Completely Conspicuous 441: Holding Out for a Guitar Hero
This week, it's part 1 of my conversation with author Greg Renoff as we discuss the rise and fall of the guitar hero.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Buy Greg's book Van Halen Rising at Amazon or…
Completely Conspicuous 440: Radio Daze
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Wardlaw as we discuss the decline of rock radio.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Matt's podcast Lost Together
- Van Cherone: Matt defends Van Ha…
Completely Conspicuous 439: Turn Up the Radio
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Wardlaw as we discuss the decline of rock radio.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Matt's podcast Lost Together
- Matt first got into radio as a k…
Completely Conspicuous 438: Roll the Bones
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss fantasy sports.
Show notes:
- No interest in daily fantasy sports
- Big ad blitz when daily fantasy leagues hit the scene
- The kids lov…
Completely Conspicuous 437: The More You Know
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss fantasy sports.
Show notes:
- Jay: Renewed interest in baseball in the past year
- Watching sports without cable TV can be tricky
- Head…
Completely Conspicuous 436: Games of Chance
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss fantasy sports.
Show notes:
- Fantasy sports is big business
- Rooting against your favorite team
- Phil: Got into fantasy baseball in e…
Completely Conspicuous 435: Reeling in the Years, 1995 (Part 3)
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1995.
Show notes:
- Recorded live from Brian's back porch in Ringwood, NJ
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Outpu…
Completely Conspicuous 434: Reeling in the Years, 1995 (Part 2)
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1995.
Show notes:
- Recorded live from Brian's back porch in Ringwood, NJ
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Outpu…
Completely Conspicuous 433: Reeling in the Years, 1995 (Part 1)
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1995.
Show notes:
- Recorded live from Brian's back porch in Ringwood, NJ
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Outpu…
Completely Conspicuous 432: Sound and Vision
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the first half of 2016.
Show notes:
- Kumar's #4 and Breitling's #3
- Hallelujah the Hills releases another fine album
-…
Completely Conspicuous 431: Make Lists, Not Fists
I celebrate a decade of podcasting with part 2 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the first half of 2016.
Show notes:
- Kumar: Thin Lips, Woods (formerly Meneguar…
Completely Conspicuous 430: Fifty-Fifty Split
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the first half of 2016.
Show notes:
- Biggest trend so far: Death
- A whole generation of musicians is in senior citizen…
Completely Conspicuous 429: Keeping It Real
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the difficulties of avoiding cynicism.
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book Like a Comet: The Indestructibles Book 4
- People are …
Completely Conspicuous 428: Absolutely Cynical
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Matt Phillion as we discuss the difficulties of avoiding cynicism.
Show notes:
- Check out Matt's new book Like a Comet: The Indestructibles Book 4
- It's hard n…
Completely Conspicuous 427: Reeling in the Years, 1981 (Part 3)
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1981.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Output
- Brian's #3
- Prince starts push…
Completely Conspicuous 426: Reeling in the Years, 1981 (Part 2)
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1981.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Output
- Elvis Costello released two alb…
Completely Conspicuous 425: Reeling in the Years, 1981 (Part 1)
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1981.
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Check out Brian's podcast Input/Output
- In 1981, Jay was 13 and Brian w…
Completely Conspicuous 424: Time the Avenger
Part 3 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss how our musical tastes have changed over the years.
Show notes:
- Artists we missed at first but now love
- Phil's #2
- Dismissed Phish …
Completely Conspicuous 423: Better Late Than Never
Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss how our musical tastes have changed over the years.
Show notes:
- Artists we just stopped listening to
- Phil's #1
- Smashing Pumpkins h…
Completely Conspicuous 422: Everything Changes
Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss how our musical tastes have changed over the years.
Show notes:
- Revisionist band history
- Bands we once loved but now dislike
- Phil'…