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DATE	VENUE	BANDS	COMMENTS

Feb 18 2001	Brownies NYC	The Liars Teenage Makeover Flying Aces	Our first show at Brownies; a really cool place with very good sound. Liars rocked. You can watch a goofy streaming video of this show on www.dcn.com.
March 7 2001	CBGB NYC	Pixeltan Oneida Drop Ceiling	We were excited to play the legendary CBGB. Aside from great sound, though, the place more or less sucked. The people were on the hostile side, giving all the bands hard times about set length and everything.
March 10 2001	the Khyber Philadelphia	Burning Brides The Burn-Outs Terminal Crash	Cool little club. Burn-Outs from Denmark rocked and were very nice people, as, of course, were Burning Brides (who set up the show).
March 11 2001	the Velvet Lounge DC	Burning Brides The Burn-Outs	Our triumphant return to DC after not playing any shows here in a couple months was somewhat disappointing. Brides and Burn-Outs rocked again, though.
May 6 2001	Brownies NYC	The Sightings Gang Gang Dance Empty Hearts	Another good Brownies show with a good line-up of bands. The webcast archived on www.dcn.com actually turned out pretty good.
May 26 2001	DCAC DC	Liars	This show took place in a small theater adjoining the art gallery that was holding a show for Erick. The audience could enjoy the rock from the comfort of nice red theater seats. It worked out really well; Liars were amazing and we had a good time.
June 1 2001	the Black Cat DC	Metropolitan Dismemberment Plan	Dismemberment Plan is a huge draw, so we played to a sold-out crowd of over 500 people, probably our biggest yet.
July 1 2001	Mercury Lounge NYC	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Yeah Yeah Yeahs were really catchy and fun.
July 13 2001	? Fredericksburg VA	Poseur Bill	Can't remember much about this show.
July 19 2001	Ft Reno Park DC	Sonna Dateline: Diamonds	We actually made it through our set this time around.
August 5 2001	Brownies NYC	Liars Detachment Kit Roots of Orchis	---
August 13 2001	Knitting Factory NYC	Murder City Devils Emily's Bat Mitzvah	This show went really well and the other bands were really cool.
August 31 2001	Clarendon Park Metro DC	Canyon	Our second show here; this time, we just played horribly. Canyon were great, though.
Sept 2 2001	Ottobar Baltimore MD	The Fuses The Uniform	---
Sept 19 2001	James Madison University VA	?	A weird show sponsored by the college; by the time we went on, we had twenty minutes to play before they had to shut down.
Sept 26 2001	Middle East Boston MA	Liars Tunnel of Love	Great, fun show, and the first of a mini-tour with Liars. Tunnel of Love were a fantastic band and great guys.
Sept 27 2001	Tune Inn Cafe New Haven CT	Liars	Another show that seemed like it would suck but turned out great.
Sept 28 2001	The Bug Jar Rochester NY	Liars	Really cool show at a cool place set up by Mr Mark Benoit. Two girls who'd seen us in DC came out in capes to match Paul's and danced with him during the show: very cool. Got to play Joust on the original arcade cabinet at Mark's house.
Sept 29 2001	House Show New Brunswick NJ	Liars	There were like six other bands on this bill that I can't think of, but some of them were pretty cool.
Oct 5 2001	Some space Brooklyn NY	Liars Yeah Yeah Yeahs Tunnel of Love	Our set was marred by horrible technical problems and sloppy musicianship. The other bands rocked, though, and the house was packed for Liars record release.
Oct 8 2001	Black Cat DC	Liars	This was a really good show.
Oct 9 2001	Hole in the Wall Richmond VA	Liars	This show ended after 3am on a Tuesday night. Erick got in almost a full-on fight with a drunk girl who was throwing ice cubes at Liars.
Oct 18 2001	some TV show Iceland	---	We played "Lightning" four or five times on an Icelandic talk show while a fog machine choked and blinded us. Then Paul and Erick did an interview with the hostess in a fake kitchen.
Oct 18 2001	Gaukur a Stong Reykjavik Iceland	Fidel Klink Strigaskor nr42 Minus	Sandwiched between the hardest Icelandic hardcore bands, we thought we'd get our asses kicked. But people seemed into us and we had a great time.
