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Congratulations to Danny and Anthony! You won a pair of 3-day passes each!
Thanks to our friends at AEG Live, Pretty Much Amazing has the pleasure of giving away 2 Pairs of 3-Day Passes to All Points West, the premiere music festival in the Northeast. Like we mentioned earlier, All Points West will go down July 31 to August 2nd and will feature performances by Beastie Boys, Tool, Coldplay, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Bloody Valentine, and MGMT. Click here for full lineup. You can purchase tickets here.
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1. Fill out the Name and Email fields in the comment area
2. Last year we have gave away 3-day passes to Coachella and had you guys tell me why I was Pretty Much Amazing, but as you might have imagined, it was full of ass kissing and it got old really fast. So this year I’m going to have you tell me why you are Pretty Much Amazing (and why you deserve these passes). Hopefully we can make this a yearly thing here at PMA.
OPTIONAL: You can only enter once, but doing these things will count as extra submissions.
3. Twitter — Retweet this: “Enter to win APW tickets @pmablog http://poprl.com/07nD” (leave the url of your retweet [i.e. http://twitter.com/pmablog/status/1447368057] in the comments — separate from any other entry so it can count as an extra entry, increasing your chances of being picked.)
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I’m PMA because I’m an avid reader (and commenter) of the site. I live/breathe music and would love to attend APW. If chosen, I’d happily provide a review and obviously promote the crap out of PMA for sending me.
Retweet:
http://twitter.com/jvettorino/status/1447664521
As lame as this may sound but if i get the passes this will be my first time on the east coast. Also I’m good at math.
http://twitter.com/MrKilltime/statuses/1447727940
hxxp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcrunch.com%2F2009%2F03%2F31%2Fstealing-music-is-it-wrong-or-isnt-it%2F&h=eec5d67fc2edce912d180e677131971cADMIN EDIT: – Fix your link Damien, send it again. Make sure to point to THIS POST (http://poprl.com/07nD) -Luis
I’m PMA cause I’m on your blogroll. I run onethirtybpm.com and would love to cover APW. I’ve yet to see My Bloody Valentine live yet, and can think of no better better band to lose my hearing to.
http://twitter.com/onethirtybpm/status/1447820207
I’m PMA because my Mom tells me so…
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=61955368039&h=15R7F&u=4E3FH
ADMIN EDIT: This is how you do it!
I’m Pretty Much Amazing in that, not only do I subscribe (and actually read the posts), but I continuously scour the internet for new songs and music inspiration. I also have a small blog where I discuss some of my findings, as well as review shows I have been to (a number that remains dismally low).
http://twitter.com/VapidDin/status/1447914284
I’m PMA because, I’m not selfish, I care and I volunteer , I listen to all types of music and because If I win these passes I will drive across the border to see my favorite bands ( Coldplay, q-tip and i can go on..)
Oh and also because I posted the twitter link properly:
https://twitter.com/david6225/status/1448108460
I’m PMA because everyone says so. No really, they do.
im PMA because i got a A (almost A+) on my bio 1al exam. its like the hardest class in berkeley
I’m PMA cause I take my vitamins everyday. I want these tix cause i cant afford them plus the traveling or a hotel for 3 days, but if i didnt have to pay for the tickets then…
http://twitter.com/joshed24/status/1448432328
Because I have flights reserved from Scotland to Colombia via New York, and if I win I’ll move them all so that I can go.
Also, I’ve been spreading the PMA word over here in the UK, which makes you a a worldwide superstar.
Also, I live in Manchester, but I promise not to do this to Jim Jefferies
Even if I don’t win, you should watch it, because it’s very funny.
I am PMA because of the music I listen too but i need these tickets because my best friend lives out in NYC and I need to visit her or she’ll kill me. hope that doesn’t pressure you.
but seriously i need these tickets.
because I did not receive sexual relations from that woman!
I’m PMA because I’m a teacher. Ok not going to go too far down that route. how about that as a kid in the 80′s, I had awesome Luke Skywalker hair. (But only because nobody or any product could get it to do anything else.)
Sorry about that!
