Oh, no! John Wilkes Booth!

Yesterday evening, Beth and I went to Philadelphia to see Sloan at the TLA. It was a good show, and not very expensive ($14 per ticket at the door). The crowd was very small, which was good in a way, but I have to wonder why they keep booking Sloan for the TLA when they don't come anywhere close to filling it. Seems like they should play at a smaller venue in the city. For instance, I think the Trocadero is a little smaller, and it has the added advantage of being close to the bus terminal. Anyway, they had some tables and chairs at the TLA, so we got to sit down through the concert, which was good. I hate having to stand up for long periods of time. I don't know how some people manage to do that at one concert after another. Maybe there's some kind of physical training they go through. The opening act was a band called the Kicks, who were pretty good, but didn't really wow me. Sloan put on a good show, and the sound system seemed to work better than it did last time I saw them. They played a lot of newer stuff, which I really didn't know, since I've only heard Action Pact once and Pretty Together never, but they did do a few songs I knew pretty well, including "I Am The Cancer," "Money City Maniacs," and "The Lines You Amend." (There were others I knew, too, but they aren't coming to mind right now. By the way, is "The Lines You Amend" about suicide?) So, overall, an enjoyable show.

Beth's dog Dewey has his birthday today. He's now two years old. It's also John Wilkes Booth's birthday.

And now, the long-awaited (well, probably not) answers to the lyrics quiz:
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