Podcasts about compcon

The Third Fridays podcast returns with a very special guest, Michael DGinto, who is a Senior Leave Supervisor at PepsiCo / Frito-Lay. Host Christian Sison (https://loisllc.com/attorney/christian-sison/) welcomes Michael and Senior Associate Jeremy Janis (https://loisllc.com/attorney/jeremy-janis/) to discuss the successful conference that PepsiCo held, wherein defense counsel across the country and related stakeholders were invited to network and learn about company operations. Then, The Paralegal Minute returns for a new segment with Markeitha Joseph and Julia Prisco. Markeitha and Julia play the “3000 Questions About Me” game to talk about the paralegal perspective at LOIS on how claims are handled. Have a listen! What is “Third Fridays”? "Third Fridays" podcast is a live, 30-minute legal talk show from Lois Law Firm (https://loisllc.com/) featuring moderator Christian Sison (https://loisllc.com/attorney/christian-sison/). It is the original forum in which real attorneys discuss workers' compensation issues, share their opinions and engage in colorful conversations. The goal of the show is to showcase the diverse perspectives of the attorneys handling workers' compensation cases. Attorneys discuss case law trends, practical litigation strategies, and hot topics. Special Guests: Jeremy Janis, Julia Prisco, Markeitha Joseph, and Michael DGinto.

