Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about our favorite concerts. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
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 concerts
- Jay's first show was a festival show in Kingston, NH with Cheap Trick, Ratt, Twisted Sister and Lita Ford in 1984
- Jay: Not a fan of festival shows anymore
- Adventures in seeing Rush
- Jay: Didn't see R.E.M. when they played my college
- Other favorites: PJ Harvey, Hot Snakes, Lollapalooza '92, Afghan Whigs, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Drive-By Truckers, Alice in Chains/Screaming Trees, Peter Gabriel, White Stripes, Hold Steady, Mission of Burma, Gord Downie
- 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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