Midnight In The Desert

[MV/Liberace!]

Of course. Not sure I'm convinced.

heh heh, well, yeah, anyone would deny it, but i just thought i'd put that out there.

[trostol]

in the end...does it matter..from the looks of it she is over there posting to herself any way lol

[Roswells, Art]

I listened to about an hour of last night's show. I thought the guest was interesting but damn, the host wasn't. So many lost opportunities to ask good questions. The atmosphere of the whole show just brings me down. Contrast that with Amy's show, big difference. Putting aside the better interviewing technique, just the mood is lighter and more pleasant.

As an example of a missed opportunity, the guest was talking about pushing his seven year old niece on a swing and she was looking up and talking to something that wasn't there then wanted to leave the park because she was scared. A few questions came to my mind that could have been asked, like did you ask her what it was she was seeing, what did it look like, what was the unseen entity talking to her about, what made her scared? Heather just said, 'that's a little too young for seeing ghosts' or something like that then moved on. I'm not an interviewer but I would think they should be better at asking questions then I am.

[norland2424]

I listened to about an hour of last night's show. I thought the guest was interesting but damn, the host wasn't. So many lost opportunities to ask good questions. The atmosphere of the whole show just brings me down. Contrast that with Amy's show, big difference. Putting aside the better interviewing technique, just the mood is lighter and more pleasant.

As an example of a missed opportunity, the guest was talking about pushing his seven year old niece on a swing and she was looking up and talking to something that wasn't there then wanted to leave the park because she was scared. A few questions came to my mind that could have been asked, like did you ask her what it was she was seeing, what did it look like, what was the unseen entity talking to her about, what made her scared? Heather just said, 'that's a little too young for seeing ghosts' or something like that then moved on. I'm not an interviewer but I would think they should be better at asking questions then I am.

Did Heather really ask that noory like question?

[Roswells, Art]

Did Heather really ask that noory like question?

Yes, and even she knows (I would think) that the general consensus if you believe in any of that crap is that children are more apt to see ghosts because they haven't learned that it's impossible yet. Maybe she wasn't really listening to the guest.

[Roswells, Art]

Also, the phonecalls, ug. She invited people to call in with their ghost stories so they did. She probably should have invited the callers to call in if they had questions for the guest. The two callers I listened to were mainly telling their ghost stories to Heather both the caller and host were pretty much ignoring the guest.

[ge30542]

I listened to about an hour of last night's show. I thought the guest was interesting but damn, the host wasn't. So many lost opportunities to ask good questions. The atmosphere of the whole show just brings me down. Contrast that with Amy's show, big difference. Putting aside the better interviewing technique, just the mood is lighter and more pleasant.

As an example of a missed opportunity, the guest was talking about pushing his seven year old niece on a swing and she was looking up and talking to something that wasn't there then wanted to leave the park because she was scared. A few questions came to my mind that could have been asked, like did you ask her what it was she was seeing, what did it look like, what was the unseen entity talking to her about, what made her scared? Heather just said, 'that's a little too young for seeing ghosts' or something like that then moved on. I'm not an interviewer but I would think they should be better at asking questions then I am.

Heather is amateur hour.

[Roswells, Art]

Heather is amateur hour.

The show is depressing.

[73s]

Contrast that with Amy's show, big difference. Putting aside the better interviewing technique, just the mood is lighter and more pleasant.

I noticed it right away. There's an electricity with Amy that Heather doesn't possess. There's an enthusiasm and cheerfulness and also a sense that she doesn't take herself too seriously and is having fun. Heather seems more stiff, slow and plodding and clumsy, even after all these months. And does not seem to be having fun whatsoever.

I'm not an interviewer but I would think they should be better at asking questions then I am.

Yeah. It's frustrating. I was never anti-Heather and didn't know the whole backstory with the "interview" and the test show till very recently, the meltdowns, etc. I wanted her to succeed. But I get the sense she's not willing or able to change. Too bad.

[MV/Liberace!]

And does not seem to be having fun whatsoever.

she is absolutely not having fun.

[Roswells, Art]

she is absolutely not having fun.

That pervades the whole show.

[Sandra Kristen]

Did Heather really ask that noory like question?

girl noory

[MV/Liberace!]

That pervades the whole show.

yeah, people can and do sense this sort of stuff when listening to a talk show, regardless of any efforts to conceal it.

[norland2424]

yeah, people can and do sense this sort of stuff when listening to a talk show, regardless of any efforts to conceal it.

It also doesn't work doing 5 hours when your not Art bell.

[MV/Liberace!]

It also doesn't work doing 5 hours when your not Art bell.

five hours might be fine if it's done for the right reasons, but i think there were ulterior motives in expanding this show to five.

[venix]

five hours might be fine if it's done for the right reasons, but i think there were ulterior motives in expanding this show to five.

Art and Heather

[Inglorious Bitch]

Art and Heather

Bwahahaha! 

[Roswells, Art]

yeah, people can and do sense this sort of stuff when listening to a talk show, regardless of any efforts to conceal it.

My recommendation for her is to quit and take a three month vacation on a tropical island and not think about broadcasting for two of those months. It might do wonders. I think they sell black swimming suits so she can still wear black. I think she should try pink or something for a change, just for those three months. If she still sounds miserable when she comes back then maybe hang it up.

[SixWeekTenure(tm)]

five hours might be fine if it's done for the right reasons, but i think there were ulterior motives in expanding this show to five.

Hostility toward Hoagie, more ad revenue, and increasing perceived value of an expanded show with the hope that more rubes will subscribe and keep the show alive?

[MV/Liberace!]

Hostility toward Hoagie, more ad revenue, and increasing perceived value of an expanded show with the hope that more rubes will subscribe and keep the show alive?

nope.  all of this is probably what they had in mind, but it's not the immediate reaction i had when i heard they were going to expand.  keep guessing?  heh heh

[Ciardelo]

It also doesn't work doing 5 hours when your not Art bell.

My favorite incarnation of Art was back when he was doing 5 hours a night, no sweat, no fuss, no muss.

[Roswells, Art]

My favorite incarnation of Art was back when he was doing 5 hours a night, no sweat, no fuss, no muss.

Yeah man, he was doing five hours a night five nights a week then doing Dreamland one night a week I think then after he finished the five hours on Coast to Coast am he would go onto shortwave for awhile.

[73s]

Who misses the old Dreamland? I sure do. I loved that intro music and his line about "every bit as real as the air we breathe, but don't see".

[bateman]

Who misses the old Dreamland? I sure do. I loved that intro music and his line about "every bit as real as the air we breathe, but don't see".

I liked it better than Coast. Tighter format.

[SixWeekTenure(tm)]

nope.  all of this is probably what they had in mind, but it's not the immediate reaction i had when i heard they were going to expand.  keep guessing?  heh heh

How about a lap dance instead?

[MV/Liberace!]

Who misses the old Dreamland? I sure do. I loved that intro music and his line about "every bit as real as the air we breathe, but don't see".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGTAR3ODSE

[bateman]

nope.  all of this is probably what they had in mind, but it's not the immediate reaction i had when i heard they were going to expand.  keep guessing?  heh heh

Well it certainly wasn't because anyone asked for it.

[SixWeekTenure(tm)]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGTAR3ODSE

That song brings back some great memories.

[trostol]

pretty sure they play this often


https://youtu.be/mB6_BPT6VFk

[73s]

That song brings back some great memories.

For some reason I always felt like Ramona was the inspiration for that show. I don't know if I heard him say that or it just struck me that way.