This Week in the Mercury
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Contest Win Tickets to Mos Def!!!
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:33 PM
What is left to say about Mos Def? Dude was in Black Star and a Jack Black movie. He has been nominated for both Source Awards and Tony Awards, and even won something called an Obie. (I don't even know what that is, but it sounds cool.) Plus in addition to his stacked trophy room, Mos Def is about to drop The Ecstatic on June 9th, which seems like it might be his best solo work since Black on Both Sides.
"The Mighty Mos Definite" is rolling through Portland and we are giving away a pair of tickets to see him at the Roseland Theater this Friday, May 22nd.
If you want to rock it on to the tip-top and see half of the best alliance in hip-hop (sorry, Talib), just comment below on why you think you deserve the tickets. The best response by tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5pm is the winner. Good luck.
LISTEN:
Mos Def - “Casa Bey”
Photo: Peggy Sirota
1
It is the linchpin of my plan to bring peace to the world.
I am hoping to catch a ride on a star ship and have a towel in the wings.
I wish I was black like my babies eyes or my babies hair.
I have a serious need to get down and there is no better person or place to get funky with/at.
I am broke and spend all of my money on stupid things like bills and taxes.
He is awesome and I haven't seen him in concert yet.
I am black on the inside and my backside definitely has some blackness.
Free is a great price :)
I am hoping to catch a ride on a star ship and have a towel in the wings.
I wish I was black like my babies eyes or my babies hair.
I have a serious need to get down and there is no better person or place to get funky with/at.
I am broke and spend all of my money on stupid things like bills and taxes.
He is awesome and I haven't seen him in concert yet.
I am black on the inside and my backside definitely has some blackness.
Free is a great price :)
2
I deserve these tickets because I try and win all the free stuff you guys give away and I never win.
LET ME WIN FOR ONCE!
LET ME WIN FOR ONCE!
3
i hung around outside the Twiztid show at the Roseland Theater this past week (juggalo watching of course). I have plenty of photos to prove it. It's best to capture them in their natural environment.
So I'm offering up a trade. My juggalo photos for the Mos Def tickets. AND if you ask nicely, I probably can get my friend to send his as well. He even got his picture taken with a bunch of juggalettes. However, the picture abruptly turned PG-13 when one of the juggalettes pulled out her triple D jugs.
So I'm offering up a trade. My juggalo photos for the Mos Def tickets. AND if you ask nicely, I probably can get my friend to send his as well. He even got his picture taken with a bunch of juggalettes. However, the picture abruptly turned PG-13 when one of the juggalettes pulled out her triple D jugs.
4
I'm trying to fulfill the entire list of "stuff white people like" and this concert would put me one checkmark closer to a stereotype of affluent, environmentally and socially conscious, anti-corporate white North American hipsters as determined by the Canadian guy who writes the blog.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/08/18…
(oh, and I stole that description from the wiki. +1)
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/2008/08/18…
(oh, and I stole that description from the wiki. +1)
6
I like to listen to Mos when I write...this one came out a few months ago:
Can I get a witness to my spitting distance? Increase the velocity of the viscosity with scene stealing caffeine and all world alcohol. Chaw and spitters would be a bitch bigger than being ditch diggers in a chain gang slinging slang under the sun maiming claims to fame framing your sinewy silhouette silently on shadowy Southern sideroads and sly rogues speak in rough brogue smoky like salmon and dry like famine.
Cracking the deuce deuce and riding the spruce moose I goose a loose businesswoman riding the train lining the cabins with insecticide perfume as the cars wind and intertwine the alpines. I'm picturing her French and maid-like in stockings all lacy-like and snap back to reality away from that insanity I crack another deuce deuce.
She still seducing the straw in the dining car and sexin' up the joint like Prince anointing Sheila E and lady is leaving me breathless so reckless I'm feeling chestless where my pulse flows a mess is. I confront the elephant in the compartment with a thrill of a gut spill and shrill cries at my recent development an envelopment of her shoes in my sticky icky mess. Needless to address this but it goes to say Miss Hoity Toity was not impressed with my gift that gave my morning's meal for free.
