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Can anyone identify the title and artist on this bumper from the Feb. 25 MITD show? I'd sure appreciate it. (attached)

Quote from: Rocky4228 on October 15, 2015, 03:44:48 AM
Darn.  I...swear I didn't swear.  Thanks for the clarification, Art.

I know I'm two months late to the party on this...

This was probably the funniest moment I've ever heard on Art Bell. I keep going over it my head. It was perfect. Greer had been getting on my nerves with slipping in how he'd been an emergency room doctor every chance he could and his experience with head injuries and then all his characteristic name dropping. I just wanted to slap the guy.

And then this caller comes along...

"Hi Art. I was just wondering if Dr. Greer could help me with the severe head injury I received from all the name-dropping that he's been doing." (or something like that)

I laughed my ass off. If only Art had heard it right and appreciated it for what it was: the perfect lampoon of a most-deserving target. Yessssss. Deeply satisfying. And so frickin' funny.

Thanks, Rocky. You da man! 

Quote from: jazmunda on October 10, 2015, 06:57:18 AM
Little help needed. If anyone has just listened to the past week of shows or will be listening let me know if you come across the show where Art recounts his precognition story. I could have sworn I heard it but can't remember which show. I will be very grateful.

You're right, Jaz. I seem to recall it was with a male guest, last week. And the guest was not a believer in such things, I think. Hmph. Maybe it was Tess Gerritsen? She was pretty skeptical of woo-woo stuff. Note that she is not a male.

That's all I can remember, though. I'm clearly of little help.

Quote from: Weirdoradio on October 09, 2015, 11:11:37 AM
I'd suggest reading this thread to get a better idea of the situation. It'll answer all of your questions.

Sorry. No time to sort through 15 pages. Can someone give us the skinny?

Why is Leo's departure not screwing up the satellite thing for Art?

Forecast says rain. Bring your umbra.

Maybe cut some slack to the lady who's friend recently lost a loved one, guys? Geeze. 

Quote from: MichaelFromVA on October 07, 2015, 09:08:17 AM
You don't like Bigfoot?  Nobody doesn't like Bigfoot!

I believe you're confusing Sasquatch and Sara Lee, sir.

Again? 

Quote from: The Coincidence Kid on October 05, 2015, 04:58:58 PM
Nobody seems to be as amused by Hurricane Jokeen as I am...  Carbon dee-oxide seems to have taken off.

I had to be 4 years old, give or take, when I learned how to pronounce Joaquin because Joaquin Andujar (an-DOO-jar in Leonese) played for the Cardinals.

I'm sure he's heard it but he thinks it's spelled Walkeen or something...

I'm going to miss that silly incompetent bastard.

I'm right there with you on Jokeen. Yes, I will miss him, too. Like I miss watching airplane crash videos on Youtube when I finally decide I should go to bed at 1:30 AM.

>>I want to thank the following station owners/operators for your support of me through this ridiculous situation: Ed Stohlz at KBET in Las Vegas, Geno Munari, KIYQ, Paul Reyes KFRN, Andy Vierra, Aaron Scott - KQRP, KALH, KFTW, KJMR, KTSQ, KZPZ, WEFA, WZQR. Several others - I'm sorry if I missed you here. I look forward to working with you all and providing a real, professional and dementia free radio program. All stations btw - that no longer carry MITD as of Friday!<<

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference

I believe this is Leo's biggest concern right now. If not, it should be.

That's his history. Fanboy at any cost. I'm pretty sure he's Leo's pool boy, FWIW.

Thanks for the info, Art. Really good to see you take this all with such aplomb. Quite a contrast to the way Leo's been behaving. It's clear who the pro is. Keep up the good work, my man. We're here for ya.

Quote from: coaster on October 03, 2015, 01:33:33 PM
Dmn  is not essential to the show, and even if it was, leo is replaceable.  He is a drama queen and I am glad he is gone. He can read the news, big deal.

Doesn't seem like it. Haven't we already established this? 

Yes! Caught that, too.

