Completely Conspicuous
620 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsQuality podcastification since 2006.
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Completely Conspicuous 239: Solo Flights
August 08, 2012 02:18 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBI celebrate six big years of podcasting with part 1 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 Bob Mould, Ryan Adams, Mike Watt and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Brian contends that Bob Mould's work in Sugar is better than Husker Du; Jay vehemently disagrees - Jay: Elliott Smith went in a different direction after Heatmiser - Are Josh Homme or Dave Grohl...
Completely Conspicuous 238: Generation Gap
July 30, 2012 23:56 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBAnother installment of Driving With Kumar as I discuss the generation gap that exists in pop culture. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Chelsea Light Moving, The XX, Blur and Mean Creek. Show notes: - Recorded on the way to WFNX Boston Accents farewell show in Allston - WFNX has been replaced by The Harbor, a "Variety Hits" station - FNX lasted 29 years - Driving through another torrential rainstorm - Generation gap in music fandom driven by a couple of NPR blog po...
Completely Conspicuous 237: The Midyear Rock Report, Part 2
July 23, 2012 23:21 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBPart 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2012. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Future Carnivores, Mark Lanegan Band, Soccer Mom and Dinosaur Jr. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky World HQ - Kumar: New Van Halen album much better than expected - Breitling: Future Carnivores brings a new wave sound - Breitling enjoys the Eddie Money jams - Forced to listen to Starship - Kumar: Check out the book...
Completely Conspicuous 236: The Midyear Rock Report, Part 1
July 17, 2012 01:38 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBPart 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2012. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Golden Gurls, Cloud Nothings, Autochrome, Torche, Karl Hendricks Trio and Guided By Voices. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky World HQ - Kumar: New Smashing Pumpkins ain't bad - Breitling: Golden Gurls do not feature Bea Arthur but do rock - Kumar: High on Fire brings metallic fury - Kumar: Check out Henry Rollins' g...
Completely Conspicuous 235: Read 'em and Weep
July 09, 2012 23:46 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBPart 2 of my conversation with guest Christian Douglass as we talk about the state of the book industry. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Henry Clay People, Japandroids, The Hives and Wye Oak. Show notes: - Recorded in Beverly, Mass. - Christian: So many good books go undiscovered - Kindles and other e-readers have people reading - Attitudes towards owning music and books change as folks get older - Jay: My kids are still reading books - The debate over digit...
Completely Conspicuous 234: Reading is Fundamental
July 03, 2012 02:36 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBPart 1 of my conversation with guest Christian Douglass as we talk about the state of the book industry. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Corin Tucker Band, The Raveonettes, Stars and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Show notes: - Recorded in Beverly, Mass. - In this age of distraction, it's amazing that people read books at all - Christian: Education system may be to blame for lack of reading - Fiction is still a valuable commodity - Jay: Fun to see my kids ge...
Completely Conspicuous 233: Between the Bars
June 25, 2012 23:36 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBGuest Ric Dube and I dig deep and analyze two '70s rock classics. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Redd Kross, Chelsea Light Moving and Cat Power. Show notes: - Recorded in Shrewsbury, Mass. - Check out Ric's podcast More Lost Time - Digging into Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Lights" - Irony-free, over-the-top theatrics - Song is in three parts - Jay: Remember as a kid thinking it was risque - Paradise turns out to be hell - Jim Steinman was known for...
Completely Conspicuous 232: Rock Box
June 19, 2012 00:08 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBPart 2 of my conversation with filmmaker Eric Green as we discuss his documentary about V66, the short-lived Boston music video channel. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Mission of Burma, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Metric and Ceremony. Show notes: - Recorded in Cambridge, Mass. - Eric's documentary is called Life on the V - V66 was on the air from 2/85 to 9/86 - Response to the topic has been great - Doc is almost finished - Music docs are in vogue - Rumors th...
Completely Conspicuous 231: Rock This Town
June 11, 2012 23:10 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBPart 1 of my conversation with filmmaker Eric Green as we discuss his documentary about V66, the short-lived Boston music video channel. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Walkmen, Beachwood Sparks, King Tuff and Superchunk. Show notes: - Recorded in Cambridge, Mass. - Eric's documentary is called Life on the V - V66 was on the air from 2/85 to 9/86 - UHF station that reached throughout New England - Cable still hadn't reached many towns - There were other musi...
