Expensive in bluejeans.

After-market ticket purchases from sites like the TicketMaster-owned TicketExchange might actually just be what traditionalists might call a "scam" or "price-gouge," but who knows? Maybe it's just a new way for fans to get closer to the artists they love:

"Look, Mom! Neil Diamond sold me this $100 ticket himself! And it was only a thousand dollars!"

How is this legal? Well, nobody really explains that. But read the full article at the WSJ site: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123672740386088613.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology

And if you live in Georgia, maybe you're better off just catching Nine Inch Neils. Fewer actual diamonds, yes, but all of the hits you can stomach!

ASCAP Presents...At SXSW in Austin, TEXAS

ROCK SHOWCASE
Wednesday, March 18th
The Dirty Dog
505 E 6th Street
Doors: 7:30 pm

1:00 am Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
12:15 Gay Blades
11:30 Dananananakroyd
10:45 Fool's Gold
10:00 The Temper Trap
9:15 Chief
8:30 Death on Two Wheels
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QUIET ON THE SET
Friday, March 20
Victorian Room @ The Driskill Hotel
604 Brazos Street
Doors: 7:15 pm

12:15 Lucy Wainwright Roche
11:30 Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers
10:45 Five Times August
10:00 Jason Reeves
9:15 Madi Diaz w/ Kyle Ryan
8:30 WAZ
7:45 Chanel Campbell
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ASCAP & Evergreen Copyright Boat Cruises
@ Four Seasons Dock
Thursday, March 19th
12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30 & 4:30
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ALL THAT SPARKLES
Thursday, March 19th
12-8PM @ Malverde (21+)
4008 West 2nd Street

w/ Performances by:
Little Boots, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Telepathe, Suckers, Micachu & The Shapes, The Mae Shi, Mapei, Glasser, & Sebastien Grainger

*Free Drinks
RSVP by March 18th to allthatsparklesparty@gmail.com
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Filter Magazine's Showdown at Cedar Street

*Thursday
Idle Worship, Black Joe Lewis, Annuals, Great Northern, Other Lives, Hockey, Zee Avi

*Friday
White Lies, Razorlight, Late of the Pier, The Whip, Wild Light, Anya Marina, Bat for Lashes

*Saturday
Rye Rye, N.A.S.A., Flosstradamus, Asobi Seksu, Obits, Chairlift, Black Gold

*All days include free BBQ
RSVP to rsvp@filtermmm.com
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For more info visit www.ascap.com