Art Bell Quits Dark Matter

[DesertFox]

It's on his website, artbell.com.

It's just weird that he/they would update his website for a show he is in fact no longer doing.

Here you go:

Yes, I see it now too...still doesn't give me any hope.  Only Art saying i'm back would do that.

[Mister Coincidence]

[driton]

Hes playin poker with Sirius. Make free streaming on art bell.com during live show for the worldwide listeners,and Sirius keeps the live show as well as replays.
I mean he only said it at the end of spooky matter.
Facebook announcement then a delete account? Dumb,irreversible mistake.

[Chine]

I have developed a deep appreciation for Clyde Lewis, despite my disagreements with some of his beliefs.
But he doesn't retire much, as mentioned above.

This whole thing is frustrating but bizarre.. So bizarre.

Yeah, I like Clyde too. I spoke on his show a couple months ago on art and channeling. Though, at times, he gets too anxious and worked up to where he's almost in tears.

[Camazotz Automat]

Okaaay.......

I've got tater tots for Cynnie.
I've got a Route 44 Cherry Limeade and cheese covered tots for Alleyrulez.
And I've got a big YES from Eddie Dean (I assume that means one of everything for Mr. Dean.)

I'll get an extra forty dozen orders of tater tots and two buckets of cheese and two buckets of chili to cover any missed requests or additional trauma.

What a night.

[onan]

Yes, I see it now too...still doesn't give me any hope.  Only Art saying i'm back would do that.

I dunno, Art has to have some sense of the powder keg he threw a lit match into. Taking time to respond to his fans... in a not so timely fashion. It may well be a strategy. But I am really starting to consider he may well not be worth the investment.

[Derpspiracy]

I heard that if you go into a dark room and say "Art Bell" three times into a mirror, all the radios in your house simply disappear.

[dortmunder]

art bell.com

at least SOMETHING is going on, I guess.

Like what? Sirius will air replays until the contract expires?

[ItsOver]

So apparently there will be a replay tonight.  One of the Hoagland episodes, according to artbell.com.

You're right.  That just popped-up in the last few minutes.

[NefariousBanana]

Please come back, Art.  If you quit, Jorch wins.


The Dark Knight - You Can't Give In!

[indigoo]

Hes playin poker with Sirius. Make free streaming on art bell.com during live show for the worldwide listeners,and Sirius keeps the live show as well as replays.
I mean he only said it at the end of spooky matter.
Facebook announcement then a delete account? Dumb,irreversible mistake.

Wishful thinking, I just can't reach this far. His own words were Dark Matter is no more.

[kf5iwe]

No matter what Clyde  will be on at 9 pm central.  Just sayin

[MrMajestik]

I heard that if you go into a dark room and say "Art Bell" three times into a mirror, all the radios in your house simply disappear.

+100

[popple]

i called siriusxm's cancellation line.  i asked if the show was cancelled, and said, if so, that i want to cancel my account.  after being on hold for 10 minutes i was told the show is airing tonight at 10EST/7PST.

Ask about NEW SHOWS. They're trying to trick us 

[dortmunder]

No matter what Clyde  will be on at 9 pm central.  Just sayin

ClydeGab?

[ADG12311990]

Sorry about the shitty quality, but this is what I'm reminded of, but... without the funny outcome.

Conan's TBS show premiere Opening

[morphiaflow]

First, all my best to Seraphim's family. I'm sending my absolute best and most positive energy your way.

As for the current situation...

During the dark times after Art's last Coast episode on Halloween night, 2010, I was one of the biggest believers that sooner or later, Art would be back. And through all the false starts and dead ends, all the cryptic posts and promises that "staying tuned" would eventually be rewarded, and all the ridicule from the cynical here and elsewhere, my faith was ultimately affirmed by the announcement of Dark Matter's debut, and I have enjoyed the show for what it is.

But a lot can change in three years. Indeed, a lot can change in a month. Things that seemed so vitally important to me in mid-September of this year are...less important. Including whether Art Bell has quit for good, or not.

In other words, I no longer have quite the emotional or intellectual investment I once did in this topic.

So in the name of taking the bitter with the better....

Yes, whatever has happened, it sucks. It sucks doubly because it's sure to thrill Noory and crew. But whatever. Art's show on Sirius, whatever his true motivations for doing it, was never going to kill Coast. Hurt it, tip it, damage it, yes, but honestly it is its own worst enemy, and will only be destroyed by itself, from within.

