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Hi Art!
Well I haven't been here for two years but I get updates on my Facebook. That really did go by fast!
I am a oil hauler up here in the Bakken and I have all kinds of listening apparatuses I can listen to you on. Let the fun begin!! Yay! And I'll tell EVERYBODY!
Susan

Holy Cow Art has alot of shows lined up since yesterday   

Stream is once again great. Sitting out in the company yard with a weak signal but no buffering and very clear. Way better audio than Seriously Stupid.

Quote from: Mr. Hanky on November 25, 2013, 10:53:55 PM
I criticized the man that left.  And rightfully so.

No you didnt criticize him. You were mean.

Quote from: Mr. Hanky on November 25, 2013, 10:41:15 PM
I've been reasonable in all my time on this site since I joined months ago. I made a simple suggestion tonight that this thread was garbage because you people were off-topic and you got on me. Guess what? I ain't fucking leaving. I have off this whole week from work. I will sit in this thread and refute your bullshit. I ain't going anywhere.

You havent been reasonable tho. Look at all the nasty things you said about Art that lonevoice pulled out from your past posts. Your angry again now. I know it seems cliquish here and at times a private chatroom but you dont like Art either. And no you dont respect him. Your tone reflects distain.

Quote from: Seraphim27 on November 25, 2013, 10:03:55 PM
Hey everyone!

As long as we're on the topic of being off-topic, I thought I'd post this (epically long, sorry) off-topic update on my (youngish, 65-year-old) dad, the one who's in a semi-vegetative state in the hospital after he simply tripped and fell and managed to trigger a brain hemorrhage by doing so.

I went to hang out in his hospital room day before yesterday and he was, as usual, lying in his bed with a bunch of tubes coming out of him, mouth open, eyes open and staring at the ceiling vacantly. They had JUDGE JUDY on his little TV and it depressed the hell out me. So I was sitting there thinking, dang, if I were lost in the ether or whatever, I'd hope someone would put A RADIO by my bed and play music and YES, even Noory, instead of leaving the cheap little TV on Judge Judy, Montel and Dr. Phil all day.

So that night I made some playlists with his favorite music. I made a best-of-Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks playlist and one with, gulp, some Toto songs like "Africa," and some old James Taylor songs, Bob Seger, all the stuff he liked. Then IT HURT SO BAD but I also downloaded Alabama Christmas Volumes 1 and 2 (there are TWO FRIGGIN' VOLUMES) because those were his favorite Christmas CDs that he subjected us to every year. ("Now this is good American music, kids!")

So last night I went to visit him again and, I don't know, I guess some part of me (the part that has been watching way too many movies) was hoping I'd press "Play" and the music would bring him back from wherever he was. But it didn't. I hung out for a while playing all the music and reading my Kindle and watched him rasping through tubes and staring at the ceiling.

A nurse came in and had kind of a dark conversation with me about "what you see is pretty much what you're going to get now," and she said we had to have him out of there and in some kind of a nursing home by the end of the week. She said he was no longer a candidate for physical/occupational rehab and that they were going to take the tubes out of his throat and put one directly in his stomach today. It was bleak.

After I left the hospital, I sat in my car in the parking lot and cried for a while. When I eventually stopped and looked around and got ready to drive out of there, I noticed about FIVE other people sitting in their respective cars crying over their own stuff. So much pain in one square mile, kids.

So tonight I go back in there, and I give him the perfunctory "Hey Dad, how are you, what's going on? How 'bout those Vikings yesterday?" etc. I sit down and start reading my Kindle and suddenly I hear this raspy "Erinn?" (That's my name.) I looked up and said, "DAD???!!!!??" He said, "Hi honey." I said, "Do you know who I am??!" and he took his hand â€" the one they said he'd never be able to move again â€" and gave me a thumbs up.

I jumped up and ran out to the nurses station and said, "HE'S AWAKE AND HE'S TALKING!" and the nurse said, "Oh honey, sometimes when he coughs, it really does sound like talking," and I said, "NO. He just called me by my name!" So she looks at me like I'm annoying and gets up and comes in his room with me, and he looks over at her and whispers/rasps, "Hi â€" I guess I'm back."

And she got really pale and said, "WELL I'LL BE DAMNED!"

Then my mom came running in the room and said, "Bart (that's his name), do you know who I am?" and he said, "Yes and I love you." It was a highly emotional moment.

