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Subject: Art Bell

  • Yet Another Reason KFI Sucks

    Back in January 2004, I wrote this article about KFI-AM 640 bumping my favorite night-time radio show, Coast to Coast AM, from its regular 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. slot and replacing it with right-wing wacko John Ziegler. Coast to Coast AM was the only KFI show that wasn't hosted by a right wing wacko and even though I wasn't as big a fan of silky-tongued George Noory as the show's original host, Art Bell, I complained that, instead of hearing about alien abductions while nodding off, I'd have to liste

    July 25, 2006
  • Yet Another Reason Why KFI Sucks, Part Two: The Final Insult

    Last July, I blogged about Coast to Coast AM disc jockey Art Bell's sudden departure from the airwaves when he disappeared to the Phillipines and emerged, just a few weeks later, as the proud husband of a girl just barely out of her teens. After a brief hiatus, Bell returned to host the show on weekends. I complained that Bell's replacement, the silky-tongued George Noory (who seems like an incredibly nice guy and always greets callers with "Hiya!") sucked so bad KFI should consider bringing rig

    July 11, 2007
  • Barbara Coe, Sonny Bono, And the Illuminati

    It must be nigh-impossible for the nicotine-stained brain of California Coalition for Immigration Reform president Barbara Coe to keep up with all the conspiracies (Reconquista, evil Muslims, the Cult of the Two Blue Shoes) she subscribes to. Nevertheless, we always dismissed her efforts and rambles as those of a bitter, hate-filled woman--until this weekend, when we received proof of Coe's beyond-the-pale mind from Babs herself. On April 5, Coe forwarded a story to her group that interviewed o

    April 9, 2008
  • Its Doom Alone That Counts

    November 25, 1999
  • Not Da Ramones

    February 17, 2000
  • Getting to the Bottom of Mel's Hole at the Grand Central Art Center

    October 2, 2008
  • Hole Lotta Love

    September 4, 2008
  • The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever: 51 - 89

    June 26, 2003
  • Not Fade Away

    The Rise and Fall and Rise (Again) of OCs Anton Newcombe

    December 21, 2006
  • First Person

    January 12, 2006
  • Pop! Culture

    December 23, 2004
  • Diary of a Mad County

    March 21, 2002
  • Letters

    June 10, 1999