Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Completely Conspicuous 647: Quality Pints

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2024. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

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: Hallelujah the Hills, Nuggets tour, Gang of Four, Hoodoo Gurus, Sloan in Toronto
  • Breitling's honorable mentions: The TV show The Bear, Bug Club's song "Quality Pints," Fontaines D.C.'s "Favourite," Tsunami box set, Spectres, Kal Marks
  • Kumar's honorable mentions: Dale Crover, Buffalo Tom, Ekko Astral, Jack White, Ducks Ltd., Mary Timony, Los Campesinos 
  • 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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