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Quote from: PerfectTommy on March 22, 2015, 07:32:52 AM
Helps to think of them as spinners of tall tales.

Good ol' Bill Brasky

Good SIT on tonight with callers from the UPS strike.
Art wasn't dependent on some guy trying to promote a book like GN and pretty much everyone else in radio is today.

Quote from: pate on March 21, 2015, 06:20:11 AM
Mynd yu, this is NOT paul...

crap Pate, it left out the "boy your gonna carry that weight a long time" part.

Quote from: Art Bell on March 21, 2015, 07:07:02 PM
You all have good memories, that was at the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. I did the show for 10 Years there.

That is interesting. I didn't know they had radio studios there.

Quote from: wotr1 on March 21, 2015, 04:57:25 PM
Exactly where would you be able to wear such a garment without being the laughingstock?

I could see Falkie wearing that.

Quote from: albrecht on March 19, 2015, 05:00:56 PM
or at least inform us of "what's happening" before the helicopters, troops running around, etc.
https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/258605525?access_key=key-dS1ZhJJ4ZgCH6XXhBqWp&allow_share=true&escape=false&view_mode=scroll
"MASTER THE HUMAN DOMAIN", indeed.

I just read this link you posted albrecht and I am in the insurgent pocket.

How about Susan B. Anthony gets a promotion from the $1 coin to the $20 bill?

Quote from: Treading Water on March 20, 2015, 08:04:45 AM

I used to live in the country.  Now there are new houses and developments springing up all over the place. 
The older I get the more I dislike neighbors.

***sigh***

I agree. Art once said on one of his shows that privacy costs money too (or something to that effect).

Quote from: VegasI15 on March 19, 2015, 09:48:39 PM
No annoyance,  I am glad you explained why you thought that way.  Instead of just calling me "illogical."  Your opinion is respected but I tend to differ.

To me it just seems like a circus now.  Although these women are not on trial, their stories are.  And each new person that comes forward, you would tend to think that at least 1 story could be verified.  But alas, each new story that is unverified, makes the whole thing in my mind less credible.  Just what I believe.  If you find it disgusting I apologize.  We will have to agree to disagree until the verifiable truth comes out.  Which it never may.

I think the statute of limitations may have passed for these women to bring charges, so there can never be a guilty.

Quote from: Juan on March 18, 2015, 10:17:33 AM
Many people, including some in this parish, think the west should just allow them to kill each other, and spend so much time and effort doing it, they are unable to attack anyone else. 

That is what's happening. It is also happening in Afghanistan.
I wonder if this strategy is called "Give Them Enough Rope" in closed-door meetings.

According to Cobra II we lost 10x that from 2004-2008 in Iraq.  So this stuff is everywhere.

Here is some follow up. An article from yesterday in the NY Times

QuoteAfghan Militia Leaders, Empowered by U.S. to Fight Taliban, Inspire Fear in Villages
" Rahimullah used to be a farmer â€" just a “normal person living an ordinary life,” as he put it. Then he formed his own militia last year and found himself swept up in America’s exit strategy from Afghanistan."

Scattered across Afghanistan, men like Rahimullah continue to hold ground and rule villages. They are a significant part of the legacy of the American war here, brought to power amid a Special Operations counterinsurgency strategy that mobilized anti-Taliban militias in areas beyond the grasp of the Afghan Army.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on March 19, 2015, 12:03:44 PM
    DM was the best at obscure pop culture referencing, but some would sail far over callers(and occasional guests) heads and I'd feel bad for him.

He was ahead of his time by 10 years. I remember he would have these long windup jokes that required you knew pretty much everything about 70s TV and celeb gossip.

He airs out west from 9pm to midnight (recorded) so when Art announced he was coming back, I thought it might be Cumulus looking for a Miller replacement. Another poster informed me it was unlikely as Miller's show is actually in the day out east. He also linked me Miller's replacement-I can't remember the name but he is a Chicago radio talent.

Quote from: MV on March 19, 2015, 11:28:57 AM
in that giant soup of ELO tunes, nobody mentioned livin thing?

Great tune. I am also going to throw in some ELO, Calling America, for all the callers.
Calling America


http://youtu.be/xn_XsOUC9s0

Quote"I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world."

Quote from: paladin1991 on March 19, 2015, 10:22:36 AM
thank you, Monk.  And why are you not working like other productive 'Gracious Livers?'  Are you dialing up horse porn?

It's a slow morning out here. The horse porn...I'm afraid to even look at.

Quote from: ponyboysunset on March 19, 2015, 10:14:38 AM
LOL.. FTDB???

F*&^ the Dave Bots

Hi Art,
How about Pitcher, Oklahoma. The most unlucky town in America.
From link: "The Mother Nature Network"
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tourism/photos/12-us-places-where-your-visit-could-double-the-population/picher-okla#ixzz3UqWveYoz

Quote[size=12]Picher, Okla.
The Environmental Protection Agency calls it the most toxic place in America, but six determined residents still call Picher home. The city was once the most productive lead and zinc mining area in the world, but today it’s full of abandoned buildings and enormous piles of mine waste. In 1967, contaminated water from the mines turned the local creek red, the giant chat piles were found to be laced with lead, and Picher’s cancer levels skyrocketed. The area was declared the Tar Creek Superfund site in 1981, but most residents didn’t leave until 2006 when it was discovered that the town was in imminent danger of collapsing into the mines. Picher was declared too toxic to clean up, and a federal buyout program began paying residents to leave. In 2008, the city was further destroyed by a tornado.