We stayed for a while. He asked about his dog. Eventually he started getting really tired, so we left. I didn't want to go because I was scared he would slip away again, but you know, even if he does, at least we had that conversation with him, and he got to tell my mom â€" his wife of 44 years â€"O that he loved her, and I knew she'd thought she'd never hear that again.

On my way home, I was sort of basking in that weird miraculous moment and I wanted to keep it going somehow. As I was driving, I saw this homeless guy huddled against a building in the (literally) freezing rain. I pulled over and got out and walked over to him and gave him all the cash I had, which was $44. I said, "Hey man, this is for you." He said, "You're giving me $40?" I said yeah and he said "You just pull over in your car, get out and hand me $40 for no reason??" I said "yeah, I just felt like I was supposed to. Have a nice night." He said, "You some kind of a $40 angel?" and I laughed all the way home.

Maybe my name should be Seraphim44. 

So um, sorry this is another long-ass, off-topic TMI post to weed through but it has a little bit of a surreal element to it, so I thought I'd share.

Have any of you thought about what music or TV shows or whatever you'd want someone to play if you were lost in a semi-coma? I just let my brother and two good friends know that if it ever happens to me, they'd better make a kick-ass '80s playlist and throw in some Jimi Hendrix too.

I'm bummed I missed the Dark Matter Network podcast tonight, though, but I'm glad it was at least for a good reason.

What a great post Seraphim. Thats so nice. And a welcome relief from all the fighting. Thank you 

Quote from: Mr. Hanky on November 25, 2013, 08:07:12 PM
Have no fear, I created a thread for you guys that are friends. It's called the Art Bell Fan Club,located under Art Bell on the main menu. You guys can relocate there. It is a thread that has nothing to do with Art Bell quitting Dark Matter. Just a place for you guys to chat. You'll like it there. It's new.

Why are u fighting with everyone here? All you have to do is go into the memberlist and look up Arts lastest post. Or look on his facebook page. All his updates go to his facebook page too. Your out of line to come on this thread and try to force people out. Wtf

Quote from: Shadow Wolf on November 25, 2013, 06:15:36 PM
Hello Art, good start to the new Network. In six months I can see the entire week and all the days full with new and interesting cast/shows. I and my wife have but one request: Please no more EVP's. Ghost stories are alright, but EVP's, personally I think they suck, and that most of them are pure sensationalism. The scientific/speculation shows are great. UFO's, Ancient Civ, even Big Foot is better than EVP's.

I dont like the EVP's either. Art gave fair warning but i listened anyway and that night after i went to bed i felt a presence in my room. Once i mustered the courage i told it to get lost. I wont listen to another one of those again   

Good show! We need another!


Im so happy to have this i think ill listen again.

I'm using the lastest ipad, streaming using the cellular data from the ipad with only 2 circles showing in the corner ( ie a weak connection im sitting inside a building out in the yard at work) and it still comes in great. Clear and no buffering.

Its the first time ive tuned in and im listening right now. Podcasts are so clear! I love what your doing Art. And its free too wow.

Little Chris I think your instincts are right. I think he should be banned. Its one thing to be unhappy, disappointed, pissed off and let down. Its another to drop to the level that he did. He was just desperate to win. Even if it meant being verbally abusive toward Art. He needs to be dropkicked

Quote from: DarKPenguiN on November 23, 2013, 07:44:54 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

Just be careful paying more than a week in advance. 

Bug off. You're too negative i don't like you. And stop picking on Art or i'll kick your ass.

Quote from: Art Bell on November 23, 2013, 05:05:33 PM

When I do begin streaming it will be only me, no large company.

                                                                                       Art

When i checked your website just now like i do everyday i found programs listed there!
This is a GREAT idea Art!
Normally i would not take the time to find them and listen because nobody else but you will do but now that they are being hosted on your site i feel more interested in listening.
You can make your own network! This is great i love this.
Now i have something to listen to at night when im working. They will be the warm up and prelude to you. I love this idea.
And if you need to charge thats ok! I will pay! You can have my money instead of Siriusly Stupid.

Um... I've gone and posted on Sirius's facebook page but im not really sure how to use twitter (im old) Ive created an account but now just not sure what to do next. Anyone feel like helping me? 

Quote from: EarthAlien007 on November 13, 2013, 12:52:08 AM
Who's he after here?
Last Active:   Today at 03:36:27 AM

Someone should tell his guests they are talking to themselves and he's over here.

