Part 1 of my podcast conversation with special guest Brad Searles as we discuss band reunions. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Check out Brad's excellent blog, Bradley's Almanac
- Recorded at the Sunset Grill in Allston, Mass.
- The Pixies are making a second career out of their reunion tours
- The only money for a lot of artists comes from licensing
- The Strokes' debut album hasn't aged well
- Iggy Pop is endorsing insurance in the UK
- Mission of Burma picked up after 20 years and are better than ever
- Brad: First Pixies show was on the ill-fated U2 tour
- Explaining myself to the waitress
- Broken-up bands realize a fanbase is out there
- Letters to Cleo sold some merch after t-shirt showed up on "Parks and Recreation"
- "Hallelujah" covers are making Leonard Cohen big bucks
- Fired up about the Afghan Whigs reunion
- At the Drive-In spawned a movement
- Brad's played drums in several bands
- The awesomeness of the Styx Behind the Music episode
- Styx's Paradise Theater is one of the first albums we both bought
- Brad: Early vinyl inherited from dad
- Brad loved the first two Men at Work albums
- My younger brother turned me on to Nirvana and Soundgarden
- Saw a lot of concerts with my brother in our 20s
- Bands we'd like to see reunite
- Jay: Replacements, Husker Du, The Jam, The Smiths
- Fogerty's open to a CCR reunion
- Brad: A Ride reunion is possible
- To be continued...
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Nada Surf - Waiting for Something
Girlfriends - Big Machines
Destroyer - Leave Me Alone
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Nada Surf song is on the album The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy on Barsuk Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud.
The Girlfriends song is on the EP Nothing Nice to Say. Stream the EP at Bandcamp.
The Destroyer song is on a MOJO magazine compilation of artists covering songs from the 1983 New Order album Power, Corruption and Lies. Download the song for free at Aquarium Drunkard.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Completely Conspicuous 210: Live and Dangerous
Part 2 of my conversation with special guests Nick Lorenzen and Mike Piantigini as we discuss Boston's live music scene. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Mike still goes to many rock shows
- The scene's rebounding, more new clubs
- Nick did not pogo at recent Superchunk show
- Nick and Mike saw Paul Westerberg's first solo show
- Myspace lives!
- Nick and Mike were in the band Lump in the '90s
- Brighton Music Hall is making an impression
- Live Nation squeezes out smaller clubs
- Live Nation Entertainment owns Live Nation and Ticketmaster
- Big venues are in trouble
- More bands played big arenas like Worcester Centrum in the '80s
- Memories of INXS
- Discovering your new singer on YouTube: Yes, Journey
- O Positive, a great Boston band from the past
- The suburban rock clubs of the '80s and '90s are mostly gone now
- The smartphone has reduced the amount of longform reading we do
- Debating Pearl Jam's fight vs. Ticketmaster
- Tickets in big venues are more expensive, but club tickets are still cheap
- Movie ticket prices haven't grown exponentially
- Moviegoing experience is less enjoyable
- Pixies need to pick another album to play; touring behind Doolittle for a few years now
- Mike: 2011 was a good music year
- We consume and digest music much quicker now
- Who doesn't have a Rick Neilsen guitar pick?
- Jay and Mike realized they grew up a few towns over from each other
- Mike bagged Queensryche's groceries (not a euphemism)
- The Kingston, NH Fairgrounds had several big festival shows in the '80s
- Next episode: Older artists aging gracefully while others hang on too long
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Lee Ranaldo - Off the Wall
Reigning Sound - Shaw
White Rabbits - Heavy Metal
Mind Spiders - Wait For Us
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Lee Ranadlo song is on the album Between the Times and Tides on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Matador.
The Reigning Sound song is on the EP Abdication...For Your Love. Download the song for free at Scion AV.
The White Rabbits song is from the album Milk Famous on TBD Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Mind Spiders song is on the album Meltdown on Dirtnap Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Mike still goes to many rock shows
- The scene's rebounding, more new clubs
- Nick did not pogo at recent Superchunk show
- Nick and Mike saw Paul Westerberg's first solo show
- Myspace lives!
- Nick and Mike were in the band Lump in the '90s
- Brighton Music Hall is making an impression
- Live Nation squeezes out smaller clubs
- Live Nation Entertainment owns Live Nation and Ticketmaster
- Big venues are in trouble
- More bands played big arenas like Worcester Centrum in the '80s
- Memories of INXS
- Discovering your new singer on YouTube: Yes, Journey
- O Positive, a great Boston band from the past
- The suburban rock clubs of the '80s and '90s are mostly gone now
- The smartphone has reduced the amount of longform reading we do
- Debating Pearl Jam's fight vs. Ticketmaster
- Tickets in big venues are more expensive, but club tickets are still cheap
- Movie ticket prices haven't grown exponentially
- Moviegoing experience is less enjoyable
- Pixies need to pick another album to play; touring behind Doolittle for a few years now
- Mike: 2011 was a good music year
- We consume and digest music much quicker now
- Who doesn't have a Rick Neilsen guitar pick?
- Jay and Mike realized they grew up a few towns over from each other
- Mike bagged Queensryche's groceries (not a euphemism)
- The Kingston, NH Fairgrounds had several big festival shows in the '80s
- Next episode: Older artists aging gracefully while others hang on too long
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Lee Ranaldo - Off the Wall
Reigning Sound - Shaw
White Rabbits - Heavy Metal
Mind Spiders - Wait For Us
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Lee Ranadlo song is on the album Between the Times and Tides on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Matador.
The Reigning Sound song is on the EP Abdication...For Your Love. Download the song for free at Scion AV.
The White Rabbits song is from the album Milk Famous on TBD Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Mind Spiders song is on the album Meltdown on Dirtnap Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 208: The Final Countdown
Part 3 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we look back at the best rock music of 2011. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Kumar's #2: Sloan
- Band's 20th anniversary
- Jan. 26: New Music Night with Breitling and Brad Searles at River Gods in Cambridge, Mass.
- Breitling #1: Johnny Foreigner
- No overlap on our lists
- Kumar #1: Fucked Up
- Did a vinyl release of music from fake bands
- Breitling's bubbling under: Yuck, Screaming Maldini, Gold Bears
- Kumar's bubbling under: Mighty Fine, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Feelies
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Fucked Up - A Little Death
Johnny Foreigner - (Don't) Show Us Your Fangs
Dananananaykroyd - E-Numbers
Yuck - Georgia
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Fucked Up song is on the album David Comes to Life on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Matador.
