captains dead

dont know if i mentioned but i somehow landed a new job, which i started a couple of weeks ago. its a cool gig although not particularly exciting - monitoring the wan for the army. the only real downfall is that i, again, work nights - 11 pm - 7 am. it is a grand time to study for my ccna. yeah, exciting shit, i know.

anyway, one band i used to absolutely love, and still do, is knoxville’s power pop maestro’s superdrag. sadly, they disbanded a few years ago. lead dragger, john davis, released a solo record last year but it failed to live up to the quality released by his former group. walking along side the footsteps of superdrag is another knoxville based group, tenderhooks. i have only listened to the first single, “kidstuff,” off their yet to be released, don coffey, jr, of superdrag fame, produced record vidalia, but its pretty damn good. if you dig cheap trick, big star, superdrag, etc then these guys and one gal are probably gonna scratch right where you been itchin.

kid stuff

check out their myspace page for all the gritty details including tour dates, which features a performance at bonaroo.

baby goes to 11 - superdrag

feeling like i do - superdrag

both of those tracks are off of their last real release, last call for vitriol. they just released a collection of home recordings and other goodies entitled changing tires on the road to ruin.

man, i am slippin. first i post that hold steady in store then the springsteen show from hammersmith that was released on columbia. i am fuckin retarded sometimes. in its place here is bruce, supposedly, on the streets of copenhagen performing the river with a local street musician.

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