Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss our uncertain world. Listen to the episode below or download directly.
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's book Echo and the Sea
- Escapism is tempting
- Shopping by alcohol content
- Is ignorance bliss?
- Dumb and happy
- Cynical about politics at all levels
- Corruption is rampant
- Appearances count
- Politics have never been this divisive...or have they?
- Internet comments are the worst
- Social media enables morons to spout off
- Journalism burnout
- Shooting a guy in the face is quaint now
- Does uncertainty = depression?
- We haven't given up yet
- We solved nothing
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Completely Conspicuous 428: Absolutely Cynical
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the difficulties of avoiding cynicism. Listen to the episode below or download directly.
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book Like a Comet: The Indestructibles Book 4
- It's hard not to be cynical these days
- Politics are infuriating in general
- Soccer hooligans can spread joy, too
- Getting cynicism drummed into you as a young reporter
- Kids, don't go into journalism
- NIMBY remains a strong force
- Matt made the mistake of going to back to newspapers a few years ago
- Facts, schmacts
- Saying something stupid won't tank your campaign anymore
- Tapping into frustrated and angry voters
- Blindly loyal political supporters
- Stupid can win
- People are tired of hearing from so-called experts
- Jay: Reality TV makes me cynical
- The Duggars had a show because they had 19 kids
- Some people find The Bachelor fascinating
- So many kids these days have the drive to become famous
- The abnormal lives of huge celebrities
- Tom Cruise can't relate to normal people
- To be continued
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book Like a Comet: The Indestructibles Book 4
- It's hard not to be cynical these days
- Politics are infuriating in general
- Soccer hooligans can spread joy, too
- Getting cynicism drummed into you as a young reporter
- Kids, don't go into journalism
- NIMBY remains a strong force
- Matt made the mistake of going to back to newspapers a few years ago
- Facts, schmacts
- Saying something stupid won't tank your campaign anymore
- Tapping into frustrated and angry voters
- Blindly loyal political supporters
- Stupid can win
- People are tired of hearing from so-called experts
- Jay: Reality TV makes me cynical
- The Duggars had a show because they had 19 kids
- Some people find The Bachelor fascinating
- So many kids these days have the drive to become famous
- The abnormal lives of huge celebrities
- Tom Cruise can't relate to normal people
- To be continued
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Completely Conspicuous 421: Done is Good
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the need for organization and tell old journalism stories. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Making a good first impression
- Journalism: A good profession for social misfits
- What to do when an ax-wielding maniac is on the loose
- "Your internship could have kids"
- Fun with newspaper interns
- Person-on-the-street interviews were challenging
- Expiration date for the newspaper biz
- Writing on deadline helps with time management
- Editors who can't write and vice versa
- Being a supervisor
- "Done is good."
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Making a good first impression
- Journalism: A good profession for social misfits
- What to do when an ax-wielding maniac is on the loose
- "Your internship could have kids"
- Fun with newspaper interns
- Person-on-the-street interviews were challenging
- Expiration date for the newspaper biz
- Writing on deadline helps with time management
- Editors who can't write and vice versa
- Being a supervisor
- "Done is good."
