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Friday, October 7, 2011

Contest Win Tickets to Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks!

Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:19 AM

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Stephen Malkmus Fun Facts™:
• Stephen Malkmus, along with his dedicated backing band of Jicks, recently released Mirror Traffic. It's his best solo work to date. Really, it's quite impressive.
• Mirror Traffic was produced by Beck. Not him, not him, and definitely not him. This guy.
• Malkmus once gave up a home run to a certain handsome local music editor during a very important softball game. Congratulations, Casey Jarman!
• He invented indie rock or something in his last band, Pavement. He also invented Pavement. We'd be driving on dirt if it wasn't for Malkmus.
• You won free tickets to see him, thanks to this blog.

Fun Facts™ don't lie. We have a pair of tickets to see Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (plus killer opening act Ty Segall) at the Crystal Ballroom on Thursday, October 13. It's Malkmus' first homecoming show since the release of Mirror Traffic and his recent relocation from Portland to Berlin. To win these tickets, just comment below and explain why you deserve to attend this show. Best comment by Monday 8am will be the glorious winner. Good luck.

Think commenting is for the birds? Just buy your tickets right here.

 

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I deserve these tickets because I'm the oldest living Malkmus fan. Word to your granny.
Posted by dpbailey on October 7, 2011 at 10:38 AM · Report
2
after looking up Stephen Malkmus on wikipedia, I found out we have the same birthday.
that should be reason enough to deserve tickets.
Posted by Brian on October 7, 2011 at 10:42 AM · Report
3
I know what, the Ez-a-ra wants, what the Ez-a-ra want is a blooowjob!
Posted by Senator Ticketwinner on October 7, 2011 at 10:46 AM · Report
4
I deserve these tickets because I created Stephen Malkmus for the world.
Posted by G-d on October 7, 2011 at 11:03 AM · Report
5
I moved from P-Town to Islamabad. It is no Berlin, but I want to get in early on the scene.
Posted by Chadster on October 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM · Report
6
I don't deserve these tickets at all. But I still want them.
Posted by lynnh on October 7, 2011 at 12:23 PM · Report
7
I deserve these tickets so I can bring Vanessa from Gresham to the show!
Posted by Candy Whore on October 7, 2011 at 12:33 PM · Report
8
My doctor finally got rid of my severe jick infestation, but I'm still itchy all over.
Posted by d.roc on October 7, 2011 at 1:05 PM · Report
9
Because I know that Face The Truth is actually his best solo work to date.
Posted by sgtgrumbles on October 7, 2011 at 5:07 PM · Report
10
Because I thought that what the senator wants is a barnyard corncob lubejob. I want to find out if he'll sing this radio-friendly adaptation.
Posted by Cory Xander on October 7, 2011 at 5:31 PM · Report
11
I deserve to attend this show because I've resisted all urges to stalk this guy and have allowed him to leave peacefully in our fair city.

Case(s) in point:

Circa 2001? He was working out--I mean peddling on a exercise bike next to me at the Y Metro. I noticed he was reading Forbes/WSJ and he sneezed. I blessed him. End of story.

Circa 2008? I went to pick up my wife at her yoga studio and there he was in piped boxers. I looked away namaste style. End of story.

There are many other chance occasions where I've seen him (Sic Alps show at Eagles; Times New Viking at bunk bar) but none this intimate where I coulda Chuck and Bucked him and he woulda fled to Stockton or Virginia.

Your welcome Portland.




Posted by egads on October 8, 2011 at 12:06 AM · Report
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Added two typos for the wordstock crew.
Posted by egads on October 8, 2011 at 12:23 AM · Report
13
I win. Just because I'm pretty.
Posted by Lewcifer on October 9, 2011 at 10:47 AM · Report
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Because Malkmus is the only modern songwriter who means anything to me. When I feel exhausted, like I have no direction, and all my writing is meaningless, I listen to Malkmus, and once again I have hope. The casual boundary pushing, the half nonsense lyrics, the epic guitar solos, Malkmus is in a league of his own. Each new Jicks album makes me love Malkmus more. Each time I'm frustrated and inspired. Frustrated because there's always a track that is similar to something I'm working on, and I'm pissed he got there first (with a top notch band to boot! DAMN!). Inspiring because he always pushes just a little beyond what I thought possible. It gives me the courage to take chances or bet heavily on more "out there" material cause at least I'm not the only crazy person. Malkmus makes me sane.

Also, I'm POOR.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me go see Malkmus so I can save my precious few dollars for essentials, like food and contraception (YAY FAMILY PLANNING).

Sincerely,
Me
Posted by orangejam on October 9, 2011 at 2:33 PM · Report
15
During our playoff game, Malkmus tried to throw me out at first but instead, drilled me in the inside of my ankle with the softball. It wasn't soft, and i think it fractured the bone because two months later it's still swollen.
Additionally, he and the rest of those disheveled Disjecta slackers won the game in typical humiliating fashion, as they always do.
The dude OWES me a free concert so I don't have to litigate. (Hopefully there's handicapped seating).
Posted by SD on October 9, 2011 at 8:11 PM · Report
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I don't want these tickets because when Pavement toured with Silkworm, now there was a band to get excited about. Pavement got boring after the plantman was ousted, or quit, or whatever. Boooooooooooring!
Posted by jake on October 10, 2011 at 2:50 AM · Report

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