Hi there -

I've moved back to Brooklyn and going through a decade-late purge of my boxed past. So many trash bags...But then I'm leaving on a two-month tour ping-ponging between the Hold Steady and my first European solo tour, supporting Chuck Prophet and then Mark Eitzel. Also! two readings of new stories about complicated gardening and veterinary techniques Wednesday night, one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn.

Thanks to everyone who came to the August shows. Here's some great pictures from Harrisburg:
http://www.moemoephoto.com/Bands/FranzNicolay/08-11-2009/

Sep 1 - FRANZ NICOLAY @ Bushwick Book Club
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn NY

Sep 2 - FRANZ NICOLAY reading at InDigest 1207 Reading Series
(Le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker St., NYC; 7pm
Readings by 2-3 writers that "read something of their own and then bring in another piece of work to read that inspired them in some way, positively or negatively." I'll be joined by Canadian short-story writer Neil Smith ("Bang Crunch"). Doors at 6:30, reading at 7; in the LPR bar/gallery. www.indigestmag.com

ALSO! 9/2 FRANZ NICOLAY reading at Friends With Benefits; 9:45pm
Bruar Falls, 245 Grand St., Brooklyn NY
Also reading: Mike Edison (former Editor-in-Chief of Screw & High Times; author of "I Have Fun Everywhere I Go")
Leni Zumas (Author, Farewell Navigator)
Vincent Cacchione (Soft Black)
Jesse Sposato (Sadiemagazine.com)

Sep 10 - THE HOLD STEADY @ Islington Academy, London
Sep 12 - THE HOLD STEADY @ Cois Fharraige Festival, Ireland
Sep 13 - THE HOLD STEADY @ End of the Road Festival, UK
Sep 13 - FRANZ NICOLAY @ End of the Road Festival, North Dorset, UK

THE HOLD STEADY CANADA:
Sep 17 - Anchorage, AK @ Beartooth Theatre
Sep 19 - Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
Sep 21 - Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room
Sep 22 - Calgary, AB @ The Warehouse Nightclub
Sep 23 - Saskatoon, SK @ Odeon
Sep 24 - Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Centre
Sep 26 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
Sep 27 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace

FRANZ NICOLAY
Sep 29 - Winchester, UK @ The Railway (w/ Chuck Prophet)
Sep 30 - Bristol, UK @ Fiddlers (w/ Chuck Prophet)

OK! "St. Sebastian of the Short Stage" and Guignol release news soon. See you somewhere...

Franz