Part 2 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:
- Our top 10 concerts in no particular order
- Phil: Banged up and seeing his first Dead show in Foxborough in 1989
- The show is popular with Dead fans
- Jay: Caught Mike Watt backed by the Foo Fighters in their first Boston appearance in '95
- Phil: 12 days after that Dead show, saw the Who at the same venue
- A 3-hour show for the 20th anniversary of Tommy
- Jay: The one area appearance by Them Crooked Vultures in '09
- Supergroup with Josh Homme, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones
- Phil: McCartney at Sullivan Stadium in 1990
- The tour book phenomenon
- Jay: Two shows in one night--The Amps followed by Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Phil: U2 show on St. Patrick's Day '92 in Boston, Achtung Baby tour
- "Put it in H"
- Jay: Also a U2 show; September 1987 at the Boston Garden
- Phil: Dylan at Endicott College in October 1992
- Tickets purchased at a local jewelry store
- Dylan almost didn't play because a heater wasn't working on stage
- Jay: Electric performance from Nick Cave's band Grinderman at House of Blues
- Phil: Pearl Jam at the Orpheum in April 1994
- A few days after Cobain's death
- Jay: Front row at the Orpheum for Sugar, November 1994
- Bob Mould's last tour with Sugar
- Phil: Neil Young at the Wang Center in 2018 with Jay
- Neil was solo, telling stories between songs
- Gotta see some of these older artists while they're around
- Jay: Pearl Jam in April '92 at tiny club Axis
- Just before PJ blew up
- Phil: Dead & Co. at Fenway in summer '23
- $60 cheese pizza
- Jay: Last month seeing Sloan in Toronto with my daughter
- Played their first album front to back
- Only concert I've ever seen in Toronto
- Phil: Phish playing third show in three nights at Mansfield
- Jay: Ty Segall at the late lamented Great Scott in 2014
- So loud the floor was shaking
- Jay: No issues with seeing shows by myself
- Phil: Goose at MGM Fenway last year
- Played lots of covers, including the odd 36-minute jam
- Jay: First time seeing the Tragically Hip at the Paradise in April '91
- About 25 people there, but the band killed it
- Saw the band many times after that
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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.
