god-shaped hole

If you logon as the Wilco presale or the regular 9:30 sale opens, you should have no problem getting tickets. I would guess the presale will go in about 5 minutes and the 9:30 sale will go in 10 minutes...don't hold me to that, though.

The 9:30 Club it top-notch and I can gaurentee that nothing fishy is going on. I am under the impression that the newsletter and/or email announcements of soft-sales is a way of slowing down the scalping of tickets. If you spend some time on the 9:30 Club forums you will see that the whole process is pretty transparent. If you are still not satisfied, post a complaint on the forums. One of the employees, if not the owner, will post a response to your question.