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we count down our favorite albums of 1985. Show notes: - Recorded IN PERSON at CompCon world HQ for the first time since February 2020 - Phil and Jay's #5: R.E.M. follows up two classic albums with a quirky effort - Band gradually grew in popularity - Phil and Jay's #4: The Cult hits the right combination of goth and hard rock - Ian Astbury's lyrics were appropriately cryptic - Phil's #3: An out-of-left-field pick with the Dead Milkmen's debut - "Bitchin' Camaro" was the "hit" - Jay's #3: Pete Townshend's solo peak - He's mainly focused on Who tours since then - Phil's #2: Talking Heads delve into Americana - Surprisingly, their best-selling studio album - Jay's #2: Husker Du continues their hot streak - First of two releases in '85 - Robert Palmer covered "New Day Rising" - Phil's #1: Conflicted about picking the Smiths thanks to Moz being a d-bag - Phil was an early fan, at least among his peers - Jay's #1: The Replacements keep getting better with each album - The band kept self-sabotaging through their entire career - Favorite songs: "Bastards of Young" (Jay), "Barbarism Begins at Home" (Phil) Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the music of 1985. Show notes: - Recorded IN PERSON at CompCon world HQ for the first time since February 2020 - We were scheduled to record a podcast the weekend that everything shut down last year - In '85, Jay was 17 going on 18 and Phil was 15 going on 16 - Jay: Finished high school, started college - The year of rock charity - We are the World featured a disinterested Dylan - Dylan starred in the movie Hearts of Fire a few years later - Live Aid was a huge event on both sides of the Atlantic - Also, Farm Aid, Sun City and Hear 'N Aid - DLR left Van Halen - The PMRC hearings led to those Parental Advisory stickers that told kids where the good stuff was - Lots of pop on the singles chart - Phil belted out "Easy Lover" under hypnosis - Phil's favorite non-top 5 albums: Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Tears For Fears, Dire Straits, Jesus and Mary Chain, Tom Waits, The Cure, Husker Du, The Pogues, U2, Prince, Sting, Tom Petty, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Del Fuegos, Til Tuesday, Waterboys, Meat Puppets, The Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Jay's non-top 5s: Robert Palmer, Fine Young Cannibals, Camper Van Beethoven, Big Audio Dynamite, Rush, Robert Plant - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite music of 1982. Show notes: - Recorded via Zoom - Callback to the CompCon eps looking at '82-2000 with Brian Salvatore a while back - My lists changed since then - In '82, Jay turned 15, Phil turned 13 - Jay: The only full year I spent in Washington state - Jay: Was big into hard rock and metal, which I listened to on my Walkman - John Belushi died; the woman who sold him the drugs had ties to the Band and Gordon Lightfoot - Top single of the year was Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" - Phil's non-top 5 picks: Pete Townshend, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Lou Reed, The Who, Tom Petty, XTC, Talking Heads, Billy Squier, Genesis, Duran Duran, Rush, Dire Straits, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant, English Beat, The Clash, Men at Work, Stray Cats - Senses Working Overtime was almost the name of this podcast - The power of MTV to make or break artists back in the '80s - Phil had a connection to Lee Rocker of the Stray Cats - Jay's non-top 5's: Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Misfits, Scorpions, Phil Collins, The Cure - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead album Go to Heaven. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - The Dead transitioning into a new decade, the '80s - Cover may have given fans the wrong idea - Short outing at only 38 minutes - One of the least favorite studio albums among Dead fans - Phil: A real mish-mash - Contractual obligation: Third studio album in four years - AOR was getting big - The Godchauxs were gone - Brent Mydland brings a smooth Michael McDonald vibe that is off-putting - Grateful Dead keyboard players : Spinal Tap drummers - Some Dead classics on this album: Alabama Getaway, Althea - Didn't make another studio album for seven years - Jay might go see Dead & Co. with Phil at some point - Phil: This is their second-worst album - Lost Sailor doesn't work - Three straight Weir/Barlow songs - Saint of Circumstance could be an '80s sitcom theme song - Bob Weir loves the short shorts - Hey, we used to wear them, too - Mickey Hart eventually got into world music - Mydland's Easy to Love You could have been a pop hit - Album ends with a rave-up cover of Don't Ease Me In - Phil: In defense of U2's Zooropa - When we next convene, we'll talk about late '80s Dead Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead album Shakedown Street. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - First ep of the new decade - Shakedown Street came out in '78 - Lots of musical stuff happening: Disco, punk, new wave, hard rock - Disco wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be - Jay: No guilty pleasures: If you like it, you like it - The Dead were coming off a triumphant '77 - This was a contractually obligated studio album - Lots of influences thrown in: Funk, disco, African jazz, rock - Met with savage reviews - The version of "Good Lovin'" here pales in comparison to the live version, especially when Pigpen sang it - The last album with Donna and Keith Godchaux - Title track gets slagged as bad disco, but we dig it - Shakedown Street is now the name of the merch area at Dead & Co. shows - Pressure was on from Clive Davis for them to have hits - This album was produced by Lowell George of Little Feat - Seen as a disco album, but it's pretty diverse musically - The Dead weren't a great studio band - Mickey Hart stepped up with three songs - Phil: "I Need a Miracle" might be the best song on the album - "Stagger Lee"  has an interesting history; versions were covered by many different artists - Jay: The Nick Cave version is the best, and the most profane - Album was scattered because of different influences plus substances - "All New Minglewood Blues" is a pretty rockin' cover - Dead appeared on SNL that year - Ends with a Garcia-Hunter love ballad that works - Jay: Liked about half the songs on the album - Next: 1980's Go to Heaven Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead bootleg Cornell '77. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Talking about Dead show recorded on 5/8/77 at Cornell University - Phil: Listened to this hundreds of times - Jay: Very impressed by the bootleg - Phil: The show was so random - Dead had taken some time off from touring from '74 to '76 - By spring of '77, band was firing on all cylinders - Phil's parents wouldn't let 8-year-old Phil see the Dead on that tour - A lot of live albums are unnecessary - But a great live recording is transcendent - Phil: Early Chicago with Terry Kath on guitar was a great live act - The Dylan and the Dead live album was a dud - Phil Lesh: The Heineken Years - Clapton's MTV Unplugged album was awful - Jay: Solo Clapton is terrible - Phil doesn't like Thin Lizzy - The Dead has 36-minute versions of songs on their bootlegs - Phil has around 125 Dead boots - Figuring out which songs flow well into others - Phil: The version of "Morning Dew" on this bootleg is the best - Plenty of snow at that show, inside and outside - Love when bands change up the setlist every night - When you get sick of songs you love - Somehow we start talking about "The Day After" - AC/DC's music is more complicated than you think - Phil would set his time machine to 5/8/77 Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's 1977 album Terrapin Station. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - The Dead's 9th studio album - Band had signed with Clive Davis and Arista - Album was produced by Keith Olsen, later known for slick AOR albums by Eddie Money, Rick Springfield, REO Speedwagon, Heart - Phil: Would get a tattoo of the Terrapin cover - Cover of "Dancing in the Streets" is pretty lame - Live, the cover turns into a long jam (duh) - Donna Godchaux was featured a lot on this record - Side 2 is an side-long suite written by Hunter and Garcia - Band didn't tour for this album after Mickey Hart got in a car accident - The tour before this album was legendary for Dead fans - Tried songs out live before they made it to studio recordings - Side 1 closes out with a Donna G. song that sounds nothing like anything else the Dead has done - The Godchaux marriage was splitting up while they were in the band - Olsen erased Hart's drums on one song and replaced them with strings - Lyrics on Terrapin Station are pretty dense - Relatively short album for the Dead at 35 minutes - Phil: These songs got better in the live setting - Jay: A lot of filler on side 2 - Album feels like a contractual obligation - Dead & Co. plays part of the title suite now - Phil: Not a John Mayer fan, but he's a good guitarist - Jay: Not a fan of this album - Next: Cornell 5/8/77 Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

In this episode we give a quick recap of the only compensation conference that matters, CompCon.   You can keep up to date with CompCon 2020 happenings at https://compcon.com/   Here are the links mentioned in the episode: Gummy Bear Song (don't listen -- it'll get trapped in your head):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0 David Goggins on Comp & Coffee:  https://payfactors.com/david-goggins-comp-coffee/ BJ Fogg Tiny Habits(tm):  https://www.tinyhabits.com/

It's part 3 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we conclude our countdown of our favorite albums of the decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Kumar's #3 of the decade: Parquet Courts cements their post-punk presence (2014) - Impressive body of work with an art-rock vibe - Breitling's #2: Johnny Foreigner's self-produced magnum opus (2011) - Breitling was running a JF-themed blog for a while - Kumar's #2: A punk explosion of political anger from Superchunk (2018) - Still vital after all these years - Breitling's #1: Post-punk legend Walter Schreifels' debut solo album (2010) - Sincere folk rock with incredible hooks - Kumar's #1: Bowie's final album was a masterpiece (2016) - Recorded in secret with an unknown jazz band - He thought he had more time, but died a few days after the album came out - That's a decade Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

