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Quote from: guildnavigator on November 06, 2013, 10:19:22 PM

bwhahhahahhahahahahah

Stream working flawlessly on osx 10.5 and 10.6 via itunes.

...tears welling up...i had no clue the effect this could have on me.

thanks guys just shot out 2 emails and 2 pms to PP and AB

Hey guys...question...is it more effective to PM art here or to email him? Snark aside people... if its easier to email him can someone send me the email? SNARK ASIDE PEOPLE.

I just woke up and read Art's posts from last night, now while i would have preferred to hear this stuff via a show, as i said so he could lasso the support he deserves, I am thrilled that he sounds committed to making things right and perhaps he did all along. Perhaps he thought he could win this fight on his own and that would spare him the most integrity. That said....

I've been on here for a few days, my first couple of posts were to say the least, well...they reflected clear textbook emotional shock. I was angry, mainly because i thought he'd just disappear again. Had I known he would ever potentially read the things i wrote, i would have never written them so childishly. I thought i was just pissing in the wind...and I'm pretty sure i said that even...but i came here to express my heartbreak and frustration. But it didn't take long for me to realize the gravity of the situation we've all created here. I'm not going to speak for all of you, just a lot of you. We kinda fucked up. I think a lot of us thought "this was it"....and that there was absolutely no way we or Art would or could save this. Then Art shows up and through all this shit storm and actually makes an effort towards us....multiple times. He did something that takes a huge pair of nether-dangles given the unfounded personal attacks being portrayed against him. The man has all he needs to live a happy life without any of this, without any of us......

I had a dream lastnight. In this dream I was with my wife in a hotel lobby, and a familiar man walked into the lobby and was greeted by a woman whom he was incredibly warm and cordial with. At that point, i hear "the voice", the only "voice" that i will ever, ever, ever recognize as "the voice" which was that of Mr Art Bell. Art proceeded to sit down in a chair next to us. He gave off the allure of a wise man, while battered and beaten by the ebbs and flows of life, he appeared to have taken all that very well as a man to be respected tends to. I very timidly began to have small talk conversation with him, and he, unaware that i knew who he was, was very willing to have small talk with me...so ahead i pushed...I introduced myself, and told him i was in the audio production business, he exhibited a big warm grin and let out his signature "ahhhhh" as if he were interested or it had struck a chord in him. He proceeded to tell me he was in town with one of his children looking at colleges. After a bit of small talk, i introduced my name and he shook my hand and said "Art" very kindly. I said "forgive me sir, but you are the great Art Bell...am i mistaken?" He responded "I am, though perhaps not great... I do what I love, it is my absolute passion" I smiled at him and said "a man that does what he loves, that pursues his passion is truly a great man for that road is no easy one"  he smiled and thanked me. We had many more conversations about the trials and tribulations of being a self-made man and pursuing passion, but all the while he was extremely humble and kind. I confessed what a huge fan i'd been over the years and he seemed to truly grateful, at peace with his position in the life of this total stranger that was me, as if I were his own family. He said "I've got a little something for you" and then scribbled something down on a piece of paper. "Mr Bell" the concierge called him up to the counter, he said to me "it was very nice talking to you" and got up and went to the counter. I held this piece of paper for the duration of the dream, yet somehow could not open it to read it....I woke up crying.

I'm not sure what the piece of paper said...but i have a good idea. I'm still emotional about the dream... embarrassed for some of the things i said those first several hours after I found out. All i ever wanted was the opportunity to hear this amazing voice say the things that he says, the way he says them...and what did i do when i thought i lost that opportunity? I acted like a scared little child in ways i could never see myself behaving. Art Bell has been my best friend of the nighttime from the time I was 13 years old. Around that time i began to discover I suffered from chronic insomnia, and boy was he the best goddamn friend i could have ever asked for. I owe him a great debt of gratitude. I'd do anything for an old friend in need. Perhaps the most difficult part of all this is that I don't know what I can be doing...its like watching helplessly as something terrible happens to someone you love. I guess I was, in the end, dishonest with myself about how much i care about Art and his shows and work. But when the guy starts showing up in your dreams...its time to slow down and think about things before you piss them all over the internet-rug.

I will always love Art Bell unconditionally. Show or not. The man holds a special place in my heart ALWAYS.

Quote from: wenck on November 05, 2013, 09:39:26 PM
Here's another, albeit darker, Downfall parody about all this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1cpZ1rfKFY&

This more adequately portrays my emotions as of now.

You know....the replay thats scheduled for tonight still isn't specifically listed.....just tossing a coin in the pissing well.

Quote from: alleyrulez on November 05, 2013, 05:34:32 PM
does anyone REALLY think that he will come back?

We're all like abused children...we have irrational hope that is endless.

COULD THOSE HAVING AN OT BITCHFEST AT EACH OTHER PLEASE DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE?

Its really cluttering up this forum here and was during the important little window the rest of us had to talk to Art. Pathetic.

Quote from: HumanBeing on November 05, 2013, 05:03:33 PM

Enough of the excuses and back handed apologies fishing for sympathies by playing on people's emotions.
You got roughly 4 hours to get your shit together for tonight's show... C'mon you can do it.