Completely Conspicuous 230: The Spirit of Radio
June 05, 2012 23:39 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guests Nick Lorenzen and Mike Piantigini as we discuss the death of rock radio. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Henry Clay People, Archers of Loaf, Codeine and Los Campesinos. Show notes: - Radio now competes with iPods, digital radio, Spotify - The anticipation factor with new music is gone - Cell phone video has changed the live experience - Music has become background noise - We don't pay attention as closely to new m...
Completely Conspicuous 229: Around the Dial
May 28, 2012 18:08 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guests Nick Lorenzen and Mike Piantigini as we discuss the death of rock radio. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Bob Mould, Hallelujah the Hills, Zeus and The White Stripes. Show notes: - Boston alternative rock station WFNX was sold to Clear Channel recently - Rock radio has been on life support for quite some time - Too much radio programming and formats - WFNX was pioneer of the alternative format - Nick: Knew of WFNX more...
Completely Conspicuous 228: Feel the Burn
May 22, 2012 22:57 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Adam Tinkoff as we discuss diet and exercise. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Afghan Whigs, The Alabama Shakes, Sunny Ali and the Kid, and Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Adam's new show Zen@10 and also the Slow Runners Club - Adam: Think before you eat - Jay: Hot dogs gross me out - Food processing is a nasty business - Keep track of what you eat for 30 da...
Completely Conspicuous 227: Shapes of Things
May 14, 2012 22:46 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Adam Tinkoff as we discuss fitness. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Young Adults, Guided By Voices, The Riverboat Gamblers and Beck. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Adam's new show Zen@10 and also the Slow Runners Club - Talking a little rock: Against Me singer switching genders - Are Bowie Bonds worth anything? - Adam's mulling a trip to Bonnaroo - We both met Trey from Phish at different points - Frank...
Completely Conspicuous 226: Bottoms Up!
May 08, 2012 00:20 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Ben Amirault as we discuss the growth of craft beer. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Mission of Burma, Father John Misty, Hallelujah the Hills and The Men. Show notes: - Check out Ben's beer blog The Church Key - Dogfish Head has branched out with TV show, limited edition beers - Northeast has many great brewers: Magic Hat, Smuttynose, Baxter, Long Trail - "Ice beer" was, and still is, a thing - Regional pockets of gre...
Completely Conspicuous 225: Let Them Drink
April 30, 2012 22:37 - 1 hour - 57 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Ben Amiraujlt as we discuss the growth of craft beer . I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from the Ty Segall Band, Ceremony, Grinderman and Brainiac. Show notes: - Check out Ben's beer blog The Church Key - Many parallels between craft beer world and punk rock - Ben reviews beers on his blog - When will someone invent digitized beer? - Craft beer first boomed in the '90s - Plenty of great small breweries popping up now - Ses...
Completely Conspicuous 224: Dirty Work
April 23, 2012 21:56 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the evolution of profanity. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Japandroids, Cloud Nothings, Ceremony and Yukon Blonde. Show notes: - Mother jokes led to popularity of "m-f'er" - Eddie Murphy's Comedian album introduced a whole new world of profanity - Most words have lost shock value - Little girl swearing in "Kick Ass" was shocking - We had more freedom as kids, but kids can access so much mor...
Completely Conspicuous 223: Your Filthy Little Mouth
April 18, 2012 22:06 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the evolution of profanity. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Deer Tick, The Rationales, Wintersleep and Torche. Show notes: - George Carlin summed up the issue of profanity on TV quite nicely - NYPD Blue pushed the boundaries of what you could see on broadcast TV - As kids, we saw a lot of risque stuff on pay cable channels - Sitcoms have to make do with innuendo - Inadvertent f-bombs on awar...
Completely Conspicuous 222: Mix It Up
April 10, 2012 00:03 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week, I revisit an old mix tape I made many moons ago. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week. Show notes: - In episode 141, I discussed the early mix tapes I made as a kid - A few years ago, started writing about mix tapes in my blog - Looking back at Summer of Loud, a tape I recorded in '94 - Previous year was pretty rough, but things were looking up in '94 - Switched jobs and apartments at about the same time - 1994 was a good year for alt rock - I still listen to this mix f...
