Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Completely Conspicuous 635: Get Guilty

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 2009. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

  • In 2009, Phil had a newborn and was expecting another
  • We had a global pandemic in '09 (H1N1 swine flu)
  • Biggest selling album in the world was by Susan Boyle
  • Black Eyed Peas had a big year
  • U2 had an album out, but didn't make much of an impression on us
  • Phil's non-top 5s: The Dead Weather, Son Volt, Wilco, Jason Isbell, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, A.C. Newman, Titus Andronicus, Deer Tick 
  • To smarm or not to smarm
  • To be continued

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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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