The Johnny Foreigner song is on the album Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything on Alcopop Records. Download the song for free at Bandcamp.
The Dananananaykroyd song is from the album There Is a Way on Pizza College. Download the song for free at the band's Internet Home Page.
The Yuck song is on the band's self-titled album on Fat Possum. Download the song for free at Brooklyn Vegan.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 206: Hits of the Year
Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we look back at the best rock music of 2011. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Of new additions and beer
- Revisiting our beer discussion of episodes 133 and 134
- Trends in 2011: The return of the '90s
- Bands reunited, new bands echo '90s influences
- Imminent death of the CD?
- Tons of reissues for classic albums
- Expanded versions of relatively recent albums
- Breitling's #10 album: Los Campesinos
- Proggy elements added to band's sound
- Kumar's #10: Drive-By Truckers
- Uber-prolific band combines Southern rock and soul
- Breitling's #9: Soccer Mom
- Boston band echoes sound of bands like Sonic Youth
- Kumar's #9: J. Mascis
- Solo album turns down the jet engine roar
- Breitling's #8: Ringo Deathstarr
- Album was four years in the making
- Kumar's #8: Beastie Boys
- Sounds like classic Beasties
- Overblown non-controversy of the week: Questlove vs. Michele Bachmann
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Los Campesinos - Hello Sadness
Ringo Deathstarr - Imagine Hearts
Drive-By Truckers - Used to Be a Cop
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Los Campesinos song is on the album Hello Sadness on Arts and Crafts. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Ringo Deathstarr song is on the album Colour Trip on Sonic Unyon Records. Download the song for free at RCRDLBL.
The Drive-By Truckers song is from the album Go-Go Boots on ATO Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at DriveByTruckers.com.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 204: One More Time
Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Matt Phillion as we count down our favorite movie remakes. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- More remakes
- Jay: True Lies
- Arnold as James Bond
- Matt: The Fly
- The movie Jeff Goldblum was born to make
- Jay: The Ring
- The best of the remakes of Japanese horror
- Jay: Ransom
- "Gimme back my son!"
- Worst remakes
- Matt: Never remake a Michael Caine movie
- Even bad Nic Cage movies are entertaining
- The Pink Panther remakes were bad ideas
- Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies were the inspiration for Austin Powers
- Matt: Wicker Man
- Nic Cage strikes again
- Jay: Arthur
- Another pointless remake
- Matt: Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes was good
- Jay: Godzilla (1998)
- True bomb given all the merchandising tie-ins
- Soundtrack featured Godzilla sounds
- Matt owns the soundtrack
- Matt: Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake
- Shot-for-shot remake
- Jay: The Longest Yard
- Matt's never seen a Sandler movie he liked
- Playing a bunch of characters usually backfires
- Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor was pretty funny
- Matt: Last House on the Left
- Doesn't go far enough
- Taken was enjoyable
- Liam Neeson has a very specific set of skills
- Paul Thomas Anderson vs. P.S. Anderson
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Archers of Loaf - Harnessed in Slums
Guided By Voices - Doughnut for a Snowman
Heartless Bastards - Parted Ways
Okkervil River - Plan D
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Archers of Loaf song is on the remastered and expanded reissue of Vee Vee on Merge Records. Download the song for free at SoundCloud.
The Guided By Voices song is on the forthcoming album Let's Go Eat the Factory on Guided By Voices Records; the single is available from Fire Records. Download the song for free at SoundCloud.
The Heartless Bastards song is from the forthcoming album Arrow on Partisan Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Okkervil River song is from the EP Golden Opportunities 2. Download the EP for free from the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- More remakes
- Jay: True Lies
- Arnold as James Bond
- Matt: The Fly
- The movie Jeff Goldblum was born to make
- Jay: The Ring
- The best of the remakes of Japanese horror
- Jay: Ransom
- "Gimme back my son!"
- Worst remakes
- Matt: Never remake a Michael Caine movie
- Even bad Nic Cage movies are entertaining
- The Pink Panther remakes were bad ideas
- Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies were the inspiration for Austin Powers
- Matt: Wicker Man
- Nic Cage strikes again
- Jay: Arthur
- Another pointless remake
- Matt: Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes was good
- Jay: Godzilla (1998)
- True bomb given all the merchandising tie-ins
- Soundtrack featured Godzilla sounds
- Matt owns the soundtrack
- Matt: Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake
- Shot-for-shot remake
- Jay: The Longest Yard
- Matt's never seen a Sandler movie he liked
- Playing a bunch of characters usually backfires
- Eddie Murphy's Nutty Professor was pretty funny
- Matt: Last House on the Left
- Doesn't go far enough
- Taken was enjoyable
- Liam Neeson has a very specific set of skills
- Paul Thomas Anderson vs. P.S. Anderson
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Archers of Loaf - Harnessed in Slums
Guided By Voices - Doughnut for a Snowman
Heartless Bastards - Parted Ways
Okkervil River - Plan D
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Archers of Loaf song is on the remastered and expanded reissue of Vee Vee on Merge Records. Download the song for free at SoundCloud.
The Guided By Voices song is on the forthcoming album Let's Go Eat the Factory on Guided By Voices Records; the single is available from Fire Records. Download the song for free at SoundCloud.
The Heartless Bastards song is from the forthcoming album Arrow on Partisan Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Okkervil River song is from the EP Golden Opportunities 2. Download the EP for free from the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 202: Stuck Between Stations
Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss the current state of television. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Watching movies on IFC sucks now because of commercials
- Portlandia is a great show
- Crushing on St. Vincent
- Albini vs. Odd Future
- Is this the greatest era of late night TV?
- Jay: Letterman at 12:30 on NBC was legendary
- Daily Show and Colbert Report are amazing
- Remember Kilborn?
- Reality TV
- Brian likes the cooking shows
- Brian doesn't get 30 Rock
- Jay recommends Parks and Rec and Community
- Five favorite shows
- Jay's favorite is Breaking Bad, Brian's is Mad Men
- America loves its procedurals (NCIS et al)
- Ripped from the headlines
- Growing up with old-school cable access
- Keeping up with media
- A kid can make great media (podcast, movie, music, etc.)
