Black Heart Procession Launch Tour

Crackpots who love crowded stages will have to temper their enthusiasm, as the band recently told Harp magazine that the tour will feature the relatively "stripped down" lineup that recorded The Spell as opposed to the dozen or so that graced the Amore del Tropico album in 2002.

The band's spell must truly be working, as the new video for "Not Just Words" is accessible on the Touch and Go site and features the fetching Shannyn Sossamon green-screening her way around ominous skies and some band members. My attempts to lure the comely young actress into my apartment for day-old pizza and MGD have been less than successful so far. A little help, BHP?

Miss these at your peril y'all:

06-13 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater *
06-14 Merced, CA - Mainzer Theater
06-15 Santa Cruz, CA - The Rio *
06-16 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
06-17 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
06-28 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom #
06-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards (Suicide Squeeze 10th Anniversary Party) #
06-30 Seattle, WA - Neumo's $
07-01 Boise, ID - Neurolux #
07-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #
07-03 Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
07-04 San Diego, CA - The Casbah #
07-21 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress %
07-22 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad %
07-24 Austin, TX - The Parish %^
07-25 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington %^
07-26 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks %^
07-27 Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree %^
07-28 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle %^
07-29 Washington, DC - Black Cat %^
07-30 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar %^
07-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom %^
08-01 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Underground %^
08-02 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa %^
08-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace %^!
08-04 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place %^
08-05 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick %^
08-06 Chicago, IL - Metro %^
08-07 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar %^
08-10 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive %^
09-08-10 Chicago, IL - Hideout (Touch and Go Records 25th Anniversary Celebration)

* with Calexico
$ with Chin Up Chin Up, Crystal Skulls, Magic Magicians, Eugene Mirman
# with Dan Sartain
% with Devics
^ with Castanets
! with Danielson

BHP frontman Pall Jenkins's alias Paulo Zappoli also has a side project, Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, who will release their new album Listen Up! on Cargo Records on August 1. So watch out for, um, flying objects on that date.