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Completely Conspicuous 419: Get It Together
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the need for organization. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Organization is important when you're juggling a lot of responsibilities
- The challenge of working a full-time gig while also doing other jobs
- Prioritizing by deadlines
- Writing a book adds another big deadline
- Finding time for other activities when you have kids
- Doing plenty of unpaid work
- Organized to a point
- Sometimes the need for sleep takes over
- Matt: Watching TV's too passive
- "The People vs. OJ Simpson" was surprisingly good
- Old-school Internet problems
- Wasting time online
- Cubicle life
- To be continued
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Organization is important when you're juggling a lot of responsibilities
- The challenge of working a full-time gig while also doing other jobs
- Prioritizing by deadlines
- Writing a book adds another big deadline
- Finding time for other activities when you have kids
- Doing plenty of unpaid work
- Organized to a point
- Sometimes the need for sleep takes over
- Matt: Watching TV's too passive
- "The People vs. OJ Simpson" was surprisingly good
- Old-school Internet problems
- Wasting time online
- Cubicle life
- To be continued
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
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.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Completely Conspicuous 353: The Fake Headlines
Part 2
of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss media-driven
hysteria. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book, The Indestructibles: Breakout
- Reading newspapers was once a thing
- Boston was a strong two newspaper town
- The Herald used to delight in tweaking the Globe
- Election ads go for the blue collar vote
- "Like hugging a Chicken McNugget"
- When your new boss is an uninspirational leader
- Matt: The end user is the product
- Pop-up ads are the worst
- People don't want to hear bad news
- It's entirely possible to avoid anything you disagree with
- Nobody wants to find middle ground
- News networks try to ratchet up the hysteria
- Fragmented workplaces
- Friends who aren't on social media are easily forgotten
- Jay: I don't talk to anyone on the phone anymore
-Another Charlie interruption
- To be continued
Music:
King Tuff - Eyes of the Muse
Greylag - Yours to Shake
Dream Police - Hypnotized
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book, The Indestructibles: Breakout
- Reading newspapers was once a thing
- Boston was a strong two newspaper town
- The Herald used to delight in tweaking the Globe
- Election ads go for the blue collar vote
- "Like hugging a Chicken McNugget"
- When your new boss is an uninspirational leader
- Matt: The end user is the product
- Pop-up ads are the worst
- People don't want to hear bad news
- It's entirely possible to avoid anything you disagree with
- Nobody wants to find middle ground
- News networks try to ratchet up the hysteria
- Fragmented workplaces
- Friends who aren't on social media are easily forgotten
- Jay: I don't talk to anyone on the phone anymore
-Another Charlie interruption
- To be continued
Music:
King Tuff - Eyes of the Muse
Greylag - Yours to Shake
Dream Police - Hypnotized
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The King Tuff song is on the album Black Moon Spell on Sub Pop. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Greylag song is on the album Greylag on Dead Oceans. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Dream Police song is on the album Hypnotized on Sacred Bones Records. Download the song for free at 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.The Greylag song is on the album Greylag on Dead Oceans. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Dream Police song is on the album Hypnotized on Sacred Bones Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Completely Conspicuous 352: Hype It Up
Part 1
of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss media-driven
hysteria. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Jay and Matt, bitchin' about stuff and drinking beer
- Enough with the pumpkin beer
- We've both worked in the media
- There's always a hot topic to get upset about
- Ebola's got everybody worked up
- It's been around for 40 years, but finally made it here
- Ebola response became a political football
- Before that, it was terrorism
- John Grisham made a controversial comment, which was forgotten after ISIS and Ebola dominated headlines
- CNN, Fox News, MSNBC amp up the stupid
- Twitter is the go-to source for news these days
- Matt was at Rhode Island ComiCon
- People love to be outraged
- Angry tweet from a low-level celeb can cause a stir
- Mixing up your social media accounts
- The end user is the product
-Dealing with clickbait
- To be continued
Music:
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Vessel
GravelRoad - Green Grass
Wimps - Stop Having Fun
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Dan Mangan + Blacksmith song is on the album Club Meds on Arts and Crafts. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The GravelRoad song is on the album El Scuerpo on Knick Knack. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Wimps song is on the album Repeat on End of Times Records. Download the album for free at Gimme Tinnitus.
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.
Show notes:
- Jay and Matt, bitchin' about stuff and drinking beer
- Enough with the pumpkin beer
- We've both worked in the media
- There's always a hot topic to get upset about
- Ebola's got everybody worked up
- It's been around for 40 years, but finally made it here
- Ebola response became a political football
- Before that, it was terrorism
- John Grisham made a controversial comment, which was forgotten after ISIS and Ebola dominated headlines
- CNN, Fox News, MSNBC amp up the stupid
- Twitter is the go-to source for news these days
- Matt was at Rhode Island ComiCon
- People love to be outraged
- Angry tweet from a low-level celeb can cause a stir
- Mixing up your social media accounts
- The end user is the product
-Dealing with clickbait
- To be continued
Music:
Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Vessel
GravelRoad - Green Grass
Wimps - Stop Having Fun
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Dan Mangan + Blacksmith song is on the album Club Meds on Arts and Crafts. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The GravelRoad song is on the album El Scuerpo on Knick Knack. Download the song for free at KEXP.
The Wimps song is on the album Repeat on End of Times Records. Download the album for free at Gimme Tinnitus.
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.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 171: Right Turn
Part 1 of my podcast conversation with special guest Tom Salemi as we discuss what happens when your career takes a different turn. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
- Recorded at Choate Bridge Pub in Ipswich, Mass.
