||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for August 26, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "1:34 PM? 1:34 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits at the bar. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| RedPillTweeny tiptoes in around 5:09 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| It's 5:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Outside, the 5:35 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving RedPillTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| RedPillTweeny rushes off, saying "5:35 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 5:35 PM, dragging RedPillTweeny by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 6:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 6:03 PM, dragging RedPillTweeny by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" ||||||||| It's 6:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 7:49 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 7:50 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and llanwydd falls out at 8:43 PM. llanwydd: Hey Tween!; ||||||||| Catherwood enters with NancyKat close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:45 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the sitting room. NancyKat: *Splut* Hewwwooo. ||||||||| New notice: '* WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - TAKES OFF Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' DJTweeny: Hey folks DJTweeny: How's everybody this evening? ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:48 PM and princeton73 bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: great to see you here NancyKat DJTweeny: Hi princeton DJTweeny: Got distracted and didn't start the music on time ||||||||| princetin73 sashays in at 8:49 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. princetin73: a mighty hot dog is our lord NancyKat: Good to see you as well, Tweeny. HiHi llan! NancyKat: LET"S EAT! NancyKat: Mew, Princeton. princetin73: don't you trust her, Porge ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:52 PM and late as usual, it's Cease, just back from British Columbia." Cease: Welcome back, Nancy DJTweeny: allo Cease eh Cease: hi chatters llanwydd: evening folks NancyKat: Hey Cease! Cease: for some reason, i get facebook messagery from grace slick now. Cease: i see you there playing games all the time, Nancy DJTweeny: kewl DJTweeny: but is it _really_ Grace? Cease: i enjoyed her autobiography. Cease: yes it is. DJTweeny: lots of fake profiles out there Cease: or someone who has access to her archives DJTweeny: I've read it also DJTweeny: quite a life Cease: we share an affection for pandas Cease: i saw her with the airplane at a free outdoor concert in LA in maybe, 1970? forget NancyKat: Cease-Yeah, I mainly play games on there in between cleaning etc. Well, that and Memeing. Cease: cleaning as a game? i ike that ||||||||| New notice: '* WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Beet enters at 8:58 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Haberdashery Barn. Beet: Hello Dear Friends DJTweeny: Hey Beet ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Beet: Hi Dr Tween NancyKat: LOL, yeah...I don't mind cleaning, actually...i'm kind of ocd about it...it's dealing with...people....outside that I find maddenning.... NancyKat: Heya, Beet! Cease: hey beet Beet: Helly Miss Nancy Cease: i can dig that, nancy ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 26, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| It's 9:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| princeton73 - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: Howdy Dr Cease Beet: I meant hello Cease: a buillding collapsed near by the other day, right behind my optometrists Cease: by princeton llanwydd: I have heard a lot of stuff like this from the 60s ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from Firesign's PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN album ”OVER THE EDGE!” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out PINK HOTEL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv' llanwydd: a lot of the psychedelic music had similar elements DJTweeny: and now for the original... Beet: It's nice to have a lady here this evening. Cease:https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/1-person-presumed-dead-after-building-partially-collapses-at-north-vancouver-work-site/ar-AANK2A6 DJTweeny: we seem to have lost our lady chatters over the years Cease: an infrequent occurence Cease: yes, alas. no lasses ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Beet: We did have regulars. Cease: considering chat was started by a lady, Elayne ||||||||| Deputy Dang enters at 9:03 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Chapeau Manger. NancyKat: Nice wordplay, Cease! DJTweeny: indeed DJTweeny: although she does show up occasionally NancyKat: Cease-Is She still around? Cease: i do my best, Nancy. Deputy Dang: I'm sorry I'm late. The Antelope Freeway kept slowing down as I went along. Cease: sh'es on facebook every day, Nancy. you can friend her. Cease: slow antelopes? not good. