Mon, 22 October 2012
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss movie soundtracks. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Ty Segall, Spider Bags, METZ and Mission of Burma. Show notes: - Recorded at Chez Breitling - Breitling: The Rocky soundtrack was big in his childhood in Philly - Soundtracks went from simple scores to multiple artists - Hulk Hogan's sex tape nearly ruined the Internet - "Rock Around the Clock" made its mark - Elvis, Beatles both used soundtracks well - Having kids forces you to listen to children's movie soundtracks - Kenny Loggins built his career around soundtrack hits - The '80s saw numerous videos for soundtrack songs featuring clips from movie - Journey contributed to the Tron soundtrack - Heavy Metal soundtrack featured two different songs called "Heavy Metal" - Soundtracks were a way for artists to keep their name out there between albums - Breitling: Fond memories of the Xanadu soundtrack - Kumar: Remember digging Frankie Valli's title track of the Grease soundtrack - Rap and rock met in the Judgment Night soundtrack - Jon Cafferty and Beaver Brown became big thanks to the movie Eddie and Cruisers - Elliott Smith's contributions to Good Will Hunting made him a household name - Rock artists like Mark Mothersbaugh and Danny Elfman became film composers Music: Spider Bags - Friday Night METZ - Headache Mission of Burma - 2wice Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Ty Segall song is on the compilation The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castle Face and Friends on Castle Face Records. Download it for free at Stereogum. The Spider Bags song is on the album Shake My Head. Download the song for free at Bandcamp. The METZ song is on the band's self-titled debut on Sub Pop. Download the song for free from Sub Pop. The Mission of Burma song is on the album The Obliterati on Matador Records. Download the song for free from Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Mon, 15 October 2012
Part 2 of my conversation with guest James Gralian as we discuss the latest NHL lockout. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Hush Now, Wintersleep, Benjamin Gibbard and METZ. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out James' blog Jerseys and Hockey Love - The Bruins may lose much of the goodwill they gained from their Cup win - The Panthers fired their mascot, the NHL's cutting staff hours - Preparing for post-lockout play - Fantasy hockey leagues are on hold - James is certified to be a hockey ref - Watching other sports instead - Going to rock shows is a nice alternative - Jay: Saw PiL open for INXS at Radio City, 1988 - James: Good college hockey in the Denver area - Players are more bitter this time around - Lockout impacts many people beyond players and owners - Hockey bloggers gained prominence during last lockout - Life goes on - With no hockey, fans are finding they're saving a lot of money - Jay: I'm okay with shorter regular season - James recommends the movie "Goon" - Kudos to the Red Wings - Bonehead of the Week Wintersleep - Martyr Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows METZ - Wet Blanket Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Hush Now song is the band's 2012 Halloween single. Download it for free (in exchange for your email address) from Bandcamp. The Wintersleep song is an unreleased track available for free download at Wintersleep.com. The Benjamin Gibbard song is on the album Former Lives on Barsuk Records. Download the song for free from Chromewaves. The METZ song is on the band's self-titled debut on Sub Pop. Download the song for free from Pitchfork. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Tue, 9 October 2012
Part 1 of my conversation with guest James Gralian as we discuss the latest NHL lockout and why we still give a damn about hockey. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Ceremony, The Mountain Goats, Allo Darlin' and Yo La Tengo. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out James' blog Jerseys and Hockey Love - Seems like we just had a lockout...wiping out 2004-05 season - NHL cancelled first two weeks of regular season - Players are heading to play in Europe - James: Annoyed at the NHL, still love the sport - Plenty of other teams to support: Minor league, college, high school - Jay: Went to more college games during last lockout - Looks like this lockout could be a long one - Jay: The burden of being a Leafs fan - During lockouts, fans find other things to do - Fans will come back, but lockouts are costly - True fans really love the game - Possibility of a new team in the Toronto area - Support for the Leafs in Toronto is similar to Red Sox popularity in New England - The strange journey of Tim Thomas - LA Kings won the Cup and have to wait to raise the banner - Replacement players have been tried in NFL, MLB before - NFL just had embarrassing episode with replacement refs - Will non-NHL hockey players want to become scabs? - New minor league team in Denver - Hard to say whether NHL season will be saved - NHL commish Gary Bettman is very powerful - Hard for fans to sympathize with either side - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week The Mountain Goats - Cry for Judas Allo Darlin' - Capricornia Yo La Tengo - Stupid Things Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Ceremony song is from a split 7-inch with Titus Andronicus. Download it for free from Matador Records. The Mountain Goats song is on the album Transcendental Youth on Merge Records. Download the song for free from SoundCloud. The Allo Darlin' song is on the album Europe on Slumberland Records. Download the song for free from IODA Promonet. The Yo La Tengo song is on the EP Stupid Things on Matador Records. Download the song for free from Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Tue, 2 October 2012
