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Quote from: onan on April 21, 2011, 02:35:54 AM

http://www.jimearl.com/radio.html

click on rapture watch, war on brains, the others are ok but those two selections are imo the best

damn it.  requires the stupid quicktime plugin.

Quote from: onan on April 21, 2011, 01:04:36 AM
yup I would agree. And as simple as that is, I have to wonder why. I mean if talk radio was any kind of indicator of public opinion wouldn't our country be much more to the right than it is? Wouldn't taxation be at most 2%. Wouldn't Obama be a footnote in american politics?

I'm just askin.

I think it's because the people involved in liberal talk radio were doing it for all the wrong reasons. They were obsessed with the notion of serving as a counterweight to conservative talk... and it showed. They forgot to entertain. Their shows were heavy, unlikable, and almost purely activist in nature. There was no release valve.

It all just came off as being contrived and unnatural. There was nothing incidental about it. It felt like total propaganda and nothing more. I understand that conservative talk is loaded with propaganda... but it often has a certain incidental feel to it. Liberal talk existed as a manufactured response to Rush, and it lacked soul or excitement. The hosts typically sounded so angry and depressed. I could go on and on.

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Quote from: rangers1919 on March 19, 2011, 03:07:38 AM

Liberal radio hasn't been able to take off because many of the largest corporations got together and said they wouldn't advertise during liberal talk shows; this is all the stations care about, advertising dollars.

The reason liberal talk radio didn't take off is because it didn't get ratings and was unsustainable as a result.  It's really that simple.

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Quote from: b_dubb on April 18, 2011, 10:31:00 AM
Jar City.  an Icelandic police procedural.  i've never seen a man eat a sheeps head.  prior to watching this movie.  good movie but not exactly uplifting

my wife has eaten many a sheep's head (and stomach, etc.).  i'll never understand it.  it's hard for me to believe a woman of her beauty would find pleasure in eating such a thing, but it's the moroccan way.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on April 20, 2011, 06:34:29 PM
     Nope, my dislike of them comes from their supercilious,haughty demeanor. For instance, I agree with Maher maybe 2/3 of the time...but he's utterly devoid of humility. Maddow comes across as a snarky hipster and not surprsingly, highly intolerant of dissenting views. The "preachers of tolerance" really seem to HATE those who don't agree with them. She also is frighteningly consedcending.

i wish i'd been the one to articulate this.

Quote from: onan on April 20, 2011, 04:10:44 PM
Please tell me how she compares to those that make a point of challenging anyone's patriotism (really would like a specific definition of that term).

when did it suddenly become unacceptable to challenge anyone's patriotism?  i'd like to know when this became sacred ground and why i wasn't at the meeting.  the outrage expressed by some when patriotism is questioned seems to be a new phenomenon, and i fail to understand how it's always off the table as an issue of discussion.  the fact is, some american citizens have an invariable, consistent, predictable tendency to blame the united states for every problem faced by the world, regardless of reality.  i don't think they're patriots.  i've grown fatigued by 25 years of listening to aging pseudo intellectuals incessantly prattle on about why my country sucks, how guilty we are, and how uneducated i am for not agreeing WITH THEM.  talk about arrogance... and then they have the balls to demand their patriotism not be questioned in the whole process.  what assholes.  some people ARE anti american, and i'm happy to see them called on it.

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Tell me how she compares to the misinformation of the likes of limbaugh, hannity, liddy, and others.

i think it would be an exercise in futility to even begin trying to answer this question.

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I just find it off putting that some because of different ideologies think her to be a bitch.

was it you or someone else who, a few weeks ago, suggested you'd like to see conservative talk radio hosts burn in hell?  and what was that for if not their ideology, which happens not to coincide with what you believe?  talk about off putting... and disproportionate.

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Do you also believe that a college degree especially at a doctorate level has no merit?

i don't think it's without merit, but i also don't think it shields her from criticism or renders her opinion of greater weight than mine or anyone else's.  i'll take her political opinions one at a time, and when they blow goat, i'll place them in the "goat blowing" pile along with the others.  however, placement in the "goat blowing" pile will not be contingent upon a peek at her degree.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on April 20, 2011, 03:27:00 PM
...and he sounds like Herb Sewell.

