Topic: Ian Punnett

[WOTR]

I know that the history of rock and roll is not really classic coast, but it was good to hear the program.  The guest knew every name of every musician that played on pretty much every track without looking it up; he was beyond knowledgeable.  Ian could read the show and knew the guest was good and cut open lines a little shorter.  Overall, it was good radio even if it was not so much a Coast topic.

This is a great example of Ian being so wrapped up in himself that he can't sit back, have a smoke, and let the caller rant for a few mins. [/url]

You have no idea how happy I am to hear Ian cut that jackass off.  I am from Calgary, so this is not the first time that I have been exposed to Suleman (sp) in the media.  He crashes weddings, drags people through human rights tribunals and generally makes an ass of himself.  Between him and Art Palowski, (another local nutjob preacher,) I have about had it.  Art tossed himself on the floor of city hall a few weeks ago screaming to the cops to taser him for his beliefs (he reminded me of a three year old throwing a temper tantrum while the police just looked on while he thrashed and screamed).  I have also had some person to person dealings with him.  I'm sick of hearing these guys and will take Ian out for a steak dinner to thank him for cutting his caller short if ever given the chance.

Ian also cut off the "I know where heaven is but won't tell you" guy tonight.  Somebody coming on and trying to direct traffic to his cult based website deserves to be cut off just as the whack job, hate filled, publicity seeking "preacher" deserved to be cut off.

Bravo, Ian!

[valdez]

Overall, it was good radio even if it was not so much a Coast topic...Bravo, Ian!

 
     Professional malcontent Russ Baker is suspicious of Bill O'Rielly's upcoming book on the JFK assassination.  The "wrecking crew" segment with Kent Hartman was fascinating.  All of Phil Spector's "wall of sound" hits were done by these guys?  Glen Campbell was one of them?  I just saw him on tv recently and thought he was pathetic, but now maybe I think he just might be cool.  Speaking of JFK, some guy called in and said all this recent talk about the assassination is some sort of secret message/warning/threat to our current President.  I thought it was idiocy (the JFK assassination has been fodder for discussion for fifty years) and I thought for sure Ian was going to shut that guy down like a Chinese restaurant with no electricity in the middle of July, but Ian actually entertained and gave a whiff of credence to it.  Shame.  Still, it was good to hear Ian.  A decent show.
 
 

cool?

[stevesh]

Russ Baker seems to be becoming another Mish Shedlock - on way too often.

I really enjoyed the interview about the Wrecking Crew too (bought the book), and wouldn't mind if all of Ian's and George Knapp's hosting appearances were that kind of glimpse-into-a-world-I-know-nothing-about shows.

Glen Campbell is battling Alzheimer's, which is probably why he didn't seem his old self.

[Ben Shockley]

cool?

Glen Campbell is battling Alzheimer's, which is probably why he didn't seem his old self.

I was predicting Campbell's demise in the late 1990s.   You all know the maxim about "celebrity deaths come in threes."   First, John Denver crashed his ultralight aircraft, then Sonny Bono beat the back of his head repeatedly against a tree while skiing (the oddities of which were covered on "Coast" a few years ago).   Both singers ("alleged" in Sonny's case); both with TV variety shows in the '70s.   Who else fit that description?   I remember telling my mother, after Sonny's death, "Look for Glen Campbell to go next!"

[sleeplessinca]

I only caught a bit of Ian's show, a part of the wrecking crew segment.  Loved it.  I didn't know that and learned even more reading some of the reviews.  Glen Campbell?  Who knew?  They probably mentioned Jimmy Page's guitar work on Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual".  Epic.

I guess it makes sense they would assemble a winning band and knock it out of the park over and over.  Sure do wish someone would do it again cuz a lot of the music sucks now.  Rap is brain damaging far as I can see.

I like how Ian manages the callers.  Yeah, I heard the 3 min clip of him with the religious whack job and have to agree that he let the guy go on too long and his response went on too long.  Maybe he hasn't heard about the futility of arguing with a drunk or crazy person.  I like that he will give people their say, listen and respond.  Maybe he could learn to utilize a Snoorey line like "you never know" to simply end it.  Snoorey is the master of disengagement because he never engages. 

[b_dubb]

Glenn Campbell was a helluva musician in his day. Played with/for everyone

[Eddie Coyle]

Glenn Campbell was a helluva musician in his day. Played with/for everyone

          Guys like him and Leon Russell, Jim Gordon really did play on seemingly everything in that era.
          That a shitball like Kanye West makes more money in a week than Campbell did from 1960-69, makes armageddon all the more attractive.

[Unscreened Caller]

          Guys like him and Leon Russell, Jim Gordon really did play on seemingly everything in that era.
          That a shitball like Kanye West makes more money in a week than Campbell did from 1960-69, makes armageddon all the more attractive.

