Conversation #15

I was in New York City for a couple of days last week, so Phil & I were able to conduct this conversation in the actual physical presence of one another. Our friend Jason was also around, so he joined in to contribute in such ways as rudely telling us to shut up and that what we were saying was boring. Of course, I edited out such comments while keeping in the boring things we were saying.

The conversation is just under 1 1/2 hours in length. It's kind of "all potatoes and no meat": all recurring segments and no episode-specific discussion topics. But it's us talking, which is hopefully all that really matters. It starts with the standard routine of Phil & I bickering with each other and whining about our personal needs. Also, I tell Phil about an experience that I had the previous night with Jason and our other friend Smith.

About 6 MINUTES in, we get start going over Listener Feedback from Conversations 13 & 14, during which Phil receives a phone call from his father. Topics in this segment include: women & adulthood, sharks, extreme reality shows, the Transformers movie, the evil eye, our friend Ryan's measurements, our friend Peter's upcoming relocation and our friend Natalie's band Charlee Horse.

We then move on to some of the topics discussed on the A Very Serious Question page...

Inventions (starting at about 24 MINUTES), including discusson of:
what Ryan does on the internet all day, ancient civilizations of the Americas, our friend Reno "flipping" a Chevy Corsair, language & writing, imagination/storytelling/lying, the printing press, the Homeric tradition, clocks & time, indoor plumbing and women & pillows.

Childhood Fears (starting at about 46 MINUTES), including discusson of:
wolves, Bloody Mary, anti-monster spray, our friend Joe's youth spent living on a commune, Jake's time on a nudist colony as a child, Phil's fear of aliens, a bunch of scary movies and scary things in general.

Teen Movies (starting at about 1 HOUR and 13 MINUTES), including discusson of:
the relationship between Dazed & Confused and American Graffiti, Cooley High, Bring It On, Clueless, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, saturday school, Say Anything, Meatballs, and a shitload of other movies.

Click Victor's shark-in-a-spacesuit picture (above) to listen.