MEMORANDUM
Date: 10/3/2006
To: Andy Slater, CEO, Capitol Records
From: Colin Meloy, Decemberists Demiurge
Re: Upcoming Tour

Dear Mr. Slater,
The Decemberists will require the following props and stage accoutrements for its upcoming tour:

• Twelve oversized red Japanese lanterns
• One 18'x26' ukiyo-e print depicting The Crane Wife
• One Lisa Molinaro, complete with banjo, fiddle, keyboards, marimba, vocals, and pretty flowing hair
• One hurdy-gurdy
• One recording of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, preferably the one with Patick Stewart narrating
• One pair of baby-sized noise-reducing headphones
• One introduction from Kristian Foden-Vencil
• Twelve case per diem of Orangina
• One Dr. Herring's Brand Dirigible Balloon Repair Patch Kit
• One copy, Obscure Jazz Jokes and Witty Palaver

I thank you for attending to this matter personally.

Kind Regards,
Colin Meloy