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" NancyKat: Dang, Deputy, that's ruff. Cease: she posts daily pix of her cat. NancyKat: Cease...cool! Cease: i should start doing that too, but too lazy ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: Elayne and her then husband came to visit us in Vancouver in 1995 and we drove down to visit Ossman. That was the start of chat. Beet: Hey Deputy ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! ||||||||| Catherwood escorts InTheWood into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:07 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Hi Woody InTheWood: I'm just fine, Jim. You're looking swell. Beet: Hi ITW Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-ln Cease: Dang, Wood Rufus_T_Firetween: One of my very favorites Rufus_T_Firetween: Howdy Deputy InTheWood: Ahem... Beet: I'm finding it difficult to find Dead Cats on my grocer's shelves. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" DJTweeny: Supply problems from the PRC Beet, because they eat them Beet: Must be the Covid. NancyKat: Beet-I hear people are finding them now at Specialty Stores like Trader Joe's... DJTweeny: "I madam, am a dedicated Surrealist!" Beet: I'll have to do the research. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FIREHEADS 2” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/' Beet: Oh boy llanwydd: Cool! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage FIREHEADS 2 at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: I go enjoy these. Beet: do enjoy ||||||||| It's 9:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| princetin73 - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: i enjoy making them, beet Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Can't Get You Out of my Head: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/ Cease: i spend my days learning new things and combining them with Firesign DJTweeny: a good occupation Beet: Creating masterpiece after masterpiece. DJTweeny: So how are things in NancyKat land? DJTweeny: How's the kid? Cease: well, if they're going to be preserved in the Library of Congress to be heard in the distant future, they better be pretty good. DJTweeny: Hope that happens DJTweeny: Certainly worthy of being included in their archives NancyKat: The Kid...started 7th grade on Moonday...time has flown too fast...although we did get to actually enjoy the pool this summer, so that's cool. other than that, same ol' same ol'. How about you? Beet: I still have it in the back of my mind that the treasure trove is located in Culpepper VA fairly driveable from where I am. DJTweeny: Yes NancyKat, I remember the last time you talked about her she was 8 years old DJTweeny: Middle School, wow Cease: will she being actually going to school or by zoom? DJTweeny: Doing fine here thanks, except that Houston has donated its humidity so it felt like 107 today Cease: it rained here in van today. we needed it. Beet: I used to deliver mail in that humidity. DJTweeny: My 104 year old mother who met FST in Indiana when she was 102 died back in June, but she had a great life and was surrounded by friends in the days before her passing Cease: amazing, tween Beet: That is nice fo her. Beet: for her NancyKat: (internet went out, had to reload) They did the Zoom thing last year...they're back to "real" school this year...Maeven is having trouble adjusting to having to climb stairs again everyday...lol..it's a new school too. DJTweeny: We should all be able to go that way Beet: The best way. DJTweeny: surrounded by friends NancyKat:Tweeny...egads..we've been having some humidity problems too as of late, but we got AC so...inside for me! I'm sorry to hearabout your Mom, but 104 IS a very long life..wow...the things she must have seen. Meaven's Paternal Grandma died in January...mixed emotions because she didn't like me AT ALL...it didn't affect Maevies as much as i thought it would InTheWood: ...help me into this parachute... NancyKat: Maevies is 12 now, so I have to deal with a Chronological teen soon as well as a Behavioral teen soon. (She's had that attitude since she was 3.) DJTweeny: Raising a teen (especially these days) is no doubt a challenge Cease: My grand daughters are going to be 14 soon. ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Deputy Dang: Bozos was my first exposure. DJTweeny: Helluva world they're inheriting :/ NancyKat: Dang-It's My Mom's face Album-She's the one who introduced me. I love Dwarf. InTheWood: I think they will know best what to do with it. DJTweeny: Have you played FST for Meaven? Cease: i agree, wood DJTweeny: Hope you're right, Wood Beet: My prayers are with young people of today. Cease: read a very optimistic novel recently by kim stanley robinson. InTheWood: It will turn out... like nothing we could possibly have imagined. Cease: did i meniton that before? NancyKat:Tweeny...yeah...I fear. Me and the BF try to "supplement" her learning with our specialties (Art/English and History/ Math respectively) but man...F commoncore... Cease: the ministry for the future DJTweeny: not that I recall Cease ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" llanwydd: run away from harm? Cease: the more you show her that reading is something to do, the more normal actrivity it will be to her. DJTweeny: A lot of people are turning to Home Schooling these days, especially with all the 'woke' cirriculum tring to make people feel guilty Cease: my daughter was the only one of her friends who read books. this is a pre cell phone era DJTweeny: *trying DJTweeny: Yes Cease, turn off the 'smart phone' and the TV Cease: i think cell reading has replaced book or other print reading for most llanwydd: I highly approve of home schooling Cease: hi llan llanwydd: Hey Cat! Cease: it heard the word power and it responded, just like we do llanwydd: I have never let my cell phone become that important llanwydd: I usually make calls on my landline llanwydd: I take pictures occasionally Cease: tis a tiny part of my life. Deputy Dang: I've learned of too many abuses of homeschooling to approve of it in its current state. NancyKat: As a bookworm, I prefer the feel of the heft of a book in my hands. I've tried to "facilitate" her weird sense of...things by buying her Dracula, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein...plus a collection of Poe's works... llanwydd: I have read all of those books llanwydd: including the completeworksof poe NancyKat: Highly agree; if I want a computer, i'll use one. If I need a phone, i'll get one. I don't need a Phone that can, in the words of Saint George Carlin, "....Can Jack me off and wipe my ass." Deputy Dang: This is gonna be good! DJTweeny: NancyKat: As a bookworm, I prefer the feel of the heft of a book in my hands. << Oh yeah, 'Kindle this...' DJTweeny: lol NancyKat llanwydd: nothing will replace the book NancyKat: llan-Poe is one of my fave author/poets aside from Dickinson, Plath and Eliot to name a few. llanwydd: I have read all of poe, nancy InTheWood: Many of the kids today are rediscovering typewriters. This is significant, in some way. NancyKat:Tweeny...lol, fangs. DJTweeny: How about some Jules Verne or other sci-fi, NancyKat? llanwydd: my favorite of his stories is one of his most obscure, The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym DJTweeny: never heard of it llanwydd: almost a short novel llanwydd: my favorite jules verne would be JthCotE NancyKat:Tweeny, as much as I love sci-fi (ST, SW, Blakes 7 and Red Dwarf) I never got into the book versions as much as I got into Horror and Fantasy. Love Pratchett and the Myth and Xanth series. DJTweeny: Alan Parsons made EA Poe famous of course with the album Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Cease: i do like that last bit llanwydd: very good album tween Cease: but the whole thing sounds very hissy.needs more processing. Cease: did you watch babylon 5, nancy? ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" NancyKat: Cease-YES! Ivanova is best girl. Cease: some of mly fave episodes of tv ever Beet: I need to explore more sci fi myself. ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." NancyKat: Kosh's reveal was one of the best twists ever. Cease: the day of the dead one of the best tv shows i've ever seen. Cease: yeah beet. you might startr with my lplay red shift Beet: OK NancyKat: Maeven's dad and I are big fans and thus it's become a "thing" to tell Maeven "Don't give up the Homeworld." as she leaves for school. NancyKat: Cease-i've read a bit of the Graphic Novels, so the tv kinda disappoints me. Not as much as the end of GOT, but hey.... Beet: Such a big buildup to disappointment. llanwydd: the only graphic sci fi I know is that magazine, heavy metal that came out in the 80s InTheWood: television _is_ religion, man... Cease: warched ist season of got from llibrary dvd and didnt like it. watched no more llanwydd: I used to buy that agazine Cease: my fave flikcks are animie: paprika, millenium actress and tokyo godfathers NancyKat: My BFF has read all the books, so we watchedthe first season together...but I kinda petered out after that, but I was curious as to how they were going to tie off all the storylines... Cease: nuimber 4 would be southpark, so 5 out of 5. Beet: Ever get into Cowboy Bebop? llanwydd: not familiar with those, cat DJTweeny: NancyKat: Maeven's dad and I are big fans and thus it's become a "thing" to tell Maeven "Don't give up the Homeworld." << A Yes song from the album The Ladder, and also the theme to the video game of the same name and Deputy Dang: Ah... Hooterville... NancyKat: OMG Bebop is SOOOO good. As is Hellsing Ultimate, Trigun and (what i've seen of) Samurai Champloo...as well as the classics like Akira and GITS. DJTweeny: *and Russian Igor Khorochev on keyboards llanwydd: one of the classic yes songs of their late period InTheWood: Anybody here a fan of The Prisoner? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: i am wood DJTweeny: Watched it 1st run when I was a kid, Wood Cease: comma Beet: I don't know those titles, Nancy. I will have to check them out. DJTweeny: I am wood!! lol NancyKat: I've never seen it, InTheWood, but am a Man from Uncle fan...Dominick Noble of Lost in Adaptation did a short review series of Prisoner. llanwydd: great collage cat! DJTweeny: I was suprised to learn recently that Get Smart was a Mel Brooks production llanwydd: never knew that tween? DJTweeny: but considering the sort of comedy, it makes sense InTheWood: Very timely collage. llanwydd: him and buck henry NancyKat: Beet-many of those are sci-fi but Samurai Champloo is kinda a "hiphop" take on edo era Japan. Kinda like Afro Samurai. llanwydd: wrote get smart ||||||||| "10:02 PM? 10:02 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Not Ed should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Not Ed enters and sits on the divan. Not Ed: Porque? DJTweeny: Get Smart - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Smart llanwydd: welcome back NE Beet: Sounds like fun. Cease: i do my best DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed InTheWood: Quois? NancyKat: Not Ed! NancyKat: Doko? Not Ed: Hey NancyK DJTweeny: Mel Brooks and Buck Henry of later SNL skits Not Ed: Hey Tweeny Beet: Hi Not Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Can't Get You Out of my Head: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage FIREHEADS 2 at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Not Ed: Catching up Not Ed: Hey Beet Cease: hey not Not Ed: Master C Cease: y'all realy should watch adam curtis's stuff. it's a visual thing i'm just mxiing a few extra firesign spices to it Cease: you in seattle,eh? DJTweeny: A Canuk who says 'y'all'? What, are you from Calgary? Cease: sasktachewan orginally. DJTweeny: :) DJTweeny: a country boy Cease: i play with words, just like firesign teaches us to do Deputy Dang: Someone... perhaps... Nancy? Not Ed: The Century of the Self is great NancyKat: *sniggle* All that is goinf through my head is Lance Storm saying, deadpan AND curtly, "I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada!" Not Ed: (Adam Curtis) NancyKat: Dang, Wait, me what? I huh!? Oh, I must clarify, if this is referencing something from the audio, i'm on a potato that doesn't allow the program to run. Not Ed: The Power of Nightmares, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, Curtis.... top notch Not Ed: sorry NancyK Not Ed: iPotato NancyKat: NotEd-More like Chrome Potato..but close enough for guvmint work. Not Ed: shiny? Not Ed: nuff said Not Ed: Catherwood get everyone some tea and govmints ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone some tea and govmints. Cease: if you know this show, as you should, tell me the difference between watching and listening to it Not Ed: I think it's ok NancyKat: Mmmmmmmiiiint.....OHH! Is the tea Rooibos? Rooibos is the goot. InTheWood: Lots of vitamins, in rooibos. Cease: very strange indeed Beet: My fave is Darjeeling Not Ed: have wanted to try it I bet it's tasty! Not Ed: earl grey here Beet: Me love tea. llanwydd: darjeeling is probably my favorite as well Not Ed: I always wondered --is it Curtis narrating? I assume it is NancyKat: Most tea is tasty. Green Tea with Honey and/ or Berries is my preference.
