Completely Conspicuous 160: Cold as Ice

This week on the podcast, it's another installment of Driving With Kumar as I discuss life during winter. Listen to the show in streaming audio or download it directly (right click and "save as").

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The show notes...

Topics:

- Already more snow in Boston area than entire last winter

- Temps dropping into single digits to subzero

- Tough running weather

- People like to complain about winter

- Lack of daylight leads to depression

- Why do people choose to live in cold-weather climates?

- In Washington state, I dealt with the occasional sandstorm

- Extreme weather in Texas

- Seasonal Affect Disorder

- Bad drivers + snow = A mess

- Fall is the perfect season

- Local media drives snow hysteria

- Bonehead of the Week (HT: The Smoking Gun)

Music:

Buffalo Tom - Guilty Girls

Mike Watt - Arrow-Pierced-Egg-Man

Mogwai - San Pedro

Tapes 'N Tapes - Badaboom

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The Buffalo Tom song is on the forthcoming album Skins on Scrawny Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your e-mail address) at Spin.

The Mike Watt song is on the album Hyphenated-Man on clenchedwrench Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.

The Mogwai song is on the album Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will on Sub Pop. Download the song for free at Stereogum.

The Tapes 'N Tapes song is on the album Outside on Ibid Records. Download the song for free at KEXP.

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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Completely Conspicuous Episode 44: Stranger Than Fiction

It has been a busy week. I've been writing for NaNoWriMo; only a few hours to go. And I've been neglecting my podcast, so here's the latest episode (right click and "save as").

Show notes...

Topics:
- The value of the written word
- The New England Patriots and the lonely pursuit of excellence
- Pinhead of the Week

Music:
- Panthers - Goblin City
- Tapes n' Tapes - Cowbell (live)
- Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment
- Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
- Sleater Kinney - Entertain

Promo:
- New England Podcasting.

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The song from Panthers is on their album The Trick on Vice Records. It comes courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.

The song from Murder City Devils is on the album Idle Hands. The Sleater Kinney song is on the album The Woods. Both songs are courtesy of Sub Pop Records; find out more and download both tracks here.
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The song from Tapes 'n Tapes is on the compilation album Free Yr Radio, which was put together by Toyota and Urban Outfitters; find out more here. And the Tokyo Police Club song is on their album A Lesson in Crime on Paper Bag Records. Those two songs were provided by IODA Promonet.

Tapes 'n Tapes
"Cowbell" (mp3)
from "Free Yr Radio"
(Free Yr Radio)

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Tokyo Police Club
"Nature Of The Experiment" (mp3)
from "A Lesson In Crime"
(Paper Bag Records)

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Check out his fine music blog. 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.