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You invite Matt Cooke to the music section’s weekly pickup game, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

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You invite the Furies to the music section’s Olympics kickoff party, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Mick Mars is no guitar hero

You ask Steven Tyler to join the music section's Aerosmith cover band, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here's this week's winning whinge.

Where are your top 2009 Canadian albums eh?

You box up the music section’s Christmas presents and ship them back to Santa, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

No one likes Jandek; except for the people that like Jandek

You force the music section to imagine Jessica Simpson pegging Billy Corgan, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Overlooking John Prine stinks like the musty fog that resonates at shows

You beef in the music section’s general direction, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Being on the dark side of the concert gives one time to reflect on some existential quandaries

You force the music section to cast Ashlee Simpson-Wentz in its production of Hamlet, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.

Local music writers heart Steve McBean

You invade the music section's space, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here's this week's winning whine.

What's the point of Payback Time?

You drag the music section to U2, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt and two tickets to a Live Nation club show of your choice taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

An offer this cunning linguist can't refuse

You offer Steve Moore a two-way contract with the music section’s float fund, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Combining fashion and music never works

You invite Kanye West to the music section’s Lifetime Achievement Awards ceremony, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Age ain't nothing but a number

You force the music section to spend an afternoon at the rest home, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Kings of Leon set crotches ablaze

You set the music section up with a drunk Sean Penn, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whinge.

Blink-182 antics aren't funny anymore

You impregnate the music section with Jude Law’s love child, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here’s this week’s winning whine.

Pusillanimous Payback pussies

You force the music section to accept Chris Brown's big apology, and we reward you with a Payback Time T-shirt, two recently released major-label CDs, and two tickets to a Live Nation club show taking place in Vancouver within the next four weeks. Here's this week's winning whine.