Lol
Your avatar suggests you are keeping a watchful eye on him so dont try to pull anything

I know you guys are nervous but please stop cutting art off and interrupting

Quote from: Art Bell on November 12, 2013, 05:22:01 PM
Yes, that is correct, I said I would honor the NC because I will, I did not say I would not see about
challenging it from a Legal point of view, that is a proper way to proceed. I will not just ignore the NC
and go on with streaming but I will see what can be done to have it removed. If it is we will stream
just as we said.

                                                                                                                Art

Yay 
That makes me so happy 

After all this time waiting for you, missing you, worrying about you, wondering where you are and if i will ever get to hear you on the air again, i cant believe that ive been left with this. I cant believe that once again George Noory is being shoved down my throat. Again.

I have been a SXM subscriber for over 5 years now. After what they did and they way they treated you and the insulting way that I, as a paying listener, have been treated, I am canceling my service and never again will i ever subscribe to that company again.

I understand why you dont want to fight. I understand that your energy is not the same as it was when you were younger. Part of me wonders if you felt a big hole now that Ramona is gone.

Maybe you will reconsider in a few months like another poster suggested. In any case, if you dont, do you think there is any way you would want to come back in two years when the NC is up?

The only person that anyone wants to hear and we get this. Unbelievable. Even your guests were relieved that you were back.

Quote from: gr33tz on November 12, 2013, 12:33:28 AM
Yeah right George .... the last thing you would want to do is follow up AFTER Art's show

HAHAHA...HA
That avatar of yours is so frickin funny gr

All of Arts shows from last week have been taken down from his website and there is no longer any talk of lawyers.....

Not sure what this means. He will prob come on and talk to us soon as he can.

Quote from: 1964kid on November 11, 2013, 09:36:08 PM
Ok, I worked in radio for 25 years, and in fact, my first job was at WAVZ in New Haven, where Art Bell, in "The Art of Talk," says he walked away from a job decades ago. WAVZ was a legendary top 40 station. I believe that, while streaming is all fine and good, that, since SXM is a dead issue at this point, that the ONLY way for Art to have a financially viable show (the more listeners = higher ratings = more advertisers and advertisers that get results) is for Art to stream AND do terrestrial radio. Art, call Lew Dickey at Cumulus Radio. You know Lew wants to win the game with Clear Channel/Premiere. Lew Dickey (Cumulus CEO) could give you the shift you want (if you don't want to stay up all night, Art, I'm sure he'd give you 10p-2a eastern). Art, you know that you need to BROADcast to a BROAD audience. The streaming NARROWcast is just icing on the cake.  If you want, I know people at Cumulus. I can get you a number (though Arr, I think you know who to call at Cumulus). Art, don't feel bad about hurting Noory's show. I have learned over the years not to look back and do the right thing. Art, really, do you think Noory's gives a crap about you?  Art. Please. Call. Cumulus. Now.

ThisThisThis^^^^^

A philippino dish since his wife is probably the cook. I bet it was fish.

Hi Art. Sirius is gone. Life is good.

Quote from: Ravenna on November 11, 2013, 06:28:44 PM
I wouldn't mind having a Glock, just coz Harry Bosch carries one (my idol).  I'd carry it when I make the rounds of the dark alleys of Oakland in the wee hours, and feel protected.  That and a pitbull, and I'd be set.

You live in Oakland? I lived in Oakland for 17 years. On Shattuck Ave 1 block over from The Starry Plow, 2 different houses in Piedmont... A big huge beautiful house on the corner of E.22nd st. I used to go to the Grand Lake Theater all the time. I miss Oakland. Never thought i hear myself say that 
Where do you live?

I had a red nose pit too. She died in May and was the love of my life.
Thats so funny you said that.

Quote from: Ravenna on November 11, 2013, 12:34:33 PM
They charged you six months in advance, even though you were trying to get them to only charge you month-by-month?   Yet another example of their very poor business practices.  So glad I didn't subscribe with my credit card, ever, and so very glad that they didn't manage to "hack it," either.  Feeling lucky.

Actually now that i think about it it was 3 months in advance. I was an otr truckdriver at the time and have had an account with them every since i started driving. I have always forbidden them to automatically debit my account. I was month to month so i forbade them each and every time i called in to pay my bill. They charged me extra to do this. Instead of 9.00 something they charged me 14.00 something but i didnt care. I hate people going into my account like that. I think they are just so used to roping people in that way...they want every one on automatic debit. They did it twice... Then my card expired.

