I dipped back in for the first time in awhile. Enjoyed Anjelica Huston, Letterman, and Lisa Kudrow, Timothy Olyphant was disappointingly boring (way too much on growing up and rock bands and not enough Deadwood), and I know better than to listen to Perry Farrell.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Should I listen to the Colbert ep? I've totally cooled on SC to be honest but if it's interesting/if he talks about Strangers W/Candy I might be down.
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 28 June 2019 09:48 (four years ago) link
nah
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 28 June 2019 10:12 (four years ago) link
It was a pretty surface level talk. If you've ever heard him talk about his faith, family tragedy, and start in Chicago, then you can skip it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 28 June 2019 12:21 (four years ago) link
I enjoyed it but it's more about his family and faith than career.
The Steve Sweeney one was good too. Started listening to the eve ensler one and while it's fascinating, talking about such heavy levels of abuse, I had to stop halfway through and think I'll pick it up again later.
I feel like wtf has been a lot better recently*. Like maron has mellowed a bit and it makes him a better interviewer.
*I think I stopped listening about 2 years back and only came back to it about a month ago
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 28 June 2019 12:26 (four years ago) link
yeah I hadn't listened for a year so until recently, he definitely seems to improve as time goes on. still has that awkward lurch-n-jab question/shift/unrelated question thing occasionally but with some guests that seems to work.
will skip the Colbert one most likely, thanks.
― With an Extreme Burning (aka The Tormentor) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 29 June 2019 12:23 (four years ago) link
The Brent Butt episode Thursday was nice. I didn't know anything about Corner Gas, but I may watch it now (or at least check it out).
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 29 June 2019 13:09 (four years ago) link
I stopped listening regularly a couple of years ago because it seemed to be turning into whatever celebrities I can book thing. Similar to Colbert trajectory, not bad but I don’t really care
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Saturday, 29 June 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
The Bashir Salahuddin episode was pretty engaging ... I like that dude. Plus Maron talks about his attempts to book David Berman.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 13 August 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
Haven't been listening much at all but I'm definitely going to tune in for Stephen Root
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
Colbert had him on his show a couple of nights back.
Quite enjoyed the few episodes I've listened to recently but I only discovered the WTF show recently.Listened to the David Lee roth episode then put on Colbert and found Maron was on there.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Plus Maron talks about his attempts to book David Berman.
This was cool but then he read a poem by the wrong David Berman.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
lol ouch
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
sad lol
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
yikes! who is the other david berman?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 20:47 (four years ago) link
http://www.thehypertexts.com/David%20Berman%20Poet%20Poetry%20Picture%20Bio.htm
Guessing Marc googled "david berman poems" and found this, which has poems by both of them: https://www.poemhunter.com/david-berman/poems/
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
knew there was something wrong with that poem
― triple-washed (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 21:30 (four years ago) link
Guessing the Walt Goggins one is good?
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 14 August 2019 23:07 (four years ago) link
Not particularly
― circa1916, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
http://www.thehypertexts.com/David%20Berman%20Poet%20Poetry%20Picture%20Bio.htm🕸Guessing Marc googled "david berman poems" and found this, which has poems by both of them: https://www.poemhunter.com/david-berman/poems🕸/
― circa1916, Wednesday, 14 August 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
I only discovered the WTF show recently.
He used to be *a lot* to handle. Now he's just a pretty normal dude with a lot of residual goodwill from old fans. Or me, at least.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 15 August 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
Got several years of archive available on Spotify. Is there a specific point of change or anything?
― Stevolende, Thursday, 15 August 2019 06:40 (four years ago) link
woody interview is the new low
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:18 (four years ago) link
marc begins with a respectful fear in his voice. he then fumbles a clumsy projection about dads somewhere in the interview's center that shuts woody off for the rest of the thing. and then marc keeps falling back into the comfortable talking point of trump.
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
Woody is rarely an engaged interview subject, and does suggest that he's high at that moment. Probably could have edited a decent 20-minute chat out of the hour.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 18 October 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
but then we might have missed the story of poor marc being anxious about trump in hawaii that he's told eleven times. there's also a "greg from succession" vibe to marc's behavioral shift with hollywood interviewees as marc's been accepted into the fold.
