All Episodes
Previous Next
June 16, 2015 - GabCast Bellgab.com
01:28:52
16 June, 2015

16 June, 2015 ---------- The discussion about Art Bell's upcoming show Midnight in the Desert continues. The phone lines are flooded with excitement, intrigue and Birthday wishes for Art as the hosts take calls and field questions from the Bellgab community. Jazmunda talks about his popular Art Bell video trailers and speaks about the Ross Mitchell audio clip. Eddie is in hot water for possibly violating the non-compete. What a doof.

| Copy link to current segment

Time Text
Silliness and general pissing about will not be tolerated on the Gabcast.
Call the show now at 623-242-CAST.
That's 623-242-2278.
Now, shut up, sit down, and listen to the damn show.
Hey, everybody, it's the Gabcast.
Welcome to the show tonight.
Hope I'm broadcasting.
If you'd like to be part of the show tonight, the number is 623-242-2278.
We've got Redacted, Onan, and Jasmunda with us tonight.
What's up, guys?
Hey, not much, man.
What you up to?
Trying to figure out this mixer.
I always seem to hear the extra music in my headphones, and I think I got it taken care of now.
You got to crank the other direction, man.
So what's going on, guys?
This is a podcast about Bellgab.com.
We talk about a lot of things, kind of the audio version of Bellgab, if you remember there.
And a lot of the news, I guess, for several months has been Art Bell.
And I suspect that we will be talking about art and the new show that's coming up on July 20th pretty regularly on the Gabcast.
The new news, I guess.
Is there new news tonight or this week?
Jasmunda?
Anybody?
Well, I'm just pulling up the thread here.
We do have news.
We have a London phone number.
That's new news.
Did you guys know about that?
I did.
I saw that right before.
You just saw that recently for the UK callers, right?
Yeah.
So that's like an international line, right?
No, no.
This is exclusive to people in the UK, I would assume.
Really?
How does that work?
Is that through Skype?
I'm a little confused.
Well, that's normal, I suppose.
I don't know.
I don't have the technical specifications for it, Onan, but it's I assume it's for people in the UK to call in.
And yeah, I think that's a good idea.
I'm just wondering when the exclusive Jasmunda Australian line will be installed, hopefully next week.
You already have one, don't you?
Don't you have the Skype line, the exclusive Skype line?
Well, I can see what Jazz does.
He's got a whole bank of payphones.
It just goes one after the other until he gets through.
That's very successful.
Mr. Fidget style.
Do they even have payphones anymore?
I don't think I've seen a payphone in 15 years.
Boy, you're not seeing very often.
I think I've seen one every, I don't know, other street or so, and they used to be everywhere on every corner.
They're not around.
And if they are, I don't really know if I want to touch that thing.
Yeah, there's a germ issue there.
I mean, you have no idea who's been handling that phone before you.
That's true of my cell phone, too.
Well, that's why I never use anyone else's cell phone because I know I've been, I've taken my cell phone into the bathroom with me, so I can only imagine what other people are doing with their cell phones.
So Ars says that London number is a SIP line.
A what line?
A SIP SIP line.
Oh.
That's what he just said in the chat room.
I'm just as blind now as I was five minutes ago.
Yeah, what's a SIP line?
SIP.
I don't know what that is.
Kurt, the Mud King, suggested that the London number could be a virtual voice over IP number, and then Art said, correct?
No, it's a SIP line.
So.
Standard internet protocol?
I don't know.
Session initiation protocol.
And it's a communications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions.
There is mud.
I think somebody in the chat room is trying to get my attention with, I hear these little clicks, but I'm not looking at the chat room.
So are you hearing the clicks all the time?
Because that's probably, that might be on my end.
No, every once in a while.
And it might be something else completely different.
I don't know.
I'm just putting it out there because it sounds the same.
You know, in these cases, I usually blame somebody else.
Like, I'll blame Jazz Munda, but usually it's my fault.
So I believe it probably is my fault.
Well, I'm good with that.
If it's not too distracting, then.
Yeah, because I don't know where that's coming from.
Is it sound kind of like a phone tone?
No.
No, it sounds like a cheap click on my cheap computer.
I think what it is, is when somebody types your name in the chat room, it beeps to MLA to you getting a message.
Yeah.
I see.
We've got a caller here.
Hello, you're on the air.
Hello.
Hey.
Hello?
Hello.
Who do we have with us tonight?
Can you speak into your phone loudly, please, sir?
This is Mr. Spock.
Mr. Spock.
Mr. Spock.
Okay.
It's Mr. Spock again.
Well, what are you doing tonight?
Get into your phone.
We can't hear you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I also have a question.
What's up with Salky's fucking problem?
Well, this is a family show, Mr. Spock.
It's not logical to use language.
I don't know what's up with that thread.
Yeah, I was curious because he's not being very locked up.
If you want to buy some property, you should get a job.
Yeah, nobody really knows what's going on in that thread or what the motivations are, Falky.
Okay, in case it's Salky's listening, Salky, please get a job.
Okay.
That's it.
Thanks for having a good show.
All right.
Thank you much.
Mr. Spock.
That was a potato phone.
I could barely hear that guy.
Sounded like he was talking through a cup of water.
I imagine a connection like that is Art Bell's worst nightmare.
Yeah.
I always thought that Mr. Spock was the SR-71 guy.
Really?
I kind of got that impression.
See, I'm so impressed the way you guys can put together the one poster, a new poster with a new name and avatar.
You can match up the way they talk with a poster that's been banned, user rather, that's been banned.
And you can call that out like Jazz has a nose for it.
He always got, that's SR-71.
I just guess that it's usually just completely arbitrary.
Well, with SR-71, that they wrote like they were in the third grade.
That was your first tip.
Yeah.
Yeah, that guy was kind of easy to point out, wasn't he?
Yeah.
So have you guys purchased your presence yet?
And do you know what I'm referring to?
Presence.
No, let us know.
What is that?
Well, it happens that tomorrow it is perhaps the most important birthday on Belgab.
And no, it's not MV's birthday.
It's Art Bell's birthday.
So Happy birthday.
Wow.
Happy birthday, Art.
Yep.
Happy birthday.
And I'll go out tomorrow and get myself a present.
So, Jazz, what did you buy art?
I've bought him a 12-month subscription to the Art Bell Show, Midnight in the Desert.
I thought you were going to say Streamlink on the George Nori show.
Yes, actually, sorry, I'll take it back.
Streamlinks.
This is how out of the loop I am.
Can you actually start giving money to that?
Not yet.
Apparently from the 20th of this month.
Something about the Patreon or something.
I don't know what that is, but we can talk about that after the caller.
You're on the air.
Hello.
What's your name?
This is White Crow.
White Quirrel.
The Real White Crow?
All right.
This is MV.
How's it going, guys?
Hey, what's up, man?
Hey, how's it going?
Hey, Jazz Munda.
Wonderful job on the trailers there, buddy.
Thanks, mate.
So what are you using to make all that stuff?
I think you should go into that a little bit.
How are you making it?
Are you making it on a Mac, on a PC?
What software are you using?
Where are you getting all the wonderful video footage?
Well, I've been outsourcing all my work to Folkie, and he's been creating a lot of things.
But he did get a job.
Yes.
An unpaid job.
No, I've been, thanks to my work, we've got access to some stock footage website where we have a subscription so I can sort of download almost unlimited amount of content.
I've been using iMovie on my Mac, and I'm all self-taught.
I learned to do it all myself for using tutorials on YouTube.
So, yeah, it can be done by yourself.
Isn't YouTube great?
Thanks for taking my call.
Love the show and Mega Dittos.
Right.
Good one.
Thanks, man.
Is that really it?
You don't have any other questions?
Yes, he's gone.
Yeah, so that's basically it.
I taught myself how to do all these things.
And yeah, anyone can do it.
They really are impressive and beautiful and capture the spirit of the show.
So how many are you planning on doing, Jazz?
I have another one that's completed.
I have another one after that that's halfway done and another one that's about a quarter of the way done.
Wow.
What's been really hard, actually, is finding the right clips.
And not that it's hard because there's a lot of clips you can use.
You mean the right audio clips?
