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Thursday, July 13th 2006

By marc maron

Here comes the last two, folks-

We’re saying goodbye to laughing Andy today. It’s our last day at Marc Graue Voiceover Studios here in beautiful Burbank. Marc, Andy, Cathy and Tina have been real nice to us over here and we want to thank them for sharing in the dream that never happened. So, a big dead Marc Maron Show salute to the staff of Marc Graue’s. SAAAAAAALLLUTE!

Here’s your second to last show:
John Dean, Former White House Counsel to Nixon, author, Conservatives Without Conscience
Mishna Wolff, Comedian, writer
Ellen Perry, Director, POV’s PBS Special, The Fall of Fujimori
Lonn Friend, author, Life on Planet Rock
Bruce Cherry’s Pitch of the Week
Lawton Smalls will bid us farewell

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LOVE YOU BABY

Hope the ice cream is yummy!!!

the Z girl

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

The "Man's Prayer" from The Red Green Show

By oimzgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 4:25pm

Stuffed

We are stuffed with Ice Cream right now and we have to do the show. I know we're going to crash in the middle.

Thanks, so much. I'm fat now. It was worth it. What is with that Chocalate Chocalate Chip. Soft chips in ice cream. how is that even possible. Damn.

By marc maronJuly 13, 2006 - 5:51pm

Marc try eating Rice Krispy

Marc try eating Rice Krispy treats with the Ice cream, it's marvelous!

By cnickthomasJuly 13, 2006 - 5:58pm

I'm so glad!

It's great this stuff got to you in time.  That double chocolate chip is the shizzle, no?

So if you ever have a show to do somewhere near Cincinnati or Louisville, I'll be happy to get you a fresh pint or 2.  How about that mango sorbet?  The real chunks of mango in it makes my elbows sweat and my toenails twirl.

That ice cream store is all over this area.  It is seriously addictive...

I couldn't be happier that I contributed to you NOT turning into a crab person.  Zaftig is beautiful!!!

the Z girl

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

The "Man's Prayer" from The Red Green Show

By oimzgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 8:37pm

I was first!

I'm so happy I could just spit.

the Z girl

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

The "Man's Prayer" from The Red Green Show

By oimzgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 4:26pm

Cool

So Air America hasn't pulled the plug after all? Whew!!! So we get two more for the road? I want more! I'm not happy. And I'm not nice when I'm not happy.

By cnickthomasJuly 13, 2006 - 4:30pm

SAAAAAAALLLUTE???

So you're telling me that listening to all this country music has made you channel an old Hee-Haw bit from ages past?

Groovy.

the Z girl

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

The "Man's Prayer" from The Red Green Show

By oimzgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 4:30pm

long day

Glad the site is finally up.  I was wondering if you were off the air earlier than planned.  Though the thought of coming so close to hearing you guys again in the morning is heartbreaking, I think you did the right thing.  You simply can't work for dishonest, disrespectful people.  Look how they are leaving Malloy hanging in the NY area.  Good luck.  Thanks again for all the great interviews and all the laughter.

By scapinkaneJuly 13, 2006 - 4:31pm

Throw us a life preserver!

Marc, any chance you can put out the occasional podcast with your thoughts and updates while the show's off the air? How will I put one foot in front of the other on the Stairmaster if I can't listen to you? I'd be happy to subscribe at any price.

Does anyone know where old archives of the Morning Sedition shows exist? The two sites I used to frequent are empty or no longer in service.

Marc and Jim, no one compares to you. Hope you find a happy home on Sirius, XM, or any other radio station... and it can't be soon enough for me and the other fans!

By ZsofiJuly 13, 2006 - 4:33pm

Mmmmmmm....... Ice cream......

I'm so sad today. It can't be just the weather.

Oh, yeah, it's the end of an era and Jim credited my entry to mjk last night. Now, I have no reason to dislike mjk but ***I*** am the one who suggested a chocolate-Grand Marnier souffle.

Ol' Zeb was first runner up, though, and I think he deserved it.

Marc, Jim, my good friends, I am already missing you. (Paraphrasing Sallah from Raiders of the Lost Ark which was, after all, Marc Maron PI's ringtone...)

gypsy
Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

By peasantwitchJuly 13, 2006 - 4:35pm

Speaking of Hee-Haw...