It's a new installment of Driving with Kumar as I celebrate another birthday and reflect on my 45 years of existence. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Jason Collett, Rye Coalition and Girls Against Boys. Show notes: - Driving to NH to run a half marathon - Another birthday has come and gone - Facebook changes the meaning of "friend" - Turning 21 is a big deal - 30 was a milestone - Dealing with parental expectations - Wasn't ready for marriage and/or fatherhood in my 20s - Got married at 32 - Living alone has its pros and cons - My job isn't my life - Didn't take a lot of risks in my work life - Kind of fell into a journalism career - No regrets - Watched a good friend take a chance, turn it into career - Can't spend much time wondering about what ifs - Bonehead of the Week Rye Coalition - Communication Breakdance Girls Against Boys - Super-Fire Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Jason Collett song is on the album Reckon on Arts and Crafts. Download it for free from SoundCloud. The Rye Coalition song is on the EP Jersey Girls on Tiger Style Records. Download the song for free from Epitonic. The Girls Against Boys song is on the album House of GVSB on Touch and Go Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Mon, 24 September 2012
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the sad state of political discourse. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Paul Westerberg, Robert Pollard, A.C. Newman and Hot Snakes. Show notes: - Matt doesn't like awkward stuff, avoids those types of campaign clips - They built their campaign around it - Tim Thomas vs. the White House - Facebook is full of Constitutional scholars - Matt is on Romneycare - Running for office requires a boring past - You can't escape your past...especially when you post it on Facebook - Europe isn't exactly running smoothly, either - Everybody's in a cocoon here - Matt overuses social media because he's self-employed - The Internet has made people lazy about research - Matt wrote a dating column for a while - When AOL started, emails would delete after 30 days - The Internet has changed the way we learn about each other - Bonehead of the Week Robert Pollard - Who's Running My Ranch A.C. Newman - Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns Hot Snakes - Light Up the Stars Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Paul Westerberg song was released last week to the I Will Dare blog. Download it for free from I Will Dare. The Robert Pollard song is on the album Jack Sells the Cow on Fire Records. Download the song for free from SoundCloud. The A.C. Newman song is on the album Shut Down the Streets on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum. The Hot Snakes song is on the album Automatic Midnight on Swami Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Tue, 18 September 2012
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the sad state of political discourse. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Paul Banks, Cat Power, Aimee Mann and the Electric Six. Show notes: - Election year's in high gear - Local elections provide personal access - My kids are scaring Phillion away from fatherhood - Blown off by the lieutenant governor - Mass. senate race has been heated - The power of SuperPACs - Candidates are puppets of the money behind them - Dumbing down the message - Mass. voters went for Republican governors from '91 to '07 - Big speeches with no substance in them - All political claims need to be fact-checked - Tough times for journalism - Dealing with political posts on Facebook - The conventions are cheerleading camps - Most voters have already made up their minds - Do the Republicans really want to win in 2012? - Congress sucks, too - Can the government actually get anything done? - It's not as simple as red state vs. blue state - Facebook posts aren't changing anyone's mind - The Democratic platform and mentions of God - A bitter idealist - The stuff you post on FB could come back to haunt you - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Cat Power - Cherokee Aimee Mann - Charmer Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Paul Banks song is on the album Banks on Matador Records. Download it for free from MatadorRecords.com. The Cat Power song is on the album Sun on Matador Records. Download the song for free from MatadorRecords.com. The Aimee Mann song is the title track of the album Charmer on SuperEgo Records. Download the song for free at Epitonic. The Electric Six song is on the album Fire on XL Recordings. Download the song for free at Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Wed, 12 September 2012
