Thanks to the good folks at American Eagle Outfitters, we have two tickets to the New American Music Union, a two-day summer music festival this August 8 & 9 in Pittsburgh, PA, for one lucky Neatorama reader.
Line-up for the music festival include Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, and more. The festival will also feature college bands (the best of which will win a recording session). More info here: http://www.ae.com/web/77e/music/festival.jsp - Thanks Steve!
If you'd like the ticket, all you got to do is ask (in the comment section). One winner will be chosen at random in the next day or two; the tickets will be sent to US address only.
You don't have to live in Pittsburgh, but obviously you have to go there for the show. Please don't ask for the tickets just because you can or because you want to resell them - they probably won't have good resale value, as tickets are on-sale right now for the affordable price of $25 for students, and $49.50 for general admission.
In return, please let me ask you for a feedback on Neatorama - what we're doing right (or wrong) and what we can do to improve the blog. I gotta tell you, after running the blog for almost three years (with great help from Miss Cellania and other authors), I'm tired and am in need of fresh ideas :) If you'd like to leave a feedback, but not be in the running for the tickets, that's fine too - just let me know.
Update 6/23/08 - Congrats to Marci who won the ticket (chosen at random).
But unfortunately I have to pick just one winner - and to make it fair, I actually have a method: I let random.org pick a winner at random (unless that person didn't want tickets, then I pick another number).
Congratulations to Marci who won the two tickets! And to everyone else, I thank you for playing (to Ruby: congrats on the recent wedding!)
Thank you for those who gave kind words of support - Neatorama is fun, but it's also a lot of work, and it gets harder and harder to blog/work/play with the kids ... there're only so many hours in a day!
I'll take a look at the specific recommendations - you guys have got some great ideas!