Completely Conspicuous Episode 108: What's My Name?

I take a look at the lasting impact of nicknames.

Topics:

- The story of "Lip" 

- Nicknames I've had over the years

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Metric - Gimme Sympathy 

- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars

- The XX - Basic Space

- Future of the Left - Arming Eritrea

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The Metric song is on the self-released album Fantasies. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/metric. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart song is on the EP Higher Than the Stars on Slumberland Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart. Both songs are courtesy of IODA Promonet; download the tracks for free at http://www.iodapromonet.com.

The XX song is on the album xx on XL Recordingss. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/thexx. The Future of the Left song is on the album Travels With Myself and Another on 4AD Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/futureoftheleft. Download both songs for free at http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com.   

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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 http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.

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