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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: The Weird History of Concert Tickets Part 2
Description: We’ve all been there...tickets for a concert you really, really want to see are set to go on sale at exactly 10am...you’re on the Ticketmaster site as the clock ticks toward the appointed time...9:59:57...9:59:58...9:59:59...ten o’clock!...show time...Enter...nothing...refresh refresh refresh the browser...nothing...you try mashing the f5 button a bunch times...no luck....you hit control-r a couple of times...still nothing...but then, one last time and you’re in!...except you’re not...at 10:01 and 17 seconds, the show you so desperately wanted to see is sold ou...