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Come fall 2008, Anne Geddes and her frumpy flower children will have to find a new home. That's because coffee tables across the land must be cleared for the arrival of This Book Is Broken, an oral history of Broken Social Scene penned by members of the band, with help from Toronto Eye Weekly editor/Pitchfork contributor Stuart Berman. A little like this, one suspects, only Joycean in scope.

Kevin Drew (he of the recent Spirit If...), Brendan Canning, and Jason Collett are among the Scenesters sharing their inside perspective, while bandmate Justin Peroff will help make this document as colorful as the band it dissects by compiling, according to Berman, "lots of photos, gig posters, flyers, scrapbook ephemera, etc." Publishing duties fall on Toronto's House of Anansi Press.

(Since Stuart was too modest to tip us off himself about the book at first, thanks to reader Le Skiv for the heads up.)

The Kevin Drew-centered incarnation of Broken Social Scene, as you may have read on these pages just yesterday, has expanded its tour of the land-- determined, no doubt, to procure material for This Book 2: Still Broken.

Kevin Drew:

09-27 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
09-29 Halifax, Nova Scotia - The Marquee Club
10-01 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
10-02 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
10-03 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
10-04 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
10-05 Vienna, Austria - Flex
10-06 Berlin, Germany - Lido
10-08 Paris, France - La Cigale
10-09 Paris, France - La Cigale
10-11 Leuven, Belgium - Het Depot
10-12 Cologne, Germany - Prime Club
10-14 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
10-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Arches
10-16 Manchester, England - Academy
10-17 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
10-18 Bristol, England - Thekla
10-19 London, England - KOKO
10-25 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Commodore *
10-26 Seattle, WA - Moore Theater *
10-27 Portland, OR - The Aladdin Theater *
10-29 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theater *
11-01 Boulder, CO - The Fox Theatre
11-03 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-04 Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
11-05 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club
11-06 Ann Arbor, MI - The Michigan Theater
11-09 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
11-12 Burlington, VT - Ira Allen Chapel
11-13 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
11-14 New York , NY - Webster Hall
11-16 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
11-17 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
11-18 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
12-06 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
12-07 Ottawa, Ontario - Capital Music Hall
12-08 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
12-14 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwan Ballroom
12-15 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Events Centre

* with New Buffalo