Marc Maron (4:16)
It's. I think it's called the Night Gallery. But it was nice to go to that. So anyway, I run into Ed Helms, who I haven't seen in probably decades. Well, not maybe. Well, probably since he's done this show. And he's a nice guy, banjo player. He famously did this show and he was, he was having a cat allergy and he was just wheezing out there in the old garage. And I just, I didn't, I didn't help him. I just, I needed to get that hour. He's going to play some banjo. And he got through it, but I felt bad that I kind of kept him wheezing to get through the show. But anyway, so I'm talking to Ed and he goes, I got a split. And I'm like, where are you going? He's like, this is going to sound weird, but I'm going to a listening party for Ringo Starr's new record. And I remembered that I had been invited to that by T Bone Burnett. I'm not dropping names, I get invited to nothing. But out of nowhere, weeks ago, when I was shooting the movie, T Bone had emailed me and we don't talk. But he said, this is happening. And I just spaced it out. And Ed said, he's going I'm like, oh, my God. I think I was invited to that. Where is it? And he's like, it's in Santa Monica. I'm like, oh, fuck. So I'm like, well, fuck it, I'm going to go. You know, it's one of those things where it's like, I don't know what it's going to be like, but it'll be a room full of people sitting probably with Ringo Starr, listening to his new record. So I'm like, it, let's go. And I got there, it was down at Village Studios in Santa Monica. A lot of stuff happened there. I don't know, I was scrambling. So we drive down there, we're in separate cars. I show up, I didn't know what to expect. And I see like, well, they recognize me because I did Conan with them, the milk Carton kids, Kenneth and Joey. And they were like, hey, what's up? I'm like, all right. These guys, I know these guys. And then it's just in this large room, there were some snacks there, a little bar. There's a lot of, a lot of like solidly proud gray haired people. It's not always nice to see the proud gray hair. And a lot of like, seem like, you know, kind of groovy, aging rock women rock who were once rock girls. It was just, it was an interesting mix of people. I ran. Ed Begley and his wife were there, who I know Joe Walsh was there because I believe he's married to Ringo's wife's sister. And, you know, I had interviewed Joe and I said, hey, how you doing? It's me, Mark Maron. I don't think he had any recollection, but he was very polite. But Stephen Stills was there, so that was kind of crazy. And it's very casual. You know, there's maybe 70 people there and I imagine they're mostly friends of Ringo's. And I've never talked to Ringo, I've never met Ringo. I've never been in a room with Ringo. I'd like to have him on the podcast. It's always exciting if you and your life are ever in a position to meet a beetle, one of the magic people. And Ringo is so specific. He's specifically Ringo, but he wasn't in the room when I got there. I'm hanging around. That Tyson fight was supposed to happen later and I'd gotten myself into that fucking mindset of like, yeah, I just want to see Tyson kill that guy. But I don't think that was even a real Fight. It's more of a wrestling match, right? It's the age of the heel. And I just feel like it was all set up. It was a thrown fight for big money that was not even on the professional fight docket, if that even exists anymore. And it just seemed like that dude, that influencer. It's like this is the age of the amateur and the age of the heel. But I don't know what was up. But I got into the mindset, like, I'd like to see Mike beat the shit out of that guy. And then I realized, like, this is fucking wrestling, man. This isn't boxing. This whole scam is a wrestling scam. He's a fucking heel scam. Yeah. Who would have known that Mike would be the face? But anyway, so we're hanging out, meeting the hummus, and Ringo comes in and I was just like, I gotta. I gotta meet Ringo Starr. But there was people around him and I have no way in. And believe it or not, I'm fairly nervous still with, you know, most people who are. I didn't even know how to. I was terrified of Stephen Stills. He strikes me as a frightening guy. He's very intimidating. But, you know, Stephen Stills was one of. He's one of the best. One of the best singers, certainly songwriters. But I did end up meeting him and his wife and I met Ringo and I was there with a little circle of people and they were talking about Richard Lewis, and Ringo was talking about Richard Lewis, and we were talking about how we missed Richard Lewis. But he's so Ringo. She's so fucking Ringo. Ringo is. And everyone just sat around and listened to his new country record that was produced by T Bone, who didn't come. But it was very exciting. And I, you know, I don't. You know, it's not. This is not some humble brag or name drop fest. I was just, you know, I was in a room with Ringo Starr and he was being very Ringo Starr like. And it was enjoyable. And the record was also enjoyable. Oh, you want me to catch you up on the vacuum situation? So I gave the spark vacuum, I think that's the brand, to kit. And the broken vacuum is out here waiting to be taken away or by me when I get, you know, the. It's not in. It's in Whittier, it's not in Downey. And I've got the other Dyson. I got a lot of input on the vacuums. Anytime I talk about practical things, I get a lot of input. I know the meal vacuum. Everyone loves that But I've gotten kind of accustomed to these Dysons. I like the Dyson. They break. I get it. But I just went and got the. You know, I went and bought the new animal, the animal three. And then someone emailed me and hit me to the fact that they actually sucked too hard. But so I got another animal too, and I'm all good. 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