Topic: Rob Simone

[Lovely Bones]

I listened to an hour or of Rob Simone last night before falling asleep.  Not bad.  I'm still not enthusiastically endorsing him, but he doesn't grate on the ears or the insult the intelligence, so that's a start.

I think I figured out what bothers me about him, though.  He's sort of the "pageant girl singer" of radio hosts, if that makes sense.  He appears to be doing everything "right," but there's something a little too canned and prescribed about his approach and delivery.  I'd like to rough him up a bit. 

There was something about Art that was always so . . . Columbo-ish. 

I like that in a person. 

[Frys Girl]

I listened to an hour or of Rob Simone last night before falling asleep.  Not bad.  I'm still not enthusiastically endorsing him, but he doesn't grate on the ears or the insult the intelligence, so that's a start.

I think I figured out what bothers me about him, though.  He's sort of the "pageant girl singer" of radio hosts, if that makes sense.  He appears to be doing everything "right," but there's something a little too canned and prescribed about his approach and delivery.  I'd like to rough him up a bit. 

There was something about Art that was always so . . . Columbo-ish. 

I like that in a person.

I'm with you. I like it when a host is rough around the edges.

[Ben Shockley]

...I like it when a host is rough around the edges.

Oh, Simone is that, alright.  Remember the "NASCAR lines of Peru" bit?   Suggesting that, like his claimed mentor Noory, he doesn't know much if anything of the "core curriculum" of esoterica topics.

But as of last night, I am willing to give him a little more of a chance.   As a bumper, Simone played a fairly obscure song from a usually-dissed album by one of my favorite bands (Yes) and THEN talked about why he played it and why he liked it so much.   He has no cynical reason to claim to love a song that 98% of the audience doesn't know.   So he just earned a little cred with this old prog rock fan.
Noory, on the other hand, doesn't even know most of what's played as bumpers; and if he ever does claim to love any particular song, you can bet it's for a reason --like ingratiating himself to some intern he wants to hit on and who he heard playing it.   But if it is somehow a spontaneous revelation, it probably only serves to show what a totally uncool, shut-in childhood he had, or what he's been hearing lately at the Shriners' hall.
More likely anyway: Noory considers any mention of the music to be beneath him; it's not enumerated in his contract, so to hell with it.

[Eddie Coyle]

But as of last night, I am willing to give him a little more of a chance.   As a bumper, Simone played a fairly obscure song from a usually-dissed album by one of my favorite bands (Yes) and THEN talked about why he played it and why he liked it so much.   He has no cynical reason to claim to love a song that 98% of the audience doesn't know.   So he just earned a little cred with this old prog rock fan.
Noory, on the other hand, doesn't even know most of what's played as bumpers; and if he ever does claim to love any particular song, you can bet it's for a reason --like ingratiating himself to some intern he wants to hit on and who he heard playing it.   But if it is somehow a spontaneous revelation, it probably only serves to show what a totally uncool, shut-in childhood he had, or what he's been hearing lately at the Shriners' hall.
More likely anyway: Noory considers any mention of the music to be beneath him; it's not enumerated in his contract, so to hell with it.

          "Tormato" is certainly better than it's rep, and count me among the 2% that was amazed to hear "Arriving UFO".

         Because I'm a unrepentant music nerd, even an overall hack of a host(cough,Wells, cough)can get on my good side...albeit briefly..with decent bumper music. Wells rather odious show last Saturday had a mitigating moment when the Moody Blues "The Tide Rushes In" was played in the final hour.

          Noory does not get that leeway because he chooses nothing. He's culturally retarded and that offends me more and more each day.

[oracle]

The truth is that all the current hosts are utterly mediocre, with George totally sucking.

[M. Knight]

There was something about Art that was always so . . . Columbo-ish. 

I like that in a person.

The key is, I think, that Art was being Art... broadcasting from his house in the middle of nowhere in the dead of night.  Art defined the show as he made it every night.  Noory is like the weekend guest who never left, raiding the refrigerator and stinking up the bathroom.

[WOTR]

There was something about Art that was always so . . . Columbo-ish. 

