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by SquidInk » 04-21-2015 10:20 AM
I clearly remember Bell spending five figures to fly cats back and forth between Nevada & the Philippines. For me, it's the moment the illusion was shattered.
Up to that point, Art was like me -- he smoked too much, lived in a modular home out of town, drove a regular car, built stuff, ran a small business with his wife, etc. I really latched on to the idea that a regular guy like me could assemble some equipment in the spare room, and start asking tough questions; start shining the spot light of truth into the dark places -- like Groom Lake. It seemed like real Americana -- man lives next to secret base, does something about it.
In retrospect (and after listening to countless hours of pirate C2C from the 90's forward), I am highly skeptical. "Pizza Punch" & "Dark Matter" didn't help. Further, I wonder why we all loved Art Bell and his apparent desire to pursue the "truth" on a wide variety of topics -- from aliens to the Catholic Church -- but many of us called, instantly, for the assassination of Assange and Snowden. The best Art Bell shows featured special "lines" where "insiders" supposedly called in to "leak" classified info. Remember Lazar? Remember the flyover? Was any of it real, or was it just sanctioned entertainment --- worse, was it straight up disinformation/distraction? Remember the wingnut/eggplant debacle, where Bell turned on the audience which had handed him his wealth? He spit venom at "conspiracy theorists", after spending years harvesting dollars by broadcasting conspiracy theories.
Bell couldn't stand the fact that we would question the "official" 9/11 narrative --- after introducing a generation of listeners to MkUltra, and Roswell. It was nonsensical.
I have no idea what is going on here, but web casting a radio show is technically easy. It's also cheap. The bumper music doesn't matter. Piracy doesn't matter (except that it is helpful). Spoken ads are great. Now go, be relevant again. Start digging into all the weirdness. Give people airtime who otherwise would get none, and let the audience decide -- right?
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SquidInk on 04-21-2015 10:38 AM, edited 1 time in total.
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