- The podcast battle for earbuds
- Check out Brian's new podcast Expectations about becoming new parents; also, donate to Brian's mustache fundraising campaign
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Deer Tick - Main Street
J. Mascis - I've Been Thinking
Wye Oak - Civilian
Gross Magic - Yesterdays
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Deer Tick song is from the album Divine Providence on Partisan Records. Download the song for free at Insound.
The J. Mascis song is the B-side of the 7-inch single Circle on Sub Pop. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Wye Oak song is the title track of the album Civilian on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Insound.
The Gross Magic song is from the EP Teen Jamz on Fat Possum. Download the song for free from RCRDLBL.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Watching movies on IFC sucks now because of commercials
- Portlandia is a great show
- Crushing on St. Vincent
- Albini vs. Odd Future
- Is this the greatest era of late night TV?
- Jay: Letterman at 12:30 on NBC was legendary
- Daily Show and Colbert Report are amazing
- Remember Kilborn?
- Reality TV
- Brian likes the cooking shows
- Brian doesn't get 30 Rock
- Jay recommends Parks and Rec and Community
- Five favorite shows
- Jay's favorite is Breaking Bad, Brian's is Mad Men
- America loves its procedurals (NCIS et al)
- Ripped from the headlines
- Growing up with old-school cable access
- Keeping up with media
- A kid can make great media (podcast, movie, music, etc.)
- The podcast battle for earbuds
- Check out Brian's new podcast Expectations about becoming new parents; also, donate to Brian's mustache fundraising campaign
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Deer Tick - Main Street
J. Mascis - I've Been Thinking
Wye Oak - Civilian
Gross Magic - Yesterdays
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Deer Tick song is from the album Divine Providence on Partisan Records. Download the song for free at Insound.
The J. Mascis song is the B-side of the 7-inch single Circle on Sub Pop. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Wye Oak song is the title track of the album Civilian on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Insound.
The Gross Magic song is from the EP Teen Jamz on Fat Possum. Download the song for free from RCRDLBL.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 200: Race for the Prize
Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Phil Stacey as we discuss what happens when your favorite team finally wins the big one. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Jay reminisces about '93, a good sports year for Toronto fans
- Rooted for the Bruins to beat Vancouver
- Phil covers occasional Bruins games
- We're now older than pretty much every pro athlete
- Phil and Jay attended a few games in Toronto back in the day
- Maintaining objectivity in the press box
- Nothing better than sudden death OT in hockey playoffs
- Jay started rooting for Patriots in early '80s
- Many years of misery for Bruins fans
- Phil makes some musical requests
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Chixdiggit - The Highway Man
The Big Sleep - Ace
Frightened Rabbit - Scottish Winds
Kisses - Johnny and Mary
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Chixdiggit song is from the band's recent Daytrotter session. Download the song for free at Daytrotter.
The Big Sleep song is on the band's forthcoming album Nature Experiments on Frenchkiss Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Frightened Rabbit song is on A Frightened Rabbit EP. You can download the EP for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Kisses song is available for free download (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 198: Guest List
This week on the podcast, I talk about our incessant need to make lists. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Driving to a rock show
- We love lists
- Best-of lists spur on debate
- Just contributed to best albums of '90s list on Popblerd
- More lists at Dan Paquette's Music Obsession on Facebook
- Top 100 songs of all-time was a tough list to compile
- Putting lists together is fun, just to see the different choices
- Plenty of pop culture lists
- My top 20 songs
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Johnny Foreigner - (Don't) Show Us Your Fangs
The Hush Now - ArkansasSoccer Mom - High on Dad
The King Khan Experience - I Got Love
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Johnny Foreigner song is on the band's forthcoming album Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything on Alcopop. Download the song for free at Bandcamp.
The Hush Now song is on the band's self-released album Memos. Find out more and download the entire album for free at Bandcamp.
The Soccer Mom song is on the band's self-titled 7-inch. You can download the song for free at the Soccer Mom website.
The King Khan Experience song is on the EP Scion A/V Presents the King Khan Experience. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Driving to a rock show
- We love lists
- Best-of lists spur on debate
- Just contributed to best albums of '90s list on Popblerd
- More lists at Dan Paquette's Music Obsession on Facebook
- Top 100 songs of all-time was a tough list to compile
- Putting lists together is fun, just to see the different choices
- Plenty of pop culture lists
- My top 20 songs
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Johnny Foreigner - (Don't) Show Us Your Fangs
The Hush Now - Arkansas
Soccer Mom - High on DadThe King Khan Experience - I Got Love
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Johnny Foreigner song is on the band's forthcoming album Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything on Alcopop. Download the song for free at Bandcamp.
The Hush Now song is on the band's self-released album Memos. Find out more and download the entire album for free at Bandcamp.
The Soccer Mom song is on the band's self-titled 7-inch. You can download the song for free at the Soccer Mom website.
The King Khan Experience song is on the EP Scion A/V Presents the King Khan Experience. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 196: Gouge Away
Part 2 of my conversation with special guests Jay Breitling and Ric Dube as we discuss bands that don't know when to call it quits. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Dube: Stevie Wonder definitely recorded a lot of dreck after brilliant stretch
- The decline of Clapton is legendary
- Dube defends the early output of Jet
- The current state of music criticism
- Dube romanticizes The White Stripes
- Can current bands afford to hang around too long?
- We don't know the hippity hop
- "Three guys who don't know about anything."
- Yo La Tengo opened for The National?
- Gauging New Hampshire's interest in indie rock
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Wild Flag - Romance
Electric Flower - Four16
Animal Man - Do You Feed
PS I Love You - Subdivisions
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Wild Flag song is on the band's self-titled album on Merge. Download the song for free at Chromewaves.
The Electric Flower song is on the band's self-titled EP on Narnack Records. Download the song for free at RCRDLBL.
The Animal Man song is on the EP David's Town, a companion to Fucked Up's album David Comes to Life on Matador Records. Find out more and download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The PS I Love You song is on the album Figure It Out on Paper Bag Records. Find out more and download the song at Rolling Stone.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Dube: Stevie Wonder definitely recorded a lot of dreck after brilliant stretch
- The decline of Clapton is legendary
- Dube defends the early output of Jet
- The current state of music criticism
- Dube romanticizes The White Stripes
- Can current bands afford to hang around too long?
- We don't know the hippity hop
- "Three guys who don't know about anything."
- Yo La Tengo opened for The National?
