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Art Bell Back in Time

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Re: Art Bell Back in Time

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Post by enad »

mindcrime wrote: post #12
egfx wrote: post #3

I 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.

Yes! That is exactly me. Coast to Coast AM at 11:30 in the morning, through headphones, in a cubicle is just wrong.

Also the audio needs to go out when you go through a tunnel or around a bend. And then you have to hunt for it again on the dial through all the static on another station.

Nothing beats late 1990’s Art Bell on the middle of the night, growing more enthralled (and paranoid) by the minute!

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Post by macdaknife »

This is a scam. Period. I just said. In my phone three times in a row. Abel didn’t on the rights to most of the shows he did. Clear Channel did. They didn’t sell them to his wife or anyone else. Whoever is running the site is making money off art bell. Art probably wouldn’t of minded this at all by the way but I do. I happily gave money to Art when he was alive but when he checked out he checked out. There’s a better option on Apple anyway for art bell. Rekola Midnight. I’m sure that’s not anything to do with his family either. It’s just that they’re not looking for Patreon donations. Have people no shame that they’ll stoop so low to prey on a dead man’s legacy?

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Post by mmcgaha »

egfx wrote: post #3

I 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.

Back in the 90s, my girlfriend and I would go out drinking and end the night in the back of her van listening to Art Bell and sobering up. The show I remember most was when a guy called saying he was flying into area 51 and Art was trying to talk him out of it.

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Post by rsync »

If you are an Art Bell fan you owe it to yourself to listen to the Phil Hendrie parodies of the show that he did back in early 00's ...

"North of the rockies ... South of the rockies ..."

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Post by AdvancedSimian »

atdrummond wrote: post #18
1123581321 wrote: post #11

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.

My understanding is Airyn and his children have been enabling this and the vault.

Do they actually own the rights to these old broadcasts? I'd be surprised. Coast to Coast's website has an "Art Bell Vault" with old episodes. I bet they're the rights-holder, rather than whoever is behind this podcast.

Edit: the matter of ownership doesn't necessarily matter to me, but I am curious as to who is behind this.

Re: Art Bell Back in Time

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Post by lootsauce »

lootsauce wrote: post #19

Oh 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.

Now that I think about it I believe these episodes were from Jeff Rense who’s show was similar, lots of ufos, paranormal, etc.

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Post by sakopov »

Oh man, I remember listening to Ghost to Ghost when Art Bell used to take calls from audience for Halloween. Those were some of the best shows! Also, does anybody remember the show where some dude called him while supposedly flying over Area 51? Thank you for sharing this list!

Re: Art Bell Back in Time

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Post by egfx »

mmcgaha wrote: post #23
egfx wrote: post #3

I 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.

Back in the 90s, my girlfriend and I would go out drinking and end the night in the back of her van listening to Art Bell and sobering up. The show I remember most was when a guy called saying he was flying into area 51 and Art was trying to talk him out of it.

Yep that one and the just as chilling and lesser known one where the line gets mysteriously cutoff after some guy claims he discovered the secret to all phenomena being in the form of inter dimensional beings living amongst us.

Re: Art Bell Back in Time

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Post by tunap »

rsync wrote: post #24

If you are an Art Bell fan you owe it to yourself to listen to the Phil Hendrie parodies of the show that he did back in early 00's ... "North of the rockies ... South of the rockies ..."

Phil Hendrie was my favorite go-to night desert driving companion. That guy was hilarious with his "fake news".

While not an Art Bell fan, I do recall when he was on The Today Show or Good Morning America, the hosts laughed and chided him about his book warning of the coming super storms and rising sea levels from global warming.

Re: Art Bell Back in Time

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Post by _yoqn »

macdaknife wrote: post #22

This is a scam. Period. I just said. In my phone three times in a row. Abel didn’t on the rights to most of the shows he did. Clear Channel did. They didn’t sell them to his wife or anyone else. Whoever is running the site is making money off art bell. Art probably wouldn’t of minded this at all by the way but I do. I happily gave money to Art when he was alive but when he checked out he checked out. There’s a better…

That's an interesting point you're bringing up. Needs to be looked into further. Maybe you could alert Apple to potential copyright infringement? I personally just found this on my Spotify feed and got a nostalgia pang so wanted to share. The only link I could find was for Apple...
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