Mon, 11 March 2013
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we present the first edition of the CompCon Awards. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Mudhoney, Frightened Rabbit, Marnie Stern and Telekinesis. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype while the Oscars telecast was on - Jay: Picking top albums of the 1970s was tough - The CompCon Awards are an alternative to the Grammys looking at different categories - First category: Best Band Name - Brian saw Trail of Dead back in the day - Best Sophomore Album - Bands like The Strokes have struggled to follow up strong debut - Nirvana's success both killed and launched a lot of terrible bands - Dave Grohl backlash - Pondering Weezer's decline - Graham Maby rules - Best Side 1 - Harking back to the heyday of vinyl - First Van Halen album had killer side 1 and 2 - Bowie had an incredible run of albums in the '70s - Best Side 2 - Other outstanding album sides - The Chili Peppers haven't aged well - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music: Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital Marnie Stern - Year of the Glad Telekinesis - Ghosts and Creatures Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Mudhoney song is on the album Vanishing Point on Sub Pop. Download it for free from Sub Pop. The Frightened Rabbit song is on the album Pedestrian Verse on Atlantic Records. Download the song for free at NPR. The Marnie Stern song is on the album Chronicles of Marnia on Kill Rock Stars. Download the song for free at NPR. The Telekinesis song is on the album Dormarion on Merge Records. Download the song for free at NPR. |
Mon, 4 March 2013
Part 2 of my conversation with guests Ric Dube and Jay Breitling as we dissect a classic episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Patrick Stickles and Me & Stupid. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ; check out the 50th episode of MLT (with cameos from Mr. Breitling and myself) - Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video - Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel - Breitling joins the fray - Haywood Nelson was the inspiration for indie rock band Haywood - JB: The satin jacket died with Rainbow's "All Night Long" video (featuring Graham Bonnet on vocals, not Joe Lynn Turner) - Enter Big Al Dunbar - Rerun wore his pants old-man high - The original discomfort comedy - Were the Doobies big anti-bootleg advocates? - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is a defense industry consultant now - Baxter's wearing a Warner Bros. jersey - Rocking out while seated - Flaming gongs kick ass - Dee's tripping - "Pluggin' in the USB" - Rerun drops tape recorder, feels shame - The Doobies intimidate Big Al and henchman - Bonehead of the Week Music: Patrick Stickles - Hey Tonight Me & Stupid - Receiver Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club song is on the EP Let the Day Begin. Download it for free (in exchange for your email address) at the band's website. The Patrick Stickles song is a cover of a Free Energy song and available for free download at Stereogum. The Me & Stupid song is on the album In a Cabin with Me & Stupid. Download the album for free at the Me & Stupid website. |
Tue, 26 February 2013
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we dissect a classic episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from They Might Be Giants and The Thalia Zedek Band. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ - Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video - Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel - What's Happening!! had all the sitcom archetypes - Formula elements at play - This was a Very Special Episode - No continuity in the '70s on TV shows - The evils of bootlegging - Check out CompCon episodes 218 and 219 about bootlegs - Ric: Wonder if there's a bootleg of the Doobies' performance in this show - Show inspired by the movie Cooley High - Ric's a fan of Dee - Did inner city kids really listen to the Doobie Brothers? - Jay: I rocked the velour shirts back in the day - Rerun gets roped into the bootlegging world - All the parodies have been parodied now - Ric's heard the "Which Doobie You Be?" line a million times - Doobies are so big they're playing a podunk high school - Patrick Simmons had a brief solo career - Michael McDonald's vocal style - The kids pretend to like the Doobies - Jeff "Skunk" had magnificent facial hair - The band Bread appeared on an episode of The Hardy Boys - Simmons supposedly went to the kids' high school - Four minutes of scenes from next week - Theme by Henry Mancini! - Next week, it's part 2 of the Doobie Brothers episode - Bonehead of the Week Music: Thalia Zedek Band - Walk Away Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The They Might Be Giants song is on the album Nanobots on Idlewild Records. Download it for free at Stereogum. The Thalia Zedek Band song is on the album Via on Thrill Jockey. Download it for free at Soundcloud. 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. |
Tue, 19 February 2013
Part 3 of my conversation with guests Mike Piantigini and Brad Searles as we discuss the new music we're looking forward to in 2013. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The XX, The Thermals, Redd Kross and !!! Show notes: - Recorded at Piantigini Place, Somerville, Mass. - Mike: New Big Dipper album is great - Bettie Serveert is back with a new release - Brad: The Neats reunion is happening - Shockingly, Brad's never been to SXSW - SXSW has grown into a huge spectacle - Thumbs up to The Sinclair - Def Leppard's Vegas residency - Bob Mould can't play acoustic shows quietly - Sting's "Back to Bass" tour - Bands going out on a bad note - Guitar Hero/Rock Band games flamed out quickly - Do not taunt the Zoo TV - Brad and Mike reminisce about the Merge Records 20th anniv. show - Wilco's Solid Sound Festival is always good - Bonehead of the Week Music: The Thermals - Born to Kill Redd Kross - Stay Away from Downtown !!! - Slyd Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The XX song is on the album Coexist on XL Recordings. Download it for free at Chromewaves. The Thermals song is on the album Desperate Ground on Saddle Creek. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Soundcloud. The Redd Kross song is on the album Researching the Blues on Merge Records. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. The !!! song is on the album Thri!!!er on Warp Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud. 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. |
