Art Bell Quits Dark Matter

[Falkie2013]

I'm stuck on the hangover raft. Could someone please bring me a sandwich, a pack of smokes and a brunette...I mean, a dish towel...actually, a psychiatrist? Actually, Art Bell. Yeah, ok, bring me a sandwich, a pack of smokes, a brunette, a dish towel, a psychiatrist and Art Bell.

...and a flamingo (don't ask).

The flamingo would start pecking your eyes out and the brunette would of course, gravitate to Art Bell & ignore you and finally the flamingo would push you off the raft where you'd be so weakened you'd drown.
Art would toss the smokes and use the foil from the pack of smokes and the towel to create a combined sail and ham antenna, tell the brunette he's married and interview both the flamingo and the psychiatrist on men who have hangover rafts who see visions and the raft would reach shore as the winds from a nearby superstorm formed pushed it there and all would be rescued.
Later the raft, sail, et al would be placed in the Clark County Museum and the flamingo would be given his own talk show, marry the broken hearted brunette and also interview the psychiatrist about men who molest flamingos.

[maren]

So...

I never even got to hear the new show.

How was it? Did it live up to our expectations? Was it (not it's cancellation, but the show as a whole) a disappointment or enjoyable? I haven't read the site in a while, but was surprised at the length of the listen-live threads.

It was so fun to hear Art again -- for me, like an old friend had returned.  He sounded like he was having a blast -- and JC called in!  Looking back at the brief DM existence, I can agree that it wasn't "just like" the old C2C days, and there were far fewer people calling in, due to the more limited exposure.  I think it would have grown and shaken out the kinks had it continued, but for the brief time it lived, it was fun. 

[Falkie2013]

So...

I never even got to hear the new show.

How was it? Did it live up to our expectations? Was it (not it's cancellation, but the show as a whole) a disappointment or enjoyable? I haven't read the site in a while, but was surprised at the length of the listen-live threads.

Nah.
It sucked.
Big time.
YOU didn't miss anything.
Go back to sleep.



I couldn't help myself.

[Falkie2013]

Oh no, no, no... the other way around... Alex Jones agrees with you, dortmunder.  lol, just trying to make you laugh during the dark times, 

imho, I think Alex Jones wishes he was Art Bell.  Or Bill Hicks.  Or anyone but himself.  The dude's crazier than *all* of BellGab combined, lol.

I must be in a minority here. I like watching Alex Jones' stuff. He does bring up some stuff you hear no where else and when he ( and others ) talk about the JFK assassination as they inevitably do this time of year, remember all the witnesses that have died mysteriously and how medical authorities and others screwed up.
The cover up was there from the get go. They conned the American people like they have on so many issues.

[SixWeekTenure(tm)]

I must be in a minority here. I like watching Alex Jones' stuff. He does bring up some stuff you hear no where else and when he ( and others ) talk about the JFK assassination as they inevitably do this time of year, remember all the witnesses that have died mysteriously and how medical authorities and others screwed up.
The cover up was there from the get go. They conned the American people like they have on so many issues.

Still, everything is a conspiracy to him and he's found a way to make money off of it. If I can leech off of Seinfeld for a moment, in regards to Alex Jones:

"What about the breathing, the panting, the moaning, the screaming?"

[Falkie2013]

Oh boy, are we still picking apart form letters from Sirius? They don't mean anything, folks. I highly doubt they're dropping us hints in emails considering they won't even return Art's phone calls.

Boy, you're all blowing the opportunity.
It was patently obvious to ME since I've listened to hundreds if not thousands of hours of AB shows over the years.
The Bible Code and Vague will decipher the true meaning of all of Sirius XM's public pronouncements very soon and $noorge will do a very, very, very special show on it real soon.
While Vague will say he predicted it in advance in one of his rants and Hoagland will come on and tell us all that the printers used to print out the press releases generated a radio interference frequency of 19.5 megahertz and that means that the Face on Mars is NOT on Mars but can be found UNDER Art's giant ham antenna along with the secret of the pyramids and the ultimate recipe for a reuben sandwich.
Then Graham Hancock will come on and tell all of us how the ancient Pah-rum tribe had buried everything under Art's antenna.
Finally in a special live broadcast from Art's complex, Tommy will trip over a small stone, fall on Art's antenna which will collapse and keep Art from broadcasting ham broadcasts for years because they won't be able to lift the antenna off the ground with Tommy having been electrocuted while hitting the antenna and melting to its remaining steel skeleton.
Crystal Gayle will end the special broadcasts with her new song " Suckage In The Desert ".

