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The Fiery Furnaces' Matthew Friedberger, Times New Viking, and Guided by Voices' Doug Gillard will kick March off the indie rock way at the paperback release party for John Sellers' book Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life.

True to its name, the book is a memoir of Sellers' obsession with indie rock (particularly Guided by Voices). On March 4, Simon and Schuster will deliver the book's first paperback edition. Thus, the aforementioned indie rockers will perform at Don Pedro's in Brooklyn on March 1 for a celebration culminating in a set by Guided by Voices tribute band the Textbook Committee.

The Textbook Committee will also perform a week later in Minneapolis at another release party for the book. That party is just one of many readings and shows Sellers has scheduled for March, ending with a Brooklyn reading with Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta) on March 26.

Perfect shows:

03-01 Brooklyn, NY - Don Pedro (paperback release party with live performances by Times New Viking, Matthew Friedberger, Doug Gillard, and GBV tribute by the Textbook Committee)
03-03 Grand Rapids, MI - Schuler Books 28th Street
03-03 Grand Rapids, MI - HopCat (paperback release party)
03-05 Kalamazoo, MI - Kalamazoo Public Library
03-06 Chicago, IL - The Hideout (Funny Ha-Ha reading series)
03-08 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry (paperback release party with GBV tributes by the Textbook Committee and the Girl Guides)
03-16 Los Angeles, CA - The Mountain Bar (Vermin on the Mount reading series)
03-26 Brooklyn, NY - Book Court (reading with Dean Wareham)