Monday, August 05, 2024

Completely Conspicuous 642: Ooh La La

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of the 2010s. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

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: Sarcastic pop-punk excellence from Toronto's PUP
  • Phil's 2020 #1: Jason Isbell deals with ghosts on his 7th album
  • COVID memories
  • Jay's 2020 #1: Topical protest hip hop from Run the Jewels

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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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