Blech.  Boo.  Hiss!  Going to a show at the Joint takes intestinal fortitude I usually don't have.  First of all, the Hard Rock likes to book big name bands in this mid-size venue so that ticket prices soar to up to $300+.  Maybe if John Lennon and George Harrison returned from the dead and the Beatles were going to play a one night only reunion engagement at the Joint, and they were miraculously changed from old, saggy men to young, spry musicians again would I spend $300 to see a show at the Joint.  MAYBE.  (And seriously, you've no idea how much I love the Beatles.)\n\nAnyway, the acoustics are horrid.  Whoever designed the place was an acoustic idiot.  I hope with the money they got from it they took some classes to help them or something.  Getting IN the place is just ridiculous.  With no signage letting you know what shows you can or can't take purses into, I've waited in line and got to the front only to be turned around to the (inevitably crowded) coat check counter and then back to wait in line again.  The sight lines inside can be horrid if you end up pushed to a wrong spot and sometimes they decide just not to utilize the two HUGE screens to the side, which must suck for the shorties.  (Most shows are GA, standing room only.)\n\nSometimes a band I really want to see comes here, and then I'll brave it.  But they have to be someone I really, REALLY want to see.  And they  can't be taking pledges for my first born as part of the ticket price either.