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June 21, 2010 by poprockcandy

On the Verge of a Career Change?

Hey WTFers, WTFbuddies, WTFaneers, WTFniks, people who have been on board since before WTF, all of you –

So, thanks to all of you who came out to see Bring the Rock at Cobbs in San Francisco. I did it! I played guitar and sang a couple of songs with a great band. It was me, Grant Lee Phillips, Dave Gibbs and Mark Rivers. I did Brokedown Palace by The Grateful Dead and What Goes On by the Velvet Underground. I want to thank Greg Behrendt for making me do it. It was a rush and, quite honestly, by the time I got behind the mic, I wasn’t afraid. I just closed my eyes and let it come out of me. I did a bunch of recording at and around the show. Brendan and I will make it into an episode soon.

I think I may be on the verge of a career change. The garage is set up. Time to put together a garage band and broadcast live from the Cat Ranch.

This week is a treat. I had never really met Jim Jefferies but I had seen his special on HBO and I thought he was a beat up old man with some great stories. When he came over I was surprised to find he was a young guy who just lives hard. It was good talk. Nice to check in with someone on their way to becoming a beat old man. He’s a funny Australian fucker though. You’ll dig it.

When I was in SF I was fortunate enought to run into Marga Gomez. I hadn’t seen her in probably 15 years. She was one of the original rebel gay comics that came out of the SF comedy/queer performance scene in the Bay area in the late eighties. She has had many one person shows and I was able to get her to my hotel room for a one on one chat about all that sex, comedy, queer and crazy making stuff. I think you’ll dig her as well.

On horizon I can see the infamous Dane Cook coming to the garage to give his side of being Dane Cook. Also, I have set up talks with Nick Swardson, Andy Richter, Dana Gould, Bob Saget, and Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket.) There are a couple of Live WTFs set to go at Comix in NYC in July. So, be excited.

Thanks for being there.

Maron

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