Completely Conspicuous 404: Top of the Rock

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2015. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Jay Kumar's #5 album of the year
- Productive collective out of the Bay Area
- Jay Breitling's #4
- What's next for Jonah Furman?
- JK's #4
- JB's #3
- Dark, crazy guitar ambience
- JK's #3
- Another indie darling blowing up big
- JB's #2
- Another great shoegaze act makes its mark
- JK's #2
- A local indie act does well nationally
- JB's #1
- Marriage of electronic and guitar rock
- JK's #1
- Topped midyear list, still holds up
- Looking ahead to 2016
- Next week: Our favorites of the first half of the decade (2010-14)

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 403: Rank and File

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2015. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- More music out than ever before
- JK: Immersed in top 40 pop against my will thanks to my kids
- JB's honorable mentions
- Ava Luna is the Steely Dan of indie rock
- JK's honorable mentions
- Some notable comeback albums
- JB's #10
- JK's #10
- The insanity of the Paris concert tragedy
- JB's #9
- JK's #9
- The ever-prolific Patrick Stickles
- JB's #8
- JK's #8
- Constant touring hones a band's sound
- JB's #7
- JK's #7
- JB's #6
- Exploding in Sound is the indie rock label of the moment
- JK's #6
- JB's #5
- For those not about to rock, we salute you
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 402: Everybody Wants Some

This week, I'm joined by author Greg Renoff as we discuss the response to his new book about the early days of Van Halen. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Buy Greg's book Van Halen Rising at Amazon or get a signed copy from the Van Halen Store
- We last spoke in March (eps 368 and 369) before the book came out
- Great response from readers
- Selling well on Amazon, was reviewed in Rolling Stone
- DLR's role in the band's early days surprised some
- Roth defied the odds to become a star
- Gene Simmons was an early supporter of the band
- Roth had different musical interests than the VH brothers
- Greg: Not sure what next writing project will be
- Meeting readers at book signings is fun
- Launch party in Pasadena featured VH's original bassist Mark Stone
- Visited neighborhood where VH played backyard parties
- The revolutionary sound of "Eruption"
- VH's disappointing live album
- Debate over what's in the archives
- The future of the band is murky
- Little released output from Eddie over the last 15 years
- Dave's role in the band is much different now
- DLR could be reuniting with his Eat 'Em and Smile-era band for some shows

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 401: Reeling in the Years, 1992 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1992. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Jay: Rollins Band broke out with The End of Silence
- Jay's #5
- The best album from The Tragically Hip
- Brian's #5 and Jay's #4
- Pavement's first stab at greatness
- The Pavement reunion was disappointing
- Brian's #4 and Jay's #2
- Brian's #3
- 1992 was a banner year for Alice in Chains
- Dirt was unrelentingly dark
- Jay's #3
- Jay: The album that got me into Buffalo Tom
- Saw them play Let Me Come Over front to back earlier this year
- Brian's #2
- Found at CMJ conference: Balanescu Quartet does Kraftwerk
- Sugar was a great combination of Bob Mould's worlds
- Came out at the right time as alt-rock was hitting
- Brian's #1
- With Kerplunk, Green Day laid blueprint for future success
- Jay's #1
- The Afghan Whigs set up a great decade melding rock with R&B
- A few others we missed
- Next year to tackle: 1983

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 400: Reeling in the Years, 1992 (Part 2)

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1992. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Brian: A friend was at the Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris but escaped unharmed
- Security at club shows is minimal
- Post-9/11 concert experiences
- Bands formed in '92: Brainiac, Bush, Shellac, Sugar, Weezer
- Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" is a great song
- Bands that broke up in '92: Bullet Lavolta, Europe, Fine Young Cannibals, Feelies
- Albums that didn't make our top 5
- Brian: Nirvana, Late!, GBV, Ween, They Might Be Giants, Beasties, R.E.M.
- Jay: Lemonheads, Rage Against the Machine, Sloan, Neil Young, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees
- Tom Scharpling does the best version of "Killing in the Name Of"
- Jay: Saw Alice in Chains at a small Boston club in late '92
- Automatic for the People was the last great R.E.M. album
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 399: Reeling in the Years, 1992 (Part 1)