       

HAHA

Quote from: guildnavigator on April 20, 2011, 11:18:41 AM
this thread was like going on a date with a hot chick and finding out half-way through that she had an adam's apple and a penis.

At which point you say to yourself, "Aw, who cares. I already paid for dinner, anyway."

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Quote from: mib12890 on April 20, 2011, 09:47:29 AM
Here's an actual picture of Art on a facebook fan page http://on.fb.me/dRSk7q

what's the story behind the picture?

i fail to see how someone believing rachel maddow is a bitch is indicative of a lack of social skills.

Well then. Looks like this thread has certainly reached the end of its life cycle.

It will forever be preserved and remembered.

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Quote from: haloedorchid on April 19, 2011, 11:21:59 AM
I have a friend who moved to Hawaii, and now she says "da" instead of "the". It's really annoying.

insufferable.

been watching episodes of dog the bounty hunter on netflix.


dem people don't talk too good.

Quote from: EvB on April 18, 2011, 08:44:48 PM




No Comment Needed

i've learned not to click ambiguously described links posted by evelyn.

It has been a pleasure, my friend. I hope to hear from you again sometime soon.

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Quote from: b_dubb on April 17, 2011, 10:30:35 AM
who wants to take odds on whether he actually keeps his promise?

He doesn't have a choice.

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Quote from: IU Jacob on April 17, 2011, 09:14:58 AM
Crackpots like "Fort Rock" on a Coast to Coast forum.
Who would've thought?

LOL, you have a point here.

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Quote from: HAL 9000 on April 17, 2011, 02:11:05 AM
That POS Snoory lied about his knowledge of Art... the attached mp3 is the open-lines call referring to Art.

After listening very closely to the last sentence when Snoory says, "That's the most I can say about that..." the next sentence starts too soon. Upon examination of the audio waveform (and listening very closely) to my ear Snoory does not pronounce the last "t" in the word "that" and the next sentence begins virtually immediately - as though it was edited, or perhaps a portion was dumped... either way, doesn't really matter as the One-Neuron Noron continues to lie...

See attached mp3 below:

you're right.  it does sound manipulated.  the spacing after, "that's the most i can say about thaaa..." doesn't sound natural to me.  it's very rushed from "thaaa" to "let's go east of the rockies..." almost to the point of one word overlapping the other.


another (and the most likely) possibility is the removal of speech gaps by automated equipment.  usually undetectable to the listener, many modern broadcast studios have equipment that removes pauses and dead air for the purpose of using airtime more productively.  in other words, it could turn 30 minutes of speech into 29 minutes of aired content, squeezing an additional two full minutes out of the hour.  as the host watches the clock in order to meet a hard break (like the break at the bottom of the hour at XX:29:30 or the top of the hour break at XX:58:50), the clock adjusts its self so the host doesn't need to worry about these time adjustments when attempting to hit the ever shifting mark. as a matter of fact, the host would have no idea it's even happening since he's not listening to what you're listening to.  he's hearing real time, and his clock appears to be real time (even though it's constantly adjusting to reflect the gap removal).  i know rush uses one of these magic boxes... so i'm thinking it's probably standard equipment in syndicated radio these days.


on the inverse, when audio is dumped, it causes air to skip forward by "X" amount of time.  this lost time must come out of the delay buffer.  the standard buffer (or delay) used to be 7 seconds of audio.  in recent years, most broadcast studios have gone far beyond a mere 7 seconds of buffered audio.  the first reason for the increase is due to the fact that it's easy to pull off using modern, simple technology... so why not?  more control is a good thing (from their perspective).  the second reason is the climate of fear among radio executives today.  they're TOTALLY frightened something spontaneous might happen on one of their "properties."  anyway, back on track.  when the audio is dumped, the buffer size decreases by the amount of time the operator has skipped forward.  if too much audio is dumped too quickly, the delay buffer is exhausted and everything is hitting air in real time, like it or not.  there are two solutions:  wait until a break and reset the buffer, or use equipment that inserts small pauses into air for the purpose of rebuilding the buffer on the fly without listeners noticing.  most modern studios are utilizing the second option.


there's a HUGE amount of audio manipulation taking place in the processing chain from the microphone to your ears.