Can I get a witness to my spitting distance? Increase the velocity of the viscosity with scene stealing caffeine and all world alcohol. Chaw and spitters would be a bitch bigger than being ditch diggers in a chain gang slinging slang under the sun maiming claims to fame framing your sinewy silhouette silently on shadowy Southern sideroads and sly rogues speak in rough brogue smoky like salmon and dry like famine.
Cracking the deuce deuce and riding the spruce moose I goose a loose businesswoman riding the train lining the cabins with insecticide perfume as the cars wind and intertwine the alpines. I'm picturing her French and maid-like in stockings all lacy-like and snap back to reality away from that insanity I crack another deuce deuce.
She still seducing the straw in the dining car and sexin' up the joint like Prince anointing Sheila E and lady is leaving me breathless so reckless I'm feeling chestless where my pulse flows a mess is. I confront the elephant in the compartment with a thrill of a gut spill and shrill cries at my recent development an envelopment of her shoes in my sticky icky mess. Needless to address this but it goes to say Miss Hoity Toity was not impressed with my gift that gave my morning's meal for free.
9
I've been told that if I don't go to this show, I will be Shanghaied off to Bangalore (that's right, not Shanghai) and be shacked in a cubicle to answer phone calls from Indians who will place a bird on my head who will crap down the back of my neck all day long, give me an IV of Foldger's instant coffee, force my eyes open with heavily used forceps, superglue a headset to my ear and staple it for good measure, all while staring at an Apple IIe that has no games on it.
Mos def could definitely be my savior, it is up to you.
Mos def could definitely be my savior, it is up to you.
11
Because I am 6' 4" and weigh 215 pounds and as such, I can block the stage view for many of the waify hipsters that wouldn't know good music if the Mercury did not tell them the act, and therefore, their own presence defines cool (BTW: thanks for Sam Adams, Mercury).
12
last time i saw mos def i got so wasted that i don't remember it, I only have my friends account of me fanning myself from the heat and accidentally whacking a lady in the head with it. I guess after the show when i was outside she yelled "oh your that crazy white bitch"
My friend likes to remind me of it randomly, then i cower and feel shame...I want to have good memories of Mos Def...please send me and i promise not to bring a fan or get completely hammed
My friend likes to remind me of it randomly, then i cower and feel shame...I want to have good memories of Mos Def...please send me and i promise not to bring a fan or get completely hammed
13
I like Mos Def because he worked with Scritti Politti -- not for who he is, or his solo work, or anything like that. I'm old and like Welsh pop with a little hip hop.
14
Because I'm a 1970's Afro-Cuban stuck in the body of an American cubicle dweller. Help release me from this prison! Only the music of Mos Def in concert will end this plague...
16
as a professional Kickball Ref (aka Mos Ref) I cannot really afford to go to 'spensive shows like this. So, going for free is the only way the potential create the Mos Mos Revolution.
17
Because Umi Says...
the Portland Mercury will be getting madd luv & respect by me.
Yours truly,
Your Adopted Son
the Portland Mercury will be getting madd luv & respect by me.
Yours truly,
Your Adopted Son
19
because thieves in the night is one of the most important songs of the 90s and i was listening to black on both sides on the bus today.
21
Dear Mercury,
Granted, some of these other kids DO have some decent reasons of why they WANT to get tix to MOS DEF, but what kind of entertainment are they gonna provide the public at large?? I think you & our fair city wanna see some EFFIN ACTION, am I wrong?
Let's talk ACTION & ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: Do these other ticketwanters own 4 BITCHIN ZEBRA UNITARDS W/ BLING from the a SALEM OREGON DRILL TEAM like the one IMA PDXparty is rockin in my profile pix? I assure you, they, do not.
I'm Astrogirl; Keeper of the ZEBRA ARMY (since 2004). I pack these suits to shows, weddings, festivals, openings & recruit unsuspecting people to wear them and just when the shit can't get any better- I bust them the fuck out & have been making SCENES all over the west coast & canadia, prancing around on stage in front of thousands insighting MAYHEM- inspiring peeps to let their inhibitions go & get their "zebra on": FANS who DROOL over the Zebra Army: Scissor Sisters, March Fourth Marching Band, Bassnectar, the Sissyboys, Holocene, the Wonder, Shambhala Music Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Peaches to name some of my faves.