It's part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the past decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Breitling's top 10 aren't ranked in order - JB's #10: 2014 compilation of singles by Cookies - Experimental stuff, hooks galore - JK's #10: Magnum opus by Titus Andronicus (2010) - Sprawling album with lots of guest stars, loosely based on Civil War - JB's #9: Breakout 2013 album from Speedy Ortiz - Hot '90s indie rock sound - JK's #9: Double album from Toronto's Fucked Up (2011) - Sound of hardcore singer fronting Velocity Girl - JB's #8: Dan Bejar brings the heat in 2011 with Destroyer - Catchy '80s yacht rock vibe - JK's 8: Jeff Rosenstock's post-election response (2018) - Deals with disappointment and hitting your 30s - JB's #7: Snowball II with an early '90s homage (2017) - Produced by Kurt Heasley of Lilys - JK's 7: Epic 2013 release from Queens of the Stone Age - Near-death experience led to different lyrical approach - JB's #6: The only War On Drugs worth fighting (2014) - Adam Granduciel's mainstream breakthrough, attracting scorn from Mark Kozelek - JK's #6: Arctic Monkeys continue evolving their sound (2013) - Incorporated funk and hip hop beats into their indie rock - JB's #5: Infinity Girl's debut for Topshelf (2015) - Underappreciated shoegaze masterpiece - JK's #5: Bob Mould's first album with Narducy and Wurster (2012) - First of a strong stretch of ass-kickers, on par with his work with Sugar - JB's #4: She Sir's 2014 release is painstakingly crafted - Shimmering shoegaze - JK's #4 and JB's #3: Courtney Barnett burst on the scene with strong 2015 debut - Interesting lyrics combined with hot rock guitar - To be continued: Our top picks Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

It's part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the past decade. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - We did this 10 years ago, a little differently - Ten years is a long time inside a car - The shift from downloads to streaming - Not everything is available from streaming services - iTunes didn't die, it was just split up - Music can also disappear from streaming services - Original MP3 players only held a handful of songs - The kids like the vinyl - Concerts business has evolved: Bands are playing smaller venues - Who the hell are the Chainsmokers? - Bands we like can't fill hockey rinks - Nobody's making money off albums - It's all merch - Vinyl and box sets are big bucks - Lots of reissues - Albums that didn't make our top 10 - Breitling: Releases from Lubec, Funeral Advantage, Hop Along, LCD Soundsystem - Kumar: LCD Soundsystem, Grinderman, Arcade Fire, Wild Flag, Sloan, Destroyer, METZ, Savages, Speedy Ortiz, Kurt Vile, Ex Hex, Protomartyr, Run the Jewels, Ty Segall, The War on Drugs, Jeff Rosenstock, IDLES, Fucked Up, Sharon Van Etten, PUP - To be continued: On to the top 10 Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

As our team gets ready for the second annual CompCon in San Francisco today, we're joined in this episode by our very own Kim Taylor, CCP, GRP. Kim joins us to discuss median versus outliers and what a focus on each means to compensation strategy.

I'm joined by guest Steve Zisson as we discuss the new sci-fi short story anthology he compiled, A Punk Rock Future. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Take 2 of our conversation after the first one didn't record - A Punk Rock Future is available on Oct. 8 - Book mashes up Steve's love of punk rock and science fiction - Inspired by other self-published sci-fi anthologies - Steve and I go back to the late '80s when we were both newspaper reporters - Later worked together at three different companies - Zisson: Love for sci-fi started with the original Star Trek series - Wrote sci-fi in his teens, but then went into journalism - Jay: Realized that chemical engineering wasn't the path for me and decided to go into journalism - Zisson: Got into music in the mid-'70s, including early incarnation of the Cars (R.I.P., Ric Ocasek) - Was going to see bands like Queen, the Kinks, Roxy Music before checking out early punk acts - Saw Ocasek and Ben Orr's pre-Cars band Cap'n Swing at a small club in Nahant, Mass. - Then a year or so later, sees the Cars playing at UMass right before they hit it big - Then would go see the Clash, the Jam, and local Boston punk acts like the Neighborhoods and DMZ - Zisson got back into writing sci-fi around 2012 - Would dedicate time to write in his spare time - Discovered a lot of great young writers - Got a few stories published in well-known sci-fi journals and sites - More ways to get published now, but more competition, too - Used to be primarily U.S. writers, now more international - Came up with the idea for the book after 2016 election - Drew parallel to late '70s and talked to some writers about "a punk rock future" as an anthology idea - Put the call out for stories and got over 400 submissions - Started a Kickstarter to raise $5,000 to pay the authors selected - Enlisted former Webnoize colleagues to help read the submissions - With music now, there's so much out there, it's impossible to keep up - The goal of the project was to get it done and showcase the authors - One of the authors, Sarah Pinsker, has a new book out that's getting good buzz called A Song For a New Day - A Punk Rock Future is available on Amazon and at indie bookstores - Don't confuse Steve Zisson with Steve Zissou - Next up: Get some more writing done - Maybe do an anthology of really short stories, like an album of 2-minute songs Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Bill's still on his trip to Tahiti. Kaite's still out running errands. And Shawn's still doing pull-ups thanks to that last podcast.   So today we're delivering the audio of a recent webinar we did in partnership with The Predictive Index. The topic was reducing pay inequality, and Payfactors' very own Kim Taylor joined Jackie Dube, VP of Talent Optimization at The Predictive Index to chat pay inequality and associated audits.   Want to hear more on this topic? Join us at CompCon on Oct 21-22 in SF. The head of total rewards at Salesforce will discuss their journey to pay equality. http://www.compcon.com

