Completely Conspicuous 107: That's a Wrap

The podcast's back for the last show of the year, and the decade, with special guest Matt Phillion. We conclude our look at our favorite movies of the decade. Click here to listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:

- We both loved Iron Man

- Robert Downey Jr. IS Tony Stark

- Geeking out on comics

- Shaun of the Dead elevated zombie movie genre

- Appreciating Danny Boyle

- LOTR trilogy: Making the "unmakeable" movies

- Matt praises the Pirates of the Caribbean movies

- Hey Hollywood, leave Matt's childhood alone

- Critically acclaimed movie Matt hated: The Royal Tenenbaums

- Critically acclaimed movie Jay hated: Crash

- Matt's pick for best movie nobody saw: Brotherhood of the Wolf

- Jay's pick for best movie nobody saw: In Bruges

- Joseph Gordon Levitt has done good work in recent years

- Jay's actor of the decade: Clooney

- Matt's actor of the decade: Downey, Jr.

- Actress of the decade: Blanchett or Winslet?

- Director of decade: Coen Bros.

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

- The Sons of Hercules - Numb

- White Rabbits - Percussion Gun

- Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945

- Dinosaur Jr. - Forget the Swan

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The White Rabbits song is on the album It's Frightening on TBD Records. Download the song for free at Insound.

The Neutral Milk Hotel song is on the album In the Aeroplane, Over the Sea on Merge Records, where you can download the song for free.

The Dinosaur Jr. song is on the album Dinosaur on Merge Records, where you can download the song for free.

The Sons of Hercules song is on the album A Different Kind of Ugly on Saustex Media. The song is courtesy of IODA Promonet:

The Sons Of Hercules
"Numb" (mp3)
from "A Different Kind of Ugly"
(Saustex Media)

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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 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. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography here.

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