WTF with Marc Maron (it's a podcast)

your ears are broken

i'm a fan for life but will be the first to admit they can be absolutely insufferable at times

they were a lot more so back when Jah used to read his hippy-dippy outros

I don't know, I dip into the UYD thread from time to time and I just was not hearing any of the stuff that you guys talk about in that thread. The thread makes it sound like a really fun listen, but I just wasn't hearing it. Granted, I think a part of it is that its clearly a podcast that rewards long-time listeners, there seemed to be lots of in-jokes and references that were flying past me. Problem was those two episodes I listened to didn't have anything that made me want to hear more.

don't know which two you heard but I doubt they were as barren as all that

the joy in UYD is definitely in familiarity w/ seth + jah and their unique chemistry, not in subject matter or material

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF99sXd6mig

I guess the in-joke is that it's clear a classroom full of Korean kids has researched UYD by finding Seth's car on Google Earth

I agree with j/v/c, I've tried UYD a few times and while it's occasionally entertaining I don't really get it overall. But yeah it seems like if you listened every week and got to know the dudes it would have more appeal. It's probably like the Best Show is for me.

tbh I have played episodes with mr veg in the car with me and found myself hearing them with an "outsider's" ears - they do sound kind of inane. i can see how it may not grab you

j/v/c and na there is a site called thisyear.org where they have best of radio shows, podcasts etc. maybe take a listen to uyd 2006 best of and see what you think. it really is a enter at the ground floor situation i think

plus there are so many in jokes and lazy shows at this point (2013)

yeah, i was actually talking to a friend that is a big UYD guy and he said 2013 era is probably the worst place to start. when i get some free time i'll try to give one of those best ofs a shot.

Just watched Thinky Pain on Netflix and it was great. The sharpest set of his I've heard in a long long time, yet it was still really relaxed and loose.

watching that now--his hatred of atheists is disgusting

I loved that part.

repent

Of, that Nick Cave interview--imagining Maron working overtime on his TV show, not doing homework, and not wanting to turn down the chance to interview him.

Oof, that is. Though glad iI stuck with it.

The Homme one is really scattered. They talk a lot, but not really about anything.

It gets pretty good towards the end. This is the first interview with him I've heard where he discusses what put him in the hospital, what happened afterwards and how its reflected in the album. And a lot about being young in the California desert and that whole scene. Thought it was one of the better ones I've listened to, actually.

when Maron starts to perv a little on Nick Cave's wife and Cave says "steady on, mate" it's a pretty great moment

Don't normally 'do' podcasts but have given the Jeff Garlin one a few goes (Larry David/Aziz Ansari)...fuck he laugh is horrific. LD one was good enough, literally don't remember Aziz talking at all on his one, just endless half-compliments from Jeff/anecdotes about Eddie Murphy.

What do you do when you listen to these things? Browse the internet? Sit listening intently?

work

Driving, working, etc.

Good for the gym imo.

Ironing clothes. Riding bike.

Bummer intro today

What do you do when you listen to these things?

Walk, cook, clean, iron, pack, shop, travel, commute, wait, play video games, do the washing up, lie on the beach, try to sleep, poop

oh yeah gym, if I've run out of DJ mix podcasts. been tragically long since I've been to the gym though

drive. if i didn't have a commute i don't know that i would listen to podcasts...when i try to listen at work it's just in one ear and out the other, can't get engaged at all.

I definitely can't listen to anything besides music at work. I listen to podcasts most often on my commute (esp. walking to/from and waiting for public transportation), at the gym, or while doing household chores (dishes, laundry, etc.)

i listen to podcasts mostly driving, but sometimes while cooking or cleaning the house

:( today

listening now (at work, ha), that's what i figured based on the above :('s.

Driving, airport, night interneting, gym, gaming

Aww, man! Just now listening to today's. I really thought this was gonna be the one, but :(

Listened to this on a day off walk. Major bummer about his break up, but it sounds like he made the choice after trying to work through it for a long time. That happens, unfortunately. I hope he has a support mechanism of some kind to help out.

Natasha Lyonne was a pretty damn good conversation.

break up! i just heard the one where he was like 'my lady's pregnant'!

First the breakup talk, followed by a very sad and understated "pow i just shit my pants"

i just heard the one where he was like 'my lady's pregnant'!

wait i thought they were just engaged and talking about it, not pregnant?

Yeah, I missed any announcement of her actually being with child.

maybe i'm misremembering but i thought i remembered him saying something about 'i'm havin a kid, man!' to somebody

might have been the engagement though

what if she actually ends up with jonathan from UYD now

i don't think she was pregnant, she just really really really wanted a baby so he had been trying to get his head around whether he could be a dad etc as well as okay so we are going to get married etc

seemed like they had gone through a lot just getting to the point where he was ready to get engaged. he talked about it a bit after the book reading I went to in SF, during the q&a someone asked how everything was going with getting engaged and babies and stuff, and the more he talked about it the more it just sounded messy and fraught and v weird. But then their whole relationship from day one had been kind of a rollercoaster so I took it with a grain of salt , 'eh that's just the way some people are', I kinda didn't expect it to end even though they both sound like total nightmares :)

v sad

Look we all know the truth here. She met UYD. Dream fulfilled. Seatbelts.

Mr. Steal-Your-F(i)a(n)ce

Man, I was sure from the way he talked about his relationship on the podcast that they weren't really right for each other. At least they didn't actually get married. Hope the break-up doesn't hurt him for too long.

Thought that he had a great rapport with Homme, by the way. Bummed that I googled "vinegaroons".

http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2006/12/31/vinnie-the-vinegaroon.jpg

I googled "solfugid" and had a similar experience. Hey at least that tail isn't a stinger.

yeah, yeah, the solfugid too. But then Homme says something like "where'd you grow up? new mexico? oh man, the vinegaroons...."