[Nighthawk]

What is this nonsense with posters saying there were "not very many people calling in"  The lines were packed every time Art opened them. Always ending the show with many on hold who never got on. Whether the lines were packed with mostly people going 70 Mph down the highway I am not sure. However I do know though there were plenty of people calling in.

[Derpspiracy]

He does bring up some stuff you hear no where else and when he ( and others ) talk about the JFK assassination as they inevitably do this time of year, ...

Remember when Richard Belzer was on That Other Show? He knew everything there was to know about the JFK assassination, and he never had to raise his voice. He was fun and informative.

On the other hand, Alex Jones is just like OMG JFK FEMA CAMP DERPSPIRACY I'M GONNA BLOW AN ARTERY HERE OH GOD THE BLOOD NEW WORLD ORDER OH SHIT I GOT TOO WORKED UP AND NOW I'M CRYING THIS REMINDS ME OF THE INCIDENT AT THE EAT 'N' PARK SALAD BAR AND THAT'S WHEN I KNEW THAT OBAMA IS GONNA KILL US ALL AND --

Yeah, no. No. My mother calls me every day, so I don't need to be shouted at by some psycho on the radio, too. If he would just take a deep breath and count to ten once in a while, I'm sure he'd do much better at getting his point across in a coherent fashion.

[PathoJen]

Very random, however, I thought this group might appreciate a little metal meme. \m/

[Usagi]

Just throw on a little ABBA for him Nine! You go Mr. Bell, you go boy, you go boy!

I was just watching this video last night after someone posted ABBA.  It's hella cute:


Abba - Take A Chance On Me

[I am one of several here with a mysterious appreciation for ABBA that must only have come from you know who.]

[PathoJen]

I know I am new here, but I am wondering, do you ever shut the fuck up?

from your avatar that brings to mind the guy involved with the Oklahoma City bombing (Timothy McVeigh), to your idiotic YouTube videos and amateurish Photoshop pictures, you are annoying as Hell.

and referring to yourself in the 3rd person? I honestly thought you had some mental issues. still not convinced that you don't.

this board is very entertaining and I have enjoyed my stay here so far, but I can't be the only person to think this, can I?

I love his posts. and the fact that the photoshop skills are "amateurish" is what makes them so hilarious.

[Falkie2013]

I was just watching this video last night after someone posted ABBA.  It's hella cute:


Abba - Take A Chance On Me

[I am one of several here with a mysterious appreciation for ABBA that must only have come from you know who.]

Video's very cute but those 4 heads made me think that someone could create a video where $noorge, Tommy, Hoagland and Vague sing their very, very special version of the song as well.

[Producer-Paul]

Guest house.

^This^

[PathoJen]

If anyone is wondering where the Art Bell broadcast location is, go to the satellite view of google maps and search for "Desert Lane, Pahrump, NV".

The satellite view is fairly recent, but I think the street view is a little old.  If you check out the street views from the surrounding streets, you can see the antenna fields Art used to talk about.

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You know Heidi Fleiss lives takes up residency in Pahrump too. I just found that out...but unfortunately I don't have an areal picture of her house to post. **creepy**

[Falkie2013]

I'd never heard of Abba until Art played their songs. I love them.

On a down note, here's the latest news on the Aeryn homeland.
I expect some aid for the Fillipines thing will be formed soon, already one Congressman is calling for money to be sent to them.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/09/strongest-typhoon-year-hits-philippines/

http://www.foxnews.com/world/slideshow/2013/11/09/philippines-typhoon-leaves-trail-destruction/#slide=1

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/09/filipino-american-community-in-limbo-after-deadly-typhoon-cuts-power-to-region/

1200 have died due to the storm.

