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Photo by Shannon McClean

Lookout tour bus, lookout stage: David Berman and his Silver Jews are breaking out the foggy atlas and hitting the road. Tonight in Columbus, Ohio, they'll kick off about six weeks' worth of North American dates. The tour will lead the band all the way through Drag City's September 23 DVD release of Silver Jew, Michael Tully's documentary on, well, guess. Throughout the trek, they'll share many a date with their Tel Aviv-based labelmates Monotonix, as well as James Jackson Toth (f.k.a. Wooden Wand).

Also note that Drag City and Pitchfork.tv are still looking for the same thing: your best take on a tune from the Jews' recent Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. Care to catch a glimpse of yourself over there on Pitchfork.tv (and win a copy of the Silver Jew DVD)? Between now and October 31, send a high quality QuickTime video of yourself playing your favorite Lookout song to Drag City via this email address or mailing address Drag City ATTN: Nicole, PO Box 476867, Chicago, IL 60647. The winner will be announced November 7.

Silver Jews:

08-28 Columbus, OH - Milo
08-29 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
08-30 Pittsburgh, PA - William Pitt Union Assembly
08-31 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot
09-02 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
09-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
09-04 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
09-05 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
09-06 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-07 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-08 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
09-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
09-10 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
09-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
09-12 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
09-13 Atlanta, GA - Variety *
09-14 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits *
09-15 Orlando, FL - The Social *
09-16 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *
09-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks !*
09-18 Houston, TX - Orange Show !
09-19 Austin, TX - Emo's !
09-20 Denton, TX - Hailey's !
09-22 Tucson, AZ - Plush !
09-23 San Diego, CA - Casbah !
09-25 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore !
09-26 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex !
09-27 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort
09-29 Eugene, OR - W.O.W. Hall *
09-30 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
10-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos
10-03 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
10-05 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
10-07 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room Lounge *
10-08 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
10-09 Iowa City, IA - Picador
10-10 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-11 Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
10-12 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *

* with Monotonix
! with James Jackson Toth