Leon Russell, oh yeah. Makes me want to spit in Kanye West's general direction.

Good show last night. I'd heard of the Wrecking Crew via the obvious, the Monkees, but some of the other revelations floored me. Amazing musicians, every one of them.

[Eddie Coyle]

Good show last night. I'd heard of the Wrecking Crew via the obvious, the Monkees, but some of the other revelations floored me. Amazing musicians, every one of them.

      For all of Ian's shortcomings, a show like last night's plays to his strengths. Noory would say "Glen Campbell did Rhinestone Cowboy? Amazing! I never knew that "Galveston" was by him!"

[HorrorReporter]

I sensed a little bit of an edge to Ian last night. At one point on the air he somewhat yelled at Dan Gallanti (sp?) about a call. He was cutting calls quickly. He was laughing somewhat loud about the girl who saw the 6 foot rabbit.
Could it be that Ian Punnett is getting the same 'taste' of the show that Art Bell got? ....
Interesting stuff I thought last evening...very interesting.

[Scully]

I only listened to the Open Lines part of the program, but my sense was that Ian was very edgy about something, and I'm one who admires his patience and restraint with the type of callers Coast attracts these days ... up to a point.

[Lovely Bones]

I didn't particularly notice any edginess from Ian Friday night, but I did pick up on a tweet exchange he had with some girl who referenced his "emeritus" status on Coast.  She then corrected herself and said she hoped he wasn't actually retired, only on sabbatical.

He replied that "emeritus" was more accurate and said he had actually resigned from Coast but that they'd asked him to stick around to do the once-a-month gig. 

Wow.  Like us, he probably knows Coast is Toast.  He's just too professional/polite to say so. 

[Eddie Coyle]

I didn't particularly notice any edginess from Ian Friday night, but I did pick up on a tweet exchange he had with some girl who referenced his "emeritus" status on Coast.  She then corrected herself and said she hoped he wasn't actually retired, only on sabbatical.

He replied that "emeritus" was more accurate and said he had actually resigned from Coast but that they'd asked him to stick around to do the once-a-month gig. 

Wow.  Like us, he probably knows Coast is Toast.  He's just too professional/polite to say so.

           That's very interesting. And to be an "emeritus" at what, 51 years old? It just confirms that Ian's abandoning C2C is indeed due to ill health...he's as sick of the show as we are. He definitely must sense the impending doom/winds of change at C2C, especially in light of the show being dropped in a another major market(Chicago)...

[Paper*Boy]

I didn't particularly notice any edginess from Ian Friday night, but I did pick up on a tweet exchange he had with some girl who referenced his "emeritus" status on Coast.  She then corrected herself and said she hoped he wasn't actually retired, only on sabbatical.

He replied that "emeritus" was more accurate and said he had actually resigned from Coast but that they'd asked him to stick around to do the once-a-month gig. 

Wow.  Like us, he probably knows Coast is Toast.  He's just too professional/polite to say so.

I can just picture Ian puffing out his flabby chest when someone refers to him as 'emeritus'.  Jeez, he's probably having his business cards redone right now.
 
But after 8 years of George Noory, Ian just now decides the show sucks?  Fairly recently he was arguing with a caller, insisting the show hadn't changed a bit from when Art was doing it.  So are we saying Ian lied about the show being unchanged under the direction of George Noory, and lying now about tininitus being the reason he left?

[Lovely Bones]

            It just confirms that Ian's abandoning C2C is indeed due to ill health...he's as sick of the show as we are.

That tweet was a revelation.  Why stick with a chit chat morning show 5 days a week, but quit a once-a-week gig if it were for physical health rather than mental health? 

It's like Knapp is the only one left trying to soldier bravely on, going down with the ship--until he, too, decides to pull a captain of the Costa Concordia.  Who would blame him? 

[Lovely Bones]

So are we saying Ian lied about the show being unchanged under the direction of George Noory, and lying now about tininitus being the reason he left?

Using his health as an excuse to give the listeners when he knows in his heart it's because George Noory Sucks. 

[Eddie Coyle]

That tweet was a revelation.  Why stick with a chit chat morning show 5 days a week, but quit a once-a-week gig if it were for physical health rather than mental health? 

 

          I'd incorrectly assumed that he'd given up the morning show as well. Just more evidence that his tinnitus issues are not the real reason for splitting C2C. He knows how bad the show is, he stopped selling Noory a few years ago. When callers would mention some idiocy that occurred with Noory or one of his guests during the week, Ian would do the "I didn't hear it, so I can't comment on it" routine.

