Tue, 26 December 2017
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite albums of 2017. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - JB's #10 - Tommy Stinson can still bring it - JK's #10 - A welcome return after 17 years - JB's #9 - A turnkey post-shoegaze solution - JK's #9 - Double LP return for the great Ted Leo - JB's #8 - A different sound for She Sir - JK's #8 - Strong effort marred by bizarre on-stage incident - When artists you like do bad things - JB's #7 - Breitling digs on the ambient music - JK's #7 - Mixing hooks in with blistering rockers - JB's #6 - Juana Molina continues to explore - JK's #6 - Strong career progression from consistently interesting artist - JB's #5 - Former schoolteacher turned electronic artist - JK's #5 - Double album recorded while the artist was dying - Each song was about a person in his life - 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. |
Mon, 18 December 2017
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about the year in indie rock. Show notes: - Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ - Eighth annual year in review - Rock isn't part of the top 40 conversation anymore - Apple is going to stop selling downloads and iPods - Music as a service - Does higher quality audio really matter? - People who died - Pat DiNizio recently passed; the Smithereens had a fine career - Other notable deaths: Petty, Downie, Cornell, Berry, Domino, Allman, Hart - The Year of Punishing Bad Behavior - Albums that didn't make our top 10 lists - Breitling: The War on Drugs recalls mid-80s classic rock - Also dug St. Vincent, Lali Puna, Wet Trident, Lubec, Charly Bliss - Kumar: War on Drugs, LCD Soundsystem, Wolf Parade, Protomartyr, Ron Gallo - Lots of music to like this year - 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. |
Mon, 11 December 2017
This week, it's part 1 of my discussion with Brian Salvatore about musical blindspots with Brian listening to Living Colour while I dig into early solo Beatles records. Show notes: - Brian listened to Vivid, Jay listened to John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Adventures in Skype - Jay: Wasn't familiar with much of this album - Very raw, exposed album for Lennon - Lennon didn't release many albums before he died - Yoko plays "the wind" - Embarrassment of riches after Beatles broke up - The Living Colour/In Living Color conundrum - Brian: Not a misplaced note on this album - Impressed with the political content - Jay: Saw videos on MTV and taped a concert off the radio back in '88 - Vivid was out for over a year before "Cult of Personality" hit big - Living Colour confounded expectations - Mick Jagger helped get them a record deal - Next: Jay listens to McCartney's Ram and Brian checks out LC's Time's Up
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Fri, 17 November 2017
This week, it's part 2 of my discussion with Phil Stacey about how we deal with losing musicians we love. Show notes: - Replacing a beloved band member is tough - Tom Petty's legacy - Steely Dan's interesting catalog - The problem with hearing the same songs over and over - The lighter side of Prince - Prince's prolific later years - A master of any style - Jay: Downie's loss hits harder now because I'm around the same age - Making the most of your last years on Earth - The real shockers are the younger ones
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Fri, 10 November 2017
This week, it's part 1 of my discussion with Phil Stacey about how we deal with losing musicians we love. Show notes: - Gord Downie died a few weeks ago - Many high-profile music deaths in last few years - Musicians are getting older, but also some tragic deaths - Phil: Elvis Presley's death was memorable - Lennon's death was shocking - Phil: Cobain and Jerry Garcia's deaths hit hard - Jay: The plane crash that killed Randy Rhoads stands out - Lemmy, Bowie and Prince all died within a few months of each other - Chris Cornell's death earlier this year came as a surprise - Many big-name musicians died this year: Gregg Allman, Tom Petty, Chuck Berry, Grant Hart, Walter Becker - You tend to dig into the back catalog - Bowie's death kicked off a rough 2016 for music fans - Losing Prince was a gut punch - Jay: Saw the Tragically Hip many times over the years - Downie released a posthumous double album - Very captivating live performer - Watched a lot of concert videos and documentaries on YouTube after he died - Downie focused on indigenous people's rights in his last few years - To be continued
