Completely Conspicuous 653: Smarch Madness

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we talk our way through a March Madness-style tournament of our favorite rock artists. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:

• We left out artists that we both didn't like: Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Phish, Iron Maiden
• Also had to leave off a number of artists just for space considerations: Ramones, AC/DC, Feelies, Breeders, Camper Van Beethoven, etc.
• Some tough matchups in round 1 with randomized seeding
• The Smiths vs. PJ Harvey
• Spoon vs. Courtney Barnett
• Led Zeppelin vs. Bob Dylan
• The Cure vs. Prince
• Elton John vs. James Brown
• Pavement vs. Queens of the Stone Age
• Buffalo Tom vs. Rush
• Allman Brothers Band vs. Soundgarden
• The Kinks vs. The Rolling Stones
• Alice in Chains vs. Beastie Boys
• Bob Marley vs. The Cure
• Joe Jackson vs. The Afghan Whigs
• The Tragically Hip vs. Velvet Underground
• The Clash vs. Iggy Pop
• Stevie Ray Vaughan vs. The Police
• Sloan vs. Mark Lanegan
• To be continued with the rest of Round 1

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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.

Stuck In Thee Garage #574: April 4, 2025

Hey, I get it. The world kinda sucks right now. Which is why radio is more important than ever; you need something to get your mind off the constant stream of bad news. Unfortunately, commercial radio blows, but that's where the innernet comes in. This week on Stuck In Thee Garage, I played hot new stuff from the Taxpayers, Bria Salmena and Destroyer in hour 1 and rock blocks in hour 2. It's just like the old days with Dr. Johnny Fever, only...not.

This playlist rocks the block:

Hour 1

Artist - Song/Album

The Taxpayers - Evil Everywhere/Circle Breaker

Bria Salmena - Rags/Big Dog

The Drowns - View from the Bottom/View from the Bottom (2025 Jack Endino Remaster)

Destroyer - Sun Meet Snow/Dan's Boogie

Daniel Kleederman - Answers/Another Life

Spun Out - Pale Green Sky/Dream Noise

Escape-ism - Beneath the Underground/Charge of the Love Brigade

Throwing Muses - Libretto/Moonlight Concessions

Cameron Keiber - Beach Party Iran 1970/Nurser

Bob Mould - Sharp Little Pieces/Here We Go Crazy

The Murder Capital - Can't Pretend to Know/Blindness

Rough Francis - Moving Backwards/Fall EP

Kestrels - Total Bummer/Better Wonder

Pigeon Pit - Keys to the City/Crazy Arms

The Laughing Chimes - A Promise to Keep/Whispers in the Speech Machine

FACS - Talking Haunted/Wish Defense

Hour 2: Rock blocks

The New Pornographers - Letter from an Occupant/Mass Romantic

A.C. Newman - Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns/Shut Down the Streets

Neko Case - Star Witness/Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

Destroyer - Your Blood/Destroyer's Rubies

Boss Hog - Walk In/Boss Hog

Boss Hog - I'm Not Like Everybody Else/Suburbia soundtrack

Boss Hog - Billy/Brood X

Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage/It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out/Fear of a Black Planet

Public Enemy - Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need/Revolverlution

Black Sabbath - The Wizard/Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath - Supernaut/Vol. 4

Black Sabbath - Never Say Die/Never Say Die

Black Sabbath - Turn Up the Night/Mob Rules

Blast the blocks by clicking this, slick!