Completely Conspicuous 638: Le Noise

Part 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-top 5s: White Stripes, Black Mountain, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Wolf Parade, Against Me! Phil's non-top 5s: Sufjan Stevens, Son Volt, Bright Eyes, Neil Young, Trey Anastasio, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Southern Culture on the Skids, North Mississippi All-Stars Random cocaine references Wilco with a good live album To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

1 Marras 202349min

Part 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 their Zeppelin cover band Jay's #4 and Phil's #3: Drive-By Truckers unleash another powerful concept album about the South Phil's #2: Brian WIlson finally releases unreleased epic album Smile The Beach Boys went from "America's Beatles" to an oldies joke band Jay's #2: Another excellent album from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Jay's #1: Debut from the Hold Steady combines '70s riffs with indie rock Phil's #1 and Jay's #3: Mark Lanegan with a world-weary masterpiece with a little help from his friends Favorite songs: "Hit the City" (Phil), "Positive Jam" (Jay) Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

27 Syys 202352min

Part 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 reunited, Phish broke up Many bands take hiatuses The tale of Mr. Jimmy William Hung becomes famous Phil's non-top 5s: Wilco, Black Keys, Beastie Boys, Patterson Hood, Umphrey's McGee, the Killers, Green Day, Twilight Singers, Eagles of Death Metal, PJ Harvey, Franz Ferdinand, TV On the Radio, Tragically Hip Phil invents new words Green Day rejuvenates itself Jay's non-top 5s: The Walkmen, Death From Above 1979 To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

19 Syys 20231h 17min

Part 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 networks Phil's #4: The Shins hone their super catchy pop sound Jay's #4: An indie rock gem from the Wrens that still awaits a follow-up 20 years of starts, stops, indecision and disagreements Phil's #3: My Morning Jacket combined indie rock, Southern rock, folk and jam band sounds MP3 blog bands abound Jay's #3: Another kickass release from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Leo is one of the great unsung artists of our generation Is Springsteen overrated? Phil's #2: Drive-By Truckers add Jason Isbell and step up their game Jay's #2: A departure for Sloan, but one jam-packed with great songs The only Sloan album without an Andrew Scott song Phil's #1: The White Stripes expand their sound and totally blow up The Stripes made a lot of noise with minimal instrumentation Jay's #1: Greg Dulli's Twilight Singers unleash a classic album as a tribute to late friend Favorite songs: "The Hardest Button to Button" (Phil), "Teenage Wristband" (Jay) Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

12 Syys 202353min

Part 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 Sox games Coed softball struggles 50 Cent had the #1 song of the year A lot of number bands on the charts What's the deal with Kid Rock? Phil's non-top 5s: TV On the Radio, Warren Zevon, Jason Molina, Black Keys, Jet, Outkast, Ween, Lucinda Williams, Bowie Jay's non-top 5s: Gord Downie, Electric Six, Dizzee Rascal, Stephen Malkmus, Zeppelin To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

6 Syys 20231h 22min

Part 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 highlights their varied strengths Phil's #2: The last great Foo Fighters album caused a lot of turmoil for the band Jay's #3 and Phil's #1: Beck with another sad bastard folk-rock masterpiece Jay's #2: Killer debut from Interpol was part of the hot NYC scene of the early '00s It's hard for some bands to live up to a great first album Phil's #3 and Jay's #1: Queens of the Stone Age reaches new heights with help from Dave Grohl on drums Favorite songs: "No One Knows" (Jay), "End of the Day" (Phil) Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

15 Elo 202338min

Part 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 officially called it quits after lawsuits Owning music is an outdated concept now Nickelback had the top song of the year Charts had a mixture of nu metal, hip hop and pop Phil's non-top 5 albums: Doves, Sleater-Kinney, Flaming Lips, Spoon, Trey Anastasio, Dave Matthews Band, Interpol, Black Keys, Sonic Youth, GBV, Tom Petty, Bowie Jay's non-top 5s: McLusky, Hot Snakes, Trail of Dead, Elvis Costello, Broken Social Scene We never saw a lot of the rock videos of this era This was the age of the MP3 blog To be continued Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

8 Elo 20231h 11min

Celebrating 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 the Salem State College (now University) station for 18 years Commercial radio was already being automated in the mid-'90s Built a studio in the Secret Alley in SF A lot of the DJs at BFF now weren't alive when Amanda was DJing in the '90s Shorter attention spans: Newer DJs are doing one-hour shows Jay has been doing a show for BFF since the station started "Where's Koomdogg?" Building exposure through a crazy boat DJing gig Became a nonprofit in 2015 Amanda was hired as the GM of the station, now doing it full-time Went from dues-based organization to nonprofit Allows BFF to fundraise and get grants Celebrating the station's 10th birthday with events throughout the city Amanda plans to stay involved but wants to retire at some point SF went into COVID lockdown early and stayed in it the longest Studio had to shut down so BFF enabled DJs to broadcast from home Found free space in the SF Ferry Building so were able to broadcast from there The future of radio won't get less corporate Not a lot of commercial stations for indie music, except for college stations Amanda: Big electronic music movement happening in SF Looking for new music The DJ as curator BFF has 120 shows on the schedule, most done live in the studio Different approaches to show construction Great achievements in song segues Jay: Coming up on 500 episodes of the radio show Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple 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.

1 Elo 202353min