This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Contest Win Tickets to PJ Harvey & John Parish!!!
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:09 AM
There are ticket giveaways and then there are ticket giveaways, and today we are offering up the mightiest of all contests:
Win a pair of tickets to see PJ Harvey and John Parish next Wednesday, June 17th, at the Roseland Theater.
Holy crap! PJ Harvey! John Parish! Wednesday! Okay, maybe the day of the week is not that exciting, but still, this is one helluva giveaway. Totes BFFs, Harvey and Parish just released the splendid A Woman A Man Walked By, which we talk about in this week's issue. Oh, and it gets better, we have four (!) pairs of tickets to part with, so your odds of winning are pretty high.
LISTEN:
PJ Harvey & John Parish - "Black Hearted Love"
To score your way into this show, just comment below on why you think you deserve to be the winner. Your post can be a desperate plea, an outright bribe, or something more creative like a link to a homemade YouTube video that makes your case. The top three comments by Friday at 5pm (that's tomorrow) will be the winners. Good luck.
1
First, I deserve to win because I'm the first to comment. That's obvious enough.
Second, I deserve to win because I am awesome. Sorry i meant Awesome, capital A.
Finally, I deserve to win because I'm dumb enough to not even know they were playing next week. really fucking dumb.
Second, I deserve to win because I am awesome. Sorry i meant Awesome, capital A.
Finally, I deserve to win because I'm dumb enough to not even know they were playing next week. really fucking dumb.
2
I love PJ Harvey. That's my birthday. and I make really good molasses cookies. (okay, technically, it' the day after my birthday, but close enough?)
4
I will hypnotize you into giving me tickets to the show, now watch the pendelum "That's fine, you're doing perfectly"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sEJI_Mue2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sEJI_Mue2U
5
If you dont give me a set of tickets, I am going to vote Republican in the next Presidential election.
And furthermore, I will start doing my hair up in a fo-hawk, or whatever they are called, aggresively hitting on every girl in sight, and ruin all the cool bars in town.
And furthermore, I will start doing my hair up in a fo-hawk, or whatever they are called, aggresively hitting on every girl in sight, and ruin all the cool bars in town.
6
PJ Harvey puts her angst out there in a way that reminds you of your crazy, angry ex-girlfriend, and gives you hope for the world (and the ex-girlfriend).
7
If you don't give me tickets, I will be forced to sit home that night and play Epic Pet Wars on Facebook. Or I will have to lower myself even further and go out with someone from the Mercury's Lovelab.
8
Why I deserve to win:
1) I have a rescue dog that learned to open my refrigerator, thus, neither my bacon nor my cheese is ever safe. Curiously, she does not eat the bacon or cheese. Rather, she buries them in the corner of the couch or in the corner of the closet for me to discover later. Less than a week ago, I discovered a package of rancid bacon in the corner of my closet. There is currently a bungee cord keeping my refrigerator closed and dog - proofed.
2) I have a rescue dog that, whenever I am home, barks at the slightest noise. Loudly. Very loudly.
3) I have a rescue dog that doesn't really like strangers coming to my door and barks at them. Loudly. Very loudly.
In short, I deserve to win because, although I love her, I need a night away from my dog. She's a real bitch sometimes. Also, I went to an all boys high school and was the only one in my school who listened to PJ Harvey in the mid 1990s.
1) I have a rescue dog that learned to open my refrigerator, thus, neither my bacon nor my cheese is ever safe. Curiously, she does not eat the bacon or cheese. Rather, she buries them in the corner of the couch or in the corner of the closet for me to discover later. Less than a week ago, I discovered a package of rancid bacon in the corner of my closet. There is currently a bungee cord keeping my refrigerator closed and dog - proofed.
2) I have a rescue dog that, whenever I am home, barks at the slightest noise. Loudly. Very loudly.
3) I have a rescue dog that doesn't really like strangers coming to my door and barks at them. Loudly. Very loudly.
In short, I deserve to win because, although I love her, I need a night away from my dog. She's a real bitch sometimes. Also, I went to an all boys high school and was the only one in my school who listened to PJ Harvey in the mid 1990s.
9
I deserve to win because I... ok, nevermind, I'm probably going to the Holocene that night anyway.
10
If I don't win, I'll become a despondent recluse, and won't post any more links to brilliant Mongolian punk bands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4ynRoK7Ck…
11
I would like to win free tickets to this show because that's the only way I'd set foot in the Roseland with its metal detectors, pat-downs and aggro bouncers.
12
Because I'm seeing Shellac play in 2 days, and will dutifully relay any high-fives from Steve Albini to PJ over having produced her quintessential album.
13
I probably don't deserve to win, but I really want to go and do not currently have tickets. Plus, I like watching the Muppet cover of "This Mess We're In," http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_mbRKe6KnM. Please help me make better use of my time but allowing me to see PJ Harvey and John Parish live, sans Muppets.
14
I deserve to win because of the years of torment I have endured for loving PJ Harvey. Also, because I have no money, am going through a divorce, just found out I was pregnant and am trying to go to school all at the same time. So you could pity me... maybe.