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I’m pretty much amazing, cause i take the time an effort to type up “pretty much amazing”. Also it’s pretty much amazing that i’ve never left the state of california in my 22 years, and going to All Points West would be a pretty much amazing adventure.
I am pretty much amazing, because I am part of 130 BPM a music review and news site. I am also a classically and jazz trained musician who plays in a ska band. I have love for both the avant-garde and the music offered at APW. I live in NY state and I love it.
http://twitter.com/cjwoodall/statuses/1449871190
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=155861240186&h=pIgcx&u=VGuyO&ref=mf
I’m PMA because I have thus far survived living in New York. However, as a result, I have spent all my money! And so I cannot afford APW tickets. How PMA would winning these be!
I am a sophomore at school in Wisconsin and after this term I am going to take a year off starting in the beginning of august and bike from Vancouver to Mexico along the west coast. Seeing as it is all points west and I find it very fitting. Also, if i were to go I would get directly on an Amtrak in NY and start my journey in the best way ever with a pretty much amazing festival.
I’m PMA because I do music journalism, i live in California, and I’ve never been to the east coast, and have always wanted to go, what better reason to go than winning APW passes, that would be PDA(Pretty Damn Amazing!) MGMT, Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, The Ting Tings, The Black Keys that would PMMMY(Pretty Much Make My Year!) But yea that’d be pretty sweet. I just want to be as PMA as you guys, this would give me something amazing to blog about. Lol, sorry for all the acronyms.
Come to think of it, nothing in my personal set of PMA qualities would qualify me to see the Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Black Keys (there are obviously many more, but the set list is already posted and you don’t need to to retype it here, heh.). Instead, I should only hope for the increase in PMA-ness(?) that attending APW would bestow upon me. Also, I live in New York where we have cows instead of concerts. Music Festivals are rare for me.
Je suis Pretty Much Amazing because je bought my plane ticket from Paris to NYC to see APW already. But no money left for concert ticket. Sad. Je want to see good music and French music festivals suck. Help. Merci.
http://twitter.com/Celine_R/status/1451222997
I’m PMA because I love music and love to make PMA playlists for family and friends. The tickets would be PMA!!!!
I love love LOVE all the artists playing, and don’t really live in a cultural center where I get to see a lot of shows, so it would be a great opportunity to see all my favorite artists at one time.
http://twitter.com/XDkylehu
Err, by which I meant
http://twitter.com/XDkylehu/statuses/1451755915
I’m PMA because I’m an aspiring banjo player with a heart of gold who loves to wear vintage Umbros. Also, I’ve decorated my room exclusively with artisan bread. If that’s not PMA, I don’t know what is.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=68767966695&h=2qtcq&u=hm6at&ref=mf
https://twitter.com/theanimalshow/status/1451808282
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I’m pretty much amazing because I work for a newspaper and still have a job! Wow, that sounded lame. I really am amazing, just ask me!
I’m PMA, because i’m a kickass artist, who loves nothing more than music and art, still in highschool but planning on attending an art college, which is definitely PMA
I’m pretty much amazing, because April 17th, the day this giveaway ends, is my birthday, and tickets to All Points West would be the best present ever. Also I just went all the way to Austin TX for SXSW from NYC just to listen to some amazing music; that level dedication has to be PMA.
http://twitter.com/cameronfrantz/status/1452902104
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=62755163714&h=BqULk&u=vF1ej&ref=mf
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=68344037464&h=1co4Y&u=BGwut&ref=nf
i’m PMA because i just go in to the college of my dreams (FIT) and their honors program, and i get to move to new york this summer to go. all points west would be one final blow out (with the best music festival lineup i’ve seen thus far) for my best friend and i before we split off!
https://twitter.com/pharaohsbones
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=68528547829&h=aAqgx&u=wYC4G&ref=mf
I’m PMA because I get it together…you’ll see what happens…
http://twitter.com/mbrosen/statuses/1453464270
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=27230314942&h=35XOp&u=Gzabq&ref=mf
I’m PMA because I spend all my hard-earned money on concert tickets… Clearly, I have a problem. But you can’t deny my passion for the music (enduring thronging masses, fights, weed clouds, no bathroom breaks, long hours standing in line, long hours waiting for a show to start, concert buddies who talk too much, lack of concert buddies, drunken teenyboppers, and fellow concert-goers who fart/burp in my general vicinity). In short, I’ll endure almost anything to enjoy a few moments of pure, unadulterated musical bliss. And that’s either PMA or PMC (pretty much crazy).