- Gauging New Hampshire's interest in indie rock
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Wild Flag - Romance
Electric Flower - Four16
Animal Man - Do You Feed
PS I Love You - Subdivisions
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Wild Flag song is on the band's self-titled album on Merge. Download the song for free at Chromewaves.
The Electric Flower song is on the band's self-titled EP on Narnack Records. Download the song for free at RCRDLBL.
The Animal Man song is on the EP David's Town, a companion to Fucked Up's album David Comes to Life on Matador Records. Find out more and download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The PS I Love You song is on the album Figure It Out on Paper Bag Records. Find out more and download the song at Rolling Stone.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 188: Words and Guitar
This week on the podcast, I've got part 1 of my conversation with special guests Jay Breitling and Ric Dube as we discuss the world of rock books. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Dube (check out the More Lost Time podcast) prepared well for topic
- Good time for rock books: Keith Richards, Bob Mould
- Breaking down types of rock books: Memoirs, biographies, oral histories, indexes
- Pete Townshend could do something weird with his memoir
- Air quote alert
- Objective biographies can be better than memoirs
- Police bio was very critical of the band
- SPIN magazine used to do good oral histories about bands
- Every old issue of SPIN is up on Google Books
- Mixed reviews for Klosterman
- Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life was momentous
- Got his big break with Nirvana bio in early '90s
- Breitling: I want to read only one book about a particular band
- Dube introduces us to the work of Vernon Joynson
- Trouser Press guides
- Bootlegs are much more accessible online
- Kumar: Keith Richards memoir is excellent
- Breitling: Rollins' Get in the Van is a great memoir of the Black Flag years
- Dube: Jim Greer's book about Guided By Voices is good; Greer used to play in band
- Juliana Hatfield's memoir wasn't interesting enough
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Boston Spaceships - Christmas Girl
Archers of Loaf - Wrong
Okkervil River - Your Past Life as a Blast
The Delta Spirit - She's Not There
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Boston Spaceships song is on the album Let It Beard on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at The Ash Gray Proclamation.
The Archers of Loaf song is on the deluxe reissue of the album Icky Mettle on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Okkervil River song is on the album I Am Very Far on Jagjaguwar Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Delta Spirit song is available as a free download (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Also, check out Clicky Clicky Radio Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. on Boston Free Radio. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Dube (check out the More Lost Time podcast) prepared well for topic
- Good time for rock books: Keith Richards, Bob Mould
- Breaking down types of rock books: Memoirs, biographies, oral histories, indexes
- Pete Townshend could do something weird with his memoir
- Air quote alert
- Objective biographies can be better than memoirs
- Police bio was very critical of the band
- SPIN magazine used to do good oral histories about bands
- Every old issue of SPIN is up on Google Books
- Mixed reviews for Klosterman
- Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life was momentous
- Got his big break with Nirvana bio in early '90s
- Breitling: I want to read only one book about a particular band
- Dube introduces us to the work of Vernon Joynson
- Trouser Press guides
- Bootlegs are much more accessible online
- Kumar: Keith Richards memoir is excellent
- Breitling: Rollins' Get in the Van is a great memoir of the Black Flag years
- Dube: Jim Greer's book about Guided By Voices is good; Greer used to play in band
- Juliana Hatfield's memoir wasn't interesting enough
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Boston Spaceships - Christmas Girl
Archers of Loaf - Wrong
Okkervil River - Your Past Life as a Blast
The Delta Spirit - She's Not There
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Boston Spaceships song is on the album Let It Beard on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at The Ash Gray Proclamation.
The Archers of Loaf song is on the deluxe reissue of the album Icky Mettle on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Okkervil River song is on the album I Am Very Far on Jagjaguwar Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Delta Spirit song is available as a free download (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Also, check out Clicky Clicky Radio Thursdays from 8 to 10 p.m. on Boston Free Radio. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 186: The Farther I Go
This week on the podcast, I've got some dispatches from my trip to Seattle. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- In Seattle for work
- Went to high school for few years in town three hours away
- Greeted by old man crashing into me on escalator
- First time in Seattle since 1983
- Visited Experience Music Project
- Seattle supposedly has last working monorail
- Went running down by the waterfront
- Caught a Mariners baseball game
- Met an old buddy from high school
- Plenty to see in the city
- Had we not moved, I might have gone to college in Seattle
- Major heatwave everywhere in U.S. except Seattle
- Checking in on last night in Seattle
- Finished working
- Got together with another old high school friend
- I got way off track on my way there and was an hour late
- Enjoyable trip
- When I first moved away, kept in touch via letters
- Stopped writing back when I got to college
- Was able to reconnect via Facebook
- Interesting to see how our lives turned out
- When I moved, we were all 15-year-old dorks
- Similarly reconnected with a childhood friend in Toronto a few years ago
- A bit of uncertainty meeting somebody you haven't seen in 30 years
- It's amazing how much you forget over the years
- Used a lot of public transportation in Seattle
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Band of Horses - The Funeral
Mudhoney - In 'N' Out of Grace
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Band of Horses song is on the album Everything All the Time on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Mudhoney song is on the deluxe reissue of the album Superfuzz Bigmuff on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Murder City Devils song is on the album In Name and Blood on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- In Seattle for work
- Went to high school for few years in town three hours away
- Greeted by old man crashing into me on escalator
- First time in Seattle since 1983
- Visited Experience Music Project
- Seattle supposedly has last working monorail
- Went running down by the waterfront
- Caught a Mariners baseball game
- Met an old buddy from high school
- Plenty to see in the city
- Had we not moved, I might have gone to college in Seattle
- Major heatwave everywhere in U.S. except Seattle
- Checking in on last night in Seattle
- Finished working
- Got together with another old high school friend
- I got way off track on my way there and was an hour late
- Enjoyable trip
- When I first moved away, kept in touch via letters
- Stopped writing back when I got to college
- Was able to reconnect via Facebook
- Interesting to see how our lives turned out
- When I moved, we were all 15-year-old dorks
- Similarly reconnected with a childhood friend in Toronto a few years ago
- A bit of uncertainty meeting somebody you haven't seen in 30 years
- It's amazing how much you forget over the years
- Used a lot of public transportation in Seattle
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Band of Horses - The Funeral
Mudhoney - In 'N' Out of Grace
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Band of Horses song is on the album Everything All the Time on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Mudhoney song is on the deluxe reissue of the album Superfuzz Bigmuff on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Murder City Devils song is on the album In Name and Blood on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 184: On Top, Rockin' It
Special guest Jay Breitling joins me as we discuss our favorite rock music of the first half of 2011. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Breitling: Yuck's self-titled album
- Reminiscent of great '90s acts
- Kumar: Reissue of Queens of the Stone Age's first album
- Originally came out in '98, was out of print
- Breitling: J Mascis--Several Shades of Why
- Mostly acoustic
- Dino Jr.'s Where You Been has been unfairly forgotten
- Kumar: Sloan--The Double Cross
- 20 years of terrific rock and power pop
- Breitling: Rival Schools--Pedal
- NY post-hardcore legends
- Kumar: Twilight Singers--Dynamite Steps
- Greg Dulli's back with yet another great album
- Breitling: Destroyer--Kaputt
- Synth pop detour for Dan Bejar
- Whither Don Felder?
