I just bought Meet Me In the Bathroom, the newish book about the early '00s NY scene, so I've been listening to Is This It a lot. Holds up.

Oh god how could I forget Claudia, she's one of my absolute favorites. Her expert Kim Cattrall impression specifically.

-Patton Oswalt telling a story about his first memory being watching the snow fall on Christmas Eve and Don Dimello replying with "I remember one of the whores got shot"
-Joe Wengert: "Your name is Zazzu"
-An early Tiny and Victor appearance where they play their own podcast and there's a horrific buzzing sound and…

The guy's zooted to the freakin' moon! Total cheebahawk

I noticed this site kept publishing an article called "Podmass" which I wasn't sure what it was about, and one day I checked it and it had a write-up of the first Farts and Procreation episode. I didn't know what it was but I knew Adam Scott and Harris Wittels and it sounded hilarious, so I checked it out and the rest…

Yeah, Chief is already an all-time character

He did an AMA on the Earwolf subreddit recently where he basically confirmed exactly that, that he says "yes" to absolutely everything. He's a funny guy but I agree, none of his characs end up being very memorable.

One of my favorite low-key examples of this was an episode last year I think where Sean Clements was on with Chris Tallman as Nick Nolte. Then in the last segment Eliza Skinner came on as an underground mole woman but Scott and Sean were not taking any of her hints and bait and just refusing to acknowledge it, until…

The Sex and the City episode from last week was fantastic, even though I'm only superficially familiar with the show

Oops I saw your avatar and reacted instinctually, ha

Rilo Kiley - Let Me Back In (I ♥ LA)
Okkervil River - John Allyn Smith Sails
TV on the Radio - Hours
Moonface & Siinai - Headed for the Door
The Hold Steady - First Night
Preoccupations - Degraded

Turns out The_Red_Army is the real Rick Ross Defender so I apologize

Yeah, good one

Oh shit, The Rick Ross Defender has logged on

Oh man I just remembered at the end of the Claw of Shame episode when they put a big prominent "consultant" credit up for that guy who didn't want his name anywhere near the show.

The Bill Gates impersonator ranting incoherently about big computers.

Isn't it horrible that things like that happen in our world?

Yes, that is the joke

I read this entire thread and now I wish I were dead too. What the fuck

I'm unaware of its French following, but it's Paradise Alley