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I’m pretty much amazing because I live and breathe music. Music is my passion and getting the chance to hear new bands or new material from fav bands is like a fucking orgasm. not to kiss ass here, but I do believe this site is something else, you introduce me to new music every time I check out this site, this site is pretty much like a drug. I’m also pretty much amazing because I speak Spanish, play the acoustic guitar, can do back flips, and I’m a huge Coldplay and Vampire Weekend fan, they make my life better everyday.
To put it simply, I’m PMA because I don’t want to go to this festival. I hate Vampire Weekend and would never be associated with a festival where they are invited to play.
I’m pretty much amazing because I love music. It’s my only source of happiness and enjoyment, after a long day at work or classes early in the morning music never ceases to amaze me. I would love these tickets so much. And also, if you read this Arthur, I want to say hello. I met you at the Girl Talk concert in mlps and I remember you telling me your plans to bike down the coast. Best of luck!
good lineup… http://www.eardrumspop.blogspot.com/
i’m pretty much amazing because i’m spending my july in NY working my ass off to build a portfolio that hopefully art schools will like. i’m now very, very broke because of this very, very expensive program. a free festival on the last weekend of my stay would just be so fantastic!
http://twitter.com/KateMV/statuses/1458423913
i’m pma because i visit this blog and i’ve been working like crazy putting in extra time on the weekends and could use a great weekend in ny to listen to my favourite bands that is sure to be one to remember!
I’m PMA because despite all the extra hours of work I put in, and all the sleepless nights to get my pregnant girlfriend everything I need, I don’t feel any hate or regrets about it. Being a dad will open my mind to more about life, parenthood, and more importantly Family. I can’t wait till Late May. The festival just won’t be just about music, but about being together and enjoying it with thousands around us.
And oh yea, these would be great for me and her to attend for a long 9 months of screaming, food cravings, emergency drives and phone calls and of course labor that we (but mainly her) will have to endure. Yep… I Love Her
My birthday is 4 days before the start of this festival so nice b-day gift too.
http://twitter.com/jpizzle27/statuses/1459280389
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=91445405109&h=bGS0x&u=JSfMI&ref=nf
I’m PMA because I will base all of my other summer plans around these three days of heaven. Plus I’m from Texas, and need to get away from these hicks who listen to country garbage.
Also, I’m PMA because I go to church when my Mom asks me to.
im pretty much amazing because i check pma every day multiple times a day since the very beginning, i love discovering new music, so many of my favorite bands are going to be playing the festival (vampire weekend, coldplay, mgmt, the national fleet foxes, the ting tings, etc etc etc), and it would be so awesome to go!!! i’ve also been having a pretty bad year getting adjusted to a school i dont like and this would be the best pick me up. it would be an experience that i would never forget!!
I am not PMA because I can’t enter this competition because I can’t afford to fly from NZ to NJ as much as I’d love to. However, I cannot resist saying MAN this is a cool site! PMA is, quite simply, A for offering it – I hope you guys are all going yourselves too. Then you can blogshare the love with people like me who can’t enter. You rock! And this doesn’t count as ass kissing cos I’m not entering. Yep.
I guess I’m pretty much amazing because I started a music zine at my school this semester. I would love the tics because my friend and I have always wanted to go to a music fest, but have never been able to.
I’m PMA for being as honest as I am about being PMA. I’m PMA because I’m sort of not a big deal, but should be. I’m PMA because no matter how you listen to my Ipod, you’re listening to nothing but greatness. I’m PMA because I usually don’t boast about how amazing I am, but, for music I make an exception.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=68336355628&h=QYMZT&u=9lfFc&ref=nf
APW –> switch –> PWA –> flip –> PMA!
PWA = APW by switch ‘n flip!
