Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Christian Douglass as we discuss his recent trip to Alaska to research a book. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Douglass: One book written, researching the next one
- First book finished in June, sent out to reviewers
- Need to define characters clearly at the beginning
- Kumar: Challenging books are rewarding, but takes a while to get going
- Have to be in the right mood to dig into a complex John Irving novel
- Douglass: Second book digs into unsolved murder in the Alaskan bush
- Murder took place in indigenous Yupik village
- High rate of alcoholism
- Tough time selling the first book
- Village is in big fishing area
- Murder was pinned on an unlikely suspect
- Lots of heavy drinking
- Many holes in murder story
- Douglass posed as a writer for fishing magazine and lived with drug dealer
- Could be a "true crime" story, but Douglass will do fictionalized version
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Male Bonding - Tame the Sun
F***ed Up - The Other Shoe
The Moondoggies- It's a Shame, It's a Pity
Sloan - Losing California
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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The Male Bonding song is on the album Endless Now on Sub Pop, where you can download the song for free.
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 Moondoggies song is on the album Tidelands on Hardly Art Records. Download the song for free at the band's website.
The Sloan song is on Select Singles, '92-'11, courtesy of NoiseTrade. Download the 14-song sampler for free (in exchange for your email address) at NoiseTrade.
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.
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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.
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