The Best Show on WFMU

Caught some of Nathan Fieder this morning, which was funny. Are they going to release it as one 24 hour podcast episode? I takes me half the week to listen to one regular episode, it might be Labor Day before I get through all of this one. Not complaining though, what little I’ve heard so far has sounded fun.

^^ otm, I love the idea but listening do the whole thing sounds very daunting

they've said a few times that it will all be available in some way -- not sure if that means in the podcast feed or something else?

watching it on twitch has actually been rly nice because the nature of it makes me feel like i don't need to hear every second like i do with a downloaded podcast. i might just skip around the recordings to the parts i wish i hadn't missed, whenever it arrives/in whatever format it arrives

Well Tom made good on this (even if the book isn't out in the US yet):

Who can help your guy get a copy of the Jarvis Cocker book and who can help your guy get JC on The Best Show when it comes out in the US?

— scharpling (@scharpling) May 3, 2022

this has to be available on the Twitch channel after. They've put a lot into the camera work. And the chat has stayed good from what i saw!

this one man band closer(?) is killing it

Oh man, I missed this. I do believe that one man band closer is known to many of us

Missed the end of the 24 hour Best Show by 5 minutes because my toddler got to bed late! We tried listening right before bed but Chaki was too exciting for a 3 year old at 9pm. It was a great show. I got to see Mike Watt and the end of the Jarvis Cocker interview

— stuffing and potatoes (@AllieLibrary) July 28, 2022

And lookee that:

😁😁😁 #BestShow24 pic.twitter.com/ek417w5pBq

— Chaki (@ChakiFunkWizard) July 28, 2022

Positive reviews, too

I like Chaki's vibe.

— Mike Lisk (@APMike) July 28, 2022

I'm one of you!

Chaki is kurt?

Yas

aaa! you killed it! :)

Ty 😁🙏🏽

Crossover podcast! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmNdTFbrNoE

Oz isn't just a mean POS, he's a mean POS from Jersey, not Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/scmvDuYBmt

— Jessica Clarice 🏳️‍⚧️ יִסְכָּה (@JeSStradiol) August 31, 2022

just thought that any fans of WFMU / John Peel may enjoy my lame mixcloud thing I started cos it was easier than sending friends CDRs.
i do detour into power rangers theme tunes, my pet Azerbaijani guitarist, and playing two records at the same time more than is advisable but hopefully there'S something in there for some of you. no DJ chat, tho. i'm shy *bats eyelids*

Well lookee what got posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rONbPrU-8

xpost with On Cinema at the Cinema on ilxor.com

tim heidecker hosted best show last night. it was weird (see below). tom's hosting office hours right now! i already prefer his version of this switcheroo

there was also this very awkward moment, the most awkward, in the last hour of the show. the one best show person that tim was acknowledging (because he was in the room) was the producer, jason, and he announced that the final hour would be a "no complaints" session, in which tim would not be allowed to complain. i think this might be a best show tradition, but i'm not sure, and tbh it seemed like tim wasn't sure either. then, jason announced that the special topic of the hour for callers would be to say what they think the best work tim has made, and then the very worst that he has made, and then reiterated that tim was not allowed to complain. tim seemed very uncomfortable with this, and if he was being intentional/comedic about it, i will say it was one of the greatest, most believable and subtle performances i've ever seen. if it was fake, he fooled me. he just seemed very unsure about the whole thing.

for most of the hour, the 'no complaining' and 'say your favorite and least favorite tim production' rules were fine, with the normal people who called in. (at the same time, they were also doing a worst 20 beatles list/brainstorming sesh, so that ate up most of the conversation). but then, near the end of the show they brought back 2 of the Best Show voices, the two guys on the telephone who were very briefly included as part of the show in the first 10 minutes and then completely ignored thereafter until this very point, near the end of the show. and one of the guys just kind of tore into tim's mistreatment of him on the show, how he had been completely ignored, referencing several times about meeting tim before the show and that how nice it was, but clearly mocking it, clearly it wasn't a good encounter, before the show. it went on for a while and then tim really had no real response -- again, if he was faking it he has become a fine actor, full stop -- and producer jason reiterated that it was a no complaint hour. it was very awkward! but also very gripping.

at the end of the show as they were signing off tim was, predictably, asking for reviews of his performance (one of the best show guys gave him 4 stars, lol), and jason mentioned what had happened earlier and explained that the guy on the phone was just doing a bit and he does it to everyone, that tom would have broken, etc. but tim didn't seem to believe that at all and frankly neither do i!

lol! i am actually going to xpost this to the best show thread because they will know a lot more about all of it, i'm sure.

Only now working my way through the whole 24 hour show, can't believe how great the Mike Watt Stooges set was.

Low-key highlight for me: Chris Elliott calling in to read the convoluted instructions to the Jaws board game.