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Q and Not U touring to support their upcoming 3rd record, “Power”, due out in October on Dischord:

AUGUST

Wed 18th
NY, Farmingdale
Downtown (190 Main St) w/ The Apes and Food For Animals. All Ages. 7pm. $10adv/$12 door

Thurs 19th
MA, Cambridge
The Middle East (Upstairs 472-480 Mass) w/ The Apes and Food For Animals. 9pm $10 18+

Fri 20th
NJ, Sayreville
Starland Ballroom (570 Jernee Mill Rd) w/ The Apes and Food For Animals. 7pm $10 All Ages

Sat 21st
DC, Washington
Trinity Lutheran Church – Different Kind of Dude Festival w/ Food for Animals, Go to Sleep, Amateur Party, Mike Law, The Faeries, Voice in the Wire, Bear and the Butterfly

Fri 27th
VA, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University (Business Building Lawn) w/ Soundtrack. 5.30pm. All Ages. Free

SEPTEMBER

Wed 1st
NY, New York
Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St) w/ Et At It and Wrenches Rifles. $10. 8pm. Info: www.knittingfactory.com

Tues 28th
NY, Albany
Trinity Church (235 Lark St) w/ La Mi Vida Violenta. All Ages. $10. 7pm

Wed 29th
ME, Portland
SPACE (538 Congress St) w/ La Mi Vida Violenta. All Ages. $7. 8.30pm Info: www.space538.org

Thurs 30th
Canada, QC, Montreal
La Sala Rossa (4848 St. Laurent) w/ We Are Wolves. All Ages. $10adv/$12day. 9pm

OCTOBER

Fri 1st
Canada, ON, Toronto
Club Rockit (120 Church St) w/ The Sour Keys. All Ages. $10adv/$12day. 8pm

Sat 2nd
NY, Alfred
Alfred University (Powell. 1 Saxon Dr) Free. 10pm

Thurs 7th
PA, Philadelphia
First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnutt St) w/ Joan of Arc, La Mi Vida Violenta and Loved Ones. $10. All Ages. 7.30pm

Fri 8th
DC, Washington
Black Cat (1811 14th St) w/ La Mi Vida Violenta. $9. All Ages. 9.30pm Info: www.blackcatdc.com

Sun 10th
IL, Chicago
Logan Square Auditorium (2539 N. Kedzie) w/ El Guapo. $10. All Ages. 8pm

Mon 11th
MN, Minneapolis
Triple Rock Social Club (629 Cedar Ave S.) w/ El Guapo. $8. All Ages. *Early Show, doors at 5pm, curfew at 9pm. Info: www.triplerocksocialclub.com

Wed 13th
MI, Ann Arbor
Blind Pig (208 South 1st St) w/ El Guapo. $8adv/$10day. All Ages. 9.30pm. Info: www.blindpigmusic.com

Wed 20th
MO, St Louis
Creepy Crawl (412 N Tucker St) w/ El Guapo. $8. All Ages. 7.30pm

Thurs 21st
NE, Omaha
Sokol Underground (2234 13th St) w/ El Guapo. $10. All Ages. 8pm

Fri 22nd
KS, Lawrence
Bottleneck (737 New Hampshire St) w/ El Guapo. $7adv/$8day. 6pm

Sat 23rd
CO, Denver
Cervantes (2637 Welton St) w/ El Guapo. $8. All Ages. 8pm. Tickets: www.sodajerkpresents.com/tickets.html

Thurs 28th
OR, Portland
Nocturnal (1800 E. Burnside) w/ El Guapo. $10. All Ages. 8pm

Sat 30th
CA, San Francisco
Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th St) w/ Erase Errata and El Guapo. $10. All Ages. 2pm *Afternoon Show. Info: www.bottomofthehill.com

Sat 30th
CA, San Francisco
Bottom of the Hill (1233 17th St) w/ Erase Errata and El Guapo. $10. All Ages. 8pm *Late Show. Info: www.bottomofthehill.com

Sun 31st
CA, Anaheim
Chain Reaction (1652 W Lincoln Ave) w/ El Guapo. All

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touring in support of their upcoming new album, More Adventurous:


