XLR8R

Back in the spring of 1993, XLR8R marked its first contest giveaway with a pair of tickets to see 808 State and Meat Beat Manifesto in Seattle. Fifteen years later, we’re still serving up the beats and the goods on our contest page. To help us celebrate, our longtime friends at adidas have offered up 15 pairs of their amazing Polson ST sneakers for 15 lucky winners. To top it off, our bros at the legendary Warp label are kicking down a gift pack for one grand-prize winner, which includes copies of their last 15 releases such as Jamie Lidell’s Jim, Born Ruffians’ Red, Yellow and Blue, Autechre’s Quaristice, Gravenhurst’s The Western Lands, Prefuse 73’s Preparations, Battles’ Mirrored, !!!’s Myth Takes, London Sinfonietta’s Warp Works and 20th Century Masters, Clark’s Body Riddle and Turning Dragon, and Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House and the Friend EP.

How To Win
All you’ve got to do is answer the following question correctly and you could win big.

What was publisher Andrew Smith’s inspiration for the name XLR8R?
a) He saw it on a car’s license plate.
b) He was a fan of the bands 808 State and Altern 8.
c) He named it after his Abici XLR8R Dura-Ace road bike.
d) Someone sent him a cryptic text message involving the letters XLR8R.

One grand-prize winner will receive:
• One pair of adidas Polson ST sneakers, and a copy of each of the CDs and vinyl listed.

Fourteen runners up will each receive:
• A pair of adidas Polson ST sneakers.

Entries will be accepted via standard mail and email. The first correct answer we receive will be considered the grand-prize winner. Entries must be received by June 10, 2008. Send your entry, with male or female shoe size, to XLR8R’s “Spirit of ’93 Contest,” 1388 Haight St. #105, San Francisco, CA 94117 or email contest@xlr8r.com with “XLR8R’s Spirit of ’93 Contest” in the subject line.