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If you knew how nice it is outside, you'd kick my backside for sitting so long in front of the computer. It is a hell of a weekend here on planet binnall, with both the showcase of the immortals, Wrestlemania, this weekend and also the beginning of baseball season. For the past fifteen years, at least, I have been a wrestling fan and Wrestlemania is the biggest night of the year, so I'm all jazzed up this week.
Speaking of which, we have a bevy of stuffs for you, as usual. Firstly, of course, we take a look back @ the Week that Was. Then, it's the Week that Is. Jump into the time machine for This Week in C2C History. I've got a belated announcement about my latest endeavor with Coast's magazine in binnall ... After Dark. binnall report mailbag answers your questions and we find out the true origins of Ian Punnett in Hot Newz. If that's not enough, we've also got a preview of an all new BoA column coming to binnallofamerica.com on Monday. You can find that in the End Notes section of this week's missive.
So, before the sun sets, let's rock and roll.
The Week That Was
We left off last week with The Noor hosting two separate pop-in guests prior to Friday into Saturday Open Lines. First, it was Richard C. Hoagland, who seems to be back in full force after his February disappearance. Meanwhile, Roger Leir returned in the second half hour to give us an update on alien implants. Then it was your standard Open Lines.
Ian on Saturday featured Michael Luckman talking about UFOs and Rock Stars. I actually missed this one, but it is sitting in my MP3 player, waiting for me. I hope to check it out soon.
Saturday Night Bell was a replay from 11.9.2003, with Dr. Simeon Hein, talking about crop circles. I didn't catch this one either, but grabbed the MP3s for my collection.
Rounding out the mixed bag weekend was a special Sunday edition of Coast hosted by George "The Noor" Noory. The guest was "Bad Astronomer" Philip Plait. I can't stand Plait, so I willingly skipped this one. I hear it was decent though, if you like mainstream space news. No word on if he took any pot shots at Hoagland or not, but I wouldn't be surprised either way.
On Monday, The Noor had Heidi Hollis on to talk about "Shadow People". This was decent. I enjoyed some of her stories, but the topic of shadow people is so nebulous, it's hard to really get into it. I can see how many Coast listeners would dig it, though, as shadow people seems to be the esoteric topic du jour the last few years. Noory was all about it, unlike me, mentioning his infamous Shadow Rodents, that Stuart Wilde once called "demons". Noory also asked such probing questions as "Does 'Hat Man' shadow person always wear a hat ?"
Noteworthy also was that Heidi is amongst the many who are part of that X something show that is coming soon to Discovery Channel. You may recall Joshua Warren pushing it a few weeks back as well. Also noteworthy, was that she resembled Dr.Phil in no way, shape, form, or fashion, despite being billed as the "Dr.Phil of the paranormal". What a downer.
Tuesday was a split episode of dynamic proportions, first with the always entertaining Steven Quayle, talking about terrorism. While listening to the episode, I finally realized why I love Quayle so much : he always finds a way to amp up Noory's righteous indignation at the New World Order to a colossal degree. By the end of their two hour chat, Noory sounded like he was ready to march in the streets against the Illuminati. Quayle, you've done it again. Kudos.
The second half of Tuesday's show was the even more entertaining David Icke. Apparently, David only appearing for two hours was a move on his part, perhaps in an effort to "leave them wanting more." Icke was spot on in his stuff as usual. He continued in his efforts to not overcover the infamous Reptilian aspect of his theories and stuck to the usual parapolitical stuff we have heard from many Coast guests, but with that special David Icke flair. I know many folks either hate him or just think he is a clown, but I enjoy him. No mention of the "totalitarian tip toe", sadly.
Then came Wednesday, where C2C filled the TBA slot with Michael & Nicole Sebastian, also known as, ugh, the Dream Dudes, talking about dreams, of course. Let's get this right out of the way, Dream Dudes, as a name, is bloody awful. It's not clever in the least bit and is so dated right now, I wonder if it is the last holdover from 1993. I thought "dudes" were men, not a man and a woman. They admitted that even if someone thinks the name "Dream Dudes" is lame, like me, they still remember it. I guess that works for them, but I'll only remember it as being a truly awful name and I don't see how that helps.
Their stuff on dreams was far too sugary for my tastes. Perhaps it was because they are a couple in love, but their style just left me wanting to brush my teeth. The entire story of how they met via a dream or something was so Lifetime movie-esque, I wanted to vomit. Good show if you like dream interpretation, but otherwise you can skip it.
I wanted to love Thursday's edition with Dr. Bruce Maccabee, but it just never "got there". A large part of that was because Bruce didn't sound too well at all and really shouldn't have been on the air. He sounded exhausted and his cold must have really been hurting him. He had plenty of good to great tidbits, but they had to be gleaned and it took patience to get through the episode. I'd rather if they'd waited till Maccabee was healthier to be on the show, but that may have been his call, not theirs. Either way it was a mistake.
Decent week, with Tuesday's episode being the stand alone best of the week, easily.
The Week That Is
We end the month of March with The Noor hosting his usual Friday into Saturday Open Lines. No word on the pop-in yet.
Ian on Saturday features Michael D'Antonio to talk about Milton Hershey, chocolate empire founder. This sounds like one of those episodes that is "touch and go" on paper and turns out to be spectacular. Let's see if Ian can make it work.
Saturday Night Bell is eschewed for the second week in a row, this week we see a very special edition of C2C, hosted by none other than George Knapp. Knapp makes the ultra rare transition from guest to host, welcoming Bob Lazar and Gene Huff, to talk about Area 51. Knapp has been on the Area 51 beat for a long time and Lazar is all about 51, so this could be a classic.
