||||||||| 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 July 13, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, July 13, 2023 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Tweeny, just back from Hellmouth." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Elmertown." ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW FIRESIGN CHAT TIME ** ** THE FIRESIGN CHAT HAS MOVED TO 7PM -9PM EASTERN ** The Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starts at 7pm Eastern this evening. Warm-up music now begins around 6:40pm Eastern. visit Firesign's *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' ||||||||| 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 DJTweeny falls out at 8:00 PM. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 7pm Eastern this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 6:40pm Eastern You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: Hi johan johan amadeus myjetski: hey! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – SONNY LANDRETH-THE ROAD WE'RE ON Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' DJTweeny: 102 feels like 112 here DJTweeny: they're talkig about real temps of 108 in the coming days DJTweeny: *talking johan amadeus myjetski: i don't miss those numbers at all. we're complaining about high 80s johan amadeus myjetski: i remember what those temps feel like, though, common for Memphis this time of the year ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Termite into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs. johan amadeus myjetski: hi termite! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I have proof I've been to ancient Greece, look at this grape!" Termite: Hello there, and pardon me while I lurk.... Tweeny: Hi Termite johan amadeus myjetski: that grape from ancient remeinds me - i rewatched the Rod Taylor 1960 Time aMachine today DJTweeny: Lurk away... DJTweeny: I like that version of the movie DJTweeny: He was also really good in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds johan amadeus myjetski: got the dvd today. filling a big hole in my collection, or so i feel... DJTweeny: Saw it first run in the theater way back then johan amadeus myjetski: i have the Birds, or as the Stoogeas say it, da Boyds DJTweeny: heh johan amadeus myjetski: on the big screen it was even more terrifying, if anything johan amadeus myjetski: the Birds is another example of an earlyelectronic soundtrack DJTweeny: I don't think I saw The Birds in the theatre, but I did see The Time Machine ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Cease steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. johan amadeus myjetski: aall the birdcalls were electronically realized johan amadeus myjetski: hi Cease! Cease: HI all DJTweeny: Yeah, I noticed in the credits something about 'electronic sound effects' or something like that DJTweeny: Allo Cease johan amadeus myjetski: yeah, not real birdcalls at all. Cease: Interesting news from Taylor abourt Millenium trilogy script. I assume that'll use Ossman diary at his suggestion, I turned into a big collage a couple of years back. Cease: I once had a copy of BDB script. Don't know where I got it or what happened to it. Cease: Useful for deciphering what the Kongaroo was saying. johan amadeus myjetski: this music puts me in mind of eric johnson... Rufus_T_Firetween: Similar style for sure, although Landreth is a little less etherial, more focused on traditional blues like SRV Cease: Hey Tween. I had the new FIS from either you or Taylor as a zip file which I unzipped and had somewhere. Seems i only have ep 1 and the pre-episode we played a few weeks ago, which required a LOT of editing. Cease: I have something in my downloads file called FIS as a zip file. I trtied to unzip it today, but it didn't seem to happen. Maybe the zipper was stuck. Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Cease: I have the whole series on CDs but the ones in the new series are much shorter. johan amadeus myjetski: I know it's not, but is the BDB script for "Bozos on Dis Bus"? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Duluth? Bucko, you can get Tierra del Fuego!" Cease: My point being, if I find any fucks in the episodes, I won't be able to edit them as the version is different from you'll be playingn Rufus_T_Firetween: OK Cat, email me to remind me and I'll see that you get a copy Cease: MY CDs have the ads, your clean FIS doesn't ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Cease: It's listed in my file as a zip file and I unzipped it and was I thought, storing the whole thing in a good place, a file called Fools Cease: who are we listening to? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Rufus_T_Firetween: That was Sonny Landreth Cease: Oh great! ||||||||| Merlyn sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Cease: Love his song Lover Dance with Me johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Meryl! Cease: Hi Merl Merlyn: Hey all DJTweeny: yo Merlyn johan amadeus myjetski: Merlyn, sorry my typing... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT !! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “FRAME ME PRETTY” Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' DJTweeny: obviously an audience recording, but not too bad ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Beet in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Beet: Howdy, Pardners! johan amadeus myjetski: amongst the most immoral death scenes? Cease: HI Beet DJTweeny: yo Beet johan amadeus myjetski: Hi beet - how's RT Choke? Beet: Hi, Dr Cease, Dr Tween Beet: Greetings, J.A.M. Beet: Hi, Merlyn, Termite. Termite: Yo, hey Beet. Beet: My good buddy RT Choke seems to be OK. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'Deputy Dang', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cease: Dang Deputy Dang: Greetings! DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy johan amadeus myjetski: hi Deputy! ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Not Ed close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the sitting room. Not Ed: Waz real aging hipsters? Cease: Not DJTweeny: Evenin' Not Not Ed: Hey C johan amadeus myjetski: greets, Not! Beet: Hey, Deputy Not Ed: Wazzup DJT & Ruf & Merl Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Not Ed: Hey Beet Cease: I'm immersed in the world of Lenny Bruce for my new collage and the word hipster meant "knowledgeable person" in those days, Not Ed: Hey DDang Not Ed: JAM! Cease: just as the beats were a Literary movement. Not Ed: Hey Termy Cease: 40s NYC Cease: has termite been term limited? Termite: Termite is running again Cease: Welcome back Termite: I been here! Lurkin'. johan amadeus myjetski: i guess i'm not 'hip' enough to be a knowledgeable person' johan amadeus myjetski: or to know that Not Ed: Those who think they know, don't know--but those who know they don't know, know -- proverb Not Ed: good choice Tweeny I have this but haven't listened in ages Not Ed: signed by PA! Rufus_T_Firetween: It's an audience recording, but good enough to be included in BoD Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> http://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Merlyn: Hey Termite, NotEd Merlyn: and Beet ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Deputy Dan has no friends." Merlyn: avdDang Not Ed: Waz real Merl Termite: , Merl Termite: Hmmm, there was a Howdy that disappeared
Not Ed shifts johan amadeus myjetski: shifts happen... Not Ed: true dat Termite: Termite is crawling on... Cellulose calls, dudes and duderinos. Ciao. Cease: bye Rufus_T_Firetween: Join us again Termite :) Not Ed: BBye & B groovy johan amadeus myjetski: termite terminus! adios! Not Ed: soon it will be Nick Danger, AI Cease: you're write, not Not Ed: yikes but there it is johan amadeus myjetski: that's an AI genie that won't go back into the bottle Cease: i wonder if ai could do what I do? Not Ed: the toothpaste is out of the tube. it's minty. Cease: if i fed it the enitrety of firesign recorded work, then for example all of lenny bruce, my current project. Cease: couold it make a better collage out of them than me? Not Ed: no way - it would be like trying to copy jeff beck - couldn't be done Cease: thanks, not Rufus_T_Firetween: Would be funny for someone to AI a Cat Collage ||||||||| New notice: '*** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently Playing — from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE “I DO NOT HAVE ANTHRAX” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out FOOLS IN SPACE at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space' ||||||||| llanwydd steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: howdy Not Ed: serious Cease: yeah if i fed it all my collages, and even my plays Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Currently Playing — from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE “I DO NOT HAVE ANTHRAX” — Check out FOOLS IN SPACE at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Cease: hi llan Not Ed: Howdy back atcha llan johan amadeus myjetski: hi llan! DJTweeny: Hi llan llanwydd: algorithms are dangerous ||||||||| Bottles steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cease: i'm gonna guess no as i bring in other stuff unrelated to firesign. llanwydd: Hi Bottles Beet: Hi, llan ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It's a beautiful car friends, with doors to match!" Cease: kookie, kookie, lend me your comb Bottles: Sup yall Not Ed: hey Bottles Beet: hey, Bottles Cease: Ah