Incredible video in this story.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/09/world/asia/storm-chaser-tacloba-super-typhoon-haiyan/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+(RSS%3A+Most+Recent)

[Producer-Paul]

Nena- 99luft Balons

Nuclear annihilation...
What a great song...

[WR104]

Producer-Paul  "Open the radio studio doors please"

[gbneely]

Seems appropriate.


http://youtu.be/6rQx2x22cHI

[tertiaryimam]

I love his posts. and the fact that the photoshop skills are "amateurish" is what makes them so hilarious.

Thank you PathoJen. When I'm famous, I will buy you a snow lion.


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[malachi.martini]

Malachi bikes! He belongs in P Town, right Dort? and Maren, please don't mention the Ducks right now, but feel free to come on down! It rains less than Seattle, but the traffic is getting almost as bad, because half of California is here now.

I don't know of anybody here that actually watches Portlandia. We just film here. Not watch. Son is a movie music composer. Maybe he should write a new theme for Art, get half done, then quit. Ouch. Sorry.

I live in the Bronx, born and raised.  P-Town would be a welcome change.

[tertiaryimam]

I find you very sweet 

And the Swedish Hollies guy was Mikael Rickfors on lead vocal!  He's gorgeouuusss.

Thank you, Spirit Chaser. When I am famous I will buy you a pangolin.

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[littlechris]

What is this nonsense with posters saying there were "not very many people calling in"  The lines were packed every time Art opened them. Always ending the show with many on hold who never got on. Whether the lines were packed with mostly people going 70 Mph down the highway I am not sure. However I do know though there were plenty of people calling in.

Yeah, but they were all truckers.

[Nighthawk]

I live in the Bronx, born and raised.  P-Town would be a welcome change.

That must be just crazy to be born and raised in such a large city. It's something my brain can not even begin to compute.

[malachi.martini]

What is this nonsense with posters saying there were "not very many people calling in"  The lines were packed every time Art opened them. Always ending the show with many on hold who never got on. Whether the lines were packed with mostly people going 70 Mph down the highway I am not sure. However I do know though there were plenty of people calling in.

Art seeded this idea himself.  Sirius is notorious for not providing listener data, so when Art says "Many thousands of my listeners came on board when we began, you know, but they’ve fallen off" and "for a caller-driven show like this one, speaking only to people on cell phones in moving vehicles is somewhat difficult," it's a natural assumption that he's gauging the lost "base" by caller pool.

[malachi.martini]

That must be just crazy to be born and raised in such a large city. It's something my brain can not even begin to compute.

It has its upsides, you learn to read people and situations well, especially when you've been robbed at knife point and gun point.  It encourages a special kind of awareness, lets you hone your bullshit detector in ways I don't think you could otherwise.  There's always amazing things going on, and the food is incredible.  On the downside it can be incredibly draining, the density of people staggers.  That and everything is obscenely expensive. 6 dollar cups of coffee.

[ItsOver]

Art seeded this idea himself.  Sirius is notorious for not providing listener data, so when Art says "Many thousands of my listeners came on board when we began, you know, but they’ve fallen off" and "for a caller-driven show like this one, speaking only to people on cell phones in moving vehicles is somewhat difficult," it's a natural assumption that he's gauging the lost "base" by caller pool.

Cell phones.  The damn cell phones.  And Jess.

[maren]

[I am one of several here with a mysterious appreciation for ABBA that must only have come from you know who.]

Newt Gingrich?

[PathoJen]

Thank you PathoJen. When I'm famous, I will buy you a snow lion.


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YES!

[grano salis]

Lol! Someone else commented on that in a PM. I'm actually German by birth. I come from a city called Dortmund. Been in the states since I was a kid though. That's why my handle is Dortmunder. Here's some trivia, though, a local Dortmund beer (Dortmunder Actien Bier or DAB) was the inspiration for the name of the John Dortmunder character. It's a small world, eh?

"Jeder Kneipe und distiller kennt den guten Vater Schiller"  Schultheiss-Das ware meine Wahl.

[tertiaryimam]

Newt Gingrich?

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