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
I would watch Comedy Bang Bang for the guests, but I can't deal with Aukerman (and I'm waaaaay over Reggie Watts).
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
i dont think i can handle multiple-hosted podcasts. especially comedians, all talking over each other trying ot get a laugh in.
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman is aligned with Tompkins too
Tompkins used to be on Best Show all the time, was buds with Scharpling
now he's a reg on Comedy Bang Bang
Maron is friends with Scharpling
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
so Maron vs. Aukerman is actually a proxy war between the Tompkins and Scharpling superpowers
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
yah
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
kevin_costner_donald_sutherland.jpg
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman and Scharpling are cool; Maron and Tompkins are uncool.
― polyphonic, Monday, 19 May 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
Scharpling and Maron and Tompkins are cool
Aukerman is not
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
yep
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
also pretty sure Tompkins and Scharpling hate each other now
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
Aukerman is aggressively uncoolMaron wants desperately to be cool and is notScharpling is coolTompkins is genius who doesn't let notions of cool/uncool bother him
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
xpost yeah, they had a falling out after the tv pilot they worked on together didn't get picked up
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
FTR I think Scharpling is a genius too
― famous instagram God (waterface), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
no, but Wurster is
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Monday, 19 May 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the real sad part of this topic is that Scharpling and Tompkins aren't on friendly terms anymore, because they were great together.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 19 May 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Monday, May 19, 2014 12:22 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yes. Listening now. Has to be one of Mt favorite of these.
― how's life, Thursday, 22 May 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link