Wooow. I’m not a Boomer. I even have a reasonable sense of humor. But when I say that I’d rather listen to 38 uninterrupted hours of a Test of the Emergency Broadcast System than listen to even one full episode of “Belly Cave”, I kid you not.
I stumbled upon this podcast trying to figure out what had happened to another Urbex podcaster (a member of the Urbex community and a one-time guest on their show: Greg Abandoned). I tried to listen, but an hour in, I finally gave up. These guys are completely incapable of having a serious moment of clarity, let alone a lucid conversation. They are so eternally amused by their own irascible wit that they spend the entire time telling inside jokes that make no sense whatsoever to anymore not in their inner circle. Trying to get through an episode is like eavesdropping on a stream of consciousness circular dialogue between two stoners, where the plot is none of our business.
I mean, I would have thought it literally impossible to come away from an episode less informed than when you started, but no: these are the ultimate “hold my beer” guys in that regard. At one point, they meander into a semi-coherent rant about how annoying babies crying are, ironically unaware that even a squalling infant thinks their inane patter is unintelligible and annoying. Joking around (if you can call “this” that) is fine, but it has to be grounded in some sense of purpose. Otherwise, it’s a clown entering a room, smashing a pie in his own face, and leaving without saying a word. Pointless. Vapid. Empty. And oh so annoying.
So here I am: an hour later, and I still have literally NO idea what happened to Greg Abandoned or his podcast. I can only grieve for the hour of my life lost listening to “Belly Cave” that could have been spent doing something infinitely more entertaining and educational, like watching someone get a haircut or staring at clothes tumble drying in a dimly lit laundromat.