Completely Conspicuous 221: Repeater
April 03, 2012 01:06 - 1 hour - 62 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we discuss earworms. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Best Coast, The Dandy Warhols, OFF! and The Melvins. Show notes: - Recorded on St. Patrick's Day at Chez Breitling - Kids' music can implant evil melodies in your brain - Pop music is a good gateway for music fans - Hall and Oates wrote the catchiest damn songs - We are in the post-ironic age - Breitling buys a Daryl Hall song - Good rock showing u...
Completely Conspicuous 220: Never Hear the End of It
March 27, 2012 10:58 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Jay Breitling as we discuss earworms. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Titus Andronicus, At the Drive-In, Sleater-Kinney and Spoon. Show notes: - Recorded on St. Patrick's Day at Chez Breitling - Not referring to Ceti eels from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - Kumar: Recently haunted by crappy songs from Styx and Foreigner - The search for Early Dog - Breitling has memories of the ol' shower radio - Ronnie Montrose, R...
Completely Conspicuous 219: Give 'Em the Boot
March 19, 2012 23:52 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube about bootlegs. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and live music from Fugazi, fIREHOSE and Warren Zevon. Show notes: - Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality - Bootlegs would get bootlegged - Plenty of boots of concerts from radio and TV broadcasts - When Napster emerged, bottom dropped out of bootleg market - U2's Achtung Baby demos were stolen, ended up on bootlegs - Ric has an early Men at Work bootleg, just b...
Completely Conspicuous 218: Trademark of Quality
March 12, 2012 23:29 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we discuss bootlegs. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and live music from Mission of Burma, The Minutemen and The Dirtbombs. Show notes: - Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality - Powered by BBQ - TMOQ doesn't have actual bootlegs, but features essays about them - Bootlegs comprise anything not released by a record company - Jay: Discovered bootlegs and imports in record stores in the '80s - Ric: First boot ...
Completely Conspicuous 217: Dirty Water
March 06, 2012 02:12 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the whole New York vs. Boston thing. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Torche, Brendan Benson, White Rabbits and Sun Kil Moon. Show notes: - Check out Mike's blog Popblerd - It's all about efficiency - NYC's got the advantage for things to do after 2 a.m. - Everything closes up early in Boston - Jay: Mid-week club shows are tough when you have kids - Green Day's ready for Vegas - Boston has ...
Completely Conspicuous 216: The Adjustment Bureau
February 28, 2012 23:22 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the transition of moving to the Boston area. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Gorillaz, Boots Electric, Andrew Bird and Mike Doughty. Show notes: - Check out Mike's blog Popblerd - Mike grew up in New York, moved to Boston in 2008 - Slow adjustment - Mike: Every time I go back, I like NY less - Slower pace in Boston, except for the drivers - Jay: Even slower pace in NH - Mike: Occasionally ...
Completely Conspicuous 215: Could This Be Magic?
February 20, 2012 20:21 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss the new Van Halen album. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Hounds Below, Dinosaur Jr. and Black Mountain. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Jay: An impressive outing for a band at this stage - Not many bands have taken such a long break and returned strong - Mission of Burma and the Feelies are better than ever - Where does this rank in VH pantheon? - Jay: Ranks 7th after first six DLR ...
Completely Conspicuous 214: Hear About It Later
February 16, 2012 01:22 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBPart 1 of my conversation with special guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss the new Van Halen album, the band's first with David Lee Roth in almost 30 years. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Frank Black and the Catholics, Buffalo Tom and Hot Snakes. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Not interested in Grammy Awards - Gary Cherone was in band at its worst - Brian: Only VH album in his iTunes is VH III - Brian started listening to VH in early '90s - Always preferred...
Completely Conspicuous 213: Wave of Mutilation
February 08, 2012 01:40 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBPart 2 of my conversation with special guest Brad Searles as we discuss band reunions, among other rock topics. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Cloud Nothings, Joseph Arthur and The Cult. Show notes: - Check out Brad's excellent blog, Bradley's Almanac (http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/) - Recorded at the Sunset Grill in Allston, Mass. - Brad's bad memories of seeing Pixies open for U2 - Praise for Stewart Copeland - The massive influence of the Pixies - Brad: Reco...