Completely Conspicuous 227: Shapes of Things

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Adam Tinkoff as we discuss fitness. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype

- Check out Adam's new show Zen@10 and also the Slow Runners Club
- Talking a little rock: Against Me singer switching genders
- Are Bowie Bonds worth anything?

- Adam's mulling a trip to Bonnaroo
- We both met Trey from Phish at different points

- Frank Zappa's influence on modern music
- Adam doesn't buy the new CDC obesity report
- More folks are becoming long-distance runners getting into fitness
- People need to make better dietary choices
- Bigger problem is inactivity of people on Facebook
- Adam: Was seriously into martial arts, then focused on fatherhood in his 30s
- Now back into fitness
- Adam was a podcasting pioneer, talking about weight loss and fitness
- Drinking alcohol can affect how much nutrition your body gets from food
- Formaldehyde: Your last drink
- Giving up alcohol for short periods can benefit your weight loss and fitness efforts
- Soft drinks are full of unwanted side effects
- Everything in moderation
- To be continued next week
- Bonehead of the Week

Music:
Young Adults - Decay
Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO
The Riverboat Gamblers - Comedians
Beck - Lost Cause

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The Young Adults song is on the compilation NOFUCKINGWHERE, featuring Boston bands covering songs from Ride's 1990 album Nowhere compiled by Jay Breitling. Download the entire album for free at Clicky Clicky.

The Guided By Voices song is the title track of the band's forthcoming album on Guided By Voices/Fire Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Riverboat Gamblers song is on the album The Wolf You Feed on Volcom Entertainment. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) from TheRiverboatGamblers.com. 
The Beck song is on the album Sea Change on Geffen. Download the song for free from 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 fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.

Completely Conspicuous 116: Pop Culture Principles, Part 2

I'm joined on the podcast by special guest Ric Dube as we continue our discussion of the underlying themes behind pop culture trends. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- White Men Can't Judge (on TV)

- Dube's Principle of Inevitable Communication

- Kumar's standard requirements for benefit songs

- Need at least one non-singer involved

- To win an Oscar, actor must gain/lose large amount of weight and/or become ugly

- Karen's Principle: Dumb actors only play characters that have their name (e.g., Tony Danza)

- Who the Hell Does That? Only on TV is a gift box lid wrapped separately from box itself

- Everybody leaves one side of dinner table open (for camera)

- Kumar: Rod Stewart Suckability Quotient

- Others that qualify for this list: Clapton, Sting, Phil Collins, Dave Navarro, Elton John

- Dube: Synchronicity album was beginning of the end for the Police

- Collins went from prog-rock drummer to frontman to solo artist to actor to hammy soundtrack artist

- Disney soundtracks = big bucks for Elton, Collins, Sting

- "Against All Odds" was first of many power ballads for Collins

- Jay blames Michael Mann for acting careers of musicians: Collins, Nugent, Sheena Easton, Glenn Frey

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union

- The Morning Bender - Promises

- The Riverboat Gamblers - Robots May Break Your Heart

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The Titus Andronicus song is on the forthcoming album The Monitor on XL Recordings. The Morning Benders song is on the album Big Echo on Rough Trade Records. Download the songs for free at Beggars Group USA.

The Riverboat Gamblers song is on the album Underneath the Owl on Volcom Entertainment. Find out more and download the track for free here.

The show is sponsored by Eastbay/Footlocker.com, a leading supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. Use promo code AFCOMP15 to get 15% off any order at Eastbay.com, AFCOMP20 to get 20% off any order of $75 or more at Eastbay.com and AFCOMPFL to get 15% off any order at Footlocker.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. 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.

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Completely Conspicuous Episode 73: Can't Hear the Revolution

Here's the latest episode of CompCon, featuring part 2 of my conversation with Jay Breitling. You can listen to it in streaming audio here or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:
- Digital music sales
- The state of live music
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Shearwater - Rooks
- The Riverboat Gamblers - Don't Jinx

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes and Podcast Pickle podcast directories. Subscribe and write a review!

The Shearwater song is on the album Rook on Matador Records, where you can find out more and download the track.