Mudhead's crazy hopped up girl friend Not Ed: algorhythms? Not Ed: beat it out on that drum johan amadeus myjetski: al gore rhythms. an oxymoron if ever... Not Ed: lol llanwydd: who could ask for anything more Bottles: Mudhead?? Naw, that guy doesn't use Brylcream. He's history. Cease: sputnik was massively important to my education. Bottles: A guy that uses Aquanet doesn't cut it with this girl. Not Ed: AI is the new Sputnik moment - arrived just when we needed it Not Ed: and just as scary Not Ed: lol Bots Bottles: And he whiffs it. Too crazy for me. Bottles: I'm sticking to airplane glue. Cease: listened to a forum by Atlantic magazine earlier today about AI. it should be on yoututbe soon. very interesting Not Ed: Steve Jobs is dead. All hail Elon Musk. Yep, AI came along just in time. Cease: bottles, do you know lenny bruce's routine about airplane glue? Not Ed: cool C I want to see it let me know if you can Cease: he does it on his Steve Allen show appearance. Bottles: No, never heard that Cease. Cease: making a collage with Bruce stuff now. probably net ready this month. Bottles: Lenny Bruce on live TV? That was risky Cease: i knew his Father Flotsky bit was an inspiration for Electrician, but I had no idea how much. llanwydd: I know that routine. he did it on the steve allen show Cease: sgteve allen was a major booster of his. also paul krassner Not Ed: A cave is just a hole on its side. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Cease: when paul started Bottles: ...and if you dig a cave deep enough, everyone's gonna... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Rufus_T_Firetween bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Not Ed: love(d) steve allen - I rem sneaking downstairs (just a little kid) to watch SAllen while the folks were watching Cease: The REalist, he sent his first issue to Steve sent it to Lenny and tht established tghe magaziner Not Ed: extremely gifted fellow Cease: have you heard steve;s interview with Firesign? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Cease: that he was. Not Ed: Thanks Ruf Cease: i barely remember Jack Paar and Steve was before him llanwydd: did not know SA interviewed fst Rufus_T_Firetween: The XM series was really well done Rufus_T_Firetween: and Merlyn had no small part in it :) Bottles: All I remember about Jack Paar was about the Leper colony in Hawaii Not Ed: I didn't "get" Paar when I was a kid Not Ed: Yay Merl johan amadeus myjetski: steve allen interviewing fst, the intelligence level would cause your television to levitate two feet into the air Cease: NPR, 1990. Cease: I've used it MANY times in my collages ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "These insignificant lumps came together..." Cease: I had to tune in the Seattle station to record it, so, not the best quality llanwydd: dwight yeast didnt appear very often in the works of fst Cease: what's happening with fish's radio show, bottles? Cease: Canadians, eh? DJTweeny: Hi Bottles llanwydd: catherwood get me an antacid please ||||||||| Catherwood gets llanwydd an antacid. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Bottles' SCRATCHED UP RADIO THEATER at >> https://kkrn.org/shows/scratched-up-radio-theater llanwydd: thanks cathy johan amadeus myjetski: uh-oh mom's listening. gotta go. speak out! seek out! Bottles: I haven;t heard from Fish lately Cease. He wants to air Soldier Girl. DJTweeny: later johan llanwydd: nite JAM Bottles: I just "finished" a new play. I wanna stretch it to closer to 29 minutes. Cease: supposed to play Vegas/Egypt and he stars in it. havent heard from him ewither. Cease: by jam Bottles: Still no studio. We Cease: great news, bottles. Bottles: we're about to start re-runs. Gone a probable site though. Cease: the vastness of the lenny bruce project subtracts from my other projects ||||||||| 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.. Cease: but i did get some new lines to llan, who did such a great job in Vegas/Eghypt and CAST Cease: you get them, llan? Cease: i want to approach some ukranians soon about being in the play. Not Ed: hug a Ukrainian today Bottles: Do you know some Ukranian people? llanwydd: I just checked, cat. I have the new script in my email. is it a new version of the old one or an addition to it? Cease: no Not Ed: uh uh no Cease: i often go to a Ukranain restsaurant when I go downtown, and last time passed out my cards with link to my other plays and said i was casrting new play about Ukranain and needed Uk voices llanwydd: good iea, cat Cease: olod script was you as Einstein. This script is the Russian soldier I told you about llanwydd: idea Not Ed: neato Cease: as i asked last week, can you to voices that the listeners doens't confuse llanwydd: so am I recording both? llanwydd: that would be kewl