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Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, is quitting his day job (in biomedical engineering!) to focus on music full-time. In a funny little post to his MySpace blog, the Pittsburgh resident writes the following:

"i'm done with my day job in exactly two weeks! i'll be a full time music man

here's a list of my non-music plans this summer...

- play basketball all the time

- sun tan

- walk around shirtless

- eat ice cream outdoors

- get a season pass to Sand Castle water park

- check out the Genesis reunion show

- eat at Peppi's and Village Pizza a ton

- watch movies

- do push-ups

- get to some some beaches

- Pirates games"

The Pirates' current record is 17-22, so it could be a very long summer for Gillis. Fortunately for the rest of us, he plans to make plenty of road trips to alleviate the pain of Pirates fandom and, you know, play shows. And he has added a few dates since our last report, including an appearance alongside one-off tourmates Clipse (?!) at our own Pitchfork Music Festival.

AND, WHOA, A GIG OPENING FOR WIDESPREAD PANIC IN BOSTON.

Away games:

05-25 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
05-26 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Parc del Fòrum (Primavera Sound Festival)
06-09 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-28 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret (2007 Cool Jazz Winnipeg Festival)
06-29 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon (Capital Idea! Festival) !
06-30 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda #
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) ^$%
07-18 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion +
07-27 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-05 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
08-24 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
09-08 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater $
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex %
12-08 Rennes, France - Festival Transmusicales

* with Datarock, Circlesquare
! with Crystal Castles, Jokers of the Scene
# with Ghislain Poirier
^ with Yoko Ono, Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues, Iron and Wine, Girl Talk, Grizzly Bear, Battles, Califone, the Twilight Sad, Fujiya & Miyagi, Oxford Collapse, Beach House, Professor Murder, Ken Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound
$ with Clipse
+ with Widespread Panic