[CoastCanuck]

But after 8 years of George Noory, Ian just now decides the show sucks?  Fairly recently he was arguing with a caller, insisting the show hadn't changed a bit from when Art was doing it.  So are we saying Ian lied about the show being unchanged under the direction of George Noory, and lying now about tininitus being the reason he left?

Those are good questions... on top of that, if he's lying about things like some are speculating, how does that reconcile with his being a Deacon?  Aren't chaplains and Deacons supposed to set an example and be honest?

[Paper*Boy]

I saw it mentioned somewhere (this thread?) that someone involved with publishing Ian's Jackula book did a web search on Ian as part of some due diligence.  I can't really belive that would have been the first time Ian discovered there is some, um, discontent with his personal style on Coast, and that his connection to George Noory wasn't helping, but maybe it was.  Or maybe when other sites deleted tons of posts he thought it was all gone. 
 
Ian at some point had to have realized George is creepy and terrible and just sucks badly, but probably never listened to George's show and chose to ignore it and defend it when necessary.  He likely enjoyed doing Coast and loved having a bit of national exposure. Could it be the final straw for him was finding websites like this one where at least some of the posters regularly complained about him and pointed out his flaws as well as George's? 

[Paper*Boy]

Those are good questions... on top of that, if he's lying about things like some are speculating, how does that reconcile with his being a Deacon?  Aren't chaplains and Deacons supposed to set an example and be honest?

Would anyone have ever guessed that he was a member of the clergy, or even went to church, without him telling them?

[VtaGeezer]

I think you folks ignore the fundamentals.  As long as C2C is adding new affiliates, Noory is probably quite safe.  Punnett's OK as a host, but his biggest strength is that Noory's is, to the thinking C2C audience, so bad 5 nights a week.  I don't think Punnett could handle the off beat stuff as a steady diet. He can be very strident.

[Eddie Coyle]

I think you folks ignore the fundamentals.  As long as C2C is adding new affiliates, Noory is probably quite safe.

     I don't think he's safe at all. In the past two years, C2C has gone to lesser stations in NYC and Boston and he's being scaled back in Chicago. He may gain lesser affiliates in tertiary markets, but overall Premier can't be enthusiastic about the state of C2C.

[BobGrau]

He likely enjoyed doing Coast and loved having a bit of national exposure. Could it be the final straw for him was finding websites like this one where at least some of the posters regularly complained about him and pointed out his flaws as well as George's?

I think the first sentence answers the second one. I get the impression Ian thrives on feedback, of any sort.

[HorrorReporter]

I still say he was edgy. I predict Ian changes the Sunday nights to less strange and just more Ian. If the ship is sinking why pick up a guitar and do your own thing

[Scully]

I still say he was edgy. I predict Ian changes the Sunday nights to less strange and just more Ian. If the ship is sinking why pick up a guitar and do your own thing

And I still concur, HR.


That was fascinating info about the Twitter confession, LB.  Wow.

[Lovely Bones]

That was fascinating info about the Twitter confession, LB.  Wow.

I was kind of bowled over by the blunt honesty of it, Scully. 

And regarding his fascination with Twitter: he takes hits on Twitter.  It's not the land of Milk and Honey for him all the time.  So I'm not sure I completely buy Paper*Boy's theory about sites like this where there's Ian criticism being the last straw.  He's always encouraging people to keep the lines of communication open with him on Twitter (one reason I thought maybe he still wanted to stay on Coast if he wanted to stay in touch with his "Coasties," as he calls them). 

Maybe he's just a Twitter geek. 

[Paper*Boy]

... He's always encouraging people to keep the lines of communication open with him on Twitter...

 
One of the things that has always struck me about Ian is when talks over callers, contradicts them, puts words in their mouths, continues arguing, won't let them finish a sentence, gets all upset, dumps the call, then calmly, almost mournfully, says all he wanted was to have a conversation.   
 
So I don't really buy it when he talks about communicating and all that.  He doesn't take disagreement, let alone criticism, very well.

[Paper*Boy]

... Maybe he's just a Twitter geek.

He certainly loves to hear himself talk.  And this is better yet, he can see his comments being recorded and kept.  Now all he needs is something interesting to tweet.

[blackshap9]

As far as quality goes; Ian has it going on. He's the only one I listen to anymore. I really liked Rollyee James. Too bad she has too much class to bend over and let PR ram her up the wazoo unlike George "too afraid of a Ouija board" Snorery.

[Blutsauger]

Would anyone have ever guessed that he was a member of the clergy, or even went to church, without him telling them?

   

Have you ever noticed how he constantly makes thinly veiled references to sex with many of his female guests? It's creepy as hell and certainly not the kind of behaviour one would expect from anyone even remotely religious.