Completely Conspicuous 227: Shapes of Things

Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Adam Tinkoff as we discuss fitness. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Young Adults, Guided By Voices, The Riverboat Gamblers and Beck.

Show notes:

- Recorded via Skype

- Check out Adam's new show Zen@10 and also the Slow Runners Club

- Talking a little rock: Against Me singer switching genders

- Are Bowie Bonds worth anything?

- Adam's mulling a trip to Bonnaroo

- We both met Trey from Phish at different points

- Frank Zappa's influence on modern music

- Adam doesn't buy the new CDC obesity report

- More folks are becoming long-distance runners getting into fitness

- People need to make better dietary choices

- Bigger problem is inactivity of people on Facebook

- Adam: Was seriously into martial arts, then focused on fatherhood in his 30s

- Now back into fitness

- Adam was a podcasting pioneer, talking about weight loss and fitness

- Drinking alcohol can affect how much nutrition your body gets from food

- Formaldehyde: Your last drink

- Giving up alcohol for short periods can benefit your weight loss and fitness efforts

- Soft drinks are full of unwanted side effects

- Everything in moderation

- To be continued next week

- Bonehead of the Week

Music:
Young Adults - Decay

Guided By Voices - Class Clown Spots a UFO

The Riverboat Gamblers - Comedians

Beck - Lost Cause

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The Young Adults song is on the compilation NOFUCKINGWHERE, featuring Boston bands covering songs from Ride's 1990 album Nowhere compiled by Jay Breitling. Download the entire album for free at Clicky Clicky.

The Guided By Voices song is the title track of the band's forthcoming album on Guided By Voices/Fire Records. Download the song for free at Stereogum.

The Riverboat Gamblers song is on the album The Wolf You Feed on Volcom Entertainment. Download the song for free (in exchange for your email address) from TheRiverboatGamblers.com.

The Beck song is on the album Sea Change on Geffen. Download the song for free from Epitonic.

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.