WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

ugh i tried to listen to an episode of this for the first time in a long time last week and immediately got pissed at maron again. it was the andy daly episode and he was doing the same thing of trying to force someone into a box (in this case, being a nerd) that they didn't really belong in and continually hammering at it despite the interviewee's protestations.

This Andrew W.K. episode is bad. And not good bad, but buncha shit bad.

I haven't started it yet, but the youtube teaser where they talk about "Bridge Over Troubled Water" had me nodding my head.

There are moments, and Andrew does his best, but Marc and musicians don't really mix.

OTM but the musician things seem more and more frequent now. I do have to kinda lol at Maron's timing with his recordings and how he always just seems to miss big events to talk about. Like interviewing Russell Brand just before the divorce and Aaron Freeman just before the whole Ween breaking up thing.

And Stanhope before his Louie episode!

The Andy Daly interview was not great - I felt bad for Daly in that one

Maron needs to get over his hangups about nerds.

I thought the WK interview was pretty interesting--especially when he talking about the weird pranks he would pull

thought the Carrie Brownstein ep was terrible - hearing him talk about "lesbian punk" bands and bringing up the sexuality of S-K members in 2012 was pretty o_0

Would really like to hear the story from the viewpoint of the other Soul Coughing dudes, Doughty comes across as a huge douche and intensely unlikable dude.

he should have amanda palmer on

lol

Maron on Jay Mohr's podcast was fun.

Cosign on this. Worth seeking out.

pretty interesting one with that WFMU blogger today

he should have amanda palmer on

He probably already interviewed her, just before all of the brouhaha, as he has the worst timing ever.

googles amanda palmer brouhaha

amanda palmer's open letter to robert smith

(title is misleading, as that's an old topic)

I found something about Steve Albini dissing her. Is she darkwave or something?

Nah, the short of it: she made gobs of money via kickstarter for her most recent album ($1.2M) and now she's going on tour, but she'd rather recruit talented fans at each stop to comprise her band rather than pay professionals to tour with her. Also, there's quite a bit of discrepancy about how all the money she DID make via donations was actually spent.

is she pompla or moose

also who were her guys

pretty interesting one with that WFMU blogger today.

oh man is this listener Kliph? that should be great if so

It is, and it's awesome.

Jim Rash on Thursday!

what are the odds Maron asks him about the new showrunners?

lol he probably did the interview before Harmon was fired.

Key & Peele were really funny. I've only watched that show once, but maybe I'll make a habit of it.

I just finished that episode. I'd never heard of them. Will totally check their show out now.

I never wanted to watch the show, the trailers looked awful. Were they really that good?

Yeah, definitely.

I've been listening to some of the free podcasts recommended above, and I'm coming around on this guy. He can be a great interviewer and I'm finding a smaller percentage of these to be depressing the more I listen.

This guy seems to say "POW! I just shit my pants..." a lot. Is there an origin story to that?

he only says it when he's plugging Just Coffee dot co-op

the origin is that caffeine can stimulate the bowels

he is joking that the coffee is so good that as soon as he sips it he shits his pants

it is an advertising slogan

they sponsor the show (and have since pre-podcast) so he says it a lot

hope this helps

lol he probably did the interview before Harmon was fired.

Based on what Rash said about the 4th season I think you're right

sic plagiarized that answer from Parade magazine celebrity questions.

There was a good article in the Madison alt-weekly about the owner of Just Coffee and his ambivalent feelings about the fact that 99% of people who know the name of his brand associate it with involuntary explosive defecation.

nbd, really. I wasn't planning on sharing this podcast with anyone I love anyway.

Based on what Rash said about the 4th season I think you're right

I haven't listened yet, and was actually making a joke related to Maron's unlucky interview timing, but I can't believe it happened again! Maron interviews someone, something big involving that someone happens, Maron releases the interview after that something big happens without being able to address that issue. Poor guy.

There was a good article in the Madison alt-weekly about the owner of Just Coffee and his ambivalent feelings about the fact that 99% of people who know the name of his brand associate it with involuntary explosive defecation.

ha, i missed that.

(i live a block away from just coffee and smell it roasting all the time)

(which makes me shit my pants)

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It's a little hard to tell, but a couple of times Rash talks about season 3 as though it's still airing, and then talks about how Harmon does his Joseph Campbell narrative arcs over whole seasons, and how he can't wait to see where he goes with it in Season 4. But then Maron starts grousing about network bean-counters--but that could mean the interview was recorded when Community's future was in doubt. No mention of Harmon's firing at all. But is it possible Maron has had this interview in the can since May or earlier?

But is it possible Maron has had this interview in the can since May or earlier?

Yeah. He'll sit on interviews sometimes so they'll coincide with something (like the start of the tv season). Although, since Community isn't coming back until October, I'm not sure why he'd put the Rash one up now. I guess he just has so many in the pipeline that its time had come.

There was a good article in the Madison alt-weekly about the owner of Just Coffee

Here it is: http://www.thedailypage.com/eats/article.php?article=37652

Just listened to and loved the JB Smoove interview.

He's one of the best so far as dealing with the mandatory Maron moments:
1) "What does your brother do?" "He's just a working man." (as in: he doesn't identify himself by his job)
2) "How did you get the SNL gig?" "It just happened."

JB Smoove won that show by never stopping to breathe. Marc could hardly make it about himself.

I loved all the whining in the K&P interview about all the libs on Maron's back for asking Indian food.

that was some Amanda Palmer level strawmanning

I want to be friends with Jim Rash irl. Very sad that I'm not.

Okay, yeah, I've never really watched Key and Peele's show, but this episode is great. Particularly love the fantasy Hollywood game, I want to play!

This made me nod knowingly:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mawtzkJJqG1qes700o1_500.jpg