Look forward to fewer arbitrary ticketing fees from the Crocodile this summer. After they flush out the shows already on their lineup being sold through Ticketmaster, all advance tickets purchased online will come with a flat $2 fee plus standard credit card charges. How, you might wonder, has this miracle of sensible pricing been brought to us? It turns out that in addition to running an alt-weekly, blogs, and a world of questions, the technological gurus at the Stranger also had some time on their hands to develop a way for people to buy tickets on the internet.

Sounds a little bit like Brown Paper Tickets, without having some of the profits directed to charity (unless you count keeping the Stranger in the black as a charitable cause). It is worth noting that they plan to roll the system out to other organizations (with discounts for community groups and nonprofits) in the coming months.

In any case, let’s all hope that there’s some sort of celebration to mark the last Ticketmaster show at the Croc.