- Kumar: PJ Harvey--Let England Shake
- Polarizing album
- Bjork's selling her new songs as apps
- Breitling: Wartgore Hellsnicker--Moderate Rock
- "The last grunge record"
- Kumar: Buffalo Tom--Skins
- '90 alt-rock heroes still sound great
- Breitling: Also dig Johnny Foreigner, Wye Oak releases
- Kumar: Honorable mention includes Drive-By Truckers, Beastie Boys, Feelies
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Yuck - The Wall
J. Mascis - Not Enough
Sloan - Follow the Leader
The Twilight Singers - On the Corner
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Yuck song is on the band's self-titled album on Fat Possum Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The J. Mascis song is on the album Several Shades of Why on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Sloan song is on the album The Double Cross on Yep Roc Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) from the band's website.
The Twilight Singers song is on the album Dynamite Steps on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Show notes:
- Breitling: Yuck's self-titled album
- Reminiscent of great '90s acts
- Kumar: Reissue of Queens of the Stone Age's first album
- Originally came out in '98, was out of print
- Breitling: J Mascis--Several Shades of Why
- Mostly acoustic
- Dino Jr.'s Where You Been has been unfairly forgotten
- Kumar: Sloan--The Double Cross
- 20 years of terrific rock and power pop
- Breitling: Rival Schools--Pedal
- NY post-hardcore legends
- Kumar: Twilight Singers--Dynamite Steps
- Greg Dulli's back with yet another great album
- Breitling: Destroyer--Kaputt
- Synth pop detour for Dan Bejar
- Whither Don Felder?
- Kumar: PJ Harvey--Let England Shake
- Polarizing album
- Bjork's selling her new songs as apps
- Breitling: Wartgore Hellsnicker--Moderate Rock
- "The last grunge record"
- Kumar: Buffalo Tom--Skins
- '90 alt-rock heroes still sound great
- Breitling: Also dig Johnny Foreigner, Wye Oak releases
- Kumar: Honorable mention includes Drive-By Truckers, Beastie Boys, Feelies
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Yuck - The Wall
J. Mascis - Not Enough
Sloan - Follow the Leader
The Twilight Singers - On the Corner
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Yuck song is on the band's self-titled album on Fat Possum Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The J. Mascis song is on the album Several Shades of Why on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The Sloan song is on the album The Double Cross on Yep Roc Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) from the band's website.
The Twilight Singers song is on the album Dynamite Steps on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 180: Left Behind
Part 3 of my podcast conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we dissect 1990s movies. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes:
- Check out Ric's great podcast, More Lost Time
- Ric: Kirk Cameron's "Left Behind" movies were exploitation flicks
- Ric got early copies of the Dysfunctional Family Circus
- Ric offers better artists to replace Smash Mouth's reign of soundtrack terror in '98
- Match the Bond Girl to the movie
- First digitally edited movie soundtrack was in 1996
- Rating the destructive film families
- A cavalcade o' Culkins
- Ill-fated jumps from TV to movies
- Michael Moore reinvents the documentary
- Jay: In '90s, Nicolas Cage went from serious actor to uber nutjob
- Pulp Fiction inspired many knockoffs
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Senator
Sun Airway - Wild Palms
J. Mascis - Alone (live)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks song is on the forthcoming album Mirror Traffic on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The Sun Airway song is on the 7-inch Wild Palms on Dead Oceans. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The J. Mascis song was recorded as part of a live Daytrotter session. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Daytrotter.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes:
- Check out Ric's great podcast, More Lost Time
- Ric: Kirk Cameron's "Left Behind" movies were exploitation flicks
- Ric got early copies of the Dysfunctional Family Circus
- Ric offers better artists to replace Smash Mouth's reign of soundtrack terror in '98
- Match the Bond Girl to the movie
- First digitally edited movie soundtrack was in 1996
- Rating the destructive film families
- A cavalcade o' Culkins
- Ill-fated jumps from TV to movies
- Michael Moore reinvents the documentary
- Jay: In '90s, Nicolas Cage went from serious actor to uber nutjob
- Pulp Fiction inspired many knockoffs
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Senator
Sun Airway - Wild Palms
J. Mascis - Alone (live)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks song is on the forthcoming album Mirror Traffic on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The Sun Airway song is on the 7-inch Wild Palms on Dead Oceans. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The J. Mascis song was recorded as part of a live Daytrotter session. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Daytrotter.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 178: Look Back in Anger
This week on the podcast, I've got part 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we dissect 1990s movies. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes:
- Check out Ric's great podcast, More Lost Time
- Indie film emerged as viable entity in the '90s
- Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
- Still in the age of VHS and fewer cable options for viewers
- Internet was in its infancy at start of decade, text-based
- Reinventing brands, like Coke did with Diet Coke
- Ric's million-dollar idea
- Studios started experimenting with quality projects
- Ric: Huge trend of "Adjective Noun" movies
- Revisiting "The Cable Guy"
- Jay: The end of the bankable star
- Every star had huge bombs
- Eddie Murphy had the biggest decline from '80s to '90s
- Ric feels the same way about R.E.M. after the first few albums
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Centro-matic - Only in My Double Mind
Roadside Graves -Love Me More
Bon Iver - Calgary
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Centro-matic song is on the forthcoming album Candidate Waltz on Undertow Music. Download the song for free at the band's site.
