Completely Conspicuous

Part 1 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1999. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Brian's new podcast Input/Output - Brian was 16 going on 17 in '99, Jay was 31 going on 32 - The dawn of Napster - Downloading music via dial-up was excruciatingly slow - Most downloading was done on college campuses - 1999 was the biggest sales year for the music industry - Bowie was first major artist to release album online before retail - eMusic over the years - Amazon makes it easy to buy music now - External CD burners, early MP3 players - Brian's 1999 regrets: Primus teaming with Fred Durst, Lit, Rage Against the Machine, "ska residue," Stone Temple Pilots - Jay's regrets: Lenny Kravitz, RHCP - Jay: Got into stoner rock in '99 (Fu Manchu, Nebula) - Woodstock '99 was a disaster - Brian: Respect for "I Want it That Way" - Cher had the #1 song of the year - The movie Go is a good document of its time - Santana scored big wit