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Tue, 31 October 2017
This week, it's part 2 of my discussion with Phil Stacey about albums that changed our lives. Show notes: - Jay: Was a nerdy kid who listened to music all the time - Phil liked college rock, but never got the Violent Femmes - Jay: Loved Red Hot Chili Peppers back in the day, but can't stand them now - Back and forth on the Eagles and Doors - Of Linda Ronstadt and Barney Gumbel - Grunge makes an impact - Alt-rock: Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., U2 - Phil: Big Smiths fan - The first Pretenders album is a classic - Neil Young's '80s odyssey - Phil loves the Dead - Jay: Got into funk and jazz in late '90s (P-Funk, James Brown, Miles Davis, Coltrane) - Phil: Listened to Beck's Sea Change a lot after getting divorced
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Tue, 24 October 2017
This week, it's part 1 of my discussion with Phil Stacey about albums that changed our lives. Show notes: - Phil: At age 6-7, hearing older kids listening to Aerosmith - Heard a lot of easy listening music - Had a music-loving uncle who introduced him to the Who, Hendrix, Talking Heads - Jay: Listened to AM rock station in Toronto - Bought 45s of Queen, Cheap Trick, Joe Jackson - Phil: U2's Boy was a huge album for me - Jay: Got Glen Campbell's Rhinestone Cowboy - Zeppelin got me into rock - B-52s were revolutionary - You can't make your kids love your music - Jay: First rock album I bought was Supertramp's Breakfast in America - Phil: Revolver was a pivotal Beatles album - Jay: Got into early '80s hard rock - Rush's Moving Pictures was a big one - To be continued
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Tue, 17 October 2017
This week, it's part 3 of my discussion with Brian Salvatore about musical blindspots. Brian will learn about Iron Maiden while I dig into Frank Zappa. Show notes: - Brian listened to Somewhere in Time, Jay listened to Sheik Yerbouti - Deja vu all over again - Brian: Somewhere in Time is the most dated, least raw of the three albums I listened to - Band didn't play to its strengths - Victim of mid-'80s production - Dickinson vs. Di'anno - The disappearance of metal in the '90s - Bon Jovi has thrived over the decades - Not their best, but some Maiden classics - Jay: Saw Maiden live a few months ago - Zappa's Sheik Yerbouti finds him exploring the wackier subject matter in depth - Released three albums in '79 alone - Musicianship is incredible, feat. Adrian Belew on rhythm guitar - Zappa released a ridiculous number of albums - Xenochrony technique took parts from different songs and spliced them together - Brian: Not in his top 10 albums, but close - Went even more off the rails on Joe's Garage - Next, Brian will listen to Living Colour while Jay will explore solo Beatle albums
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Tue, 10 October 2017
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss our uncertain world. Show notes: - Check out Matt's book Echo and the Sea - Escapism is tempting - Shopping by alcohol content - Is ignorance bliss? - Dumb and happy - Cynical about politics at all levels - Corruption is rampant - Appearances count - Politics have never been this divisive...or have they? - Internet comments are the worst - Social media enables morons to spout off - Journalism burnout - Shooting a guy in the face is quaint now - Does uncertainty = depression? - We haven't given up yet - We solved nothing
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. |
Tue, 3 October 2017
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss our uncertain world. Show notes: - Check out Matt's book Echo and the Sea - Recorded before the Las Vegas incident and Trump's visit to PR - Everything's uncertain - Don't know what to expect from the news - Trump: Savvy or master of chaos? - Twitter as distraction - Social media amps up the anxiety - FB as the center of vitriol over every conceivable public issue - The weather is slamming us with unpredictable events - Selling the BS - Clickbait's gonna get ya - Much ado about kneeling - Scandal recovery - Controversy du jour - Punisher fans can be scary - Twitter roulette - Ah, the threat of impending nuclear war - The relentless news cycle - The difficulty of just enjoying life - 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. |
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