NEW FALL TOUR INFO!!!! from a myspace bulletin posted not too long ago!!!

Hello Myspace Friendlies!

Fast on the heels of the upcoming European fall tour, newly dubbed "The Bride of Crane Wife" Tour, we here at Decemberists HQ are virtually falling over ourselves to announce to you, dear Mailing List Recipient, a very special US national tour. We've called it "The Long and Short of It" Tour. "Why the name?" you well may ask, considering that every Decemberist tour name has been a product of weeks and weeks of R & D (that's industry-speak for "Research and Dilly-dallying") and in-depth interviews with our prime demographic. And you may certainly ask, for we here at Decemberists HQ are primed and ready to explain to you what the deal is.

We're embarking on a national US tour in which we'll be performing at least 2 nights in every city (we beg forgiveness in advance if your city-of-call is not listed below, but if we kept this up everywhere, the tour would stretch on to eternity. Eternity!). But here's the rub: both nights will feature two totally different setlists. The first night, "The Long of It", will find us performing every song from our humble repertoire that is longer than 8 minutes; the following night, "The Short of It", will find us playing a setlist entirely built of those more sprightly numbers whose adherence to brevity keeps them on the more radio-friendly side of that selfsame 8 minute mark.

Why are we doing this? Easy: we're planning on slipping away from the glare of the public spotlight for a spell so as we can make more songs and more records and things by which you might be further entertained in the future, and we wanted to make this last-tour-for-a-bit kind of special. Plus, we've discovered that once you take a hankering to writing really long songs, which are certainly fun in their own right, it leaves precious little room on the setlist for those neglected songs being cat-called from the back of the theater. In short, we are making as grand attempt as we can muster to entertain you, gentle Myspace Friend and Decemberists Concert-Goer.

A two night pass pre-sale for this tour begins at noon (EST) this Saturday, the 25th of August, at the following site: http://www.decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com. By buying tickets for both nights during the pre-sale, you'll get a $10 discount. Also with the two-night pass, you'll get a custom ticket and a poster designed by Decemberists illustratrix Carson Ellis. $1.00 of every ticket sold will go to the Oregon League of Conservation Voters (www.olcv.org). General ticket on-sale begins September 7th. Without further ado, here's the dates:

10/28 Chicago, IL Vic Theater (“Long of It”)
10/29 Chicago, IL Vic Theater (“Short of It”)
11/1 New York, NY Terminal 5 (“Long of It”)
11/2 New York, NY Terminal 5 (“Short of It”)
11/3 Boston, MA Orpheum (“Long of It”)
11/4 Boston, MA Orpheum (“Short of It”)
11/6 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center (“Long of It”)
11/7 Winston-Salem, NC Millennium Center (“Short of It”)
11/9 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (“Long of It”)
11/10 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (“Short of It”)
11/11 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (“Long of It”)
11/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (“Short of It”)
11/15 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (“Long of It”)
11/16 Columbus, OH Lifestyle Communities Pavilion (“Short of It”)
11/18 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater (“Long of It”)
11/19 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater (“Short of It”)
11/23 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (“Long of It”)
11/24 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (“Short of It”)
11/25 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (“Long of It”)
11/26 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (“Short of It”)
11/29 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (“Long of It”)
11/30 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern (“Short of It”)
12/1 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre (“Long of It”)
12/2 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre (“Short of It”)
12/5 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (“Long of It”)
12/6 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom (“Short of It”)
12/7 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
12/8 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre (“Long of It”)
12/9 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre (“Short of It”)

In other news, we Decemberists are pleased to announce the release of The Perfecter Crime EP, a collection of remixes of the song "The Perfect Crime #2". This special release will be available on September 25th in two formats: 12" vinyl and digital download and will feature remixes by the likes of Diplo, Junior Boys and Touch of Class -- as well as the truncated radio edit of the title track, "The Perfect Crime #2.5.1". We're also offering a free download of the Junior Boys remix to members of the mailing list. Sign up for the mailing list at http://www.decemberists.com/signup.aspx.

In television-related news, our performance on Austin City Limits will be airing on October 13th on PBS stations around the country. What's more, we've recently recorded a version of the song "Little Boxes" for an as-yet undisclosed episode of the Showtime series "Weeds." Look for that sometime in October as well.

As always, you can keep a keen eye on our website (www.decemberists.com) and our myspace page (www.myspace.com/thedecemberists) for more information and announcements.


Yours Truly,

The Decemberists



see you in LA and, possibly, san diego!!!!

Yes! I'm going to one (or two) of the shows in D.C. I've already been to two D's shows this year. They're addicting!

I think they secretly hate Canada.

I hate school and not living in Portland. But perhaps I can make the third Portland show, since it's a Friday. Wonder what it'll be. Just a regular mix of songs, perhaps.

looks like the third show will be a regular one... wish they'd do that in LA... i'd spend the whole 3 days up there and make a small vacay out if it!!!!!

cami! go to the one in LA! haha

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Originally posted by I laugh indoors:
cami! go to the one in LA! haha

OH, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THERE... both nights, even...

we just need a line-up squad again...

uh, i don't like school.

sooooo, does that mean you'll be skipping to line-up for the shows?!?!?!?!


and i don't like school either... i'm serious about what i said to you earlier... SERIOUS!!!!

I might be able to go to one of the Short of It shows.

I guess I won't be seeing Mariner's Revenge any time soon...

I'll catch a Seattle show I bet. I don't quite get what the Long of it and Short of it thing is.

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Originally posted by I am Morgan:
I'll catch a Seattle show I bet. I don't quite get what the Long of it and Short of it thing is.

I guess the Long of It shows is where they'll be played all of their songs over 8 minutes. Someone on the D's boards said that came to about an hour and a half...so that seems a little short. Short of It is a bunch of more "radio friendly" tunes.

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Originally posted by Dianna:
You all can stop complaining about school because I won't even be in the country for this.

I'm not complaining about school.

Where are you going to be? I'm pretty sure they're doing a European tour this fall too (if that's where you're going.)

Anyways, I've convinced my mom if I get good grades then I should be able to go to both (I'm paying for tickets though). Hopefully this will work out.

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Originally posted by !Brain!:

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Originally posted by I am Morgan:
I'll catch a Seattle show I bet. I don't quite get what the Long of it and Short of it thing is.

I guess the Long of It shows is where they'll be played all of their songs over 8 minutes. Someone on the D's boards said that came to about an hour and a half...so that seems a little short. Short of It is a bunch of more "radio friendly" tunes.

uhhhh... not 'radio friendly'... just songs that aren't over 8 minutes long...

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Originally posted by mscacosta:

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Originally posted by !Brain!:

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Originally posted by I am Morgan:
I'll catch a Seattle show I bet. I don't quite get what the Long of it and Short of it thing is.

I guess the Long of It shows is where they'll be played all of their songs over 8 minutes. Someone on the D's boards said that came to about an hour and a half...so that seems a little short. Short of It is a bunch of more "radio friendly" tunes.

uhhhh... not 'radio friendly'... just songs that aren't over 8 minutes long...

well, thats what I meant. shorter songs..not 8+ minutes.