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1992. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- In '92, Brian turned 10 and Jay turned 25
- Hot 100 chart had a lot of pop, R&B, some hip hop
- But alternative rock was booming
- "Baby Got Back" was #2 song of the year
- Clapton's Unplugged album was huge
- The greatness of early Dire Straits
- Pat Smear in the Chili Peppers?
- The evolution of Guns N' Roses
- Axl's vampire voice
- Labels got rid of the CD longbox
- Once it was about hifi, now nobody cares about audio quality
- Big year for rock weddings
- Concert for Life paid tribute to the late Freddie Mercury
- Wayne's World appealed to both of us for different reasons
- Hair metal died in the U.S. but remained huge in Europe
- Montreal fans rioted because of Axl's antics
- Arena shows were de rigeur in the '70s and '80s
- Bands play much smaller venues now
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 398: All Over But the Shouting

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the problem with research studies. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Don't get sick!
- Studies can be scary
- Apply some logic when reading studies
- People live in fear of everything
- We love to get worked up about studies
- Studies with no research on long-term effects
- Studies seem to have lost all value
- Outrage only lasts for about a week and we move on
- Nobody wants to take the time to verify
- Are cell phones dangerous? Let's hope not
- Studies: Everything gives you cancer
- We're all gonna die!
- Only thing Wall-e got wrong was everyone was happy
- Pixar wants to make you sad
- Near-death running experiences

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 397: Recent Studies Show...

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the problem with research studies. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Surviving Halloween in Salem
- Endless barrage of studies
- You can find a study to prove just about any point
- Pick and choose the result you want
- Going down the WebMD wormhole
- Studies get picked up by mass media
- People don't verify the research, just pass it on
- Morning TV shows are an empty void
- Recent study says processed meat causes cancer
- The research-industrial complex
- Watch out for Big Vegetable
- The folly of the Farmer's Almanac
- The influence of pharma companies on research studies
- Too much TV as a child dident make us dumm
- Rarely watch TV now without social media interruptions
- Studies don't necessarily change behavior
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 396: Movin' and Groovin'

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the trials and tribulations of moving. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Check out Mike's blog Popblerd and his podcast Blerd Radio
- Jay: Haven't moved since 2000, but moved a lot in the '80s and '90s
- TVs used to be a lot bigger and heavier
- People used to always move around September 1
- Jay: Used to borrow the newspaper delivery van for moves
- Mike: Upcoming move back to New York will be like going to a different place
- Narrowed list down to a handful of cities to settle down in
- Mike: Currently conveniently located near Boston-area clubs
- Watertown is a quiet community, but Boston Marathon bomber was caught there
- Tough times for journalism majors
- Mike: Took a while to get used to earlier Boston closing times
- It's easier to stay out super late when you're younger
- Drunken work parties are always interesting
- You don't want to be the drunk one
- Alcohol-fueled fun can lead to awkwardness at work
- Mike: Been working from home for several years
- Looking forward to separating work from home life
- It's tough being the person on the other end of the speaker phone
- Mike: New office will have an open floor plan
- You have to be conscious of people around you in an open office

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 395: Moving in Stereo

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Mike Heyliger as we discuss the trials and tribulations of moving. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
 