- Old newspaper reporters from back in the day
- Tom toured the Boston Herald newsroom as a high schooler
- Went to BU, worked at the Daily Free Press
- Saw journalism as a public service/crusade
- Looked down on journalists who left the fold
- When you're a young reporter, you work crazy hours and don't mind
- Tom started working at small weekly on Cape Cod
- Jay and Tom worked for daily papers in the same chain
- Tom worked at three papers before arriving at Newburyport Daily News
- Eventually, Tom burned out on community journalism
- Jay: Similar burnout story happened a few years earlier
- Weird adjustment to 9 to 5 gig
- Tom was miserable at first non-newspaper job
- Some reporters can't handle the transition to a "regular" job
- Enjoying the casual aspects of the job
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Art Brut - Lost Weekend
Sloan - Unkind
Low - Especially Me
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 Art Brut song is on the forthcoming album Brilliant! Tragic! on Cooking Vinyl Records. Download the song for free at Pitchfork.
The Sloan song is on the forthcoming album The Double Cross on Yep Roc Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic (right click and "save as").
The Low song is from the album C'mon on Sub Pop Records, 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 new site PodGeek. Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 166: The Future is Unwritten
Check out part 2 of my podcast conversation with special guest Eric Convey as we discuss the current state of journalism. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Nobody knows where journalism is going
- Rupert Murdock may have the answer with The Daily, designed for the iPad
- Local news could survive through iPad, smartphone apps
- Local news is the only niche left
- AOL bought Huffington Post for big bucks
- Eric: AOL's Politics Daily is most interesting news site
- AOL's Patch doesn't need local advertisers, it needs clicks
- Eric's food adventures at the Peabody International Festival
- Eric: BBJ uses print and web to thrive
- Worked at Boston Herald for 11 years
- Tales of covering overnight accidents
- Eric: Print papers aren't economically sustainable long-term
- Papers are moving towards charging for online access
- When Boston Globe starts charging, the Herald will follow
- When you're forced for everything, where will traffic go?
- From the start, Wall Street Journal was saying papers should charge
- Nobody really understood online commerce in the '90s
- Jay: Used to buy Globe and Herald every day; now just read them online for free
- Similar parallel to music industry
- Music sales are an all-time low
- Eric: Print is still in the picture at BBJ
- Eric teaches a college journalism class
- Helps students think like journalists
- Some are still looking for newspaper jobs
- Students all have laptops or iPads now
- The future is scary
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Art Brut - Unprofessional Wrestling
Black Francis - Bad News
Robert Pollard - Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Art Brut song is a B-side from the forthcoming album Brilliant! Tragic! on Cooking Vinyl Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at PledgeMusic (via Stereogum).
The Black Francis song is on the album The Golem on The Bureau Records. Download the song for free courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Black Francis
"Bad News" (mp3)
from "The Golem"
(The Bureau)
More On This Album
The Robert Pollard song is from the album Space City Kicks on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at Spinner.
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.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Nobody knows where journalism is going
- Rupert Murdock may have the answer with The Daily, designed for the iPad
- Local news could survive through iPad, smartphone apps
- Local news is the only niche left
- AOL bought Huffington Post for big bucks
- Eric: AOL's Politics Daily is most interesting news site
- AOL's Patch doesn't need local advertisers, it needs clicks
- Eric's food adventures at the Peabody International Festival
- Eric: BBJ uses print and web to thrive
- Worked at Boston Herald for 11 years
- Tales of covering overnight accidents
- Eric: Print papers aren't economically sustainable long-term
- Papers are moving towards charging for online access
- When Boston Globe starts charging, the Herald will follow
- When you're forced for everything, where will traffic go?
- From the start, Wall Street Journal was saying papers should charge
- Nobody really understood online commerce in the '90s
- Jay: Used to buy Globe and Herald every day; now just read them online for free
- Similar parallel to music industry
- Music sales are an all-time low
- Eric: Print is still in the picture at BBJ
- Eric teaches a college journalism class
- Helps students think like journalists
- Some are still looking for newspaper jobs
- Students all have laptops or iPads now
- The future is scary
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Art Brut - Unprofessional Wrestling
Black Francis - Bad News
Robert Pollard - Touch Me in the Right Place at the Right Time
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Go to Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.