As if things can't get odd enough, The Noor steps in on Sunday to welcome Lou Gentile to talk about hauntings. For those of you out of the loop, Gentile hosts a pretty big esoteric radio show of his own, making this an even stranger pairing. What's next, Noory, can we expect to hear Rense on the show soon ? God, I hope so.
Monday sees Dr. Richard Boylan as the guest, to talk about star children and how they are part of some communication with ETs. Could be good or could be awful, depends on your tolerance for far out stuff. Boylan is a pretty decent guest, if I recall correctly, so he should bring the goods.
Tuesday, Dr. Thomas Blass joins the show to talk about strange human obedience experiments by some obscure doctor. Could be chilling as hell or it could be exceedingly bland. I think it should be a creepfest and I'm looking forward to it.
Always beating the drum of paranoia, Roger Tolces returns to Coast on Wednesday, to talk about electronic surveillance. Tolces is the premiere voice of folks keeping track of how Big Brother is keeping track of us. This one may not be for the faint of heart or easily spooked.
We round out the week with Paul Smith on Thursday, talking about remote viewing and how there is a conspiracy of skepticism. Sounds very interesting. Dark horse for excellent episode if Smith brings his best stuff and has a dash of charisma.
Solid week on paper, with Saturday's show being the highlight.
binnall ... After Dark
The good folks @ Coast to Coast contacted me with the opportunity of a lifetime back in February ... an interview with none other than Alex Jones. Being the esoteric journeyman that I am, I leapt at the opportunity. Alex and I sat down for an hour long conversation which was distilled into a lengthy article that can be found in the April edition of After Dark, titled "Behind the Bulldog".
You can find an excerpt of the article HERE.
Sadly, despite airing countless commercials for this special issue of AD, The Noor has yet to mention the verboten name of "binnall" in any of them. Et tu, Noory ?
binnall report mailbag
Letter #1
Tim,
Is your merchandise real ?
Nancy in Atlanta, GA
Surprisingly, I get a lot of questions about our merchandise, most notably the infamous binnall thong. Yes, Nancy, the merchandise is real. We will probably soon redesign some of the stuff as it has gotten kind of stale, but it is all there for the buying right now, binnall standard T-shirts, featuring the beloved binnall World Order logo and odd stuff like clothes for your dog. And, of course, the binnall thong. You can find it all HERE.
Letter #2
Do you know if there is anything to this Serpo story ?
Chris in London, England, UK
Sadly, there's probably nothing to the Serpo story at all. My sources indicate that this story has been around for ages and is just now making one of its many umpteen comebacks. Despite the schilling it gets from Noory on Coast, the Serpo story has been falling apart since the beginning of the year and BoA's own Lesley has been on top of the story since day one. I trust her word and she says it bunk.
Questions ? Comments ? Send them to tbinnall@hotmail.com
This Week in C2C History
3.31.2004 : If there's one thing I love C2C for its unsubstantiated fantastic claims. Take today's episode from two years ago for example. The Noor welcomed Raymon Grace, alternative healer, to the show. Grace claimed, "over the last 30 years he has developed a dozen different healing techniques, and in one case he described, a man's steel plate in his back was transformed into a bone-like substance, after Grace sent a healing energy to him." (c2c website) Um ... okay.
3.31.2003 : It must be the fact that the 3.31 C2C dribbles over to 4.1, because here's another outrageous one from three years ago. Noory had David Race Bannon on the show and Bannon claimed to be some kind of ultra top secret assassination squad member for Interpol. Seriously. "As part of the Archangel division, it was his team's mission to investigate child trafficking rings, which have been associated with rape, murder and pornography. In addition to assassinating such traffickers on occasion, Bannon also outlined how they also used torture techniques on them to elicit information about the ring." (c2c website)
3.31.1998 : I'm not sure where this one falls. A news bite from the old Art Bell show back 8 years ago, "A note sent to Art from the Libertarian party says a new cigarette tax could trigger deadly crime wave in the U.S. A federal proposal to raise the price of cigarettes by $1.50 a pack may not decrease teenage smoking but it will probably leave dead bodies littering America's streets. " (artbell.com cd rom)
3.31.1997 : An April Fool's prank gone wrong ? Art Bell found himself wrapped up in the horrific aftermath of the Hale Bopp comet on this infamous episode of the show. "Art continues to defend his position of having no involvement in the deaths of 39 Heavens Gate members. He recaps the original events concerning Chuck Schramek and Courtney Brown leading up to this tragedy. Art suggests having a discussion on the controversy and the chronology of the events on open lines too." (artbell.com cd rom).
End Notes
And we are finished for one more week, one more month, and one more edition of the binnall report. I hope you enjoyed the ride.
Plugs : Tomorrow @ binnallofamerica.com, we'll take a look at who makes the cut for March's Coastie Contenders. Sunday, it's smoker dave and maybe a surprise. Monday, it's the debut of an all new BoA original column, more details in the next paragraph. Tuesday, Lesley's Grey Matters. Wednesday, Khyron's The K-Files. Thursday, more antics in Hot Newz. Friday, the binnall report and next Saturday, the return of BoA : Audio.
As I alluded to above, Monday sees the debut of a new bi-weekly BoA original column titled "Viral Esoterica". Thanks to the magic of the internet, a whole host of new and exciting short film clips are available in almost every genre ... even esoterica. We cull the various "viral video" websites every other week to bring you the best of the esoteric bunch. It's Viral Esoterica and it's coming to BoA on Monday.