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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Contest Win Tickets to Sebastien Grainger (and Metric)!

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 4:09 PM

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Sebastien Grainger is best known as the singer/drummer for Canadian dance-punk twosome Death From Above—the band that was the recipient of the coolest tribute (via a song title) ever, "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"—but the man has also launched a mighty respectable solo career as well. He'll be performing, along with the unstoppable force that is Metric, at the Wonder Ballroom tomorrow night.

Wait, isn't that show totally sold out? Yes, it sure is. But we have two pairs of tickets to giveaway, courtesy of the Cornhuskin' Midwesterners at Saddle-Creek. How kind of them.

Comment below on why you think you deserve to attend this show, and the best two posts by tomorrow (Friday) at 11am will walk away with a pair of tickets in their hands. Everyone else will be a complete loser, unloved, and destined to die alone. Don't let that be you, enter now.

LISTEN:

Sebastien Grainger - "American Names"

 

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I love Metric. I recently got to Portland. The friend I'm staying with once saw a Metric show and lead singer Emily Haines made out with her (now ex-) boyfriend who was at the front of the stage. Am I going to have to spend my whole life being jealous of this story, or is there a possibility that if I stand up front, the same thing will happen to me? My rockNroll pride needs to know; please hook me up with a ticket so I can meet my fate.
Posted by PDXmodernMANdroid on June 4, 2009 at 5:06 PM · Report
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*singing out loud as i'm writing this* When there is no bright side, CUMMING IN YOUR PANTS!

who'll top that?
Posted by pacpacjr on June 4, 2009 at 5:37 PM · Report
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i should get some tickets because i am epic, just like sebastien grainger.
& i have a job interview tomorrow and will need something to do in the evening to either celebrate or wallow. also, i will do a lot of dancing at this show and encourage others to dance.
Posted by k.anne on June 4, 2009 at 7:34 PM · Report
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Grainger + Metric = Worst industrial supply store in England.

(if you don't get it, then it isn't worth explaining).
Posted by skyboy8950 on June 5, 2009 at 8:16 AM · Report
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sshh! don't tell, but if you gave me the tickets i would have an excuse to ask the aloof boy i am in love with. we would drink and dance and i'll even invite you to the [obviously impending] wedding!
Posted by amarieheidrich on June 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM · Report
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What would be better than to surprise a stressed out, hip sixth grade teacher who has to deal with crazed parents, an impending graduation next week, and students masturbating during your class with tickets to one of her favorite bands? I believe I need to give one of my dear friends these tickets so she can relax and be amongst adults for a night.
Posted by magooski on June 5, 2009 at 10:06 AM · Report
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My best friend since 3rd grade (in 9th grade she swam across an olympic size pool in record setting time to rescure the shoulder pads that had been used to pad my bikini top and had become dislodged when I tried to impress my high school crush by doing my best swan dive) is in town visiting for the first time since I moved last October. Her first time in Portland, ever. I've turned her onto a lot of (damn good) music, but Metric is by far her #1. She's freaking out about the possibility of seeing them live, in Portland, at the Wonder Ballroom and I would be on cloud 9 if I could make it happen. This girl has saved my life, and most often social standing/grace, more times than I could possibly recount.
Posted by sharpshocked on June 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM · Report
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Oh—and those few precious souls in my life whose taste in music I trust and admire with the highest regard have all sung the praises of Sebastien Grainger. To see him live is bound to be fantastic. No bones about it.
Posted by sharpshocked on June 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM · Report
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I must see Metric live to find out if Emily Haines has what it takes to dethrone Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo of Ladytron as hottest female dance vocalists in my book.

From what I have heard about Emily, I think she could successfully take them both on.

Please make it possible for me to conduct this scientific research. It is my life’s work.
Posted by beefer on June 5, 2009 at 10:28 AM · Report
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Because the last time I went to a Metric concert, I got abused by 16 year old hipsters all night while having to hear about their gross minor sex to new the new animal collective which - omg! - they totally got in advanced in between sets. To add insult to injury, I was just shy of the 21st and ended up toughing it out sober.
Tonight I'd be coming off a four hour shift of being a glorified mail room attendant immediately followed (no break) by a 5 hour shift working tech support for my school on the cusp of finals week meaning I'll be getting shit from professors and students blaming me for things going wrong at the last minute. My downtime will include conversations with the guy who thinks HFCS is a myth, and studying for my own back to back finals.
I want to get drunk and listen to awesome music, basically.
Posted by mynamehere on June 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM · Report
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In 2005 Metric was my soundtrack. Grow up and Blow Away, Live It Out and Old World Underground continuously hummed while I wrote papers, pounded vodka, plotted to torture my roommate, meticulously edited my over-indulgent video self-portrait and otherwise ruminated on my life, which, I thought, was perfectly mirrored in the music: both terribly enthusiastic and achingly sad. One evening I was listening to Monster Hospital with a friend when, overcome by the pounding bass and raging guitars, I felt the urge to do something explosive and so sprayed down my friend with the can of toxic cockroach killer that sat above the fridge. She wasn’t angry. She understood. She received only a minor rash. On another occasion, against my better judgment, Metric drove me to have sex in a gold ’57 Cadillac in the dead of an Ohio winter with a woman who I hated, but also loved. My life has since lost this flare of enthusiasm, the brand of gravely serious passion that leads one to feel achingly sad. Please restore my youthful excitement for life with a pair of tickets to see Metric.

Posted by Kamala P on June 5, 2009 at 10:50 AM · Report
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oh shit its 11 right now but i think i made it *clicks and prays*
Posted by metricfanyo on June 5, 2009 at 11:03 AM · Report
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damnit there is no contact info in there
dulcenaia at gmail dot com
i suck at the internet
Posted by metricfanyoagain on June 5, 2009 at 11:04 AM · Report

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