Completely Conspicuous Episode 129: Whiskey in the Jar

Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Matt Phillion about his adventures in Ireland.

Topics:

- Running in Ireland: Matt gets racially profiled

- Rarely see runners there

- Irish drivers are either really slow or really fast

- Drunk driving laws are much stricter

- "A distinct Irish ear"

- TV in Ireland: Lots of American shows air

- Law & Order: London (real show)

- Matt wants to audition for the Irish soap opera Fair City

- Gaelic version of American Idol

- Gaelic is subtitled on TV

- You can see boobs on regular TV

- Call a restroom a "bog" or "jax," not "the loo"

- Following baseball from abroad

- Fantasy baseball challenges

- Spotting Americans

- Eating strange foods for sport

- Eating flies on the run

- Matt discovers cows and "flying chickens"

- Matt's girlfriend coming here for a visit

- Irish moonshine = "holy water"

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Bottled in Cork

Johnny Foreigner - With Who, Who and What I've Got 

Ugly Casanova - Lay Me Down

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The Ted Leo and the Pharmacists song is on the album The Brutalist Bricks on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.tedleo.com/ and download the song for free at http://matadorrecords.com.

The Johnny Foreigner song is an unreleased track you can download for free at http://bloggyforeigner.blogspot.com.

The Ugly Casanova song is on the soundtrack to the documentary 180 Degrees South on Brushfire Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/uglycasanovamusic and download the song for free at http://stereogum.com.

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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