It’s been a banner good news day for my girlfriend: in addition to my test results coming back clean, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals have announced more dates for their late summer/fall tour.

Ryan and the Cardinals will be up in Canada with Oasis, and if you play your cards right you WILL hear them both cover Summer of ‘69. Just keep on yelling it, right up in teh front row. Tell us how that works out for you.

08-23 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
08-26 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater *
08-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place *
08-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place *
08-30 Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome *
09-01 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre *
09-04 Ottawa, Ontario - Scotiabank Place *
09-05 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre *
09-07 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
09-09 London, Ontario - John LaBatt Center *
09-25 Schenectady, NY - Proctor’s Theater
09-26 Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theater
09-27 Rochester, NY - Auditorium Theater
09-29 Columbus, OH - Palace Theater
09-30 Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square
10-02 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
10-03 Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater
10-04 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater
10-05 Madison, WI - Overture Hall
10-07 Ames, IA - Stephens Auditorium
10-09 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
10-10 Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
10-11 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theater
10-13 Austin, TX - Paramount
10-14 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
10-16 Tuscaloosa, AL - Bama Theatre
10-17 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

* with Oasis

(oh, and that pencil illustration of Adams up at the top was also done by my girl Jodie.)

If you don’t think I’m gonna at the fucking Fillmore in SF August 23rd drunk on booze and musical delight you better recognize. On a related note, the Follow the Lights EP: great Ryan Adams release or greatest Ryan Adams release?

In anticipation of the tentative fall release of their new album, Cardinals have announced an additional run of headline dates kicking off September 25 in Schenectady NY. On-sale information will be posted on www.ryan-adams.com as it becomes available.

The new dates expand on the current Cardinals itinerary, which commences August 23 at the Fillmore in San Francisco and includes a run of Canadian shows supporting Oasis as well as an additional headline date at Boston’s Bank of America Pavilion.

Cardinals are Ryan Adams (vocals, guitar, keys), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Chris Feinstein (bass), Jon Graboff (pedal steel) and Brad Pemberton (drums).

CARDINALS U.S. 2008 (NEW DATES IN BOLD)

August 23 - San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
August 26 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater *
August 27 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place *
August 29 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place *
August 30 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome *
September 1 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Center *
September 4 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Palace *
September 5 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre *
September 7 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
September 9 - London, ONT - John LaBatt Center *
September 25 - Schenectady, NY - Proctor’s Theater
September 26 - Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theater
September 27 - Rochester, NY - Auditorium Theater
September 29 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theater
September 30 - Cleveland, OH - Palace Theater
October 2 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
October 3 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater
October 5 - Madison, WI - Overture Hall

Two weeks ago, I found, to my shock and disbelief, that my checking account had been bloated to a balance of $650,000 instead of the usual few hundred. It was a teller error, which could not be corrected for five whole days, including a weekend. Needless to say, I was suffering from wicked bouts of depression about it; wallowing in the moral dilemma involved with knowing you’re a poor piece of shit, and having access to over half-a-million dollars.

After I wrestled with the notion that I didn’t want to really flee the country, transfer funds to offshore bank accounts and become a crazy, filthy rich recluse, I took the advice of Synthesis schemester team Bill Fishkin and Cayle P. Hunter and applied for a credit card while I stood on paper as a wealthy man.

I went with Capitol One’s Platinum card, and noted my current bank balance. I was then instructed that I would have to wait 7-10 days for confirmation. “I’m fucked,” I thought. Surely, by the time they checked out all my information, I’d be in the red and they’d tell me to go kick several rocks. BUT, today I got an email confirmation welcoming me to the Capitol One family with a spankin’ new credit card! And before you regale me with tales of woe about credit debt and whatnot, keep something in mind: To be a 27-year-old manboy with ZERO debt at this point is pretty good. I’m ready for debt; or at the very least I’m sick of being SUPER poor.

Long story short: Bank Of America, thank you for fucking up royally and allowing me the opportunity to join the ranks of those who spend money they absolutely do not have. I owe you one.