David Goggins, author of "Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds" joins us to talk about his incredible life and what he learned along that way from perpetual victim to active duty Navy SEAL to world class ultra athlete and world record holder.   If this man doesn't serve as an inspiration, I'll need to check your pulse.   David covers: * Callousing your mind * Being uncommon amongst uncommon * Why you need a good cookie jar * The one thing he asks of you if you're coming to see him talk at CompCon   You're coming to CompCon, right? https://compcon.com/   Also check out David's book, "Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds" https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Hurt-Me-Master-Your/dp/B07KKP62FW

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album Blues for Allah. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - The Dead's 7th studio album, came out in September 1975 - The band's highest-charting album until 1987 - Very non-commercial record - Jay: The best thing about the album is the cover - Moved in a much different direction from previous album - Band had stopped touring after From the Mars Hotel - Mickey Hart was back - Also in 1975, Zeppelin had released Physical Graffiti, Talking Heads and Sex Pistols played their first shows, disco started hitting the charts - Phil: Very sparse, subdued jazz-rock album - Studio songs are blueprint, but they change after repeated live playings - Dead fans were used to changing sounds - The live show was the thing - Commercial success was less important to the band and its fans - Some songs on this album went on to become concert staples - Not a lot of bands that have fans following them around the country: Phish, Afghan Whigs, Pearl Jam, Tragically Hip - Album has a Middle Eastern feel; a few years later, they played in Egypt - Jay: Liked the first few songs, then it started to meander - Next album was live album Steal Your Face, which many fans didn't like - Next we'll listen to Terrapin Station and Cornell '77 - Springsteen's live shows are long, but full of songs (as opposed to long jams) - Phil just saw Apocalypse Now for the first time Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album From the Mars Hotel. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ on the 13th birthday of the podcast - The Dead's 7th studio album, came out in June 1974 - Watergate hearings were the big news story - Beer was a lot cheaper back then - In '74, there was a good variety of rock acts releasing important albums, plus funk - Mars Hotel had some classic Dead songs - Phil Lesh sang two songs, which was rare, and Bob Weir had one - Garcia is in prime form on this record - The Dead was touring with the "Wall of Sound," a massive "distortion-free" speaker setup - Playing larger venues - The cost was so high that they eventually quit touring for a few years - Maybe the last great Dead studio album - The Grateful Dead Movie was taken from the final shows of this tour - Working out new songs in the live setting - Rivalry between lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry Barlow - The Dead would play with guest musicians from time to time including Pete Townshend, Branford Marsalis, Santana, Huey Lewis - The Dead probably got some airplay on FM rock radio in the '70s - Rock radio has changed a tremendous amount over the years; it's mostly corporate, formatted now - College and online stations have the most freedom - Second-tier album in the discography - Pretty representative of the Dead's sound - Next: Blues for Allah Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

On this episode we start a three-part series on compensation strategy: what a compensation strategist is, how their day-to-day is different, and how you can become one. Want to learn more about the changes happening in compensation and how you can adapt to them strategically? Register for CompCon in SF Oct 21 - 22.

One this episode of Comp & Coffee we cover focus. Or, more specifically, how can you get stuff done with all the distractions that abound?   Here's a list of links we discuss during the podcast: Recode, Decode podcast — with Jason Fried of Basecamp Noisli Coffitivity One Thing by Gary Keller Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried   Like thinking differently about compensation? Then join us at CompCon, Oct 21-22 in San Fran: http://compcon.com

In this episode we're joined by Kim Taylor, CCP, GRP. Kim joins us to talk about salary structures. We cover the basics of what they are and what they're put in place, but this wouldn't be Comp & Coffee without a stir. So we talk about other ways to tackle this concept, as well.  Like conversations like this? Then join us in Oct in SF for CompCon. (http://www.compcon.com)

Mark Szypko joins us. Mark lead total rewards at Magic Leap and Avid, and has recently joined Fresenius Medical. Mark stopped by to chat about budgeting for raises, including:   * Making sure that they're in line with your compensation philosophy * How you think differently about 3% raises * What happens if you get stuck with the 3% budget? * What other strategies shift the conversation?   If you like these kinds of talks, join us in Oct in SF for CompCon. www.compcon.com    

