I See The Shows
It's concert ticket season, folks, and it's aching me to have to pass up on so many good opportunities to see good shows around here. My concert-going goals are threefold: first, I have a list of artists or bands that I would still love to see live at least once. Now, add into that the fact that there are some bands I've seen before as an opener or co-headliner that I want to catch as the main event. And finally, with so many famous or historic venues around the area, I want to be able to say "hey, yeah, I caught so-and-so at the such-and-such-a-place."
So, on my short-term venue list, I've got DAR Constitution Hall, Wolf Trap, the Birchmere, and State Theatre. All I have to do is wait for all the elements to come together (price/act/date/location/secret handshakes), and I will be in for some great music and a well-rounded concert-going experience. I'm also hoping that my street cred will grow with each song played, and that's obviously going to power my new clean-fuel street-cred hybrid car. Wish me luck.
This seems like a good optimization problem, I bet we can solve it in AMPL or Lindo...
Tom, that's brilliant! I knew that IE degree would come in handy someday. Let's start the linear programming, kids!