||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for June 17, 2004 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'NICK DANGER', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 12:05 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... NICK DANGER: You wont get away with that Catherwood, my name aint Nancy ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 12:07 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Merlyn: We're both nancy boys Merlyn: But this is way early, the chat isn't until tonight... NICK DANGER: you wont pin that rap on me NICK DANGER: its already late here Merlyn: Ah, where are you at? NICK DANGER: Limeyland NICK DANGER: talking with Hemlock Stones NICK DANGER: i will be back later Merlyn: hey, I was in england a few months ago Merlyn: bye, have fun with the reaper ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:11 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| It's 12:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| NICK DANGER - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Jonathan', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:16 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Jonathan: We're starting already? ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:21 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Merlyn: That was from much earlier, about 8 hours ago Merlyn: Whoa! I lost my text...other people have said this can happen.. Merlyn: Ah, fixed it by hitting C/R in the URL window Merlyn: You still around, Johnathan? You're still refreshing the window Jonathan: No. Merlyn: Damn! Merlyn: No FCC regs here, BTW Jonathan: You remember me? Merlyn: No FCC regs here, BTW Merlyn: eek! a phantom line of text, too! Merlyn: Anyhoo, what I meant to say was "Yeah, you're Johnathan, right?" Jonathan: Yeah. Merlyn: oops, extra 'h' Merlyn: I see by searching the chat logs you were here 5/27 Jonathan: Yes. Why are we chatting so early. It's only 8. It usually begins at 9 Merlyn: You showed up. I get email every time someone signs in, so I knew you were here. Jonathan: Oh. I was just planning to be ready for the chat extra early Merlyn: OK, I have stuff to do in the meantime, anyway Jonathan: Ok. Merlyn: Be back later... ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:32 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| It's 8:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Jonathan - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood announces "It's 8:52 PM; let's see who falls in through our celebrity trap door!" -- he pulls a lever, and Phil Austin plummets onto the oriental shag rug. Phil Austin: Austin will be around tonight. I'll be checking in periodically and I'll just leave myself on ||||||||| cease sneaks in around 8:53 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." cease: hey phil. or not Phil Austin: hey, catski cease: all set for the saturday gig? ||||||||| Jonathan waltzes in at 8:55 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Jonathan: Hey phil. I'm Jonathan. I'm a BIG fan. Phil Austin: If I disappear tonight, I'm just doing things. FST show this Sat and other work boiling at the moment cease: as oppsed to a small air conditioner? Phil Austin: Cat: how did your LA trip go? Phil Austin: Hi Johathon: Nice to know how BIG you are ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:56 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cease: in that digitial village interview last week, bergman said you guys were going on tour next year. is it true? Merlyn: Hey phil! See you on Saturday, I'm stay at Bergman's Jonathan: Lol. cease: well, trip was about visiting my parents which is what i did. they are frail. Jonathan: I recently bought Papoon for President. Cool album cease: i did hear bergman in an ad for your gig, on kcrw Merlyn: Also, a new thing I added to the Funway page, it shows the 4 heads chatting instead of transforming into "Firesign Theatre" when people are in the chat room. Phil Austin: We've got five shows in late Jan. and early feb. 2005. Cerritos Perf. arts center in LA, Marin co. perf. arts in SF, Portland two shows at the Alladdin and the Moore for one night in SEA, We;ll be doing essentially a radio show ala Dear Friends on stage cease: wow Phil Austin: Merl: great. I'll take a look cease: i'll definitely go to seattle for that show Merlyn: Got an email from the mailing list wanting to know when you guys will play the east coast Jonathan: I have so many questions to ask Mr. Austin. i don't know where to start. Phil Austin: Johathon: go papoon, athough he should get out of Kerry's way Merlyn: The funway: http://www.firesigntheater.com/funway.html Jonathan: My mom says go kerry. Phil Austin: merl: east coast has made us no offers at our present limits ( dollars we want and perf. arts type