Show notes:
- Check out Mike's blog Popblerd and his podcast Blerd Radio
- Mike's moving to Brooklyn
- Music industry changes led to job change
- Boston's no longer the focus of record labels that it once was
- Moving vinyl is tricky
- A good excuse to streamline and get rid of stuff
- Who watches DVDs anymore?
- Collections can take over your life
- Jay: Used to have a huge comics collection
- Jay: Moved around a lot when I was single
- Roommates can be good or bad
- Mike has lived alone for years
- The shocking state of women's bathrooms
- When beepers were a thing
- In the '80s and '90s, calling cards made it cheaper to make long distance calls on pay phones
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 394: Reeling in the Years, 1994 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Jay's #4
- Pavement was a shock to the system at the time
- Malkmus continues to be a solo force
- Brian's #3
- Ween's second-best album
- Brian: Ween made 5 perfect albums in a row
- Jay's #3
- Drive Like Jehu delivers scorching rock
- Brian's #2 and Jay's #2
- Jay: Frank Black's Guided by Voices album
- Black had serious writer's block during the making of this record
- Brian's #1
- Weezer's debut features 10 perfect pop songs
- Videos helped the album take off
- Jay's #1
- One of Sloan's greatest albums got them dropped by DGC
- Abrupt shift from first album's sound
- Other '94 notables: Soundgarden, Nas, NIN, Portishead, Neil Young, Helmet, New Bomb Turks, Pearl Jam
- Also: Magnetic Fields, TMBG, R.E.M., Outkast
- Next up: 1992
- Jam bands became popular
- Jay: Covered the best of the 2000s in CompCon episodes 96-99

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 393: Reeling in the Years, 1994 (Part 2)

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Brian:  Enjoyed albums from Tom Petty, Rancid, Sea and Cake
- Beasties were all over the place on Ill Communication--in a good way
- Sunny Day Real Estate's epic album
- Halo Benders teamed Doug Martsch and Calvin Johnson
- The Toadies break through
- Jay: Sebadoh's Bakesale was a good combo of punk and melodic songs
- Jeff Buckley went from hard rock to cabaret on Grace
- Sugar's 2nd full-length was punchy and fun...for Bob Mould
- Green Day's Dookie was a monster hit that nobody needs to hear anymore
- Jay: Foolish was my intro to Superchunk
- Brian's #5
- Nirvana's best album was Unplugged in New York
- Jay saw Nirvana in Springfield, Mass., about a week before the Unplugged show
- Jay's #5
- Bee Thousand is probably the perfect distillation of Guided By Voices
- Brian's #4
- Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies was the first EP to top the album charts
- Jay: "No Excuses" got me through a tough time
- Brian: Jerry Cantrell looks like an uncle now
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 392: Reeling in the Years, 1994 (Part 1)

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1994. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Rooting for a Jays-Mets World Series
- Brian: 1994 was a big year for me
- Rock radio was all about the alternative
- Big year for Ace of Base with three songs in top 10 of '94
- Lots of pop and hip hop on singles chart
- Aerosmith's foray into downloadable music
- Took hours to download, no way to share it
- Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster didn't end well
- Corporate-owned venues are everywhere now
- Woodstock '94 was full of mud
- Sheryl Crow and Jackyl played on the same stage
- Cobain's unsurprising fate
- Brian: Was obsessed with music in '94
- Soundtracks were a big deal: Pulp Fiction, The Crow, Reality Bites
- Older alternative acts turned up the guitars: R.E.M., Meat Puppets
- Bands formed in '94 that loomed large a few years later: Creed, Limp Bizkit, Hoobastank, Maroon 5
- Eagles returned with Hell Freezes Over tour and introduced $100 tickets
- Page and Plant reunited without John Paul Jones
- Mark Lanegan's interesting solo work
- Elvis Costello released a rock record
- Rollins Band scored an unlikely hit
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 391: I'm the Man

Quick hit episode this week as I discuss the power of a song. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").

Show notes:
- In 1979, I listened to Toronto's CHUM-AM all the time
- Used to collect the Top 30 singles chart every Friday
- A song that captured my imagination was Joe Jackson's "I'm the Man"
- The clock radio was important
- Couldn't get enough of "I'm the Man"
- Still powerful after all these years
- Jackson's best work was in the late '70s/early '80s

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 390: The Great Escape

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we discuss vacations. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ
- Check out our web series Trust Fund Challenge
- Vancouver is a great destination
- Trouble at the border
- Someday, Jay will visit India again
- A co-worker's move to France
- Ric's vacation movie marathon
- Dick Clark's role in Killers Three
- Ric has beef with Christopher Nolan movies
- Medical emergencies
- Black Christmas is a Canuck horror classic from the director of Porky's