This is the perfect song for today and tomorrow:

"Gloom, despair, and agony on me;

Deep dark depression, excessive mis-er-ryy...

If it weren't fer bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...

Gloom, despair, and agony on meeeeeeeeeee"

(or is it "doom?")

the Z girl

"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess."

The "Man's Prayer" from The Red Green Show

By oimzgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 4:36pm

Fuck

That's alls I gots.

Oh, and here is my new favorite picture on the internet:

http://uncyclopedia.org/images/f/fd/Fox_oreilly.jpg

What if Falafel-boy was alive during the Lincoln administration. This would be his Talking Point.

Marc & Jim, tons of love and support out to you guys. The title of my post sums up how I feel right now. We're all losing the most interesting and entertaining two hours on the radio (& posdcasting). It's just craptacular. Back to mediocrity on the airwaves (except for Sam Seder, who is also rumored to be on his way out. I heard the little hint he gave the other night about "finding a new employer". ) Sigh.

_

By avant1963July 13, 2006 - 4:39pm

Thanks, Marc and Jim

for a great show. I'll really miss you guys. Marc, while I would have loved to hear you back on in the mornings, I don't blame you for not going back to NYC unless they met your terms. You've given AAR plenty of chances to try to fix things and they keep blowing it. Please let us all know how to keep up with what's going on with you (and Jim too). I'm just not ready for Maron withdrawl AGAIN, so I hope to hear you or see you somewhere soon.

It would be great if you and Jim could be on the blog tonight during the show!

By MotowngirlJuly 13, 2006 - 4:44pm

Marc and Jim, et al

It's the end of a long relationship we had with you, Marc and Jim.  Late at night and early morning encounters.  Last time we had the new show to look forward to.  But, this time, you and Jim and your cast of characters will be moving on.  Don't forget us.  I have a feeling you and Jim will do just fine.  We will be the little people you thank at your awards ceremony.  Take care of yourselves, Marc and Jim and let us know how you  are doing.  I will miss you.  I'll leave a light on for you.

By mo liberalJuly 13, 2006 - 5:02pm

Little people? Awards?

No, no, we're the fans he has to invite when Comedy Central does a roast of him.

I'm waiting for the roast of Jim Earl, though. The concept has me snorting...

gypsy
Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

By peasantwitchJuly 13, 2006 - 5:07pm

I don't know if there's any

I don't know if there's any hope for a last-minute negotiation breathrough. But just in case...

Jon Sinton and Air America seem to be FAR more receptive to audience emails and phone calls then they were last November. We need to be doing everything that we did for Morning Sedition, and then some.

Call or email them. Tell them Marc is worth it. Tell them you would patronize the advertisers on a new morning show. Tell them you'd make it worth their money to pay Marc to come back to NYC, or to at least put Marc in syndication.

I'm always an idealist (perhaps a progressive utopian), but I think we can still make something happen.
 

________ 

http://www.citizenkeith.com

By citizenkeithJuly 13, 2006 - 5:17pm

My letter to Jon Sinton

Here's what I sent:

Greetings from your favorite nudge.

I hear that you and Marc Maron have not been able to reach an agreement about the new show.

I'd like to be able to say that I'm pissed at HIM for not taking the offer, but I'm afraid I can't. 

From what I can see, you have been a stand-up guy through this whole mess with Maron and Danny the Living Satan Goldberg -- but I can't say the same for the rest of AAR.

This is a guy who left his new wife to come all the way to the East Coast for an experiment that might or might not work.  That it worked beyond anyone's expectations is yes, due to the crack production staff -- people like Jon Larsen and the like who taught Marc Maron how to "do radio", but the main credit has to go to the man himself and his writers.  I've been around a long time.  I remember Bob and Ray, and I used to listen to old-time radio comedies.  And Morning Sedition was the best thing to come along in a long time.

For absolutely no good reason, other than petty personal vindictiveness, Goldberg pulled the plug on what should have become AAR's crown jewel.  So Maron moves BACK to LA, with the cats and all the rest of it, and is given a new show with no money.  And once again, he makes the best of it.  And barely six months in, he gets a visit from a suit who says, "We're pulling the plug."

It seems to me that Maron has worked for you guys in good faith all the way through.  He was there for AAR when there were no paychecks; when there was no insurance; when it looked like AAR might fold.  And the Board of Directors allowed Danny Goldberg to screw him over.