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5889/zebr…
SO; IF YOU WANT to REWARD ACTION...
I'll be "packin" if ya'll give me these tix to the show. If YOU want a chance to wear a SKIN- hit me up.
TOP THAT- biznatches!
xoxo astro
Granted, some of these other kids DO have some decent reasons of why they WANT to get tix to MOS DEF, but what kind of entertainment are they gonna provide the public at large?? I think you & our fair city wanna see some EFFIN ACTION, am I wrong?
Let's talk ACTION & ENTERTAINMENT VALUE: Do these other ticketwanters own 4 BITCHIN ZEBRA UNITARDS W/ BLING from the a SALEM OREGON DRILL TEAM like the one IMA PDXparty is rockin in my profile pix? I assure you, they, do not.
I'm Astrogirl; Keeper of the ZEBRA ARMY (since 2004). I pack these suits to shows, weddings, festivals, openings & recruit unsuspecting people to wear them and just when the shit can't get any better- I bust them the fuck out & have been making SCENES all over the west coast & canadia, prancing around on stage in front of thousands insighting MAYHEM- inspiring peeps to let their inhibitions go & get their "zebra on": FANS who DROOL over the Zebra Army: Scissor Sisters, March Fourth Marching Band, Bassnectar, the Sissyboys, Holocene, the Wonder, Shambhala Music Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, Peaches to name some of my faves.
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/5889/zebr…
SO; IF YOU WANT to REWARD ACTION...
I'll be "packin" if ya'll give me these tix to the show. If YOU want a chance to wear a SKIN- hit me up.
TOP THAT- biznatches!
xoxo astro
22
I would like to clarify the story left earlier by 'virtualsarah' as she was so drunk she has left out many heartwarming and ticket winning details. First of all, Sarah shows up to pre-funk at the Tiger Bar after drinking (the now banned) Sparks and tubing the river all day in the sun. Apparently this was her second pre-funk already. After a few rounds at Tiger Bar we head to the show, where not wanting to miss anything we manage to put back another few rounds before Mos hits the stage. Sarah's one moment of clarity (and ultimately her downfall in the end) was to bring one of those little Japanese paper fans that collapse in on themselves as the Roseland gets pretty hot. Soon after the show started, the fan was actually well received by our crew and those around Sarah for its cooling effects. However, it soon became clear with Sarah's sun expose, Sparks lunch, and heavy beats that the fan was now a paper cutting, eye poking hazard in the crowd (she was completely unaware). Mid way through the show I realize there is no Sarah to be found, no waving fan of retina inducing trauma. I look around to no avail. One of our friends says that saw her crumpled in the corner earlier, possibly by the garbage can (not a good sign). So I venture downstairs and look around and ultimately out the front door to see if she is 'getting some air'. As I walk out the door, the first group of young girls I see are the ones who were bearing the brunt of the paper fan earlier in the night, they recognize me, and I hear those sweet words I will never forget, "Oh, you with the crazy white girl." Unfortunately, that was all the help they could provide, Sarah was gone. Thankfully, I received a much garbled text later from her that 'she was done, and in a cab heading home'. I caught the rest of the show and had a blast. Dear Mercury, my friend Sarah needs another chance at seeing Mos Def and actually remembering it. Thank you for your time.
More...
23
why, you say? because mos has an ill tribute to MF DOOM that i'd love to see. priceless to see mos def still love hip hop because of mf doom. other than that, i just gotta lot of love and respect for mos.
peace
peace
24
ms. phat booty is my anthem. i am she and she is i. but seriously, let's settle it in the most reasonable and fitting of ways: ass-off. the one with the biggest, roundest butt, in proportion to waist (looking for that hourglass shape) - wins! you can measure me and i mean it. anything for mos! ohhhh mos... you wise, sly, prophet you.
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