i worked in a retail record store for many years where we also sold tickets as a non ticket-bastard entity. when i was managing the store, i was unable to find anyone to open on a saturday morning where shawn colvin tickets were going on sale, so i had to take the shift. i got there an hour before we opened, and the line already reached down the block. i decided to treat the precious folkies to gato barbieri's latino america on impulse, which features gato shrieking and maiming cats over some cooking andean players. i was delighted watching them squirm while in line, but they couldn't leave because they needed their tickets. (insert evil laughter here). no one bought a copy. Want to know how to get rid of customers when you have to have them out at the end of the night to avoid fines from the local constabulatory? Just play "Venereology" by Merzbow. That holds our record for quickest clearance. 200 people in 5 minutes! bagpipe music used to work pretty well for us at closing time. especially with the kids. sean