Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Brad Searles as we discuss band reunions, among other rock topics. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Cloud Nothings, Joseph Arthur and The Cult.
Show notes:
Check out Brad's excellent blog, Bradley's Almanac (http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/)
Recorded at the Sunset Grill in Allston, Mass.
Brad's bad memories of seeing Pixies open for U2
Praise for Stewart Copeland
The massive influence of the Pixies
Brad: Recording at Fort Apache was daunting
Possible Stone Roses reunion in the works
Codeine's doing reunion shows and releasing box set
Chickfactor is bringing a bunch of bands back together: Lilys, Small Factory
Guided By Voices reunites classic lineup
The power of Janet Weiss
Great music blogs: Chromewaves, Clicky Clicky, Largehearted Boy
Brad recommends Soma.fm streaming radio
Brad does a DJ night with Jay Breitling at River Gods in Cambridge, Mass.
Making time to do things your way
A lot of blogs died after chasing the big payout
Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless
Joseph Arthur - Travel As Equals
The Cult - Lucifer
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The Cloud Nothings song is on the album Attack on Memory on Carpark Records. Download the song for free at http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/01/cloud_nothings_2.html.
The Joseph Arthur song is on the self-released album Redemption City. Download the album for free at http://josepharthur.com.
The Cult song is on the forthcoming album Choice of Weapon on Cooking Vinyl. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at http://thecult.us.
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 http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site http://www.podgeek.com.
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