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If you've got a computer and a forward-happy friend or two, you're already hip to Tay Zonday and "Chocolate Rain", the twinkly, croaking hook-overload that's swept through the internet like a Ghirardelli thunderstorm over the last few weeks.

One might have thought 2007's answer to William Hung was in danger of letting up, but not so: Girl Talk and Dan Deacon (clearly dudes with well-developed senses of irony and a penchant for goofy touring partners) have invited the M&M maestro to perform at their October 5 gig at First Avenue in Minneapolis.

We're a little too WTF'ed out to make much sense of this, but we did recall that yesterday, Girl Talk posted a MySpace bulletin hinting at a "special guest" that he predicted would "probably sell a bunch of tickets" to the Minneapolis show. I naively assumed it would be Prince, though this, somehow, seems even more unlikely. Tay Zonday! That "Chocolate Rain" guy! Who could've guessed?

Thanks to the Daily Swarm for the tip. Girl Talk and Dan Deacon dates after the jump. Alas, Tay Zonday has no more shows scheduled.

Girl Talk:

08-17 Mariaville, NY - Indian Lookout Country Club
08-18 Pattersonville, NY - Camp Bisco 6
08-24 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
09-08 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater (MusicFest NW) $
09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix !%
09-13 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe !%
09-14 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom !%+
09-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall !%
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom !%
09-18 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space !%
09-19 Washington, DC - Black Cat !%
09-20 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom !%
09-21 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel !%
09-22 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse !%
09-27 San Diego, CA - Epicentre !%
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex !%
09-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium !%
10-04 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue !@
10-06 Iowa City, IA - The Picador !^
10-11 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse <
10-12 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room <
10-26 Sao Paolo, Brazil - The Week (TIM Festival)
10-27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Marina de Gloria (TIM Festival)
11-01 Houston, TX - Engine Room *
11-02 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft *
11-03-04 Austin, TX - Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Fest)
12-08 Rennes, France - Festival Transmusicales
12-30 Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
12-31 Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
01-01 Sydney, Australia - Field Day Festival
01-03 Brisbane, Australia - The Troubador
01-05 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-10 Sydney, Australia - Oxford Arts Factory
01-11 Melbourne, Australia - Miss Libertine
01-12 Auckland, New Zealand - Rising Sun

! with Dan Deacon
$ with Clipse
% with White Williams
+ with Simian Mobile Disco
@ with Tay Zonday
^ with Raccoo-oo-oon
< with Holy Fuck
* with Busdriver, Daedelus

Dan Deacon:

08-14 Norwich, England - Norwich Arts Centre
08-14 Paris, France - Fleche d'Or
08-16 London, England - Barden's Boudoir
08-17 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
08-18 Cork, Ireland - Liquid Lounge
08-19 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
08-22 Tampere, Finland - Klubi
08-23 Helsinki, Finland - Redrum
08-24 London, England - MacBeth
08-25 Nottingham, England - Stealth
08-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire (T on the Fringe)
08-28 London, England - Corsica Studios
08-31 Baltimore, MD - A Magic Cloud Place
09-02 New York, NY - New York Magazine scavenger hunt party
09-06 Seattle, WA - The Vera Project (Musicfest NW)
09-07 Portland, OR - Holocene
09-08 Chicago, IL - The Hideout Block Party
09-08 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie
09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix *#
09-13 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *#
09-14 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom *#^
09-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall *#
09-16 Brooklyn, NY - TBA (Todd P show)
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom *#
09-18 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space *#
09-19 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
09-20 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *#
09-21 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *#
09-22 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse *#
09-23 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
09-24 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
09-25 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
09-27 San Diego, CA - Epicentre *#
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *#
09-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium *#
10-04 Oberlin, OH - Dionysus Disco
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *@
10-06 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *$
10-11 St. Louis, MO - The Billiken Club
10-12 Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College)!
10-19 Bennington, VT - Bennington College Student Center
10-20 Alfred, NY - Knight Club (Alfred University)

* with Girl Talk
# with White Williams
^ with Simian Mobile Disco
@ with Tay Zonday
$ with Raccoo-oo-oon
! with These Are Powers