I still think the best ever was "umbrella" for "umbra" when talking about an eclipse. 

Quote from: markpaterson on October 03, 2015, 08:57:14 AMSo in addition to green which mean time and carbon dee oxide, there was also…

Tuten-Coo-Men for Tutankhamun.

And most shockingly of all, Rooters for Reuters.

Seriously, he calls himself a news reader and investigative journalist and he can't pronounce one of the worlds biggest news agencies? Ridiculous. Hard to believe he wasn't just trolling hard.

And last but not least, there was this gem the other night…

"Will it ever be possible to transmit data without a cable?"

Let me know if this is ever possible, Leo. Then we can all finally stop driving around with 30 miles of spooled Cat-5 attached to our cellphones.

Too funny.

Yeah, I was hoping this thread would be a good repository for Ash-crashes, but, personally, it was so hard not to fast-forward through DMN, I became a lousy compiler. 

   Kismet. Couldn't happen to two more-deserving guys.

Quote from: onan on October 03, 2015, 08:15:14 AM
I get that. I doubt that was the issue of an ultimatum (perhaps a precursor). We have a bit of history with Keith, that was pretty much forgotten after an appearance on the Gabcast. But now I am reconsidering Keith's behaviors behind the scenes.

Yeah, I was mostly (mostly) kidding.

I'm just glad an in-our-face problem has gone away. As long as Art and Keith can work it out in the background, I'm a happy camper. (Easy for me to say.) 

Quote from: onan on October 03, 2015, 08:01:17 AMJust because Leo, it seems, lost this battle doesn't mean there isn't some issue that really needs to be addressed.

Like frequently mispronouncing words during a news cast? I believe this has now been addressed. 

Quote from: VegasI15 on October 02, 2015, 09:43:07 PM
Fair enough.  I'll just mark it up as you really disliking his delivery style. I'm sure Phrodo was really looking forward to calling you Sally though. 

You are correct on all counts, sir. 

Quote from: VegasI15 on October 02, 2015, 09:23:56 PM
Sounds like this whole thread.  Since you consider yourself an expert radio professional, it would be no harm to tell us who you "really" are, correct?  Let me guess perhaps you are Wolfman Jack or Allan Freed?  Roger Carroll?  No couldn't be, those guys were too professional and nice.  Maybe you are Sally Jesse Raphael, that would be funny.

Well, if you paid me to type this stuff, I'd adopt a more professional tone. Until then... 

I never made it big. You would not have heard of me unless you were around suburban Chicago in the late 80s/early 90s. My real name would mean as much as my avatar name. Which is not much. 

So, here's how it went with me and Leo, today via FB chat:

Quote2:35pm
WK
I enjoy Dark Matter News, but am frequently distracted by the pronunciation errors. Is there a way that Leo could perhaps check on pronunciations that he's unsure of before recording his news casts? Or are there other news readers available? I worked ten years in radio and would be happy to apply. Thanks.

10/2, 2:36pm
Dark Matter News
Well stop listening

2:55pm
WK
I do fast-forward through it, usually. But, I'd really rather enjoy it. I must say, I'm surprised at the unprofessional tone of your reply. Is this Leo? Do you think this is a better solution than actually improving pronunciation habits? I intentionally left this off the public FB page out of respect. I guess I was hoping for a more respectful response.

And that was it. I guess he knew the end was near. He musta been burning all the oil wells on his way out of The Desert. He probably took office supplies home. And that's just not nice.

Quote from: phrida on October 02, 2015, 08:14:18 PM...are you happy now bitch?

Very much so. Thank you for caring, phrida. And before I go, may I compliment you on your unibrow.

You and Leo can walk off into the sunset, hand in hand, fumbling over each others' names. Art and the rest of us are free at last. And you thought this thread was a bad idea. How many times can you be wrong in one thread? It boggles the mind.

And thank you, also, for your support. We did it. Together, we did it. Me with the reasoned concern. You showing the world that Leo and his supporters are just not ready for prime time. Seventh grade home ec, maybe. Prime time, not so much.