The Roadside Graves song is on the forthcoming album We Can Take Care of Ourselves on Autumn Tone. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Bon Iver song is on album Bon Iver on Jagjaguwar Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's site.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes:
- Check out Ric's great podcast, More Lost Time
- Indie film emerged as viable entity in the '90s
- Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
- Still in the age of VHS and fewer cable options for viewers
- Internet was in its infancy at start of decade, text-based
- Reinventing brands, like Coke did with Diet Coke
- Ric's million-dollar idea
- Studios started experimenting with quality projects
- Ric: Huge trend of "Adjective Noun" movies
- Revisiting "The Cable Guy"
- Jay: The end of the bankable star
- Every star had huge bombs
- Eddie Murphy had the biggest decline from '80s to '90s
- Ric feels the same way about R.E.M. after the first few albums
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Centro-matic - Only in My Double Mind
Roadside Graves -Love Me More
Bon Iver - Calgary
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Centro-matic song is on the forthcoming album Candidate Waltz on Undertow Music. Download the song for free at the band's site.
The Roadside Graves song is on the forthcoming album We Can Take Care of Ourselves on Autumn Tone. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Bon Iver song is on album Bon Iver on Jagjaguwar Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's site.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 176: Put the Message in the Box
Part 2 of my podcast conversation with special guest Jim Corrigan as we discuss social media. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes:
- Jim is a Twitter newbie (@JimCorrigan2011), Jay has been on for two years (@koomdogg)
- Jim's already Tweeted more than 1,300 times
- Previously, he was a blogger about politics
- Lots of pressure to write cogent posts
- Resisted Twitter for a long time, but now loves it
- Jay: Follow comedians, bands
- Corrigan fell for Twitter spam
- Stay off Facebook at work, but easier to tweet throughout the day
- Great source of immediate news
- Jay: Heard about Bin Laden's death on Twitter more than hour before Obama announced it
- Good way to hype new eps of CompCon, columns, occasional blog post
- Jim: Twitter offers less feedback than Facebook; no "like" button
- Spam bots galore on Twitter
- Jay: Like to post interesting links, retweets
- FYI: Jim would rather be clubbed than tased
- Jay: Steer clear of political stuff on Twitter
- Jim works a solitary job, so social media offers sense of community
- Facebook's good for keeping up with friends
- Social media didn't cause governmental overthrow in Egypt and Libya
- Differences of musical opinion on Facebook
- Ranking favorite songs is tough
- Jay: Use Google Reader to follow blogs
- Charlie Sheen situation was played out in a matter of days
- Twitter memes fly by fast and furiously
- Jim's mom is on Facebook
- There are things you can say on Twitter that you can't on FB
- Reconnecting with people via social media is cool, but can be awkward
- Blocking friends on Facebook
- Annoying social media habits: Trolling for opinions, retweets
- If you really want privacy, don't go on Facebook
- Don't post anything that you don't want getting out there
- Jim: As a means of expression, Twitter is better
- Facebook's better for more personal stuff
- Some people just use social media to complain about their lives
- If you need social media for friends, you've got bigger problems
- Spoiler alerts
- Social networks involved actual human interaction when we were kids
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
F***ed Up - Queen of Hearts
The National - About Today
The Sam Roberts Band - Longitude
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The F***ed Up song is on the album David Comes to Life on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The National song is on the re-released 2004 EP Cherry Tree on Brassland. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Bandcamp.
The Sam Roberts Band song is on the album Collider on Rounder Records. Find out more at and download the song for free at Rounder (right click and "save as").
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes:
- Jim is a Twitter newbie (@JimCorrigan2011), Jay has been on for two years (@koomdogg)
- Jim's already Tweeted more than 1,300 times
- Previously, he was a blogger about politics
- Lots of pressure to write cogent posts
- Resisted Twitter for a long time, but now loves it
- Jay: Follow comedians, bands
- Corrigan fell for Twitter spam
- Stay off Facebook at work, but easier to tweet throughout the day
- Great source of immediate news
- Jay: Heard about Bin Laden's death on Twitter more than hour before Obama announced it
- Good way to hype new eps of CompCon, columns, occasional blog post
- Jim: Twitter offers less feedback than Facebook; no "like" button
- Spam bots galore on Twitter
- Jay: Like to post interesting links, retweets
- FYI: Jim would rather be clubbed than tased
- Jay: Steer clear of political stuff on Twitter
- Jim works a solitary job, so social media offers sense of community
- Facebook's good for keeping up with friends
- Social media didn't cause governmental overthrow in Egypt and Libya
- Differences of musical opinion on Facebook
- Ranking favorite songs is tough
- Jay: Use Google Reader to follow blogs
- Charlie Sheen situation was played out in a matter of days
- Twitter memes fly by fast and furiously
- Jim's mom is on Facebook
- There are things you can say on Twitter that you can't on FB
- Reconnecting with people via social media is cool, but can be awkward
- Blocking friends on Facebook
- Annoying social media habits: Trolling for opinions, retweets
- If you really want privacy, don't go on Facebook
- Don't post anything that you don't want getting out there
- Jim: As a means of expression, Twitter is better
- Facebook's better for more personal stuff
- Some people just use social media to complain about their lives
- If you need social media for friends, you've got bigger problems
- Spoiler alerts
- Social networks involved actual human interaction when we were kids
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
F***ed Up - Queen of Hearts
The National - About Today
The Sam Roberts Band - Longitude
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The F***ed Up song is on the album David Comes to Life on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The National song is on the re-released 2004 EP Cherry Tree on Brassland. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Bandcamp.
The Sam Roberts Band song is on the album Collider on Rounder Records. Find out more at and download the song for free at Rounder (right click and "save as").
