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

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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.

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Completely Conspicuous Episode 48: Don't Believe the Hype

I just hacked my way through another episode of the CC. I'm afraid I'm still fighting this cold. Nevertheless, you can download the show here (right click and "save as"). A truly great collection of tunes this week as well.

Dig the show notes...

Topics:
- The benefits of naps
- Super Bowl hype
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands
- Frightened Rabbit - The Modern Leper
- Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
- Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know
- The Besnard Lakes - And You Lied to Me

Promo:
- New England Podcasting

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The song from The Gutter Twins is on their forthcoming album Saturnalia. The song from Band of Horses is on their album Cease to Begin. Both songs are on Sub Pop Records; find out more and download the tracks at their Internet home page.

The song from Frightened Rabbit is on the forthcoming album The Midnight Organ Fight on Fat Cat Records. The song was provided by IODA Promonet.

Frightened Rabbit
"The Modern Leper" (mp3)
from "The Midnight Organ Fight"
(Fat Cat Records)

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The Ladyhawk song is on the forthcoming album Shots. The song from The Besnard Lakes is on the album The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse. Both songs are courtesy of Jagjaguwar Records; find out more and download the songs 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 by visiting his fine music blog. Happy birthday, mang! Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of Mark Campbell.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.

Completely Conspicuous Episode 41: Word to Your Moms, I Came to Drop Bombs

At long last, another episode of CompCon. Hey, I've been busy, what with the traveling and the concerts and the drinking and the watching of sports. At any rate, you can download it directly here (right click and "save as").

You want show notes? You got it, all star.

Topics:
- The positive power of profanity
- The impending Hollywood writers strike
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
- Frightened Rabbit - Be Less Rude
- Fancey - Fader
- Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
- The Black Angels - The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven

Promo:
- 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 Flight of the Conchords is from the EP The Distant Future; find out more here. The Band of Horses song is on their new album Cease to Begin; find out more here. Both songs are courtesy of Sub Pop Records, where you can find out more as well as direct download links for each song.

The song from Frightened Rabbit is on the album Sing the Greys on Fat Cat Records; find out more here. The song by Fancey is on the new album Schmancey on What Are Records; find out more here. And the Black Angels song is on their album Passover; find out more here. Those three songs were provided by IODA Promonet.

Frightened Rabbit
"Be Less Rude" (mp3)
from "Sing the Greys"
(Fat Cat Records)

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Fancey
"Fader" (mp3)
from "Schmancey"
(What Are Records)

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The Black Angels
"The Sniper At The Gates Of Heaven" (mp3)
from "Passover"
(Light In The Attic)

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Buy at eMusic
Buy at Rhapsody
Buy at Napster
Stream from Rhapsody
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Buy at Insound
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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 Mark Campbell; find out more here.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.