Tony Bennett in June? $123-198! Dammit.

I'll stick with the $35 general admission lawn section at PNC Arts Center, thanks. I see Rush almost every year there, but I'm not paying $90-125 for 'em. Clapton? $125-200 for seats; The Police? Up to $225. Yeah, the lawn sounds good.