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And thank goodness for that! Really, this was shaping up to be a catastrophe on par with the Hindenburg disaster, but thanks to the astute eye and vigilant efforts of one Dan Deacon fan, Deacon and his beloved sparkly green skull will soon be together once again.

As previously reported, Deacon's skull vanished on the night of September 8 in Chicago. As it turns out, the skull had somehow wandered outside of the AV-Aerie venue, possibly after having downed a few. Luckily a departing showgoer with a heart of gold spotted ol' skully, promptly took away its keys, and drove it 100 miles away to the University of Notre Dame near South Bend, Indiana.

From there this Hip Samaritan mailed the skull to Deacon's booking agency, Windish (in whose offices the photo you see above was taken), and before you can say "happily ever after", Deacon will have super green skull power once more.

The Girl Talk/Dan Deacon/White Williams bacchanal/tour kicks off tonight in Toronto (with a few new dates added since our last report), and if all goes according to plan, Deacon should have the skull in his possession in time for Thursday's Boston gig. How about that?

Canadian Deacon-ites miffed by the skull no-show needn't worry, though. I know something that you can take that will make your own skull glow green, and also levitate and, like, whoa, dude. Duuuuuuuuuuude!

Dan Deacon:

09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix *#
09-13 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *#
09-14 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom *#^
09-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall (early show) *#
09-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (late show) *#
09-16 Brooklyn, NY - The Yard
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom *#
09-18 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space *#
09-19 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
09-20 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *#
09-21 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel *#
09-22 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse *#
09-23 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo #
09-24 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington #
09-25 Austin, TX - The Mohawk #
09-27 San Diego, CA - Epicentre *#
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *# (two shows)
09-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium *#
10-01 Berkeley, CA - Lower Sproul Plaza *
10-02 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium &
10-04 Oberlin, OH - Dionysus Disco
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *@
10-06 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *#
10-11 St. Louis, MO - The Billiken Club
10-12 Grinnell, IA - Gardner Lounge (Grinnell College)!
10-17 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (Windish Agency CMJ showcase) $
10-19 Bennington, VT - Bennington College Student Center
10-20 Alfred, NY - Knight Club (Alfred University)

* with Girl Talk
# with White Williams
^ with Simian Mobile Disco
& with Matt & Kim
@ with Tay Zonday
! with These Are Powers
$ with Deerhunter, No Age

Girl Talk:

09-12 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix !%
09-13 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe !%
09-14 Boston, MA - Avalon Ballroom !%+
09-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall !%
09-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom !%
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom !%
09-18 Baltimore, MD - 2640 Space !%
09-19 Washington, DC - Black Cat !%
09-20 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom !%
09-21 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel !%
09-22 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse !%
09-27 San Diego, CA - Epicentre !%
09-28 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex !%
09-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Auditorium !%
10-04 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue !@
10-06 Iowa City, IA - The Picador !^
10-11 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse <
10-12 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room <
10-26 São Paolo, Brazil - The Week (TIM Festival)
10-27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Marina de Gloria (TIM Festival)
11-01 Houston, TX - Engine Room *
11-02 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft *
11-03 Austin, TX - Waterloo Park (Fun Fun Fun Fest)
11-08 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
11-09 St. Louis, MO - Gargoyle Club
11-10 Pontiac, MI - Eagle Theatre
12-08 Rennes, France - Festival Transmusicales
12-30 Lorne, Australia - Falls Festival
12-31 Marion Bay, Australia - Falls Festival
01-01 Sydney, Australia - Field Day Festival
01-03 Brisbane, Australia - The Troubador
01-05 Busselton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-10 Sydney, Australia - Oxford Arts Factory
01-11 Melbourne, Australia - Miss Libertine
01-12 Auckland, New Zealand - Rising Sun

! with Dan Deacon
$ with Clipse
% with White Williams
+ with Simian Mobile Disco
@ with Tay Zonday
^ with Raccoo-oo-oon
< with Holy Fuck
* with Busdriver, Daedelus