07.30.04 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill ticketweb
08.04.04 New York, NY The Knitting Factory ticketweb
08.17.04 Los Angeles, CA Amoeba (in-store)
08.23.04 San Francisco, CA Amoeba (in-store)
09.23.04 San Francisco, CA To Be Announced
09.24.04 Portland, OR Nocturnal ticketwest
09.25.04 Seattle, WA To Be Announced
09.28.04 Minneapolis, MN To Be Announced
09.29.04 Omaha, NE To Be Announced
09.30.04 Chicago, IL To Be Announced
10.01.04 Detroit, MI To Be Announced
10.02.04 TBA (Cleveland or Columbus) To Be Announced
10.03.04 Toronto, ONT To Be Announced
10.04.04 Montreal, QUE To Be Announced
10.05.04 Boston, MA To Be Announced
10.07.04 New York, NY To Be Announced
10.08.04 New York, NY To Be Announced
10.09.04 Philadelphia, PA To Be Announced
10.10.04 Washington, DC To Be Announced
10.11.04 Carrboro, NC To Be Announced
10.12.04 Atlanta, GA To Be Announced
10.13.04 Athens, GA To Be Announced
10.15.04 St.Augustine, FL To Be Announced
10.16.04 Orlando, FL To Be Announced
10.17.04 Miami, FL To Be Announced
10.18.04 Tallahasse, FL To Be Announced
10.20.04 New Orleans, LA To Be Announced
10.21.04 Houston, TX To Be Announced
10.22.04 TBA (Denton or Dallas) To Be Announced
10.23.04 Austin, TX To Be Announced
10.26.04 Albuquerque, NM To Be Announced
10.27.04 Tucson, AZ To Be Announced
10.28.04 Tempe, AZ To Be Announced
10.29.04 San Diego, CA To Be Announced
10.30.04 Pomona, CA To Be Announced
10.31.04 Los Angeles, CA To Be Announced


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Scissor Sisters
September 16th
Fine Line Music Cafe
9pm 18+ $11.00

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Josh Ritter w/ Sarah Harmer
Fine Line Music Cafe
Friday, Oct 1st
9pm 21+ $15

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Blonde Redhead w/ Liars
Fine Line Music Cafe
Tuesday, Nov 9th
9pm 18+ $13.50

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am i the only one who finds that combo of names amusing?

The Killers w/ Ambulance Ltd.
Thur, Sept 9th
The Quest
7pm AA $11

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Saturday, September 18 at 8:00 PM
Fiery Furnaces plus White Magic
400 Bar
Minneapolis, MN
$10.00

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looks like the fall tour is shaping up nicely:

SEP 22 NASHVILLE, TN THE UPTOWN MIX info tba
SEP 24 ASHEVILLE, NC THOMAS WOLFE AUDITORIUM info tba
SEP 26 RALEIGH, NC RALEIGH MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM info tba
SEP 27 NORFOLK, VA THE NORVA info tba

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Fri Sep 10 '04 (10 PM) Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Sat Sep 11 '04 (10:00 PM) Montreal, QUE El Salon
Sun Sep 12 '04 (9 PM) Toronto, ONT Mod Club Theatre
Wed Sep 15 '04 (10:30 PM) Bloomington, IN Second Story
Fri Sep 17 '04 (9:30 PM) Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sat Sep 18 '04 (9 PM) Minneapolis, MN The 400 Bar
Sun Sep 19 '04 (9 PM) Madison, WI The Annex
Tue Sep 21 '04 (8:30 PM) Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig
Thu Sep 23 '04 (9 PM) Columbus, OH Little Brother's
Fri Sep 24 '04 (10 PM) Washington, DC Black Cat
Sat Sep 25 '04 (9:30 PM) New York, NY Bowery Ballroom

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from the LA Times:

Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush With Fall Concerts

Musicians will perform in swing states to try to affect election. Playing for a cause is a tradition, but injecting political views can be risky.

By Geoff Boucher
Times Staff Writer

July 25, 2004

Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, R.E.M., Pearl Jam and a deep roster of other rock stars will unite for politically minded concerts this fall that will give voice to dissatisfaction with the Bush administration.