I'm sorry, but AAR owes Marc Maron whatever the heck he wants at this point.  He's been betrayed by AAR twice now.  I don't blame him a bit for being gun-shy and reluctant to try to sustain a bicoastal marriage for an employer who has twice treated him as disposable.

I know that it's a tough business.  I know that AAR doesn't exactly have a lot of money to burn.  But I also know that you were willing to allow the colossally overrated Al Franken to move his show to Minnesota in support of his supposed planned Senate run.  The least AAR could do is allow Marc Maron to broadcast whatever morning show you had in mind from LA. 

I've been with AAR since the beginning.  I've been a good soldier for you guys.  I support your work on my blog.  I've supported AAR by becoming an associate, which gives me pretty much nothing.  I bought a premium membership.  I'm passionate about what AAR is SUPPOSED to be trying to do (though frankly, it looks sometimes as if you are overrun with Republican moles).  But the way AAR has treated Marc Maron is sorely trying my patience.

I'm sure you know that Marc Maron has the kind of loyal fan base that most radio personalities envy.  I'm sure you know about the Morning Seditionists site, where people from all over the world have become an online community in support not just of Marc Maron's work, but of Air America's by extension.  And these people are Not Happy. 

You may think that they have noplace else to go, but they do.  There's music, which I suppose many people will return to.  AAR simply cannot afford to alienate this many people in its audience.

I hope you will share this with the board.  I hope you can get them to understand that when an employee gets screwed over by his employer twice, he's understandably reluctant to give the employer yet another chance to stab him in the back.  I hope that the suits at AAR will swallow their pride and their need to be in control and do what it takes to get Marc Maron on the air.

It isn't over till the fat lady sings.  And this particular fat lady ain't singing yet.

-------------------

The World Famous Thanks to Morning Sedition Brilliant at Breakfast
http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com
"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." -- Oscar Wilde

By brilliantatbreakfastJuly 13, 2006 - 6:42pm

Brilliant Letter!

I couldn't have said it better myself, BB!

By MotowngirlJuly 13, 2006 - 6:56pm

hear hear!

Great letter. Thanks for posting that.

By keiranJuly 13, 2006 - 7:27pm

Brilliant

That's brilliant. Thank you. Your mouth to the Goddess' ear.

By phoenerJuly 13, 2006 - 8:23pm

Wow

Bravo!  Great Letter!

By darkjstzJuly 14, 2006 - 12:20am

Prior to AAR

I didn't know about Marc Maron or Jim Earl and I was politically apathetic and uninformed. Thanks for opening my eyes to the Orwellian reality of the Christo-Fascist Zombie Brigade and the Neo-con death cult and making me laugh out loud at the same time.

I feel a debt of gratitude and jipped at the same time.

I truly believe that if you continue with AAR you would create a demand that would enrich you and AAR at the same time as well as educate and enlighten the politically ignorant and apathetic.

The sadest words of tongue and pen...

Good luck! I'll continue to attend your stand-up shows in the Bay Area and I'll listen if the future holds another radio program.

By seagillanJuly 13, 2006 - 5:17pm

hey sheeple

I think we should not give up. I think we should call and email and try to convince the AAR people to give Marc what he wants. That said, I think Marc deserves a lot more respect from them than he has ever got, so I completely understand his walking away. It is just so frustrating to hear that it almost happened. Marc, keep me on your mailing list dude. Good luck.

By keiranJuly 13, 2006 - 5:50pm

never blogged but gotta say goodbye

 

Marc & Jim: You have made me, my husband and our cat soooooo happy from MS to TMMS.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  The pointer on my wheel of anger is firmly in the direction of AAR, not you guys.  Please let us know where the world takes both of you. 

By BeckstaJuly 13, 2006 - 6:12pm

I love the Marc Maron touch no matter what the venue!

I demand of the Universe that the Marc Maron and friends magic be given a permanent and successful venue!!!

You guys are great! Hang in there!

Boy, tonight's line-up is great. See ya there!

===
The future belongs to those who believe
in the beauty of their dreams.--Eleanor Roosevelt

By noraJuly 13, 2006 - 6:17pm

semper audiens, Marc Jimque

always listening, Marc and Jim. Just tell us when and where.

