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Comment by _JamesA_ | Hacker News Reader

Thanks for the memories Art. Sleep well my friend.

In the 90's we would spend all night hacking and/or gaming while listening to Coast to Coast AM with Art. It was time to wrap it up after 6 AM when "America in the Morning with Jim Bohannon" came on.

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I first came across Art in the mid 90s too. I commuted home in the black of midnight on back roads from Redmond (WA) out into the mountains. A good 40min at least but Art and C2C were there every night, filling my head with tales of wonder and intrigue from the Land of Nye.

Whenever I hear the term "remote sensing" used in a GIS context now, I can't help but think of Art's show where I first learned about "remote viewing"[1]. The latter doesn't seem to have caught-on, I guess scientists don't spend as much time with late-nite paranormal AM radio as the rest of us.

So long Art, thanks for all the memories, and be sure to let us know what you find out there.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing

It was such a wonderful experience discovering Coast to Coast as a kid. Many of the classic episodes are on youtube if anyone wants to check them out, I recommend the New Year's Eve prediction specials.

Of course, the whole conspiracy theory world seems a lot less innocent and fun now than it used to, but the old show is still fun to listen to sometimes.

I did the same. I remember spending a week trying to have an out of body experience per instructions from one of his shows. Rest well, Art.

Goodness, I'd forgotten about America in the Morning. I was doing a consultant gig in San Diego in those days and it came on at 4am on KOGO. That was "going to work."

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