I don't usually win contests, especially merit-based contests, so this is very special.

Brookville and Tahiti 80 had a contest on myspace where you could enter and potentially win a chance to open for them at The Mercury Lounge on Tuesday, Nov. 21. They liked me the best of everyone who entered (how many entered? who knows?), so I'm opening for them.

I was appreciated for once! Amazing! Now, I understand how everybody else feels all the time!

So, you should come to the show, not only because Brookville and Tahiti 80 are great, but because this show will be like the climax of one of those root-for-the-underdog movies where the protagonist who's been demeaned repeatedly the whole movie finally wins something and has a redemption moment in front of everybody. I imagine it'll be sort of like 8 Mile, except with ukulele.