The Riverboat Gamblers song is on their new album Underneath the Owl on Volcom Entertainment. Find out more and download the song here.

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.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.

Completely Conspicuous Episode 71: The Needle and the Damage Done

Here are the details on the latest episode of CompCon. Click here to listen to it in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:
- Banning trans fats in restaurants
- Should baseball cheaters be erased from the record books?
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Seven-Mile Island
- The Riverboat Gamblers - A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology
- Swan Lake - Spanish Gold, 2044
- Obits - Pine On

Promo:
- New England Podcasting.

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes and Podcast Pickle podcast directories. Subscribe and write a review!

The Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit song is on their self-titled album on Lightning Rod Records, where you can find out more and download the track.

The Riverboat Gamblers song is on their new album Underneath the Owl on Volcom Entertainment. Find out more and download the track here.

The Swan Lake song is on the new album Enemy Mine on Jagjaguwar Records, where you can find out more and download the track.

The Obits song is on the album I Blame You on Sub Pop Records, where you can find out more and download the trizznack.

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 muy excellente music blog. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell.

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Completely Conspicuous Episode 38: Geezers Gone Wild

Here's the latest episode of tha CC. If you're not subscribed, you can download it directly here.

Ze show notes...

Topics:
- Sexually active senior citizens
- Extreme sports fan behavior
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Les Savy Fav - The Equestrian
- Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator - Lie Detector
- The Riverboat Gamblers - Last to Know
- The Hellacopters - Heart of the Matter

Promos:
- The Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon. Find out more here.
- New England Podcasting. Find out more here.

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts and Podcast Pickle podcast directories. Subscribe and write a review!

The Les Savy Fav song is from the album Let's Stay Friends on French Kiss Records; find out more here. It is provided by the Podsafe Music Network.

The song from Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator is on the album Dead Planet on Suburban Noize Records; find out more here. The Riverboat Gamblers song is on their album Something to Crow About on Gearhead Records; find out more here. The Hellacopters song is on their album Cream of the Crap, Volume 1 on Gearhead Records; find out more here. All three songs were provided by IODA Promonet.

Mondo Generator
"Lie Detector" (mp3)
from "Dead Planet"
(Suburban Noize Records)

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Riverboat Gamblers
"Last To Know" (mp3)
from "Something to Crow About"
(Gearhead Records)

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The Hellacopters
"Heart Of The Matter" (mp3)
from "Cream of the Crap! Volume 1"
(Gearhead Records)

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Check out his fine music blog, willya? Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of Mark Campbell; find out more here.

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Completely Conspicuous Episode 35: Follow the Bouncing Ball

A bit of a sports-themed episode of CC for ya this week, so check it out here (right click and "save as").



The show notes, if you will:



Topics:
- The decline of ESPN
- The arrival of David Beckham
- The Pinhead of the Week


Music:
- The New Bomb Turks - Radiobeat
- Screeching Weasel - What We Hate
- The Riverbeat Gamblers - Ice Water
- The Lords of Altamont - Live Fast


Promos:
- The Phedippidations World Wide Half Marathon. Find out more here.
- New England Podcasting. Find out more here.


Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts and Podcast Pickle podcast directories. Subscribe and write a review!


The song from The New Bomb Turks is on the album Switchblade Tongues, Butterknife Brains on Gearhead Records; find out more here. The song from Screeching Weasel is on their album Weasel Mania on Fat Wreck Chords; find out more here. Both songs are provided by the Podsafe Music Network.


The song from The Riverboat Gamblers is on their album Something to Crow About on Gearhead Records; find out more here. The Lords of Altamont song is on their album Lords Have Mercy on Gearhead Records; find out more here. Both songs were provided by IODA Promonet.



"Ice Water" (mp3)
from "Something to Crow About"
by Riverboat Gamblers
(Gearhead Records)
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More On This Album





"Live Fast" (mp3)
from "Lords Have Mercy"
by Lords Of Altamont
(Gearhead Records)
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Buy at Napster
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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 http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.icompositions.com/artists/Boris_the_Bull.


Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.