Oct 20 2001	Vidalin Reykjavik Iceland	Dismemberment Plan	A really fun show in a bar about 100 feet from the house we were staying at.
Nov 1 2001	Bowery Ballroom NYC	!!! Les Savy Fav	The first of four shows with !!! and the Fav. This was a benefit for the FDNY. Sound was surprisingly weak for such a big place. Some guy handing out flyers for a North 6 show out front was nearly beaten up by one of the bouncers.
Nov 2 2001	The Middle East Boston MA	!!! Les Savy Fav	Fun show in a big room with good sound and good food.
Nov 3 2001	The Khyber Philly PA	!!! Les Savy Fav	This should have been a fun show, but recurring technical problems caused Jeff to storm off the stage in disgust mid-set.
Nov 4 2001	Mr Roboto Pittsburgh PA	!!! Les Savy Fav	Very fun show with a good crowd. The drum sound was awesome in this room. Fav rocked, and !!! had the whole place pouring sweat.
Nov 10 2001	Swarthmore College PA	Arab on Radar	This was a free show right in the middle of campus in this cool little converted castle-type thing. It was fun, but the crowd was kind of dead. The drummer from the first band had this great windmill move that Jeff would steal if he could get it right.
Nov 26 2001	40 Watt Club Athens GA	Ex Models	Cool club, but we had no business headlining it. Ten people showed up in a 400+ capacity room. This was the beginning to our first "real" tour.
Nov 27 2001	The Splash Mobile AL	Ex Models The Brought Low	This show never actually happened. We showed up at 6pm when we were supposed to soundcheck, and waited around until 10.30pm. No one ever showed up at the club, despite their having confirmed it earlier in the day. We stayed at the home of xbxrx, nice guys and world conquerors.
Nov 28 2001	Dixie Tavern New Orleans LA	Ex Models Rye Coalition	Another show with too many bands on the bill and not enough people in the crowd. The saving grace was Rye Coalition's entertainingly destructive set.
Nov 29 2001	Emo's Austin TX	Les Savy Fav Ex Models Cutthroats 9	Really cool place; by odd coincidence, it was 40 degrees out and we were playing on the outside stage. Very strange playing with numb hands. Ex Models played a great set, as did the Fav. Cutthroats 9 were brutal.
Nov 30 2001	Rubber Glove Denton TX	Les Savy Fav Faceless Werewolves	Great, great show. Lots of enthusiastic kids, the Werewolves were awesome, and the Fav did their sequencer-driven, audience participation version of Danzig's "Mother".
Dec 1 2001	Clunk Music Hall Fayetteville AR	Les Savy Fav Paper Hearts	Very cool venue. Despite Chris (soundman/owner/booker) having a tiny little Mackie mixing board, the Fav sounded better than they had any of the other places we'd played. Paper Hearts played some great heartfelt country-ish tunes with amazing harmonies.
Dec 2 2001	The Hurricane Kansas City MO	Les Savy Fav Dirt Nap	Weird show at a dance-club/bar.
Dec 3 2001	Rocket Bar St Louis MO	Les Savy Fav Dirt Nap	Very fun show at a very cool club. Enthusiastic crowd; all three bands put on great shows. Plus, we got to meet Beatle Bob.
Dec 4 2001	The End Nashville TN	Les Savy Fav	This show went well despite a small turnout.
Dec 5 2001	The Earl Atlanta GA	Les Savy Fav	We ate better at the Earl than we had all tour. Great black bean veggie burgers.
Dec 6 2001	Go! Rehearsal Studio Carrboro NC	Les Savy Fav	Good show in a cool room. Paul's relatives came to see him.
Dec 7 2001	Black Cat DC	Les Savy Fav Liars	Our triumphant homecoming. Show went really well; one of our biggest crowds of the tour.
Dec 8 2001	Ottobar Baltimore MD	Les Savy Fav Liars	The show itself was a great end to a great first tour, but the club stuck us and Liars with bills for microphone cables we supposedly broke during our sets, souring the evening for us.