(I read this again before posting and I sound like a complete shill. So be it. I'm a hardcore fan)
For all you long suffering and broken hearted Morning Sedition fans (and I include myself as one of them), the new Marc Maron radio show begins tonight from 10-12pm PST on Air America Radio.
Some of you may know about the acrimonious cancellation of the late-great Morning Sedition show that was on Air America until last December. Many of us regarded it as quite unique among talk radio as it injected biting satire, sketch humor and political commentary into a morning drive time package. Some hated the show as too low brow, others admired the show as edgy and smart. And then there were us loyal fans who followed Marc Maron and Mark Rielly as they often took the show on the road to various NYC locations for live broadcasts.
While Rielly got the keys to the studio (and his own show), Maron got shown the door. Luckily, it turned out to be only a temporary setback as Maron relocated to Los Angeles and has now set up shop at KTLK, the AAR affiliate in Los Angeles. But as most fans know, Morning Sedition was a true collaborative effort with writers and comics helping to make the show what it was. The best of the lot was Jim Earl who was the manic behind Cardinal Milf Milfington and "The War on Brains" sketch, among others. Happily, he's joining Maron on the new show as is Brendon PW McDonald, the former producer of MS.
Who knows what sort of vibe the new show will have, but Maron seems like a good guy who is truly concerned with the progressive cause. I'm confident it's not just going to be a straight comedy show.
Anyway, the show will be broadcast live on KTLK Mon-Fri 10p-12a PST (1-3a on the East coast--grrrr) and AAR will also be streaming the show live from their site.
http://www.ktlk.com/
http://www.airamericaradio.com/
And if you're so inclined, a nice little blog community has sprouted from the ashes of the old Morning Sedition blog. You can find that here:
http://www.morningseditionists.com/