Risk Tickets
When I was down in Florida, I had the opportunity to see and hear the band Switchfoot who have one foot in the Christian market and one foot out there in Pop Culture. Surfing Evangelical U.S.A. I first became aware that Switchfoot was going to be playing in Tampa the same time I was in the vicinity visiting my Madre in Sarasota down the road. The fates smiled upon me. The iPhone app Bandsintown made me aware of the overlap. There was a snag. The tix were free but one had to go to a ticket drop at local establishments in order to score a pair. I was heading in the opposite direction to Key West on the day of the drops so I sent an email to the promotions manager at the sponsoring radio station a week before inquiring how I could score the tickets. No reply. I know it was the holidays but seven days to reply should be enough time. I had started to waffle about going to the show until the day of where I was about 50/50 about making an attempt to go to the show. My mom suggested I c