Kristin Hersh is a great interview. I've read one of her books (Rat Girl), but I think this is the first time I've ever heard her talk freely at length and she's fascinating.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
does she talk about Vic Chesnutt?
― Heez, Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
His name comes up a couple times, but never in depth.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
Love her so much.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 16 May 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
Liked the Jackson Browne interview. Maybe it especially worked in its way because Maron wasn't very interested in Browne's music, was much more curious about the people around him and the scenes he was in.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Monday, 14 June 2021 02:26 (two years ago) link
Oh that sounds appealing. I used to be so into this but it got samey for me. Whenever I listen to a guest I'm really interested in, though, I'm glad I did. Two or three a year is the right amount for me.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 14 June 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
I've lost track of how many times Bonnie Raitt has come up in these episodes, and how glowingly connected guests speak of her, and he still hasn't had her on the show. Maybe she said no lol
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 14 June 2021 03:18 (two years ago) link
Not at all to disparage Maron at all for enjoying the spoils of his years of hard work, but I did not expect to look up the new speakers he bought (as discussed with Rubin) and see that they cost $29,000.
I wonder what his Hoffman forums user name is.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 July 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Honestly though, Rubin came across as way more likable than I expected.
I liked how he flipped it on Marc and needled him about "artists always claiming their latest work is the best".
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
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Don't know he has to act all that much, but man he really does look like Jerry Wexler in the wardrobe.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:41 (two years ago) link
Maron put up the repeat of his Michael K Williams interview from Feb todaysuch a good conversation, really worth a listen
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
Really enjoyed the Clooney and Kenneth Branagh eps this week. Maron doesn’t get too much in his own way, especially when Branagh’s rough upbringing short-circuits Maron’s judgments. Both guests are gracious guys in a way, and that goes a long way.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 21 November 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
Both of them seemed naturally chatty, so Maron was mostly just rolling with it. I actually found Branagh a little too intense/amped up, though not without an amiable charm.
― jaymc, Sunday, 21 November 2021 19:34 (two years ago) link
Maybe it has been going on for awhile now and I've only just noticed it, but it's wild to see clickbait articles being generated from this podcast. The latest being a People headline that popped up on my news feeder, "Idris Elba Thought He Was Shot Making American Gangster", sourced solely from the brief aside that Ridley Scott made while talking about American Gangster.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 November 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
For approximately a full hour, the latest episode of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast goes absolutely swimmingly. The episode’s guest, Sam Elliott, rumbles on amiably about all manner of subjects, and he seems to be building a genuine rapport with Maron. And then, almost as a closing afterthought, Maron asks Elliott: “Did you see Power of the Dog?” And then everything went to hell.
“Yeah, you wanna talk about that piece of shit?” Elliott growls. Maron laughs a stunned “Oh no”, and then Elliott proceeds to give the weirdest take on a film that may have ever been spoken aloud.
“There was a fuckin’ full page ad out in the LA Times, and there was a clip, and it talked about the evisceration of the American myth. And I thought ‘What the fuck? What the fuck?’ … What are all those dancers, those guys in New York that wear bowties and not much else? That’s what all these fucking cowboys in that movie looked like, running around in chaps and no shirts. There were all these allusions to homosexuality throughout the fucking movie.”
At this point, Maron steps in. “I think that’s what the movie’s about”, he suggests, not incorrectly.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/02/can-someone-explain-to-sam-elliott-what-the-power-of-the-dog-is-about-and-what-movies-are
― piscesx, Thursday, 3 March 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
Never meet your heroes
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Thursday, 3 March 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Did his publicist quit yet? Just an absolutely stupid way to shoot yourself in the foot.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 3 March 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
sometimes you eat the bar
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 March 2022 19:32 (two years ago) link
Some really good recent eps - i always love the comedian talk, remind me of why i got started with this
sam jaymike o'briencaroline reaguy torryadam ray ok even
liked his take on the Slap, too.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 15:48 (two years ago) link
Do you have to use so many cuss words?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 18:13 (two years ago) link
the "angel factories" line is not that funny
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 7 July 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
yeah, he's brought that up in several episodes, he's so proud of it. it's not particularly funny or clever.
fact remains the guy is very talented within the radio/podcast format, but unremarkable as a stand up.
― circa1916, Friday, 8 July 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
He’s very good as a standup ime - he can switch a room into a Marc Maron audience in 30 seconds.
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 8 July 2022 15:40 (one year ago) link
yeah his old standup is painful, but he seems pretty good at it now. I just don't think this 1 line holds up to the multi episode release party it's getting.