I have been watching Columbo (occasionally mixed with Quincy) rather than tune into coast for the last couple of weeks.  Being as I have always said that I just do not believe in coincidences, I must take this as a sign that I am on the right track.  Re-runs of ancient shows rather than coast must be the way to go...

I have to confess that I love Columbo, and have since I first saw his shows on A+E years ago.

[Lovely Bones]

I have been watching Columbo (occasionally mixed with Quincy) rather than tune into coast for the last couple of weeks.  Being as I have always said that I just do not believe in coincidences, I must take this as a sign that I am on the right track.  Re-runs of ancient shows rather than coast must be the way to go...

I have to confess that I love Columbo, and have since I first saw his shows on A+E years ago.

We seem to travel on similar wavelengths at times, WOTR.

Noory might be amazed at the **synchronicity** of your choosing Columbo over Coast and my rumbled raincoat reference regarding Art. 

But he wouldn't get it. 

And M. Knight, I think you have hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial head. 

[ZombiePoppa]

The key is, I think, that Art was being Art... broadcasting from his house in the middle of nowhere in the dead of night.  Art defined the show as he made it every night.

Exactly. And I think a lot of us were in similar places while listening... Up at an ungodly hour, maybe working an overnight shift, laying in bed, driving a dark highway... You felt some kind of connection to Art and everybody listening. The music was chosen by him, at that moment, to create a mood. The callers, unscreened. The last show I felt came close to the glory days was Knapp's nat'l parks disappearances show.

[Lovely Bones]

Exactly. And I think a lot of us were in similar places while listening... Up at an ungodly hour, maybe working an overnight shift, laying in bed, driving a dark highway... You felt some kind of connection to Art and everybody listening. The music was chosen by him, at that moment, to create a mood. The callers, unscreened. The last show I felt came close to the glory days was Knapp's nat'l parks disappearances show.

[bolding mine]

I agree.  And there was one other, oddly enough also about disappearances.  Ian must have been filling in for Snoory on a Friday, because he'd planned a guest for the first hour, and open lines were to follow for three hours.  First hour was about late '60's musician Jim Sullivan, who mysteriously disappeared (http://lightintheattic.net/news/?tag=jim-sullivan). 

The topic started getting so many calls that Ian wound up doing three hours of open lines devoted to missing persons' calls.  Not a dud or a drunk in the batch, and the spontaneity of how it all unfolded felt like the old days with Art. 

[stevesh]

The key is, I think, that Art was being Art... broadcasting from his house in the middle of nowhere in the dead of night.  Art defined the show as he made it every night.

Exactly, and there's no better example of the difference between Art and Simple George than the over-produced clusterfuck that Ghost To Ghost on Halloween has become under Noory's tenure. These idiots just don't get it.

[b_dubb]

Simone's recent show with UFO cop was solid though Simone's delivery is a limitless "top 40". But  dry entertaining. And any time that Noory takes a day off from broadcasting is a victory for broadcasting and everyone inclined to listen

[Nebraska888]

Simone's recent show with UFO cop was solid though Simone's delivery is a limitless "top 40". But  dry entertaining. And any time that Noory takes a day off from broadcasting is a victory for broadcasting and everyone inclined to listen

Agreed!  I enjoy Simone and felt that he was "settling in"...... he sounded more relaxed than in his previous programs.  Hey, I'm with you....any night Noory is off, I AM HAPPY!

[morphiaflow]

I've said before, despite his apparent position as a Noory discovery, I don't mind Simone and I'm guardedly optimistic about him. His shows, however "rough" they may be, don't grate on me, and he has a sincerity, maybe I should say an earnestness, that's refreshing compared to Wells and Noory.

[Scully]

I've said before, despite his apparent position as a Noory discovery, I don't mind Simone and I'm guardedly optimistic about him. His shows, however "rough" they may be, don't grate on me, and he has a sincerity, maybe I should say an earnestness, that's refreshing compared to Wells and Noory.

I suspect that if Noory really did "discover" Simone, it was because he saw the guy as no threat to himself  --  thought that soothing voice would never be a hard-hitting seeker of thuh truuth Simple George imagines himself to be.


