WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

I want to see Cave's Gladiator sequel.

Maron is hard to take sometimes, even with a great guest - he just seems like a genuinely unpleasant person to be around.

I don't find that he seems unpleasant at all, actually--but I like his pre-interview ramblings so what do I know (his TV show is painfully bad however)

I wonder just what the demographics of Maron's audience are. I can understand a little bit of feigned ignorance on Maron's part if half of his audience are people who have no idea who Nick Cave, Stinson, etc. are...

Would have expected Maron to pick up on the Grinderman albums - talk about mid-life crisis rage.

You can find a synopsis of Cave's proposed Gladiator sequel online, it sounds fucking awesome.

it sounds quite a bit like that "Casca" series of novels by Barry Sadler, the guy who sang "Ballad of the Green Berets"-- Roman soldier who stabs Jesus on the cross is cursed to remain alive until the 2nd coming and fight as a soldier in every war.

I really have no strong opinions one way or the other on Jonah Hill, but he's a great guest on WTF.

I feel like that nick cave interview was a v accurate reflection of my interactions with a lot of America. Same language but different approaches to unknown people, maybe? Something gets very fucked up in sending and receiving signals or expectations of how the other person will respond or SOMETHING. I certainly don't think it's intentional from either side.

the interview with Open Mike Eagle wasn't as embarrassing as it could have been, though Maron kept throwing out Andy Rooney style questions: "Why are there so many people on the stage? What are they all doing up there?"

iggy pop ep is so good

"Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. Yeah, yeah." - Marc Maron

― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, July 1, 2013 2:21 PM (2 weeks ago)

Pamela Adlon ep is pretty good. I like her.

He made the Joe Rogan podcast bearable, I wish he'd talk about politics more (or maybe I just miss those eps of WTF)

No, I think he's been pretty explicitly disengaged from his political past. It is a pity.

So the Yorke interview was done back when the Atoms for Peace album was being recorded, but Maron waited until 5 months after the album came out to release it?

Yeah, I have no idea what factors dictate when he'll release an interview, but it actually way more fun to hear than I was expecting.

AFP are touring now, so maybe that was part of his reasoning?

I am surprised to learn that marc maron still doesn't understand "how the music gets on the vinyl"

^ schtick

it gets there through AUTHENTICITY

Not sure what I was expecting, but thought it was a kinda boring. Not as cringe-worthy as it could have been at least.

I guess I just imagined Thom Yorke being an unpleasant person to talk to, and he really wasn't.

Listened to the Seth Rogen one this weekend on a long walk--fun one.

That "record making is voodoo magic of authenticity" intro is one of the most punch in the face worthy things I've heard him spout off about. Have to take a break before I listen to the interview.

yeah, I want to send him a paragraph-long email explaining how the music gets on the vinyl. but I also don't want to ruin the *magic* for him.

Each groove is carved by a master craftsman

Thanks for reminding me why I skip the intros.

I always feel bad for his girlfriend whenever he starts talking about his stupid record player (WITH TUBES!) and making people listen to music on it. definitely one of those guys who puts a record on and stares right at you expectantly until you say how great it sounds so he can yell "IT'S THE TUBES!" at you

yeah, he is likely the Alexandra Guarnaschelli of tube-and-vinyl-based sound system reaction judging

The IFC show has been renewed. Oh joy.

(I quit after two episodes.)

now you're going to be forced to watch another 18 of them ;_;

so Maron recounts Cale saying "Are we going to talk about my new album?" before playing the interview where he doesn't actually say that.

I laughed at: "They didn't send it to me." "Who is 'they'?"

that's Maron's "the dog ate my homework"

also he makes it sound like Cale demanded to talk about the new album - when in fact, as you point out, Maron brings it up and Cale almost immediately says "We don't have tot talk about it if you don't want to..."

I love Maron and WTF - but he should seriously consider going down to 1 interview per week.

Why?

so he can dedicate some time to preparing for his interviews

lol like he would do that

ha fair enough

maybe I'm just Maron-ed out

lol "prepare"

I just wish someone who was better versed or gave a fuck could get the musician interviews. Cale is very engaging, despite Marc being his usual unprepared self and riding his pet topics.

someone needs to invent a way to like killfile maron out of his own podcast

i accidentally got caught up listening to the into abt his eating head cheese and feeling bad abt himself for it and i was just like wtf am i doing

he should start talking to nutritionists or dieticians so he really cares abt the interviews

I've started two episodes of this (Fogerty, Stinson) and bailed out early both times.

Both of those interviews are awesome

I hate it, because I'm a fan of most the musicians he's interviewed over time, but he interviews with comics are generally better because it doesn't feel like he's puffing up and fronting. Well, maybe sometimes, just because that's who he is. But he's more at ease with fellow comics.

He's definitely going more for cool anecdotes from the musicians than for deep analysis of craft, though sometimes the musicians get into that despite Maron. Like, in the Cale interview there are a few nice stories about Nico and Lou, but I liked hearing him talk about Houston rap and stuff a bit more.

really I guess I just wish there was somebody other than Maron doing WTF-style long-form interviews with musicians. Sometimes he gets a great conversation out of a musician - I loved Fogerty, Darnielle, Iggy and Stinson among others - but too often I just feel like they could have been a lot better. I think it's more his comfort level than research or knowledge...like when comedian interviews go off the rails a little bit, Maron can bust balls or find common ground but when musicians fluster him he gets all weird.

Tom Scharpling's Low Times podcast seems to be going for a musicians WTF thing but it's pretty hit & miss so far - and the musicians I don't know I find a lot less engaging than the comics I don't know on WTF.

Dave Alvin interview still my favorite of the musician ones.