The Perpetual Motion Roadshow: An Indie Press Touring Circuit
                   

The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is an indie press tour circuit with monthly stops in Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago.

On June 14th, three people did the third round of the circuit, doing seven shows in eight days. Roll over the cities to find out the details, and click them to see the posters.

Three new performers will be doing the loop in September, October and November.


"...the Roadshow is
fast becoming the
best known and best
organized tour of its kind..."
The Globe and Mail
June featured garage rocker and master swordsman Joe Meno from Chicago, ninja poetess Cynthia Gould from Toronto, and broadside-making ape Todd Dills from South Carolina. Move your mouse over their names for more info, and click to see their websites.


"On the Road Again:
Tailing the
Indie-Press Circuit"
New City Chicago

Every day they were on the road, one of them called and left a message about something that happened that day, and they were posted below.

Check out the April or May The Pay Phone Tour Diaries to hear about what happened on the previous tours!

June 15th, 12:56pm, Joe Meno from Toronto: "We survived the terrible threat of SARS..."
June 17th, 12:58am, Cynthia Gould from Montreal: "It seems like this version of the Roadshow is being fueled by rock, rockabilly, bluegrass, good food and a little bit of alc-o-mo-hol."
June 18th, 12:08am, Todd Dills from Boston: "We left Montreal, fleeing the rabid pursuit of a van of Quebecois logger terrorists in flannel shirts and beards..."
June 19th, 12:25am, Joe Meno from Brooklyn: "We came up from the subway to find vivacious humans, drunk with hulahoops, who invited us to the park to play hide and go seek."
June 20th, 12:05am, Cynthia Gould from Cleveland: "Cleveland is the land of gigantic houses... it's like being on an alien planet..."
June 20th, 11:28pm, Todd Dills from Cincinatti: "I was like, wow, here we are, we're approaching the South..."
June 22th, 12:25pm, Todd and Cynthia from Chicago: "Yes, finally, all is finished..."

"...a fine idea whose
time has come..."
Hour

"Revolution of
the Moment"
Broken Pencil

There'll be three new performers doing the circuit in September. Want to hear about it?

The Perpetual Motion Roadshow is a cultural propogator that doesn't need the fossil fuel of corporate power.No Media Kings set up and maintains the infrastructure, but to run smoothly it needs a steady supply of volunteers -- want to help out? Take a few moments to fill out a questionnaire for one of the following...

"Indie artists get around with the
Perpetual Motion Roadshow"
Montreal Mirror
...Agents are needed to help promote and find local acts for the cities we're in (and not in, yet -- there are plans afoot to add a loop on the west coast in December)...

...Crewmembers to take their art and performances on the road...

...and anyone who's seen a show willing to give their suggestions and feedback.