Over the past year I've gotten a handful of requests for book recommendations. So, in case you are interested, here are a handful of books I've found extraordinarily important and/or moving and that have significantly influenced my thinking. At some point I'll get around to writing short descriptions for each of these; for now you can look them up on Amazon. It should go without saying that I don't agree with everything in these books.

Overshoot by William Catton

Endgame (vols. 1 and 2), A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe, and Walking On Water by Derrick Jensen

The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith

The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram

My friends in Arkansas? (myspace.com/arkansasarkansas) and I (myspace.com/dustinandthefurniture) are doing a punk-rock tour this summer; here are the dates:

JULY:

24 - Chicago, IL
25 - maybe afternoon in Kalamazoo
25 - Grand Rapids, MI - @ The DAAC
26 - Ypsilanti, MI
27 - Cleveland, OH
28 - Jamestown or Rochester or Buffalo, NY
29 - Syracuse, NY- @ Castle Rockmoore
30 - Brattleboro, VT
31 - Burlington, VT

AUGUST:

1 - Portsmouth, NH
2 - Boston, MA
3 - Tolland, CT (afternoon)
3 - New Haven, CT
4 - Brooklyn, NY
5 - Philly afternoon show
5 - Philadelphia, PA
6 - Boiling Springs, PA or Delaware or Harrisburg, PA
7 - Pittsburgh, PA
8 - Columbus, OH
9 - Bloomington, IN

If you want to help out in or around any of the places that are not bold, let me know.

Love,
Dustin

I am going on tour this summer with Y Lime? and Wabash! This is what our itinerary looks like:

June:

8 - Knoxville or something, TN
9 - Athens, GA
10 - St. Augustine, FL
11 - Mims, FL @ 2940 Folsom Rd
12 - Kissimmee, FL @ La Casita
13 - Tampa, FL
14 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council
15 - Pensacola (area), FL
16 - New Orleans, LA @ Koenji Steak House
17 - Houston, TX @ Supper Happy Fun Land
18 - Austin, TX
19 - San Antonio, TX
20 - Mesilla, NM @ The Bean
21 - Tuscon, AZ
22 - Anthem, AZ @ Nina's House (2119 West Kuralt Drive) ..
23 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Trunk Space
24 - Los Angeles, CA
25 - Isla Vista, CA @ Isla Vista Food Co-op
26 - San Luis Obispo, CA
27 - Santa Cruz or San Jose, CA
28 - San Fransisco, CA @ Blue Six

29 - Arcata or Chico, CA
30 - Ashland, OR

July:

1 - Eugene, OR
2 - Portland, OR
3 - Olympia, WA

4 - Seattle, WA

5 - Poulsbo, WA @ Danielle's house
6 - Vancouver, BC

7 - Vancouver, BC

8 - Bellingham, WA
9 - Seattle, WA
10 - Bellevue, WA @ Ground Zero Teen Center
11 - Missoula, MT @ Tyson's place
12 - Bozeman, MT or Missoula
13 - Rapid City, SD

14 - Pierrre, SD

15 - Aberdeen, SD @ Red Rooster Coffee House
16 - Ames, IA @ Ames Progressive
17 - Chicago, IL @ Jurrasic Park

do you want to set up a show in or around any of those places? let me know. the dates in bold are already taken care of but we could really use help with the not bolded dates. email: andthefurniture@gmail.com

thanks!
love,
dustin