by oz on November 12, 2008
Congrats to Chicago reader Matthew Brown for winning a pair of passes for tonight’s exclusive Brett Dennen show at the W Hotel.
Matt, if you are single, please consider going to the W Hotel solo and picking up your plus one at the lobby bar. That place is loaded with talent and I’d like to live vicariously through you. Do it for all us married guys.
Everyone else, feel free to catch Brett Dennen tomorrow night at Schubas.
by oz on September 24, 2008

Attention Chi-town readers. We just got our hands on a great prize pack from Dead Confederate. The band made 16 of these homemade tees to give out to fans. No one tee is alike, so you’ll be sure to be the life of every indie hipster party. Much like the Men’s Warehouse guy, I guarantee it.
If you’re the big winner, you’ll get:
- Whatever tee is available in your size.
- Dead Confederate’s latest CD, Wrecking Ball (it’s damn good)
- A pair of tickets to the October 4th show at Schubas (you’ll be on the guest list)
In order to qualify, I’ll need your full name, mailing address and tee shirt size emailed to hearyablog@yahoo.com. To increase your odds, send in one run-on sentence (no punctuation or grammar please) describing your favorite album or song of the moment. A winner will be chosen by Tuesday next week.
For a sample run-on sentence, here’s one from Drinking Buddy’s post about Jan Terri and her song “Journey To Mars”:
Journey to Mars: Jan Terri in very slimming hair extensions singing about an acid trip she had on a transit tram that took her from Economy Parking Lot C at O’Hare airport that doubled as a Journey to Mars with 3 lesbians where everyone wears fannypacks and they talk on the first flip-phones ever invented.
If you don’t win, you should still check out the show. Woody should be there and is more than happy to buy everyone a round of beers. We’ll follow up with a Dead Confederate live session shortly after their visit to the windy city.
Dead Confederate – The Rat
Dead Confederate – “The Rat” Music Video
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by oz on September 3, 2008
The fine folks at Indie Nation have offered to give away some free merchandise. Since time is precious, just send a quick note to hearyablog@yahoo.com with “tee shirt giveaway” in the subject line. Make sure to provide your mailing address and shirt size in the email. We’ll pick the winner at random.
Paint Peace tee ($30 value).

Stardumb Letters Wallet – $13 Value.