Mon, 11 February 2013
Part 2 of my conversation with guests Mike Piantigini and Brad Searles as we discuss the new music we're looking forward to in 2013. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Low, Thee Oh Sees, Mikal Cronin and Ken Stringfellow. Show notes: - Recorded at Piantigini Place, Somerville, Mass. - The Who's Live at Hull sounds a lot like Live at Leeds - Hearing bands play old favorites vs. new material - Selling your music for commercial use - Pete Townshend was a major solo artist in the '80s - '80s recording techniques have not aged well - Debating McCartney's solo work - Kids these days... - YouTube as music delivery mechanism - Not just videos, but full albums and lyric videos - The sad tale of Myspace - Bandcamp's fan pages - Brad: Psyched about new LP from Kid Canaveral - The death of Lovejoy's, a great Austin dive bar - Alamo Drafthouse rules - Brad: Upcoming Mark Kozelek and Album Leaf collaboration - Indie bands love covering the Misfits - Bands keep touring without original members (Misfits, Dead Kennedys) - Violent Femmes are reuniting with original lineup at Coachella - Prog is coming back - Brad dug Genesis in the Duke/Abacab era - "Illegal Alien" is a horrible song - Long-awaited albums that may never come: Dylan at the Movies, The Wrens - Brad bets My Bloody Valentine won't release new album by time this airs (he loses bet) - Mike can't stop talking about his trip to SXSW - The power of chocolate chip cookies - Labels are running out of classic rock to reissue, turning to alt-rock - Bonehead of the Week Music: Thee Oh Sees - Minotaur Mikal Cronin - Apathy Ken Stringfellow - Doesn't It Remind You of Something Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Low song is on the forthcoming album The Invisible Way on Sub Pop. Download it for free at SoundCloud. The Thee Oh Sees song is on the forthcoming album Floating Coffin on the Castle Face label. Download the song for free at Stereogum. The Mikal Cronin song is on his self-titled album on Trouble in Mind Records. Download the song for free from SoundSpike. The Ken Stringfellow song is on the album Danzig in the Moonlight on Spark and Shine Records. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. 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. |
Mon, 4 February 2013
Part 1 of my conversation with guests Mike Piantigini and Brad Searles as we discuss what we're looking forward to in 2013, musically speaking. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Spinto Band, FIDLAR, King Tuff and The Maccabees. Show notes: - Recorded at Piantigini Place, Somerville, Mass. - Breitling couldn't make it - Brad: Unusual collaborations including New Medicants (Joe Pernice and Norman Blake), Kristen Hersh and Pond, Greg Dulli and Steve Kilbey - Hersh is super busy - Artists escape from the album-tour-album cycle - Robert Pollard is a freak of nature - Mike: Replacements cover EP to benefit Slim Dunlap - Westerberg should tour again - Axl Rose soldiers on...at his own pace - Great artists aren't always great businessmen - Mike watches "Nashville" - Breitling's list includes the Come reunion - Come reissue has live set that Brad had hosted on his blog - Jay: Bowie's back - New Marnie Stern album on the way - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music: FIDLAR - Got No Money King Tuff - Keep On Movin' The Maccabees - Go Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Spinto Band song is on the album Cool Cocoon on Spintonic Recordings. Download it for free at Spintonic. The FIDLAR song is on the EP Don't Try on Mom and Pop Music. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. The King Tuff song is on the self-titled album on Sub Pop. Download the song for free from Sub Pop. The Maccabees song is on the album Given to the Wild on Fiction. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. 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. |
Mon, 28 January 2013
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss our angry society. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Joy Formidable, Bad Religion, Screaming Females and Titus Andronicus. Show notes: - Recorded at Chez Phillion, Salem, Mass. - Matt and his siblings got the angry gene - Be nice to your crazy co-workers - Copycat wackos - Blaming the videogames and Hollywood - Violent movies don't necessarily make you violent - When you recognize the bank robber - Matt's been shot at before - It's unrealistic to think guns are going away - Who's paranoid? Not us. - Talk radio is another forum for angry people - The 2nd Amendment - Universal healthcare gets people angry - "People aren't totally shitbags" - High-powered hunting - Matt's advocating for an asteroid to wipe us out - Bonehead of the Week Music: Bad Religion - True North Screaming Females - Poison Arrow Titus Andronicus - Upon Viewing Oregon's Landscape with the Flood of Detritus Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Joy Formidable song is on the album Wolf's Law on Atlantic. Download it for free at Chromewaves. The Bad Religion song is on the band's new album True North on Epitaph. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. The Screaming Females song is on the cassette-only album Chalk Tape on Don Giovanni. Download the song for free from Stereogum. The Titus Andronicus song is on the album Local Business 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. |