By mjk--July 13, 2006 - 6:19pm

Fare well mjk. Difficult times loom.

It is always about the money.

By Kemo SabeJuly 13, 2006 - 11:05pm

Oui!

Liberté! La Belle Dame Sans Merci

By RobespierreJuly 13, 2006 - 11:42pm

Antidotes to ice cream

Actually, that header is a lie to get your attention. There is no antidote to ice cream.

Here's one way to turn that ice cream into an ice cream cake or brownie.

I'm gaining so much weight just THINKING about this that I'll have to go take on Forest Park after work.

  • In a 9"X12" baking pan, bake a batch of brownies - your favorite recipe or from a good mix. Make sure they will rise enough to split, or make two batches of thin ones. After cooling the brownies, cut them in to uniform squares and freeze them to make it easier to split them.

  • Using the same baking pan (or one the same size), cover the bottom with a piece of wax paper and put in the freezer.

  • Have a pint of your favorite sorbet (we like lemon or raspberry) and a half gallon good quality vanilla ice cream softening in the refrigerator. Take the pan with wax paper out of the freezer. Stir the sorbet to spreading consistency and cover the wax paper with it. It may slide around a little, but it's easy to adust it by grasping an edge of the paper. Make sure some of it gets on the edges of the bottom not covered by the paper; it will help to keep the subsequent layers stable. Put the pan back in the freezer for 10 minutes.

  • Take the vanilla ice cream out of the refrigerator and transfer about a pint to a bowl for stirring. Put the rest of the ice cream back in the frig. When the ice cream is spreadable, cover the sorbet with a layer of it and return the pan to the freezer while preparing step 5.

  • Take the brownies out of the freezer and split them. Use a serrated knife, take your time, and don't be concerned with breaks. Just keep everything. Take the pan out of the freezer and place half the brownies on the ice cream. Put the pan back in the freezer.

  • Take the vanilla ice cream out of the refrigerator and transfer another pint into a bowl for stirring. When spreadable, cover the brownies with the ice cream. Place the rest of the brownies in a layer over this layer of vanilla ice cream. If you like, you may cover the second layer of brownies with another layer of ice cream. It's a good idea to cover the top layer of ice cream with another piece of wax paper, especially if you don't plan to serve the cake right away. This may be served within half an hour or kept several days.

    • gypsy
    Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
    http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
    FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

    By peasantwitchJuly 13, 2006 - 6:24pm

    sorry, gypsy, not my fault!

    As the founder and high priestess and chief chef and baker of the cult of Earl, you know the writers get so little and deserve so much.

    By mjk--July 13, 2006 - 6:30pm

    glad to hear there's no cure for ice-cream lust

    MJK,Glad your girlfriend is mended and that your're still cruising on the bike!  Thanks for asking - I'm doing very well now.  Still walking every day - obsessed with it I think! Just wish this fjaljkajaldkjf- doggone Georgia was cooler!!!

    =====
    "...George W. Bush is a new kind of bi-polar: the poles being indifference and destructive violence." Justin Frank, M.D.
    :fire:

    By FarmerkatJuly 13, 2006 - 8:40pm

    See you in your next venue/s, Marc!

    Tried and tried and tried to post from home last night, kept getting a window telling me the text box was 'empty', despite typing text over and over. Let's see if this one gets through. Been listening since MS days, got a bunch of those stashed in my ITunes; also sat in the front row at Cobb's Comedy Club in San Francisco (I think you were mugging my own stupid grin back at me, made me feel self conscious and strange, but hey, what are fans for, right?). AAR has always been a lying sack of shite, imo, just an atm and megaphone for dnc flacks. They hold out some free candy and yank it away as soon as listeners tune in; they're just doing what capitalist fuckheads do, no surprise. I've been saying this over at morningsedition blog  for months, but people insist on acting like aar actually set out to be some kind of lefty network. They didn't. I hate to see good people getting their blood pressure up because of what these a-holes do. I don't have any entertainment business experience, but I can guess we listeners and viewers don't know the half, or even a fraction, of the cynical ball busting bullshit they put you through. So hang in there, you know we love you and want you. Mwah, smooch!

    By ex nyerJuly 13, 2006 - 6:35pm

    Sam in Austin

    Sam in Austin

    By SamAustxJuly 13, 2006 - 6:51pm

    Fat ladies

    Hey, Brilliant, I think all us fat ladies need to sing before it's entirely over.

