photo via okkervil river [myspace]

By now I can only assume that you’ve already worn out your CD player’s laser beams playing Okkervil River’s the Stage Names over and over again. For me, it was my mp3 player’s non-laser-based mystical storage/retrieval system, but you get the picture. If not, what are you waiting for?

Perhaps you’d like to see the Austin-based band play their rollicking literary (a dusty, whiskey soaked, rock & roll pool hall, not overly clever introverted cafe sort of literary) songs for yourself before making the big commitment to obsessing over their latest album and digging greedily through the back catalog?

Well, isn’t it your lucky day. Okkervil River and Damien Jurado are playing on Monday 10 September [#] and once again, the nice people at Neumo’s want you to see a show on their dime. Send an e-mail to seattle.metblogs @ gmail.com and you’ll be entered to win. Special priority will be given to entries that reference the “Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe” video [mstv] or provide a poignant detail from the biography of John Berryman.

A winner will be selected on Saturday evening, contact info won’t be shared with anyone, blah blah, so get to it.