<sub>i'm through with standin' in line to clubs I'll never get in
it's like the bottom of the ninth and i'm never gonna win
this life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be
tell me what you want

i want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs
and a bathroom I can play baseball in
and a king size tub big enough for ten plus me

yeah, so tell what you need

i'll need a.. a credit card that's got no limit
and a big black jet with a bedroom in it
gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet

--(Been there done that)--

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
my own star on Hollywood Boulevard
somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me
So how you gonna do it?

i'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
i'd even cut my hair and change my name
'cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
and live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
we'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
and we'll hang out in the coolest bars
in the VIP with the movie stars
every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
every Playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair
hey, hey, i wanna be a rockstar

i wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
sign a couple autographs so i can eat my meals for free
i'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion
get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me

so how you gonna do it?

i'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
i'd even cut my hair and change my name
'cause we all just wanna be big rockstars and
live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
we'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
and we'll hang out in the coolest bars
in the VIP with the movie stars
every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
every Playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair
and we'll hide out in the private rooms
with the latest dictionary of today's who's who
they'll get you anything with that evil smile
everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well
hey, hey, i wanna be a rockstar

i'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors
gonna pop my pills from a Pez dispenser
get washed-up singers writing all my songs
lip synch 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

--kroeger</sub>


contest time has come 'round again. this time we are going to have some real fun. there is way more than enough serious art out there. i am guilty of making more than my share of it. but it's time to let the hair down and really enjoy ourselves. here's your 'assignment.'


listen to the song listed above. preferably watch the video because it has a bunch of celebs in it (bob ritchie aka kid rock, wayne gretzky, chuck liddell, the motor city madman aka ted nugent, dale earnhardt, jr., gene simmons, the guys from orange county choppers, one of the guys from zz top, nelly furtado, grant hill, a bunch of playboy bunnies, and who can miss eliza dushku) it and it's funny as hell
[link]

after you watch the video, take a photo if yourself somehow inspired by the song. have fun with it. do your best rock n' roll pose or whatever makes you happy. i am not hard and fast to the whole 'self-portrait' format, but i think it will definitely earn you bonus points. you'll also win bonus point for big smiles and crazy rock n' roll hair (not 80's hair band hair, but something with a little less aerosol hairspray)



the judges:




alex is the shit. not much else to say. she's like my best friend. in real life and on dA too. she's been with me since the beginning of my photography trip. hell, she was one of the first watchers on my first account. i love her. strictly platonic of course, but damn. she is one of the biggest rockstars i have ever met. a bad mofo without a doubt




jerry is one of my best friends, he's the one who introduced me to the world of photography and to deviantART as well. he's a real rockstar too. not really, but he's a total badass. he's a doctor. and a dashing special agent. with a PhD in kicking your ass





simmy won my last contest. she's half british and half maltese. she lives in malta and takes amazing photos. whenever i am homesick for my adopted homeland i go to her gallery and i can almost smell the sea. yeah, simmy is a total rockstar.





magda is a friend who's been around almost from the very beginning of my photography days. she is from krakow, poland and she is a bad mofo too. she has been away from dA for quite a few months but has recently returned. that made me so happy so i just had to have her judge this contest.







jules is relatively new to my friends list. she thinks her photos aren't good enough to be part of the contest. i argued with her because i think they are, but ultimately she volunteered to 'help with the contest in any way she could' so i asked her to be a judge. she agreed. she lives in the philippines. the same place where my poor, transient parents live so that's pretty cool. and despite her opinion her photos are brilliant.




the rules:

only photos posted on or after midnight GMT on 04.20.08 will be accepted

i prefer self-portrait, but again portraits of other people will do

the medium is photography. though i respect other media, i work almost exclusively in photography and that's what i am looking for. photomanips will be accepted too.

there is no limit on the number of entries you can make. i know this might get a little daunting if people decide to enter like fifty shots so i reserve the right to limit entries at a later date, but for now you can enter as many times as you'd like

when posting the deviation please link to the contest and give permission for me to feature your art in my journal as that is how i will be publicizing entries.

so note me [link] with your entries. the deadline is may 31 at midnight GMT

finally, and most importantly, HAVE FUN. this contest is about kicking ass and being a total rock star. there is plenty of serious photography out there. i want this contest to be something else. i want to see smiles and crazy rock n' roll hair.

prizes:

first prize is personally engraved 2gb iPod shuffle in the winner's choice of color and a $50(US) iTunes gift card. in addition the winner will be able to choose their 3 most favorite prints from my gallery.

second prize is a $50(US) iTtunes gift card. and 2 prints from my gallery.

third prize is a one-year subscription to dA and 1 print.

winners outside the US will be responsible for any duties imposed by their home country but i'll do what i can to circumvent them.

so that's the deal in a nutshell. happy 420 to everyone who likes to party. i myself am sticking to beer. happy shooting and good luck to all who enter.




ajm