A bunch of our friends are heading out on the Microcosm tour for the next month. Check them out in your town:
Microcosm Tour 2009
Who's on tour:
Shelley Jackson (Chainbreaker)
John Isaacson (DIY Screenprinting)
Joshua Ploeg/Plague (In Search of the Lost Taste)
Moe Bowstern (Xtra Tuf zine)
Dates:
apr 15 columbus - The Legion of Doom, 7 PM, 1579 Indianola
apr 16 pittsburgh - Carnegie Library, 6 PM
apr 17 Bard College - Root Cellar Infoshop, 7 PM
apr 18 buffalo - Sugar City, 19 Wadsworth St., 2 PM
apr 19 syracuse - Westcott Community Center, 4 PM
apr 20 albany - SUNY college, Humanities building of the Uptown SUNY Campus (rooms 116, 122, and 123), 7:30 PM
apr 21 providence - as220 w/ Screaming Females 10 PM
apr 22 new haven - Elm City Infoshop, 7 PM, 810 State St
apr 23 new york city - Bluestockings, 172 Allen St., 7 PM
apr 24 Brooklyn, NY - Surreal Estate, 15 Thames St., 7 PM
apr 25 philadelphia - Borrowed Time, 6:30 PM, 1202 s 46th street (near kingsessing)
apr 26 baltimore - Atomic Books
apr 27 dc - American University w/ Derrick Jensen
apr 28 richmond - Gallery 5, $3
apr 29 harrisonburg, VA - Clementine, 7 PM, 153 s main st, 22801 / 540.801.8881
apr 30 norfolk, va - Offbase, 2501 Fawn St.
may 1 Durham, NC - Bull City Headquarters, 7 PM
may 2 columbia, sc - help!
may 3 savannah, ga - The Pony Pen, 650 East 36th St, 7 PM, $3-5
may 4 atlanta - Central Library, 11 AM
may 5 knoxville - Birdhouse, 5 PM, 800 N. 4th Ave
may 7 murfeesboro, TN - Linebaugh Public Library, 6 PM, 105 W. Vine St.
may 8 nashville, TN - Firebrand Infoshop, 7 PM, 1318 Little Hamilton Ave
may 9 louisville - Skull Alley, 1017 East Broadway
Shelley Jackson (Chainbreaker) - The first time I visited New Orleans, I knew no one except for a polite GK Darby who kept insisting that I should come. Shelley offered to put up two strangers in her cute little shotgun home and we became closer over years. She's been a bike mechanic for longer than I've known her and wrote down her thoughts on the matter with her friend Ethan in her Chainbreaker book. She's going to teach you how to fix yer bike.
John Isaacson (DIY Screenprinting) - If there were awards for niceness, John would be in the top 3. He teaches writing programs when he's not busy teaching silkscreening workshops. He'll be bringing his skills and knowledge to your town and showing even the experts a thing or two.
Joshua Ploeg/Plague (In Search of the Lost Taste) - I think it's really important to take what we learned from punk and apply it to things other than just music. Joshua was the singer for Behead the Prophet, Lords of Lightspeed, and Mulkiteo Faeries and took what he learned there to become the world's ultimate DIY touring vegan chef! He also makes the best food I've ever tasted. Not exaggerating. Ask your friends.
Moe Bowstern (Xtra Tuf zine) - a woman who has fished commercially for twenty years (and a real sweet heart, as well)! She'll teach you sea songs, knot tying, and read you some entertaining stories. One of the best performers I've ever met.