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album Wake of the Flood. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Jay: Knew nothing about this album until recently - First album on the Dead's own label - New phase for the Dead: No Mickey Hart, the Godchauxs arrive, Pigpen had died - Shades of jazz fusion - Three years after their last studio album, American Beauty - Material was well-honed in concert before making it to studio recording - Horns featured throughout - Phil: Live versions of these songs are better - Two big shows with Allman Brothers and the Band that summer - The rise of Frampton - Nobody cares about live albums anymore - "Stella Blue" is a standout track - On the merits and demerits of Rush - Back when AOR stations would play album sides - Pulled back on the country influence of previous two albums - No immediate "hits" - Touring is one of the few ways bands can make money nowadays - Ultimately, not one of their best, but a piece of the puzzle Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's live triple album Europe '72. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Triple album documenting the Dead's European tour - Displays new Americana sound - Mickey Hart's gone, Keith and Donna Godchaux join - Full tour was documented on a 73-CD box set - Letting it all hang out at an Oregon show - Garcia and Weir released solo albums this year - The Dead's influenced ranged wide, eventually including members of punk/indie acts like Black Flag and Meat Puppets - Greg Ginn, noted Deadhead - The greatness of "Jack Straw" - Later covered by eventual guest keyboardist Bruce Hornsby - Grateful Dead keyboardists : Spinal Tap drummers - "A long f-ing album" - Unrelated: The Dirtbombs rule - "China Cat Sunflower" sounds very different here than the original - This is Peak Dead - The band captured the communal live experience and attracted a huge following - When you party too hard before the show - Pigpen's last hurrah - "Morning Dew" is stretched out to 10+ minutes of apocalyptic jam - Tangent: Janelle Monae is great - Variety is important - No more guilty pleasures - Waaaaaaay off topic - The strange career of Robert Palmer - Phil: Europe '72 is like comfort food - Next up: Wake of the Flood Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

The IAIABC is headed to San Diego, the home of Comic-Con, for our upcoming event: The IAIABC Forum presents CompCon. Inspired by superheroes, Jennifer Wolf Horejsh shares her thoughts on what superpowers the workers' compensation industry needs more of.

We're excited to announce the return of CompCon! CompCon brings together compensation pros and challenges everything you think you know about conferences. Join us for CompCon in San Francisco on Oct 21st, and get a discounted ticket using the code KRASON.  http://www.compcon.com

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's album American Beauty. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Cover art could also be read as "American Reality" - Also released in 1970; recorded a few months after Workingman's Dead came out - Even more countrified, Americana-sounding - Mickey Hart was on his way out, less involvement - Featured on Freaks and Geeks episode where Lindsay gets into the Dead - Half the album features "hits": Box of Rain, Friend of the Devil, Sugar Magnolia, Ripple, Truckin' - Very low-key record - Play Ripple at Phil's funeral - On 50th birthday playlists - Phil's idea for a playlist: 5 songs from every year of his life, no repeat artists - Around this time, the Dead started really growing their fanbase - Dead fans started following them on tour - A lot of guests, including David Grisman - This album isn't as dark as the previous one - Another fairly concise record - The Dead played the old Boston Tea Party club (now House of Blues) on New Year's Eve 1969 - The sound on this album is more timeless than the original acid-rock - Jay: Just say no to DMB - Phil: More into the Dead's music than the scene - Truckin' is autobiographical, all about touring and getting hassled by the Man - Ends the album on an upbeat note, with some ripping lead guitar - Next up: Europe '72 Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's 1970 album Workingman's Dead. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - First show of the new year - Workingman's Dead is the band's 4th studio album - First of two releases in '70 - Recorded in nine days - Stripped down sound, less psychedelic - Garcia and Robert Hunter wrote the whole album - Folk, country, Americana elements - Rock was moving away from psychedelia, toward singer-songwriters and acoustic sounds - Bookended by two of the band's biggest songs - More of an emphasis on vocals like Crosby, Stills and Nash - "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" as a torture device - Phil: Prefer live Dead, but still break out the studio albums on occasion - Warm sounding record - "New Speedway Boogie" is about Altamont - Recently covered by Courtney Barnett - Hunter's solo releases are all over the place - Jay: Only heard two songs before - Fairly concise album; not much jamming - Moved away from acid blues into a new direction - "Easy Wind," sung by Pigpen, was the outlier - Like the Entwistle song on a Who album - "Casey Jones" evolved in an interesting way over the years - Talking about cocaine - Next up: American Beauty Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's first official live album, Live/Dead. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Live/Dead was released in 1969 - There weren't a lot of live albums released then - The band did it as a make-good to the label after some poor-selling albums - Recorded at the Fillmore West - Songs evolved in live setting - At the time, it was unusual to play extended jams - Music fans really focused on albums back in the heyday of vinyl - The first thing you hear on the album is 23-minute "Dark Star" - Now for the tuning section - Phil: Have listened to 250-300 Dead bootlegs - Bootleg tape trading was huge in the '70s and '80s - Archive.org, Nugs.net have tons of Dead shows - On a lot of '70s-era live albums, bands went in and re-recorded songs or parts of songs - Some bands perfectly recreate their studio sound - "Death Don't Have No Mercy" is reminiscent of Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You" - When this album came out, FM radio was in a very experimental place - Some stations would play album sides or even entire records - "St. Stephen" is a standout - Jay: I've been impressed so far - Phil explains the Dead to his kids - Seeing a dude doing coke off his dashboard at a Dead show Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's third album, Aoxomoxoa. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Aoxomoxoa was released in 1969 - A big year for rock music - Tons of legendary albums came out: Zeppelin, Who, Beatles, Neil Young, Stooges, MC5, Stones - First two Dead albums were commercial failures - Went way over budget in studio, stuck to their guns - Very experimental sound - Robert Hunter contributed lyrics to most of the album - Songs featured eccentric characters, way out lyrics - Plenty of drugs were part of the process - The old West, the devil, the rose were recurring themes - First album ever recorded using 16-track technology - Band spent $180k on the album - Jay: A lot to like about this album - "Dupree's Diamond Blues" sounds like a Kinks song - "What's Become of the Baby" is 8 minutes of weirdness that should have been left off album - When bands release unnecessary hits compilations - There was a definite '60s resurgence in the mid-80s that led to growth in popularity of the Dead at colleges - And then jam bands really caught on: Phish, Allman Brothers, Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic - Iconic Dead skull and lightning bolt logo was released in '69 - Phil: Band was very good at mobilizing fanbase - Dead merch is so unique and well-known - The confounding popularity of "Africa" - "China Cat Sunflower" is a Dead classic - Some songs evolve in concert, some don't get played at all - Aoxomoxoa sounds like the Dead - Jay: Jams can be fun, but you don't necessarily want to put them on a record - We'll listen to more live stuff vs. studio albums going forward - Next up: Live/Dead Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we discuss the Grateful Dead's second album, 1968's Anthem of the Sun. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Anthem of the Sun was recorded in 1967, released in '68 - Very experimental, similar to Zappa's song splicing in the '70s - Studio and live performances mixed together - An early concept album - Songs would evolve through the years in performance - Robert Hunter makes his first appearance as a lyricist on this album - Producer grew frustrated with the band and left during the recording - The sound of "thick air" - Triple kazoo attack - The Dead must have been a shock to fans of bubblegum pop - Live, the Dead mixed up their shows every night - This album sounds more jammy, like you would expect a Dead album to sound - A lot of covers of bluegrass, country, jug bands, blues - Pearl Jam adopted the Dead practice of releasing official bootlegs of shows - The Dead used to do more audience banter, but recent incarnations of the group just play with minimal talking - Anthem of the Sun was the next step in the evolution of the band's sound - Next up: Aoxomoxoa Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

