Completely Conspicuous Episode 111: I Predict a Riot
Special guest Ric Dube joins me to make more pop culture predictions for the next decade.
Topics:
- Dube praises the CompCon movie recap episodes
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt will continue to do good work
- Dube wants you to see 500 Days of Summer...to understand why he hates it
- "Annie Hall for dumb kids"
- Annoying Hollywood trend: Self-conscious namedropping of "cool bands"
- Talking Avatar...which neither of us has seen
- Ric loves his Kindle
- Prediction: Touchscreen technology may turn actual desktops into computers, creating virtual clutter
- Ric's moneymaking idea: Halloween costume generator
- Female version makes every costume slutty (E.g., slutty trash collector)
- Tailor made for an iPhone app
- The adventures of intern Gabe
- Ric: The TSA is comprised of power-mad mall cops
- Product idea: Terror alert level M&Ms
- Eat your way to comfort level
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- Drive-By Truckers - This F*cking Job
- Shearwater - Black Eyes
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Widow Wake My Mind
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The Drive-By Truckers song was recorded for the forthcoming album The Big To-Do on ATO Records. Find out more at http://www.drivebytruckers.com and download the song for free at http://www.stereogum.com.
The Shearwater song is on the album The Golden Archipelago on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/shearwater. Download the track for free at http://www.matadorrecords.com.
The Smashing Pumpkins song is on the forthcoming album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope. Find out more and download the song for free at http://www.smashingpumpkins.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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