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Animal rights activist, rabble-rousing punk lifer, and handsome devil Ted Leo's been accused a lot of things over his storied career, but laziness just ain't one of 'em. He'll spend his summer throwing his weight-- which we estimate to be a lean, mean 93 pounds-- behind the fresh to def Living With the Living both at home and abroad on a nearly non-stop tour he'll inaugurate tonight in Philly.

Your tax dollars will be working overtime Thursday night at Ted's gig in our nation's capital, which the fine folks of National Public Radio will broadcast live on their website and eventually chop into MP3s. Will the mouthy Leo take the opportunity to let his dissenting voice ring out over the nation's car speakers? Hard to say for sure, but it wouldn't be a Pharmacists show without a barb or three at the expense of our fearless leaders.

Ted's Touch and Go Records home has also announced a caption contest for Pharmacists fans looking to go all Rex Morgan M.D. on this picture of Ted and company. A bit of bubble-filling could translate into big winnings for ten guffaw-makers, with the spoils coming in the form of tickets for the grand victor's choice of Pharmacists dates, scarves, a PETA hip bag, and an autographed copy of Living. The contest ends April 5, so you'd be advised to start warming up your zinger-muscle now.

Finally, as we previously reported, the deft-handed amongst you still have a snatch up Living With the Living complete with the soon-to-be-extinct Mo' Living EP. Cop that disc!

Chasing seafoam dreams around another dirty old town:

03-28 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *#
03-29 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
03-30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
03-31 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
04-01 Orlando, FL - Social #
04-02 Miami, FL - Studio A #
04-04 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea's Café #
04-05 Houston, TX - Numbers #
04-06 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom #
04-07 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa #
04-09 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse #
04-10 San Diego, CA - Epicentre #
04-12 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
04-13 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre #
04-14 San Francisco, CA - Slim's #^
04-16 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre #
04-17 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
04-18 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards #
04-20 Boise, ID - The Venue #
04-21 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound at In the Venue #
04-22 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre #
04-23 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck #
04-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
04-26 Madison, WI - Club 770 #
04-27 Iowa City, IA - Picador #
04-28 Chicago, IL - Metro #
04-30 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
05-02 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club #%
05-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #&
05-04 Boston, MA - Avalon #
05-05 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-04 Bordeaux, France - Heretic
06-05 St. Etienne, France - L'Assommoir
06-06 Milan, Italy - Magnolia
06-07 Soliera, Italy - Artevive
06-08 Livorno, Italy - The Cage
06-10 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea
06-11 Innsbruck, Austria - Weekender
06-12 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
06-13 Stuttgart, Germany - Schocken
06-14 Nuremberg, Germany - K4
06-15 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude
06-16 Ludwigshafen, Germany - Das Haus
06-17 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
06-18 Berlin, Germany - Magnet Club
06-19 Hamburg, Germany
06-20 Munster, Germany - Gleis 22
06-21 Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Rotown
06-22 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Paradiso
06-23 Aarschot, Belgium - DE Klinker
06-24 Metz, France - Le Tunnel
06-25 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino
06-27 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
06-28 Galway, Ireland - Roisin Dubh
06-29 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Laverys Bunker
06-30 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah-Wah Hut
07-01 Leeds, England - The Cockpit
07-02 Nottingham, England - The Maze
07-03 Bristol, England - Thelka Social
07-04 Newcastle, England - Cumberland Arms
07-05 Brighton, England - Pressure Point
07-06 London, England - Borderline

* with Love or Perish
# with Love of Diagrams
^ with The Dont's
% with Tusk
& with Vague Angels