Midnight In The Desert

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Is that the crazy Bigfoot gal from Texas?  The one who feed Bigfoot the lemon pie?

Sounded different to me.
New non-Art music. Rolling Stones Miss You

[Uncle Duke]

Might have been. Same kinda voice but it didn't sound quite like an east Texas accent.

But I don't think she was orignally from east Texas, I recall her telling Art she'd moved there from out of state.

[GravitySucks]

Is that the crazy Bigfoot gal from Texas?  The one who feed Bigfoot the lemon pie?

Do you remember that caller's name?  The Bigfoot lady was named Elaine.

[GravitySucks]

But I don't think she was orignally from east Texas, I recall her telling Art she'd moved there from out of state.

Hawaii I think

[Uncle Duke]

Do you remember that caller's name?  The Bigfoot lady was named Elaine.

I think she said "Cassy", maybe "Sassy".

[GravitySucks]

Sounded different to me.
New non-Art music. Rolling Stones Miss You

That means Heather got the message from Art and is slowly making the show her own. I'm glad.

[Kolchak]

Stop spreading your pseudoscience, caller.

[Jackstar]

Stop spreading your pseudoscience, caller.

Zika spreads that too. We're all doomed.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Bad drug trips would make a heck of an open lines.

[Sean92008]

Sounded different to me.
New non-Art music. Rolling Stones Miss You

I think I've heard it on SIT Archives or www.U7Radio.org.  I believe that is was in AB's collection.  That fucking manchild, AB.

[GravitySucks]

Bad drug trips would make a heck of an open lines.

Like Salvia?

http://youtu.be/exeGSn_lBwk

[comaphobe]

danzig
dodge charger

+2

[Sean92008]

...and now, for those of you who have stayed the course and shown your commitment to the BellGab forums, a gift of music:

https://youtu.be/cKPD2sIkx98

[Uncle Duke]

The local high school is looking for a band/singer to perform at their prom in the spring, think I'll send them this link.

[Sean92008]

The local high school is looking for a band/singer to perform at their prom in the spring, think I'll send them this link.

Damn straight.

[pate]

This last caller, yeah.

[pate]

Caller, hate to break it to you, but Vietnams is so '73-'75...

Hate to cut you off due to the monies...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkMgs3lFwkQ

Fun stuff!

[GravitySucks]

This last caller, yeah.

Open lines is definitely not my favorite, but there was one story that made it worth it.

[akwilly]

Good show. I like open lines

[BellBoy]

I have to stop soon, sadly. The real world is making me go to bed soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3PFC86UNI

[Lt.Uhura]

...From the get-go I thought MITD should have a rotating schedule of hosts and also Art doing a Dreamland, less caller-based show, which he could do at ANY time (have time for family and even get more mainstream guests etc.)...

Yes, an arrangement with rotating hosts would have no doubt lightened the load.  I get that Art loves the thrill of live radio, but being "on" and fully engaged 5 nights a week live + show prep is asking a lot of a 70 y/o.  It can't be easy for Heather either.  And is she trying to do it all, without a producer?  If so, that could explain the disappointing subpar guests.


Also, I disagree with the comments here about the paranormal field being finished.  It doesn't have to be the same old worn out alien and ghost stories told by the same guests.  What's sorely needed is enthusiastic, creative radio producers and hosts with new insights.  There is an abundance of both old and new unexplained phenomena to explore, and there will always be an audience eager to hear about it. 

Welcome to Dreamland...
      A program dedicated to an examination of areas in the human experience not easily nor neatly put in a box.  Things seen at the edge of vision, awakening in a part of the mind as yet not mapped, and yet seems every bit as real as the air we breathe, but don't see.  This is Dreamland..

[Robert]

I disagree with the comments here about the paranormal field being finished.

I laugh at the thought that the paranormal field could be finished for radio, while political topics are not considered talked-out.  And if you include not only paranormal but other fringe topics that C2C has commonly treated or that could be considered grist for the mill, it's amazing that anyone could consider it anything like finished, even though there's not much $ in it.

[onan]

I laugh at the thought that the paranormal field could be finished for radio, while political topics are not considered talked-out.  And if you include not only paranormal but other fringe topics that C2C has commonly treated or that could be considered grist for the mill, it's amazing that anyone could consider it anything like finished, even though there's not much $ in it.

Politics is an ever-changing field of discussion.  Politicians and world events are always changing.  It's an incredibly complex topic with the myriad of variations. Whereas the paranormal seems to have the same characters and same topics over and over again. Although the subjects can be confusing, they usually aren't complicated. Most topics can be searched on Google before the guest can present the premise.

I used to think there was a large audience due to the popularity of television shows and movies. Radio can't keep up with CGI supported stories.

[littlechris]

Also, I disagree with the comments here about the paranormal field being finished.  It doesn't have to be the same old worn out alien and ghost stories told by the same guests.  What's sorely needed is enthusiastic, creative radio producers and hosts with new insights.  There is an abundance of both old and new unexplained phenomena to explore, and there will always be an audience eager to hear about it. 

^^Spot on.

[Roswells, Art]

^^Spot on.

^^ So is that.

[coaster]

The paranormal field is pretty much over. In the 90's it was exciting. You had Art, you had shows like the X-Files and these message boards on this new thing called the internet. All of a sudden millions of people could talk about the subject. It was fun and new. Then it got worn out. Radio and tv became over-saturated with the paranormal. woo-woo cons. phones with cameras came out, and although millions of people had them, no evidence of anything was ever captured. After 2012 people started giving up.  Shows like Ancient Aliens ruined what was left of the "parnormal" field, and made it look like crazy bullshit once and for all. When I hear words like "aliens" "area 51" or even "paranormal", I immediately think of the 90's. Nothing relevant has happened in twenty years, any good paranormal story is decades old. its just the same old shit being repeated, with no new evidence. Any new cases of anything paranormal should come with proof by default, no hearsay or bullshit. And that won't happen.

[Robert]

Psi research is still in its infancy.  True, a lot of it is dry stuff that's not particularly good radio, but I'm sure there are a few people who can make some of it interesting.

[Roswells, Art]

Psi research is still in its infancy.  True, a lot of it is dry stuff that's not particularly good radio, but I'm sure there are a few people who can make some of it interesting.

I think the problem may be is that either you figure out how to do it yourself or you figure out it is bullshit. So there is not much further you can go from there. At one time their were real reporters that went off to find stories to report on. Now they all just comb the internet for them. If their internet goes down they would be reporting on what is going down in the coffee break room.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

I think the problem may be is that either you figure out how to do it yourself or you figure out it is bullshit. So there is not much further you can go from there. At one time their were real reporters that went off to find stories to report on. Now they all just comb the internet for them. If their internet goes down they would be reporting on what is going down in the coffee break room.

  no more cat photos to post.

[henge0stone]

The paranormal field is pretty much over. In the 90's it was exciting. You had Art, you had shows like the X-Files and these message boards on this new thing called the internet. All of a sudden millions of people could talk about the subject. It was fun and new. Then it got worn out. Radio and tv became over-saturated with the paranormal. woo-woo cons. phones with cameras came out, and although millions of people had them, no evidence of anything was ever captured. After 2012 people started giving up.  Shows like Ancient Aliens ruined what was left of the "parnormal" field, and made it look like crazy bullshit once and for all. When I hear words like "aliens" "area 51" or even "paranormal", I immediately think of the 90's. Nothing relevant has happened in twenty years, any good paranormal story is decades old. its just the same old shit being repeated, with no new evidence. Any new cases of anything paranormal should come with proof by default, no hearsay or bullshit. And that won't happen.

The truth hurts...