I'm joined by guest Phil Stacey as we dig into the catalog of the Grateful Dead, starting with the band's 1967 debut. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Other podcasts have focused on catalogs of U2, R.E.M., Phish, The Tragically Hip - Looking at the Dead album by album - Phil's a tie-dyed in the wool Deadhead, Jay has only superficial knowledge of the band - Phil: Got into the Dead in the mid-'80s, saw them live in '89 - Attracted by the musicianship, lyrics - Live is where the band really shines - Every show was different - The solo work from Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir was pivotal as well - Songs would be played live years before it showed up on an album - Band's biggest hit, "Touch of Grey," was first played live in '82 but became a single five years later - Jay: More into hard rock, metal as a kid - Got into alternative and punk - Would hear some Dead songs on classic rock radio - The tribute comp Deadicated introduced me to more Dead songs - Self-titled debut has a different sound than the one they evolved into - Recorded in four days - Only got up to #73 on album charts - Mostly covers of folk and jug band songs - Band took a lot of speed during recording, which shows in the songs - Garcia rips on guitar throughout - Not too much jamming on record - Psychedelic rock was starting to happen in general - Live versions of these songs were much longer - Most Dead shows were 2.5 to 3 hours - Jay: Really liked "Cold Rain and Snow," "Viola Lee Blues" - "Sitting on Top of the World" bears some resemblance to Allman Brothers - Phil: Garcia was very prolific, always playing guitar - Bob Weir gave up the short shorts for cargo pants - John Mayer plays with Dead and Co. now - Surviving Dead guys are in their 70s now - Not your typical Dead album - The band didn't like how it was recorded - Next up: Anthem of the Sun Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

In this episode we recap the first annual CompCon, a gathering of compensation revolutionaries. We discuss: Why there’s an appetite for something different, both from a conference standpoint and compensation standpoint All the new compensation ideas circulating around How often fair pay came up at the conference, and what it means for compensation management How compensation pros can improve communication And much more, including what’s on tap for CompCon 2019. Want to stay in the know? Just enter your email address at https://compcon.com/

Jason Averbook, CEO of LeapGen and CompCon keynote joins us to discuss: Why now is a time in HR that's unlike any that have come before Why HR should go away as a department And what the future of HR...or the people team...might look like   Come see Jason speak at CompCon in Boston on: Why is data and foundation so important? Why is employee experience so important, and what does HR need to drive that? How do you think about the difference between automation and digitization? What skillsets does HR need going forward? http://www.compcon.com

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our rock n' roll regrets. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Jay: Gave away a bunch of vinyl in the '90s - Price gouging vinyl-loving hipsters - Looking for bargains - Young entrepreneurship gone wrong - Taping music off the radio - In praise of Barooga Bandit - Phil: Wish I'd seen shows at some historic venues - Jay: Bands I once liked that I now regret liking - There should be no guilty pleasures - Coming to terms with disco - Some early '90s radio staples now ring false - Getting rides to concerts from parents - Jay: Not going to club shows earlier - Only went to hockey arenas and amphitheaters Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our rock n' roll regrets. Show notes: - Recorded at CompCon world HQ - Phil: Bands I never got to see - Missing artists before they died - Sometimes it's for budgetary reasons - Jay: Saw Neil Young last month for the first time - The time Phil got dosed at a Cure show - Phil: Not being old enough to see certain artists in their prime - Following bands on tour - Jay: Not sticking with the guitar - Been playing on and off for decades - Short-lived band experiences, including Bea Arthur's Revenge - Phil: Giving away CDs and mixtapes - Mixtapes can tell a lot about someone's personality - Jay: Still have all my cassettes - To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

As we gear up for CompCon (http://www.compcon.com) and the equal pay topics we'll be covering there, we welcome Megan to the podcast. Megan shares her very recent equal pay saga. 