Quote from: phrida on October 02, 2015, 08:14:18 PM...you're just a perverted, pompous, worthless, whiny, Wacko Bitch.

That's Waco Bitch, bitch. My work is done here.  Aloha.

OMIGOD. This is too funny. The best word I can think of to describe DMN/Leo is unprofessional.

1) The consistently worst pronunciation of common terms that I've ever heard, let alone on a nationally distributed radio program.

2) An adolescent reply to my inquiry about the poor pronuncation via the DMN FB page messaging channel.

3) An adolescent remark about Keith Rowland upon exiting MITD.

Sounds like he got what he deserved. And I can't help but wonder if we weren't a part of that.

LOL. 

In other news... I just heard back from Dark Matter News on Facebook. We'll see how it unfolds, but so far, the dialogue is... disappointing, shall we say? I sure hope it's some intern Leo can fire, rather than Leo. Doesn't bode well for a professional outfit.

I guess I need to remind you that I'm asking what grade you're in as an implication that you come off as very immature.

Again -- you can ridicule, but have a problem with what you see as me ridiculing Leo? 1) you can't have it both ways, and 2) When have I ridiculed Leo? I'm pointing out my disappointment with his mispronunciations. How is that ridiculing? I'm sorry you're having trouble thinking clearly.

You've already "pointed out" that you're not mad. I have to wonder why you keep insisting on this point. Do you remember my Shakespeare reference? Did you understand it? I can explain it to you, if you like.

I thought about messaging Leo on FB like you can with friends, but figured that wasn't available for a fan page. Thanks for having me check it. I've left Leo a message. Hope he gets it.

And I wish you luck with your problem, which is clearly not an anger problem because you've told me so several times. 

What did I miss? Defensive? Where?

Quote from: b_dubb on October 01, 2015, 11:31:11 PM
carbon DIE oxide

Yeah, that one's pretty silly.

Hey, phrodo -- what grade are you in? And why all the name-calling if not because you're a deeply angry person?

BTW -- there doesn't seem to be a way to get a proper message to Leo without putting it out there for the world to see on FB (I'm not that mean) or submitting it as a news tip. Hopefully, he'll stop by here.

Quote from: phrodo on October 01, 2015, 09:11:03 AM
Hey Whacko Kid -- sorry you're such a dumbfuck. You seriously have reading comprehension issues that I'm sure extend to other areas of your miserable life.

If you weren't such an attention whore -- or maybe had an IQ above room temperature -- you would contact Leo and express your concerns to him instead of your continuing posts of ridicule here. But then you couldn't pretend to be the smartest kid in the class. 

Here's the website -- darkmatternews.com -- you can leave comments on the news stories there.

That would be the logical course of action to take -- but judging from your history -- you'll just keep ridiculing him on here. Nice.  :

Yeah, only stupid people like me would ridicule anyone. 

You're right. I should register my complaint with the front office. Till now I was just venting. Time to go to the source. I will do that. Thank your for your thoughtful suggestion.

BTW -- what grade are you in? And why all the name-calling if not because you're a deeply angry person?

That's okay, forget it. I've finally figured out that you're simply incapable of answering elementary questions. It only took me this long because I'm stupid. Thank you for helping me figure that out about myself. I'm so stupid that I simply couldn't do the self-examination necessary. You are my savior. True, it's a little disconcerting that my savior is said to have a micro-penis. But no judgement.

Hey phrodo, I think it's only fair to enlighten you to the fact that the more you talk, the more obvious it is how angry you are. Maybe consider taking a less-is-more approach? (It also erodes credibility of your attention-whore admonition, as I've pointed out.) You're welcome.

It would also be really cool if you could find it in yourself to answer my question in one of these rants of yours. Why do YOU think you're name-calling? Typically, non-angry people will explain why their behavior resembles that of an angry person when asked. (But only if he or she is not angry.)

And congratulations on never having mispelled a word. I'm certainly impressed. I must truly be stupid, as you say.

Seriously, though... what grade are you in?