WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

ok googled nevermind, (it's a podcast that got a lorne michaels interview< right?)

JULIA SWEENEY BITCHES

Julia Sweeney seems like such a fun person to be around.

I haven't been listening for a month or so and am catching up--what's with all these "hey look, so and so dropped by to lug their new shit for 20 minutes" openings? Mankind, Sporkful guy, Paulie Shore, guy from Community

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I don't know, I'm kind of getting tired of 90-100 minute WTF episodes. I can't take that much Maron. Having said that, I'd be happy with more Mankind appearance in general, dude is so great.

It's a source of income that's preferable to the eight millionth Stamps dot com ad read imo.

I've never heard a 20 minutes Stamps.com ad

I fast forward past all that shit

In the Rhett Miller interview, he mentions that his parents continued supporting him while he was a struggling comedian and I lost all possibly sympathy for his bitching about his parents.

That's just my own bias. I hate Stamps.com.

better stamps.com than the adam & eve ads. i don't need to hear marc talking about vibrating things i can put inside myself or my partner while i walk to work, cheers.

The whole exchange between Rhett and Marc about the suicide attempt was pretty funny, paraphrasing obvs:

Rhett: Yeah, it's not something I like to talk about a lot.

Marc: So how'd you do it?

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"Maybe you need to buy something to stuff inside one of your holes!"

skip that shit!
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the intro to the Chrissie Hynde episode (with Maron screaming about coffee and nicotine) is very skippable

Gaffigan's visit before Martin Starr was fantastic as always.

so this podcast is now officially sandwiched between 2 guitar center maron jamgasms, huh?

Is the chrissy Hyde interview a good listen?

It wasn't the most comfortable interview I've ever heard, and I couldn't tell if it was because Marc was too eager or if Chrissie had an agenda, but I kind of didn't enjoy it. Also, they found a way to bash disco for a little bit, so fuck'em both.

All I could think listening to the Hynde interview was, "jeesh, and people thing Jann Wenner is an old rockist asshole". Does Chrissie always come across as such a close-minded traditionalist? Or was she having an off day? Her choice of words during the whole disco thing was a little eyebrow-raising too.

I thought Maron was the one bashing disco mostly, she was trying to talk about reggae. He was also angling to bash punk as being "all about the fashion" but she ignored it. He really is the most textbook rockist tube amp dude ever.

I don't think he knows what he is, because I still see him posting his record buying results on twitter and he's getting into a lot of varied and different stuff. Old habits die hard, though.

He's been trying to get into hip-hop lately. Shouldn't be too long until he declares the Roots are the best at it.

he's been posting about the box of black metal a friend sent him. Apparently he's pretty into it.

To that end, I would love to hear him interview Questlove.

I thought Maron was the one bashing disco mostly, she was trying to talk about reggae.

Maybe I misconstrued what she was saying, not about to go back for another listen, but when she was talking about how African-American music, post reggae, gained this "smash and grab" mentality and leaving out spirituality, I thought it was a little icky sounding.

Yeah, it was that phrase exactly that made me go o_O

ew.

I've never really listened to many interviews with her though, so maybe that's par for the course. It just struck me that, during a WTF musician interview, it was the guest making me more uncomfortable than Marc.

lol

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B4YzDtEIUAEfXSP.jpg

oh jesus I forgot the "smash and grab" bullshit, you're right, that was nuts

I love how people are talking about Maron's growing musical appreciation like he's a teen in their extended family instead of a middle aged celebrity

*only teens are allowed to grow their appreciation of music**

a teen in their extended family

this feels more accurate actually.

i was on the 'have to listen to every episode' train for a long time but haven't felt like listening in awhile. there are enough good podcasts now that were inspired by his model but feel fresher (probably because they have better taste in music and haven't run for hundreds of episodes).

What are some other good ones Jordan? I need a couple of new podcasts.

here's what i've been listening to in the car:

-The Wandering Wolf (Yoni Wolf from Why?'s podcast, i don't think enjoyment is contingent on knowing or liking his music, although he does talk to Anticon-related dudes from time to time.)

-Secret Skin (Open Mike Eagle's podcast, interviews are mostly rappers and comedians so far)

-Kinda Neat (L.A.-based, lots of rappers and producers)

-No Effects (conversations with musicians hosted by one of the dudes from Tanlines, he's sort of dry but in a way that reminds me of myself)

-The Champs

Then there are a couple other ones that I listen to at work, for some reason it's easier to work to shows that have regular co-hosts rather than an interview format. Dapwell & Lakutis (from Das Racist) have one that's pretty funny.

I was excited about the Mike Eagle show, but I tried to listen to the episode with Milo and the sound quality was so bad (like sub-Shots Fired level) that I could barely make out what they were saying.

I like the W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery podcast about Denzel

that was the worst one sound-wise, the others are better (but still not, uh, great).

GIVE THE KID A LOZENGE

Turns out that Jenny Slate, Maron, and I all had the same experience growing up with maths

except they probably called it math

It's weird. I've heard Jenny Slate interviewed a bunch of times and always liked her, but after hearing her WTF I'm thinking things like, "oh yeah, your life is so awesome that you need to escape it by smoking out 24/7." Maybe I'm hearing her through Maron's 12-steppin' ears tho.

I think I maybe listened to the Louis episode(s) before, but if I did it's been so long that hearing them talk today sounds fresh.

i love the stuff about the blue trumpet & his crazy amex purchases

Those Louie interviews are so great, I can revisit them every couple months and enjoy them just as much,

the trumpet story is so wonderful

Is it just me or is Marc being extra gross and dickish on this St. Vincent podcast?

I felt like when she said "fuckable" Maron took it as an invitation to talk about sex

Everything about this is kinda yuck.

Kept thinking he was going to tell her he wanted to kiss her a-la Joe Namath to Suzy Kolber.