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 389: Holiday Road

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we discuss vacations. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ
- Check out our web series Trust Fund Challenge
- A reboot/remake/sequel to National Lampoon's Vacation is out
- The first Vacation movie still holds up
- Based on a National Lampoon novella
- Both of our families went to Disney World in the '70s
- Family vacations can either be packed with activities or relaxing
- Jay: Just went to Disney with two other families
- Ric: We rent a vacation home in Maine every summer with inlaws
- Jay: We vary vacations each year; might go to Europe in a few years
- Doing work while on vacation sucks
- Ric: We were an hour away from everything
- Ric's dad takes on a ropes course
- Going out West
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 388: Your Attention, Please

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the art of hype. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Patreon is a crowdfunding option
- The patronage model
- Kickstarter, Indie GoGo efforts are commonplace
- Matt loves board games
- Contributing to podcasts and radio shows
- Matt's research on dino romance novels
- A Gronk to Remember was a big-selling e-book
- Matt: "People are hot for were-critters"
- Readers like series and formulas
- John Irving always writes the last line first
- Matt: Want to interact with more people to hype books
- The problem with contests
- The vagaries of web traffic
- Nine years, man

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 387: The Hype Machine

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the art of hype. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- Avoiding overhype
- Getting RTs from celebrities
- Sometimes it feels like there's no benefit to Internet hype
- Getting bummed out to write sad scenes
- Cosplayers are having a moment
- Day jobs are a must, unfortunately
- Tagging somebody famous can work from time to time
- YouTube "stars"
- Spider-man with no butt
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 386: Hustle n' Hype

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the art of hype and celebrate CompCon's 9th anniversary. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").


Show notes:
- Pre-order Matt's book The Entropy of Everything: The Indestructibles Book 3
- When your medical professional is younger than you
- It's all about the hype
- Matt was at Boston ComiCon last weekend
- How to effectively hype your stuff online
- Perfecting the pitch
- Geeking out like a fanboy
- Books sell better when you meet people face to face
- One of a handful of authors
- Writing is fun, editing sucks
- Gotta hustle to sell books
- To hype without hyping
- Matt live-tweets superhero shows
- Making friends with people you've never met
- Women 18-40 are Matt's target audience
- Ensemble cast
- Harley the cat wants in
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 385: Reeling in the Years, 1997 (Part 3)

Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1997. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Jay and Brian's #4
- Pavement continues a strong run of records
- Brian's coffee shop
- Jay's #3
- Ben Folds Five breaks through
- Brian's #3 to be discussed later
- Jay's #2
- Built to Spill's guitar pop excellence
- Brian's #2
- Foo Fighters' sophomore album is chock full o' good songs
- Backbeat soundtrack is great
- Jay gets confused
- Jay's #1 and Brian's #3
- Radiohead steps up their game
- Brian's #1
- Ween shows off its chops on The Mollusk
- Next up: 1994

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

Completely Conspicuous 384: Reeling in the Years, 1997 (Part 2)

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1997. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Bubbling under albums
- Brian: Flaming Lips' Zaireeka was designed to have its 4 CDs listened to simultaneously
- Sweet 75 was Krist Novoselic's side project
- Brian gives thumbs down to Eyes Adrift, which had a song about Jonbenet Ramsey
- Jay: Totally missed Superchunk's Indoor Living at the time
- Different sounds from Cornershop, Portishead
- Return to form for Cheap Trick
- Brian: Aerosmith's Nine Lives had a few good songs
- Brian: Deftones were the most interesting of the metal acts
- McCartney's Flaming Pie is one of his last great albums
- Jay: Decent but not great albums from Matthew Sweet, Rollins Band, Dino Jr.
- GBV's Mag Earwhig was a strong release
- BS: Dylan's current comeback started with Time Out of Mind
- To a certain generation, pop punk is classic rock
- Sleater-Kinney hasn't made a bad album
- Jay's #5 will come up later
- Brian's #5
- Primus has more of a straight-ahead rock sound on The Brown Album
- 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. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.