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Two of the best-known artists on K Records, label founder Calvin Johnson and the Microphones, are set to go on a cross-country tour in August and September. The whimsically titled Paper Opera Tour will go from Montana to Washington state by way of New York and New Orleans, if that makes any sense. Joining the two headliners are future K Punkers Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano, led by resident album-cover artist Khaela Maricich.

Apparently, the Paper Opera Tour will be an "interdisciplinary approach to performance," with four distinct elements: Audience Assimilation, Reflexive Situations (unplanned events, often suggested by the audience), Mime, and, of course, Music. The Microphones' last proper LP was 2000's acclaimed It Was Hot, We Stayed in The Water. Besides founding K Records, Calvin Johnson is known for his work with Dub Narcotic Sound System and Beat Happening. And the dates:

08-12 Missoula, MT - Union Hall
08-13 Sioux Falls, SD - TBA
08-14 Minneapolis, MN - Red Eye Theater
08-15 Chicago, IL - Heaven Gallery
08-16 Racine, WI - TBA
08-17 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's
08-18 Columbus, OH - TBA
08-19 Philadelphia, PA - Rotunda
08-21 Newburyport, MA - City Hall Ballroom
08-22 Brookline, MA - Coolidge Corner Movie Theater
08-23 Manasquan, NJ - Manasquan Women's Club
08-24 Baltimore, MD - The Mission Space
08-25 Washington, D.C. - Decatur Blue Gallery
08-26 Charlottesville, VA - TBA
08-28 Athens, GA - Flicker Theater
08-29 New Orleans, LA - Nomaesto
08-30 Houston, TX - Aurora Picture Show
08-31 Austin, TX - Hyde Park Theater
09-01 Denton, TX - Rubber Glove
09-03 Albuquerque, NM - Riverside Theatre
09-04 Santa Fe, NM - TBA
09-05 Gunnison, CO - Firebrand Deli
09-06 Grand Junction, CO - TBA
09-07 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA
09-08 Boise, ID - TBA
09-14 Seattle, WA - Empty Space Theatre
09-15 Olympia, WA - TBA