Completely Conspicuous 611: Climb to Safety

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey about the music of 1999. Show notes: Jay's non-top 5s: Frank Black and the Catholics, Sebadoh, Matthew Sweet, Piebald, Fu Manchu, Superchunk, Songs: Ohia, GBV Phil's #5: Third release from Rage Against the Machine continues their anti-capitalist bent Jay's #5: Flaming Lips complete their transformation into a different sound Phil's #4: Dave Grohl continues to fight Foo and get more commercial-sounding Jay's #4 and Phil's #3: Built to Spill with the triumphant peak of their terrific '90s run  Jay's #3: The final Pavement album has only gotten better with age Phil's #2: Debut of Rilo Kiley was financed by Dave Foley of Kids in the Hall Jay's #2: Beck gets funky, continuing extreme genre shifts from album to album Phil's #1: Widespread Panic melds a lot of styles in a listener-friendly jam album Jay's #1: Back-to-back #1s from Sloan with a semi-autobiographical masterpiece Favorite songs: "Climb to Safety" (Phil); "Friendship" (Jay) Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! 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.