Fair question though.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 14 April 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Bursky's a hell of a talker!
― how's life, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 11:01 (ten years ago) link
So the Moon Zappa thing didn't work out. Shocked!
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
welp
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
that seems rapid
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
don't be judgy
― idontknowanythingabouttechnlolgeez (waterface), Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
y'all
He mentioned they were together for five months, so he waited a minute to tell the audience they'd started dating.
Also, how long ago did he break up with Jess? Last year I guess, but it seems more recent.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 1 May 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
last october
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Thursday, 1 May 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
I think Benmont Tench is the first musician interview Marc's done where it just seems like two guys sitting around talking about music they like without one of them sort of wishing he could leave.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 May 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
Ha. I haven't heard the Malkmus one yet, but I enjoyed the Karen Kilgariff and Todd Barry ones. I like the episodes where he has history with the people but it's not drowning in bitter competitive drama (don't get me wrong, I like those episodes too).
I keep meaning to seek out Todd Barry's old rock bands. His 'Crowd Work' special on Louis CK was good fun.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 8 May 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
todd barry one did get a lil close to two circuit pros discussing the respective merits of continental breakfast portion sizes at various budget idaho motels
― schlump, Thursday, 8 May 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
also only just caught up with the lou barlow ep & the guy narrating his divorce before playing soul & fire on a ukelele is gonna haunt me forever
Isbell's "Elephant" at the end is fucking brutal, for anyone who hasn't listened to that one yet.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 8 May 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, after I typed that out I remembered a few that didn't feel like hostage situations.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 8 May 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
is there where we talk about the television show? i watched a couple episodes last season and thought it wasn't really good but my dvr recorded the season premiere and i figured i'd check it out. i thought it was legit funny! maron was even relatable! i even thought his philosophical musings about how we are all recreating our parental relationships in our romantic relationships was pretty insightful (and i loved when he concluded w/ "and if the original cast didn't do a great job, the remake isn't going to be any better")
― Mordy, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
Wyne Kramer seemed super into it too. Gotta say, he's been on a good roll with the music interviews lately - I'm actually even digging the constant looping around to his touchstones ("Just got that on vinyl", "Keith Richards biography - it's surprising!", "When you first heard Robert Johnson, didn't it seem like something from another planet?", etc.)
next time there's a "what is rockism?" debate on ILM someone should just transcribe some WTF rock talk
but I'm being a jerk - recent music interviews have been top shelf
― brio, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
yeah,it always amazes me when people say, "that Keith Richards, he's like a real writer!" It was ghostwritten by James "White Mischief" Fox in the Keef voice, from their taped conversations.
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 9 May 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
but his memory is so good! and you wouldn't think so because all the drugs!
― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Friday, 9 May 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Laser-like insight from Marc on today's interview with Rhys Darby: "Asians are er, uhh, ahh everywhere! It's kind of amazing though... makes a lot more different food available!"
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 12 May 2014 10:14 (nine years ago) link
a few years ago he used to mention on every fifth show that he was "uncomfortable" around Asian people. But I guess their foodstuffs have turned him around.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 12 May 2014 10:33 (nine years ago) link
oy his "why is there tension between India and Pakistan when they both have the same kind of bread?" bit is excrutiating too
― brio, Monday, 12 May 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
he's been trying to patch together this "funny" overarching food/race "funny" theory for a long time, should really give it up
― brio, Monday, 12 May 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Is "alt comedy" where you say a bunch of stupid things about the world in your stand up, and everyone thinks you are otm bc you are on stage and hey that was a callback to an earlier joke?
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 May 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_comedy
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
i think it's mostly stone temple pilots jokes
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link
oh man. mike burbiglia's stand up is practically a youth pastor's sermon.
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
i don't really get him at all
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
but apparently it's not "alt comedy" that bugs me, because Todd Barry is in that wiki. Barry is able to effectively tell jokes in his stand up w/o going for otm observations about too large subject matter.
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
xp I shouldn't be so harsh, because I did like his movie. his latest stand up was just too motivational speaker for me.
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
I wish just one of these guests would ask Maron if he knows what a "political reactionary" actually is
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 16 May 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Birbiglia really is a great storyteller but I agree - his tendency to tie things up all tidy with a lesson learned is getting more and more grating. The Captain Epiphany schtick just feels forced - motivated more by his own quest to find a perfectly symetrical story structure than a genuine experience.
― brio, Friday, 16 May 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah, that is well put.
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 16 May 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
it's because that's the this american life formula and he is (somewhat inexplicably) their chosen stand-up
― socki (s1ocki), Friday, 16 May 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
The Moth formula as well
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 16 May 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/9403-marc-maron/
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Saturday, 17 May 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
Good piece.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 17 May 2014 14:18 (nine years ago) link
some of these would make good sad youtubes
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 17 May 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Scott Aukerman in the NYT:
Your show airs right after your fellow comedy-podcaster Marc Maron’s TV show, “Maron.” You two are sort of rivals. He seems to prefer stand-up to improv comedy.Marc actually has a goofy sense of humor, but he doesn’t do that in his own act. His own act is more a personal examination of his own psychosis and born out of a desire to inform the audience about how many 20-year-olds are inclined to sleep with him. In his mind there is a difference between the wacky people and the real comics. I don’t see the distinction all that much.
Marc actually has a goofy sense of humor, but he doesn’t do that in his own act. His own act is more a personal examination of his own psychosis and born out of a desire to inform the audience about how many 20-year-olds are inclined to sleep with him. In his mind there is a difference between the wacky people and the real comics. I don’t see the distinction all that much.
Then, predictably:
http://oi58.tinypic.com/vh3mu9.jpg
― jaymc, Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Haha. Maron got Saucermanned.
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
Has anyone interviewed Maron the way he interviews people? Ill-prepared, somewhat disinterested, constantly shifting direction when their attention span wanes?
― overwhelmed with sweat (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
someone should interview him and just keep asking questions about Sam Seder
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Saturday, 17 May 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
rupaul on Monday! :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 18 May 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
innaresting!
― the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 18 May 2014 04:48 (nine years ago) link
sick burnerman
― bizarro gazzara, Sunday, 18 May 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman seems like a prick
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 13:31 (nine years ago) link
I could listen to RuPaul for forever.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Adam Scott openly questioned him on his "and on a brand new Maron!" schtick he'll do when announcing their IFC shows a few weeks back on their pseudo-U2 show. Can't remember his response, tho
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Monday, 19 May 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
Ru gave Maron the full Ru experience. Loved it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 19 May 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
Ha I've been wondering about the Aukerman/Maron relationship since they seem like polar opposites in terms of comedic style but have concurrent shows on IFC. The "on a brand new Maron" joke is clearly just about using the language of cheezy sitcom promos for a show that's supposed to be existential and awkward. The NYT zing was pretty mild but made me laugh.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 19 May 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link