Completely Conspicuous 331: Reeling in the Years, 1986 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1986. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Brian's comics podcast The Hour Cosmic
- Brian's #3
- Feelies' second album was very influential
- Jay's #3
- R.E.M. debuts heavier guitar sound
- Band kept going too long
- Brian's #2
- They Might Be Giants got off to great start
- Lots of NJ love
- Jay's #2
- Husker Du's amazing stretch
- '80s production techniques hurt some great albums
- Grant Hart dominated Candy Apple Grey
- Brian's #1
- Camper Van Beethoven released two albums in '86
- Jay's #1
- '86 was the year of thrash
- Metallica at their best
- Drawbacks to sound fidelity with MP3, but convenience is worth it
- Hair metal also thrived in '86
- Next up: 1989

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Music:
Los Campesinos! - Little Mouth
The Fresh & Onlys - Animal of One
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Simple and Sure

The Los Campesinos! song is on the soundtrack to the movie Benny and Jolene. Download the song for free from Stereogum.
The Fresh & Onlys song is on the album House of Spirits on Mexican Summer Records. Download the song for free from KEXP.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart song is on the album Days of Abandon on Yebo. Download the song for free from KEXP.

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 108: What's My Name?

The podcast's back as I take a look at the lasting impact of nicknames. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- The story of "Lip"

- Nicknames I've had over the years

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Metric - Gimme Sympathy

- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars

- The XX - Basic Space

- Future of the Left - Arming Eritrea

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The Metric song is on the self-released album Fantasies. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart song is on the EP Higher Than the Stars on Slumberland Records. Both songs are courtesy of IODA Promonet:

Metric
"Gimme Sympathy" (mp3)
from "Fantasies"
(Arts & Crafts Mexico)

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The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
"Higher Than the Stars" (mp3)
from "Higher Than the Stars"
(Slumberland)

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The XX song is on the album xx on XL Recordings. The Future of the Left song is on the album Travels With Myself and Another on 4AD Records. Download both songs for free at BeggarsGroupUSA.

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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 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.

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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

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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)

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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 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.

Completely Conspicuous Episode 78: The Sporting Life

Here's part 1 of my conversation with Phil Stacey, sports editor of the Salem News. We discuss the Boston sports scene and the evolution of sports reporting. Listen to the show in streaming audio here or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:
- The Boston sports scene
- A generational shift from depression to cockiness
- Local sports coverage
- Giving readers what they can't find elsewhere
- Going beyond the game story
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Dinosaur Jr. - I Want You to Know
- Great Northern - Story
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Everything With You

Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!

The Dinosaur Jr. song is on the forthcoming album Farm on Jagjaguwar Records, where you can find out more and download the song.

The Great Northern song is on the album Remind Me Where the Light Is on Eenie Meenie Records. The song from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is on their self-titled album on Slumberland Records. Both songs are courtesy of IODA Promonet:

Great Northern
"Story" (mp3)
from "Remind Me Where The Light Is"
(Eenie Meenie Records)

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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
"Everything With You" (mp3)
from "The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart"
(Slumberland)

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Buy at Napster
Stream from Rhapsody
Buy at Puretracks
Buy at mTraks
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 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.