Win a "Date With Ikea" With a Member of Pavement!

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Date: 11/24/2008 From: Pitchfork Email This To Someone

Ever think to yourself, "You know who might be a good guy to help me pick out my new tea cozy? Bob Nastanovich of Pavement"?

You neither, huh? Welp, all that may very well be about to change.

In slightly cheeky celebration of the expanded edition of Pavement's brilliant fourth LP Brighten the Corners, Matador Records and imeem have teamed up for a truly killer contest. Submit a photo of your domicile (via your sorority's spycam, perhaps?) and a short essay describing just why your house/apartment/dorm/shack/igloo is in dire need of new furniture to the Pavement Fans group on imeem. Soon, you might just find yourself at an IKEA near you with a $500 gift card and a member of Pavement to help you select all your sleek Swedish-designed housewares. Lunch is on them, too; hope you're in the mood for meatballs.

Matador hasn't announced which member of Pavement will go on the date with you, however. So it's a surprise! Maybe you'll get a whole reunion?

The contest runs from now through December 6, with the winner announced on December 9, and as of press time, there's not a whole lot in the way of competition.

It's all, of course, an oh-so-clever play on the album's insidiously catchy, Spiral Stairs-penned tune "Date With Ikea", which takes its proper place on the Nicene Creedence Ed. of Brighten the Corner when it's released December 9.

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