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:06 (four years ago) link
Last one I dipped back in for was Danny DeVito, that was surprisingly engaging
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:07 (four years ago) link
yes, DeVito was great.
― Tart Prepper (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:27 (four years ago) link
yeah skipped huge chunks of this anytime politics came up, if there were ever two ppl i didnt need to hear discuss trump its these two.
worst part though was woody mentioning playing chess and marc practically swallowing his tongue with amazement at the idea of someone enjoying chess as a hobby: "you play CHESS?! are you GOOD at it?! Its about PATTERNS, right? Memorizing PATTERNS? Different PATTERNS of MOVES?!" He reacted as if Woody said he built tiny working nuclear reactors instead of a board game that many children play.
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
hes always so bewildered and awed when people engage with things that code as old-fashioned "smart" like chess, classical music, etc
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Shakespeare, jesus
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
he then fumbles a clumsy projection about dads somewhere in the interview's center that shuts woody off for the rest of the thing.
this made me think Marc had interviewed Woody Allen tbh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 18 October 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
loooool
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
ooof
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 18 October 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
one piece of lol/rolleyes info I enjoyed gleaning from the Woody interview: that he spent years rejecting Zombieland 2 scripts until......... he finally convinced the studio to actually hire the writers of Zombieland. what a notion.
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 18 October 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
Woody seemed like the main problem in that interview imo. Just really boring and stoned-dumb. Terrible all around.That bit about how he got in a random fist fight with some stranger walking down the street in NYC because they were both giving each other looks was funny though. “No words!”
― circa1916, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
Marc casually mentioning Trump’s idiocy and Woody being very “OH, don’t discount him, he’s very shrewd” for several minutes was painfully a few steps behind everyone else’s awareness of the situation.
― circa1916, Saturday, 19 October 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
Brad Pitt & Leo DiCaprio interview is fun — they totally get off on what a kook he is, which makes it much more fun
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 January 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
fun fun ugh
Pitt to Maron: “I’m here just to see you lose your shit.”
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 6 January 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
Who are Leo's guys?
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Monday, 6 January 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
I like the dynamic between them in interviews in general, they have a kinda older brother/little brother feel
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 January 2020 23:26 (four years ago) link
I was off Maron for a long tie, but I listened to & enjoyed this and the Brittany Howard one.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 00:24 (four years ago) link
Ronan Farrow: I listen to audiobooks.Maron: I don’t.Farrow: You find it takes something away?Maron: I don’t know where everyone finds the time, man. It’s not a matter of taking it away.Farrow: So you’re not reading the physical books, either.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 21 February 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
Imagining Farrow starting what is going to be an hour-plus interview and realizing at the start that Maron hasn’t cracked the book.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 21 February 2020 03:04 (four years ago) link
Maron: I don't think I know anything about the day-to-day work of a diplomat or even an ambassador.Farrow: Well, Marc, I've got a book for you It's called War on Peace.Maron: It's your book! I'll read it!Farrow It's about the day-to-day work of diplomats and ambassadors.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 21 February 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
Ha how many interviews have started with people commenting on Marons book collection
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
He's notoriously lazy about research, especially when he's scrolling through wikipedia of the IMDB credits of actors as they talk. That said, with two interviews a week and since the show seems to be just Marc and one editor, I don't know that I fault him for not reading multiple books for every guest. Doesn't bug me that much since he's still generally good at drawing out interesting conversations (NB - I haven't heard this Ronan one yet).
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
on the one hand i dont fault him for not reading multiple books for every guest, but on the other hand like maybe that means he's not the guy to interview a bunch of authors
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 21 February 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
He doesn’t, really. I still listen to nearly every one of these out of habit during commutes, even though it’s like 85% autopilot and the guests are getting thin. Enough engaging nuggets buried throughout to keep me there, I guess. I’m mostly interested in the apparent marathon one he did with David Fincher that DF doesn’t want him to release and wants to re-do. Ultimate Very Much in Character.
― circa1916, Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:08 (four years ago) link