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). Read more on Last.fm