WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

don't remember him flirting with Lena Dunham or Judy Greer or Annabelle Gurewitch or, obviously, Morgan Murphy, top-of-the-head-ing recent ones

Lena -- too young? too smart?
Judy -- duh, she's super married. (but he was kinda flirting with her anyway)*
Annabelle -- duh, she's super married.
Morgan -- didn't listen to this one for some reason, but don't they have some history?

What I'm saying is that I got the same vibes off the Rebecca Corry interview as I did the Moon Zappa one, so I expect him to make a dating announcement in a few weeks.

*My brain was thinking Judy Gold on this one at first, and I was like "Not even Marc thinks he's got a chance with a lesbian, c'mon!"

sic = hyperbole kryptonite

Judy Greer's voice makes it sound like she's flirting with everyone and vice versa.

everyone's voice makes them sound like they are flirting with judy greer

That interview was so bonkers

The story about the "sex tape"! she told it with such righteous indignation and it turned out to just be a student film with a kissing scene.

It was like every story lacked connective tissue-- I flew there to yell at him and then he followed me down the street and then this waitress started crying and I knew they were banging and then we got married

I didn't mind, felt like a pretty unreliable narrator on a lot of levels but entertaining. Agree Maron mackin' was a bit much though.

It was a good old fashioned WTF with a kind of wacko comedian with crazy family issues that I've never heard of before and probably will never hear of again.

I'd actually heard of her before because of the Pitbull advocacy, but I don't think I ever knew she was a standup.

The thought of ONLY listening to WTF just to hear his intro is blowing my mind a little.

lmfao me too how

I liked how in the 500th episode his mom and bro were all 'well you're not only interested in yourself these days'. Really? I mean REALLY??? Holy shit what was prepodcast Marin must have been a walking nightmare

has Marc ever made good on his threat to interview his hepcat eye doctor or w/e

this guy: http://www.yelp.com/biz/elliott-caine-optometry-los-angeles

remember that whole thing?

I dunno why I wasn't expecting Marc to go in on Scientology with Giovanni Ribisi in the garage, because that Dianetics joke has been in his repertoire for 20 years. Now that they're in it, Ribisi seems pretty chill.

scientology is prbly pretty chill when you are a celebrity

u prob get to buttfuck tom cruise

hey now

Billy Gibbons would be a better interview if Maron would just shut the fuck up and let him ramble for 60 minutes.

otm

he has the greatest history/backstory

I could listen to him talk forever, such a lovely voice and generally engaging dude

I dunno - I think Marc did a really good job engaging him over the course of the interview. I'd have to go back and listen to it again, but there was a point around where they start talking about the individual albums or maybe slightly before that they seem to fall into a groove with each other, and Gibbons loosens up even more than he was before, which was pretty goddamn loose to begin with.

By the time he's talking about recording the individual albums, I think he's figured out that Maron is just a little spazzy in general - and in this particular instance VERY spazzy with being in the intimate presence of one of his biggest musical heroes - but that he actually knows a thing or two about the blues and truly appreciates it.

I thought it was one of the better ones he's done in a while, and certainly one of the better musician ones.

Truth be told: I live like three miles from Maron's house. I kinda want to see if he wants to play some music sometime.

Maron just can't help but latch onto the details where he's like OH I KNOW ABOUT THAT LET ME TELL YOU and it's like dude how about Billy Gibbons tell us instead

it comes from a nice place and I can totally relate, I would do the same thing

it just gets a little wearing at times

Totally, but I feel like he's both accepted his geekery and obsessive need to be perceived as an equal in conversations, and has improved on both.

Still, if I had the chance to sit down with one of my guitar heroes, especially one who was/is as major an influence as Gibbons is for Maron, I'd be MUCH less successful at containing myself than he was on that interview.

From a purely fellow music geek standpoint, I really enjoyed his Jack White in the airport anecdote. I'm competent enough to play with some real talents, and their social acceptance of me is important because it means I'll likely get to play with them more. I think Maron comes from the same place.

sure but when Maron stomps on his Jimi Hendrix and Roky Erikson stories to ask "so when did you decide to bring it back to the blues?" about four separate times it does get a little grating but Billy was pretty great, nice little "Billy The Kid" at the end there too

This is funny/telling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFf4lTw4Pk

I'm sad on the inside that Stewart and Maron can't be friends, but have no trouble at all believing that it's entirely because of Maron's behavior.

lol at George Stromboulopolpomolous

wait is that doofus on wtf this week??

Oh, I don't know--was just looking up something related to Maron/Louie after last night's Louie episode, saw that video.

OMG the way he is pronouncing Josh GROW-BAN is going to drive me batty.

The first episode of season 2 of Maron showed up on Hulu, so I decided to watch it--having bailed on season 1 after two episodes. It's hard to remember another show like this that has potential, but the wrong choice is made in every scene. Like, there were some things that could have been funny--Maron, Hardwick and MIB sniping at each other, Jen not wanting to be talked about in Maron's act--but somehow they always went for the most stilted option to play a scene. The only thing that rang true was that Maron totally would not shut up if he was forced to watch the Walking Dead.

so do we suspect he's dating another fan?

Who else would date him?

Moon Zappa.

Sure, yeah.

probably that stand-up he interviewed a few weeks ago

you think she's moved out of the state since the interview?

i'll hire a detective and find out

Rosanne Cash is one I've been looking forward to, and it doesn't disappoint so far. She's such a great talker.

christ, how far in advance does he tape? i've been waiting for the bret easton ellis episode for a month now, maybe more like 3 weeks, maybe 2....STILL

You'll probably have to wait until the hype cycle for The Curse of Downers Grove ramps up.

lol

thought that was a joke but it's the title of the movie he's been making

excited to hear Roseanne! i love her

There's an episode of Maron on Bret Easton Ellis's podcast to tide you over, if you haven't heard.

yeah i heard it....

i've listened to every episode of BEE's podcast since it started, but i can only take Maron in really, *really* small doses. he's insufferable but i realize that BEE is just as insufferable to others

christ, how far in advance does he tape? i've been waiting for the bret easton ellis episode for a month now, maybe more like 3 weeks, maybe 2....STILL

Sometimes 4 months, sometimes 2 days.

Really enjoyed the Vince Vaughan episode. Genuinely a very funny guy which was a surprise. To me at least.