He's got this if he's willing...and can mop the floor with matt stone and trey parker as far as last minute deadlines. I would buy every single hand cranked radio and rainwater powered usb dongle and masturbate furiously if he comes back on the air tonight. I'm pissed and also a bit of an apologist...whatever...fuck it. COME BACK DUDE GET ON THE AIR. ASAP.

Quote from: Art Bell on November 05, 2013, 04:41:09 PM
Ok I am going to leave for now. I wanted to come on to at least try and explain what I could, there
is much I am unable to say because it was said to me in confidence and I must respect that.

Perhaps there is a point where Sirius and I can work things out, as I have said I am open to that
but people are angry and I understand that. Again I am sorry. Feel free to continue to slice and dice.

                                                                                                                        Art

Thank you Art. Pop back on Sirius and give it a go. You will see. We fucking love you. We're all just hurt. Just do it. Get on there, talk about it, have a discussion about it with callers! Your show is your forum...thats where you need to interact. Please, just do another show. Whether Sirius compromises or not....just get back on there. I wanna hear "DADDYS HOME" tonight. Because you are...all of our fathers.

Quote from: DanTSX on November 05, 2013, 04:11:08 PM
Yeah one fucking asshole said that.

I enjoyed spooky matter.  One of the few nights my spouse stays up late with me to hear you.

I listened to spooky matter again lastnight to try to figure out what all the fuss was about after this explosion. Enjoyed it entirely. It just needs more time Art! Also Mr Bell, can you just tell us what you need us to do in order to get you back on the Air tonight? Who do we need to call? Whats the strategy? Heeeeeeellllllppppppppp.

Quote from: Art Bell on November 05, 2013, 03:10:18 PM
I know many of you are angry in your usual style

We were angry at what happened to your show once you left and angry because we missed you. That is all! This is your support group, and yes it might seem a little rocky right now, but we all have great expectations of you. Its like being in a family. Unconditional love doesn't mean supporting every single choice or as a lot of people seem to see it, unhealthy and destructive behavior.   

Quote from: Art Bell on November 05, 2013, 03:10:18 PM
It just did not make any sense to me that pirates were posting programs the next day and live streams were popping up all
over the place that did not even carry our commercials without anybody doing anything about it, just crazy. Why not stream until
the problem was fixed with our commercials? It was a widespread problem including here on Bell Gab, right? My thinking was and
still is that it would have drawn many more into the program, eventually becomming full subs.

Art, the media climate has been changing drastically for almost 15 years. Every single form of entertainment(perhaps save video games) is getting hit with these issues. I think Sirius is holding on to the last bastion of a dying format (satellite radio) milking their brand and service while they still can. In the world of modern constant media influx the listeners are distracted and faced with a myriad of amazing free content. It will never be like 1996 again, ever. For sirius change their standards and practices is a bit out of your control. I think your idea would have been better for YOUR SHOW on Sirius, but it is incredibly risky for the company as a whole. You have a great idea, but it causes serious (get it?) problems for the business model that is Sirius. In the end using sirius as the format rather than doing it independently was probably a bad move. But come on man! Didn't anyone ever tell you to "keep something in your back pocket"?  Why does it gotta come down to it like this? You could have at least kept the show up long enough to organize something with the fans to really work the "fan power" and would have stood a much better chance at getting something done without hurting your audience's feelings.

Quote from: butterbat on November 04, 2013, 11:34:41 PM
I'm disappointed, yeah, but not entirely shocked.  I have enjoyed the recent shows and the build-up to when they started.  Today, not so much.

But....what I'm really curious and concerned about is whether there were people who quit perfectly satisfying (or otherwise) jobs to go full-time with Art and are now left out in the cold. 

Me....I just need to find some different entertainment.  No biggie. 

I will soon be unemployed and losing my home to move in with family, so after my free trial ran out I found other means of listening.  Does Art consider me part of the problem?  My only alternative was to not listen at all, and right now I wish I hadn't wasted my time.

Art, it will soon be midnight in the desert, and we aren't listening tonight.  How does that feel?

You along with millions of other Americans will soon be part of the ultimate solution. Stay strong. The media-climate has been changing for almost 15 years. Keep on pushing us to deliver new and interesting content for less. Passion wins and profit sins. As a musician, I will die fighting, and rest assured, I will die, hopefully at the hands of a more passionate person willing to give more for less. 

Quote from: popple on November 04, 2013, 11:29:24 PM
Spooky matter was not so great because people couldn't hurry up and get to the damn point of their story.

As a whole DM did not suck 

Ask Art to be a guest 

He can be your guest every night. He can be a guest with a NC can't he? lol

To be clear...Dark Matter kicked ass, thats why we are all pissed off. We paid, it delivered. Art bailed on something great.

