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Quote from: trostol on January 28, 2016, 01:07:22 AM
thats still kind of hilarious to me

That's because you know the truth about the incident.

Quote from: The King of Kings on January 28, 2016, 01:06:36 AM
I will believe that when I actually hear his voice live on the gabcast.

He's been on before.

Quote from: TigerLily on January 28, 2016, 01:07:06 AM
Anything particularly juicy?

Art got angry because everyone thinks he has 10 million dollars.

Quote from: TigerLily on January 28, 2016, 01:04:11 AM
Fell on your blowhole? Poor baby.  We're you larping Sharknado? Seriously, are you ok?

I thought I saw a herring up there. I'm fine. Just stabbed myself with a branch, really nasty bruise.

Quote from: TigerLily on January 28, 2016, 01:00:09 AM
Tomorrow, Thursday?

Week from tomorrow.

Quote from: TigerLily on January 28, 2016, 12:58:36 AM
*sigh* how many pages? Oh, I know. I'll just find his posts.  Do you think he came back because I was gone? 

Hi Tiger, you missed stuff. Lots of stuff. I hurt myself climbing a tree today. I haven't been right since.

Quote from: Art Bell on January 27, 2016, 10:06:27 PM
I said I would do it, how you do it is up to you. Sometimes I think this group would argue about the color of the sky and what dark group made it that way and perhaps who lied because it used to be a different color before the Mason's became involved.


Art

I'm pretty sure the world used to be all in black and white before the 50's. I have photographic evidence of this. Not sure how it ended up in color, but it's the masons.

Quote from: trostol on January 27, 2016, 09:48:22 PM
its just a beard

It's gotten to you too, hasn't it?

Quote from: trostol on January 26, 2016, 07:22:31 PM
i have no issues with the beard...get over it lol

I can't, once you see it, it sears itself into your consciousness and then you're screwed forever. I had a dream about it last night.

I'll bet anything that it's a plot device for one of the monster of the week episodes. It's a piece of alien technology and takes control of Skinner's mind and makes him do evil things. We've seen this before, whenever Spock had a beard, we knew it was evil Spock.

Quote from: Uncle Duke on January 26, 2016, 06:51:30 PM
One thing I noticed is the inclusion of names/topics in the new series to make it current.  Two that come readily to mind were references to Obamscare and Snowden, but there have been others.  Seems like these references were a bit forced, rather than fitting in well with the flow of the programs.  Stuck me as like listening to someone who likes to name drop.

They're doing it with the technology too, showing a lot of cellphones and modern devices just to have them in the scenes. I think what Carter was going for was to ensure that the show had some current feature, because everything else seemed to be geared to be faithful to the original series. Even the incidental music is basically the same as it was, which is a little dangerous because music can sound dated, but it's still working here.

The name drops and the tech are the "modernizing" factor, but I'm not sure it was needed. I actually found it a little odd feeling to hear Scully say "Snowden" though. I must be that used to watching old episodes that it threw me a little.

Quote from: trostol on January 27, 2016, 07:29:30 PM
also would like to know Art's thoughts on Bowie's passing

How can there be anything other than profound, deep sadness . . . I'm weeping again.

Quote from: Freyja on January 27, 2016, 07:21:00 PM
Give your head a good rub SciFi.....light a candle for me at you Art Bell alter (actually please don't)

No Art altar, that would be creepy. Got one for Jimmy Page though.

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What Art seems to be is a masterful manipulator,

I think that goes too far lol. I've seen too many mistakes made over the last month to say such a thing.

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What you write above is ludicrous....he is out of it?....it's Rowland stuff?? Art has nothing to do with the network that he built for Art's return???

Yeah, Art said he's out. No ownership. That means ask the guy that owns the damned thing, and that's Rowland.

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It seems you may be too into one of you writings and/or you have been inhaling too much of the smoke that blows out of Art's behind.

Well, I'll own up to smoke, but not the kind you might be thinking. You over cook the turkey Frejya, it's as simple as that. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

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OK...Art asked for questions, so what are yours?

I'm a "sycophant", I don't really have any questions. I'm satisfied with what he said about the matter, the story is good enough for me as it is. But the right questions would come from people like you, Frejya, that have unanswered questions about what happened. So you are the one that needs to post a list.

Quote from: VoteQuimby on January 27, 2016, 05:34:58 PM
What can Art even really say at this point? He's painted himself into a corner. We already know the official line on everything so the most he could do is come off looking badly on this (no offense) little podcast. Why disgrace himself like that? This dude was a guest on Larry King at one point in his life.

