Completely Conspicuous 254: History Repeating

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Dave Brigham about our society's neglect for history. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Interpol, Parquet Courts, The Bohannons and Titus Andronicus. Show notes: - Recorded at the BrigHAAAAM Estates - Dave's doing a reading of one of his short stories on Dec. 11 in Arlington, MA - Brigham: Working as a volunteer archivist uncovers interesting finds - Check out Dave's photo blog, The Backside of America - You can find lots of hidden historical discoveries when you pay attention - Kumar: Our culture is so focused inward that we forget about history - Brigham: Finding old collection of dad's military stuff sparked interest in history - The 2010s are much more of a "Me Decade" than the 1970s - Dave's got a dumb phone instead of a smart phone - American Girl dolls focus on historical settings - History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man - "Kids these days..." - The Petraeus scandal: How is it possible to send 30,000 pages of emails? - Any technological advance tends to get folks distracted: TV, radio, the car - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music:Interpol - Roland (demo) Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold The Bohannons - Goodbye Bill Titus Andronicus - Ecce Homo Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Interpol song is on the Tenth Anniversary Edition reissue of Turn on the Bright Lights on Matador Records. Download the song for free from MatadorRecords.com. The Parquet Courts song is on the album Light Up Gold on Dull Tools Records. Download it for free at Stereogum. The Bohannons song is on the album Unaka Rising on This is American Music. Download it for free from Soundcloud. The Titus Andronicus song is on the album Local Business on XL Recordings. Download it for free from Epitonic. The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay by Text-Enhance">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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