― Herby Dutch Baby (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 8 July 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I think he's really good at winning over a crowd. I don't like the "angel factories" thing either though and I wish one of the guests he asks would tell him that.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 July 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
does he really have to work to win over a crowd anymore? like 90% of the people that come to his shows are people that know him through his podcast.
his last two specials are fine, some good bits, but idk, the way he talks about his stuff indicates he thinks he's working on some next level shit when in reality it's just... pretty ok.
― circa1916, Friday, 8 July 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link
i think he’s a great standup, he has this talent for bringing the audience to him, like he often talks to the crowd conspiratorially or lowers his voice & isnt afraid of small gestures, or silence. i’m always impressed whenever i see him
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 July 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
ime hes definitely one of those standups whose strength is charisma & delivery rather than strong written material. which isnt the knock that it sounds like - those things arguably involve as much or more craftsmanship than writing good jokes. but is obv ironic given how long he was hung up on antiquated 1980s ideas of what an Official Certified Gunslinger Standup is. in a weird way age & fame have made him a better standup i think, allowing him to be comfortable & play to his strengths, seduce the audience and take them on a journey rather than trying to get across lots of written jokes, which he was never good at imo.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 8 July 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
90% of his performances are not at Marc Maron shows
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 8 July 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
multi episode release party
keith richards' hat factory
― Vance Vance Devolution (sic), Friday, 8 July 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
lol
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 8 July 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
xxp
and that 90% is what though, him working out new shit at the Comedy Store?
i agree with One Eye Open's summation.
― circa1916, Friday, 8 July 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
I skipped his most recent tour because it just seemed more "spoken word / this is my story / one-man show" kind of stuff, which is not my jam re standup, but he killed when I saw him I dunno 7-10 years ago, and while I thought his most recent special was pretty slow through most of it, it had two moments ("we brought our own bags" and the turmeric bit) which were the two best things I've seen in anybody's standup in the last few years.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 8 July 2022 18:00 (one year ago) link
He has at least twice lamented the lack of WholeFoods while on tour.
― look like Farley smoke like Marley (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 4 August 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
He's still capable of some pretty great moments, hearing him go deep into grief with Andrew Garfield was a surprisingly good discussion.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 21:53 (one year ago) link
I've never been a huge Garfield fan, but he earned some respect from me for just letting the silence sit and not rushing to fill it.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 August 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
I scrolled to the bottom of the thread and read Jon's second post before seeing his first and for a moment I was thinking 'wow, sounds like Marc's interview with Jim Davis got pretty heavy'
― soref, Thursday, 25 August 2022 03:08 (one year ago) link
"So, coming up, who were your guys? Trudeau, Guisewite, you hang with them?"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 25 August 2022 03:26 (one year ago) link
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 August 2022 03:43 (one year ago) link
I’m in trouble, Garfield. The food. It doesn’t stop. More lasagna has been sent. Right when I extricate myself and get away, it pulls me back in. Red lasagna, eggplant lasagna, white kale mushroom lasagna, goat cheese zuchinni lasagna. You must know what I'm talkin about -- you do the thing?
― look like Farley smoke like Marley (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 25 August 2022 05:11 (one year ago) link
Super Pets throws in a "lock the gate". I have watched 2 new animated kids movies with marc voice this month, a bit surreal.
― put their faith in a god-fearing man selling them tiny homes (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 1 October 2022 03:29 (one year ago) link
So: Courtney Love!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
I have no idea what I'm about to hear, but I'm expecting to be uncomfortable. (Didn't listen yesterday because I was off work.)
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 13:09 (one year ago) link
Nope, can't do it. I checked out at 4 minutes.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
I made it about halfway.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
I may have made it five, but was checking out at the supermarket so took a little while 'til I could get a free hand into my pocket.
nearly-complete list of namedrops - corrections in the comments.
― more crankable (sic), Monday, 2 January 2023 18:22 (one year ago) link
is "Barbie" a namedrop?
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 2 January 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
Idk, I kinda enjoyed it once I settled in. I usually feel like I know what Courtney is getting at underneath the hyperactive delivery.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 2 January 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
Oh wow, Katt Williams is on today. (Haven’t listened yet.)
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Monday, 9 January 2023 12:43 (one year ago) link
I did complete the Love episode, and yeah, that was a ride. Outside of the stream of conscious delivery "Wow, is this the most name-dropping/starfucker-y interview I've ever heard" was my main takeaway. That full list really is kind of amazing.
Still, as much as she seems like an intolerable person to spend any amount of time with, she does lodge a few interesting things in the overall chaos. Jordan OTM.
― circa1916, Monday, 9 January 2023 13:34 (one year ago) link