The Playing Favorites

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There's an ongoing joke: When musicians get too wasted they start side projects. These grandiose schemes usually fizzle as attention spans are rerouted to deal with hangovers and coming back down to reality. Occasionally there are exceptions to this rule... Enter The Playing Favorites, a band born out of an idea conceived on a drunken night in Japan when old pals Joey Cape and Luke Tierney were on tour together in their respective bands (Me First & the Gimme Gimmes and The Penfifteen Club). Caffeine and/or alcohol-assisted brainstorms ensued with more good friends; Tim Cullen (a solo artist and former singer/guitarist of Summercamp); Marko DeSantis (guitarist of Sugarcult and bassist of another Cape band, Bad Astronaut); and Mick Flowers (who had played in Tim and Marko's early 90's band Popsicko, and bands such as The Rentals, and The Lapdancers). The five of them originate from Santa Barbara, CA but have all carved out new lives in different cities. They have such an intertwining history of musical relationships that a family tree would look more like a family forest. Soon after, the concept of making a record together grew into a plan. Everyone synchronized their calendars and found a week of time to meet at The Sandbox Studio in Los Angeles. With Rick Parker (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Shore) behind the glass they rolled up their sleeves and got right to work. Time and money were of the essence the so process was as follows: set up the gear, throw up some micropho

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