Having trouble getting Kraftwerk tickets? You aren’t alone. Get help with Maura Johnston’s “Guide to the Five Stages of Ticketing Grief in 2012:”
1. ALIENATION.
Onset: After receiving the first IM from a so-called “friend” of yours who didn’t share the presale code with you and who scored a pair of sweet seats.
Symptoms: Cryptic Facebook status updates about being able to count on people; halfhearted visits to americanexpress.com’s “Learn About Our Cards” page; desire to write screed about how the capitalistic takeover of music has produced nothing but a bunch of shitty bands that rest on their laurels and/or mine the nostalgia circuit.
Expected expiration date: Right before the on-sale date for the norms. Because you can’t get shut out of the whole show, right?