Picher’s post office, city hall and high school closed in 2009, and the city ceased operations as a municipality on Sept. 1, 2009. In January 2011, Picher’s remaining commercial structures were demolished, with the exception of the Old Miner’s Pharmacy. Its owner, Gary Linderman, refuses to leave his home, and his business survives only because he serves customers in surrounding areas, many who have respiratory problems possibly linked to the toxic environment.
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Quote from: cweb on March 19, 2015, 08:51:17 AM
Wow. Never heard this before, but it really is better than Miller's version.

I was amazed that someone left this in the comments section:
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Quote from: Nick el Ass on March 18, 2015, 10:19:02 PM

The story of Badfinger is certainly a sad one after they left the Apple label. A tale of seedy managers, and unfortunately suicide... but they sure had some good tunes. I never thought this song was done by anyone else, but it is a good one.

I've never heard this song before. Great song.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on March 18, 2015, 11:03:36 AM
   This "Race Together" campaign by Starbucks should be countered with "how come that old rich Jew in Seattle barely pays you serfs minimum wage? Don't you guys feel exploited by that capitalist swine?

Those people have a tip jar.

"This is the complete "Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania Workout" training tape. It was featured on episode #215 of The Five Count from Aug. 9, 2008. If you're looking to get back into shape the Hulkster way, now is your chance. Don't forget to say your prayers and eat your vitamins while you're training, brother!"


http://youtu.be/pKkHQtmS01s

How about You Belong to the City
Art played that quite a bit during his show as bumper music.


http://youtu.be/j4ueaD22hg8?t=35s

Quote from: DesertFox on March 18, 2015, 03:45:06 PM
Art--just thought of another great energy opening song:


CONQUISADOR(live version) by Procol Harem--brilliant lyrics, great energy.

That's pretty good, I've heard that song but only knew it vaguely. I think ELO took quite a bit for that song and used it in the El Dorado album.

Quote from: Eddie Coyle on March 17, 2015, 10:16:27 PM
  A Moroder collaboration with the Mael brothers. Noory would fail according to the song's title.

These guys look like the stars of the Coen Brothers' next movie.

Quote from: paladin1991 on March 17, 2015, 10:52:32 PM
didn't know that you were here in Anacrime.  Me too!

I'm close by, in the Land of Gracious Living.

Quote from: paladin1991 on March 17, 2015, 10:52:32 PM
Hey!  Was that you that grabbed my ass last Friday night while they played?

That wasn't me, that was the music.

The Good Wife

I've sat through that show a few times. It's not bad...seems like a retelling of Ulysses as a woman.

Quote from: paladin1991 on March 17, 2015, 08:20:47 AM
I will bring a couple bottles of Scotch.  Bateman will bring some straws.  MV and others, some vittles, Jazzmunda will bring his horse porn (he can sit outside)....what else do we need?  A new thread for the inaugural broadcast?

This sounds like a great party. We need to rent that Peruvian band that plays in Downtown Disney on Saturdays to play during the commercial breaks.

Radio Shack should never have opened those branches in Amish Country.

Quote from: albrecht on March 16, 2015, 02:34:38 PM
The French Connection II is also pretty good. If you like that type of movie also "The Seven Ups" (1973) with Roy Schneider is good (great car chase! And if you like Roy and Freidkin "Sorcerer" (1977) is an awesome movie. Although a remake of "Wages of Fear" it stands alone on its on. Gritty, tense, and exciting.

I liked Sorcerer better than Wages of Fear. Wages' political leaning were too heavy-handed for me.

Quote from: inuk2600 on March 16, 2015, 07:08:29 AM
Bark Matter.  hello, is this thing on? {crickets}

I laughed.

You can turn the internet part off. I usually have it off because I get 2x the battery life with the wifi/3G off. That should prevent some of your worries. If your library has overdrive-or some way for you to download an ebook for 2 weeks- you will have to connect to the internet.

I would recommend a kindle 2, search amazon for Kindle Keyboard, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display
They sell used for $50 and the secondary market is quite strong so if you don't like it you can just relist it-probably losing around $15 with fees on the resale. 

Normal text files and books look fine on the smaller kindle, however, most pdfs don't look as good because the margins of the pdf take up much of the screen space. Another problem is (as zeebo mentioned) it is really hard to move around a book with a normal kindle. It is easy to go a page at a time, but moving through pages quickly or scanning a book is hard (for example, you can't drag up or down on a scroll bar to move 20 pages at a time). I haven't used a kindle touch before, but it may solve that problem. I think they have kindles at target? if you want to physically try one out.

Another thing you can try is a cheap tablet: 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834759071

I thought this was the Beatles, but its Badfinger


http://youtu.be/N3TOcw7taBo