15
i need to see polly jean live and i am straight brokeass cause i have to save my money for a florida swamp thing safari the next week. i will capture swamp thing and bring him back to the mercury office if i get those tix.
16
I should win because maybe Vincent Gallo will be there and then I could sucker punch him. I mean, I love PJ and all, she is probably my favorite musician that I have yet to see, but getting into a fight Gallo would be a good evening.
Also, my friend Kami accompanied you when you went to see My Chemical Romance and she told me that you cried during every song while holding a tiny heart-shaped locket with a picture of Gerard Way inside, and if I don't win the tickets I will tell everyone about that and ruin your hipster cred.
Also, my friend Kami accompanied you when you went to see My Chemical Romance and she told me that you cried during every song while holding a tiny heart-shaped locket with a picture of Gerard Way inside, and if I don't win the tickets I will tell everyone about that and ruin your hipster cred.
17
I deserve to win because I do, in fact, enjoy screeching has-beens from the '90s. Watching them screech gives me a weird tingling of schadenfreude at being young and non-screeching myself. I also deserve to win because I'll be the only person not live-tweeting the event. Instead, I'll point my finger. Finally, I also deserve to win because I was 17 when I first started listening to PJ Harvey (in my pj's I might add) and I'm at the time of writing the 17th comment. I rest my case.
18
My divorce papers just went through, so I have little to no extra $ to buy the tickets in the standard fashion. The Multnomah Country Courthouse hoovered up my last drop of liquidity. So let me hear that siren sing.
20
I have a steady job with good pay. I'm married to a wonderful woman who treats me like the king that I am. Our little dog, Felix, a Boston terrier, is the cutest in the world. It is obvious that I deserve free tickets. I was also the first to comment.
21
If I win four tickets, I will give two of the tickets to the closest PJ Harvey or John Parish look-a-like outside the venue. Because who doesn't like a sexy look-a-like concert fan?
So you see, making me a winner makes tw more people winners adn who doesn't like sexy winners?
So you see, making me a winner makes tw more people winners adn who doesn't like sexy winners?
22
just wanted to make sure that you knew that the picture is of polly with john peel rather than parish....
i already have my tickets, thanks.
-richard / soft tags
www.cdbaby.com/softtags
i already have my tickets, thanks.
-richard / soft tags
www.cdbaby.com/softtags
23
Richard
Yeah, I know. Parish is a bit more dapper than Peel was—not all older British men look alike. I just included that photo since it was a cool shot and conveniently located on her MySpace page.
ezra
Yeah, I know. Parish is a bit more dapper than Peel was—not all older British men look alike. I just included that photo since it was a cool shot and conveniently located on her MySpace page.
ezra
24
I deserve to win because people keep comparing my music to a louder, blacker version of hers, even before I heard any of her music, which makes me want to roll my eyes. I guess any girl with a loud voice and a telecaster is PJ Harvey.
Also, I am a real life despondent recluse, and need a very good reason to get out, as people are scary. PJ Harvey is a very good reason. Despite the comparisons I've grown to really admire her.
I AM your crazy ex girlfriend, most likely. It would be nice to be reminded I'm not alone in the world.
Also, I am a real life despondent recluse, and need a very good reason to get out, as people are scary. PJ Harvey is a very good reason. Despite the comparisons I've grown to really admire her.
I AM your crazy ex girlfriend, most likely. It would be nice to be reminded I'm not alone in the world.
26
I deserve to win because I spend all day taking care of the mentally ill. And I need a break. Wednesday is my coveted day off.
Won't you please keep me sane?
Won't you please keep me sane?
27
I should win because I fed both of them (at separate times) but have never seen the play together. PJ, at a gas station/pizza joint in Warner, NH right off of 89 where I got her a slice of cheese pizza and said "hrnnhh" when she said thank you. And Parish at a fine dining restaurant a few years later in Denver. He was producing the local 16 Horsepower at the time and, during the dinner, he referred to Captain Marvel as Shazaam, which is clearly wrong, though he was far cooler than I (just a few years out of working at a pizza joint off the highway in New Hampshire for chrissake), so I changed the subject. I don't remember what he ate.
28
"God is the sweat running down her back"
She is a beautiful reminder of who I once was before motherhood made its all consuming presence in my life.
PJ makes me ache where I used to play...
Simply put-I have loved her many years and would be honored to see her play live!
I'm crossing my fingers you pick me...
She is a beautiful reminder of who I once was before motherhood made its all consuming presence in my life.
PJ makes me ache where I used to play...
Simply put-I have loved her many years and would be honored to see her play live!
I'm crossing my fingers you pick me...
30
Those are all good arguments, but only one of them has molasses cookies offered in exchange. I'm just saying.
32
my gf n' I fo sho need those tix to pj harvs, she's def our most fave fave...like a fave before peeps even used the word fave and she's totes rad. thanks for the opp merc...we'll keep our fings x'd.
33
I not only wish to have these tickets land in my hand because I love PJ Harvey but this former eastcoaster will promise to tell everyone on the east coast that portland is the best place on earth if I am not chosen! :)
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