The right audio clips, yeah.
Video clips is fairly easy.
You sort of pick a theme and you can find some stuff to use.
But it's really, it's just the labor intensive of finding the right clips and that's having to listen to a lot of programs, which isn't a bad thing because they've been sort of, it's been a really nice trip down memory lane for me.
So yeah.
How long does it take you to put together to put together the first one or the second one or any of them?
I mean, are you spending like hours and hours and hours?
Not at all.
Really, as I said, the most time-consuming part is actually listening to the shows and sort of taking down notes.
Like, I'll choose a topic that I'm going to do and I'll listen to shows on that topic and I'll just have it in the background while I'm doing work.
And if I hear something, then I take down, you know, what time it happened.
And then the next part of it is I get the video footage, I put it in the order that I want it in.
I then will sort of intersperse some audio clips throughout the video footage.
And then I'll put the title, you know, and then it's just layering some titles that, you know, the writing at the bottom of the screen on there.
And really, it hasn't taken me.
I've been doing it for about a week and a half, two weeks, and I've made three and a half or nearly four trailers.
There you go.
That's how long it's taken me.
Yeah, it's pretty amazing.
I'm out of doing them.
A lot of people are really digging those, too.
I'd kind of like to see one done with like somebody driving down the road and with a night, you know, a night sky.
Well, Saucy Rossi did a trailer like that.
Did you see that?
Obviously, I didn't.
Or if I did, I'm incorporating it into what I want to see again.
So I don't know.
We got a caller on the line, too.
He's been holding for a little while.
Hello, you're on the air.
What's your name?
White Crow.
This is White Crow.
White Crow.
What's going on, White Crow?
What's on your mind?
This is Sasha.
I thought everybody that called up was supposed to say, hello, this is White Crow.
It is the proper greeting for the Gabcast.
It seems to me.
It is, but now we have no idea whether it's actually the real White Crow or not.
Go ahead.
I have a very serious question, actually, for Jasmunda.
Sure.
The more I listen, the more I listen to you, the more you remind me of Simon Powell from American Idol and those other shows.
Your voice, your command of the English language, your wise comments, I think you should be taking a more affirmative role in this show.
You have talent.
Well, I appreciate that.
I don't think I have the confidence to sort of do what Eddie does and to do what MV does.
I can do some special comments and make some comments here and there on the side, but I don't think I have the confidence to run the show myself.
I think you need to yell at people like Simon Cowell does.
You need to just criticize and yell and make everybody cry.
Well, that was my point.
Not to take anything away from any of the other, any of the other personalities and be not to take anything away from Redacted, but I think each of you, each of you, have your own unique personalities.
And I think Jasmunda, I don't know if it's the, I think it's rather a combination of his personality, the intelligence of the comments that he makes, and throw on that accent.
And that is one unique personality.
He's delightful.
I would agree with you.
I would agree with you on that.
He is delightful.
Thank you.
I appreciate those comments.
All right, Sasha.
Anything else?
No.
No.
I just wanted the call to voice my opinion on that.
And thank you and keep up the good work.
All right, brother.
Thanks for the call, man.
Thanks a lot.
You got a fan, Jazz?
I know.
I should start a fan club.
We got another caller, too.
You're on the air.
Hello, I'm just calling a Liz Albert happy birthday.
What's that again, sir?
You're breaking up.
I just wanted to wish Art Mill a happy birthday.
Oh, Art Bell, happy birthday.
Great.
What's your name, sir?
My name is Peter Duncan.
Hi, Peter.
How long have you been listening to art?
Oh, three years.
How long?
What was the first show you ever heard?
Hell, hell, I don't remember.
Do you have a favorite?
A favorite topic?
Oh, probably the UFOs or the aliens.
So have you ever seen a UFO or had an alien experience?
Oh, yes.
Yes.
Never seen them, but I failed to felt them.
Felt them.
Okay.
So how did you tell?
Yeah, explain that a little bit.
How did you feel them?
Did you just feel their presence?
Yeah, I'm not going to get on deal because I think this is a family show.
This is it.
We'll go.
Okay, all right.
Just curious.
Call into Midnight in the Desert and tell your story.
Yeah, that'd be great.
Well, he said it wasn't for a, you couldn't say it on a family show.
Oh, well, maybe it's just too good.
He could censor himself, though.
I mean, that is possible.
He could, but he wanted to wish Art a happy birthday, and that's cool.
We'll probably get a lot of those tonight.
The Outbelt Birthday Show.
It is.
Who wants to sing?
You're on your own.
It's not in my contract to sing, sir.
Well, we probably don't have the rights to happy birthday, actually.
You know, I think that's the most sung song or most played song or most downloaded song or something.
I know it's the most sung in the restaurants I go to.
Oh, God.
Got another caller.
We're just getting callers all over the place.
You're on the air.
What's up?
What's your name?
Hi.
How are you doing?
Hi.
I am.
I am SR-71.
You are SR-71.
Okay.
I am SR-71.
Wow.
It's cool to finally talk to you.
Yeah, I know.
You know what?
It's like this.
All these people are trying to troll and pretend to be me, but I am me.
So, how can you prove that you're SR-71?
How can we prove that?
How can I prove that I'm SR-71?
I mean, how would we go about it?
How about my attitude?
Here's one.
This is one you'll know.
You asked me to intercede in a private message with someone else that you were somewhat upset and you asked me to intercede.
Who was that person?
You asked me to intercede.
No, no, you asked me.
You PM me and asked me to intercede for you regarding another person on the Bell Gab.
If you tell me who that was, I'll know you're SR-71.
Even I know.
What's happening?
His answer was the general.
He said the general.
No, that wasn't no.
No, that wasn't it.
That wasn't it.
Nope.
Well, I'm sure I probably made multiple people unhappy.
You were pretty emotionally distraught over this one.
I was emotionally distraught over this one.
Yeah, you were.
Usually I'm pretty distressed.
I was surprised that you wanted me to intercede.
Okay, so I.
I know.
I have been concerned about Falky because I just heard some guy call up and get all angry and say something about Falky do this or Falkey do that.
It's like, you know what, man, why don't you just leave Falky alone?
Falkey's has enough problems without people trolling him.
Well, Falky deserves whatever he gets, but that's another issue.
Okay.
All right, SR-71.
It sounds like you're in a wind tunnel.
It's having a hard time hearing you, but I appreciate the call.
All right.
You have a good one.
All right.
Thanks, man.
It was, I'm guessing that that was Eddie Coyle.
You're right.
Yeah.
So, I mean, that was pretty easy to figure out because you remember Eddie and him were getting into it a couple, I don't know, a year and a half ago or so.
God bless him, but the one person I would not want to tangle with on the forums would be Coyle.
Me either.
Yeah.
The guy's brilliant.
I don't think people realize how smart he really is.
Very sharp wit, sharp tongue.
He has a photographic memory, doesn't he?
He does.
Seems to an encyclopedic.
I mean, he knows everything.
You cannot stump him on a topic.
Yeah, you've got to go back to like 1960 to get away from the pop culture that he knows.
So, I mean, I guess in other news, Art Bell news tonight, or this week, is Art announced that Barb is going to be back on GIS.
Yes.
Check on No Chunga.
Yes.
The Chunga is.
He's not allowed to mention that name on the air.
Oh, no.
I think I just earned myself another 20 pages, right?
I said the word, the controversial word.
The seawood.
Well, that was even in the upper right.
I mean, Art made upper right with that comment, right?
I know.
No chunga.
High praise, Bellgab.
Oh, we got another caller, too.
You're on the air.
Hello?
Hey, we're going to keep the Art Bell birthday theme going.
Awesome.
Happy birthday to you.
Happy birthday to you to you.
Happy birthday, dear art.
Happy birthday to you.
Oh, now we got to pay the big money.
Yeah, now we got to pay our royalties.
Now we got the royalties, man.
So who do we have with us tonight?
We got neuropathy.
Neuropathy.
What's going on?
What's on your mind?
I'm calling from my Android tablet on Skype.
Sound great.
How's it sound?
You sound great.
You sound very clear.
That's awesome.
I've heard some of the most bad things about Android.