I waited over a year then someone discovered that my radio had been left on and turned it off. I figured ok, well i just got a years worth of free radio so now i feel better. Im a driver in the bakken now and wanted radio in my truck. So i bit the bullet and braced myself for another irritating experience.

Just before i heard that Art was coming back i decided to see if i could stomach C2C again and added internet streaming to my account so i could listen from home. The rep told me all about how....'Oh YES. You will have all the stations at home that u have in your car! ' I said Really?? I will get 256? She assured me it was so so imhad her add it. Only to find immediately after that not only did that not include 256 bit a bunch of other channels as well ( probably all the Clear channels). So then i had to turn around and hassel with cancelling the internet part 10 min after i signed up. Yep. Livid yet again.

A week later Art came back and it was to a channel that was included. All my past bad experiences drifted into the background. I called them up and added it back. I love Art Bell.

As an added note... I repeatedly lost connection when i listened to Art thru Xms app on my PC. Every 5 min or so. So i started listening thru my ipad and iphone and everything worked fine aside from the occasional timeouts. I think it was Xms crappy app for the pc.

Quote from: Nighthawk on November 10, 2013, 11:25:30 PM
Could be caus Art is a radio op. That is how it is for me. We get used to thinking of and memorizing different time zones pretty quickly. Which direction from here it is earlier, later etc. Where it is light out, where it is dark.

Yeah i thought too that the guy just didnt have a clock handy and Art either jumped the gun or had some mysterious way of telling. I was thinking how the heck could he know so fast what time it is in india? I thought his accent sounded real.

However that other caller pretending to be JC was very obvious and so lame   :

Quote from: basswood on November 10, 2013, 10:31:41 PM
I remember that call, thinking: "This guy doesn't sound so fake... does Art know something I don't?" Has anyone "verified" this as fake? Am I the only one who thought Art made kind of a rude mistake on that one?

I thought the same thing too basswood. I remember my face turning sort of red and thinking omg i think art just made a mistake. That indian caller must be going wtf???

Quote from: Suzeca on November 10, 2013, 09:40:38 PM
I understood you. XM is the worst ran company ive ever delt with and every month that ive had to call in to pay my bill ive hung up pissed off. Im glad Arts not on it. Did me a favor.

Yeah what they did to you was completely violating. I felt violated as well since i told them every single last month i paid my bill that they did not have permission to automatically debit my account (they always tried to pressure me into it and charged me more money as well for doing pay by phone)

They are dubious at best. I was so angry i had nothing to do with them for over a year. But then like i said i ended up getting it for free cuz they are so stupid and mixed up over there....lol

Thats what they get

Quote from: Spirit Chaser on November 10, 2013, 09:37:08 PM
Do I really have 3 or 4 people here not reading what I said but flaming me for what I said.  This is unreal.  Flame some more.  Really please.  I want to hit report to moderator.

I understood you. XM is the worst ran company ive ever delt with and every month that ive had to call in to pay my bill ive hung up pissed off. Im glad Arts not on it. Did me a favor.

Quote from: Spirit Chaser on November 10, 2013, 08:54:01 PM
Interesting.  My experience after the 30 day trial without having given them any credit card and then never choosing a plan was that they somehow stole and used a new credit card account that I received two days before Halloween to charge me ON Halloween.  Today my credit card people are going after them with a fraud investigation.  I went ahead and used another email address and signed on for another 30 day trial without a credit card today to see what they pull in 6 weeks as capital one cancelled the account they stole and are expediting delivery of a new one.  So that's twice I
have signed up for a free trial.  They actually hacked somewhere into my Internet data and stole a credit card account to charge, with the first sign

I have repeatedly told them when when ive called to pay my bill that they are NOT ALLOWED to automatically take money out of my account. In the end they turned around and did it anyway against my wishes and it wasnt just one month it was 6 months in advance. After a couple times of that my card expired and they were no longer able to get in. They forgot to turn my radio off tho so i enjoyed 1 year of free service Ha Ha

Fuck em
I hate that company
Im on Arts side

Quote from: jazmunda on November 10, 2013, 07:19:26 PM
Art could you please post your contract and highlight the non-complete clause? Also could you please send me $10,000.00 in unmarked bills. Also could you please send me an mp3 file that I can use as the voice mail on my phone? Something like, "Andy's not here right now but please leave a message after the beep". Oh and also can you recommend a good replacement for pizza punch? Also can you please make it clear to the rest of the posters here that my 5 calls to the show were not the reason that Dark Matter is no more? That is all.

Lol that was funny