Completely Conspicuous 81: Making Movies

Here's part 2 of my conversation with Ric Dube, this time about movies and much more. Click here to hear the show in streaming audio, or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:
- The New Hollywood of the 1970s
- More screens meant more movies
- The rise of the blockbuster
- The Cable Guy ruined everything
- Jim Carrey keeps making the same movie
- What your top 5 movies say about your life
- The depressing world of Charlie Brown
- Dube stars in Carlito's Way
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Jay Bennett - I'll Decorate My Love
- Lightning Dust - I Knew
- Jay Reatard - It Ain't Gonna Save Me

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The Jay Bennett song is on the album Whatever Happened I Apologize on the Web label Rock Proper, where you can find out more and download the entire album for free. R.I.P.

The Lightning Dust song is on the album Infinite Light on Jagjaguwar Records, where you can find out more and download the song.

The Jay Reatard song is on the upcoming album Watch Me Fall on Matador Records. Find out more and download the song at http://www.jayreatard.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 his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell.

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