Completely Conspicuous 255: The Future is Unwritten

Part 2 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 The Hush Now, Low, Varsity Drag and The Linus Pauling Quartet. Show notes: - Recorded at the BrigHAAAAM Estates - Dave's doing a reading of one of his short stories on Dec. 11 in Arlington, MA - Check out Dave's photo blog, The Backside of America - Kids don't get our references anymore - Brigham: "Too damn much of everything" - Reality TV is ubiquitous - Pop culture ignorance - Brigham: Even a Luddite like me buys digital music - Knowledge of older bands is limited now - Talking to kids about history and current events - Don't let our kids watch TV newscasts - We shelter our kids these days - Playground education - The ads during televised sporting events are all about "cars, boners and beer" - Parents may filter too much - Can we fix our lack of historical knowledge? - We can try to encourage kids to take an interest - Collecting baseball cards was a fun hobby - Too much focus on present and future to look at the past - American populace is fairly passive about major problems - Bonehead of the Week Music:The Hush Now - I'm Always Broke in December Low - Waiting (live) Varsity Drag - Animal The Linus Pauling Quartet - Crom Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Hush Now song is available for free download at Bandcamp. The Low song is on the live EP Plays Nice Places. Download it for free (in exchange for your email address) at Sub Pop. The Varsity Drag song is on the album Night Owls and is available for free download at Bandcamp. The Linus Pauling Quartet song is on the album Bag of Hammers on Musebox Records. Download it for free from Spinner. 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 by Text-Enhance">Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.