    No, Marc, don't worry, we won't call in on Friday and sing to you. We're trying to avoid the fat lady(ies) singing.

    mjk, nothing is your fault. Jim was just working with new writers (us) and got confused. Did you have an entry that got missed?  Post it again, if so.

    Jog, guys, that'll help with the ice cream.

    gypsy
    Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
    http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
    FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

    By peasantwitchJuly 13, 2006 - 6:56pm

    Marc, Jim & crew

    Love you guys!!! just had 2 shots of Chinco viejo! One for Marc on for Jim. hmmm, may have another for rest of the crew!!! to wish you all well. I am sure you guys will metamorphosis in another venue, .. I really hate what AAR has done. what a douche bag that Goldberg! But, they are the only voice we have!!! I has bought XM to keep up with MS and paid premium to keep up with Marc. I have stopped listening to the morning shows and Franken , boring. Back with NPR. Occasionaly listen to Randy and some weekend stuff, and will keep doing so.

    Damn!!!!!

    By SamAustxJuly 13, 2006 - 7:04pm

    AAR Programming

    I got XM just as AAR was getting started, and was in heaven at first - imagine, a whole network of shows hosted by intelligent liberals! MS was my favorite, and I liked Al with Catherine. I could handle limited doses of Randi and couldn't stand Ed Schultz (he had part of Randi's time slot for quite awhile on XM). MS got better and better, Al got boring, and Sam and Janean grew on me. Then Goldberg started messing things up and it all went to hell. I had to buy a premium subscription to listen to Marc, even though I already pay for XM, and then AAR wouldn't syndicate his show. I just don't know how much longer I can put up with AAR. There's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said by so many others on this blog about how crappy Marc has been treated or how stupid the board is to let his talent get away from the network when it needs him the most.

    By MotowngirlJuly 13, 2006 - 7:20pm

    Man oh Man

    I wonder if there's any room on tomorrow night's live show for a very politically incorrect liberal confessional about a certain Native American peyote wedding ceremony gone awry....?

    By orbitboy2July 13, 2006 - 7:09pm

    Great Idea!

    Since we can call in tomorrow, how about one last liberal confessional?

    By MotowngirlJuly 13, 2006 - 7:21pm

    Peyote wedding?

    Orbitboy2, you scare me sometimes. LOL!

    Gotta head for the hills, sheeple. A mile or so of forest and then it's home for leftovers, a nap, and the funny. For the next to last time. Sigh!

    Portlandistas, we need to plan our memorial wake. Suggestions?

    gypsy
    Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
    http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
    FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

    By peasantwitchJuly 13, 2006 - 7:31pm

    The truth can be scary

    and for the life of me, I can't write fiction. It's just not in me.

    Speaking of scary, I just got a phone call that was ID'd by my caller ID as "(000) 000-0000" I've seen "CALLER ID BLOCKED" before. I've seen "UNKNOWN CALLER" millions of times. But the last week or so, we've been getting these calls from this 10 zeros person. So this time I ansered. They hung up. I shit you not.

    I wonder if it's some NSA dude? Maybe wanting to know if anybody's home? You know... so they can detonate the explosives.... hey.... has anyone seen my tinfoil hat anywhere?

    Okay...so that last bit about my tinfoil hat was fiction. I know exactly where it is. Nevertheless, I'm no fiction writer. Let's just get that straight....

    pps--I keep telling my wife that it's the Phantom Engineer calling. (Obscure Bob Dylan reference...)

    By orbitboy2July 13, 2006 - 7:51pm

    PDX WAKE

    Do you mean for tomorrows show? If not, DiPrima Dolci is v close to Interstate Max, but isn't open very late and closes at 3 PM on weekends. I could see what other arrangements the owner would be willing to make. My new chariot is supposed to arrive 10 AM tomorrow and that should make me more mobile.

    ITMFA.

    By Wan WenxiaJuly 14, 2006 - 12:56am

    PDX Wake cont'd

    For late night, Touche on NW Glisan... or throw a dart at a PDX map and there will be a Mc Mennemins (sp?) nearby.

    By westernlightJuly 14, 2006 - 1:11am

    Not quite over!