Annual reviews often get a bad rap. But why are they the way they are? And what would happen if we could rebuild them entirely? Interested in hearing more on the future of compensation? Register for CompCon — http://www.compcon.com and use the code COFFEE for a discount.

On this episode we welcome former Netflix Chief Talent Officer Patty McCord. We chat with Patty about her new book, “Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility” along with a host of other topics that include compensation, recruiting, employee engagement, retention, and Patty’s upcoming keynote at CompCon (http://www.compcon.com). Like this episode? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tweet @payfactors.

In this episode we welcome Paul Reiman, to talk about the future of compensation. Paul is the head of rewards and HR operations for Commvault, a global provider of data management software and related solutions. In his role he oversees the global vision and execution of the organization's compensation, benefit, mobility, HR systems, and HR analytics programs. Paul also founded GetNerdyHR, a blog and podcast devoted to creating a better (and nerdier) way of doing HR. You can access the "jobs most likely to be automated" article Paul mentioned here: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2017/08/are_you_helping_students_prepare_for_jobs_that_will_be_lost_to_automation.html Paul will also be a speaker at CompCon. Register now at http://www.compcon.com, and use the code COFFEE for a discount.

A special announcement about CompCon! https://compcon.com/

In this episode we talk about what effective communication is, and how you can effectively communicate compensation to your organization. We talk about communicating to different levels of the organization, e.g. executives, managers, and employees. And most importantly, we remind you to speak with your organization and listen to what is said. Here are the links we mention in the podcast. Developing personas (questions to ask in your org): https://info.payfactors.com/communicating-compensation-guide-to-developing-personas-lpnd Communicating comp to different levels of your org: https://info.payfactors.com/communicating-compensation-tip-guide-to-communication-lpnd How to effectively communicate compensation: webinar:https://info.payfactors.com/communicating-compensation-on-demand-webinar And we recently announced CompCon! Come join as gathering of compensation revolutionaries in Boston this September! https://compcon.com/

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Jay's #4 - Pavement was a shock to the system at the time - Malkmus continues to be a solo force - Brian's #3 - Ween's second-based album - Brian: Ween made 5 perfect albums in a row - Jay's #3 - Drive Like Jehu delivers scorching rock - Brian's #2 and Jay's #2 - Jay: Frank Black's Guided by Voices album - Black had serious writer's block during the making of this record - Brian's #1 - Weezer's debut features 10 perfect pop songs - Videos helped the album take off - Jay's #1 - One of Sloan's greatest albums got them dropped by DGC - Abrupt shift from first album's sound - Other '94 notables: Soundgarden, Nas, NIN, Portishead, Neil Young, Helmet, New Bomb Turks, Pearl Jam - Also: Magnetic Fields, TMBG, R.E.M., Outkast - Next up: 1992 - Jam bands became popular - Jay: Covered the best of the 2000s in CompCon episodes 96-99   Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!   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.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the art of hype and celebrate CompCon's 9th anniversary. Show notes: - Pre-order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3 - When your medical professional is younger than you - It's all about the hype - Matt was at Boston ComiCon last weekend - How to effectively hype your stuff online - Perfecting the pitch - Geeking out like a fanboy - Books sell better when you meet people face to face - One of a handful of authors - Writing is fun, editing sucks - Gotta hustle to sell books - To hype without hyping - Matt live-tweets superhero shows - Making friends with people you've never met - Women 18-40 are Matt's target audience - Ensemble cast - Harley the cat wants in - To be continued     Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!   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.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Amanda Guest as we discuss the new online radio station she's launching. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Black Rebel Motorcycle, Quicksand, Rocket From the Crypt and Dinosaur Jr. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Amanda was last on CompCon in October 2010 - Moved to San Francisco a year ago - Launching her own radio station, BFF.fm - Did a radio show at WMWM at Salem State - Found studio space to rent at The Secret Alley - Adventures in Console Purchasing - Have 4-5 DJs lined up to do shows - Possible launch date is Sept. 1, but you can listen to music there now - Best Frequencies Forever - Using word of mouth - Partnering with San Francisco venues and brands - Possible remote broadcasts with DJs from around the world - Focused on underground music - DJs "pay to play" in SF - Hoping to get sponsorships - Still working full-time while getting BFF going - Lifelong dream to start a radio station - SF is a lot more optimistic - Bonehead of the Week Music:Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Hate the Taste (live) Quicksand - Fazer (live) Rocket from the Crypt - Born in '69 (live) Dinosaur Jr. - The Only Other Way Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Quicksand and Rocket from the Crypt songs are on the Converse Represent San Francisco live EP, available for free at Soundcloud. The Dinosaur Jr. song is an unreleased track available for free download at SkullCandy. 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.