venues) to go to East, since O and I don't fly, we have to put together a financially viable tour to make it happen Jonathan: She'd also like to know if and when you;re coming to boston Phil Austin: Austin's disappearing for a while. I'll be back, hold questions if ya got em ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Merlyn: That's kinda what I thought, I know you and Oona have to go cross-country Merlyn: Phil leaves and everyone shuts up... Jonathan: I SPOKE TO PHIL!!!!!!!!! Jonathan: So who's taking phil's place? cease: you are Jonathan: Lol. cease: i think that's what firesign theatre have always been about, empowering YOU, the Viewer to be your own firesign theatre cease: at least i recall a conversation with the other Phil where he said that Merlyn: Phil will turn pink if we talk long enough Jonathan: Lol. What do you mean? Merlyn: The names fade if someone doesn't "say" anything for a while; Phil is red, so he fades to lighter red instead of gray cease: joe canoson is quoting from the yale law review. where are our yalies tonight? Merlyn: But it isn't using time, just how much text has passed. So if we say things, his name will start to fade after about 40 or 50 lines Merlyn: Cat, when Phil comes back I'll post a notice on the majority report weblog that he's in the chat. cease: good work, merl cease: did you hear paul krassner on the show yesterday? cease: i only found out about it at the end of tuesday's show or i would have posted to alt.ft earlier Merlyn: Yeah, pretty weird. His website has the "disney orgy" poster for sale Merlyn: By Mad's Wally Wood cease: i responded to the MR's request for guests by suggestino shearer, krassner and bergman. 2 down, now where's pete? cease: he sent me a copy of that 10 years ago. a classic cease: you told them to have the firesign on , right merl? Merlyn: I think I missed shearer. Merlyn: Yes, cat. cease: even if just as guests! they're a lot funnier than janeane and franken, even if they're highly paid "comediens" Jonathan: Harry shearer isn't from the Firesign theatre. Merlyn: did they get sex changes? Merlyn: that's OK, neither is krassner cease: it was in the first days of the show. one should be able to find it on archives somewherel, like all of le shows in the past decade, including the one that krassner hosted cease: actually, krassner and shearer had a show with bergman. it was called Peter, Paul and Harry Jonathan: Lol. Merlyn: Hey, lots of people clicked to buy FT albums today Merlyn: hellooooo? Jonathan: Hi. Merlyn: Waiting for Godot to bring back Phil cease: because of the la gig, merl? Merlyn: Yeah, Phil said he'd be busy and maybe going in and out ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'mrmuckle', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:23 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... mrmuckle: well HIYA PHIL!!!!!!!!! cease: hey muck, aint seen you in a while mrmuckle: ya. been "under the weather" 4 awhile Jonathan: Phil's not here right now. mrmuckle: hi, evly bubby cease: so many movies with a liberal message, who will pay to see them, asks peter jennings. cease: what the fuck? Jonathan: Can we swear on here? Merlyn: It's required mrmuckle: fuck NO cease: why the fuck not? Merlyn: I mean, it's required, you stupid fuckheaded typist Phil Austin: austin back Phil Austin: Yo, muck mrmuckle: howdy! Merlyn: Hey phil, I'll plug you on majorityreportradio's blog mrmuckle: How you been, Phil? Ready for the Bright Lts again? cease: you wanna go on that show, phil? Phil Austin: merl. thanks. I've got to take a look at it cease: i told them to interview bergman, but you're at least as funny Jonathan: Hey Phil: How do you guys decide on casting for your sketches? Phil Austin: muck: the problem with the bright lights is that they aren't fucking bright enough. I'm having to print scripts for reading onstage in 24 point type and even then i have to wear glasses half the time. fuck, as we say here. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Dexter Fong', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:28 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cease: yeah, my eyes are in the same state of degenercy, phil, and i'm a decade younger than you Dexter Fong: It's NanceeeeeeeeeeeeY cease: that's a good question, jon ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Dr Headphones close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 9:28 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. mrmuckle: I's knows EGG-ZACTLY what you mean Phil Austin: jon: ( say hello to garfield) we just dole things out. The person who writes the stuff usually has casting dibs, and if it's all of us writing, we pretty much know while writing which voices we're going to use where and who does them. Lots of times we Dr Headphones: ho ho ho, dear friends, merry thursday! Dexter Fong: Evening dear friends and a special Howdy to Phil Austin cease: hi dex, kend ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Bambi', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:29 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Dexter Fong: Hi Bambi Dr Headphones: phil, you should have been here last week. did anyone tell you about the live radio show we all participated in? Phil Austin: lots of times we ... hell, I've forgotten what I was saying Bambi: hello dear friends :) Dr Headphones: hey bambi, my deer :) Phil Austin: Hi dex cease: hi bambi