The Art Brut song is a B-side from the forthcoming album Brilliant! Tragic! on Cooking Vinyl Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at PledgeMusic (via Stereogum).
The Black Francis song is on the album The Golem on The Bureau Records. Download the song for free courtesy of IODA Promonet:
Black Francis "Bad News" (mp3)from "The Golem"
(The Bureau)
More On This AlbumThe Robert Pollard song is from the album Space City Kicks on Guided by Voices Records. Download the song for free at Spinner.
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.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Completely Conspicuous 165: Same Old Song and Dance
Part 1 of my podcast conversation with special guest Eric Convey as we discuss the familiar themes of American political rhetoric. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Worked for congressman in DC in early '90s
- It was a contentious time
- In '94 mid-term elections, Newt Gingrich led the Republican takeover of the House
- Big Clinton tax increase didn't go over well
- Convey: There's always a backlash in mid-term elections
- In '92, local Democratic congressman was indicted on corruption charges
- Convey got gig as press secretary for the new Republican congressman
- "I was nowhere near cynical enough."
- Eric was good at political spin
- After a few years, he made the jump back to newspapers
- Eric was a master of political spin
- Eric: Don't think the rhetoric now is no worse than '94 or 2000
- Rhetoric raises money
- The two-party system sucks
- Eric: Parliamentary system is better
- Nowadays, everybody is more concerned with themselves than politics
- People are more likely to read viewpoints they agree with
- Too many distractions; our attention span is shrinking
- Eric: Giffords shooting was caused by a disturbed person, not political rhetoric
- Eric turns to the Washington Post for the most fair political reporting
- Jay and Eric reminisce about their days covering local politics
- There were a lot more sources of local news 20 years ago
- The public doesn't trust journalists anymore, mainly because of TV news
- Recalling Eric's tormenting of a rival press secretary
- Back then, the newspapers were the main conduit for news for political campaigns
- Now campaigns can use YouTube, Facebook, Twitter to get their message out
- The Palin phenomenon
- People in Middle America relate to her
- Jay: Suspicious of every candidate
- Eric: Wish politicians would have the guts to say things people don't want to hear
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Sloan - Follow the Leader
The Dodos - Don't Stop
Sunny Ali and the Kid - I oh you
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 Sloan song is on the forthcoming album The Double Cross on Yep Roc Records. Find out more and download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at SloanMusic.
The Dodos song is on the album No Color on Frenchkiss Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Sunny Ali and the Kid song is available for free at Bandcamp.
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.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
The show notes...
Topics:
- Eric's Managing Editor of the Boston Business Journal
- Worked for congressman in DC in early '90s
- It was a contentious time
- In '94 mid-term elections, Newt Gingrich led the Republican takeover of the House
- Big Clinton tax increase didn't go over well
- Convey: There's always a backlash in mid-term elections
- In '92, local Democratic congressman was indicted on corruption charges
- Convey got gig as press secretary for the new Republican congressman
- "I was nowhere near cynical enough."
- Eric was good at political spin
- After a few years, he made the jump back to newspapers
- Eric was a master of political spin
- Eric: Don't think the rhetoric now is no worse than '94 or 2000
- Rhetoric raises money
- The two-party system sucks
- Eric: Parliamentary system is better
- Nowadays, everybody is more concerned with themselves than politics
- People are more likely to read viewpoints they agree with
- Too many distractions; our attention span is shrinking
- Eric: Giffords shooting was caused by a disturbed person, not political rhetoric
- Eric turns to the Washington Post for the most fair political reporting
- Jay and Eric reminisce about their days covering local politics
- There were a lot more sources of local news 20 years ago
- The public doesn't trust journalists anymore, mainly because of TV news
- Recalling Eric's tormenting of a rival press secretary
- Back then, the newspapers were the main conduit for news for political campaigns
- Now campaigns can use YouTube, Facebook, Twitter to get their message out
- The Palin phenomenon
- People in Middle America relate to her
- Jay: Suspicious of every candidate
- Eric: Wish politicians would have the guts to say things people don't want to hear
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Sloan - Follow the Leader
The Dodos - Don't Stop
Sunny Ali and the Kid - I oh you
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 Sloan song is on the forthcoming album The Double Cross on Yep Roc Records. Find out more and download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at SloanMusic.
The Dodos song is on the album No Color on Frenchkiss Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.
The Sunny Ali and the Kid song is available for free at Bandcamp.
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.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
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