Art's problem so far as been the written word, but don't underestimate his abilities with the spoken word. He can seed good will again if he fields questions about the stalker situation and people get a thorough picture of what happened. I have no doubt he's telling the truth, so with enough discussion of it detractors will start feeling stupid as the holes fill in. That said, he should not talk about the network and show, he's out of that for now. That's business, ask Rowland that stuff, or (Redacted) or whomever.

And the right questions need to be asked. People that have been deep into this thread need to be asking the questions. It should not be people that take an occasional glance at the thread and then miss 30 pages. They would only ask things that have already been answered and it would go like the last gabcast went, nobody would ask the things that people wanted to hear.

Quote from: trostol on January 27, 2016, 06:12:55 PM
what about a i dont give a fuck voice? lol

That's MV lol.

Quote from: GravitySucks on January 27, 2016, 05:52:20 PM
We can have 1 1/2-2 hours of Art Bell without it having to be a FRIKKIN inquisition.

And then the next day Bellgab would be burning down over the softball PR interview. I agree on Showroom Dummy, though, that guy can talk. I'm just a ditzy stoner IRL.

Quote from: norland2424 on January 27, 2016, 05:49:18 PM
That is pizza roll territory there buddy lol

That's why I'm not giving out the details . . .

Quote from: GravitySucks on January 27, 2016, 05:45:18 PM
Don't you have laps to swim?

Can't, I stabbed myself with a branch while climbing a tree this morning. Don't ask for details.

Quote from: GravitySucks on January 27, 2016, 05:34:51 PM
I still vote for MV and Art, if the show slows down, they can call Jaz.

Somebody just slipped me $50. I think Showroom Dummy should be on too.

Too kid gloves. The whole thing will backfire if it doesn't have a dissenting voice. There are too many cranky people on Bellgab for that.

Quote from: ponyboysunset on January 27, 2016, 05:25:23 PM
That would be an excellent idea. One of each fair across the board.

Yep, to balance everything out. Caller heavy is probably not a good idea, however, because I think it would automatically be heavy on sycophants and weak on detractors because it's easy to be a detractor when one is posting, but not so easy when speaking directly.

Quote from: Inglorious Bitch on January 27, 2016, 05:17:14 PM
What is the point of Art appearing on the Gabcast? It's a damned-if-you-do and damned-if- you-don't situation for the host. If the host asks Art softball questions, the host will look like a Milquetoast. If he asks the "hard" questions, then he will be labeled as a "troll" by Art's ever present army of sycophants.

Besides, even if you wanted to be the "dick" who asks Art any tough questions, who's to say that he would answer them? Politicians get asked tough questions all the time, but never answer them directly. They just deflect and give their practiced responses.

Art has a platform every single night. A three hour platform. All he needs to do is call into his own show, like he has on 2 occasions already and take unscreened calls. How is a Gabcast going to be any different from that? Or maybe Heather can interview him again.

MV can pull it off. He gave Noory a fair shake and can be reasonable but also hardball as warranted. If he thinks he needs co-hosts, I would suggest a sycophant and a detractor. 

Quote from: GravitySucks on January 27, 2016, 04:59:24 PM
Have you ever seen MV and Art Bell both logged in at the same time today???

Just sayin

I'm pretty sure MV is also everyone who has ever hosted a gabcast including me. It's all just an elaborate ruse so he can practice his Phil Hendrie skills.

Quote from: Showroom Dummy on January 27, 2016, 03:43:48 PM
hahahahahahh    maybe i'm an idiot  but i want to know what art thinks of the new x files   and how cool it will be to have chris carter on here again !!!!

I'd like to hear what he thinks about it too. I'm in heaven, very impressed with the new X-Files. Well, I can't say that I'm a fan of that weird beard Skinner is sporting.

Quote from: SredniVashtar on January 27, 2016, 08:16:35 AM
'Look, matey, I know a dead parrot argument when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.'

I apologize in advance for the tone of this post, I have been weeping for your plight again.

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I don't know what you mean about 'consistency'

Consistency in that everything Art's said on the matter has been consistent. I haven't seen anything contradictory that would lead me to believe I was being fed a bullshit story. It just looked to me like Art was a guy stuck in a bad situation making hasty, bad decisions.

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That's a fair point. Therefore you look at the circumstances of the case to see if his behaviour is consistent with his claims.

It's completely consistent with someone backpedaling from misstatements and trying to minimize the damage. While I will say that I believe Art's telling the truth, I think the decisions made in response to the threat were ill-thought-out and needlessly damaging. 

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It doesn't matter whether it's out of the ordinary or not. It could be totally unprecedented for something like this to happen,

In light of Art's clarification about the phone threat today, you may want to reform this position. Up to you.