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 174: Long Time Running
This week on the podcast, I take a look at my complicated relationship with running. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes:
- Never saw the point of running
- Played sports but never ran for running's sake
- After college, started working out again
- Watched Boston Marathon every year but never thought I could do it
- Started running in late '90s because of my girlfriend (now wife)
- Ran a 5K, then kept increasing distance
- In 2002, ran Boston Marathon for the first time
- No marathon this spring because of burnout
- Enjoying shorter distances and just running in general
- Ran in the Poco Loco in Boston last weekend
- Social running event with no pressure for time or speed
- Similar events in the works for St. Louis, London
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
The Twilight Singers - Don't Call
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Sebadoh - Rebound
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Twilight Singers song is a B-side from the band's album Dynamite Steps on Sub Pop Records. Find out more and download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Church song is on the 1988 album Starfish on Arista Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Sebadoh song is on the upcoming re-release of the 1994 album Bakesale on Sub Pop Records. Download the song for free at Sub Pop.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes:
- Never saw the point of running
- Played sports but never ran for running's sake
- After college, started working out again
- Watched Boston Marathon every year but never thought I could do it
- Started running in late '90s because of my girlfriend (now wife)
- Ran a 5K, then kept increasing distance
- In 2002, ran Boston Marathon for the first time
- No marathon this spring because of burnout
- Enjoying shorter distances and just running in general
- Ran in the Poco Loco in Boston last weekend
- Social running event with no pressure for time or speed
- Similar events in the works for St. Louis, London
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
The Twilight Singers - Don't Call
The Church - Under the Milky Way
Sebadoh - Rebound
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Twilight Singers song is a B-side from the band's album Dynamite Steps on Sub Pop Records. Find out more and download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website.
The Church song is on the 1988 album Starfish on Arista Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
The Sebadoh song is on the upcoming re-release of the 1994 album Bakesale on Sub Pop Records. Download the song for free at Sub Pop.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 172: Crossroads
Part 2 of my podcast conversation with special guest Tom Salemi as we discuss career shifts. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
- Recorded at Choate Bridge Pub in Ipswich, Mass.
- Tom moved from local daily newspaper to Boston Business Journal
- Transition was smooth
- After a year, moved on to work at private equity newsletter
- Ready for a steady job with good pay, as opposed to a newspaper job
- Around the same time, Jay left healthcare writing gig for a dotcom
- Had stock in the company, hoped for good payoff but didn't happen
- Now you see the companies who had the best ideas: Apple, Netflix, Pandora, TiVo
- Went back to old job in fall of '01, right before dotcom went under
- Owner of Tom's company had the sense to sell at right time
- Another company tried to hire Tom for eight months
- Finally, he gave in; now writes about medical devices
- Tom has his own office in Newburyport, works by himself
- Jay now has a cube instead of an office
- Jay: Miss covering election nights at paper, court trials
- Don't miss covering night meetings
- Jay: Write a column about running for local paper
- Non-newspaper jobs offer more flexibility
- Tom writes blog about Newburyport
- Neither of us could do PR
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
My Morning Jacket - Circuital
Maritime - Paraphernalia
The Smoking Popes - Wish You Were
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The My Morning Jacket song is on the forthcoming album Circuital on ATO Records. Download the song for free at the band's website.
The Maritime song is on the album Human Hearts on Dangerbird Records. Download the song for free from Dangerbird (right click and "save as").
The Smoking Popes song is from the album This is Only a Test on Asian Man Records. Download the song for free courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Smoking Popes 
"Wish We Were" (mp3) from "This Is Only a Test" (Asian Man Records)
Buy at iTunes Music Store 
Buy at Amazon MP3 
More On This Album
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 170: The Rest of My Life
I've got another installment of Driving With Kumar as I discuss the strange sensation of getting older. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
- Don't feel old, but constantly reminded that I'm getting older
- I've been out of college almost 22 years
- Friends have kids who are now in their 20s and 30s
- Time has flown by, but much has happened
- Some of my co-workers were born when I was in college
- The technological advances in the last 20 years are amazing
- My first cell phone was actually a car phone in late '90s
- Had interoffice email at newspaper in late '80s
- Got my first Internet-connected PC in '95
- My new Droid is faster and more powerful than my first few computers
- We've grown very narcissistic as a society
- My attention span is shorter nowadays
- Haven't hit midlife crisis yet
- Definition of fun changes as you get older
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Yuck - Georgia
Wild Flag - Glass Tambourine
The Smith Westerns - Imagine, Pt. 3
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Yuck song ison the band's self-titled album on Fat Possum Records. Download the song for free at SXSW (right click and "save as").
The Wild Flag song is on the B-side of the band's new 7-inch on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Ground Control Touring.
The Smith Westerns song is from the album Dye It Blonde on Fat Possum Records. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his website PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 168: Kick It Up a Notch
Part 1 of my podcast conversation with special guest Chris Lohring, brewer/founder of Notch Session beer as we discuss his journey through the world of craft brewing. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
Topics:
- Recorded at In a Pig's Eye in Salem, Mass.
- Chris got interested in craft brewing when in college
- In '92, worked with a partner to start Tremont Brewery
- Raised funding from "friends, family and fools"
- Launched brewery in '94
- Started with draft only in Boston-area bars
- Began bottling Tremont in '97
- Became second-largest brewer in Mass. behind Harpoon
- Back in early '90s, you were selling the concept of craft beer to bars
- Installed first cask engine in greater Boston at Redbones
- Introduced cask beer to Boston
- Tremont did its own distribution until '99, sold it to expand reach to CT and RI
- Brewery reached capacity in late '99
- You can still find Tremont in various states
- Sold to Shipyard in 2002 because investors wanted out
- Chris was burned out, got out of the brewing business
- Worked at engineering firm for several years
- "The world doesn't need another double IPA"
- Interest rekindled by session beer, lower-alcohol beer with great taste
- Influenced by European beers
- Session category has been ignored in U.S. as brewers go with higher-alcohol beers
- Craft beer started at 5% or less alcohol by volume
- Session beer is lower than 5% ABV
- Difficult brewing task to make session beer
- Not a lot of lower-ABV craft beer options
- Session beer's been around forever in Europe
- Designed by farmers for workers in the fields to drink
- First came up with idea two years ago, got serious about 18 months ago
- Brewed some test batches and got bars to serve it
- At first tried to emulate British beer; ended up doing an American-style ale and Czech-style pilsner
- Struck a deal to brew Notch at Ipswich Ale Brewery
- Chris wanted to remain actively involved in the brewing process
- Released two new beers in early March, bottles in Boston-area stores
- Draft handles in growing number of Boston-area bars
- Using social media to spread the word about Notch
- Thanks to Twitter, Jay got first six-pack of Notch Session ale on North Shore
- Tremont was marketed via a newsletter
- Now Twitter and Facebook gets message out directly to fans
- Chris' goals for Notch: Have fun and bring session beer into craft beer conversation
- Older consumers (30+) understand concept; younger drinkers in their 20s may not right away
- Also looking to build Notch into a viable business
- Small session beer resurgence on West Coast
- It's an East Coast-West Coast thing
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Codeine
The Dirtbombs - Cosmic Cars
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Karmageddon
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Jason Isbell song is on the forthcoming album Here We Rest on Lightning Rod Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at his website.
