Today my latest gripe is the above 2 issues.

Previously I have mentioned that while a psych nurse in the former St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan, Juilliard students visited and played for our psych patients. During one of those dates I answered the unit door and who walked in was student Jon Batiste to play for our patients. I later realized this as I watched him on Stephen Colbert and have followed him. So when son in law extraordinaire sent me Jon’s tour schedule decided to partake.

In checking Jon’s tour dates found he was at Tanglewood on June 28th. Decided to take a short sojourn there and snagged an Expedia hotel for $95, inclusive of taxes. My next venture was the ticket which was not as easy. Spent 2 hours on this and learned why Taylor Swift and Joe Biden are on it. Investigating over 6 sites I found the $42 lawn ticket would be anywhere from $69 to $100 on these sites with the later being 58% over the cost of the ticket. WOW! So then I decided to check out the $81 seats and found fees an additional 50% over ticket prices – about $125. Finally, I found a new site with no fees, and we all know that to be an untruth, but the $81 seat became $107., so I ordered it.

Catch his latest album on Amazon $13.94

And as an aside, even though I am not a music buff, Tanglewood is a God like experience if you want to hear music. Went decades ago catching Renee Fleming, and the night remains an idyllic experience forever in my mind. Also in the area is Jacob’s Pillow, which features dance companies so intend on making a weekend of it with a 2pm Jacob performance on the 29th. The summer is looking up!

What also is looking up is student debt…

Have you seen this latest John Oliver segment? What a crisis this is! I recall this first hand as I lived through it with a fellow nurse who signed her life away to these loans.

Sadly, and no joke, she was only relieved of these loans through death.

Let’s hope Joe gets to the bottom of this!

If you’ve got a half hour see the entire show, but even 5 minutes is enlightening, and presented in John Oliver fashion – funny, accurate, and leaves you scratching your head.

How does this occur???????.