Under Culture Podcast #8: Bring Own Bag
By brian longtin • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: podcasts • Popularity: 12%
Brian and Spencer discuss Oscar contenders like Inglorious Basterds and Avatar with returning guest Gino, plus a handful of great new albums by Los Campesinos, Surfer Blood and Beach House. The whereabouts of B.O.B. are still unknown.
After holiday madness in December and a January spent writing our biggest and possibly best post ever, we’re back with our first episode of 2010. We even got our friend Gino to join us again so he could drop some serious counterarguments into our movie talk.
As usual, write in with in comments or questions on anything we discuss here or you’d want us to discuss next time, and we’ll try to read and respond to them on the next episode. Either in the comments section below or via email, we love getting feedback.
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(Show notes below…)
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Most people have seen Inglorious Basterds already so hopefully we didn’t spoil the ending for anyone.
If you have your own thoughts on the Oscar nominees, please share them. We can always look back after the awards show and see how badly we underestimated the power of the Avatar machine.
(Seriously, if anyone else has gone back to see it a second time, back me up on how it really doesn’t hold up once the wow factor wears off.)
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The new Los Campesinos! album, Romance Is Boring, is out now on Arts & Crafts. They’re currently touring the UK, presumably with a whole truckload of quirky instruments.
Surfer Blood’s debut album Astro Coast is fantastic and everyone should get it. Hit up Kanine Records, your local store, your favorite digital outlet, or see them on tour this spring. Just don’t miss out. This is good stuff.
If you’re in more of a lounging and relaxing mood, you can’t beat the latest Beach House album Teen Dream on Sub Pop Records. So dreamy and beautiful. They’re currently gallivanting around Europe.
Music Breaks:
1) Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
2) Los Campesinos! - There Are Listed Buildings
3) Beach House - Walk In The Park
brian longtin apologizes you missed out on some video game talk due to technical errors, but come on, we're three dudes huddled around an iMac, we do what we can.
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“Did the giant pipe make you cry, Gino?”
Awesome.
Yeah, for those who haven’t heard it yet, I just want to reiterate that with the embarrassment of musical riches the new year has already brought, you’re doing yourself a disservice listening to that Los Campesinos nonsense. I’m mostly saying this to bug Brian.