Our buddy J. Nixon's family needs some help, and the Ergs and Hunchback are playing two shows on Sunday December 5th to give us the chance to come together as a community to help a friend out, and also see these two incredible bands one more time.
I sat down at my computer yesterday and purchased two tickets under the assumption that somebody I know would need the extra one. Most of my close friends seem to be taken care of in that regard and I find myself with an extra ticket. I just want to give it away to someone who really wants to be at the show. As far as I can figure out there's only one way to be fair about it, so I'm having an essay contest.
Write 500 words on why I should give you my extra ticket to the Sunday December 5th matinee show featuring the Ergs and Hunchback. Not 499, not 501. Exactly 500. I'm going to be a dick about it.
E-mail your entry to me, Amit Sharma at hippipdip@gmail.com. The final deadline for submissions will be Friday December 3rd at 5 PM. I will contact the winner via e-mail friday night so they can arrange to meet me at the Asbury Lanes. My tickets are will call, so there's no physical ticket in this for you.
This is punk rock, folks. This is the music that changed and saved our lives. All I'm asking is 500 words in exchange for a ticket.
I've been getting some pretty stupid questions about what constitutes an essay so I'm going to direct you here for details on that front:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay i.e. NO. Copying and pasting the word "boobs" 500 times is not an essay.
I'll post the submissions here as they come in, perhaps offering some kind of commentary as we go along.
Let the games begin...
