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Completely Conspicuous 632: Don't You Evah
Completely Conspicuous - March 07, 2024 00:50 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2007. Show notes: Phil's #5: Sharp alt-country debut from Deer Tick Jay's #5: Nick Cave rocks out with Grinderman Phil's #4: Compelling raunch rock from QOTSA Jay's #4: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists with another quality...
Completely Conspicuous 631: Into Action
Completely Conspicuous - February 29, 2024 00:50 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2007. Show notes: In 2007, Jay had a kid starting kindergarten; that kids graduates from college soon Zeppelin played two reunion shows Separating the music from artists' bad behavior Daughtry had the #1 selling album...
Completely Conspicuous 630: Goin' Against Your Mind
Completely Conspicuous - January 23, 2024 22:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2006. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5s: The Black Angels, Mission of Burma, Twilight Singers, The Tragically Hip, Girl Talk, Iron Maiden, Lemonheads Phil's #5: Beck's last really good album, especially the first half Jay's ...
Completely Conspicuous 629: Star Witness
Completely Conspicuous - January 17, 2024 00:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2006. Show notes: First episode of the year In 2006, Jay had two little kids Phil was having fun When you don't know anybody playing the festival Top-selling album of the year was High School Musical soundtrack Th...
Completely Conspicuous 628: 2023 and Me
Completely Conspicuous - December 26, 2023 20:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2023. Show notes: We're in there like swimwear On to the top 10 lists Breitling's #10: Return to from by Fog Lake Breitling's #9: Frog's new release unexpectedly has received critical praise Kuma...
Completely Conspicuous 627: The Year in Music, Let It Bleed Edition
Completely Conspicuous - December 19, 2023 22:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of 2023. Show notes: Recorded at Clicky Clicky HQ The 14th year of "Year in Music" episodes Taylor Swift is big, but not bigger than Starbucks Breitling making fun of Croz Perfect synergy: The Stones...
Completely Conspicuous 626: Entertain
Completely Conspicuous - November 08, 2023 22:40 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2005. Show notes: Jay's #5 and Phil's #4: New Pornographers with another all-star power pop classic Phil's #5: Early '70s singer-songwriter jams from Ryan Adams and the Cardinals Still in the era of artists putting out ...
Completely Conspicuous 625: Road to Joy
Completely Conspicuous - November 01, 2023 22:29 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2005. Show notes: In 2005, Jay was dealing with tiny children while Phil was newly married Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Pink Floyd briefly reunited Jay: Listened to a lot of songs via MP3 blogs Jay's non-...
Completely Conspicuous 624: Positive Jam
Completely Conspicuous - September 27, 2023 22:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2004. Show notes: Phil's #5: Arcade Fire with a rousing debut about suburbia Jay's #5: First album from Mission of Burma in 19 years kicks serious butt Phil's #4: The last U2 album Phil enjoyed Zebra once opened for t...
Completely Conspicuous 623: Take Me Out
Completely Conspicuous - September 19, 2023 23:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2004. Show notes: In 2004, Jay became a father for the second time, was a diaper-changing machine Phil got married, saw the Red Sox and Patriots become champions Jay: Got an iPod, downloaded a ton of music Pixies reun...
Completely Conspicuous 622: The Hardest Button to Button
Completely Conspicuous - September 12, 2023 23:04 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2003. Show notes: Phil's #5: Raucous debut from NYC's Yeah Yeah Yeahs, featuring the electric Karen O Jay's #5: Radiohead combined electronic and guitar-driven sounds Radiohead albums kept leaking early on file-sharing ne...
Completely Conspicuous 621: It's Gonna Be a Long Night
Completely Conspicuous - September 06, 2023 00:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2003. Show notes: In 2003, Jay had a toddler and found out another kid was on the way Started downloading a lot of music via blogs Jay saw Pat DiNizio, Gord Downie, Radiohead, Guster Phil got engaged, saw a lot of Red S...
Completely Conspicuous 620: No One Knows
Completely Conspicuous - August 15, 2023 23:10 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2002. Show notes: Phil's #5: Coldplay's second album turned them into superstars Jay's #5: Spoon returns to an indie and begins a long stretch of excellence Phil's and Jay's #4: Strong release from the Tragically Hip high...
Completely Conspicuous 619: Do You Realize?
Completely Conspicuous - August 08, 2023 21:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2002. Show notes: In 2002, Jay became a first-time dad and didn't get much sleep Jay turned 35, Phil turned 33 Phil was newly single, met his current wife John Entwistle died the classic rock star death Napster officia...
Completely Conspicuous 618: You Say It's Your Birthday
Completely Conspicuous - August 01, 2023 16:54 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsCelebrating the podcast's 17th birthday by talking to Amanda Guest about the 10th birthday of the radio station she founded, BFF.fm. Show notes: Amanda was last on the podcast 10 years ago talking about moving to SF and launching BFF.fm Plenty of surprises along the way She was a DJ at th...
