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Syndication

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite concerts. 

Show notes:

  • Our top 10 concerts in no particular order
  • Phil: Banged up and seeing his first Dead show in Foxborough in 1989
  • The show is popular with Dead fans
  • Jay: Caught Mike Watt backed by the Foo Fighters in their first Boston appearance in '95
  • Phil: 12 days after that Dead show, saw the Who at the same venue
  • A 3-hour show for the 20th anniversary of Tommy
  • Jay: The one area appearance by Them Crooked Vultures in '09
  • Supergroup with Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones
  • Phil: McCartney at Sullivan Stadium in 1990
  • The tour book phenomenon
  • Jay: Two shows in one night--The Amps followed by Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Phil: U2 show on St. Patrick's Day '92 in Boston, Achtung Baby tour
  • "Put it in H"
  • Jay: Also a U2 show; September 1987 at the Boston Garden
  • Phil: Dylan at Endicott College in October 1992
  • Tickets purchased at a local jewelry store
  • Dylan almost didn't play because a heater wasn't working on stage
  • Jay: Electric performance from Nick Cave's band Grinderman at House of Blues
  • Phil: Pearl Jam at the Orpheum in April 1994
  • A few days after Cobain's death
  • Jay: Front row at the Orpheum for Sugar, November 1994
  • Bob Mould's last tour with Sugar
  • Phil: Neil Young at the Wang Center in 2018 with Jay
  • Neil was solo, telling stories between songs
  • Gotta see some of these older artists while they're around
  • Jay: Pearl Jam in April '92 at tiny club Axis
  • Just before PJ blew up
  • Phil: Dead & Co. at Fenway in summer '23
  • $60 cheese pizza 
  • Jay: Last month seeing Sloan in Toronto with my daughter
  • Played their first album front to back
  • Only concert I've ever seen in Toronto
  • Phil: Phish playing third show in three nights at Mansfield
  • Jay: Ty Segall at the late lamented Great Scott in 2014
  • So loud the floor was shaking
  • Jay: No issues with seeing shows by myself
  • Phil: Goose at MGM Fenway last year
  • Played lots of covers, including the odd 36-minute jam
  • Jay: First time seeing the Tragically Hip at the Paradise in April '91
  • About 25 people there, but the band killed it
  • Saw the band many times after that

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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.

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