Completely Conspicuous 117: Pop Culture Principles, Part 3

I'm joined on the podcast by Ric Dube as we conclude our discussion of pop culture principles. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- More things Dube wants to do before he dies

- Dube's Principle of the "Ta Dah!" Garment

- Kumar's Principle of Songs with "Rock" in the Title

- Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" video ruined his career

- Dube recounts his interview with Vanilla Ice's old manager

- Ric had the first interview with Tommy Lee after the sex tape with Pam Anderson broke

- Sex tapes 101

- Dube's Principle of Polarized Visitors

- Talking racist Disney cartoons

- Sloppy audio edit

- Hollywood loves token racially diverse groups of friends

- Dube's Principle of Polarized Point Spreads

- Kumar's Fat Buddy Principle

- Is she really going out with him?

- Dube needs to see Teen Wolf

- Dube's Principle of Broadcast Prescience

- Why Hot Tub Time Machine is a great movie title

- Ric rips into Must Love Dogs

- Crappy movie titles are commonplace: It's Complicated

- Kumar's Rules for Movie Remakes

- Dube's Principle of Deadly Precipitation

- Dube's Principle of Conflicting Civic Missions

- Pharma, Urban or Bard

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow

- Zeus - Marching Through Your Head

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The Zeus song is on the album Say Us on Arts and Crafts Records. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet:

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Completely Conspicuous 116: Pop Culture Principles, Part 2

I'm joined on the podcast by special guest Ric Dube as we continue our discussion of the underlying themes behind pop culture trends. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- White Men Can't Judge (on TV)

- Dube's Principle of Inevitable Communication

- Kumar's standard requirements for benefit songs

- Need at least one non-singer involved

- To win an Oscar, actor must gain/lose large amount of weight and/or become ugly

- Karen's Principle: Dumb actors only play characters that have their name (e.g., Tony Danza)

- Who the Hell Does That? Only on TV is a gift box lid wrapped separately from box itself

- Everybody leaves one side of dinner table open (for camera)

- Kumar: Rod Stewart Suckability Quotient

- Others that qualify for this list: Clapton, Sting, Phil Collins, Dave Navarro, Elton John

- Dube: Synchronicity album was beginning of the end for the Police

- Collins went from prog-rock drummer to frontman to solo artist to actor to hammy soundtrack artist

- Disney soundtracks = big bucks for Elton, Collins, Sting

- "Against All Odds" was first of many power ballads for Collins

- Jay blames Michael Mann for acting careers of musicians: Collins, Nugent, Sheena Easton, Glenn Frey

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Titus Andronicus - A More Perfect Union

- The Morning Bender - Promises

- The Riverboat Gamblers - Robots May Break Your Heart

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The Titus Andronicus song is on the forthcoming album The Monitor on XL Recordings. The Morning Benders song is on the album Big Echo on Rough Trade Records. Download the songs for free at Beggars Group USA.

The Riverboat Gamblers song is on the album Underneath the Owl on Volcom Entertainment. Find out more and download the track for free here.

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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 at his blog.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.

Completely Conspicuous 115: Pop Culture Principles, Part 1

The podcast's back with special guest Ric Dube, who joins me to discuss the underlying themes behind pop culture trends. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- 'Twas a dark and stormy night

- Ric's dropping some science

- Wardrobe malfunctions at the Super Bowl (Janet Jackson, Pete Townshend)

- Super Bowl has older halftime acts every year

- All movies use fish-out-of-water premise

- On TV shows, star always has a wacky neighbor

- Dube's Principle of Ballistic Karma: 'splosions only get the bad guy

- Slow motion is a key indicator

- "Dolls should never be seen outdoors"

- Kumar: A-Team Principle of Ammo Dispersement

- That background noise is rain pounding on the windows

- '80s action shows always have bad guy's car flying off a ramp

- Dube's Principle of Unadvanced Technology

- Glasses are always a prop

- Ric's 5th grade teacher was disgusting

- Computers in TV shows or movies are totally unrealistic

- Things Ric wants to do someday: Guess someone's password from trivial fact about person

- Kumar: The Principle of Hard Rock Album Progression

- Artists always say the new album is way better than the previous one

- Every celeb thinks he or she can write a children's book

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- The New Pornographers - Your Hands (Together)

- Broken Social Scene - World Sick

- Black Rebel Motorcyle Club - Conscience Killer

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

The New Pornographers song is on the forthcoming album Together on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.

The Broken Social Scene song is on the forthcoming album Forgiveness Rock Record on Arts and Crafts Records. Find out more and download the track for free here.

The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club song is on the album Beat the Devil's Tattoo on Vagrant Records. Find out more at . The song is courtesy of RCRDLBL, where you can download it for free.

The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Visit Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.

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.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.