Completely Conspicuous 617: Let There Be Rock
Completely Conspicuous - July 24, 2023 22:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2001. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5 albums: Von Bondies, Radiohead, Sloan, Frank Black & the Catholics, Guided By Voices, Fugazi The joy of shopping for imports Phil's #5: Great distillation of classic rock from Sweden's Th...
Completely Conspicuous 616: Imitation of Life
Completely Conspicuous - July 18, 2023 22:56 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2001. Show notes: In 2001, Jay found out he was going to be a dad and also went back to his old employer Jay turned 34, Phil turned 32 Phil got divorced 9/11 was a defining generational moment Jay: Saw concerts by Radi...
Completely Conspicuous 615: All Killer, No Filler
Completely Conspicuous - July 11, 2023 21:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2023. Show notes: Running down our favorite albums of the year so far Kumar's #10: Pile diversifies its sound Breitling's #9 and Kumar's #8: Yo La Tengo keeps on Yo La Tengoing Kuma...
Completely Conspicuous 614: The Midway Point
Completely Conspicuous - July 04, 2023 00:39 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling as we discuss our favorite music of the first half of 2023. Show notes: Recorded at CompCon HQ Concerts are back TicketMaster is still a mess Nobody's buying CDs The Beatles and AI Parcheesi Redux is in its third year Talking about...
Completely Conspicuous 613: Stuck In a Moment
Completely Conspicuous - June 13, 2023 23:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2000. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5 picks: Hot Snakes, Rollins Band, Fu Manchu, Pearl Jam Phil's and Jay's #5: Diverse offering from the Tragically Hip Phil's and Jay's #4: More accessible effort about living in NYC by PJ H...
Completely Conspicuous 612: In the Year 2000
Completely Conspicuous - June 03, 2023 21:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2000. Show notes: In 2000, Jay got married Jay turned 33, Phil turned 31 Jay: Went to SXSW, saw Modest Mouse, Fu Manchu, Bevis Frond Pivotal year for the dotcom boom Albums were leaking on Napster before they came out...
Completely Conspicuous 611: Climb to Safety
Completely Conspicuous - April 19, 2023 17:08 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1999. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5s: Frank Black and the Catholics, Sebadoh, Matthew Sweet, Piebald, Fu Manchu, Superchunk, Songs: Ohia, GBV Phil's #5: Third release from Rage Against the Machine continues their anti-capitali...
Completely Conspicuous 610: End of the Century
Completely Conspicuous - April 13, 2023 01:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1999. Show notes: In '99, Jay turned 32, Phil turned 30 Y2K was looming Phil got married, Jay got engaged Ireland on New Year's Eve Pop was on the upswing Nu metal and Woodstock 99 Music sales were high, but MP3s ...
Completely Conspicuous 609: Right About Now
Completely Conspicuous - March 15, 2023 21:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1998. Show notes: More of Phil's non-top 5s: Monster Magnet, R.E.M., Hole, Dave Matthews Band Jay's non-top 5s: Tragically Hip, Monster Magnet, Jerry Cantrell, Frank Black and the Catholics, Beastie Boys, Rocket From the Cr...
Completely Conspicuous 608: Tubthumping
Completely Conspicuous - March 09, 2023 00:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1998. Show notes: 1998 was 25 years ago! Jay turned 31, Phil turned 29 The one-hit wonders were abundant Alt-rock was fading in popularity MTV was predominantly airing programming that wasn't videos MP3s became anot...
Completely Conspicuous 607: My Poor Brain
Completely Conspicuous - February 14, 2023 23:50 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1997. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5 albums: Cornershop, Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith, Chris Whitley, Portishead, Ween Phil's #5 and Jay's #4: Ben Folds Five's breakthrough with piano-driven snark Phil's #4: Third album from S...
Completely Conspicuous 606: Brighten the Corners
Completely Conspicuous - February 08, 2023 01:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1997. Show notes: In '97, Jay hit the big 3-0, Phil turned 28 Big year for partying Alt-rock one-hit wonders abounded: Marcy Playground, Third Eye Blind, Smash Mouth Boy bands, hip hop, female singer-songwriters Phil's ...
Completely Conspicuous 605: Playing the Role
Completely Conspicuous - January 25, 2023 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week, I'm joined by guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the resurgence of role-playing games. Show notes: - Recorded in Salem, Mass. - Last time we recorded for the show was two years ago - Time is passing quickly - Jay: Going into the office once a week now - Matt: It was an extro...
Completely Conspicuous 604: New Pollution
Completely Conspicuous - January 18, 2023 02:57 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1996. Show notes: - Phil's #5: Cowboy Junkies score with their first album of originals - Jay's #5: Sebadoh with a sprawling collection of rockers and ballads - Phil's #4: Soundgarden's last album of the '90s turned away ...
Completely Conspicuous 603: Bulls On Parade
Completely Conspicuous - January 10, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsPart 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1996. Show notes: - In '96, Jay turned 29, Phil turned 27 - Days of little to no responsibility other than work - Adventures in sports gambling - Tougher year to come up with top 5 - The Macarena was all the rage - ...
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