Dear Creatures, The visas of a band due to tour here from the Czech republic did not come through--fallen, perhaps between an almond-colored file cabinet and a cubicle wall in a five-story cement office building on the outskirts of Usti nad Labem?-- but fear not! free-spirited musical mercenaries THE PLACES, consisting of AMY ANNELLE and improv/out rock drummer ADAM KRINEY would hate to see a midwest music venue fall still. hell we'll play the salad bar at the Sizzler in Ponca City on a Tuesday Night if it means we get to find out what lurks in the Valley of the Vapors. [We hate flourescent lights and shatter every cursed pulsing tube we can.] THE PLACES MIDWEST TOUR DATES: TU 10.18 BLOOMINGTON, IN @ BLUEBIRD WE 10.19 INDIANAPOLIS, IN @ MELODY INN with the Abner Trio TH 10.20 CHAMPAIGN, IL @ U OF IL / COURTYARD CAFE with Jim-Yoshii PileUp FR 10.21 MEMPHIS, TN SA 10.23 HOT SPRINGS, AK @ VALLEY OF THE VAPORS FESTIVAL MO 10.24 OKLAHOMA CITY @ CONSERVATORY with the Mae-Shi TU 10.25 KANSAS CITY @ RECORD BAR WE 10.26 DES MOINES, IA @ VAUDEVILLE MEWS w/ Autumn Project TH 10.27 ST. PAUL, MN @ TURF CLUB W/ Pocahontas County Bluegrass Band FR 10.28 CHICAGO, IL @ SCHUBAS with Del Rey -------------------->>>Adam plays in Owl Sounds and other aural freekouts, and he runs a label called Color Sounds "weird fucking musik, psych freak out jams, noisy tones, scorched improv/free-jazz, and out soundz"...here: http://vorg.net/csr/index.html