Cease: a couple from UK opened this rest and I want to meet them and talk about the play, see if they're interested. Cease: they should be as it has a lot about Uk food in it. Not Ed: lol Phil A Cease: BUT> i should show them a script. I immerse myself in Uk news daily but I'm stil far away from being confident to talk to real Ukrainians about being in myh play llanwydd: do you speak any ukrainian, cat Cease: we can get away with bullshit here, eh, tween? llanwydd: its all we do Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, BS should be OK llanwydd: yes barbra streisand is perfectly acceptable Not Ed: awww babs Rufus_T_Firetween: It's more about the abuse of language, people just using swear words for effect Cease: aha Rufus_T_Firetween: George Carlin is problematic 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 Beet: Gotta go now. See you next week. G'Nite. Rufus_T_Firetween: later Beet Cease: i always hear new music on tween's tuesday show llanwydd: Nite Beet Bottles: Adios Beet Cease: by beet Rufus_T_Firetween: please do join us on Tuesday and make requests :) Not Ed: Beet! Not Ed: be well & groovy llanwydd: Cat, I promise I would have everything recorded sometime this month. It may take that long because I lost a crown on an upper incisor and I do not sound the same llanwydd: I am having it replaced on the 24th Cease: bummer Cease: ok august is fine. llanwydd: should be no later than the end of this month Cease: i want that great voice from previous 2 plays. now my point being, can your russian soldier be far enough in sound from einstein so the listener is not confuesed? llanwydd: certainly Cease: i'm not sure hwich of the russan soliders lines you should do, but if you read them all, doc and I can decide. llanwydd: sure Cease: i have heard your voice enough that i can hear you doing those lines as i write them ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I only lie, or I tell the truth. Heh - just lyin'." Cease: not that familiar with einstein's voice, but as i recall it was rather high. Cease: that would work well on radio, as i want the Alex character to have a deeper, unaccented voice. llanwydd: yes I have listened to a couple of einsteins interviews. I was a bit high llanwydd: IT was a bit high Cease: there are two females in the scene, alex's wife effie, a small role, and my mother as a teen ager. not sure on casting here at all llanwydd: how about elayne? Cease: she would be a great Effie Cease: she has a real authority when she speaks. she's been in 3 of my plays, at least llanwydd: was just looking at the russians lines. he is definitely a far different charqcter from einstein. I should have no problem at all Cease: great, llan Cease: he is not one character. i need the russinaq soldiers to be very diffrerent people. llanwydd: I see Cease: atg the beginning he's more of a cop. later, he's an officer. at the end he's a leser general llanwydd: walletectomy! lol Cease: he just said Firesign Chats llanwydd: wsexrdctfvgyhunjimklmjuhygtfdwexrdcfvgb Bottles: Come again llanwydd? Bottles: Speaking in tongues? llanwydd: jhb Cease: he's speaking welsh llanwydd: no it is an ancient language called bzfgt llanwydd: it has no puntcuation Bottles: And no spaces between words, I notice. llanwydd: and very few words ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!" Not Ed: dungeons & drag queens lol Cease: the entirety of firesign: lol llanwydd: thats a blast from the past llanwydd: d and d was rather controversial Not Ed: only on the 700 club lol Not Ed: Mazes & Bottles: Never played D&D.Sounds like it had a huge lollowing. Not Ed: Mazes & Monsters with Tom Hanks Not Ed: D&D is a riot Not Ed: so fun Cease: never played a video game. likely never will. Not Ed: it's a verbal tabletop game Bottles: I found my family tree's website - way back then there were supposedly fictitious ancestors. Names like could have been from D&D. Not Ed: not a computer game--though D&D computer games have been made Bottles: Swedish back then. names like Erik the Vandel. Bottles: And Lars The Incontinent llanwydd: lol Not Ed: lol Not Ed: perfect! llanwydd: even kings had unflattering names in those days Bottles: "Flora (Fictitious Person) MP your 49th great grandmother Wife of Corsicus, King of the Herulii Mother of Fredebaldus, King of the Herulii" llanwydd: aethelred the unready, john lackland... Not Ed: D&D is best played within a heavy cannabis haze Cease: I think the Vikings were very much involved with the first Ukranians, as it were Bottles: Like why is that? Was someone playing role playing games with the family tree.. Cease: i dislike games Cease: althugh this chat evolved from a game Cease: Elayne was involved with. Bottles: Evolved from a game?? Cool. Not Ed: I made games 4 ever - computer games