Completely Conspicuous Episode 117: Pop Culture Principles, Part 3
Part 3 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we continue to discuss the underlying rules behind pop culture trends.
Topics:
- More things Dube wants to do before he dies
- Dube's Principle of the "Ta Dah!" Garment
- Kumar's Principle of Songs with "Rock" in the Title
- Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" video ruined his career
- Dube recounts his interview with Vanilla Ice's old manager
- Ric had the first interview with Tommy Lee after the sex tape with Pam Anderson broke
- Sex tapes 101
- Dube's Principle of Polarized Visitors
- Talking racist Disney cartoons
- Sloppy audio edit
- Hollywood loves token racially diverse groups of friends
- Dube's Principle of Polarized Point Spreads
- Kumar's Fat Buddy Principle
- Is she really going out with him?
- Dube needs to see Teen Wolf
- Dube's Principle of Broadcast Prescience
- Why Hot Tub Time Machine is a great movie title
- Ric rips into Must Love Dogs
- Crappy movie titles are commonplace: It's Complicated
- Kumar's Rules for Movie Remakes
- Dube's Principle of Deadly Precipitation
- Dube's Principle of Conflicting Civic Missions
- Pharma, Urban or Bard
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
- Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow
- Zeus - Marching Through Your Head
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The Ted Leo & the Pharmacists song is on the album The Brutalist Bricks on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/tedleo. Download the song for free at http://www.matadorrecords.com.
The Zeus song is on the album Say Us on Arts and Crafts Records; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/themusicofzeus. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet; download the song for free at http://www.iodapromonet.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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