Completely Conspicuous 234: Reading is Fundamental

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Christian Douglass as we talk about the state of the book industry. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Corin Tucker Band, The Raveonettes, Stars and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Show notes: - Recorded in Beverly, Mass. - In this age of distraction, it's amazing that people read books at all - Christian: Education system may be to blame for lack of reading - Fiction is still a valuable commodity - Jay: Fun to see my kids get into reading - Christian: Treating reading like a workout - Multi-tasking all day makes one less inclined to read later - Authors were once treated like movie stars - "Fifty Shades of Grey" started as Twilight fan fiction - Many best-sellers are autobiographies of celebs - Christian: Historical fiction is exciting - Working on a new project, a "novel in stories" - Looking at African-Americans attracted to Russian promise of equality - Also working on novel about a murder in rural Alaska - All about plot - Success comes at the sentence level - Many parallels to the music industry - Bonehead of the WeekMusic:The Corin Tucker Band - Groundhog Day The Raveonettes - Observations Stars - The Theory of Relativity The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Black Mold Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Corin Tucker Band song is from the forthcoming album Kill My Blues on Kill Rock Stars. Download the song for free at Stereogum. The Raveonettes song is from the band's forthcoming album Observator on Vice Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum. The Stars song is on the forthcoming album The North on ATO Records. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at StarstheNorth.com. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion song is from the band's forthcoming album Meat and Bone on Boombox/Mom + Pop. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) at Pitchfork.com. 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 blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.

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