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we wrap up the CompCon Awards. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Magnolia Electric Co., Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile and Dump. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Worst Album by Best Band - Mid-'90s Van Halen was really bad - George Harrison had some questionable releases in early '80s - The Clash's Cut the Crap was like a parody of the band - Best Album by Worst Band - The Strokes: One-hit-album wonder? - Jay: Give the band Live credit for somehow having a career - Best Non-Guitar Solo - Jay: Looked at instruments other than drums - Plenty of great bass solos over the years - Best Live Album - Stones played faster on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out - J. Geils Band were an amazing live act - Sore Thumb Award for song that doesn't fit on album it's on - What's the deal with skits on hip-hop albums? - Best Moustache in Rock - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter had a classic 'stache - Zappa was defined by his 'stache - Bonehead of the Week Music:Magnolia Electric Co. - The Dark Don't Hide It Dinosaur Jr. - Entertainment Kurt Vile - Never Run Away Dump - Superpowerless Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Magnolia Electric Co. song is on the album What Comes After the Blues on Secretly Canadian. Download it for free at Chromewaves. The Dinosaur Jr. song is a cover of a Phoenix track and is available for free download at Chromewaves. The Kurt Vile song is on the album Walkin' on a Pretty Daze on Matador Records. Download the song for free at Matador. The Dump song is on reissue of the album Superpowerless on Morr Music. Download the song for free at Chromewaves. 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.

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we continue handing out the CompCon Awards. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Wire, Mikal Cronin, Parquet Courts and Ten Kens. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Best Concept Album - Brian: Not a fan of concept albums - Jay: Afghan Whigs' Black Love is an underrated classic - Townshend's book is a good read - Best Album That Deviates From Band's Sound - Brian: Prefers later Pavement to earlier stuff - Tin Machine was welcome change after substandard Bowie albums - Praising (or not hating) R.E.M.'s Monster - Paul's Boutique was a masterpiece of sampling - Best Song by Band Member Who Wasn't Main Songwriter - Brian: George Harrison rules - Best Rhythm Guitarist - Post classic rock era, line between rhythm and lead has blurred - Lee Ving and Dave Mustaine teamed up - Bill Ward: Sabbath should give the drummer some - Best Album Packaging - Vinyl was the heyday of great packaging - Zep's In Through the Out Door had several covers - Music listening experience is less immersive now - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music:Wire - Love Bends Mikal Cronin - Shout It Out Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving Ten Kens - When a Door Opens Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Wire song is on the album Change Becomes Us on Pink Flag Records. Download it for free at Stereogum. The Mikal Cronin song is on the album MCII on Merge Records. Download the song for free at NPR. The Parquet Courts song is on the album Light Up Gold on Dull Tools/What's Your Rupture. Download the song for free at NPR. The Ten Kens song is on the album Namesake on Fat Cat Records. Download the song for free at NPR. 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.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we present the first edition of the CompCon Awards. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Mudhoney, Frightened Rabbit, Marnie Stern and Telekinesis. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype while the Oscars telecast was on - Jay: Picking top albums of the 1970s was tough - The CompCon Awards are an alternative to the Grammys looking at different categories - First category: Best Band Name - Brian saw Trail of Dead back in the day - Best Sophomore Album - Bands like The Strokes have struggled to follow up strong debut - Nirvana's success both killed and launched a lot of terrible bands - Dave Grohl backlash - Pondering Weezer's decline - Graham Maby rules - Best Side 1 - Harking back to the heyday of vinyl - First Van Halen album had killer side 1 and 2 - Bowie had an incredible run of albums in the '70s - Best Side 2 - Other outstanding album sides - The Chili Peppers haven't aged well - To be continued - Bonehead of the Week Music:Mudhoney - I Like It Small Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital Marnie Stern - Year of the Glad Telekinesis - Ghosts and Creatures Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The Mudhoney song is on the album Vanishing Point on Sub Pop. Download it for free from Sub Pop. The Frightened Rabbit song is on the album Pedestrian Verse on Atlantic Records. Download the song for free at NPR. The Marnie Stern song is on the album Chronicles of Marnia on Kill Rock Stars. Download the song for free at NPR. The Telekinesis song is on the album Dormarion on Merge Records. Download the song for free at NPR. 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.

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we dissect a classic episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from They Might Be Giants and The Thalia Zedek Band. Show notes: - Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ - Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video - Watch the episode along with us at the CompCon YouTube channel - What's Happening!! had all the sitcom archetypes - Formula elements at play - This was a Very Special Episode - No continuity in the '70s on TV shows - The evils of bootlegging - Check out CompCon episodes 218 and 219 about bootlegs - Ric: Wonder if there's a bootleg of the Doobies' performance in this show - Show inspired by the movie Cooley High - Ric's a fan of Dee - Did inner city kids really listen to the Doobie Brothers? - Jay: I rocked the velour shirts back in the day - Rerun gets roped into the bootlegging world - All the parodies have been parodied now - Ric's heard the "Which Doobie You Be?" line a million times - Doobies are so big they're playing a podunk high school - Patrick Simmons had a brief solo career - Michael McDonald's vocal style - The kids pretend to like the Doobies - Jeff "Skunk" had magnificent facial hair - The band Bread appeared on an episode of The Hardy Boys - Simmons supposedly went to the kids' high school - Four minutes of scenes from next week - Theme by Henry Mancini! - Next week, it's part 2 of the Doobie Brothers episode - Bonehead of the Week Music:They Might Be Giants - You're On Fire Thalia Zedek Band - Walk Away Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! The They Might Be Giants song is on the album Nanobots on Idlewild Records. Download it for free at Stereogum. The Thalia Zedek Band song is on the album Via on Thrill Jockey. Download it for free at Soundcloud. 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.