Midnight In The Desert

[Lilith]

I don't see the conflict. People here were her friends when it was convenient for her.

I wasn't trying to portray any conflict, I was just trying to point out that she left out any reference to bellgab.com, and called us her friends on her show, during which time, she seemed to wish to distance herself and her program from her friends at bellgab.com.

I think we are both probably expressing the same sentiment, just from a different frame of reference Jackstar. 

[K_Dubb]

Note: the connection to bellgab.com, in the Thunder Drum story, is conveniently changed to "my friends", when she tells it on the air.

just sayin'

Too bad somebody didn't call in that night to set the story straight.

That is an important point.  In the obfuscation of this detail, of which some of us have first-hand knowledge, we can see the process whereby reality becomes personal mythology.  We may extrapolate this operation to her other stories and wonder what else has been blurred.  Reducing bellgab to the same nameless, faceless onlookers present in her other stories links all three, and we may wonder at her capacity for long-term intimacy.

We may also note, despite this tendency, the lingering presence in the other two stories of details which preserve feelings of social ineptitude and bewilderment, and deduce that these feelings must be very deep indeed to have survived her myth-making.

[Nobody]

Note: the connection to bellgab.com, in the Thunder Drum story, is conveniently changed to "my friends", when she tells it on the air.

just sayin'

Too bad somebody didn't call in that night to set the story straight.

Remember when Heather was corrected about Antarctic weather conditions last month?  It was the end of the world for her.  If someone from BG were to call her up and start contradicting her story with a version of events that was at odds with her own "recollection," her brittle ego would not be able to handle it and she would, very likely, simply reach for the dump button.

She's been on the air for a year, yet she seems to be nursing the exact same insecurity she had back when she started in 2015.  It's obvious by now that criticism and Heather are never going to be pals.

However, when you stop and think about it, it is actually to BellGab's advantage not to be associated with MITD at this point.  Put another way: I don't think the site owner is going to be purchasing the wadegab.com domain anytime soon.

[Nobody]

We may also note, despite this tendency, the lingering presence in the other two stories of details which preserve feelings of social ineptitude and bewilderment, and deduce that these feelings must be very deep indeed to have survived her myth-making.

I'm just glad Heather has a radio show that allows her to carry on the legacy of Joseph Campbell.

[Yorkshire pud]

I'm just glad Heather has a radio show that allows her to carry on the legacy of Joseph Campbell. finance her ongoing and fulfilling bong habit, that has absolutely no bearing on her cognitive abilities.

There.. 

[Lilith]

However, when you stop and think about it, it is actually to BellGab's advantage not to be associated with MITD at this point.  Put another way: I don't think the site owner is going to be purchasing the wadegab.com domain anytime soon.

Yes, well, her loss.

[Jackstar]

Yes, well, her loss.

We can't know that her mission wasn't to destroy the show all along. We need more data.

[bateman]

Remember when Heather was corrected about Antarctic weather conditions last month?  It was the end of the world for her.  If someone from BG were to call her up and start contradicting her story with a version of events that was at odds with her own "recollection," her brittle ego would not be able to handle it and she would, very likely, simply reach for the dump button.

She's been on the air for a year, yet she seems to be nursing the exact same insecurity she had back when she started in 2015.  It's obvious by now that criticism and Heather are never going to be pals.

However, when you stop and think about it, it is actually to BellGab's advantage not to be associated with MITD at this point.  Put another way: I don't think the site owner is going to be purchasing the wadegab.com domain anytime soon.

I was told by a big radio pro a long time ago "you stay where you come in", meaning, if people like you right off the bat, they'll continue to, and if you're shit, you will remain so. On some level she knows this.

[norland2424]

I was told by a big radio pro a long time ago "you stay where you come in", meaning, if people like you right off the bat, they'll continue to, and if you're shit, you will remain so. On some level she knows this.

noory told you this???

[Lilith]

I was told by a big radio pro a long time ago "you stay where you come in", meaning, if people like you right off the bat, they'll continue to, and if you're shit, you will remain so. On some level she knows this.

Let me guess...

George Senda?

[cosmic hobo]

The point of her stories (whether it be the Fran-chess-kin monk, the Victorian haunted house, Thunderdrums or endless "scared kitty" stories) is that there is no point. A Yale trained psychiatrist couldn't make heads or tails out of it. Like many potheads or c2c callers, their stories are endlessly fascinating in their own minds but inane and convoluted to the average person. But since there's so many masochists on Bellgab, here's the whole thing. Just don't ask me for 6 minutes of your life back

She has got to be the worst storyteller in the history of broadcasting. I never put much stock into the rumors but there has got to be more to her getting this gig.

[Lilith]

We can't know that her mission wasn't to destroy the show all along. We need more data.

You know what keeps going through my head?  All the times (Redacted) kept saying she had a secret, she might have some great news, but it was too soon to share it with us all.  And there was this little movie going on in the back of my head at the time, like a dream, when I fell asleep at night.  I'm sure it had nothing to do with MITD, but it was about this  famous guy who set up a studio and paid some website/radiostation guy, for some chick to have her own radio show,  (Only God knows why)  and gave his name and his personality to it for a couple months, to gather a following for her. Not too long after that, the show lost subscribers, and went on in time to even lose callers.  I don't remember what happened after that, I kept waking up before the ending, I think.

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

I was told by a big radio pro a long time ago ...

This guy?

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

The Monk:  For people who grant me control (the keys) I serve as a conduit to the paranormal, but my experiences are defined by others (Franciscans = Greyfriars did not come from any research on her part or she'd know how to pronounce it -- probably picked up from a knowledgeable friend) and, when I try, it alienates people for reasons I don't understand.

5¢ please.

