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Friday, October 30, 2009

Contest Win Tickets to Devo!!!

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:55 AM

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This is a message for: Hardcore DEVOted spuds, casual Devo fans, Jocko Homos, Mongoloids, and those who enjoy the thrill of wearing an energy dome on their head.

We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Devo at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on Sunday November 8th and Monday, November 9th. Two nights of Devo, and we are parting with a pair of tickets to each show. Holy crap!

We seldom recommend road trips to our big sister city up north, but Devo is the exception to every rule. Plus, since we're your favoritest blog ever, we'll toss is this fancy poster made exclusively for these very rare shows. To win tickets, just comment below on why you think you deserve to be top Spud and attend either of these concerts. The best two comments by Monday 9am will win the tickets and a poster. Also, this is very important, please post what day you want to attend (either the 8th or 9th).

If commenting is not your thing, you can purchase tickets here. Good luck.

And now, just because I can, here is my favorite Devo song:
LISTEN:

Devo - "Gates Of Steel"

 

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OK; my girlfriend lives in Seattle. She's been super-stressed about money stuff and she's trying to move to Portland to go to PNCA (which she got in to, YAY!). I can't make it to the show. I won't be going. But this would be awesome for her to do.

AND; I was at that movie on Sunday. I've got PTSD from that crap. What the fuck were you guys thinking?
Posted by Graham on October 30, 2009 at 11:07 AM · Report
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I got no beef against potatoes and frankly, nowhere to hang out that Sunday.
Posted by spilling on October 30, 2009 at 11:34 AM · Report
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Ah, the Moore Hotel: I awoke the next morning to find that my girlfriend and I had managed to break our room's shabby table in a fit of blacked-out passion. Two legs were pretty much shattered. It looked hopeless. What were we thinking?

Fearing a $300 charge, we gathered our wits and attempted a last-minute repair with the finest of convenience-store adhesives. First, we tried Super Glue. It collapsed under the weight of the table itself. Then we tried clear packing tape, bound tightly around the fractures in heaping layers. Again, it failed. There was seemingly no way to pass this sad little pile of kindling off as a working piece of hotel furniture.

In a panic, 10 minutes from check-out time, we formulated a plan: sneak into one of the adjacent rooms, while it was being cleaned, and swap our table for an intact one! With my girlfriend as a lookout, we propped the damaged table against the wall in the other room and got the hell out of there.

Minutes later, we discovered that our ride back to Portland had already departed, leaving us stranded, broke and incredibly hungover in Seattle. Good times!

I think we'd like to try Seattle again. And we won't be staying the night. How about next Sunday?
Posted by Chunty McHutchence on October 30, 2009 at 11:36 AM · Report
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I deserve to be the Top Spud for two reasons:

1) My nickname has been Devo ever since college. Hardly anyone who knew me between 1994 and 2000 knew what my real name was. I was, and still am to some people, 'Devo.'

2) My wife is pregnant wife our first child and this will likely be our last time to go to a cool concert in about 18 years!
Posted by Devo on October 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM · Report
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Because I'm a mongoloid.
Posted by Mongoloid Jim on October 30, 2009 at 12:20 PM · Report
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I lost my virginity to Devo. I was listening to the Be Stiff single in 1979. I was masturbating to my Charlene Tilton poster when I heard the lyrics - FRUIT OOZE IS WETLY LEWD SO
STAY DRY IN RUBBER BOOTS AND BE STIFF B-ABIES BE STIFF CUCUMBERS RIPE AND RUDE. I have not been normal ever since.
Posted by @#$%! on October 30, 2009 at 12:29 PM · Report
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i wanna put my meat with their potatoes.
Posted by midnitegambler on October 30, 2009 at 1:10 PM · Report
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i wanna put my meat with their potatoes on nov. 8, sunday, the lord's day.
Posted by midnitegambler on October 30, 2009 at 1:13 PM · Report
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I sold beer to Devo once. They were perfect gentlemen, took their funny multi-level cone-hats off at the door and said, "We'd like five cases of Budweiser, please." They carried it back to the hotel themselves. (Unlike Judas Priest who made the groupies do it.)

Go go go Speed Racer!
Posted by Cosmic Charlie on October 30, 2009 at 1:26 PM · Report
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Are we not men? We are Devo.
Are we not men? Dee Eee Vee Oh!

(I could sing this song until I punch myself in the face)
Posted by I Like Your New Haircut on October 30, 2009 at 2:09 PM · Report
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Unlike most of the other chumps posting here, I have been representing the smart patrol here on blogtown, et al, for well over a year. I feel like I should win tickets to Sunday's show by default on the strength of that alone, but if that doesn't do it for you, I submit the following photos I took based on Devo lyrics:

She was killed by space junk

We're pinheads all Jocko Homo

I'm a man with a mission

Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce... Special orders don't upset us
Posted by spudboy on October 30, 2009 at 10:37 PM · Report
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Ok, I admit, those weren't photos, just lyrics. Who knew you couldn't embed links? trying again...

Space junk:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/10568467…

Man with a mission:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/10568478…

Jocko Homo:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/10568467…

Hold the pickles:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/10568466…
Posted by spudboy on October 30, 2009 at 10:41 PM · Report
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Woulda been cool...
Posted by Homer on October 30, 2009 at 11:04 PM · Report
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I drove around Mark Mothersbaugh and his lovely wife and newly arrived daughter during the 2006 SIFF. He was very kind. He thought the guy from a well known Seattle band who interviewed him was an idiot. I agreed. He signed my albums, posed with me in a picture and told me to pretend like I was punching him in the face. I've loved DEVO for a long time and would very much like to see them in Seattle on Sunday the 8th.
Posted by speu on November 1, 2009 at 9:26 AM · Report
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Oh man, Raddest contest ever!!

I think me and my boyfriend should win because --

1- We dressed up as DEVO for Halloween with our 2 best friends!! And we're totally down to dress up again for the show, seriously..

2- Devo is our favorite mutual band (and Brian Eno our Favorite producer!) and it would be a perfect way for us to celebrate our 4-Year Anniversary together.

3- "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!" was the first vinyl record I ever owned- given to me when I was 5 (1983) by my older punk-rock cousin. My whole life and way of thinking (dance! weirdo) was influenced by this record.

4- Our housemate has been tormenting us with Devo tix (left on the coffee table!!) It would be so awesome to have some of our own- and rub it back in our houesmate's cute face haha..

5- We cannot afford to go or else we'd have tix already awe..(been a hard year- baby lost his job, I'm paying lots of financial aid back, etc etc etc..)


If we are lucky enough to win we would prefer the Are We not Men? show, but really- Freedom of Choice is also an Awesome idea too, up for either!

Thank you for this opportunity.

Love, Manny

Posted by Atole on November 2, 2009 at 8:56 AM · Report
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I am bummed I saw this thread so late... BTW I made a "Gates of Steel" Karaoke video last year.
http://www.vimeo.com/1535670?pg=embed&sec=…
Posted by Karl Lind on November 2, 2009 at 3:53 PM · Report

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