Completely Conspicuous

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we discuss music we've outgrown. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Queens of the Stone Age, The National, Superchunk and Eleanor Friedberger. Show notes: - Recorded via Skype - Check out Brian's comics podcast The Hour Cosmic - Jay: U2 was favorite band from late '80s to early '90s - Diminishing returns over last 20 years; sick of Bono - Brian: R.E.M. was approaching that territory when they quit - Brian: Done with Metallica - Jay: Musically, haven't dug them since The Black Album - Brian: Want to get back into old (non-Metallica) thrash - Not loving the Cookie Monster vocals - Jay: Once liked Don Henley's solo work, now hate him - Brian: Second incarnation of Aerosmith from 1985-on is terrible - Music got dumb, started working with outside writers - The curse of '80s production techniques - Brian: Not a good time for hard rock recording now; too much compression - Jay: Hair metal lost its appeal quickly - Saw many hair metal s