THE ARCADE FIRE HAIKU CONTEST:

SEE THE WINNER AND SUBMISSIONS!!!

The IDEA:
You write a haiku. I give you a FREE TICKET to the SOLD OUT February 1st Arcade Fire concert at Webster Hall.

HOW TO ENTER:
EMAIL ME a haiku. The subject should be the Arcade Fire. Best haiku wins. Winner will be declared on January 25th.

RULES, etc:
1. Entries are unlimited
2. Follow the traditional 5-7-5 syllable rule [To learn more about haikus, click here]
3. The only judge is me
4. I have the right to publish all haikus

REASONS TO GO/ENTER CONTEST:
(In my opinion) the Arcade Fire is one of the GREATEST LIVE BANDS since whichever band you last thought was the greatest live band. I've seen them twice and you should see them too. See photos HERE and HERE.

To quote Pitchforkmedia, who recently named the band's album, Funeral, #1 of 2004, "Funeral could open on a black winter night in any North American city, inside the mind of anyone trapped by youth and desperate for a way out."

Or, All Music Guide says, "Butler sings like Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood used to play, like a lion-tamer whose whip grows shorter with each and every lash. He can barely contain himself, and when he lets loose it's both melodic and primal, like Berlin-era Bowie or British Sea Power."

Or, Rolling Stone says, "Funeral aches with elegiac intensity."

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!

lot o' love,
yp