You know Cursive. They’ve been pumping out albums from Omaha since 1997 including this year’s top-drawer Mama, I’m Swollen. You’ve got at least one of those records on your shelf (if you’re me, the one you keep going back to is 2003′s The Ugly Organ and its lush arrangements. Bizarre side note: after the last Cursive track in my itunes, Cut Off Your Hands comes on, launching right into the freakish 80s pop fascination of “Happy as Can Be.” Weird transition.) Cursive has been on the road for a good while promoting the record and have dates through mid-August on this side of the Mississippi. We’ve got two tickets to their July 29th stop at Cleveland’s beautiful and historic Grog Shop. We’d like to give them to you.
Here’s what to do:
- Compose an essay not more than 1000 words long detailing your merits as a fan of both Cursive is particular and live music in specific.
- Gather not less than three references who can speak to your quality as a concert-goer. (Obviously, no family. Don’t include anybody you sleep with either. We’re looking for an objective opinion on your work.) Solicit a detailed recommendation letter from each individual. Have each letter notarized.
- Write an analytical essay comparing the lyrical content of a recent Cursive record to the work of a French author of your choice. (Obviously, Balzac is excluded. We’ve read that paper enough times.)
- Film a short conceptual piece that imagines how the narrator in a Cursive song of your choice defines his/her epistemological and/or ontological frameworks.
- Place the above four (4) pieces in a standard manila envelope and hand-deliver directly to me. (You have to figure out my last name and address on your own or just catch me out on the town. Good luck.)
If that proves to complicated, the alternative method for entry is as follows:
- Send me an e-mail.
- Tell me you’d like the tickets.
Regardless of how you choose to enter (if it was me, I’d go with method two; it makes both of our lives easier), your entry must be received at Citizen Dick world headquarters by midnight on July 26th. We will select an entry at random and notify the winner on the 27th. To sum up: CURSIVE TICKET GIVEAWAY. JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL.
Good luck. (Added bonus: two Cursive tracks follow to get you super stoked to enter.)
