Completely Conspicuous Episode 110: Suture Up Your Future
Special guest Ric Dube joins me to take a look at the future of movies and TV.
Topics:
- Dube: Movies with vampires/monsters/zombies/aliens will pass
- We need new professions to make movies about
- Some possibilities: Temps, garbagemen
- The imposing presence of Charles S. "Roc" Dutton
- Kids' books only come out if they're part of a series
- We'll run out of comic book hero movies
- Ric throws out some movie pitches
- Pitch: "Bong With the Wind," Merchant and Ivory meets Cheech and Chong
- Pitch: "Thinheritance," a new take on "Brewster's Millions"
- Chris Rock would star; has to lose 50 pounds in 30 days to inherit millions, but has already lost the weight
- Pitch: "Guard Shack," starring Sinbad and Kevin James as warring security guards in guard shacks at either end of a complex
- B-52s will do theme song
- Jay's pitch: "Drive-Thru," where drive-thru worker witnesses murder or kidnapping
- Jay's TV prediction: Talent shows will branch out
- Ric's TV pitch: "Slave Trade," The Apprentice meets QVC
- Where does reality TV go from here?
- Jay's TV pitch: An award show for award shows
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- Jay Reatard - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
- Rogue Wave - Good Morning
- The Pixies - Dancing the Manta Ray (live)
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The Jay Reatard song was recorded for an upcoming album of covers of Nirvana's In Utero album. Find out more and download the song for free at http://www.jayreatard.com.
The Rogue Wave song is on the album Permalight on Brushfire Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/roguewave. Download the track for free at http://www.stereogum.com.
The Pixies song is on the band's live EP commemorating the 20th anniversary of the album Doolittle. Download the EP for free at http://www.pixiesmusic.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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