Monday, January 03, 2011

Completely Conspicuous 157: A Good Idea

Special guest Ric Dube joins me on the podcast as we pitch movie ideas for 2011. Listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly (right click and "save as").

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The show notes...

Topics:

- Check out Ric's podcast More Lost Time

- Ric offers up some leftover reality show ideas

- "The Accountant"

- Dube: Reviving "Will Power" starring Chris Rock

- Ric's Sandler impression

- Releasing movies in the "dead zone"

- Debating the merits of Oscar hosts

- Kumar: "It Takes Two," a Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy

- Dube suggests combining it with suicidal vampire movie

- "Havin' a Snuh"

- Dube: "App-Lickable"

- Justin Long and an iPhone app

- Digitizing food

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:

The National - Afraid of Everyone

Kurt Vile - In My Time

The Jameses - The Fifth Dimension

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The National song is on the album High Violet on 4AD. Download the song for free at Stereogum.

The Kurt Vile song is on the EP In My Time on Matador Records, where you can download the song for free.

The Jameses song is the B-side of the 7-inch single "Caribou" on Captured Tracks. Download the song for free at Altered Zones.

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 at his blog. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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