So what do you think about Barbara coming back to the GIS?
What do you think about that?
That'll work.
How old is she?
Can she still get around?
I don't know.
She only needs to talk on the telephone, so it's not like she's running a marathon.
Yeah.
Good point.
Was that the excuse is why Barbara was gone when they appeared on Dark Matter?
Yeah, I understand that she wasn't entirely well.
Well, I'm glad that she's feeling better and she'll be back with GIS, Brendan, or is it Brandon?
It's going to make for a great show.
No, it's Brendan.
I just hope they have some cool new EVPs, you know, to really creep us all out.
I'm sure they'll play some older ones too.
But yeah, some new ones would be great.
I mean, there are some classic.
Hey, if Art is actually, if Art is still listening, I want to wish him a personal special birthday wish because I was able to meet Art, shake his hand, and Ramona in Mackinac Island in 1999.
Wow.
Special event.
Nice story.
Wow.
Was it a radio event or did you just happen to meet him somewhere?
No, it was the somewhere, it was the 19th annual Somewhere in Time get-together on Mackinac Island.
Okay.
Oh, wow.
That sounds like so much fun.
It does.
Were you drunk?
He was there.
Yes.
Okay, good.
I was smashed.
Yeah, and I'm pretty sure I remember and just thought it was Art Bell.
No, it was definitely.
I have a picture.
I'm just teasing.
Whitley Streeber.
I own.
I understand.
It was an excellent time.
So, hey, Art, we want you back.
Come on back, guy.
We're waiting for you.
I think everybody wants him back.
He's coming.
Thanks for the call, Neuropathy.
You're on the air.
Hello?
You're on the air.
Hey, yeah.
Oh, I forgot.
You know what?
I deal with a lot of people.
The answer to that was Eddie Coyle.
Well, yeah, now you know it because we announced it on the air.
So I mean, oh, I'm actually not listening to the podcast or any of that stuff right now.
Yeah.
It's kind of remote.
Somebody told me an I am, and I'm like, oh, really?
All right.
Well, thanks for calling in with that information.
Thanks, SR.
You're on the air.
Hello.
Hi.
I just wanted to say hi to you guys.
Hi, what's your name?
All I wanted to say is how much I enjoy hearing you guys every other Tuesday.
Oh, that's so cool.
Thank you.
And who do we have on the air with us tonight?
You're quite welcome.
My name is Belinda.
Melinda.
Nice.
Go ahead, react it.
No, did you have a question?
Anyway, that's all I wanted to say is, besides happy birthday to art, is how wonderful it is that you're passing my time this time of night.
Yeah.
Are you a member of Bellgap?
I am.
And how did you find Belgab?
Did you find it like just about everybody?
I didn't find it.
Yeah.
I found it years ago by Googling information on art when he was in limbo, so to speak.
That's the wrong answer.
You meant to say you typed in George Norrie Sucks into Giggles.
I'm really sorry.
I should have said George Norrie, right?
Yes.
No.
Although it is acceptable.
So how long have you been?
I apologize.
I also want to say that I am in love with Onen.
Oh, Onan.
I think you're the other one.
I am.
You're not the only one, Belinda.
I don't know why.
I just, some things cannot be explained, right?
He doesn't actually, he doesn't really look like his avatar.
I'll have to.
He doesn't.
I'm so disappointed.
He sounds like it, but he doesn't look like it.
Oh, Onin is a very, very sexy man.
I am.
Yes, I can vouch for that.
Yeah.
As long as you define sexy as watching TV.
I'm your guy.
Hey, he is my kind of guy.
I love to watch TV, and I don't like people bothering me a lot.
I don't think he does either.
No, I don't.
Well, there you go.
Listen, can we get together sometime?
Yeah, Onan, hang on.
Give me your number.
Let me run that by my wife, okay?
So, Melinda, are you going to be listening to Midnight in the Desert, hanging out on the live threads at Bellgab when the show hits the air?
I am hanging out on the live thread, and I cannot wait for Midnight and the Desert to start.
I've waited so long to hear our guy on the air again.
I absolutely love him.
I found him when, actually, I found him from my mother, who used to listen to him a lot, and told me about it one night years and years ago.
And I've missed him ever since, off and on.
So I'm probably his greatest fan, but I would never dare tell him that.
Yeah, I was going to say them fighting words with jazz.
So what do you think about Barb going to come back with the Ghost Investigator Society on the EVP shows?
Do you remember the EVP show?
I hope they do.
Yeah, I hope they do.
I really enjoy their programs.
I enjoyed all of them.
I'm really into His open lines tonight, though I think they're the greatest that ever were.
But I love all of his shows.
He makes me fake, you know?
That's a unique ability in this day and age.
Yeah, a good show that doesn't assume the listeners are dumbed down, that assumes the listeners are intelligent and have something to add to the show.
It's awesome.
Yeah, absolutely.
That's why I love him.
And I think you're going to do great with him, Redakin, whenever you're on.
I enjoy listening to you also on the Gabcast.
Well, thank you.
You're just all-around good guys, all of you.
Yeah, I don't want to make you blush, but you are.
It's a little late for that.
I think I'm getting red in the face over here.
You should hear what we talk about when we're not on the air.
You might not have the same opinion.
That's so sweet.
And thank you.
That was very nice of you.
Thank you.
You're quite welcome.
You guys have a great night and continue with the good work.
All right.
Thank you.
Thanks for calling.
You know what?
I love calls like that.
Yeah, it's good for your ego.
Yeah, well, you know, I wish she would have liked me more than Onin, but you know.
She just got her voices mixed up, man.
She was really talking about you.
Let's see.
What else can we talk about?
We talked about GIS.
I mean, we didn't kind of explore that, but I wonder why Chunga is out.
Well, according to Art, he said that Brendan had understood that Chunga had gone down like a bag of rocks.
Was that what it was?
Yeah, I think that's pretty true.
And the thing I didn't appreciate with Chunga is we all know the history of the GIS since I think the early 2000s.
They've been on.
They were always a closed group.
They had five members.
We always heard about, you know, Brendan, Barbara, Jenny, Roger.
I can't remember what the other guy was.
I can't remember Barbara and Brendan.
So you're way ahead of me, man.
Barry, I think the other guy's name was.
And we'd always, there were five members, it was a closed group.
And then all of a sudden, Chunga comes on Dark Matter and he's inserting himself into investigations that happened 10 years prior.
And we knew that he wasn't there and not involved in them.
So I sort of was a bit of an insult to my intelligence.
Chunga seemed to know kind of what he was talking about.
I think he said he was an audio engineer or something.
But I mean, he was just a talker.
He just sounded like kind of a used car salesman.
Yeah, that's the vibe I got.
Just closed.
Something that just wasn't genuine.
And forgive me for saying that.
I don't know him personally.
But there's a certain authenticity to Barbara and Brendan.
You mean because they had real names as opposed to Jimmy Chunga?
That could have been part of it.
I like when he calls it, when he's talking to Art, and he says, my name's Jimmy.
My friends call me Chunga, and Art says, okay, Jimmy.
I don't know.
There's just something about him that really rubbed me the wrong way and not the good rubbing of the way.
Right there with you, bro.
Right there with you.
We have heard all this time that GIS is a closed group.
I mean, we hear that on every EVP show over and over again.
No, we don't take any members.
No, you can't come and join us.
So to be hit with that at the beginning of the GIS show with Mr. Chunga was just so out of character for the GIS, and we were all going, what?
And then he had just something not genuine about the way he talked.
I don't know.
Well, that's the whole question then of how did he get involved in the first place?
When did Brendan say, hey, this would be a good idea?
How did that evolve?
And I didn't mean to step on your next statement, Jazz.
I apologize.
That's fun.
Look, I just, I don't know.
I don't know where he came, how they came to be involved together.
I don't know.
Well, it kind of struck me as, do you ever see the movie Ed Wood?
Yeah.
So, you know, the scene where he's trying to put a movie together and he bumps into this woman at a bus station and he finds out she's got a lot of money.
So he says, you can be in the movie.
That's kind of what I'm thinking.
Maybe they needed money and Chunga had some money laying around and he bought his way in.