The all-star rock shows, which are expected to begin in October and target campaign swing states, are in the planning stage but were confirmed by half a dozen music industry sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Insiders disagree on the unifying rhythm of the celebrity coalition. Some say it is the promise of the John F. Kerry candidacy, but at least one emphasizes the fear of President Bush’s reelection. “There is a range of feeling about Kerry,” the source said, “but a uniform belief that Bush must go.”

The tour turns up the volume of the rock scene’s role in politics, but it is not the only example of an apparent surge of commentary among artists. Rockers seem virtually unanimous in their anti-Bush stance, just as country music has seen a wave of passionate patriotism and support for the president, exemplified by the songs of Toby Keith.

MTV has been showing a video by the British dance-pop outfit Faithless that features a teen shipped off to Iraq only to return home wounded and disillusioned. Representing a different generation, Tom Waits and John Fogerty have recorded songs about Iraq. For Waits, it’s the first political song of his four-decade career; for Fogerty, it’s a return to his Vietnam-era songs such as “Who’ll Stop the Rain.”

Elsewhere, rapper Sean “P. Diddy” Combs is steering a new voter registration drive, and the usually bratty punk-pop band Green Day has said its next album will be a political concept piece. Steve Earle has a new album laced with songs about Iraq and Bush and even a mocking valentine to national security advisor Condoleezza Rice. Blues player Keb Mo has an upcoming album of peace songs, including John Lennon’s “Imagine” and Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”

Introducing political commentary into music is sometimes a risky prospect — even if it’s just a passing reference.

Last weekend, Linda Ronstadt was booed in Las Vegas for praising a Bush nemesis, filmmaker Michael Moore, while Ozzy Osbourne relented to critics and removed concert imagery that showed Bush and Hitler together on an overhead screen.

The countercultural mind-set and recklessness once at the core of rock music now seem relegated to the distant past, Elton John told Interview magazine. He said that protest had often given way to strict careerism in this corporate age.

“There’s an atmosphere of fear in America right now, and that is deadly,” John said. “Everyone is too career-conscious. They’re all too scared…. Things have changed.”

Tom Morello, guitarist with Rage Against the Machine and once a staffer to the late California Democratic Sen. Alan Cranston, is a veteran of politics-meets-rock. “I’m not surprised you’re seeing this music being made, and I’m not surprised it’s connecting with an audience,” he said. “It’s not just people who write songs — carpenters, teachers, everyone is ready for a regime change.”

Morello was cited by some sources as a probable participant in the concert series, but he declined to confirm plans for the shows.

No album or song is likely to capture as much media attention as the concerts involving Springsteen in swing states, which are expected to take place in arenas.

Organizers have been tight-lipped since discussions of the idea caught the ears of some of the stars in April. At the end of last week, the formal announcement was scheduled for Aug. 4 in New York.

Other artists expected to join the lineup include Earle, the Dave Matthews Band, the Dixie Chicks, Bright Eyes, Ani DiFranco, Death Cab for Cutie and International Noise Conspiracy. There also are reports that Bob Dylan and James Taylor may be part of the bill.

The shows reportedly will benefit several organizations, chief among them MoveOn.org, the advocacy group that champions a liberal agenda through Web-based grass-roots efforts.

All-star concerts to raise money for philanthropic or political causes have become a tradition. The template goes back to 1971 with George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh and the no-nukes shows of 1980 that featured Springsteen and such artists as Taylor, Jackson Browne and Carly Simon.

Organizers have tried to keep the fall shows under wraps to spotlight the official announcement. Springsteen’s manager, Jon Landau, declined to discuss the shows, and Young’s manager, Elliot Roberts, did not return calls. When Bertis Downs, who manages R.E.M., was asked about the band’s fundraising plans, he replied, “I can’t talk about that.”

R.E.M became one of the first bands to criticize the war in Iraq when it posted a song on its website in March 2003, the month of the invasion.

Others now joining the critical chorus include the Beastie Boys, a Perfect Circle and Jay Farrar, the alternative-country rocker who said Saturday that he resisted political messages in the past because the topic didn’t fit his sensibilities.

But now, he said, he would feel derelict if he didn’t speak up. “And there will be a lot more artists doing the same thing if Bush gets reelected.”