    Mark & Jim, I can't believe we're facing another set of "Last Shows", but I applaud your integrity and the need to set your price high. Your show (as well as your personal lives) is worth it, and so much more.

    Unless there is some quick news that AAR has come to its senses, I too will cancel my subscription. While Philly's never gotten its act together for a real AAR station, I can't blame the city for not signing on: AAR has never supported its shows. What a waste of a perfectly good idea.

    Marc, Jim, and all, you will be sadly missed. No, I lie. Make that "thoroughly, deeply and achingly missed."

    Paula 

    By phoenerJuly 13, 2006 - 8:21pm

    THANKS MARC & JIM

    Thank you guys for your creative genius. You eloquently discussed the topics of the day and helped me to not feel so alone in my thoughts about this crazy world. You shared yourselves and your lives with us and I feel I got to know you and laugh with you. Your idiosyncrasies were endearing. You trusted us enough to share your vulnerabilities, to admit when you were wrong or if you didn’t know something. And Marc, your interviewing skills are unparalleled. Was it coincidence that your crews were always top drawer as well? You are truly incredible people and I hope you find the new outlet soon. I’m going to really miss the smiles. Thank you from the bottom of my (now very repaired!) heart.
    XXOOOO
    FK

    =====
    "...George W. Bush is a new kind of bi-polar: the poles being indifference and destructive violence." Justin Frank, M.D.
    :fire:

    By FarmerkatJuly 13, 2006 - 8:36pm

    Awesome lineup

    OK, here's yer marchin orders:

    1. Both of you get blogs (I don't mean myspace as I don't want to have to set up a site to join and post); get marcmaron.com back.

    2. Or, until you do, use http://morningseditionists.com

    3. Keep us posted about anything at all. Cats, environment, food, what you're reading, who you're listening to, etc.

    =^..^=

    By eclectic1July 13, 2006 - 8:52pm

    Morning Sedition Archives

    Does anyone know where the MS archives are housed now? The site I used to access is now empty. I need to hear those shows again.

    By MotowngirlJuly 13, 2006 - 8:58pm

    Not on Air America Place

    I contacted them a little while ago and they're still working on archives from just a little while ago. Bastards.

    And I'm listening to last night's show. When Jim said he was kicking the asses of the Air America Board of Directors, the Loop of Chicago just heard me yell "WOOOOOOO!!!!"
    .
    .

    By Painting GirlJuly 13, 2006 - 9:10pm

    thesnotgreensea.com

    it doesn't have the shows, but it has some of the Comedy Bits....i guess that'll tide you over till an actual archive of MS is created.
    _______________________________________________
    Duct Tape is like the Force: it has a Light Side and a Dark Side and it holds the Universe together.

    By quietgirlJuly 14, 2006 - 1:34am

    What the !!???

    I've been out of town on a very long business trip with no ability to stream the show---and was looking forward to catching up with the show via the blog... when horrors of horrors can I believe what I just read? Is it true or is this just a bad dream? We went through this with Morning Sedition and now Et tu Brutus??? Sigh... just when we thought we were getting it all figured out.. Crap!

    By westernlightJuly 13, 2006 - 9:11pm

    We will so miss you guys

    I feel lonely and so sad.

    Now we can listen to the last few shows on quiet girl's site and then what?

    We bought 4 radios and have subscribed to XM only because of Morning Sedition.

    At least we can listen to good music. Don't see any other reason to keep the subscription with XM.

    By johnandkatheJuly 13, 2006 - 9:11pm

    You could listen to Fox News Channel.

    just kidding.

    By ProgressiveSpiritJuly 13, 2006 - 9:24pm

    Artwork tomorrow

    Hello Bloggies,

    i know we're all sad, but i don't really feel like being depressed right now. so i'm going to enjoy the last two shows and have fun.  as i do with every one of Marc's shows that gets cancelled (^___^) i'm working on some artwork to mark the occasion. one is a drawing and the other is a digital art piece. i'll have it done by tomorrow....hopefully >___<

    so Marc!!! if you read the blog....and i know you will.......please check the blog tomorrow for the art! ^__^

    hopefully i can blog for the full show tonight! see ya then bloggies!
    _______________________________________________
    Duct Tape is like the Force: it has a Light Side and a Dark Side and it holds the Universe together.