Or, you know, like Van Halen, where David Lee Roth was basically part of the band because he had the equipment.
He has a PA.
Yeah.
He also took, but I'll just quickly say this.
He also brought on an EVP onto the show that sounded so made up.
It was like, you know, when I remember that.
I could do it.
You know, just go, get out.
That's not how EVPs sound.
Right.
Yeah, it was a little too clear, a little too defined for a good EVP.
But I'm just glad that Barb's going to be back and like old times.
And I hope they bring some good, scary EVPs to the table.
There was something so genuine about Barbara back in the day that, you know, and about the GIS in general, that they weren't selling anything.
So, you know, I sort of believed what they had to say because, yeah, they didn't have anything to sell.
And that was a big point.
Right.
Kind of lends a little more credibility if they're not, you know, hawking t-shirts and hats and stuff that say GIS on them.
We got another caller, too, by the way.
You're on the air.
Hello?
What's your name?
Mr. Spock.
Say that again, sir?
Mr. Spock.
All right.
So what?
So exactly, what do you want to talk about tonight, sir?
This is the second time you've called.
I'll do on top of now happy birthday.
And I hope he comes on soon.
So that's one thing I have to say.
Happy birthday, Art.
Thanks, man.
Good comment.
Thank you.
All right.
I guess we're getting pranked or something.
I don't know.
Didn't he call?
He called earlier, right?
Yeah, he did.
He was still on that same potato phone.
Yep, he was.
I don't think you can buy telephones this late at night so quickly.
I can't really knock the guy for wanting to say happy birthday to Art.
No, definitely not.
Unless he didn't really mean it.
So there's other news.
Yeah.
Art did a test.
He did a phone test.
And I believe that he did two of those, right?
He did one where he announced it on Facebook.
And then he did one kind of an exclusive one for Bell Gab.
I hear the phone lines were smoking.
They were.
I want to know who tried to call in.
I did.
I actually got through.
Of course you did.
Yeah, you have the direct line.
Yes.
The magic Jasmunda line.
I was the only international calling.
No, I'm sure I wasn't.
So how did that go?
Did you have a little conversation with him or I did?
I hung out for a while, took a few calls, got to hear some promos, which was good.
Had some music, heard Art play some music, and he sounded fantastic.
The music sounded fantastic.
Ross Mitchell sounded fantastic.
And the other colas sounded good, too.
Wow.
So tell me, Eddie, tell me, Eddie, how did your phone call go?
Yeah, I called in.
I wanted to get in and talk to Art.
Well, I have a little clip.
I have a little audio clip that I can play.
Yeah, please do.
Kind of promise this.
Let's see how this went.
Yeah, okay.
So let me get this going.
So I'm sitting here at my mixer, and I plug in Skype and log in and call in.
And I let it ring a few times, and then it timed out.
And then I called again, and this is what happened.
I'm attempting to call Art Bell using my Skype connection.
And it's ringing, ringing.
Eddie Dean.
Hello, Eddie.
Hey, Art.
How are you doing?
Eddie Dean, are you there?
I am here.
Going once for Eddie.
Can you hear me?
Twice.
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
Oh, damn it.
You blew it.
You didn't have your cables connected correctly.
And you blew it.
You're one chance.
Damn.
Yeah, so that was my attempted call into art.
I think that's my favorite call ever.
Well, good job, Mr. Dean, because I think what we're doing here is cast in some broads.
And I think there's a little piece of paper called a non-compete that says something about art being broadcast.
How's that going to work?
I'm uncomfortable.
Really?
Well, I mean, it was my phone conversation, and he actually didn't talk to me.
He didn't broadcast that.
No, but you did.
I did.
That's him, and it's now broadcast.
Thanks, Eddie.
Now we've got another two years of having to wait.
Oh, great.
So now am I going to ruin Midnight in the Desert?
Yes.
I don't know.
It feels like you've done something.
Bad, very bad.
I don't want to be a stickler here, but.
Okay, we cast, but can you really say we broadcast?
I mean.
Well, I'm using that term loosely.
Yeah, yeah.
Narrow cast, small cast.
Yeah.
Well, that was an art bell impersonator anyway, so I think you're fine.
Can it be proven?
Can they take the voice and analyze it and then use that against him?
Yeah.
You know, I did think about that.
What have you done?
But I figured that it's not going to be a big deal.
And if it is, I'll take the heat.
I mean, I don't know exactly what that means, but it'll be fine.
I mean, it'll be fine.
It's just a phone call.
This is on you.
This is on me.
Okay, I'll be right back.
Yep, there goes another two years.
Art Bell in the chat.
Can WR, my Penguin250, please authenticate that Art Bell in the chat room so we know if this is another two years.
My heart can't take it.
I have to know now there can't be a time lag here.
I feel like weird just happened.
I'm just glad that I'm off the hook now.
Thank you, Eddie.
I'm taking all the heat now.
That is Art Bell in the chat room.
So we've got that confirmed.
And now, yeah, that there might go another two years.
And Art just typed that in.
He said, there goes another two years.
So he's joking about it.
I didn't see a...
I don't think it is a joke.
I didn't see quotes or LOL or haha or anything like that.
Or a little smiley or nothing.
I don't know if I saw an exclamation point, though.
And that, that, yeah, I don't know.
I think that, okay, so I'm sorry, Art.
If this is going to, it's not going to screw anything up, but if I put you in an awkward position, I apologize.
And we have a caller, so let's get off the subject.
Hello, you're on the air.
It's a lawyer from Sirius.
Excuse me, sir.
We just heard your broadcast, and you're in trouble.
You're in big deep doo-doo.
Oh, man.
And we're getting on the line.
We're getting tons of calls.
I know.
They dropped out.
Hello, you're on the air.
Good evening, one and all.
How are you guys?
Hey, what's up, man?
Hey.
Doing well.
What's on your mind?
Well, first of all, this is Citron.
What's up, Citron?
Citron, you're so weird, man.
I try.
Jazz, I want to know with our last trailer, how did the Ross Mitchell situation come to be?
Well, I emailed Art and just asked him if he could.
I thought I'll take a shot at it.
Can't hurt.
I asked, is there any chance if you have a clear copy of Ross Mitchell saying, Want to take a ride?
And I actually got more than I was expecting.
I just wanted him to say, want to take a ride.
And I actually got, want to take a ride?
Of course you do.
It's been a while.
And that was fantastic.
That's great.
That really was great.
I like that a lot.
So, Citron, anything else?
Anything on your mind?
Not much.
Just excited about the new show coming up.
And I'll be listening and drinking along with everybody else.
And hopefully I won't pass out before the end of the show.
Oh, wait, what are you going to be drinking?
I know there is a thread on Balgab that says, what are you going to be drinking during Midnight in the Desert?
So what's your answer to that?
Well, I may get a little shit for this, but I'm kind of partial to Pass Blue Ribbon and Cheap Canadian Whiskey.
You must be in the Midwest.
I'm in Indiana, sir.
It sounds like a combination that'll do the trick.
You won't be feeling any pain and going for a good ride in the night.
That's cool.
Hey, Paps Blue Ribbon, it gets the job done, man.
Damn right.
All right, I'll let you guys go.
Good talking to you.
All right, thanks, man.
That's good to hear from you.
And I must say that the reason I did ask Art for a copy of Ross Mitchell saying that is because whenever Ross Mitchell says it on an actual show, there's always music underneath.
And that was also another problem I came into with trying to get good audio clips of art is a lot of the times his really great comments are either just prior to a break or just after a break.
And there's always bumper music on the bottom.
And I didn't want to have to use a clip with bumper music on it, particularly because I have my own music running in the background.
So, yeah.
So you need a clean read.
Yeah, you need a clean.
Yeah, exactly.
Isn't it weird how that happens?
The best line that you want, and there's something wrong with it.
There's music underneath or something.
Well, with most of the good Mel's whole quotes or clips, it had music underneath.
And Eddie, I must say thank you.
You did clean up some audio for me.
And thank you.
You're welcome.
Yeah, that was.
I didn't know if I was going to be able to do that or not, but it worked out pretty well.
You came through.
Thank you.
I came through.
You're welcome, sir.
You're on the air.
You have destroyed the show.
