No Shins for me

I will not be seeing The Shins in Philly next month. Tickets went on sale about an hour ago but if a steep face value of $27 per was not enough, the nasty and decidedly inconvenient Ticketmaster charge of $9.20 per priced me out of this event. That is $36.20 to see a very very good band, but one I do not deem worthy of that high a price. That evening would have been at least a $150 + night out with babysitter cost and a meal in town. It hurts, but I had to pass.