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Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss quarantine life.

Show notes:

- Recorded recently via Skype

- What's the first thing you'd do post-COVID?

- All the big movies got pushed back to later in the year or 2021

- Some movies are going straight to streaming

- When will we feel comfortable at crowded concerts again?

- If touring slows down, how will musicians survive?

- Artists may have to go directly to fans for support

- Lou Barlow started a subscription service

- Artists have done similar things for years: Rundgren, Prince

- Might see more music made by artists stuck at home

- Suddenly we have a lot of time to listen to records

- Jay: Daughter's into the Beatles now

- When you know songs you hate by heart

- Appreciating '70s-era McCartney

- Bad production really stands out on mix playlists

- Does anyone remember dynamics?

- Self-improvement activities to catch up on

- Brian: No time to do any of it so far

- Jay: Want to alphabetize my records

- No guilty pleasures: Making peace with disco

- Brian: Need to organize music room

- Jay: Hope to pick up the old guitar

- Bill Rieflin, R.I.P.

Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. 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.

Direct download: CompCon_533_041420.mp3
Category:Completely Conspicuous -- posted at: 6:19pm EDT

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss quarantine life.

Show notes:

- Recorded last week via Skype

- Homeschooling is hard work

- A month in, the hoarding continues

- Brian's second-grader has a lot of schoolwork

- Brian was down in Florida to spend a few days at spring training

- Had planned to visit family in Arizona in March, but decided not to

- Virus moved quickly

- Brian saw Jonathan Richman concert in March

- Jay: Was supposed to fly to California for a conference in March, but it was canceled

- Had tickets to Archers of Loaf concert in mid-March that was canceled

- Jay: Working from home full-time

- Brian: Trying to find non-screen activities for the kids

- We're spending a lot of time with our families, which isn't a bad thing

- We've never had a situation like this where everything is shut down

- A lot of people are out of work or unable to work right now

- No sports to watch during one of the best times of year for sports

- Sports may come back without crowds in attendance

- When will things go back to normal?

- Kids' school sports, activities are on hold

- Touring musicians are losing a ton of money

- South Korea was able to shut everything down and come out on the other end

- One person can do a lot of damage

- Spring break idiots

- Adam Schlesinger, R.I.P. (this was recorded before he died)

- Washing our hands more than ever before

- Missing out on draft beer

- We're lucky to be able to work from home

- How will the economy bounce back?

- To be continued

Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts and anywhere else you get podcasts. 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.

Direct download: CompCon_532_040720.mp3
Category:Completely Conspicuous -- posted at: 7:09pm EDT

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