Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of 2018.

Show notes:

• Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ

• Featuring special guest/studio audience member Ric Dube

• The decline of rock's popularity

• Album sales are way down

• That time the Melvins hit the Top 200 albums chart

• Apple's going to work with the Amazon Echo soon

• Breitling pays for the Amazon Music "Talky Talky"

• The youths don't pay for physical media anymore

• Ric's family has Spotify, he has dedicated streaming of his own collection

• Modern country is doing big business, relatively speaking

• Pop music is doing well

• Most rock acts make money through touring, not albums

• The Stones are still touring

• Mick and Keith were considered "old" in their mid-30s

• Breitling: The year's music really picked up in the second half

• New Mary Lattimore release is enjoyable

• Ric: Enjoying Brian Eno's latest release, which is a $30 app

• Kumar: Honorable mentions include Tony Molina, Slaves, Thin Lips, Arthur Buck, Buffalo Tom, Joyce Manor, Swearin, Stove, Screaming Females

• Breitling: Master System, Palm, Superchunk, Frankie Cosmos, Kurt Vile

• Next: We count down our top 10 albums

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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.