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No, he had to go into hiding for a long time, at least until the Ayatollah Khomenei died, who put out the fatwa against him. He was in the position of being someone whom it was every Muslim's duty to kill, and was under 24-hour police guard for many years. That's really living in fear.

Well, actually, he hit the TV interview circuit and shelled out a bunch more novels in the aftermath of that. That was one hell of a lucrative fatwa. If he was as scared as you suggest, the response is not to maintain a high public profile, but get yourself as far off of the Shi'ite radar as you can. If I were him, I'd have been living in fucking Greenland with the Inuit and no one would have ever heard a word out of me again until I dropped dead from a heart attack from all the seal blubber.

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But, fair enough, you wanted to take your daughter out to enjoy the snow, and we would be churlish to criticise that.

I think he stuck his head out the door, looked around, decided the threat was minimal at that time and they went out and had fun. I would have done the same thing even if I were under threat, though snow here is something we spit at and loathe. Art's a human Sredni, humans do spontaneous human things.

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I don't think you come from Missouri at all. You are just one of those trendy bastards who like to boast about hailing from the 'Show-Me' state but were just pretending all along.

None of us here know where that "Show me" state crap came from. We all know it should be the "Meth lab state". As far as being on the jury at your murder trial, you don't want that. I would vote guilty simply on the basis of your villainous accent.

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Yes, that's what they all say, but we both know the truth, you jealous bastard! I've got Oliver Stone on board to direct the 'Terror in Pahrump' movie, with Falkie playing the grassy knoll. I've cast Chronaut as Heather Wade, and he is already deep into his window licking research, and am currently auditioning leprechauns to play the part of 'The Stalker'. If you want a role, just PM me. I'm afraid you don't have the acting chops to play Asia though, much as you'd like to sit on Art's lap. 

I can already tell you that this film is going nowhere. Nowhere. Just like I told you Star Wars ep. VII would go nowhere. Firstly, you're underusing your talent. You've cast Falkie as the grassy knoll. While knoll may be a strangely applicable term, I would suggest you recast him as Pahrump. Actually, fuck it, I will direct the film. We need a triple extra large shark suit, a shitload of explosives, bad ass hotrods, some marijuana, you cast as the villain, a couple fake handlebar moustaches, a Harley Davidson, a full sized mock up of a UFO and Sigourney Weaver. You want a movie, I'll make you a fucking movie. Probably won't have much to do with Art though. Well, maybe he can do a cameo water ski jumping the Falkie-Shark with explosions going off as a backdrop. That would be bad ass.

Quote from: Showroom Dummy on January 27, 2016, 02:33:13 AM
 
yes yes yes
i don't understand it either   sometimes it seems like he's fighting himself   as well as every Nan Sayer to his  concepts     and than gets insecure  about himself  and looses track       but when he gets in the pocket  he can do a great job

I think he is fighting himself. It's very odd.

Quote from: Showroom Dummy on January 27, 2016, 02:26:22 AM
no sure it does seem  he is kinda of LOST   it depends if he and art made up    if not   he may be trying to figure his next move      his heart and soul seem to be really committed to  being  a broadcaster     

Isn't it weird how the guy showed himself, when engaged with a real guest, to be able to pull off a compelling show. But not now.

Quote from: Showroom Dummy on January 27, 2016, 02:16:47 AM
alrightyyyy     BRAAAPS!!!!!!     hahahhahahahaha      freakie  voices

Dummy, you're obviously a guy with broadcasting experience and a great talker. I heard you on the Gabcast. I would ask you an honest question, your assessment. What the hell is going wrong with Hoagland's show? I don't mean the weird shit going on now lol, but where is Richard erring?

Man, Hoagland just spoke for 12 minutes without saying a single interesting thing.

I'm here. Sort of.

Quote from: Jackstar on January 27, 2016, 01:04:52 AM
I sure hope I didn't break him. Hell's bells.

SciFiAuthor is the stalker--LOOK HOW SMOOTH HE TOOK OVER THE Q&A

Jack, I'm not giving up on the tacos you fucker. You owe me.

Quote from: Sean92008 on January 27, 2016, 12:42:05 AM
Self-publishing, in today's age, is probably better than "hitting it big."   Bought my first condo with songwriting $$$ and I'd *NEVER* share it here. 

I can say this much, my bro-in-law is publicizing his book right now and he's getting a lot of promotion time and interviews...  Two hours on a satellite radio show (intermingled with music) later this week.  He's making money for himself and his publisher but the book's nowhere to be found on the NYT or Amazon top whatever lists.

Yeah, that's true. If you know how to promote your book on the web, you can make tons of money self-publishing on Amazon or other places. "Wool" and "The Martian" were both originally self-published on Amazon.