Quote from: lonevoice on November 04, 2013, 10:54:34 PM
Gawd, I hope he doesn't.  If I approve of nothing else about how this dispute with SiriusXM has been handled, I do approve of Art's decision to deactivate his facebook page, and, hopefully to stay clear of "fan" forums for awhile.  I've read numerous comments on this thread repeating the vile accusations about Ramona's passing, repeating the tired-out crap about Airyn's age, about Art's relationship with his kids, and more "fuck you, I hate you, you bastard!" than can be accounted for by anger and/or disappointment from fans about Dark Matter going dark.  I'd note that much (not all, but much) of it is coming from people who have rarely posted here before, and people who have registered a vocal dislike of everything Art's done for the past several months, including dissatisfaction with Dark Matter while we had it. 

Combine angry fans, PremRat trolls, Gnoory trolls, Clear Channel trolls, and SiriusXM trolls with a number of other sorts who have carried a seething dislike of Art Bell for too many years to be healthy for anyone, and this forum looks pretty nutty tonight.

Poor, unfortunate, flaky radio-celebrity/hall of famer with a 1000 people logged into a b-forum flooding in to show their unconditional support by calling him on his bullshit. I don't buy it. A lot of us old fogies can't believe this shit is happening again, mainly because we should have expected it.  Be a man Art! Show up to work tomorrow.

Quote from: Chine on November 04, 2013, 10:37:46 PM
This SHIT is my celebratory drink for working my ass off today finishing five paintings sold for a show, buddy. I'm pissed at the news with Art, but hell...I survived worse these past three weeks. An aunt passing, a friend passing and one in hospice.

Lord child. I guess cynical jokes do you little good at that point. My condolences. Laws of polarity suggest you have some good stuff coming to you, in the meantime Cheers :/ *clink*.

Quote from: Chine on November 04, 2013, 10:29:53 PM
I'm cracking open a bottle of Pinot Noir.

What is this shit? THIS IS CASK STRENGTH BANDAID-TASTING ISLAY SCOTCH & HEROIN KINDA NEWS

http://www.georgenoorysucksbutsodoesartbellalbeitfordifferentreasons.com

Quote from: indigoo on November 04, 2013, 09:10:15 PM
Wow, already trashed the main email account. Well done Art!

Its quite possible that there is just an influx of emails coming in with similar wording, which has triggered his spam-filtering service to start rejecting emails.

Quote from: nomobjustice on November 04, 2013, 08:56:25 PM
A few hours have passed and I slightly regret referring to his "child bride" but I still think hes a douchebag

Yeah..... I had to edit my post after rereading it 30 seconds after i posted it.
Its kinda similar to saying "I hate you dad" when you are a teenager...except your dad would have to be a neglectful abusive parent. Someone else said it, i'll say it too...i totally have stockholm syndrome. Fuck you art bell/i love you/come back/you can still fix this/i know you wont/agggghhhhh.

This is utterly pathetic. I hate to say it, but as a long time loyal fan...he is finally losing me. His ego, which i've tried to convince myself was him being some jesus-like persecuted and tormented victim(with a hint of mysteriously creepy), has just turned out to be him being a total self-interested dick willing to fuck his fans in the hardest way. There were many avenues to pursue other than playing "chicken" with Sirius and folding over on my last fucking hand. He's a shit businessmen and I even feel sorry for the guys at Sirius who pulled strings to put him up for his time as a squatter. What a bum. I'm starting to notice the way he shapes the world around him in order to pull off being such a narcissist. Its apparent that art lives in "his world" and that world isn't reality.

I'm not even 30...I feel sorry for those of you who have been with him longer than I.     

I can't believe, i'm saying this...but for the love of all that is late night radio: Man up Art, face the backlash, deal with it and give a little back for all you've been given and have taken from your listeners. Art(the craft-not the man) is not about what you put out there, its a reflection of the way you see the world and what is around you.

I'm just pissed off right now, pissing in the wind. Not sure how much of this is actually real within me. So disregard, or take it for what its worth. As parents say to their children... "I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed"....oh wait!!! I have all this useless satellite radio shit laying around my house....I am indeed fucking pissed.

Its none of my business really, but, something is so strange about Art sometimes. I may be wrong but... Is he not saying that the only persons written into his will are his new wife and daughter? What about his other kids, or at least the ones he raised? Just seems fishy to me, almost like adds to the stigma attached to several unsolved mysteries pertaining to his personal life. Did anyone else find this sad, odd or frightening?

http://uru.ubi.com/us/screenshots.php


take a peak at that. they had an online version no competition, just co operation and exploration of a beautiful environment ... and a nice way to make friends while doing a little sight seeing and of course getting all the machines/ages up and running. In the online version they would fix some of the "ruins" levels and create new ages for you to explore, it was very very cool. Do you remember Myst? This is one of the realtime sequels... and its not near as boring as the first according to people who thought the first was boring... i, did not. The servers shut down a year agos, and cyan words has since decided to make it open source so fans can create ages. If you are on mac, get myst end of ages for a little insight. If you are on pc, check out uru(get the expansion packs) and myst end of ages. They ported uru live for mac but when the server shut down it was no longer playable. I'm still sad about this. Hopefully when they release the open source, it will become available again.

i just have one thing to say "URU" - whenever it comes back that is

what does not work on mac?

Iansufferables please step in...for the love of god.

I heard it live, and laughed my ass off. I've not known art to use the "magic button" on himself though. I must say i love it when art gets worked up.