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we travel back in time and analyze two big hits from the 1970s. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Divine Fits and The Raveonettes. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world headquarters - The return of song analysis - Learning more about Rupert Holmes - "Escape" tells a depressing tale in a lighthearted way - Seeking a new soulmate through the personal ads - Song ends with a wacky twist - Jay used to belt out Holmes' "Him" in the newsroom of the college paper - He sings the guitar solo to save money - Digging into the rest of the album - Rupert writes about anything like, say, his answering machine - Holmes did a lot of work in theater and TV - Wrote songs for "A Star is Born," the Streisand-Kristofferson movie - "Him" as performed by Barry White - Clearly inspired by Manilow - "Copacabana" was a huge disco hit - Everything was coke-fueled in the '70s and '80s - Manilow's go-to move was the sweeping ballad - Manilow's "Bermuda Triangle" was a clear inspiration for Rupert - Barry found a winning formula - Gotta love the irony that he didn't write "I Write the Songs" - We Manil-OD'd - Bonehead of the Week The Raveonettes - She Owns the Streets Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Divine Fits song is on the album A Thing Called Divine Fits on Merge Records. Download it for free from Chromewaves. The Raveonettes song is on the album Observator on Vice Records. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Mon, 3 September 2012
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we travel back in time and analyze a big hit from the 1970s. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from A.C. Newman and Yuck. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world headquarters - The return of song analysis - What's the deal with Bette Midler? - Woody Allen's curious role in Scenes From a Mall - Check out Ric's podcast More Lost Time - Trucking was a big pop culture fad for a few years in the '70s - C.W. McCall's "Convoy" was such a big hit they made a movie based on it - Discovered by the dude behind the Mannheim Steamroller - McCall didn't sing so much as talk over music - Sounds like Charlie Daniels' "Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Convoy did indeed have a soundtrack album - Digging deeper into the McCall catalog - Randy Travis is walking the walk - Ric: Zappa music just sounds like commercials - Ol' C-Dub just kept on making trucker songs - McCall starts doing really bad accents of foreign truckers - He wrote a song about the infamous George Brett "pine tar incident" - Bonehead of the Week Yuck - Shook Down Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The A.C. Newman song is on the forthcoming album Shut Down the Streets on Matador Records. Download it for free from MatadorRecords.com. The Yuck song is on the band's self-titled album on Fat Possum Records. Download the song for free from Epitonic. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Sat, 25 August 2012
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss our favorite solo artists. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Robert Plant, Frank Black and the Catholics and Sloan. Show notes: - Re-recorded via Skype - Jay: Robert Plant's music has evolved since Zeppelin's breakup - Brian: John, Paul and George in a three-way tie - Harrison's All Things Must Pass is a standout - McCartney's good when he works with others (Elvis Costello, Youth) - Jay: Favorite solo artist is Pete Townshend - His three early '80s solo albums were excellent - Last 25 years have been focused on Who tours - Jay: Rod Stewart's solo career has been mostly awful - His work in Faces, Jeff Beck Group and first few solo releases was strong - Brian: Jagger should not be allowed to make solo albums - Jay: Keith Richards' solo work is good - Jay: The four guys in Sloan should each release solo records simultaneously a la KISS - Brian: Steven Drozd would make an interesting solo album - Brian: Rivers Cuomo should make a stripped-down, non-Weezer record - Bonehead of the Week Frank Black and the Catholics - Nadine Sloan - Coax Me Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Robert Plant song is on the compilation More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album on Birdman Records. Download it for free from Epitonic. The Frank Black and the Catholics song is on the album Show Me Your Tears on SpinART. Download the song for free from Epitonic. The Sloan song is on the album Twice Removed on Geffen. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at NoiseTrade. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
Sat, 18 August 2012
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss our favorite solo artists. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Peter Gabriel and David Byrne. Show notes: - Re-recorded via Skype - Brian: Ray Davies has made two great solo albums - NBC cut Davies from Olympics closing ceremony broadcast - Jay: Ted Leo has been consistently great for the last decade - Brian: After Roxy Music, Brian Eno went on to long and interesting career - Jay: Neil Young has been erratic, but when he's on, he's great - Brian: Jonathan Richman has moved from post-punk hero to troubadour - Jay: Peter Gabriel is much more than "Sledgehammer" and "Solsbury Hill" - Moved past the crazy costumes he wore live with Genesis - Brian: David Byrne continues to make interesting music - Jay: Mark Lanegan's post-Screaming Trees career has been varied and uniformly excellent - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Peter Gabriel - Here Comes the Flood (live) David Byrne - Fuzzy Freaky (remix) Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Ted Leo and the Pharmacists song is on the album The Tyranny of Distance on Lookout Records. Download it for free from Epitonic. The Peter Gabriel song was recorded for the Guitar Center Sessions in 2010. Download the song for free at PeterGabriel.com/GuitarCenter. The David Byrne song is on the album Visible Man on Luaka Bop. Download the song for free at IODAPromonet.com. 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; check out his site PodGeek. |
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