Now we can see.

I subscribe to the Jay Reatard school of rock, in which if you have a slow song on a record, you speed it up live. And if you have a fast song, you speed it up live. The Thermals aren't down. Hutch Harris, Kathy Foster, and the drummer/hype man (dude stood up and gestured to the audience every time they played a particularly rockin' song) put on a good show though--mostly killer, some filler. They started out very strong with Returning to the Fold, the second best cut on BBM. I own the entire Thermals catalog, and I was still a little bored once or twice.

They played both Saints and Sappy, which fit their style well--I may have been the only person singing along to the lyrics (something about a laundry room).