The Super Eights "New New Mexicans" Live at High Noon Saloon Madison, WI August 23, 2006 PODCAST EXCLUSIVE!

Wednesday night's Carl Johns going-away show also marked the last show for local pop-rockers the Super Eights, for whom Johns played keyboard. I'd only seen them once before, and their bowing out was as much a draw for me to this show as Charlemagne.

The Super Eights write songs about states, with the occasional country or city thrown in to shake things up. If you've never heard them before, it takes a few songs for it to sink in. You'll hear a song about Ohio, then one about Virginia, then this one about New Mexico, and you'll think to yourself, or out loud if you're drunk, "Hey, are these songs all about states?" Also, almost all of their songs are two-minute blasts of catchy guitar energy, and this one is no exception. It's a real shame that all they ever released was a 7" and some compilation songs.