    By quietgirlJuly 13, 2006 - 9:39pm

    MARC AND JIM AND CREW , boohoo

    I Miss You Already:exclaim:
    Get your new "gigs" and wherever you are I will keep track of you as I have since you started, Marc. :) And thank you for turning me on to Jim Earle. ;-)
    FIRETRUCK (supid AAR who took it off)and Future Marc = MARC and Cardinal Milfington = Jim
    ...and Crew, thank you.
    :kiss::coolsmile:

    By DruidJuly 13, 2006 - 9:39pm

    Diva

    Diva

    By divadillonJuly 13, 2006 - 9:41pm

    I am so sad

    The more I think about how wonderful and innovative your shows have been, te more tears roll down my cheeks.

    I'll never listen to radio again without thinking of you, Marc - especially your dynamite interviews. 

    Please come over to the Morning Seditionists blog and talk with us, OK? 

    Diva

    By divadillonJuly 13, 2006 - 9:43pm

    Marc, keep us in the loop!

    Just as you did after Morning Sedition was canceled. Your occasional emails were a lifeline to those of us waiting for your next incarnation.

    I'll look forward to the Comedy Central special and anything else. Keep up the good fight.

    -Dave

    PS - I think you handled the AAR thing just right. After the way they've treated you, it's great that you stuck to your guns and forced them to meet you at least halfway. I'm sad that they didn't, but you can always look back and know that you held onto your honor.

    By dmargilJuly 13, 2006 - 9:45pm

    Like I said last night,

    Like I said last night, Mister Maron. I'm glad you feel content. But I also hope you'll be open to future negotiations with AAR if they ever give you a decent starting offer. Laughter is important. It heals. I learned that by watching Mystery Science Theater 3000. And I'm hoping that one day we'll get another chance to hear you and laugh. Not at the expense of your honor, of course. As I said before, I'd rather hear that you listened and said no then just outright refused.

    In the great words of The Chief (Lynne Thigpin) from Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego... Marc Maron... I salute you! *Salute*

    By AdamkunJuly 13, 2006 - 10:05pm

    Marc & Jim, we love you!

    Long time listener, first time blogger...

    Marc & Jim, mere words cannot express how sad I am that TMMS has come to an end. I wish that you had been offered something worthy of your talents!

    It's been said before, and much more eloquently by others; but we love you, will miss you, and hope that a new incarnation will somehow/someday appear!

    Best wishes, now and always...and most importantly, THANK YOU FOR 'THE FUNNY'!!!
    Dr. Kathy

    By Dr KathyJuly 13, 2006 - 10:13pm

    Marc and Jim, 

    Marc and Jim, 

    terribly sorry that AAR has treated you so badly... you deserve so much more than this.

    I guess it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. I'll miss you... please keep us in the loop with what's next.

    Thanks.

    By chrismahewJuly 13, 2006 - 10:54pm

    Oops, more loose ends...

    Gypsy, have you been saving all the recipes? We should rescue them if the blog will disappear.

    Marc, have you answered Gypsy about naming a drink after you?

    =^..^=

    By eclectic1July 13, 2006 - 11:21pm

    It's the end of the world as we know it

    Trying to feel fine about it. I'd have prefered to have Morning Sedition back, really. The night show is good, sometimes brilliant, but I miss all the laughter from the old morning show. The interviews have been superb. I've especially loved the nostalgia. I'm about the same age as Marc but we both seem to share a fascination with the likes of Tim Leary, Hunter Thompson and others who were really more idenified with the generation before us. So I love hearing someone from my own age group talking about these people who have affected the world so much. I don't agree with Marc about some things but if everyone agreed with me about everything I'd be bored out of my mind. I love good comedy and Marc's bits were the best radio bits I've heard in decades. He's practically reinvented radio comedy. With Marc it's more than just some grouchy guy commenting on stuff. There's some of that but Marc (and his talented cast of friends) has the added dimension of creating great, memorable comedy bits that we'll remember for the rest of our lives. Marc, if you don't pursue radio in the future, with or without Air America, it's everyone's loss.

    By ProgressiveSpiritJuly 13, 2006 - 11:31pm

    Marc and Jim should do a podcast

    Really you guys should do a 2 or 3 hour weekly podcast. Just leave it the way it is and put it up on your site and Itunes.