FORT ROCK... now that i'm done redacting the putrefied brown logs you dumped onto this thread in your recent posts, i have a question for you:  are you a fucking idiot or something?  i'm asking that question in a serious, concerned, almost clinical way.  do you understand that your post was a slanderous, vacuous shit stain deserving of legal action against you?


let's get one thing straight... if i should EVER receive an official communiqué from an attorney working for art bell as a result of your post(s), i will happily give him/her your IP address, your legal name, your home phone number, and your physical mailing address.  as a matter of fact, i HOPE i'm contacted by an attorney working for art just so i can release the hounds upon you.


you are a needy, emotionally scarred, angry, socially inept, jealous, excluded, confused, volatile, failed little man, and i pity the impoverished, naive asian flower who crosses paths with the likes of your sorry, unworthy ass.


fuck you.

Quote from: RealCool Daddio on April 16, 2011, 12:20:41 PM
...and try the veal.   

haha

Quote from: extreemufohunter on April 14, 2011, 06:00:48 PM
So here is my story. I recently downloaded an iphone app that claims to summon real spirits. The app is called 'Ghost Seance'  I actually thought it was just another one of those fake/gag apps at first but curiosity got the best of me and I gave it a shot. A friend of mine and ex roommate had past away a few months ago so when I was bored a few nights ago I lit some candles by myself and decided to let this app try and summon my friend who had died.  After reading what I just typed it sounds really strange, I know. Anyways I let this app do its thing and when the persons voice who leads the seance on the app started asking spirits to make a sign. My phone rang in the middle of the seance. It was the person who now lives in the place where me and my roommate who died used to live. This person was calling to say they found my wallet (that I had now forgotten about) it was in an old couch that we left behind in the garage - the couch actually belonged to my friend/roommate.  Anyways, I think this is way too much of a coincidence and I know there is no way the app had anything to do with this or did it?  how does a coincidence like this happen?? I was going to call in to coast to coast radio show about this but would rather have all of your feedback. 

very interesting.

Quote from: jinwicked on April 16, 2011, 04:24:43 AM

hey, this is really sweet work, and i see it follows the same styling as your avatar.  very nice.

Quote from: fysisist on April 15, 2011, 09:29:49 PM
As far as I can tell, dude is just a life support system for that ridiculous mustache.

HAHAHA

he's qualified to teach in any four year university.

anybody ever hear the hendrie bit from the pre-syndication KFI days where a character claims he's going to canoe from coast to coast using a series of streams, rivers, lakes, creeks, and other bodies of water?  LOL!

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on April 14, 2011, 01:36:21 PM
    "Dancing Queen" and "Don't Leave Me This Way" also make me think of Phil Hendrie's awesome send-ups of C2C, in particular an episode where General Johnson Jameson demanded Art stop playing "that damned disco music"

bwaaaaaaaaaaaahahahha i have the same reaction... although particularly with "don't leave me this way."

Quote from: pepsiguy on April 15, 2011, 06:18:20 PM
I know i would shit and fall back in it in an earth quake,

haha

Quote from: RealCool Daddio on April 15, 2011, 09:53:04 PM
Yes.  But I like to smoke .... afterwards ....

and then he likes to enjoy a cigarette.

Quote from: ArtBellFan on April 15, 2011, 06:18:21 PM
He is not a collabortor, he has a new book to sell......plus he is doing some fill in shows.

i think it could be said ^^^this^^^ is the more plausible assessment of things.

Quote from: lasertron on April 15, 2011, 01:17:21 AM
I'm trying to get the courage to do it.

we will be there to support you.  promise.


this is but step one in a long process of recovery and reflection.