Ugh! So I get this e-mail today, from the Palace. You know, the “entertainment” company that owns the Palace of Auburn Hills (home of the not-so-entertaining Detroit Pistons) and Pine Knob Music Theater (the one big outdoor music venue in “Detroit” that’s actually a lot closer to Flint) in my former town of Clarkston. Now I signed up on its Web site so that I might get notified of new shows and not miss getting tickets to see Neil Young next time he’s in the area. Ditto The Boss and any other big name acts that I still foolishly spend more than $30 to go see. (Okay, more like “more than $50.”) So today’s e-mail says “Six Major Concert Announcements.” Here, look at it for yourself.

So you looked, didn’t you? All I have to say is $78.25 to see Ozzy, and that’s the only damn show that would be tolerable to sit through. That is, if you were drunk enough. (I will be out of town for Oasis/Black Crowes, so that doesn’t count.)

Oh, and by the way, the DTE Energy Music Theatre isn’t some new venue, it’s just what they’re calling Pine Knob these days. I wonder when Three Dog Night (no word on when their annual performance at the Knob will be) is going to rename itself “Seven Up Three Iams Pet Food Dog La Quinta Inns Night.”