I love Art Bell and late night spooky AM radio.
Who’s behind this patreon and podcast, though? I don’t see any evidence that his estate is benefitting.
Art Bell Back in Time
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#12I used to work obscenely late hours in my QA days at Bliizard and I would listen to Art Bell alone in my car late at night outside an undeveloped area of Irvine looking at the hills and the stars at 1am for my dinner break. I still listen to Coast to Coast for 30 minutes every night for the bumper music or more if the topic is interesting.
It's funny... pretty much the only time/place I ever want to listen to Coast to Coast AM is when I'm in my car, driving somewhere overnight, and it's 2:00 in the morning and I'm on the Interstate halfway between Bumfuck and Nowhereville. In that setting, there is something magical about it.
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#13Art Bell had the absolute best voice for late night radio. Used to listen to him on my overnight road trips between Salt Lake and Vegas. Just the endless desert under a full moon, and Art's guest is rambling on about interdimensional beings. Could almost believe it for that moment. One of my favorite things about Art was the tension. Did he believe what his guests and callers are saying? Or is he just humoring them f…
Unfortunately his voice came from a lifetime of smoking cigarettes that eventually contributed to his death.
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#14So many great memories from the 1990s and early 2000s… driving in the night over lonely desert roads in the American southwest with Art Bell.
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#15Art Bell was amazing in the late 1990s........then I think his son being sexually assaulted messed him up because was all downhill after that. He would constantly flake out and always had an excuse. He finally got a new show, then claimed people were shooting guns outside of his house so he had to cancel his show. Always some kind of drama with him for the last 15 years of his life.
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#16Request for advice: I don't know Art Bell, though the name seems like one I have heard previously. Would you advise me to just start listening, or would you advise me to use a search engine first? As a guide to your advice, were it Andy Kaufman or Henry Fielding, the advice I'd want would be "just start watching" or "just start reading"; but if it were Robin Hanson, the advice I'd want would be "read this report abou…
I listened to Art Bell's coast to coast AM program a few times as a kid, and I think it doesn't need to much in the way of introduction. I vote that you just dive in, but I will say that just diving in is a strong bias of mine.
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#17Request for advice: I don't know Art Bell, though the name seems like one I have heard previously. Would you advise me to just start listening, or would you advise me to use a search engine first? As a guide to your advice, were it Andy Kaufman or Henry Fielding, the advice I'd want would be "just start watching" or "just start reading"; but if it were Robin Hanson, the advice I'd want would be "read this report abou…
There are some real classic episodes that are an amazing introduction. There’s one where a guy calls in from his cell phone while ion a Cessna about to fly over Area 51. Art urges him not to do it . The last we hear from him is his reports of fighter jets approaching.
That’s not even an interview it’s just a caller!
Even if completely fake, the entertainment value was huge.
I’ll reply later with some links to 2-3 of the best classics in my opinion.
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#18I love Art Bell and late night spooky AM radio. Who’s behind this patreon and podcast, though? I don’t see any evidence that his estate is benefitting.
My understanding is Airyn and his children have been enabling this and the vault.
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#19Oh man I remember a series of episodes about a tech ceo (American Computer Co or something like that) spilling the beans about all the info tech came from reversed alien craft, the Shockley semi conductor was a cover and bell labs was so productive because they were working from examples. My younger self ate it up, lots of nostalgia for those late night spooky revelations.
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#20Art Bell had the absolute best voice for late night radio. Used to listen to him on my overnight road trips between Salt Lake and Vegas. Just the endless desert under a full moon, and Art's guest is rambling on about interdimensional beings. Could almost believe it for that moment. One of my favorite things about Art was the tension. Did he believe what his guests and callers are saying? Or is he just humoring them f…
Unfortunately his voice came from a lifetime of smoking cigarettes that eventually contributed to his death.
Life contributes to death. Do what you like and don't shame others for doing the same.