||||||||| 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 October 05, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, October 05, 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?" ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (8:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| DJTweeny enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – SARAH MCLACHLAN-LAWS OF ILLUSION 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'ddywnall', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ddywnall: hey tween DJTweeny: evenin' llan ddywnall: not familiar with sarah mclachlan ddywnall: sounds pretty modern though DJTweeny: Sarah McLachlan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_McLachlan ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Bob's Dad bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: Hey Bob's Dad Bob's Dad: I've changed my name today in honour of my late cat Bob DJTweeny: Ah, of course :( Bob's Dad: I can't listen to Sarah because her music was played at my daughter's memorial. DJTweeny: One of Renee's (RFD) cat's just died as well. Must be difficult Bob's Dad: my friend who mc'd her memorial was at a sarah concert recently and he thought of that too. DJTweeny: Wow Cat, sorry I didn't know Bob's Dad: Renee sometimes is a visitor to your Tuesday show, right? DJTweeny: She's a long time member of RFD. She and her husband Brian use to do shows. ddywnall: I dont remember a renee Bob's Dad: On the other hand, Sarah has done a lot to promote music education here in BC so I am thankfiul to her for that. DJTweeny: and yeah they show up at my Tuesday show on occasion ||||||||| 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)' ddywnall: I got knocked offline a moment ago and didnt see you come in bob. who are you usually? ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Merlyn close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the Aviary. DJTweeny: *used to do ddywnall: Hey Merlyn ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bob's Dad: i think she has a foundation that gives scholarship to poor students and buys instruments for schools. a nobel thing. We have long sponsored a scholarship in Monique's name at the collage she was enrolled in. Bob's Dad: Hi Merl. DJTweeny: Very nice, Cat :) Bob's Dad:https://www.sarahschoolofmusic.com/ Bob's Dad: Both Fumiyo and I were teachers in Japan for a long time. It's a good thing to do DJTweeny: Didn't know Fumiyo was a teacher, cool ddywnall: what did you teach, cat? DJTweeny: English DJTweeny: and he played Firesign on Japanese radio :) Merlyn: Hey bons dad, ddywnall ddywnall: my mother was a high school english teacher DJTweeny: Hey Merlyn Merlyn: hey DJ Bob's Dad: He's having a CSNY album? ddywnall: lol cat ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You first bag will be your last." ddywnall: great album Bob's Dad: their best. ||||||||| New notice: '*** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently Playing — from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE “The Milton Berle Murder Mystery” 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' ddywnall: right at dis momint Im haveen a csny Bob's Dad: My first girlfriend Became my girlfriend because I crooned the entire Deja Vu album to her at my cousin's party. ddywnall: thats funny ddywnall: I light the fire...you place the flowers.... Bob's Dad: memorizing entire firesign albums really strenghtens your memory muscles. ddywnall: I know that frm experience ddywnall: whatching jeopardy does that too. but I take a break from it on thursdays ddywnall: watching Bob's Dad: when i hitchiked accross Canada in 71 and 73, I was able to get long rides because I could recite entire Firesign albums to my rides. also sing (badly) very long Dylan songs. DJTweeny: hah, kewl Bob's Dad: Dr Memory is useful. ddywnall: did you ever find that your rides could do firesign dialogue with you? ddywnall: a guy picked me up hitchhiking once and was surprised that I could runlines from King Lear with him Bob's Dad: no, but when I got to Montreal and walked up to the of the mt (the city is named after it) i encountered a couple of guys who were doing Nick Danger between them. I joined in. ddywnall: fantastic Bob's Dad: TOP of Mt. Royal. ddywnall: about the first mountain you come to after you get into canada from NY if I remember right ddywnall: a lot of flat land between there and the adirondacks Bob's Dad: I'm reading a book that's mostly set there, Braiding Sweetgrass. ddywnall: cool ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scene 3 - Take 600" Rufus_T_Firetween: Bob's Dad: no, but when I got to Montreal and walked up to the of the mt (the city is named after it) i encountered a couple of guys who were doing Nick Danger between them. I joined in. << Hahaha, great :-) Bob's Dad: A first nations Botany professor at one of the colleges in upstate NY Bob's Dad: One of the best books I've ever read, and I've read A LOT of books. Bob's Dad: subtitled Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'teachings of plants' is an interesting concept ddywnall: I just looked it up on wiki. looks very interesting Bob's Dad: Supurbly interesting and wondrously written. Bob's Dad: Profoundly helpful to me now, after Bob's week of suffering and death. Rufus_T_Firetween: :-( Bob's Dad: Bergman actually said, "Fuck Me" but only the Me survives my edit. Rufus_T_Firetween: Well at least he's not in pain anymore... Bob's Dad: That's what we told him as he died. Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks for the editing, Cat. The RFD Program Director will be appreciative ;) Bob's Dad: a (fucking) idiot becomes "king idiot" I like that. Bob's Dad: there are a lot of king idiots. ddywnall: well when you consider all the inbreeding in the royal line Bob's Dad: Bergman's daughter Lily told me that Pete's favourite countries were NZ and Syria. ddywnall: no disrespect to chuckie3 Bob's Dad: Just before he died, he told Lily to take his corpse to Syria. This is 2012, during their vast war. She told him, "No Fucking Way" Bob's Dad: He was cremated in lA. ddywnall: iowa? ddywnall: oh, I get it. sorry Bob's Dad: Los Angeles. ddywnall: lol Bob's Dad: This is from Ossman's first novel. I have to re-read that. It's very good. Bob's Dad: When Elayne, her then husband and I drove down from Vancouver to meet Ossie, he had just gotten off the phone with publishers trying to sell this. Bob's Dad: He complained to us that they were all far too young Bob's Dad: They'd never heard of Firesign. This was 1995. Bob's Dad: He was now reading from Chapter 4, Mr Pickwick's Paradise. Takes place at the Pickwick Bookstore in Hollywood, which was one of my favourite booktstores in LA ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bottles into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs. Bottles: Hey yall DJTweeny: Hey Bottles Bob's Dad:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-25-we-5692-story.html Bottles: Is this the MB murder mystery? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Bottles' SCRATCHED UP RADIO THEATER at >> https://kkrn.org/shows/scratched-up-radio-theater Bob's Dad: Hi Bottles. I look forward to your show this eve, as I do to all your plays. DJTweeny: 'tis, Bottles Bottles: Thank you Bob's Dad. Yep firsr airing tonight at 8 Merlyn: Hey Bottles Bottles: Hi Merlyn! Bob's Dad: Speaking of Low Riders, I saw a great exhibit about Low Riders at the Denver art museum. ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:00 PM, dragging Beet by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" Bob's Dad: There was even a space where kids could colour little paper cars Bob's Dad: HI Beet Beet: hello all. Beet: Hey, Bob Bob's Dad: I lvoe Museums that have exhibits that involve kids. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Bottles: Hello Beet Beet: Hi, Tweeny,Bottles DJTweeny: Bob's Dad: I lvoe Museums that have exhibits that involve kids. << It was many decades ago, but I seem to remember The Smithsonian in D.C. having that Merlyn: Hi Beet Beet: Hi, Mr Merl ddywnall: I dont remember any museums like that Bob's Dad: The Smithsonian is a bunch of museums, eh? Bottles: You could say that I guess ddywnall: I have been to the smithsonian twice and the museum of natural history once. I prefer those kinds of museums Bob's Dad: I remember seeing the Spirit of St Louis and one of the early space capsules when I visited DC in 64. ddywnall: or is it musea Bottles: In SF there's the Exploratorium which is full of kids' activities. Adults too. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Join the expectant crowd gathering now as we stop here on..." Bob's Dad: Very diffrerent museums when I was in DC in 2005. Beet: Smithsonian is a great place. Bob's Dad: i've been there, Bottles. Loved the room where you can expereince the 1906 quake. Bottles: I missed that room, I guess. ddywnall: without getting buried under debris? Bob's Dad: as you may know, i wrote a radio play partly about that SF quake. CAST. Tweeny and Llan are both in it. Bottles: Sounds cool. I've only felt minor ones. Bottles: Yeah, about your grandfather? Bob's Dad: I experiences LOTs of them in Tokyo. Bob's Dad: no, my uncles. Bottles: Right.. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#PLAYS ddywnall: I got woken up by an earthquake once ddywnall: I was dreaming that someone was shaking my bed Bob's Dad: My grandfather fled Russia after 2 of his sons., Louis and Adam, were drafted into the Russian Navy during the Russo-japanese war. Bottles: I got woken up by my neighbor, who called me to ask me if I felt it. Bottles: Like at 3 am/ ddywnall: it was great fun recording that, cat Bob's Dad: Thankfully they survived the war, which killed a LOT of Russians, and ended up delivering grain to earthquake and fire ravaged SF in 06. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Close the door, and the light stays on!" Bob's Dad: i have to finish my Ukrainian play. Several voices by Llan. Bob's Dad: I thought I was a good playwrite at age 9. But then again, my father wasn't David Ossman. Bottles: Can you put 2 hotels on Boardwalk? Bob's Dad: Only if it's a Broad walk. Bottles: That makes sense. Bob's Dad: spesaking of broad walks, Bob loved to sleep on the tiny top of his scratch post. A vast cat on a tiny platrform. I'm going to post a picture of it on facebook later. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scalp 'em, Tantric!" Bob's Dad: never had a cat sleep in as many places as Bob, and he was only with us for 2 1/2 years. Bottles: Cool. I just adopted a 10 year old mature cat. A bit of a grouch. But she doesn't climb on stuff. Except the bed. Bob's Dad: He loved to sleep in the laundry hamper. Now whenever I see sometihng black in the hamper, i still think it's Bob. Bottles: Did he ever get a bath in the washing machine? