Completely Conspicuous

I'm joined by guest Brian Salvatore as we remember the greatness of Eddie Van Halen. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Last spoke in late March but feels a lot longer ago - We've been fascinated by Van Halen's career, the good and the bad - Eddie had dealt with cancer before - Death still came as a shock - Plenty of musician deaths this year: Neil Peart, Andy Gill, David Roback, Kenny Rogers, Bill Rieflin, Bill Withers, Adam Schlesinger, John Prine, Florian Schneider, Pete Way, Peter Green - Eddie was iconic and eternally youthful - Brian: First video I remember seeing was "Jump" - Played on Letterman a few times - Jay: Stopped listening to VH in '91 and didn't again for almost a decade - The "Right Now" video was surprising - Dropoff in quality after Roth left - 2012's A Different Kind of Truth was a decent way to go out - Hopefully there will finally be some archival VH releases - Who buys greatest hits albums? - Eddie's guest appearanc