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Dudes! Ladies! Dan Deacon needs your help! Again! The schizo-pop mastermind behind Spiderman of the Rings-- presently spreading insanity across the nation-- posted a MySpace bulletin today explaining his ordeal.

It seems Dan's Casiotone keyboard is broken! Yes, broken! That's what happens when you go batshit on a keyboard one time too many.

"This sucks," wrote Deacon, "because i need it badly for most of my songs."

The Casiotone is an MT-800, and Dan is reaching out to his fans to help "save the tour" by hooking the brother up with a working instrument. Maybe you have one lying around from when you tried to start a band? Or maybe you could sell your printed hoodie collection and buy Dan one?? Maybe Owen Ashworth can lend a hand?

As of now, Dan's tour continues tonight in Tallahassee with a man down, and climaxes at the Pitchfork Music Festival in July. Check out the full text of his MySpace plea below.

BROKEN CASIOTONE...maybe you could help? YIKES!!!

hello,

sadly my casiotone mt-800 is dead. double bummer is that the backups are broken as well. this sucks because i need it badly for most of my songs. SOOOOOOOOO...if anyone has a CASIOTONE keyboard they are willing to part with i'll buy and/or trade for it from you. it would really help save the tour.

email me here or at dan@whamcity.com

ok, thanks so much, hopefully this works.

DAN!

Said the actress to the Deacon:

06-06 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar #
06-07 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo #
06-08 New Orleans, LA - The Green Space #
06-09 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon #
06-10 Houston, TX - Mink #
06-12 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr. #
06-13 Dallas, TX - The Cavern #
06-14 Santa Fe, NM - Warehouse 21's Luna Space #
06-15 Tucson, AZ - Plush #
06-16 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #
06-17 San Diego, CA - Che Cafe #
06-18 Los Angeles, CA - Pehrspace #
06-19 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #
06-20 Oakland, CA - 21 Grand ^
06-21 Sacramento, CA - Fool's Foundation #
06-22 Portland, OR - Holocene #
06-23 Seattle, WA - Seattle Pride
06-23 Seattle, WA - "A Magical Hidden Cloud" (secret late show)
06-24 Missoula, MT - Higgins Hall #
06-25 Whitefish, MT - Grouse Mountain Lodge #
06-26 Boise, ID - Neurolux #
06-27 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge #
06-28 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive #
06-29 Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot Saloon #
06-30 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room #
07-02 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club #$
07-03 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club #
07-05 Dekalb, IL - The House Cafe #
07-06 Kalamazoo, MI - Diamond Star House #
07-07 Detroit, MI - Scrummage University #%
07-08 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Pool ~
07-09 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's #
07-10 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beeblebrox #
07-11 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #
07-12 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs #&
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) !
07-21 Baltimore, MD - Whartscape Festival

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$ with Nomo
% with Benny Stoofy
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& with Big Digits
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