WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

They don't talk about Decline at all? I mean, there's a fucking box set just coming out...

I guess Maron only likes NYC punk

no no! they do talk abt decline! i was referring to raymond's post, sorry i shd have put an xpost in there lol

sphereis is fascinating. the pryor stories...

I still haven't seen Decline, I want to now.

The original was really hard to obtain for a long time, so I haven't seen it since I was in high school and I don't remember a ton about it. Part II is ridiculous and awesome though!

first 2 are u&k documents of their eras, untouchable

Wonder what the 4th one will be about.

gravesites of dead punks

that interview needs to be at least 2hrs long

fascinating & rad lady!!

For some reason I can handle Todd Solondz's voice over long stretches. Maybe I'm weird or something

Nah, I'm the same way.

(some of it may have to do with being a huge Solondz fan)

Nah, I'm the same way.

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no you are both weird

AS I ALWAYS SUSPECTED

Now, Gilbert Gottfried? Nah. Not for longer than maybe 5 minutes.

Oh, wait, I read that wrong. Can't stand it.

i'm just reading the latest Pryor biography, with Spheeris editing his shapeless avant garde film til Richard throws the reels in the fireplace.

she talks about the film & pryor in the interview - have you listened Morbs? it's pretty fascinating

hey I am loving Penelope's voice what is this smear campaign

also loving the gratuitous presidential cameos in every ad, cf ADAM & EVE DOT COM, FOLKS, WHEN MY FRIENDS SHELL & BARRY FEEL LIKE SPICIN UP THINGS IN THE BEDR

Was wondering how many episodes it will be until he doesn't mention the President in one.

Will probably just append a reminder to each ep after his 5 tone riffage

Have some trepidation about the Laura Jane Grace interview, because Maron is historically contemptuous or flippant about things that confuse him, often with no ill will intended, but it's still uncomfortable. Hope I'm proven wrong.

he as usual makes much of the interview about his own discomfort around the topic

It's a really good interview until he gets to the topic of transgender/transphobia/etc. Laura Jane Grace is a better person than I am to put up with Marc's creepy idiocy.

"That's insa-- that's profound, man"

Tbh Maron handled it a lot better than I expected after that terrible intro.

He just fixates on the stupidest minutiae, in a way where he acts like he's brave for bringing it up but instead it's like "dude dont say that out loud, its dumb"
That stuff undermines his intentions, which I think *are* mostly good,. If he stuck to the emotional conversation, trusted the curiosity ... if wishes were horses etc

Fixating on the clothing was like dude whyyyyyyy stop no argh

And Laura was considerably more patient than she had any right to be, hats off to her for real

But then again maybe someone like Maron *trying* to have the conversation and half-succeeding is better than not at all...and who knows, he may get a portion of his listeners to think about trans issues differently, even if it's not an ideal conversation

naive maybe, idk

Maron is, effectively, a dad or the uncle you avoid talking to. Well-meaning but totally bumblefuck when he opens his mouth.

Also, I know his TV show is almost unwatched in here so I'll just point out that last episode had him screwing a college girl and several characters reiterating statements along the lines of "Marc, what you're doing is AMAZING, man, no one's ever done what you're doing."

An edgy but also worshipful college girl.

I hated that ep on so many levels

Sometimes I can kinda watch it, but mostly no

I was never a fan of his show but I think Season 3 is a big improvement. The episode about making a baby for a lesbian couple was hilarious. I haven't seen the episode that Gott Punch is referring to tho. Yeesh.

it was like a weird Maron fantasy

this season has been great until the last two eps

college girl didn't seem to be too sincere about her admiration tbh

College student character just seemed like a weird plot device wrapped in some half-remembered "college chick" from Maron's distant past to me.

Waste of Adam Goldberg in this episode, too.

I was never a fan of his show but I think Season 3 is a big improvement

Yeah I think it's better overall, but it still runs into the same issues its had from the start.

The episode about making a baby for a lesbian couple was hilarious.

yeah this was good, prob the best episode of the show I've seen (and I can't bring myself to watch all that many of them)

That was a great episode, actually!

This Wyatt Cenac episode is the best in a few years

<3 Wyatt

I don't know if he's told that Jon Stewart story before
But lol at "Do you have a problem with my Chuck Schumer impression?"

I liked the Ian McKellan interview, too! Can you imagine having an actor of his ability and gravitas breaking that Shakespeare out three feet from your face? Holy shit!

I don't think he's told the Jon Stewart story before, because it would've been bigger news. Now it's going to be in 3...2...

I enjoyed the McKellan interview. I'm listening to his Nerdist one now where hes a bit pissed off, probably cos Hardwick arrived late and never apologized.

i'd be pissed off if i had to spend an hour with that fuck-knuckle no matter how punctual he was

^^

the Wyatt Cenac episode is great so far, but his recounting of his family stuff is exactly the same as on The Champs (which, of course). he's still a hero to me in a 'cutting people completely out of your life' way.

yeah, the first half is very similar to his Champs interview, but the second half is why there are hundreds of articles about him online today.

kind of crazy that this came out on the same day the Daily Show had the actual Chuck Schumer on to play a stereotype, and TNC (who gets weirdly disappeared at the end of the show)