So sort of thank you, sir.
Excellent.
You can shove those thank you.
You're on the air.
Hello.
Good evening from Henderson, Nevada.
Over the hump from Perump.
It's CJ James from the Forum.
How are you guys doing?
JJ James, what are you doing tonight?
Well, just I have to tell you, I'm really excited about a brand new discovery that I've made tonight.
What's that?
Well, I thought George had the corner on this, but tonight I've discovered the brand new paranormal dating site right here.
Right here on this very show.
Yes.
The sexy reptilians there.
You know, it's just Onin.
Onin is owning it.
He's attracting all the attention out there from the ladies.
Yeah, I'm the babe magnet here.
You're good.
That's me.
Chicks on paranormal date?
Yeah, yeah.
That's a good question.
Do you hear the fear in my voice?
You cool as eyes.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I'm getting all the chicks.
That's right.
Yeah, that's me.
I'm just waiting for you to say the words that it ties the room together.
Do it, Arn.
I swear to God, I started.
So is this a real thing?
Is this paranormal date a real thing?
Or is it a joke?
No, it's a real thing.
It is.
It's a real thing.
It's a real thing.
Jazz, here's how you know it's a real thing.
There's profit involved, and Dave is part of it.
So it's got to be a real thing.
Yeah, I mean, I don't know why you would want to do it.
I mean, it's got to be money.
It's just got to be money.
I mean, if your DNA is there, you're in deep trouble.
I agree with that.
Yeah.
It's hard to argue with science.
Idea of George Norrie running a paranormal dating website.
Don't you just want to go have a shower right now?
After just talking about it for a minute, don't you feel like you need to wash something off?
Well, let me make sure that you feel that way, Redacted, because if you take Guy M TV and you combine that with Paranormal Date, you've got the brand new George Norrie newlywed game on the internet.
Well, at least it'll be entertaining to watch.
I don't know how safe it would be to join.
Depends on your definition of entertaining.
What the heck do you watch?
We can't talk about that on the air, sir.
Be careful the questions you ask, sir.
You might not want that answer.
I would agree.
Life is a risk, I guess.
So you want to say happy birthday to Art?
Absolutely.
I had the pleasure, too, many, many moons ago of going up the escalators at the top of the Union Plaza and meeting Mr. Bell in between breaks very late one night when he was handing out there were five VHS tapes, copies of lights that had been dancing over the Las Vegas skyline early in the morning.
And he distributed those tapes to listeners who could make it down to the Union Plaza before he got off the air that night and would then call in with their observations.
And I was one of the lucky people who was able to get down there, say hello to him real quick because he had to get back on the air.
But he was very gracious and very, very nice.
Wow, that is really a good story.
I got a question for you.
Fire away.
Do you have a VHS machine to play that tape?
Well, this was in the early 90s.
So back then, of course, everybody had one.
So as soon as I got home, I put it in the machine and good Lord, it was exactly as Art advertised.
Lights dancing around the Vegas skyline here in the Las Vegas Valley.
And nope, moving in a manner that wasn't anything like any other type of craft I'd ever seen.
I wonder if that file could be changed to something that could be seen on different media now.
I don't, you know, that would be, I guess, since Art's in the chat room, if he remembers that from way back when, I don't know if he might have one of those tapes from long ago.
Of course, Art's moves so much that it'd be quite a challenge, I would think, to leap one of those five tapes around.
Well, I think VHS tape degrades after a while.
So if you've got a tape of some cherished memory from 15, 20 years ago, you might be sadly mistaken when you go try to watch that.
It might not be there.
You might be sadly mistaken if you try that on a CD or a DVD that you burned even.
Yeah.
It's Michael Van Diven, everybody.
What's up, MV?
Hi, ladies and gents.
Listen, I just freaked out because I saw Art.
I just passed through the room and I saw Art type something in the chat room along the lines of Dave or George Norrie sent an email to USA today, and then I heard you saying something about two more years.
What in the hell's going on?
Oh, now you guys aren't even talking about it.
What in the hell's happening?
Well, because Eddie Dean had to change the subject because he's not going to be able to do it.
Well, fuck it.
What's going on?
He played the call.
He called on the test on the Sunday when Art did a test, the Open Lions test.
Eddie calls.
He doesn't have something hooked up and he can't get through.
So that's very entertaining.
He plays it just now on the cab cast.
I'm very uncomfortable because that's broadcasting Art Bell broadcasting Art Bell.
I think Art had to know someone's going to record that out there.
I mean, he posted an email.
He also used the George Norrie email to the thing, and that's weird.
Okay, what's that?
What happened?
I don't know what that is.
That would be in the chat room.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
We got everybody talking at once.
These two things are unrelated.
Okay.
Because Art just mentioned in the chat room, like MV said, that George Norrie had emailed whoever had written the article in USA Today.
But I don't think anything was elaborated on.
No, that was it.
So Redacted, you just in passing were concerned that perhaps playing that recording could represent a violation of something?
Yes.
Yeah.
Well, but that's not Art's intention.
What if his cousin Elmer called him and recorded him?
They're talking about the Raiders.
Hey, Art.
So yeah, them Raiders, they're really stinking it up this year, aren't they, buddy?
And cousin Elmer records the phone call and plays it on an internet stream.
Is Art in trouble?
I don't know.
Is there a clock?
No, he can't be in trouble.
Okay.
Well, thank you.
I think in essence, really the core of this, I thought we were just kind of busting Eddie's chops.
I don't think we were in the middle of the day.
Okay, we'll see how they work.
I passed through the room and I saw this and I thought, what?
What's the argument to ramp up your dedication if you're in this program?
Exactly.
Why does not stop and start at your convenience, Donnie?
If you're going to hand the keys to your car to someone else, you better be sure that they're going to use it properly.
I've been ignoring my family this much for this long over the course of the last three or four weeks.
And that's all for naught?
It's enough.
You need to step up, sir.
Okay, so I don't need to be freaking out.
Everything's cool.
Everything's cool.
Oh, God.
That scared me so much.
I thought we had a sit.
I thought we had a sit con people.
I'm just a little suspense for you, MV.
That's all.
At least it wasn't my fault this time.
I think that's the most important thing.
Well, and then you said you made your comment.
You know, guys, at least it's not me this time.
Fucking things up.
And then I thought, oh, my God, what's happened?
I have to call.
And I called the phone number, and I thought, well, maybe this doesn't seem official enough.
I have to call from Skype now.
It's really you.
Yeah.
Okay, you guys.
I'm sorry.
Have a lovely night.
Thanks, man.
Yeah, everything's all right.
Why?
What's happened?
What's happening?
What's over there?
Don't question me, damn it.
You just can't go.
Well, I've heard very little tonight just because I've been busy with this, that, and the other.
But you guys sound lovely.
Have a good night.
Thank you.
Hey, man.
Thanks, man.
Yeah, we've been getting tons of calls, and I haven't been taking them all when somebody's on the air.
But we have somebody on the air now.
And as soon as this call is done, then I will type in the chat room that the lines are open and the people that are trying to get in can call right then.
But until then, hello, you're on the air.
What's your name?
Defy Jean.
Hello?
What's your name?
Hi.
Hi.
It's Delphi Dream.
Hi.
How are you tonight?
What's on your mind?
Well, I don't know.
It was confusion, random stuff, and quitting the it's usually confusion and random stuff.
Hi, are you the singer from Australia?
No, I'm not.
Oh, no way.
Does she have an Australian X in Aina?
I'm just trying to listen.
Oh, no.
Jesus.
I was just listening to drama and stuff and turned off my computer.
Right.
And here I am.
Here you are.
Anyway.
Well, it is dramatic to be an Art Bell fan.
Indeed, always.
Always.
I just wanted to say happy birthday.
Did you want to sing?
Maybe?
Can you sing happy birthday for us?
Oh, hell no.
Can you?
No, no.
You wouldn't want to hear me.
Oh, please do.
It would be so much fun.
It really would.
See, she turned it around on me.
She turned it around on me.
She did.
I totally did that.
I think we forgot to tell MV that Eddie allowed happy birthday to be sung on the air, probably costing him hundreds or thousands of dollars in royalties.
