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Let no one accuse the Good Life of actually living the good life. At least, not in the autumn of 2007, and not unless their definition of "the good life" centers around subsisting entirely on soggy pretzels and warm Fanta, showering bi-weekly, and sleeping for an hour or two at a time in the fetal position in the back of a van for two months straight.

With Help Wanted Nights out now on Saddle Creek, Tim Kasher and the gang are poised to plunge into the throes of a tour for the ages. Count 'em: 53 performances in all, spread thickly over ten weeks or so and kicking off September 24 in Omaha. Along the way the Good Life will bump into labelmates Art in Manila and Georgie James, as well as Zookeeper (featuring another Dust Bowl emo-boy-grown-up, Chris Simpson of Mineral and the Gloria Record) and others. Kasher should have plenty of fodder for screenplays after this trek.

And wait a minute, doesn't this guy front some other band or something?

The good life?:

09-24 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Vintage Vinyl (in-store)
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Gargoyle *#
09-26 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *#
09-27 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club *#
09-28 Chicago, IL - Subterranean *#
09-29 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *#
09-30 Athens, OH - The Union Bar and Grill *#
10-01 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place #^
10-02 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs ^
10-03 State College, PA - Penn State University
10-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^%
10-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ^%
10-06 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel ^
10-07 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^%
10-08 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn %$
10-09 Nashville, TN - Grimey's (in-store)
10-09 Nashville, TN - Exit/In +$
10-10 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone +$
10-11 Columbia, MO - Mojo's +$
10-12 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews +$
10-13 Omaha, NE - Slowdown +$
10-24 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse =
10-25 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour =~
10-26 San Diego, CA - Epicentre =~
10-27 Pomona, CA - Glass House =~
10-28 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door =~
10-30 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's =~
10-31 Reno, NV - Club Underground =~
11-02 Portland, OR - Doug Fir =~
11-03 Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records Ballard (in-store)
11-03 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe =~
11-15 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
11-16 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
11-17 Malmö, Sweden - Debaser
11-18 Berlin, Germany - Tacheles
11-19 Giessen, Germany - MuK
11-20 Leipzig, Germany - Nato
11-21 Vienna, Austria - WUK
11-22 Munich, Germany - Hansa
11-23 Geislingen, Germany - Rätschen
11-24 Sursee, Switzerland - Kulturwerk 118
11-25 Winterthur, Switzerland - Kraftfeld
11-26 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
11-27 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11-29 Paris, France - Divan du Monde !
11-30 Brighton, England - Pressure Point
12-01 Liverpool, England - Korova
12-02 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
12-04 London, England - Borderline
12-05 Nottingham, England - Social
12-06 Cambridge, England - Graduate

* with Capgun Coup
# with Fourth of July
^ with Luke Temple
% with Erie Choir
$ with Zookeeper
+ with Georgie James
= with Art in Manilla
~ with Johnathan Rice
! with Woven Hand