Do I think there's more going on than we can see? Almost definitely. Is it a negotiating tactic? Possibly. Is Art just changing course, to reappear elsewhere, while we wait for the dust to settle? Maybe. Part of me hopes so. But I almost no longer care.

Has Art left us for good? Again, I don't know. I also almost don't care. (Not meant in a negative way: I'm not mad at him. I wish nothing but good for him and his family. But I'm just at a "whatever" point now.)

Regarding his FaceBook page, I believe that it's been deactivated, but not deleted. In other words, he can reactivate it at any time. Whether he will or not is another question, but not one I'm particularly concerned about at the moment.

I just see it as this: we got 28 new episodes, ending--in poetic symmetry--with a Halloween ghost show. We got to hear Art's voice live again. We got to hear at least part of the "real story" behind his retirement, which he'd long promised. And he showed that whatever his reasons for coming back to the radio, he is still a Master of the medium, in a way that his successors and imitators can never match. And as far as we can tell--aside from the free streaming and international listeners issue--he did this show on his terms, and hopefully, if it is over, ended it on his terms. And if he does it again, I would hope for the same.

Granted, I didn't pay for a Sirius subscription, so I can understand why those who did are frustrated and upset, though I'd still say...wait and see what might happen. But speaking strictly for myself, I have nothing to be upset about. And with the big collections that some members of this forum are working on, there will be plenty of classic Art to listen to, along with a little bit of new stuff, too.

In any case, I've spent an inordinate amount of time and energy thinking and posting about Art Bell. I'll still peek in and share thoughts...certainly I'll be looking for further developments in this situation. But for now, I've got a lot of living, and work, to do. Peace.

p.s. Wonder what Fort Rock would make of all this....

[popple]

Let's all email listenercare@siriusxm.com and tell them how much we can't wait for the next Dark Matter show! Come on, everybody email listenercare@siriusxm.com.

listenercare@siriusxm.com

I shot off an e-mail begging them to reconsider... told them that Art can gain a bigger audience and that it could work out far better in the long run.

[NefariousBanana]

I keep thinking of the woman who called up on the first night of the show and was nearly in tears, saying Art Bell, don't you do that to us again! And yet, here we are once again.   

[TumbleWeed]

Okaaay.......

I've got tater tots for Cynnie.
I've got a Route 44 Cherry Limeade and cheese covered tots for Alleyrulez.
And I've got a big YES from Eddie Dean (I assume that means one of everything for Mr. Dean.)

I'll get an extra forty dozen orders of tater tots and two buckets of cheese and two buckets of chili to cover any missed requests or additional trauma.

What a night.

Yummy, buckets of chilli and buckets of nacho cheeze substiute.

Mabey i'll got to sonic too.

[EarthAlien007]

I'm trying to catch up on all this...
Art Bell will do a show... somewhere. It's in his blood. I'm not worried about that.

[Mister Coincidence]

ClydeGab?

[NefariousBanana]

Okaaay.......

I've got tater tots for Cynnie.
I've got a Route 44 Cherry Limeade and cheese covered tots for Alleyrulez.
And I've got a big YES from Eddie Dean (I assume that means one of everything for Mr. Dean.)

I'll get an extra forty dozen orders of tater tots and two buckets of cheese and two buckets of chili to cover any missed requests or additional trauma.

What a night.

I'll probably eat a ton of chili dogs and then chain smoke a pack.  And I don't even smoke.

[Cynnie]

I'll probably eat a ton of chili dogs and then chain smoke a pack.  And I don't even smoke.

Im so opening a bottle of wine

[nooryisawesome]

Pass the cyanide pills please.

[bateman]

Im so opening a bottle of wine

I've already had 2 Irish coffees this afternoon, what say we make it 3 or 4?

[Cynnie]

I've already had 2 Irish coffees this afternoon, what say we make it 3 or 4?

I do have a bottle of cuban rum ...

[SnapT]

Tonight I shall be raging in the night with George Noory and maybe talking about it on ClydeGab!

I knew something was fishy when he didn't name the show MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT WITH ART BELL...

[HumanBeing]

...
The only thing that was keeping me sane, AS SAD AS IT SOUNDS, was the prospect of listening to tonight's show with you guys and taking my mind off all this tragic shit for a few hours.

...

Good God, no wonder Gnoory changed his AV to a crown. He's probably throwing a BIG DAMN PIZZA ROLL PARTY right now.

All the best to you and your family and healing to your dad, sending positive energy.

[NefariousBanana]

The shittiest part for me was that I was looking forward to the Graham Hancock interview.

Fuck.