A belated thanks for your answer. The Lucinda Williams show was pretty decent.

Some general observations:

- I ended up not trying to get there that early, even knowing that it would affect my seating choices. I was at a Mariners game earlier in the day and stayed for the whole thing, opting to relax at that game instead of stressing out about getting a decent show seat.
- The signage for people arriving via bike could be better. It took me a little bit to locate the newer covered bike parking area.
- I parked my bike and then walked all of about 10 feet to the end of the line (this was at about 4pm I think). I don't know if that length of line at that hour is average or not.
- It's a complete land grab in there. Thankfully, since it was just me I was able to grab a thin section between two blankets (a little to the left of the "VIP" seating area).
- Directly in front of me was a guy who had his seat on a 8'x10' blanket. He was the only one on the blanket for the duration of the show.
- To my left were two big blankets and a kid napping/covering them. Eventually, once the show started, two moms and an endless supply of kids showed up in their area. Not too annoying, but having to hear things like "Harper, stop pulling down your pants!" while listening to a song about a suicide was not ideal.
- To my right was a group that had a second home, er a second blanket, up towards the front. They would take turns a few at a time going up to that closer space. Kinda ridiculous.
- Two in front of me was a guy with a snazzy chair (that had to have been over 24"), a portable end table, a kindle, some big smartphone, some nice camera (often kept in a waist case), his special drinking containers, big blanket, etc. For parts of the show he just read his kindle while Lucinda sang some amazing songs. Thankfully he wasn't blocking my view or else I probably would have been annoyed.
- Lots of people seemed to be there just for the picnic atmosphere and didn't seem all that interested in the music. I'm not against that, but in my ideal world they would sit more towards the back.
- It was nice that people were finally standing for the last three or so song. That allowed me to get a lot closer and it felt more like a regular show at that point.
- I'm still curious how the Go-Gos show will go. Lucinda Williams' music is more laid back and sitting back in a chair soaking in the music makes some sense. If that exact thing happens during the Go-Gos I might go crazy. Should I expect a bunch of people to stand up towards the front? Ideally I'd like to be up there too. Or will I once again be sitting behind hundreds of bloated season pass type people who chat through most of the show?

"...and multiply that to how many weeks in a month and there's my answer! whoo! hoo! go me! go me!"

The number of weeks in a month changes. What number did you use?

Didn't you ever learn about the number 2080? It's the number of work hours in a calendar year (assuming a 40-hour work week).

Someone making 72K would thus be making $34.615/hour. Where did your $36/hour come from? Do they not work 40-hour weeks?

woah, how did that happen? I meant to type "independently owned". Sorry for the confusion.

Email cat@catzwalk.com and we can see if I can get the tickets to you.

Thanks.

By all ages shows do you mean shows that are entirely all ages? It looks like all of their upcoming music shows are all ages + 21 and over for the bar. The only 21 and over event is some Product Runway thing.

Yes, on Thursday and Friday (so if I miss some of Thursday I won't mind too much).

No, the one that was going to on 2nd Ave between Pike and Union.

"Rumor has it that the upcoming iPad 2 will have a built-in mic..."

The current iPad has a microphone on it.

Biking uphill on a 2-wheel bike is a lot easier than biking uphill on a pedicab.

There are a fair amount of pedicabs along the waterfront during warmer months. It's flat and full of tourists who will happily pay for the experience. (And also has decent sidewalk space.)

Back and forth on broadway. Limited parts of downtown. Where else do you think they could be used well in the city?

This system seems to strip the trailing exclamation mark from the html link. (Click your wiki link above to see.) Maybe this will work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/¡Tchkung!

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weird, I can't get it to work, even when making an a href link.