Gosh, it seems like just eight years ago yesterday when we were standing in The Khyber on a Sunday night with like eight other people having our minds thoroughly blowed by My Morning Jacket, hair-a-swingin’, flying v’s a-flying-v-in’. And look how they’ve grown! These boys are HEADLINING MADISON SQUARE GARDEN ON NEW YEAR’S EVE! Not only is this fact just utterly nuts, it’s also a testament to the heights you can achieve if you just stay in the van for years at a time and channel Thin Lizzy with the force of one thousand 30-packs of Miller Lite. Fucking inspiring, that. Here’s where you come in: Friday night, the Jacket play what looks like the final show of the season at Festival Pier. We want you to go, and you need to go. So let’s make it happen, Philadelphia. To enter to win, send an email to ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “EVIL URGES” in the subject header. We’ll pick winners tomorrow afternoon. Come on, baby. Don’t fear the reaper.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 3:36 pm.