Friday, April 24, 2009

Completely Conspicuous Episode 77: Master of Reality

Here's part 2 of my wide-ranging conversation with Ric Dube about reality TV, new music and the state of radio. Click here to listen to the episode in streaming audio or download it directly here (right click and "save as").

The show notes...

Topics:
- The types of reality TV
- Dube pitches "Blue Balls"
- Deconstructing "American Idol"
- Old vs. new music
- The power of podcasts
- The future of radio
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
- Deer Tick - Easy

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The Sonic Youth song is on the forthcoming album The Eternal on Matador Records, where you can find out more and download the song.

The Deer Tick song is on the forthcoming album Born on Flag Day on Partisan Records. You can download the song here.

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 Mark Campbell.

Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.

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