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Stop torturing me Ethyl!" Bob's Dad: Bob never slept with me. HIs predecessors Jazz and Blues slept with me al their lives. Very different relationships. ||||||||| 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.. Bob's Dad: We had to be carfeful, checking the washer and the dryer to make sure he wasn't in the machines. Bottles: Where are they going to air Treasure Island? Anyone know yet? Rufus_T_Firetween: Bob's Dad: We had to be carfeful, checking the washer and the dryer to make sure he wasn't in the machines. << lol Bob's Dad: Just before Bob died, Fumiyo told the vet, Bob was the only cat who played HIde and Seek with me. Bob's Dad: He wanted to play with me too, but I'm not playful enough. Bottles: Schwartzenegger wasn't as bad a governor as I expected. I guess Maria made sure of that. Bob's Dad: Ossman will post it on facebook i'm sure, Bottles ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scene 3 - Take 600" Bob's Dad:https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=c80c3ef391&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1778943948926607878&th=18b01418a719e206&view=att&disp=safe Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm Eastern every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net where I play Firesign Theatre and take your music requests - RFR Archives at www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow Bob's Dad: let's see if this works Bob's Dad: have to find a way to extract this photo of Bob on the scratching post 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 Bottles: Oh good. I didn't miss the murder, sounds like. Beet: Well, gotta go. Nice to see everybody. Hasta luego. G'Nite all. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "The future ain't here yet, man!" Bottles: Maybe I did, but I love the giant rat. Bob's Dad: by beet ddywnall: nite beet Bob's Dad: Philly K Dick? Bob's Dad: i knew Tiny Dr Tim. He was our guide to Seattle for the 1999 shows there when I was in Seattle with Doc Tech, Merl (we shared a room) and many others Bob's Dad: Wonderful guy. Bob's Dad: Doc and I were trying to find him in the food court. ddywnall: he used to show up at bobsbrazerkolounge on yahoo occasionally Bob's Dad: didnt know what he looked like so we walked around the court murmuring, "tiny dr tim"" until we finally found him and his girlf frined, wearing firesign shirts ddywnall: cool ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT !! ** Currently playing: from the BOX OF DANGER collection “The Three Faces Of Al” 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' Bob's Dad: When we moved back to Vancouver in 1988, i found this album and Anything at a local record store. Bob's Dad: Remember record stores? Bottles: I almost remember records. Bob's Dad: I knew Anythyng from Not Insane and other older iterations, but this was unknown to me. ddywnall: a friend of mine from bobsbrazerkolounge sent me 3 faces on cassette ddywnall: pat metheny was on side 2 . I hope I still have it Bob's Dad: metheny was on a firesign album? Bob's Dad: i saw him in vancouver long ago. fantastic guitarist. ddywnall: no, on the cassette Bob's Dad: aha Bob's Dad: would have been a great combination ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Bottles again', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... ddywnall: sure would Bottles again: Hi again, pushed the wrong key. Bob's Dad: i think skunk baxter was on Fighting Clowns DJTweeny: hello Bottles again Bob's Dad: pretty sure Austin knew him. ddywnall: austin knew everybody in LA ddywnall: amblidikavish ddywnall: sorry, I panicked Bob's Dad: Procgtor know Everybody. Austin, I'm not sure about that. Not really a social kinda dude. ddywnall: he knew the grateful dead, joni mitchell, frank zappa. seems like a socialite ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Get on it and do it every day!" Bottles again: I thought Amblidikavish was a Russian name Bob's Dad: helived near zappa and joni. wrote a movie for the dead. ddywnall: thats good to know, bottles Bottles again: Just trying to analyze Bob's Dad Bob's Dad: austin told me zappa used to stash his groupies at austin's house and joni lived so close she had to keep her mom off the deck so she woudln't observe zappa swimming with his naked groupies ddywnall: I could be wrong Bottles again: ...His comment ddywnall: I wonder if gail approved of he groupies ddywnall: the ddywnall: I was never a big zappa fan but I liked hot rats and shut up and play your guitar ddywnall: which he should have done more often Bottles again: The first Zappa I heard was Absolutely Free. Still a favorite. Bob's Dad: me too, bottles Bob's Dad: brown shoes dont' make it. ddywnall: I used to hear the mothers on the dr demento show when I was a kid. I kind of liked Brown Shoes Dont Make it Bottles again: I Bob's Dad: it inspired the creation of Electrician. Ossman profoundly influenced by America Drinkis and Goes Home Bottles again: I'm losing status at the high school. Bottles again: I used to think that it was my school-oo-oo-oo ddywnall: I must have been 12 years old when I heard brown shoes Bottles again: A bunch of pompom girls looked down their nose at me etc Bob's Dad: lots of girls sharing one nose? was this a cocaine thing? ddywnall: lol ddywnall: she shattered me glass eye. LOL ||||||||| 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' Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Mother Of Cod' lol Merlyn: nite all DJTweeny: nite Merl Bottles again: Thanks Merlyn, Kurt & Cat! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, everybody… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation… ddywnall: cool Bob's Dad: maybe one next week, we'll see Bob's Dad: bye Merlyn: bye ddywnall: thanks tween and cat ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Merlyn left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ddywnall: nite everybody ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, ddywnall dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- DJTweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bob's Dad - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Bottles - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 3:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bottles again - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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
Bob's Dad
Bottles again
Bottles
ddywnall
DJTweeny
Merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
