yeah........
like, i sent a close female friend of mine (big bernie fan, loves matt stoller, very committed and constantly furious politically, keeps her eye on NY district court for wall street cases etc) that nymag story about pisspiggranddad in syria, like, "lol isn't this nuts???" and she in all seriousness replied, "i don't want you to ever send me stories about men like this."
so yeah this whole style does have its limits
― goole, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:25 (seven years ago) link
that makes sense. at its best, Cum Town reminds me of 90s-00s Howard Stern, and the Stern show will always be a non-starter for many, many people.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:27 (seven years ago) link
I don't know if it's just me but I really hate "live show" versions of podcasts.
― ryan, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
There's a live music venue in my neighborhood where acts like Vince Gill and Pat Metheny and a million tribute bands usually play. I looked at the upcoming events recently and nearly every week there's a live show for a podcast scheduled.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 1 May 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
yeah i hate that shit, besides missing the visual element, they're just shallower and not as funny.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
lots of podcasts don't seem to get that rapport between 3 people ≠ rapport between 3 people and a packed room watching them. at least the chapo ones don't tend to involve the audience, i had to stop listening to mbmbam live shows bc i got sick of the audience members' constant attempts at being funny/impressing the hosts.
― oiocha, Monday, 1 May 2017 18:09 (seven years ago) link
virgil texas retweeted me and holy shit it's almost scary how popular they are on twitter, my tweet has almost 1000 likes and 300 retweets
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 May 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
they were all really popular on twitter before the show even started. i wasn't aware of them until after the election but some friends of mine knew virgil from several years ago
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:00 (seven years ago) link
live podcast shows are fun to go to but not to listen to imo
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
love my dry boys but all the live show chapo eps are absolutely excruciating – plus the fact that they're so good at ragging on Theranos/Peter Theil et al but seem to have no self-awareness about doing them at Genius HQ is annoying
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
the thing that bugs me the most is when they devolve into boring & lame nerd/fanboy nonsense (simpsons, kubrick, coen bros) after rightfully ragging on people constantly invoking harry potter and 1984.
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:35 (seven years ago) link
the only live show i've heard of theirs is the harvard bracket ep and i thought it was fine!
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:36 (seven years ago) link
i like when that guy heckled Will for saying Obama was absolutely useless and horrible
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
What's hilarious to me is Matt's voice and cadence is exactly like King Buzzo's
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
btw can someone fill me in on why they're called 'dry boys'
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:44 (seven years ago) link
some kind of MRA joke i think
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Monday, 1 May 2017 19:47 (seven years ago) link
'dry boys' is the new 'master of my domain'
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:39 (seven years ago) link
I'd assume it's an insult for non sex-havers
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:40 (seven years ago) link
see also: dry-dick randos
― a landlocked exclave (mh), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
in the chapo canon it's cool to not have sex as long as one is doing so voluntarily
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:41 (seven years ago) link
Volcel vs incel, as it were
― International House of Hot Takes (kingfish), Monday, 1 May 2017 20:45 (seven years ago) link
yeah this seems right (having never done the former, can't imagine I ever actually would tbh)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 1 May 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
dry boys don't just not have sex, they keep all of their seed to maintain their essence. i think it's some reddit nofap nonsense
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Monday, 1 May 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
my favorite use of the -cel thing is this brutal felix tweet from february:
"hoverhanding incels have always run this nation"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C46GepmXAAA7LMS.jpg
― flappy bird, Monday, 1 May 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
In the Harvard one? I was quite surprised by there being even bigger outrage amongst the audience when the Kennedys were brought up.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 08:00 (seven years ago) link
Here's an interview they did in Boston with a reporter of the Harvard Crimson that the editors decided not to run.
https://medium.com/@matthewjwatson/the-dirtbag-left-at-harvard-an-interview-with-chapo-trap-house-e5fca62780dc
Kid just starts asking them about Neoliberalism and Harvard's place in it, which seem like a good, localized way of drawing in people.
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
I've purged all of these guys and their fellow travelers from my life and Twitter feed and I'm much happier for it. More power to 'em but I just can't maintain that level of jaundice and make it through the day.
― evol j, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
Ive only been listening for a couple weeks but this new ep is trash. Its neither funny nor interesting.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
you should listen to cum town
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Or the Katie Halper Show
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
the harvard interview is p good, the Shining ep was bad (I did like the live Harvard ep though - much better / more novel gimmick)
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 01:56 (seven years ago) link
in terms of less histrionic Chapo alternatives, Dead Pundits isn't bad, though I find the host a bit irritating. Their recent ep with Angela Nagle was really good and covered some different ground from her Chapo ep.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:16 (seven years ago) link
Their site finally went live:
https://thetrap.fm/
― Bio-Digital Jezza (kingfish), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm glad it's not a tricked-out Outline Magazine-style Web 17.0 monstrosity
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:37 (seven years ago) link
why would you want a less histrionic Chapo
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 4 May 2017 02:45 (seven years ago) link
new premium episode is great, classic drive by of douthat, brooks, and stephens
― flappy bird, Thursday, 4 May 2017 05:37 (seven years ago) link
Halper good, as is Delete Your Account, but both are more serious bizniz politics than Chapo.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 4 May 2017 09:02 (seven years ago) link
I mean, *I* don'yy, but I can imagine it could grow wearying for some.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 10:45 (seven years ago) link
I'm trying to winnow my political podcasts down, so maybe I can unsub Chapo and just yell "fuck you" every now and then while listening to the Weeds for the same effect
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Thursday, 4 May 2017 12:50 (seven years ago) link
new premium ep was their best in a while, also might include the first time they've ever seriously responded to criticism?
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 May 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
A left podcast I've been getting into recently is The Dig with Daniel Denvir. Most recent ep with media critic Adam Johnson is excellent as was the one with Mark Blyth.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:57 (seven years ago) link
It's definitely on the more serious and less dirty end of the dirtbag left.
god i hate that fucking name. it sounds like a festival tent for teenagers
― flappy bird, Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:22 (seven years ago) link
The Dig?
I think it just sounds a bit generic. Could be many things.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
― flappy bird, Thursday, May 4, 2017 8:22 AM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
you listen to the podcasts chapo trap house and cum town
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:50 (seven years ago) link
clean shot
― gnaw on my meat oreo (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
no i was referring to "the dirtbag left." i don't mind silly podcast names, but silly names for political movements? nahhh. i don't think it's really accurate, either. how are they dirtbags? it's just lazy. oh well they came up with it.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:08 (seven years ago) link
felix sounds like a total dirtbag tbh
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
these podcasts make me think every socialist is a lispy east coaster
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
dirtbag left feels very apropos to this socialist girl who has spent more time yelling at David Brooks than washing her hair this week
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 5 May 2017 12:46 (seven years ago) link