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WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Episode 1127 - G.E. Smith

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.629.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

G.E. Smith started playing guitar when he was four. As he grew up, he liked The Beatles fine but it was really the Kinks and the Stones that grabbed him. Cut to many years later and G.E.’s had the opportunity to play with many of his heroes. He tells Marc about working with Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Roger Waters and more. They also talk about G.E.’s time as the bandleader on Saturday Night Live and the current dire situation for live music. This episode is sponsored by Patreon and Honey.

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0:00.0

Fuck the game!

0:09.3

Alright, let's do this. How are you with the fuckers? What the fuck buddies? What the fucksters?

0:16.0

What's happening? What the fuck nicks?

0:19.3

Out in the streets...

0:22.2

Fightin' the good fight.

0:24.8

Thank you for doing that.

0:26.8

It's fuckin' scary, crazy, righteous, chaotic, out of control, focused.

0:40.7

A lot of things going on at once. And I tend to be at this point somewhat paralyzed

0:49.8

with grief and trying to compartmentalize. I don't want to be at the guy at the protest

0:55.8

crying about his own problems. But I will throw some ideas out there for you in this time of

1:06.3

righteous, Ignignation, Peaceful, Protesting, Fury. A few places where you can kick in a few

1:17.8

shackles, contribute a few dollars to show your support. These are places that make a difference. Black

1:27.6

voters matter fund. They work directly and successfully on increasing the political power of

1:33.4

Black communities through voter registration and engagement on the local level, not just during

1:38.9

presidential elections. That's black voters matter fund.org. N-W-A-C-P Legal Defense Fund,

1:48.8

Police Reform and Racial Justice efforts, need litigation and advocacy to be successful.

1:55.2

The N-W-A-C-P Legal Defense Fund, N-A-A-C-P-L-D-F, N-A-C-P-L-D-F.org. And of course, the

2:10.4

ACLU will continue to be helpful for maintaining the first amendment rights and protesters

2:17.5

and fighting legal challenges in court. It's the charity I support.

2:22.0

Yerley, ACLU.org is where you can go to do that.

2:33.6

So, I'm still, before I get too far, look, you know, with things coming undone at the seams,

2:41.2

I don't really know what you, your people want to listen to or what is relevant to you. But today,

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