Mon, 21 January 2013
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss anger management. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Mudhoney, Camper Van Beethoven, Guided By Voices and Lovestreams. Show notes: - Recorded at Chez Phillion, Salem, Mass. - The joys of home ownership - We've talked in the past about profanity and politics, which both tie in to anger - Many forums available for people to vent anger - Dealing with crazy co-workers - Matt's an angry man at times - Running can be therapeutic...or not - Getting behind the wheel instantly amplifies anger level - Road rage is scary - Are we an angrier society than we used to be? - Like driving a car, social media makes you a lot braver - Online comments can be particularly vicious - Putting up with conflicting opinions on Facebook - The gun debate has stoked anger on both sides - Matt has a "Spanish face" - Matt: The rest of the world sees Americans as "overweight, angry and armed" - Some friends love to troll "the other side" online - Seagull Facebook: Fly in, make a bunch of noise, crap on everything and fly away - Anger is stoked at sporting events - Alcohol doesn't help - Giants fan beaten at Dodgers Stadium - Matt wrecked his shoulder venting on a punching bag - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music: Camper Van Beethoven - Someday Our Love Will Sell Us Out Guided By Voices - She Lives in an Airport Lovestreams - Shock Corridor Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Mudhoney song is on the forthcoming album Vanishing Point on Sub Pop. Download it for free (in exchange for your email address) at SubPop.com. The Camper Van Beethoven song is on the band's new album La Costa Perdida on 429 Records. Download the song for free at Soundcloud. The Guided By Voices song is on the self-released album The Bears for Lunch. Download the song for free from Soundcloud. The Lovestreams song is available for free download from the Lovestreams Tumblr. 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. |
Mon, 14 January 2013
This week, I'm joined by guest Brian Lewandowski as he discusses navigating the Boston standup comedy scene. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Iceage, Chelsea Light Moving, Pere Ubu and The Figgs. Show notes: - Brian's back doing standup for the last few months - Did it in the early '90s - Started working townie bars - Just stopped and began doing humor writing - Did an early humor blog that he turned into a self-published book - Recently decided to get back into comedy - In college, ran the radio station with Ronnie James Dio's son - Early heroes were Buddy Hackett, Woody Allen, Steve Martin - Most comedians are loners - Took comedy class; one week, Janeane Garofalo was guest instructor - Hosts comedy nights now - Dealing with cats in the audience - Storytelling with embellishments - Brian interviewed Marc Maron for his blog in the '90s - The genius of SCTV - Passing on your sense of humor to your kids - Brian worked at AMC and Bravo in their early days - "The Spiteful Salad" - Bonehead of the Week Music: Chelsea Light Moving - Empires of Time Pere Ubu - Free White The Figgs - Brain Be Gone Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Iceage song is on the album You're Nothing on Matador Records. Download it for free at Pitchfork. The Chelsea Light Moving song is on the band's self-titled album on Matador Records. Download the song for free at MatadorRecords.com. The Pere Ubu song is on the album Lady from Shanghai on Fire Records. Download the song for free from Soundcloud. The Figgs song is on the album The Day Gravity Stopped. Download the song (in exchange for your email address) for free 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. |
Mon, 7 January 2013
Part 3 of my conversation with guests Jay Breitling and Mike Piantigini as we review our favorite music of 2012. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Divine Fits, Golden Gurls, Karl Hendricks Trio, Mark Lanegan Band and Paul Westerberg. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - Breitling's #3 album of 2012- Piantigini and Kumar agree on #3 - Stripped down songs - JB's #2 - Golden Gurls: No relation to Bea Arthur - MP's #2 - Plenty of Teenage Fanclub activity - Imagining Breitling as a goth kid - JK's #2 - The problem with doing covers - JB's #1 - Piantigini's band Lump once opened for Karl Hendricks Trio - Metallica owns their own masters - Bands are now re-recording their classic tracks - MP's #1 (sort of) - New Big Dipper album out - JK's #1 - JB's favorite song of the year - MP's favorite song - Westerberg releases material as he records it - Jason Everman got around - JK's favorite song - Breitling's N SYNC sighting - Trumped by Rock's Destiny's Child sighting Music: Golden Gurls - I Can See the City Karl Hendricks Trio - The Men's Room at the Airport Mark Lanegan Band - The Gravedigger's Song Paul Westerberg - My Road Now 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 at Epitonic. The Golden Gurls song is on the self-released album Typo Magic. Download the entire album for free at Bandcamp. The Karl Hendricks Trio song is on the album The Adult Section on Comedy Minus One Records. Download the song for free from Comedy Minus One. The Mark Lanegan Band song is on the album Blues Funeral on 4AD. Download the song for free at Epitonic. The Paul Westerberg song was self-released and is available for free download from Stereogum. 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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