for 20 years ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scene 3 - Take 600" Cease: i would ask her but she has forgotten. Not Ed: One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games. (Carl Jung) Bottles: That's awesome Not Ed. Not Ed: tx Cease: this was 94. role playing firesign game. she wanted me to playh a doc technical character. i was not so inclined ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "The future ain't here yet, man!" Not Ed: the FT guys all worked in games --especially PP Bottles: It might be fun to create music for games. Cease: tghen Elayne and Steve came to visit me in early 95 and we drove down to visit Ossman and then the Firesign chat came into existence. thanks, el Not Ed: computer games, I mean Not Ed: that's one of the things I did, Bots (musician for 20 years before games) ||||||||| It's 12:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: how do they connect harry chapin with tea for the tillerman? Not Ed: lol effortlessly Bottles: Not Ed I downloaded Cakewalk to compose. But using it's music notation is hit or miss. It's like it wants to edit what you write. Bottles: So I have to listen what it writes down, and see if it's worth keeping. Like AI. Cease: "folk singers" Rufus_T_Firetween: What PPQ setting are you using Bottles? Not Ed: I worked with Cakewalk for years & years but mostly back in the MIDI daze Rufus_T_Firetween: (Pulse Per Quarter Note) Bottles: I don't even know what PPQ is Rufus Rufus_T_Firetween: ^^ Not Ed: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: It's the resolution of the MIDI recording Bottles: Oh. It's so far over my head, I don't know. Cease: comdy consultants Not Ed: I'm the fool who misses magnetic tape Bottles: What setting would be optimum? Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, you might want to check that out in the Preferences, because if it's low resolution then the program will move your notes where you didn't intend them Bottles: Oh OK. Not Ed: something like Audacity has a fairly easy "top layer" Rufus_T_Firetween: I've been using 480ppq since Mac Performer in 1986 Rufus_T_Firetween: but you can do much better now Not Ed: ahh ruf Bottles: Yeah I use Audacity, Garage Band, since my iMac with ProTools died. Rufus_T_Firetween: My C-64 program had only 64ppq, so no matter what you played it sounded really mechanica Not Ed: oh okay yeah there you go Rufus_T_Firetween: *mechanical Not Ed: I still use one of my C-64's to listen to game title themes true! Bottles: The viols sound good on Cakewalk. Tweeny: Setting the MIDI timing resolution - https://gaga.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Music%20Creator%206%20Touch&language=3&help=Recording.08.html Not Ed: Here's an example - the SID chip has three channels and a noise channel https://youtu.be/MzCQg9u_8lE Tweeny: The C-64 was a real breakthrough in hardware for the money, to be sure Not Ed: I captured it and uploaded it - decent quality - audio only Tweeny: a $200 computer with color and an audio chip was unheard of at the time Not Ed: Rob Hubbard was amazing wit C64 game music Not Ed: the C64's SID chip helped sell the C64 ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign' Bottles: Have you heard Beatles music played in 8 bits? I think thats it. its on YouTube. Bottles: It's kind of hilarious. Not Ed: hey it went too fast! Bottles: OK thank you Kurt, Cat and Merlyn! Cease: we'll be listening to these shows in order, right, tween? Not Ed: yeah thanks K, C & M! Cease: my lenny projecrt is still far away Not Ed: have a groovy weekend every single one of yaz! llanwydd: thanks cat and tween DJTweeny: Might as well, Cease Bottles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irFmTOr6F44 DJTweeny: Unless there's something particularly appropriate to one of your collages Deputy Dang: W00t! Thanks all! Cease: Off we flit Bottles: Yea, that sounds like it. ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Deputy Dang vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! llanwydd: nite everybody ||||||||| Cease hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Cease?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs llanwydd by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Merlyn: nitr all ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Merlyn runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| Bottles runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Bottles?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Termite - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Tweeny says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Tweeny exits at 8:00 PM. ||||||||| 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
Bottles
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Termite
Tweeny
