This morning, I got shut out of tickets for Morrissey at the Bowery Ballroom, but I was lucky enought to receive an invitation to the Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States. In my opinion, a much better ticket and considering that about nine million folks applied for the ticket, a much a harder one to obtain.

And let's give it up for Obama's team picking a Brooklyn company to make the invites:

ON Thursday, Dec. 11, Jim Donnelly got the call at his office on Jay Street in Dumbo for the biggest job he had ever had. Emmett Beliveau, the executive director of the Presidential Inaugural Committee, told him that Precise Continental, Mr. Donnelly’s 26-year-old printing company, had won the bid to produce one million gold-and-black engraved invitations for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

In related news, if you're still planning on heading to DC, you may want to try and get tickets to the Inaugural Parade. Here's the info:

We’ll be making 5,000 tickets for the 56th Inaugural Parade available to the public today at 1:00 p.m. EST. Tickets for the bleachers along the parade route from the Capitol to the White House will be on sale for $25. You can purchase up to four tickets through Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 202-397-SEAT(7328), 410-547-SEAT(7328) or 703-573-SEAT(7328).

As the new President and Vice President make their way from the Capitol to the White House following the swearing-in ceremony, they’ll be accompanied by more than 13,000 parade participants hailing from all over the country. More than 90 music, cultural and community groups, along with our Armed Forces, will march, dance and mow their down the 1.7 mile parade route.

You don’t need a ticket to watch the parade, but the purchase of tickets will guarantee spectators a bleacher seat along the parade route. Ticket holders must be in their seats no later than 1:00 p.m. EST on January 20th.