I'm agreeing with you, Morphia,  that Simone doesn't grate on me, and he does have an earnestness that is a big relief in contrast to the constant mendacity we get on a regular basis from Noory and Wells.  All in all, I'm also guardedly optimistic about him. 

[thefamilyghost]

I'm agreeing with you, Morphia,  that Simone doesn't grate on me, and he does have an earnestness that is a big relief in contrast to the constant mendacity we get on a regular basis from Noory and Wells.  All in all, I'm also guardedly optimistic about him. 

Well said. After last week's show that's become my opinion as well. The guy can actually hold a conversation, and raise a counterpoint to something a caller says. That's actually pretty unspectacular, but like you said, compared to what we're used to, he's a godsend.

[HorrorReporter]

Rob Simone is not the fresh air we need.
I see it this way: the other hosts sit and eat dog feces. So when Simone comes around, we like it because he has coffee breath. And that is not a burst of fresh air..

I want to like "Robbie" Simone. I really do. I want him to rescue the show.. and maybe if he lost his cliche wedding singer tone, or his bad 80s music on a Sunday afternoon DJ persona, I would like him more...
But his voice is grating on me. More than even the low pitched passage of gas we often get on Saturdays.

I will keep trying him to figure out what I am missing here but so far no go for me.

[Ben Shockley]

"Robbie" Simone... cliche wedding singer tone... bad 80s music on a Sunday afternoon DJ persona... his voice is grating on me.

My first thought about his voice and delivery was "George Takei impersonation."    The campy old-guy Takei.

[Nebraska888]

I've said before, despite his apparent position as a Noory discovery, I don't mind Simone and I'm guardedly optimistic about him. His shows, however "rough" they may be, don't grate on me, and he has a sincerity, maybe I should say an earnestness, that's refreshing compared to Wells and Noory.

Yep, my thoughts exactly!

[MV]

Does Simone still host the show? Does he deserve a sticky topic on CoastGab?

[Morgus]

Does Simone still host the show? Does he deserve a sticky topic on CoastGab?

Simone hasn't guest hosted in over a year and he was very rare before that.
Now that Ian cut back, they probably can use him instead if they need an extra guest host, though John B. Wells has been used recently on those Friday nights Noory takes off.

[Rasputin]

Simone hasn't guest hosted in over a year and he was very rare before that.
Now that Ian cut back, they probably can use him instead if they need an extra guest host, though John B. Wells has been used recently on those Friday nights Noory takes off.

Hopefully, we'll here more of him. I'd much rather hear him filling in for George on Friday than Wells.

[HorrorReporter]

Hopefully, we'll here more of him. I'd much rather hear him filling in for George on Friday than Wells.

I want to hear him more. But then sometimes after an hour of him, I want to hear him less.
I think he is mentally capable but after listening to his voice, he begins to remind me of the announcer of a lounge act on a cruise in 1979.

[UFO Fill]

Well, he's on tonight, so maybe this thread should be a sticky.

I'll listen more closely, but I thought he was pretty good.  Though anyone would be better than sNoory.

[SR-71]

I do enjoy listening to Rob Simone. I think that he should be the new host to replace snoory.

[Nebraska888]

I do enjoy listening to Rob Simone. I think that he should be the new host to replace snoory.

I would have NO dispute with that choice.  I, too, like Simone.

As other have said, Knapp isn't interested.......he'd be my first choice.

[ziznak]

Kinda happy he's gonna be hosting more... i guess with Ian slowing down and George Noory (hopefully) retiring soon it would make sense.

[Paper*Boy]

Kinda happy he's gonna be hosting more... i guess with Ian slowing down and George Noory (hopefully) retiring soon it would make sense.

Didn't George retire after the Mayan Calendar thing?

[ziznak]

He retired long before he even picked the mic up

[Sardondi]

Didn't George retire after the Mayan Calendar thing?

Yes, George Noory, always a man of his word, retired from C2C on December 21, 2012. The show has not been broadcast since then, although no one has noticed yet.