Midnight In The Desert

[Belles]

I guess he must have gotten on skype.  Thought it was a different person.

He did sound like a different person after the break. Sounds kind of stoned.

[WinWinS]

Call yourself an Art Bell fan, do you?  Squatty Potty.   

Joking aside, so-called "squat toilets" are supposedly easier to use than Western-style sit-down ones.  I have never seen an SP, but I have seen a sort of "platform" you can retrofit to a regular toilet; you might want to look at one of those. 

[LucaParcelli]

Who is this guy?

All I know is that with all the drama that’s been afoot, my sphincter finally has unclenched... My body is at peace once again... I have a new LateNight host to listen to as I take a nightcap.

As someone who spent a lot of time in Ocean Beach in San Diego, as a current resident of LA, I am totally into this topic now!

Malibu anomaly?

Thanks Dave!

[TigerLily]

Squat toilets are okay if you don't mind taking your pants completely off every time. Then you have to worry if there's toilet paper or just a shower head and whether or not it is the type to flush.

Three months in China. Just ... horrible. I have no words

[GravitySucks]

It could be that he is stoned but his “facts” always bug the crap out of me. “Bunches”, “25 or 50”, “up to 200”. All without taking a breath. Well WTF IS IT?

[albrecht]

I have not, but I should.  Thank you for reminding me.

If I met a djinn and lamp. Or some such. Would like gift of reading and understanding all languages, with accent and varieties, so could read old stuff and talk to anyone, because I fear translations. (And become ultimate 'double-aught spy' who can get all the chicks.)

[Dyna-X]

Is he the one that reinvented his childhood sighting into a childhood abduction with his sister?

That was Peter Robbins.

[Sean92008]

That's a good point about how Art played along with guests, but just as we're different listeners today, I wonder if some of the genre guests just aren't as good at stringing along the yarns. Have the guests that made Art's technique possible no longer around, or their aging presentations too dated, and the newer personalities not as good at the game?

Agreed.
Art toyed with many questionable guests...  Cat and mouse-like.

Can't do that nowadays, the world is a more sophisticated place...

[El Chorro]

He did sound like a different person after the break. Sounds kind of stoned.

Mush mouth

[GravitySucks]

That was Peter Robbins.

Thanks for having my back once again.

[21st Century Man]

OMG. Just last week I got through about a third of Swedenborg then gave up for awhile. Really interesting considering its 18th century. Only the Age of Enlightenment probably saved him from burning at the stake. I stopped to read the backstory on him. All the biblical, Christian references are little difficult for me. Pagan that I am

Sounds like a fascinating man from the little I read on wiki.

I'm trying to read a book on the French Revolution now but it is incredibly dry and it is the length of War and Peace.

[Nobody]

I bet that cuckshed is a filthy stinkin' mess.

.gif later.

[chefist]

Call yourself an Art Bell fan, do you?  Squatty Potty.   

Joking aside, so-called "squat toilets" are supposedly easier to use than Western-style sit-down ones.  I have never seen an SP, but I have seen a sort of "platform" you can retrofit to a regular toilet; you might want to look at one of those. 

There's another option.

[Spookcat]

Art toyed with many questionable guests...  Cat and mouse-like.

Can't do that nowadays, the world is a more sophisticated place...

[21st Century Man]

Three months in China. Just ... horrible. I have no words

Must be  similar to the stories I've heard about travelling in Africa.
I'm definitely going to stick to the tourist traps if I ever go back over seas.

I almost took a job opening Wal-mart stores in China.  Glad I passed.

[malachi.martini]

That's a good point about how Art played along with guests, but just as we're different listeners today, I wonder if some of the genre guests just aren't as good at stringing along the yarns. Have the guests that made Art's technique possible no longer around, or their aging presentations too dated, and the newer personalities not as good at the game?

I think the herd's capacity for mystery has been far too damaged by the social engineers of our clown world. I think that leads to less engaging personalities, cucky guests that have to tip toe around the modern world's shrinking tolerances. Resale value is a bit shit too, Whitley going on about a cloaked alien bull at the foot of his bed with an ominous bulge for the 30th time is only fun when it's used to save a desperate host with fuck all to say.

[K_Dubb]

Yeah, it's the cheapest exchange you can have with presented experience. Which might be my only real critique of Dave, sometimes he'll litigate the guest like he's a Redditor whoring for upvotes, sating the dull public mind with practiced reality. Art was the best at restraining that impulse for the sake of narrative and mystery.  Art's audience doesn't exist anymore, people's brains are different, which might also account for a big part of his success with these topics?

Cheap, that's the word; I can't say it better.  Getting all science on a topic that is fundamentally anecdotal.  Moving on with nary a qualm to UFO stories just feels sour.

To your other point, yeah, objectivism has gained a lot of ground and some portion of the audience will appreciate token gestures in that direction.

[painter17]

i don't think so, dennett said he has only had minor sightings, nothing conclusive

[Lilith]

Ha...I missed that...thanks, Brig. 

He even said "Chefist" 

[GravitySucks]

It is nice to have you accompany us in the thread. I hope your kids aren’t suffering neglect due to the late nights.

[Dyna-X]

The military was interested in UFOs for the purpose of psychological warfare as early the 1950s. The documents are out there.

[Bluejay]

I don't want to fawn all over him but Dave is a great interviewer.

+1

[Nobody]

This is by far the best thread on Bellgab. My face hurts from laughing.

Any tips on how to deal with trying to laugh and throw up simultaneously?  That happens to me a lot around here.

[chefist]

Cheap, that's the word; I can't say it better.  Getting all science on a topic that is fundamentally anecdotal.  Moving on with nary a qualm to UFO stories just feels sour.

I think this is a good example of a "UFO Expert". He had the opportunity to go into great detail on the Nimitz UAP and the data that was given by the video and pilots. However, he seems to know almost nothing about it, then quickly shifted to his next anecdotal story.

He could have talked about

- Speed of UAP's
- Size of UAP's
- Altitude of US jets
- Speed of US jets
- Radar used to ID them
- ETC

He blew that opportunity.

[Lilith]

That's a good point about how Art played along with guests, but just as we're different listeners today, I wonder if some of the genre guests just aren't as good at stringing along the yarns. Have the guests that made Art's technique possible no longer around, or their aging presentations too dated, and the newer personalities not as good at the game?

Not too many people had computers then.  Art and guests could tell us truths, half truths, and tall tales to their hearts content, and the listeners could believe or not as they wished.  Now, everybody checks stuff on bellgab.

[GravitySucks]

“About 5 to 10 of them had electronics that wouldn’t work”. This is the stuff that bugs the crap out of me as a listener.

[Dyna-X]

He did sound like a different person after the break. Sounds kind of stoned.

Highly probable. 5 or 10 with cameras > next sentence 4???

[chefist]

He even said "Chefist" 

I did hear it after I posted that...maybe my stream is delayed or something. Thanks, Brig.

[21st Century Man]

“About 5 to 10 of them had electronics that wouldn’t work”. This is the stuff that bugs the crap out of me as a listener.

Same thing happens in haunting cases. 

[painter17]

this guys sounds just  like Lazlo from "Real Genius"...
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