Blog: Merry Swankster

A co-worker recently disclosed that there is one band she would be willing to pay an unlimited amount of money to see. That band: the Eagles. (This month is her chance, in Houston on the ninth.) I would pay about one dollar to see the Eagles, but in coins only, no paper money. For the longest time, my answer to that hypothetical question was Pixies, and in the fall of 2004, I was able to come true on that claim, forking over $90-somewhat for a one day Austin City Limits pass. I haven't been to the ACL festival since then. [...]