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We're Having A Party, Please Come
Question: What exactly happened to that guy in the tie?
You remember Jesse Lacey, right? He was always clean-shaven, obsessed with The Queen Is Dead and spent most of his money at H&M? That's the Jesse Lacey we all came to know and love, but last night, at the Brand New show in New York, that guy was nowhere to be found.
Throughout the band's two-and-a-half-hour set, Jesse wore a bear mask, spoke in a fake New Jersey dock worker accent, dove into a drum set and, as his final act of the evening, threw a cymbal at Brian Lane's head. Oh, and there were three drummers and about 18 other people onstage when he did so.
In short, the dude has lost his mind, and I mean that in the best way possible. The show was terrific, bizzare, and ridiculously memorable. I don't know if things were quite as unhigned at other stops on the tour, but I can't help but applaud his turnaround. Anyway, that's not what I came here to post about today. Instead, I come to you with a contest that I'm hoping you will be very excited about.
Here's the deal: On Thursday May 3rd, we're having the official release party for Everybody Hurts at the Annex on 152 Orchard St in New York City. We have convinced a few of our friends to come out and help us celebrate, many of which should be familiar to you guys. These people include...
This wildly coifed man here.
This sweet little dude.
And these fine Pennsylvanians.
To recap: Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack, Kenny Vasoli from the Starting Line, and Zolof The Rock 'N' Roll Destroyer are all playing our little shindig. Both Kenny and Justin will be playing acoustic, and there's even talk about them dusting off some vintage emo tunes from this time that we so affectionately refer to as "the '90s." (I will never tire of that joke, really… )
Now here's where you come in: We want some of you, the potential readers of Everybody Hurts, to be there, and thus we are holding a contest in which we're going to give away five spots on the guest list.
Here is how you can win them: There is a passage in the book about how to name your emo band. We have provided eight different formulas, so to speak, and we want you guys to use these formulas and send in your best emo band names to us.
To better understand what we're talking about, you're going to actually have to go out and buy they book. (Hey, you were going to do that tomorrow, anyway, right?) Once you've read them over, you should then really craft the perfect emo band name using said formulas.
From there, you should send in three of your best emo band names to us at theemobook@yahoo.com. Make sure to include all of your info and write BOOK RELEASE PARTY CONTEST in the subject line. That last part is very important. We'll then rate the fake band names, and post the winning entries here next Monday. Those five winners will then get to go the best party in the history of... well, Les and I throwing parties.
There are, however, two conditions. The first, obviously, is that you have to be in New York on May 3rd. The good news is that if you don't actually live in the greater New York area, our party is on the Thursday before Bamboozle. Thus, if you won, you could just come to town a couple days early.
But you'll also have to qualify for the second condition, which is that you have to be at least 21 years old to attend. Unfortunately, we couldn't find an all-ages venue to house our little bash, so you'll have to be of legal drinking age. If you're not of legal drinking age and you have somehow figured out how to get into bars on a regular basis, well, I'm not going to encourage you to give this contest a shot… but I'm not going to not encourage you, either.
Either way, it should be a total blast and we do want to see some of you guys out there. So then, grab a book at your local bookstore tomorrow, put your thinking cap (or just your Castro hat) on and start sending those emo band names in pronto. We'll need all entries by this weekend and, as previously stated, we'll announce the winner next Monday. Get into it.
Oh, and we'll have more news to come tomorrow,
You remember Jesse Lacey, right? He was always clean-shaven, obsessed with The Queen Is Dead and spent most of his money at H&M? That's the Jesse Lacey we all came to know and love, but last night, at the Brand New show in New York, that guy was nowhere to be found.
Throughout the band's two-and-a-half-hour set, Jesse wore a bear mask, spoke in a fake New Jersey dock worker accent, dove into a drum set and, as his final act of the evening, threw a cymbal at Brian Lane's head. Oh, and there were three drummers and about 18 other people onstage when he did so.
In short, the dude has lost his mind, and I mean that in the best way possible. The show was terrific, bizzare, and ridiculously memorable. I don't know if things were quite as unhigned at other stops on the tour, but I can't help but applaud his turnaround. Anyway, that's not what I came here to post about today. Instead, I come to you with a contest that I'm hoping you will be very excited about.
Here's the deal: On Thursday May 3rd, we're having the official release party for Everybody Hurts at the Annex on 152 Orchard St in New York City. We have convinced a few of our friends to come out and help us celebrate, many of which should be familiar to you guys. These people include...
This wildly coifed man here.
This sweet little dude.
And these fine Pennsylvanians.
To recap: Justin Pierre from Motion City Soundtrack, Kenny Vasoli from the Starting Line, and Zolof The Rock 'N' Roll Destroyer are all playing our little shindig. Both Kenny and Justin will be playing acoustic, and there's even talk about them dusting off some vintage emo tunes from this time that we so affectionately refer to as "the '90s." (I will never tire of that joke, really… )
Now here's where you come in: We want some of you, the potential readers of Everybody Hurts, to be there, and thus we are holding a contest in which we're going to give away five spots on the guest list.
Here is how you can win them: There is a passage in the book about how to name your emo band. We have provided eight different formulas, so to speak, and we want you guys to use these formulas and send in your best emo band names to us.
To better understand what we're talking about, you're going to actually have to go out and buy they book. (Hey, you were going to do that tomorrow, anyway, right?) Once you've read them over, you should then really craft the perfect emo band name using said formulas.
From there, you should send in three of your best emo band names to us at theemobook@yahoo.com. Make sure to include all of your info and write BOOK RELEASE PARTY CONTEST in the subject line. That last part is very important. We'll then rate the fake band names, and post the winning entries here next Monday. Those five winners will then get to go the best party in the history of... well, Les and I throwing parties.
There are, however, two conditions. The first, obviously, is that you have to be in New York on May 3rd. The good news is that if you don't actually live in the greater New York area, our party is on the Thursday before Bamboozle. Thus, if you won, you could just come to town a couple days early.
But you'll also have to qualify for the second condition, which is that you have to be at least 21 years old to attend. Unfortunately, we couldn't find an all-ages venue to house our little bash, so you'll have to be of legal drinking age. If you're not of legal drinking age and you have somehow figured out how to get into bars on a regular basis, well, I'm not going to encourage you to give this contest a shot… but I'm not going to not encourage you, either.
Either way, it should be a total blast and we do want to see some of you guys out there. So then, grab a book at your local bookstore tomorrow, put your thinking cap (or just your Castro hat) on and start sending those emo band names in pronto. We'll need all entries by this weekend and, as previously stated, we'll announce the winner next Monday. Get into it.
Oh, and we'll have more news to come tomorrow,
| Posted by theemobook on 04/23/2007 4:01 PM | Visits: 2,066 |
annex is so fucking good
sophia lamaar got me in once ;}
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i wish i could go to the book release show being underage is le suckage. also I haven't yet ordered my copy of the book - though I have been waiting on it for the past year since FOE Beta - will my local barnes & noble have it?
I'd enter, but I have choreography class at my college, and my professor will kill me if I don't go because the spring show is on May 17th.
Its actually not that hard to get into bars, at least in Staten Island. Most places just let you in if you're 18 and over, or if you pay the person at the door or know someone that's already inside, you can get in.
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