Not Ed likes tea of all stripes and polka dots. llanwydd: so frustrating that, like most americans, I cant make tea properly NancyKat: Also ThaiChee...I mean Chai Tea. Cease: i match fruit teas with the fruit i eat when i wake up. Not Ed: hey llan llanwydd: Hi NOt NancyKat: llan-Just don't let it steep too long...and DON'T BOUNCE THE BAG! Not Ed: oh look DDan and ITW (hi ho!) Deputy Dang: I see... you are... a sailor... llanwydd: no, now that I think of it, the best tea I have ever had was thai iced tea Cease: my fave line, dang
Not Ed never bounces bags! llanwydd: thatks for that info, nancy Beet: Chenging human behavior is IMO well nigh impossible. Not Ed: lol DJTweeny: llanwydd: so frustrating that, like most americans, I cant make tea properly << tisk tisk, neglecting their English heritage NancyKat: llan-It IS very good, but so is Thai coffee. Not Ed: tsk tsk indeed NancyKat: Hurrdurr-Tea go in sea.. InTheWood: leaves, and temperature. llanwydd: no, I admire the english for doing it right DJTweeny: NancyKat: llan-Just don't let it steep too long...and DON'T BOUNCE THE BAG! << Instructions from your boyfriend? (sorry, I couldn't resist) Beet: The Japanese make a spiritual ceremony out of it. Not Ed: lol Not Ed: haha Not Ed: BETRAYED AGAIN! Cease: i have been to many tea ceremonies NancyKat:Tweeny-*almost pees self laughing* Nope-unfortunately, my BF isn't into the more...B and D parts of my life...lol...j/k llanwydd: I am sure you have , cat Beet: I have never seen one in person. DJTweeny: Cha -something, Cease? Cease: yeah. Not Ed: lol NK and all Cease: dont really like greeen tea but the ceremony has a certain effect Not Ed: green tea is good Not Ed: u no like? NancyKat: My Mom, I think partly because she's Nichirin Shoshu, has always wanted to learn how to do it, but could never find the time...she DID, however, study Ikebana. llanwydd: do they pass the hash pipe after they drink the tea, cat? Not Ed: wow Cease: my wife driniks it every day Not Ed: I soitenly hope so llan Cease: neverf thought of that, llan NancyKat: I'm more partial to the leaf version than the powder. Not Ed: hash a bit is very nice in the morn Cease: ikebana is good for you NancyKat: Not Ed-Wakey Wakey, time to bakey! Not Ed: very kind DJTweeny: Japanese tea ceremony - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony Not Ed: haha right arm Cease: the interaction with the phyical flowers and the enjoyment you get from discovering your beauty Not Ed: that sounds very pleasant DJTweeny: 'cha-no-yu' Not Ed: ty DJT Cease: i'm proud of these edits Not Ed: it's awesome Cat DJTweeny: Which I only remember from the James Clavell book Shogun Deputy Dang: Which album is this from? Fighting Clowns? Not Ed: Mmm good book llanwydd: I started to read Shogun when I was in high school but it was too daunting form me Cease: it was Not Ed: ever read Musashi Tweeny? Not Ed:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_(novel) DJTweeny: I have not InTheWood: for sure. whatever. Cease: i ived in japan on and off from 1971-1988 llanwydd: would love to climb mount fuji some day Not Ed: copy and paste that entire url - the chat cuts off the last character Cease: i got a lot out of itl wonderfulo place for my daughter to grow up Not Ed: it's the Japanese "gone with the wind" essentially Not Ed: REALLY good Beet: I watch this PBS show with this guy cycling all over Japan. Good show. DJTweeny: Musashi (novel) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_(novel) Not Ed: see how it misses the last ")" DJTweeny: The days of the Samurai, yes Not Ed: yes DJTweeny: I wouldn't want to live there ;) InTheWood: Some time later... Not Ed: yes some time a bit later... llanwydd: is this a true story, cat? DJTweeny: Shogun was made into a great mini-series for Richard Chamberlin InTheWood: All stories are true... DJTweeny: pretty epic story Not Ed: yeah that wasn't bad Beet: I enjoyed the mini series immensely. llanwydd: I caught most of that, tween Not Ed: I'm sure many more saw the series than read the novel Cease: truthiness Not Ed: but it was a supermarket bestseller DJTweeny: Tom Cruise starred in The Last Samurai, about the clash of the of the ancient and modern in the 1870s Deputy Dang: You know... that really must suck--having all your plans set up and then discovering your team has been compromised. Not Ed: I never saw it Tween will czech it out llanwydd: yeah the novel was pretty long Beet: That one was visually stunning. DJTweeny: Samurai against Civil War weapons Not Ed: indeed DJTweeny: It's worth a watch Not Ed Not Ed: noted tanx NancyKat: Last Samurai is a pretty good movie, however, not very historically accurate. Deputy Dang: At what point does it become entrapment? ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Cease: japanese tv was saturated by swordplay when i lived there Not Ed: oh that's the director of legends of the fall, glory, blood diamond....cool Not Ed: noted NancyK Not Ed: (director: Zwick) Cease: nancy Cease: just saw that tulsa thing. Cease: loved it, until the blue guy came in DJTweeny: The American movie The Magnifigant 7 was of course based on a Kurasawa movie The 7 Samurai InTheWood: This is good history. DJTweeny: they turned it into a Western Beet: Both films great. Cease: lots of great japanese flicks Not Ed: very simple evocative music - perfect Cease: as the father of a girl who grew up in japan and whose art was celebrated in the 80s, i'd say always encourage Not Ed: yes DJTweeny: the USSR was always looking for The Communist Man, who never materialized Cease: because she was encouraged at a very young age, she kept creating. Cease: i did too but i could not do it alone. ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" DJTweeny: I suspect the PRC is dealing with a similar problem Cease: well said, tween DJTweeny: Excellent collage, Cease Cease: i do my best Beet: Excellent. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from Firesign's PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN album ”THE ABORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR/THE PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out PINK HOTEL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv' Not Ed: bravo and really different cat! Cease: i cant get stuck in a rut. this project is 6 episodes but already i want to go elsewhere Cease: i have to keep getting better Not Ed: go man van goh Cease: that is the idea thart there is further to go, better art to create. yes, she said, yes, yes Not Ed: I really like Pink Hotel (I make computer games) DJTweeny: kewl Cease: put that digital eel back in your pants Not Ed: zactly! DJTweeny: the precursor to EOBE of course Not Ed: whoops! InTheWood: I HATE SHRINK WRAP. Cease: a halfling in a holocaust is one of the best lines ive ever heard Not Ed: it's a great satire - the game biz generally doesn't understand how to make fun of itself yet (I generalize of course) Beet: I fantasize about someone actually creating a game around this. Not Ed: it's so true DJTweeny: as usual, a prescient FST view of the future Not Ed: very and pointed! Not Ed: ouch! DJTweeny: Would be very cool of someone could make a game out of EOBE Beet: Yeah DJTweeny: Bet the Firesigns would love it Cease: bergman way into it Not Ed: they go way back in videogames and computer games - they all get it DJTweeny: A FST 'app' would be wonderful ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign' Not Ed: Procmer still does videogames voise--or has until recently anyway Not Ed: video game voices I mean lol (gorilla glue) Cease: i think phil proctor willl die in the middle of doing a job, 50 years from now Not Ed: Thanks Rufus & Tweeny Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Not Ed: Thanks Merl & Cat Beet: Proc has bennthe busiest of all the Firesigns. InTheWood: Thanks Tweeny! Not Ed: Good to see you all ---in my mind! Not Ed: Later & stay groovy! Beet: Ejoyed this on tonight. Nice to see everyone. Came again soon, Miss Nancy. Great collage Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding us, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: ossman show next week NancyKat: Mew. Good to see and chat with y'all Cease: we love seeing you here, nancy Rufus_T_Firetween: Don't make yourself a stranger NancyKat Deputy Dang: Goodnight all! Thank you for the education, Cat! Deputy Dang: (unrelated--I think I put too much cayenne pepper on my PB&J) NancyKat: *tipshat* Cease: teqching is what i do Rufus_T_Firetween: haha NancyKat: ow. Rufus_T_Firetween: The Te Ching? ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" Deputy Dang: Is teqching like iching? DJTweeny: Until last time, again... NancyKat: yes. Cease: it is wonderful to see you alll ||||||||| Deputy Dang rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Deputy Dang?! It's 10:59 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" InTheWood: G'night! ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." Cease: teaching ||||||||| InTheWood rushes off, saying "10:59 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Cease: back to the ether again ||||||||| "Hey Cease!" ... Cease turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:59 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| NancyKat - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly.. ||||||||| It's 12:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
Beet
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
InTheWood
llanwydd
NancyKat
Not Ed
princetin73
Rufus_T_Firetween
