Greetings to visionaries in cave and cubicle...

What confusing comfort, moonlit water dripping from a crane’s bill. What strange wanderlust, THE HANDSOME FAMILY. Herein find old zen poems and tour dates...

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THE MORNING GLORY!
 

IT HAS TAKEN THE WELL BUCKET
 I MUST SEEK WATER ELSEWHERE

-  Chiyo-ni, 1703-1775

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HANDSOME FAMILY TOUR DATES....NOVEMBER, 2006, West Coast USA...
 Sadly Wall of Voodoo is not getting back together, but we're still doing two dates with Stan Ridgway...
 
 FRI, 11/24       TUCSON, AZ @ PLUSH
 SUN 11/26      PIONEERTOWN, CA, PAPPY & HARRIET’S (with The Thriftstore Allstars)
 MON 11/27     SOLANA BEACH, CA,  BELLY UP TAVERN (as support for Stan Ridgway)
 
 11/ 28 and 11/29: LOS ANGELES: TWO NIGHTS AT EL CID, 4212 Sunset Boulevard, LA, CA  9002
 Tickets: http://virtuous.com/venue/409226636/     Note: band order differs between nights.
        TUESDAY 11/28:
        8:30 - 9 HT Heartache
         9:15 - 10 Chapin Sisters
        10:15 – The Handsome Family
 
         WEDNESDAY 11/29
        9 - 10 Junior May & the Hymns
        10:15 - 11:30 The Handsome Family
        12 AM - Dimebox Band
 
 SAT 12/2       SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SLIM’S (as support for Stan Ridgway)
 MON 12/4      PORTLAND, THE FEZ BALLROOM
 TUE  12/5      SEATTLE, WA @ NEUMOS (with Sera Cahoone as support)
 WED 12/6      BELLINGHAM, WA @ NIGHTLIGHT (with Jon Rauhouse and band as support)
 THU 12/7       VANCOUVER, BC @ RICHARD’S ON RICHARDS (with The Buttless Chaps as support)

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BARN’S BURNT DOWN--
 

                    NOW
                    I CAN SEE THE MOON
 

 -  Masahide (1657-1732), Translated by Lucien Stryk

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HANDSOME FAMILY TOUR DATES...FEBRUARY, 2007
 NEW ZEALAND...
 Wellington - Wednesday 7th February - San Francisco Bath House
 Auckland - Thursday 8 February - The Dogs Bollix
 Auckland  -  Friday 9 February - The Dogs Bollix
 Bay of Islands  -  Saturday 10 February - The Venue at Wharepuke, Kerikeri.
 Support acts TBA
 Tickets on sale nationally from Monday 26 November, at Ticketmaster.co.nz, The Venues and Real Groovy stores.
 
 AUSTRALIA...
 Sun 18th Feb – Zoo, Brisbane
 Tues 20th Feb –Basement, Sydney
 Wed 21st Feb – Grace Emily, Adelaide
 Thurs 22nd Feb – East Brunswick, Melbourne
 Fri 23rd Feb – Palais, Melbourne
 Sun 25th Feb – Perth International Arts Festival, Perth

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THE OLD POND
 

                A FROG JUMPS IN--
                SPLASH

 

                     -   Basho, 1684


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 HANDSOME FAMILY TOUR DATES...MAY, 2007
 We are working on some dates in Europe for May. More details to come.


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WORLD?  MOONLIT
 

DROPS SHAKEN
FROM THE CRANE’S BILL

--Dogen

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 Xo Rennie