Your theory seems valid. A BG search for "Franciscan" pointed to the Aug 4 2014 gabcast. (ff to 1h1m)He wasn't a Franchesskin monk when she told the exciting story(first time?) on the Gabcast.  The Franchesskin part seems to have been suggested by Zeebo(which explains the mispronunciation.  Children often mispronounce obscure words in their heads as they read them since they have no experience of them being used in regular conversation)

Maureen & (Redacted) - Great ghost stories.  Would love to hear more bellgabbers call in with any experiences like that.

(R) as UC mentions above your description of the robe reminded me of Franciscan monks which certainly seems not implausible around that time and region.  Perhaps he was someone who gave services at the cemetary and/or was maybe even a kind of part-time groundskeeper when not doing his religious duties?

[bateman]

Let me guess...

George Senda?

Absholootely. Master of stage, screen and broadcast, THE George Senda.

[K_Dubb]

Your theory seems valid. A BG search for "Franciscan" pointed to the Aug 4 2014 gabcast. (ff to 1h1m)He wasn't a Franchesskin monk when she told the exciting story(first time?) on the Gabcast.  The Franchesskin part seems to have been suggested by Zeebo(which explains the mispronunciation.  Children often mispronounce obscure words in their heads as they read them since they have no experience of them being used in regular conversation)

Thank you for the confirmation!  Figures that it would come from zeebo, that formidable polymath.

5¢ credit

[Firefighter]

As you "just need a reminder," here is the story in skeleton form:

Heather claims to have driven to a cemetery with a group of friends and to have seen the ghost of a "Franciscan" monk (which she inexplicably and irritatingly pronounces as "Francescan").  Her friends took off (despite Heather having driven the group there in her car and having the keys in her pocket) and she never saw them again.

(Is that a sufficient reminder?)

Reminder did it's job...thx

[MV/Liberace!]

honestly, i don't get annoyed specifically because she refuses to mention bellgab.  rather, i get annoyed because of what that refusal represents:   protectionism, risk aversion, and cowardice.  as i said... dishonest, chicken shit radio.  not the type of thing i'd ever invest time or energy on. 

what she's "evolved" into is no more honest or fearless or compelling than the dreck served up in the morning on my shitty local AM talk station.  she should have embraced this place and taken the good with the bad, and she would have done that if she were 5% as hip/brave/confident as she clearly wants to project.  i'm just not impressed with her as a personality, having witnessed all of this... never mind whatever the hell she's doing on her stream every night.

[Lilith]

Let me guess, no callers again for open lines no less?

[SnapT]

I was told by a big radio pro a long time ago "you stay where you come in", meaning, if people like you right off the bat, they'll continue to, and if you're shit, you will remain so. On some level she knows this.

I was listening to MITD earlier tonight on my phone while working, and after a couple of minutes someone overhearing the program said to me "I don't like that woman that's talking.  I don't know why, but I don't like her."  And Heather wasn't even saying anything particularly dumb or annoying at the time!

[Lilith]

I can't believe she's pushing a time traveler subscription to a caller.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

honestly, i don't get annoyed specifically because she refuses to mention bellgab.  rather, i get annoyed because of what that refusal represents:   protectionism, risk aversion, and cowardice.  as i said... dishonest, chicken shit radio.  not the type of thing i'd ever invest time or energy on. 

what she's "evolved" into is no more honest or fearless or compelling than the dreck served up in the morning on my shitty local AM talk station.  she should have embraced this place and taken the good with the bad, and she would have done that if she were 5% as hip/brave/confident as she clearly wants to project.  i'm just not impressed with her as a personality, having witnessed all of this... never mind whatever the hell she's doing on her stream every night.

Ding, ding, ding...   The dishonesty and the posing are the worst. It's been over a year now. Still not worth 46k bandwidth usage.
Hey, wait a second, Star Trek TOS (colorized) is on...   Troglodites whoo hoo. How fitting.

[Richard Groyper]

I can't believe she's pushing a time traveler subscription to a caller.

Should be considered fraud. She's a fraud.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I was listening to MITD earlier tonight on my phone while working, and after a couple of minutes someone overhearing the program said to me "I don't like that woman that's talking.  I don't know why, but I don't like her."  And Heather wasn't even saying anything particularly dumb or annoying at the time!

LOL- even strangers to the program can tell. That says something right there.

Get your shit together Heather, or the show is doomed. 

[Nobody]

I can't believe she's pushing a time traveler subscription to a caller.

Perhaps she collects a commission on new subscriptions and is anxious to offset all those refunds for dud shows she promised she would honour personally? 

Speaking for myself, with tonight's theme being demons and demonic possession, etc., I am quite surprised that none of the callers have yet pointed* out that Heather being host of MITD is clear and unmistakable proof that Satan is alive and well (and cocking up chat shows).






*Granted, I have this idiocy playing in the background as a sort of counter-irritant, so it might indeed have happened and I simply missed it.

[Juan Cena]

There.. 

And yet Heather is still less stoned than Connie Willis.

[Juan Cena]

I can't believe she's pushing a time traveler subscription to a caller.

Pimpin' ain't easy.

[Nobody]

Did Heather just walk this "shaman" through the MITD website because he couldn't figure it out?

[Nobody]

And yet Heather is still less stoned than Connie Willis.

If only Heather were half as much fun as Connie Willis. 

Also, stoned or no, Connie Willis holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism.  I've had Heather pegged as a GED holder for some time now, but anyone reading this is welcome to both surprise me and indict the American educational system by confirming that, yes, she does actually hold a high school diploma*.




*An "adjusted" diploma does not count.

[Nobody]

I can't believe she's pushing a time traveler subscription to a caller.

She just flogged the Time Travelers again a few minutes ago.  :

(Is this a sign of desperation at MITD?)