awful interview, dumb question after dumb question from marc
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
but keith richards?! right!?
― for i, sock in enumerate (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Some really interesting stuff in the Duff McKagan interview:
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1021-duff-mckagan
Duff, as many know, is a pretty bright, insightful dude.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 3 June 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
yeah i liked that interview! did anyone listen to the Letterman ep?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 June 2019 20:45 (four years ago) link
yeah
it was okay
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Monday, 3 June 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
felt like Letterman was up for getting more involved and detailed in either of their lives and feelings and motivations but Maron wasn't attuned to that
I got excited for a few seconds when Maron brought up his Leno interview, thinking he was going to say he realised after it posted that he got totally snowed by a sociopath, and they'd bond and it'd bring out war stories from Letterman, but no
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Monday, 3 June 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
I thought it would be a much better interview. Maron went on to the usual boring inside baseball Mitzy and the Comedy Store stuff. I actually fell asleep listening to it.
― . (Michael B), Monday, 3 June 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
hmm bummer :(
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 3 June 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
marc needs to stop saying ginseng the way that he says it in whatever ads
― Cecil replies to your e-mails (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 3 June 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link
Hearing about letterman's dad was super interesting, wish wish it had lasted longer before Marc's brain switched off and he started reciting the names of random comedians that he vaguely knew so that letterman could say that yes, that person was a comedian that he also vaguely remembers.
These days I maybe listen to 1 out of every 20 episodes, I truly don't know if I can hear Marc talk about how the comedy store had a "weird energy" one more single time. Is there any way for someone to write some kind of script that auto-deletes new episodes if it detects the word "Mitzi"?
― One Eye Open, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 04:00 (four years ago) link
Tough room.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 04:32 (four years ago) link
lol I kind of like that.
Today he admitted that he and Sarah the Painter broke up a short while ago. I knew his energy had been different lately, but 10 years ago he'd have been standing on the ledge of a building, so that's improvement!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 June 2019 04:34 (four years ago) link
Listened to a few episodes this weekend for the first time in months. Really enjoying both Letterman and John Turturro, both of whom talked a lot about specific ways their parents shaped them.
Perry Farrell, on the other hand, is unbearable.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
that was kind of a given imo :)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it was the worst of L.A. encapsulated in a single conversation.
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
Yeah, listening to Perry talk about his first "feeling up" experiences made this the first WTF in a loooong time I've bailed on.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 10 June 2019 17:39 (four years ago) link
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