Completely Conspicuous Episode 114: Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind

Special guest Dave Brigham joins me to discuss UFOs. 

Topics:

- Interest in UFOs stoked by book "Chariots of the Gods" 

- Dave interest is mixed with mockery

- Close Encounters of the Third Kind was huge

- The UFO subculture is as interesting as UFOs themselves

- If actual alien was captured, nobody would believe it

- Bigfoot sightings are still popular

- The X-Files kept all the conspiracy stuff alive

- In NM, Dave was too drunk to visit Roswell

- Dave vs. the armless panhandler

- UFOs have contributed much to pop culture

- Dave talks about his UFO concept album and novel

- UFO-related songs: Jay's favorite is Gary Numan's "Down in the Park"

- Dave says Flaming Lips' movie "Christmas on Mars" is bad

- Dave gives shout out to the Ass Ponys

- Jay hates the Stone Temple Pilots

- Dave: Split TV seasons are annoying

- Dave reflects on his childhood, UFOs

- 2012 doomsday scenarios loom

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- Japandroids - Art Czars

- Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

- We Were Promised Jetpacks - Ships With Holes Will Sink

- Los Campesinos! - The Sea is a Good Place to Think of the Future

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The Japandroids song is the first of a five-part singles series. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/japandroids and download the song for free at http://www.stereogum.com.

The Yeasayer song is on the album Odd Blood on Secretly Canadian Records. Find out more at http://www.yeasayer.net and download the track for free at http://www.amblingalp.com.

The We Were Promised Jetpacks song is on the album These Four Walls on Fat Cat Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks. The Los Campesinos! song is on the album Romance is Boring on Arts and Crafts Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/loscampesinos. Both songs are courtesy of IODA Promonet; download them for free at http://www.iodapromonet.com. 

The Future of the Left song is on the album Travels With Myself and Another on 4AD Records. Find out more at http://www.futureoftheleft.com. Download the track for free at http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com.

The show is sponsored by Budget, the country's premier car rental service with 900 locations. Visit http://Budget.com/CompCon and save 10% off any reservation or $30 off a weekly rental.

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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