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

Show notes:

  • Recorded at Clicky Clicky world HQ

  • The sudden album drop: Drake, Kanye, Beyonce/Jay Z, Rosenstock

  • Who needs major labels?

  • Charts are meaningless when the kids just stream music

  • Country may be the biggest selling genre right now

  • Pop tours are struggling

  • The flipside of convenience

  • YouTube as last resort for streaming

  • The floppy disk as music storage device

  • Package tours now mix up genres and eras

  • Breitling: "I imagine the Wang is sizable"

  • Our favorite music: The bubbling unders...or also-rans

  • Breitling: Ben Leiper, Kamasi Washington, Speedy Ortiz, GAS

  • Kumar: Ty Segall, Hot Snakes, Screaming Females, La Luz, Poptone, Beach House, Janelle Monae, Painted Doll, Judas Priest

  • 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. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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