The Dinner Party Download featuring Tennis
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Guest(s) of Honor: Tennis
Get ready to puke: Two kids fall in love, save their money, buy a boat, live on it for seven months, get married, write songs about the experience, songs leak on the internet, the world loves them, the kids sign to a label, record a full-length and are now being interviewed on shows like the Dinner Party Download.
Told you.
The couple in question, Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore -- aka Tennis -- tell Brendan about growing up landlocked and living la vida luddite.
To hear a longer version of the show -- and to catch a new song from the band Happy Birthday -- head to dinnerpartydownload.org.