    By GodForHireJuly 13, 2006 - 11:47pm

    Onwards and upwards my friend.

    Maron,

    I just listened to last night's show on podcast. About your decision to refuse AAR's lukewarm offer, I say good for you man. It's a hard pill for us fans to swallow, but it was the right stance to take. It was getting frikkin' ridiculous.

    I'm gonna miss the show badly (those months in-between Sedition and MMS were rough), but I'd feel even worse if you continued with AAR out of a sense of obligation, but were were stuck in an arrangement that made you feel unhappy and undervalued. You deserve much better.

    You obviously worked really hard to make something special out of nothing (twice), and it really was special. But without the support of the network it was continually undermined. Sure AAR always has money problems, but the real issue is that AAR keeps treating their talent like pawns. It's only right that they're asked to pay the price.

    As much as I still like some of the other shows on the network, they've moved so far away from the earlier format that was all about providing community, culture and information in an entertaining way. That's the Air America that sucked me in and made me feel like a part of something bigger. But now thanks to business decisions to focus strictly on serious talk radio, it's turned into a wonky talking-head station. That leaves no place for shows like yours that serve to balance it out.

    I'll look forward to what's next. Even if it's just a podcast about cats I'm totally behind you dude. How about doing some standup dates in Canada? I've been able to convert a few people by lending out your stand-up CDs. If I keep it up, you could have an army of fans up here. Just give me a few more years.

    - Mason

    By masonproulxJuly 14, 2006 - 12:18am

    Toppled

    Most people commenting here have a lot of familiarity with blogging and the independence that this form of expression gives us.  Well, this radio thingy trades in any hints of independence for ruthless business decisions. I keep on thinking on how I would feel if someone snapped their fingers and took away my blogging privileges like that.  And that's basically what they have done to the MM show crew, ripping a mighty fine auditory blog out of our sensory realm.  This stuff will continue to happen until we the sheeple take back the public airwaves.

    "Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts." ... Frank Drebin

    By webhubbletelescopeJuly 14, 2006 - 12:22am

    Marc's Theme on Randi's Show

    Is there any truth to Randi playing Marc's theme on her show?

    Did she comment about it afterwards?

    By darkjstzJuly 14, 2006 - 12:31am

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    I heard the MS / Peppers theme song on Randi Rhodes within the last week.

    By webhubbletelescopeJuly 14, 2006 - 12:55am

    Peace All!

    XM has Marc doing a AAR promotion... go figure!? I hope he got his cut!

    Cui bono
    ==> Insert a witty comment here <==
    Get the News at http://www.theaera.blogspot.com
    Maron Double Master Blogger #7

    By YBNurmalJuly 14, 2006 - 1:01am

    "business decisions to focus strictly on serious talk radio"?

    I never considered MS or TMMS as just "funny"--they were full of breaking topics. AAR promotes Al (or Al does it if they don't) as funny, which he rarely is after the first time he tells a joke.

    But, however you can gain Maron fans, I'm for it!

    =^..^=

    By eclectic1July 14, 2006 - 1:02am

    unfunny "deadair-time" franken

    saying "I bring the funny" now on promos for AAR.

    Marc- rip him a new one tomorrow. Don't let unfunny deadair dick dance on your grave. You must have really jerked his chain (not that it's hard for a jerk to have his chain jerked)

    Oh, and FUCK AAR for running those promos. Were they ever sincere?

    By artnortonJuly 14, 2006 - 1:02am

    How soon does tonight's show start?

    Now?

    By ex nyerJuly 14, 2006 - 1:07am

    Live?

    "At this point, what's inappropriate?"-Crow

    By jorogoJuly 14, 2006 - 1:08am

    Not live until tomorrow

    Not live until tomorrow night.

    By MotowngirlJuly 14, 2006 - 1:09am

    Podcasting

    out of his garage? I'll subscribe!!!

    By MotowngirlJuly 14, 2006 - 1:11am

    Dude! Where's my stream?

    Oh, this is tragic, tragic I tell you! I'll try Real Audio but...but...

    gypsy
    Faith in the face of disaster is only enhanced by laughter in the face of pain.-Marc Maron: The Jerusalem
    http://msgyspy.blogspot.com
    FOUNDER, CULT OF EARL

    By peasantwitchJuly 14, 2006 - 1:11am

    Did you try

    the alternate stream?