20150911 - Art Bell, Open Lines - Live Chat Thread

[Weirdoradio]

Richard needs to call in.

I would love to have that happen one evening. RCH calls in and on-air asks Art tips on interview techniques, how to use the faders, and how to get that pesky mysterious caller to stop bothering him at the top of his show. They then exchange a solemn 'braaaps' and Art returns to the vast fields of emptyheaded callers, devices unextinguished, that await him.

[trostol]

hmm...just saw an interesting piece of art work..Darth Maul Vs Wolverine...

[bateman]

what time slot?

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

[Lilith]

Hi, everyone!
Looking forward to some fun open lines.

Yup, I love all the open lines callers........the good, the bad, and the ugly!

[munbeam666]

Its the end of the world.....

[Sean92008]

Suggestion for an open lines night (are you paying attention [REDacted]?):

Open date lines...

[Noorynoid]

Tonight I'm listening to Art and the drum solo from Inna-Gadda-Davida at the same time. Yeah, it's truly awesome.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Lucifer is a spectrometer on Mt. Wilson which also hosts the Vatican observatory. They aren't related however. 

That actually makes more sense. Lucifer==being of light. A spectrometer measures light.
Thanks for the info SciFiAuthor.

[trostol]

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

i am never gonna get to play video games again lol

[albrecht]

I'm surprised Nancy from zetatalk isn't calling in (or another one of those types.) I seem to recall a Gabcast that got derailed into crazy land....

[SciFiAuthor]

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

Excellent. Fridays I'll have 7 hours of solid radio to listen to.

[Lilith]

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

FanTASTIC!!!

[Spinner]

If Bateman will shut up!!!!1111

Love you Steve.

I loved hearing bateman just before Art. I wish it could have been live so that he can say "Stay tuned. Art Bell coming up next!"
Maybe some day...?

[rozypalm]

Lucifer is a spectrometer on Mt. Wilson which also hosts the Vatican observatory. They aren't related however.

I remember Fr. Martin Malachi in his interviews referring it as the whole telescope (I know its  referring to a part of one)  which is probably why Art believes that

[Noorynoid]

Suggestion for an open lines night (are you paying attention [REDacted]?):

Open date lines...

Can I? new avatar? huh? please...

[WanagoBleu]

Enya and many more of your easy-listening favorites can be found on the new three CD collection "Music for Your Sex Dungeon."

LOL.

[Sandra Kristen]

Uh what would you call into the show to do that?

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

That actually makes more sense. Lucifer==being of light. A spectrometer measures light.
Thanks for the info SciFiAuthor.

Here's the (official?) Vatican explanation

There was another strange phone call today. Somebody was apparently just recently hurt by a misinformation which has been circulating on the web for two or three years. This calumny claims that the Vatican astronomers named some instrument or telescope "Lucifer". 

It is fairly clearly a typical case of degradation of information. The truth of the matter is that the Vatican Observatory is a member of the Mount Graham International Observatory (MGIO) consortium, together with a number of other institutions from Europe and the USA. The MGIO comprises a large number of stake holders, most of whom have nothing to do with the Vatican Observatory or its telescope.

How does this work? It is quite similar to share holders in a company. Supposing you had a six percent share in a company, while Mr XYZ had a four percent share. What could you do if Mr XYZ decided to name his pet hamster "Demon"? 

One of the stake holders in the MGIO is a group of European institutes who built an infrared camera and spectroscope, and named it "Lucifer". So what happened? First, somebody reported that an instrument called "Lucifer" was installed on Mt Graham. Then somebody remarked that Mt Graham also hosts the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, and that it is somewhat amusing that Mt Graham has both Vatican and Lucifer. Then the information somehow degraded and the slur was born: Vatican astronomers are supposedly friends with Lucifer...

http://vaticanobservatory.org/vo-news/news-archive/98-news-archive/vatican-lucifer/515-vatican-lucifer

So in answer to your other questiong, the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT).

[Spinner]

if planet x was coming at the prescribed time...we would be well aware by now

It's cloaked! Duh!

[trostol]

http://www.openminds.tv/lucifer-is-helping-vatican-astronomers-look-for-extraterrestrials-970/19968

[Weirdoradio]

Oh I didn't realize that tonight was Unwelcomed Jingle Suggestion Night. 'West of the ukeleles, please dial...'

[albrecht]

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

Nice! Harder work though, I hope you still keep it focused with high production value. I'm not into callers or live as much as good interviews. But take it however you wish.....

[Autistic Star Children]

why cant he just answer phones and talk to people. that's what the people want, right?

[trostol]

It's cloaked! Duh!

of course...silly me

[jazmunda]

I loved hearing bateman just before Art. I wish it could have been live so that he can say "Stay tuned. Art Bell coming up next!"
Maybe some day...?

He doesn't need to be live to do that.

[Zenman]

Friday 10-12 ET. Thanks, y'all.

That's too cool, way to go Bate!

[albrecht]

http://www.openminds.tv/lucifer-is-helping-vatican-astronomers-look-for-extraterrestrials-970/19968

Is this "Lucifer" telescope linked, or controlled, by the "Beast" computer in Belgium, perhaps?

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Hey, Is it national change your avatar week ? [I'm Guilty.] I noticed a lot of people have changed up this week.
"No Koinshidessses" - Jorch

[popple]

I loved hearing bateman just before Art. I wish it could have been live so that he can say "Stay tuned. Art Bell coming up next!"
Maybe some day...?

I like that idea! 

[ArJuna]

why cant he just answer phones and talk to people. that's what the people want, right?

No tonight because the world is ending this month and he wants credit for being on top of it. :-)