Easily.
Yeah, so we really can't do that again.
And I apologize for asking you to say that, to sing that.
But yeah, there's some contractual obligations.
And seeing that I pretty much just ruined Midnight in the Desert, yeah, I don't want to sing.
I'm not doing what I can for Jazz to get him off the hook.
That's right.
It gets easier each and every day.
Although, not really, but just keep telling yourself that.
I will.
Thank you, Jazz.
You know, it's times like these when you really know who your friends are.
Yeah, my friends are nowhere here for sure.
Well, it's always nice to put a voice to the Bellgab username and avatar.
It's really cool to hear from you.
I agree.
Oh, thank you.
So why did you turn your computer off?
I'm confused there.
Or was that just the strength?
Well, I mean, honest to God, I just really wanted to say happy birthday, the end, and stuff.
And then when I started calling, there was all this confusion about like some kind of drama coming up.
And now I'm thinking I should probably end the call because yeah, we're pretty schizo here.
I mean, the drama isn't about you, you know.
It's all good.
We appreciate the call, though.
Yeah.
Thank you for that.
Yeah, just like saying hi and happy birthday and the end and stuff.
I'm sure Art appreciates that, but thanks for the call.
Yeah, have a great night.
All right, the lines are open.
If you'd like to get through and you haven't been able to yet tonight, you can call us.
The number is 623-242-2278.
Again, that's 623-242-CAST.
Now is the time.
The lines are open.
I'm floored by the amount of calls that we've been getting tonight.
I think that is just awesome.
And I know what I said this last time that I hosted the show, but it's great.
I mean, it really makes this show interactive.
We get to talk to people that we would otherwise not.
And we read a lot of stuff that your thoughts and your jokes on Bellgab.
And it's just great to talk to people.
It's always good to hear what people sound like and you get a little glimpse at who they are.
I mean, there's a person on the other side of that post.
There's a person on the other side of that computer.
I know that's questionable on Bellgab sometimes.
There is.
It's also good to hear some female voices because pretty much I always just assume that every post that I read, it's a dude on the other end.
So it's good to actually know that there are some girls out there.
It really is.
It really is.
You're on the air.
Hello?
Hello.
This is Ms. Redacted's number one fan.
You're not even going to do the line?
This is the real deal, ladies and gentlemen.
Wait, wait.
I got a clip for you, Mr. Mystery Caller.
and jazz provided this and jazz is now wait a second Before I do this, Jazz, is it okay if I play this clip?
I mean, do you know which one I'm talking about?
Yeah, I think she has it on Paper.
But go ahead and play it.
Okay.
Okay.
So here it is.
This is White Crow.
And your comments.
I can hear by the little giggle at the end that that is my daughter.
Yeah, we had no clue before that.
You know what, White Crow, you missed your key.
Mr. Redacted as your official number one fan.
Well, we know everything about Art now, but we know nothing about you.
As it should be.
All you are is a lovely voice to me that I'm in love with.
Oh, well, that's all that really matters, right?
Art is coming back to the air.
That's the important thing.
Tase, we're getting all the action.
You make card on yourself when Eddie's just not getting any left tonight.
Yeah, I know.
How well does everyone know that Eddie puts all this magic together?
And sometimes I forget to plug in cables, but only when I call Art.
He's the absent-minded sound engineer, ladies and gentlemen.
This is Eddie Dean.
Isn't that the truth?
So did you have a question?
Do you want me to reveal stuff to you about myself and my life?
Is that what you're asking?
Absolutely.
Well, that's pretty broad.
You got to come up with a specific question so I can say no.
We're not going to answer that.
I've been requesting a picture over and over again, and you've been ignoring me.
Well, we all know that's not going to happen.
That's never going to happen.
I'm sorry.
How can you be a public figure and we don't have any information on you, dear?
I'm not a public figure.
You will be, though.
I'm just a voice on the podcast that you're listening to right now.
Let's just think about right now and not the future.
It's not here yet.
We don't know what's going to happen.
So you're just going to leave me hanging.
Yep.
We're going to leave you hanging.
I want to string you along.
I want you to come along for the ride that all of us are going to go on.
None of us really know what's going to happen, do we?
Do you have your magic eight ball?
Maybe we can find out.
No, I know you're going to be on with art and you're going to do a lovely job.
Aw, thank you.
I'm incredibly humbled and honored to even be considered White Crow.
All right.
Unceremonious.
I'm getting all creeped out by that fucking call, man.
I'm sorry.
You're on the air.
Hello, you're on the air.
Please turn down your stream.
There's a voice way back there.
Who's on the air?
Hello.
Hello.
Take your time.
We'll wait.
You're on the air.
We promise not to bite unless that's what you're looking for.
All right.
Well, there must be technical difficulties.
This must be my twin on the other side trying to call the gab cast, and he can hear us, but we can't hear him, and he hung up.
Okay.
The lines are open if you guys would like to get through right now.
The number is 623-242-2278.
Again, that's 623-242-CAST.
Well, you know, Jazz, you brought something up later or earlier that I thought was a really good question.
How is everybody going to be listening to the new show?
I'm kind of curious.
So many different kinds of devices and so many different ways of listening.
I'm sure everybody's going to do that differently.
How are you going to listen?
Not just that, not just how and in what way.
It's like, what do you actually, what are you doing when you're listening?
Are you driving?
Or what's your preferred method of listening?
Because I actually like to be driving while listening.
I find I can concentrate more while driving rather than...
Because if I'm sitting down at the computer, you know, I find, you know, going on the internet and you start getting distracted and, yeah.
Then again, having said that, I also liked participating in the online chat that we were doing.
It was a bit distracting, though, wasn't it?
It was much fun.
But it was hard to concentrate because you're so excited and the show's on and then there's all the thread action and then you're listening to what's actually going on in the shows.
It was fun.
It was a lot of fun.
You know, I like just listening at home.
Driving is great, though.
I mean, listening to really anything while you're driving is great, but particularly Art Bell.
If you're a long trip driving at night, that's just the best.
Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, that's how I used to listen years ago because our radio station didn't come in very clear.
So I would get in the car and drive and try to drive toward another clearer AM station.
And yeah, just in the middle of the night, driving on the highway for no reason, getting creeped out, goosebumps, listening to the show.
Good, good times.
But I think I'm going to probably, well, that isn't true anymore.
I'll probably be listening on this headset right here.
Yeah, that'll work.
You know, Art was talking about, or I guess everybody at Bell Gab in the Art Bell thread, they were talking about the $5 subscriptions and if Art was going to get enough people that would actually pay to make it worth his while.
And he got, I don't know if you want to call it negative, but he's just saying, you know, he's talking about plan B possibly.
I mean, I know that the show is going to go, the show is going to go forward, but it kind of concerned me a little bit.
How much would you guys pay to listen to art?
I guess that's a stupid question because these are a two-year subscription right now.
Like, as long as it wasn't something absolutely ridiculous, which it wouldn't be, I'd probably be paying a premium.
I'm happy that it's $5 or $10 so that other people that might not be able to afford it can.
But personally, I'd pay a premium.
But do you think the average listeners, I think $5 is a good price because the super fans, you know, it's only $5, so you might as well do it.
But I mean, if he goes any higher, if he goes, you know, 10, 15, maybe 10 would be manageable.
But any higher, then, you know, you kind of alienate some people where if they're on the fence in the first place, then they say, well, you know what?
I'll just get it off a pirate stream or something like that.
Yeah, but then again, I like the idea of perhaps there being different tiers of membership.
So you can pay $5 and you get so-and-so.
You can pay $10 and you get a little bit of extra content.
$15 and you get to sit in the studio with art.
You know, something like that.
So, you know, maybe I think you really have to offer something more to get people to pay more rather than just having access to the archives or something like that.
Look, I don't know what that should be, but yeah.
Like a value-added service.
Yeah, something.
Yeah.
I can't think of the guy's name, but I've been listening to radio for a long time.
Earl Nightingale.
He's probably dead now, but he used to do these kind of reflective thought pieces that would be like five minutes.
And he did them a couple of times a day.
And I think if Art were to do something like that, just kind of an afterthought to what the show he did was like or history with the people he had worked with prior, I would like to hear those kind of stories.
