Completely Conspicuous 344: Stardom in Action

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion about society's obsession with celebrity. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").



Show notes:
- The Brits love them some Arctic Monkeys
- Matt learns how to do Twitter
- Getting followed by dead authors and weirdos
- Desperate for celeb RTs
- Positive Twitter interactions
- Jay: Old friend has been writing about celebrities for a few decades now
- PR jobs require a different mindset
- Meeting your heroes can be problematic
- Searching for Jagger
- In the presence of Howard
- Rock star deaths
- Dying young does wonders for an artist's legacy
- Brando's death isn't well remembered...by Matt, anyway
- How dumb would we be if we had money?

Music:
SW/MM/NG - Some Dreams Come True
Gold-Bears - From Tallahassee to Gainesville
Weekend - Hazel

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The SW/MM/NG song is on the album Feel Not Bad on Old Flame Records. Download the song for free from KEXP.
The Gold-Bears song is on the album Dalliance on Slumberland Records. Download the song for free as part of the Slumberland Records 25th Anniversary Sampler on Amazon MP3.
The Weekend song is on the EP Red on Slumberland Records. Download the song for free as part of the Slumberland Records 25th Anniversary Sampler on Amazon MP3.

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 blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 179: Attack of the Baby Geniuses

Part 2 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...

- Listen to Ric's podcast More Lost Time

- Ric: Major '90s trend was precocious kids who are smarter than adults

- Sympathy for Wile E. Coyote

- Ralph Bakshi's 1990s output

- Body-switching comedies keep coming back

- Ric's beef about "Shrek" and Smash Mouth

- Smash Mouth had songs in numerous movies in the '90s

- In many '90s rock music hits, the hooks got smaller and more annoying

- Bryan Adams went from meat-and-potatoes rocker to '90s soundtrack guy

- What really happened in the Summer of '69?

- Movie trend: Animals smarter than their co-stars

- Rant alert: Ric hates TV dramas

- The argument against "Mad Men" and "The Sopranos"

- Talking about "The Simpsons"

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

Robert Pollard - In a Circle

The Answering Machine - Another City, Another Sorry

Gold-Bears - Record Store

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The Robert Pollard song is on the album Lord of the Birdcage on Guided By Voices Records. Find out more at and download the song for free at TellAllYourFriends PR (right click and "save as").
The Answering Machine song is on the album Another City, Another Sorry on Heist or Hit Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud.

The Gold-Bears song is on the album Are You Falling in Love? on Slumberland Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud.

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.

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