Concert Ticket Prices

I watched a video of the band Live playing life in the 1990s. They rocked hard. Recalled that I saw them perform as an opening act for Blink-182. Great music. Speaking of Blink, they are coming back to a venue close to my house. The seats I had the last time I saw them run $180+ now. Oops. That is just too high.

The real problem is that there is only one original member of Blink-182 left in the band. And I think he is washed up. Things fell apart when his partner left the band to pursue other non-music related endeavors. Old school fans are poking fun at the band, because they are touring with Lil Wayne now.

Are there any old school bands worth seeing any more? It might not be hard core, but I would love to see the Backstreet Boys. Believe it or not, they are on tour now. They are coming to a city near me next month. They have a huge venue here lined up. But tickets for the highest nosebleed seats, furthest away from the stage, also run $180+.

Access to Boxing Matches

Today I found out that my brother subscribes to ESPN+. It is a streaming service for assorted sports events. He uses it to purchase MMA pay per view fights. Apparently they also cover heavyweight boxing. Today, lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defended his title.

At first I got confused. I thought the boxing match was a pay per view on ESPN+. I had no interest in that. The pay per view fights sometimes run around $50. My brother found out that the fight was included in his subscription.

So we set up our family room firestick as an authorized device for my brother's ESPN+ subscription. Then we watched the fight. There were a lot of pre-fight shenanigans. Fury is a Brit. But he came out in an Apollo Creed USA outfit.

Fury's challenger was some no-name guy from Germany. Fury jabbed him for the whole first round. Fury did not even sit down on his stool after the round. In round two, Fury went on the offensive and the fight was stopped. Fury won via TKO.

Last time Fury fought local favorite Deonte Wilder, it was a draw. I am ready for the rematch.

In Search of Looper

Momoko has been watching K-dramas religiously. She just binge watches them. Sometimes I join her for a few episodes. I want to watch other genres with her. So I proposed we also watch some movies. We started with "See You Yesterday". It was a time travel flick. That got me interested in other time travel movies. Watched the movie Primer again by myself. We talked about watching Looper. I bought a digital version from Amazon by mistake. Luckily I cancelled the order and got my money back.

We spent a lot of time searching for a good movie tonight. Scoured through the B-movies available on Amazon Prime. There were a few that were okay. I think we found a gem in Morning Glory, a movie about an executive producer for a morning show (think a low budget Today Show). Figured that there has to be a better way to find good movies quicker. Netflix has B-movies online like Amazon Prime Video.

I did recall the great days of Netflix DVDs in the mail. So do you know what I did? I signed up for a Netflix DVD collection by mail again. The biggest plan seemed to be 2 DVDs out at a time. Can't wait for my first movies to arrive. I hope this plan gives us enough movies to watch. Otherwise I will have to inquire about any other special plans, or maybe even purchase a second plan.