You know, I'm not sure that it's something that I'd want to be part of his on-air presentation, but I think it might be a way to give something more to somebody who is kind of reluctant to pay any money to get the show.
So anyway, it's interesting.
That's an interesting idea, like five or 10-minute monologues on just the guests that night.
Yeah, I think that would be interesting.
I would have never thought of that, but that's an interesting idea.
I don't know.
What do you guys think is going to be the subscription response?
I have a funny feeling there's going to be plenty of subscriptions, but again, there's no way to know what the future holds.
What do you guys think?
I know that people like free things.
So there are going to be a lot of people that say, well, I can listen to it for free, so I'm not going to buy a subscription.
So there will be those.
But I know there are a lot of people that want this to succeed and will subscribe.
And that's why I also think they need to have some prominent donation button on the site that if you want to give it a little bit extra rather than just the $5, then you have the avenue to do that.
I think that's a great idea.
I think $5 is a good price point, though.
I mean, it's $5.
That and your Netflix subscription, you've got entertainment for the entire month.
I don't think it's too much to ask.
Well, my perspective's, I guess, kind of skewed, but I'm thinking, who can't afford $5?
And I realize there are people out there that can't, but it's really such a nominal fee.
I don't really see it as a hindrance at all.
Simply by offering the stream live, like you would normally just turn on your radio and listen, that's going to prompt people.
Maybe people that have never listened to art before.
They'll tune in, they'll listen, they'll get hooked, and then they'll buy a subscription.
Or they'll listen to the first part of the show and then they have to go, they can't finish it, and that'll prompt them to buy a subscription.
I hope that he gets as many subscriptions that will keep him on the air for as long as he wants to be on the air and as long as he's still having fun doing it.
I don't know what that number is, but if it's 20,000 or 30 or 40 or whatever it is, I hope he gets that and is able to be successful and stay on the air.
We simply just don't know at the moment how many are going to be there, how many are going to turn up.
So let's hope it's big.
Yeah, I don't know how you would figure that out.
I mean, just wait.
So many radio stations coming on board so early and especially before even one show, one show has been broadcast seems to be a pretty good sign.
It's pretty amazing, isn't it?
It is.
It is.
But I don't know all that.
You know, I don't know everything there is to know about the history of radio, but it seems out of character.
And I've never heard of radio stations coming on board with a show before it was ever even broadcast.
That is pretty amazing.
Yeah, it really is.
And I think it's a good sign.
A lot of people seem excited.
There's comments all over artbell.com of people that are excited about the show.
There's the Facebook group.
There's everybody on Bellgab.
I've told people just in passing here and there.
I know the guy I bought my Jeep from was an Art Bell fan.
And I told him, and him and his wife just got so excited.
And I told them about the website.
And so I don't know.
I have yet.
If people know, then they'll jump on it.
I have yet to meet an Art Bell fan outside of Bellgab.
Really?
Are you soliciting people for that information?
Well, you know, people will ask me what kind of hobbies I have, and I'll bring it up.
And they'll just get this kind of, they'll start backing away from me.
And, you know, no, I haven't bumped into anybody.
You know, I'm not sure that says much, but no, I haven't.
Nobody.
We've got a caller on the line.
Hello, you're on the air.
Hello, this is Mr. Falk again.
All right.
You're almost going to set a record here.
I hope you changed your phone this time.
No, he's gone.
I hung up on him.
I don't know what that guy wants, man.
What are you guys?
What are you planning on doing for the Blitz?
We can't talk about that on the air.
Is that ultra secret?
It is so secret that dudes in suits will show up if I even start to utter a word.
It cannot be known.
It cannot be.
I'm not asking for official things.
I'm asking what people of Bellgab are going to do to get the word out.
I'm saying there's plans.
Oh, there are plans?
Yes, yes, yes.
There's plans to do something.
But I think your trailers are awesome.
I wonder what other Bell Gabbers are going to do for the Blitz.
I'll just say anyone can use any of those trailers when it's Blitz time, tweet them, Facebook them, do whatever you want with them.
You have my permission.
You know, I tried to convince you to hold off on publishing those trailers until the Blitz started.
No, no, no.
But what I wanted to do, I wanted to space them out.
I didn't want to just, when the Blitz happened here, I wanted them to be out there.
And then when the Blitz happens, I'm sure art will Facebook them again or other people will.
And I'm sure there'll be a thread on Bellgab saying, here, these are all the trailers.
Go for your life.
Take them and spread them far and wide.
Right.
But yeah, I didn't want to just release them all on the day and go here.
I wanted sort of people release them slowly leading up to the 20th or when no, sorry, Wednesday, 4th of July.
I think it's the 4th through the 20th is the time of the Blitz.
AB Day.
Got another caller.
You're on the air.
Hello.
And you go.
All right.
I think that's you hung up.
All right.
I was going to prank him with the soundboard, but he hung up.
Damn it.
Life is so full of disappointment.
Let's see.
What else can we talk about?
You guys have anything else you wanted to talk about?
Well, the name and avatar suggestion thread has gotten very interesting.
And I think this needs to be talked about.
Okay.
I'm convinced that there's I knew people at Bellgab were crazy.
I'm convinced they're all certifiably insane.
At least anyone who's participated in this thread.
Have you seen these pages?
Yeah, some of them are brilliant.
They really are.
They are.
They really, really are.
Some of them are pretty twisted, too.
I don't know.
Some of them probably shouldn't be described over the years.
Do you have a favorite one?
I'm pulling them up right now.
You did a lot of them.
Don't even activate jazz that you did.
Create a ton of those.
It's so funny.
I'll be just sitting watching TV with my wife and all of a sudden, oh, that's a good one.
I'll just think of one.
And I'll get on Val Lipra cool avatar to go along with it.
And sort of when the inspiration hits, it can happen anytime.
I can't wait until somebody actually uses one.
Until a new member uses one.
Waiting for that, too.
It's so helpful to have that thread.
Look, you can just go and pick one and you're all set.
It's a good reference.
I like the, let's see, the portal potty.
That was a good one.
I, Jazz, I gave a little nod to you.
There's a commercial on DirecTV showing like this model walking on a beach with a beautiful white horse and it's called Hannah and Her Horse.
And I created an avatar and name suggestion on that thread called Hannah and Her Horse Porn.
So that's a nod to you.
My favorite one was one that I did, actually.
Of course.
Kim Kardasian.
Yeah, I loved that one, actually, because that is from my head.
So get out of my head, Jasmunda.
But that's what I see in my mind every time someone mentions the name Kardashian.
When I first heard the name Kardashian, I actually thought it was a misspelling of Kardasian, and somehow the Cardassians got into popular culture on the other end.
Yeah, yeah, I thought the one that has the old Noron's face and the king of late night as the username, that's pretty hilarious.
There's some pretty deep, biting commentary on some of those too, especially from Eddie Coyle.
Oh, yeah, he came up with some that are pretty wrong.
But you got to hand it to him.
The Rainbow Warrior.
Come on, Jazz.
With the Mickey Mouse hair puffs there and the rainbow.
Was that during F-word ending in G-gate?
Yeah, I think that thread did start about then.
Yeah.
My favorite thing about it is looking for the avatars to go along with it.
Because sometimes you're looking for a good one to go with the name you've just created, and then you see this perfect picture and come up with a whole new one.
Yeah, like a weird al-Qaeda.
Something about that one just works.
And it's just a picture of a guy with really weird hair.
I don't know.
That's wrong.
I shouldn't probably be laughing at that.
My other favorite one is I found a picture of an example of what I just said was I found a picture of an alien with his sticking his finger up and I named it Weekend at Whitley's.
Yeah, I saw that.
That was one of the wrong ones.
That's in the wrong category.
That's where my mind sometimes wanders.
Well, one flew over the cuz nest is a fine piece of work.
That's a good one.
That makes up for the Whitley one.
Oh, and the picture is Michio Kaku?
Yeah, Michio Kaku's face on the Jack Nicholson character for one flew over the cuckoo's nest.
It's one of those things you kind of have to see.
Yeah.
That is a great thread.
There's a lot of pages that just happened.