I am PMA for discovering this.
nice i will definateley try for this one!!
ha ha this made me laugh
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I’m PMA because I think the most telling question to ask someone is “If you had to be half-person, half-hot dog, divided at the waste, which half would be which and why?”
I am bottom half-hot dog, because I’d still like to be able to think, use my arms and eat, but I understand the argument for walking and getting down.
I deserve these because I’m getting laid off in June and this would be a wonderful thing to look forward to this summer. And I had fun at last year’s APW.
http://twitter.com/CotP/statuses/1462617365
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Whoops, my bad:
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=69139208204&h=kNoeb&u=yxUIn&ref=nf
I’m PMA because I work for a tax agency and it is crazy this time of year.
I’m PMA because I finished 6 pints of Haagen daz this week. And I’m still alive. Because I’m eighteen years old and love Disney World. Because I have yet to attend a concert but am madly in love with Arctic Monkeys and MGMT. Because I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m lovin’ it.
I’m PMA because I honestly feel it is unnecessary for me to explain why I am PMA.
http://twitter.com/AaronPCP/status/1464176575
http://twitter.com/angieg415/status/1464109333
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=63403967997&h=rwLF5&u=IAiG2&ref=nf
I’m Pretty Much Amazing because my sneakers cost more than my wardrobe.
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I’m Pretty Much Amazing because I scour the internet for new music daily, frequent your site the most, and put only the best of it all on my own new blog. I live for great soundtracks to life. All Points West would be the most pretty much amazing thing I would ever experience, with all my favorite bands in one place.
I am PMA because I am a fun loving, charismatic, whirlwind ball of energy! I go to live music whenever I can, and I buy cd’s even though I have over 80 gigs of music on mp3!! I’m the Milli in Vanilli, I’m the peanut butter to the jam, I’m the cats pajamas! Pick me!!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=166605250346&h=fUDqX&u=0YDRn&ref=mf
I’m Pretty Much Amazing for the following reasons:
1. I’m a dedicated blogger and I have been holding down Columbus, Ohio for the past year.
2. I love music.
3. I love live music even more.
4. I’m getting married August 14th and this would be an AMAZING pre-wedding gift for me and my fiance! We are paying for almost all of the wedding ourselves so we wouldn’t be able to afford these tickets otherwise.
5. I’ve covered some other festivals in the past and I want to use my new camera this year! Here are a few of my links you might care to check out…
http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/you-ever-been-trashed-out-by-a-young-stallion-bonnaroo-2008/
http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/kanye-west-disappoints-bonnaroo-2008/
6. I LOVE LIVE MUSIC!!!
I’m Pretty Much Amazing because I kept my hair while I was fighting cancer. I’m Pretty Much Amazing because I beat it.
I’m pretty much amazing because I’m from Venezuela (yeah that’s in south america) and I have to save up to 4 months salary to be able to go to New York. Because I don’t have a credit card (banks hate me, true punk) and in Venezuela – thanks to our idiot president – we have exchange rate control, the tickets that cost 200 to everyone, they cost me 600 $ because I have to buy black market dollars.
So i’m pretty much amazing because I buy counterfeit dollars.
I am pretty much amazing because this summer I am helping to revive Jewish life in Poland.
Also, I paid for APW last summer and want to go again for free!!
I am pretty much amazing because I incorporate music into literally everything I do and make it fun and funny, my girlfriend’s parent’s love me, and I stay true to who I am no matter the circumstance… and that’s pretty damn hard to do in college!
http://twitter.com/ewcashmoney/status/1465448952
Duh. I’m PMA, because I visit prettymuchamazing.com and I use the word “Duh”
I’m PMA because I’m a hardworking, funloving, musically inclined college student at school in rainy, dreary Providence, RI, and I am dying to go to APW!
http://twitter.com/NatashaGoes/status/1466272546
Because I love music just as much as you. And not always the same song, but in the same way. Music allows me to step out of my normal day and find inspiration in something. It breaks down the monotony of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and makes every second of great new music a great moment in my day.
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I guess I’m PMA because I just am…I need a break from being a music education student and would love some free tickets! ^_^ My best friend Garrett and I would have a B L A S T! Peace!
I am PMA because of the life I have chose to live.
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