This week on the podcast, I take a look at why we’re so fascinated with the end of the world. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
- Saturday, May 21 was supposed to be the Rapture
- Harold Camping financed ad campaign proclaiming the end of the world
- Nothing happened
- Many others have predicted doomsday in the past
- In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted world would end via flood
- In 1800s, Mariana Andrada made similar predictions
- Some take warnings seriously
- California woman tried to kill her daughters and herself last week to avoid the end of the world
- Next up: Mayans predicted doom in 2012
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Joel Plaskett - When I Go
Ty Segall - You Make the Sun Fry
The Smashing Pumpkins - Quiet (live)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Eastbay/Footlocker.com. Use the following codes to get athletic gear from Nike, Adidas, Asics and more. AFCOMP15 will get you 10% off any order of $50 at Eastbay.com, AFCOMP20 will get you 15% off any order of $75 at Eastbay.com and AFCOMPFL will get you 10% off any order of $50 or more at Footlocker.com.
The Joel Plaskett song is on the album Emergencys, false alarms, shipwrecks, castaways, fragile creatures, special features, demons and demonstrations on New Scotland Records. Download the song for free at Pigeon Row.
The Ty Segall song is on the album Goodbye Bread on Drag City Records, where you can download the song for free.
The Smashing Pumpkins song was recorded live at BBC Studios on Sept. 12, 1993. Download the song for free at Archive.org.
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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Monday, May 23, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 175: Politics as Usual
Part 1 of my podcast conversation with special guest Jim Corrigan as we talk politics. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
- Corrigan's a lifelong but "not typical" Democrat
- Mixing up Obama and Osama
- Debate over releasing Bin Laden photos
- OBL was "hiding" in plain sight for years
- Kumar: Very jaded about politics
- Making sense of Ron Paul
- Is Obama more liberal than Bill Clinton?
- Jim's brother worked for Mike Dukakis campaign
- Kumar: Two-party system sucks
- Gitmo's still open despite Obama's promise to close it
- Jim first encountered Clinton in Arkansas in '88
- Four years later, he came out of nowhere to win Dem nomination
- Politicians getting in trouble with sex scandals (John Edwards, Gary Hart)
- Republicans in the 2012 presidential race face tough odds
- Trump is a joke
- Jim: Not fired up about Obama, but committed
- Jim's brother "made" Obama
- Key to campaigning now is canvassing
- Gotta get out and shake hands
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Thurston Moore - Circulation
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie - Jimmie's Still Jimmie
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Livin' in the Jungle
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Eastbay/Footlocker.com. Use the following codes to get athletic gear from Nike, Adidas, Asics and more. AFCOMP15 will get you 10% off any order of $50 at Eastbay.com, AFCOMP20 will get you 15% off any order of $75 at Eastbay.com and AFCOMPFL will get you 10% off any order of $50 or more at Footlocker.com.
The Thurston Moore song is on the album Demolished Thoughts on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie song is on the 7-inch Jimmie's Still Jimmie on New Scotland Records. Download the song for free at Pigeon Row.
The Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears song is from the album Scandalous on Lost Highway Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
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...
- Corrigan's a lifelong but "not typical" Democrat
- Mixing up Obama and Osama
- Debate over releasing Bin Laden photos
- OBL was "hiding" in plain sight for years
- Kumar: Very jaded about politics
- Making sense of Ron Paul
- Is Obama more liberal than Bill Clinton?
- Jim's brother worked for Mike Dukakis campaign
- Kumar: Two-party system sucks
- Gitmo's still open despite Obama's promise to close it
- Jim first encountered Clinton in Arkansas in '88
- Four years later, he came out of nowhere to win Dem nomination
- Politicians getting in trouble with sex scandals (John Edwards, Gary Hart)
- Republicans in the 2012 presidential race face tough odds
- Trump is a joke
- Jim: Not fired up about Obama, but committed
- Jim's brother "made" Obama
- Key to campaigning now is canvassing
- Gotta get out and shake hands
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Thurston Moore - Circulation
Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie - Jimmie's Still Jimmie
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Livin' in the Jungle
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Eastbay/Footlocker.com. Use the following codes to get athletic gear from Nike, Adidas, Asics and more. AFCOMP15 will get you 10% off any order of $50 at Eastbay.com, AFCOMP20 will get you 15% off any order of $75 at Eastbay.com and AFCOMPFL will get you 10% off any order of $50 or more at Footlocker.com.
The Thurston Moore song is on the album Demolished Thoughts on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.
The Joel Plaskett and Shotgun Jimmie song is on the 7-inch Jimmie's Still Jimmie on New Scotland Records. Download the song for free at Pigeon Row.
The Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears song is from the album Scandalous on Lost Highway Records. Download the song for free at Amazon.
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.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Completely Conspicuous 93: We're All Guilty
I'm joined by special guest Ric Dube on the podcast in part 1 of our wide-ranging discussion of guilty pleasures. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
Topics:
- What is a guilty pleasure?
- American Idol as a presumed guilty pleasure
- No stigma attached to liking old unfashionable music
- Now mainstream pop culture can be guilty pleasures
- Time makes formerly unhip bands cool
- Guilty pleasures are completely subjective
- Rush fans have a serious inferiority complex
- The denial phase
- We don't listen to music closely anymore
- Guilty displeasures
- It's hip to like bad movies
- Going to see Loverboy for the opening act
- Small doses
- Transitioning from the Bee Gees to Zeppelin
- Disco Demolition Night was the turning point
- Nevermind demolished hair metal
- Dube was at ground zero of the Seattle scene
- Identifying artists as "that song"
- Indie rock snobs
- Satellite radio fizzles out
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- The Raveonettes - Last Dance
- Joel Plaskett - Down, Down, Down
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Raveonettes song is on the band's forthcoming album In and Out of Control on Vice Records. You can download the track here.
The Joel Plaskett song is on the album Three on Maple Music. You can download the song here.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart song is on the band's self-titled album on Slumberland Records. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet:
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
"Come Saturday" (mp3)
from "Come Saturday"
(Slumberland)
Buy at Rhapsody
Stream from Rhapsody
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 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 here.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes...
Topics:
- What is a guilty pleasure?
- American Idol as a presumed guilty pleasure
- No stigma attached to liking old unfashionable music
- Now mainstream pop culture can be guilty pleasures
- Time makes formerly unhip bands cool
- Guilty pleasures are completely subjective
- Rush fans have a serious inferiority complex
- The denial phase
- We don't listen to music closely anymore
- Guilty displeasures
- It's hip to like bad movies
- Going to see Loverboy for the opening act
- Small doses
- Transitioning from the Bee Gees to Zeppelin
- Disco Demolition Night was the turning point
- Nevermind demolished hair metal
- Dube was at ground zero of the Seattle scene
- Identifying artists as "that song"
- Indie rock snobs
- Satellite radio fizzles out
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- The Raveonettes - Last Dance
- Joel Plaskett - Down, Down, Down
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Come Saturday
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Raveonettes song is on the band's forthcoming album In and Out of Control on Vice Records. You can download the track here.
The Joel Plaskett song is on the album Three on Maple Music. You can download the song here.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart song is on the band's self-titled album on Slumberland Records. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet:
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart "Come Saturday" (mp3)from "Come Saturday"
(Slumberland)
Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This AlbumThe 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 here.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
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