Sorry, JS.
Go ahead.
No, just a bit of wordplay, you know.
Some of them you put up there, I won't mention.
It's definitely not family friendly, that's for sure.
So if you want to check it out, then you can.
Mustachio was pretty good.
Yeah, that was good.
I have to say.
I like that one.
That's an instant classic.
I was going to try to put a mustache on the pistachio.
I mean, like a George Norrie mustache.
Oh, you pulled it off.
It worked out pretty good, I thought.
You pulled that off.
That would be a perfect avatar for Mr. Dave.
Pretty proud of myself.
That's a good one.
All right.
So, I mean, do you guys have anything else?
Should I end the show now?
What are your thoughts?
Group decision, or should I just start playing the outro and just a little bit more?
No, no, no, no, because there's this other thing here about you rumored to be meeting up with some bell gabber at some concert.
And that was a really good idea you had, Jazz, to bring up.
If you really would meet people at a forum.
Because you're going to do that, Eddie.
Yes, I am.
I'm going to meet Aldous at the Rush concert on July 27th here in Phoenix, Arizona.
I'm really excited about that.
I haven't seen Rush in probably 10 years.
And yeah, I'm looking forward to that.
And I do not think that Aldous will kill me.
I trust that he is a normal guy, maybe not normal guy, but he is not a violent person.
Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.
So, Jazz, would you meet a Bell Gabber if there was a concert in Australia and there were other bell gabbers there?
Would you buy a ticket for that route?
It depends on the bell gabber, really.
If it was someone I've never been in contact with or had any form of back and forth with, then probably not.
Would you go to Rush with White Crow?
I don't know if White Crow would go with me, to tell you the truth.
I don't know.
Definitely you guys, I would.
What about Symvey?
Australia Dave.
Yeah.
I think he's in Sydney, so I guess I've never really spoken with him much.
Onin, would you meet any of these crazy people?
I could see you hanging out on MV's porch easy.
I could see you guys sharing some beers.
Maybe.
There are some people that are on the forum that I really would like to know.
But, you know, crazy can run quiet.
So I don't know.
Well, that's true.
That's true.
Sometimes you don't know someone's insane until it's too late.
I know that's happened to me plenty of times.
Going, oh, no, now I'm talking to this person and they're crazy.
How do I get out of this?
You're not talking about our bell, are you?
I can't talk about that, sir.
That's classified.
I think we've been through this.
No, I just thought that, Jazz, you brought up a lot of interesting things to talk about tonight, and I wanted to get them all out into the light of the moon here.
I mean, have you guys ever met someone from a forum before?
No, I have not.
No, no, but I've met Aldous Burbank, and no, he's not a murderer.
He's a very cool guy, very cool to hang out with.
All I can tell you, Eddie, is if you're going to hang out with him is prepare yourself because how would I prepare myself?
Get a lot of rest.
Take your vitamins.
So I'm in for a wild ride, is what you're saying.
Yes, you are.
Yes, you are.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
He's a great person to hang around, and it's always just a good time, a good time with him.
So you're going to have fun.
And at a Rush concert, I mean, that's his favorite thing.
I can't even believe Rush is on tour.
They're so old, but they're still apparently rockets.
So I hope they put on a really good show.
Oh, they will.
I hope you guys have a good time.
I don't know what other bell gabbers I would meet.
I don't trust you, Jazz, with your horse porn.
You know what?
Actually, Chefist is going to be at that concert, too.
I thought there was going to be another one there, too.
Am I mistaken?
I don't want to name names because I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable, but I thought there were going to be a couple other bell gabbers at that Phoenix concert.
I don't know.
All I know is Aldous and Chefist.
Do you guys know where you're going to meet?
No, that has not been discussed yet.
but I think it's going to be somewhere around the beer garden.
That should be a problem at a Rush concert.
Yeah.
I mean, I told them that they could recognize me because I'll be wearing a Rush concert t-shirt.
So there should be really no problem.
Yeah.
I mean, there should be no problem.
They should recognize me right away.
Yeah, you're going to be the rocker dude with the Rush shirt on.
Yeah.
Okay.
There you go.
He'll find you.
Figured that was pretty good, pretty detailed enough.
That should do it.
That should do it.
I don't know.
Aldous has the hippie radar.
He'll find you.
Yeah, I agree with that.
Yeah.
Yeah, I don't know.
I'd like to hang out on the porch with Envy myself and just ask him about things that make him angry to hear him rant about stuff.
I'd want to ask him what he thinks about Dr. Phil and just listen to that for about an hour.
That would be entertainment for me.
And then ask him what he thinks about Wiccans.
I don't know if I've ever heard him rant off the air.
I'm sure he has, but I haven't been privy to that.
Yeah, I think that would be really entertaining.
I don't know.
There seems to be some pretty cool people that have called in.
But, you know, this is Bellgap, so I'm not sure if I'd be comfortable meeting everybody.
But it's an interesting group of people for sure.
And I just think it's trippy that we all get together and in the love of good radio and enjoy it.
And we have a great time.
And I'm looking forward to July.
And yeah, it is amazing that we do a podcast and there's people that actually call in and people that listen.
It's pretty amazing.
All centered around one guy.
Which I might and might not have ruined his chances to be on the air in January.
Good job, Eddie.
Thank you, thank you, Eddie.
Good job.
It's going to be now Blame Eddie Dean.
How do you feel?
I think I can take it, but I don't know.
You're in good company, son.
I might get banned.
Me, Eddie, and Jess.
Jess.
Was he the board op at the.
No, no, no.
Jess was the serious XM PR girl who every time people were writing on Facebook questions about, you know, to free up Bell or whatever, this Jess would get on and say and say, your call is important to us, type of responses.
She got the grunt.
Yeah.
So we what?
We blame her.
Oh, yeah.
And you.
Are you sure you didn't just try to shoulder the blame off from you to Jess?
You know me too well.
That would be a smart move.
Just messing with you, Jaz.
We know that Art Bell exonerated you on the phone call, the great phone call of 2013.
He did.
No, well, he sort of.
He did admit that I did bring down dark matter to another caller.
He said you're on the air with Jazz Munda, and Jazz is responsible for taking down Dark Matter.
And I don't think the guy who was on the phone understood the reference.
Brilliant.
That's right.
I actually said to Art, I said, I'm happy that you're in on this joke with us.
And he said that not much gets past him.
Yeah, it is amazing that he is in on the joke and he posts as much and he knows the inside jokes and the Dave Bought thing.
It feels like the show is over.
What do you guys think?
Yeah, I'm running out of juice.
Can I put something out there?
If anyone is listening to any classic Art Bell shows and happens to come across a reference that Art makes quite a lot, where he talks about if aliens landed on the White House lawn or somewhere or other, they'd be shot full of lead before they step foot out of the UFO.
If anyone finds that particular audio clip, could you PM me with the date that it aired?
That'd be much appreciated.
So, what's the new trailer going to be about?
UFOs?
Well, that's not the next one, but it is one of them.
And I'd like that clip in there somewhere because it's a good one.
Yeah.
So, if anybody has that, what, PM you?
Yeah, PM, put it on a thread somewhere.
And it's the comment about shooting lead into aliens if they ever stepped foot off a UFO.
Before they hit the ground, they'd be dead.
Or you can PM MV.
That's always a fun exercise.
Is he taking any PMs now?
Yes.
Oh, is he?
Our PM is if you can't get your PM through, just report to moderator.
No, I'm kidding.
Or you can PM Falky, and then when he replies to the email, that will go to MV, and then MV will send it to me.
That's probably the straightest route you can take.
And you will be helping the great Jasmunda create yet another amazing and beautiful trailer.
And Falky will take credit.
Yes.
God, I said his name.
Sorry.
All right, guys.
Well, thanks for tuning into the GabCast tonight.
We appreciate it.
Had a great time.
Thanks for everybody who called.
And thanks to Redacted, Jasmunda, and Owner.
Yeah, thanks, guys.
And you people that called in and the chat.
Good job, as always.
Thanks for being there.
Fun show tonight, everybody.
Thank you.
See you next time.
Thanks for watching.
Good night.
Good night.
Do it live.
▲
Export Selection