The Dirtbombs song is on the album Party Store on In the Red Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives song is from the album Golden Greats Vol. 1 on Little W Productions. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes...
Topics:
- Recorded at In a Pig's Eye in Salem, Mass.
- Chris got interested in craft brewing when in college
- In '92, worked with a partner to start Tremont Brewery
- Raised funding from "friends, family and fools"
- Launched brewery in '94
- Started with draft only in Boston-area bars
- Began bottling Tremont in '97
- Became second-largest brewer in Mass. behind Harpoon
- Back in early '90s, you were selling the concept of craft beer to bars
- Installed first cask engine in greater Boston at Redbones
- Introduced cask beer to Boston
- Tremont did its own distribution until '99, sold it to expand reach to CT and RI
- Brewery reached capacity in late '99
- You can still find Tremont in various states
- Sold to Shipyard in 2002 because investors wanted out
- Chris was burned out, got out of the brewing business
- Worked at engineering firm for several years
- "The world doesn't need another double IPA"
- Interest rekindled by session beer, lower-alcohol beer with great taste
- Influenced by European beers
- Session category has been ignored in U.S. as brewers go with higher-alcohol beers
- Craft beer started at 5% or less alcohol by volume
- Session beer is lower than 5% ABV
- Difficult brewing task to make session beer
- Not a lot of lower-ABV craft beer options
- Session beer's been around forever in Europe
- Designed by farmers for workers in the fields to drink
- First came up with idea two years ago, got serious about 18 months ago
- Brewed some test batches and got bars to serve it
- At first tried to emulate British beer; ended up doing an American-style ale and Czech-style pilsner
- Struck a deal to brew Notch at Ipswich Ale Brewery
- Chris wanted to remain actively involved in the brewing process
- Released two new beers in early March, bottles in Boston-area stores
- Draft handles in growing number of Boston-area bars
- Using social media to spread the word about Notch
- Thanks to Twitter, Jay got first six-pack of Notch Session ale on North Shore
- Tremont was marketed via a newsletter
- Now Twitter and Facebook gets message out directly to fans
- Chris' goals for Notch: Have fun and bring session beer into craft beer conversation
- Older consumers (30+) understand concept; younger drinkers in their 20s may not right away
- Also looking to build Notch into a viable business
- Small session beer resurgence on West Coast
- It's an East Coast-West Coast thing
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Codeine
The Dirtbombs - Cosmic Cars
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Karmageddon
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Jason Isbell song is on the forthcoming album Here We Rest on Lightning Rod Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at his website.
The Dirtbombs song is on the album Party Store on In the Red Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Soundtrack of Our Lives song is from the album Golden Greats Vol. 1 on Little W Productions. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at the band's website.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his new site PodGeek.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 166: The Future is Unwritten
Check out part 2 of my podcast conversation with special guest Eric Convey as we discuss the current state of journalism. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Nobody knows where journalism is going
- Rupert Murdock may have the answer with The Daily, designed for the iPad
- Local news could survive through iPad, smartphone apps
- Local news is the only niche left
- AOL bought Huffington Post for big bucks
- Eric: AOL's Politics Daily is most interesting news site
- AOL's Patch doesn't need local advertisers, it needs clicks
- Eric's food adventures at the Peabody International Festival
- Eric: BBJ uses print and web to thrive
- Worked at Boston Herald for 11 years
- Tales of covering overnight accidents
- Eric: Print papers aren't economically sustainable long-term
- Papers are moving towards charging for online access
- When Boston Globe starts charging, the Herald will follow
- When you're forced for everything, where will traffic go?
- From the start, Wall Street Journal was saying papers should charge
- Nobody really understood online commerce in the '90s
- Jay: Used to buy Globe and Herald every day; now just read them online for free
- Similar parallel to music industry
- Music sales are an all-time low
- Eric: Print is still in the picture at BBJ
- Eric teaches a college journalism class
- Helps students think like journalists
- Some are still looking for newspaper jobs
- Students all have laptops or iPads now
- The future is scary
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Art Brut - Unprofessional Wrestling
Black Francis - Bad News
Robert Pollard - Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Art Brut song is a B-side from the forthcoming album Brilliant! Tragic! on Cooking Vinyl Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at PledgeMusic (via Stereogum).
The Black Francis song is on the album The Golem on The Bureau Records. Download the song for free courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Black Francis
"Bad News" (mp3)
from "The Golem"
(The Bureau)
More On This Album
The Robert Pollard song is from the album Space City Kicks on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at Spinner.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Nobody knows where journalism is going
- Rupert Murdock may have the answer with The Daily, designed for the iPad
- Local news could survive through iPad, smartphone apps
- Local news is the only niche left
- AOL bought Huffington Post for big bucks
- Eric: AOL's Politics Daily is most interesting news site
- AOL's Patch doesn't need local advertisers, it needs clicks
- Eric's food adventures at the Peabody International Festival
- Eric: BBJ uses print and web to thrive
- Worked at Boston Herald for 11 years
- Tales of covering overnight accidents
- Eric: Print papers aren't economically sustainable long-term
- Papers are moving towards charging for online access
- When Boston Globe starts charging, the Herald will follow
- When you're forced for everything, where will traffic go?
- From the start, Wall Street Journal was saying papers should charge
- Nobody really understood online commerce in the '90s
- Jay: Used to buy Globe and Herald every day; now just read them online for free
- Similar parallel to music industry
- Music sales are an all-time low
- Eric: Print is still in the picture at BBJ
- Eric teaches a college journalism class
- Helps students think like journalists
- Some are still looking for newspaper jobs
- Students all have laptops or iPads now
- The future is scary
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Art Brut - Unprofessional Wrestling
Black Francis - Bad News
Robert Pollard - Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Art Brut song is a B-side from the forthcoming album Brilliant! Tragic! on Cooking Vinyl Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at PledgeMusic (via Stereogum).
The Black Francis song is on the album The Golem on The Bureau Records. Download the song for free courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Black Francis "Bad News" (mp3)from "The Golem"
(The Bureau)
More On This AlbumThe Robert Pollard song is from the album Space City Kicks on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at Spinner.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
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