Completely Conspicuous 650: Rip This Joint
Completely Conspicuous
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...
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Completely Conspicuous 649: Live Without a Net
Completely Conspicuous
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite concerts. Show notes: Cold weather running tips What makes a great concert? Small shows vs. stadiums Hard to pare down the list Limited to one show per artist Good idea for a sequel involving a time machine Phil leaned toward larger shows Didn't include: R.E.M., the Cure, Sleater-Kinney, Drive-By Truckers, Tedeschi Trucks Band Jay: Prefer the intimacy of club shows We were at the same shows before we knew each other Phil: First concert was Van Halen in 1986 Setlist.fm is a great resource MTV's Saturday Night...
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Completely Conspicuous 648: That Was the Year That Was
Completely Conspicuous
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2024. Show notes: Our top 10 albums of the year Shout out to Rock P's top 20 out of 10 countdown JB's #10: Triple album tribute album for Jesse Malin, an underrated songwriter JK's #10: J Mascis incorporates hot guitar solos into a mostly acoustic album JB's #9: Hot collection of bangers from Cloud Nothings JK's #9: Farewell set from Toronto noise rockers METZ JK's #8: Angry breakup album from Fake Fruit Coming up on the 5th birthday of Parcheesi Redux radio, SITG hit 11 this fall JB's #7: Retro '60s sounds...
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Completely Conspicuous 647: Quality Pints
Completely Conspicuous
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2024. Show notes: The 16th annual year in review First one was in 2009 Cybertrucks are dumb Self-driving cars are also dumb Taylor Swift just ended a monster tour Music is a dead-end business for most Spotify sucks Country music is huge Breitling: There are some good underground country artists A good year for Tracy Chapman Social media landscape is shifting Lots of big music deaths: Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Albini, Paul Di'Anno, Greg Kihn, Karl Wallinger Getting out to some rock shows:...
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Completely Conspicuous 646: Don't Speak
Completely Conspicuous
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite instrumentals. Show notes: Phil's #8: A jazz-funk classic out of Scotland? Jay's #8: Powerful surf rock from the Pixies Phil's #7: The Commodores with an early funk workout Jay's #7: Dick Dale hit that was revived decades later in Pulp Fiction Song originated in the 1920s Phil's #6: Instrumental from Phish that evolved in the live setting Jay's #6: A sweeping song from Bowie's Berlin period Bowie switched genres and sounds with ease Phil's #5 and Jay's #3: A revolutionary moment for guitar heroics Edward Van...
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Completely Conspicuous 645: Wordless Chorus
Completely Conspicuous
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite instrumentals. Show notes: We're feeling goooood. What makes a good instrumental? Jay: I like the musicians in Red Hot Chili Peppers Not as many instrumentals made now as there used to be No jazz instrumentals included in our lists Phil's bubbling under picks: Booker T and the MGs, Bar-Kays, Meters, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Hendrix, Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, U2, Rush, Dick Dale, Beatles, Boston, TSOP, Bowie, Pink Floyd Jay's non-top 10 picks: Rush, Van Halen, Focus, ELO, Pink Floyd, the...
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Completely Conspicuous 644: Secondhand Love
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Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite cover songs. Show notes: Jay's #7: Ty Segall with a ripper of a Neil Young cover Phil's #6: The live version of a Linda Ronstadt classic Jay's #6: An indie rock all-star band playing covers the Beatles played in their early days Greg Dulli, Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, Dave Pirner, Mike Mills and Don Fleming Phil's #5: Phish covering the Stones Phish does tons of covers Jay's #5: An unexpected '60s cover from Husker Du Phil's #4: Coltrane with a wild twist on a Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Jay's #4: Stripped down...
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Completely Conspicuous 643: Cover Me
Completely Conspicuous
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite cover songs. Show notes: What makes a good cover? Be true to the song, but bring something of yourself to it Jagger and Bowie's cover of "Dancing in the Streets" is godawful In the '80s and '90s, used to get 45s or cassingles (or CD singles) to get B-sides Phil's honorable mention covers: U2, Courtney Barnett, Nirvana, Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Etta James, Beatles, Stones, Bjork, Aretha, Pearl Jam, CSNY, Cowboy Junkies Nirvana's MTV Unplugged has several great covers Zeppelin covered a lot of songs on their early...
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Completely Conspicuous 642: Ooh La La
Completely Conspicuous
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of the 2010s. Show notes: Phil's 2016 #1: Drive-By Truckers with a political statement in a divided year Jay's 2016 #1: The final act of Bowie was a masterpiece Phil's 2017 #1: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile join forces Jay's 2017: #1: Strong second act from the Afghan Whigs Phil's and Jay's 2018 #1: Cathartic blast of political anger from Superchunk Phil's 2019 #1: David Berman's final album as Purple Mountains Real talk about people dealing with tough issues Shocking deaths over the last decade Jay's 2019 #1:...
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Completely Conspicuous 641: The Troubled Teens
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Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of the 2010s. Also, happy 18th birthday to the show! Show notes: Wrapping up our year-by-year look at rock music starting with 1970 Each of us picking a favorite album for each year from 2011-2020 Phil's 2011 #1: Bluesy collection from Tedeschi Trucks Band Susan Tedeschi grew up in New England Jay's 2011 #1: Concept album by Toronto's Fucked Up Phil's 2012 #1: Punchy punk rippers from Parquet Courts Neil Young and the art of the 15-minute song Jay's 2012 #1: Ty Segall Band with a heavy garage rock/psych sound Phil's 2013...
info_outlinePart 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.