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

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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.

Completely Conspicuous Episode 70: Never Say Die

At long last, I finally got my act together long enough to crank out the latest episode of CompCon. Go here to listen to it in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as," yo).

The show notes...

Topics:
- The strange saga of Rod Blagojevich
- The scary impact of sports concussions
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Isis Unveiled (Radio Edit)
- The Apples in Stereo - High Tide
- Franz Nicolay - Jeff Penalty
- Bon Iver - Blood Bank

Promo:
- New England Podcasting.

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The song from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is on the new album The Century of Self on Justice Records. Find out more at . The song is courtesy of Podsafe Music Network.

The Bon Iver song is on the new EP Blood Bank on Jagjaguwar Records, where you can find out more and download the track.

The Apples in Stereo song is on the self-released album Fun Trick Noisemaker. The Franz Nicolay song is on the album Major General on Fistolo Records. Both songs are courtesy were provided by IODA Promonet:

The Apples in Stereo
"High Tide" (mp3)
from "Fun Trick Noisemaker"
(The Apples in stereo)

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Franz Nicolay
"Jeff Penalty (featuring Demander)" (mp3)
from "Major General"
(Fistolo Records LLC)

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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 fine music blog. 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 50: Pump Up the Volume

Happy Leap Day! Just cranked out the milestone 50th episode of CC just under the February wire. Download it directly here (right click and "save as") if you're not already subscribed.

The show notes...

Topics:
- The return of Ralph Nader
- The imminent death of the CD
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- The Monkeywrench - Low on Air
- Bob Mould - Stupid Now
- Bon Iver - Skinny Love
- The Dirtbombs - Wreck My Flow
- The Pursuit of Happiness - Completely Conspicuous

Promo:
- New England Podcasting.

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

The song from Bob Mould is on his new album District Line on Anti Records. The song from The Dirtbombs is on their album We Have You Surrounded on In the Red Records. Both songs are courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

The song from The Monkeywrench is on the album Gabriel's Horn on Birdman Records. The song was provided by IODA Promonet:

Monkeywrench
"Low on Air" (mp3)
from "Gabriel's Horn"
(Birdman Records)

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The Bon Iver song is on the band's new album For Emma, Forever Ago. The song is courtesy of Jagjaguwar Records, where you can find out more and download the song.

The song from The Pursuit of Happiness is on the album Where's the Bone on Iron Music. Visit Amazon.com to learn more and buy the 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 blog. 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.