Bambi smiles Phil Austin: bambi - I'm not mean to you, you like it that way Bambi: how are you all tonight? mrmuckle: Hmmm - I was thinkin we ought to get that "vestibule" lanced! Bambi: hi Phil ... great to see you Dr Headphones: i'm finer than frog hair split four ways Phil Austin: Hey, merl: thats a thought for weber. a good t-shirt would be "I'm not meant ot Bambi, she likes it that way" Bambi: as well as all our other deer friends ;) Dexter Fong: Very Amphibious of you Kend Jonathan: My dad listened to you in college and wants to know how large "is" the giant rat of sumatra. His name is Mark by the way cease: mark, mark, mark mrmuckle: mark Time! Dexter Fong: Jonathon Time? Jonathan: Not as in Mark Time. Phil Austin: Hey muck: gimme a weather update. We just left the Zorro Island and suspect the sun has come out cease: great line in bride of firesign about listening to you guys in virtual college Dr Headphones: everything is bigger in sumatra....indonesia for the indonesians! Phil Austin: jon: tell dad to find an average or small English schoolboy and measure cease: Orange for the Orangutans! mrmuckle: Yes, Phil...right now it's 83.7* mrmuckle: bright & sunny Jonathan: Brb. Dexter Fong: Try a garden variety schoolboy Dexter Fong: Organic Bambi: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1....and off we go !! Dr Headphones: bambi: is there a live show in the works? is jimmy lee ready? will the water drain into the giant hole and put out the sun in the center of the earth? tune in next week for us to ignore the answers to these and many other querstions..... but first, a word from our sponsor.... Phil Austin: muck: omigod. Kelley the Carpenter just called and we've got new huge old glass doors installed in the front of the house - and we're not there to see it. And the sun out until ten ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:33 PM, dragging Bunnyboy by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" Bunnyboy: lo dere Bambi: ah,clem should be here very shortly Dr Headphones: hi bun cease: hi bun Bunnyboy: Hiya, Mister President Bambi: hi bunnyboy Phil Austin: Headfone: check the front of this log, where I cleverly outline the shows we've got booked Dexter Fong: Hi Bun Phil Austin: yo bun mrmuckle: Boy! The doors sound nice. Yes, another beautiful day here... Dr Headphones: ok, phil, i will do that. somehow i lost my place whilst drying my mucklucks by the fire.... Bunnyboy: Tour? Any Puget Sound action? Phil Austin: muck: what's the health situation with you now? Jonathan: Hi this is Joanthan's Dad. And another thing, how come comedy has gone downhill ever since the 70s? I mean, what's up with all this swearing and booty and stuff. Why in our dayze we could have fun with a bare stage and four barely-working microphones. Phil Austin: bun: sea and portland both at end of Jan next year ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'justanotherTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:35 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Bunnyboy: Yippee! Dexter Fong: Wilt thou come eastward oh great comedy Master? mrmuckle: still MS'd up. Lose balance, hobble with cane, but still driving so far Bunnyboy: Got venues lined in? justanotherTweeny: 6 more weeks of summer? Phil Austin: jons dad: yeah, those bare stage s worked well for the old school booty and swearing once in fashion Jonathan: Jonathan's dad sayz 'Oh Nick Nick Nick . . . ' Dr Headphones: hi jon's dad :) Merlyn: Phil, do you remember the dates for the aladdin shows and seattle? Phil Austin: dex: no dates booked yet and maybe never. You never know though, I was wrong about the comet Jonathan: J's Dad sayze 'Read me Dr memory Headphones? cease: it' isn't an amazing cleanser?
Dexter Fong expresses great sadness Bambi: sounds like fun, Phil ... shame non will be anywhere near us ...maybe you will make it to Richmond, VA one day ;) Phil Austin: merl: I think it's 28th for sea and 26/27 in Portland Bunnyboy: The comet left all these Mountain Bars... Bunnyboy: In Tacoma, no less. cease: bunny, if the firesigns do a seattle gig, i'll be there. see you there Bunnyboy: No, MORE! Dr Headphones: let me say this to you: i am NOT dr memory. in fact, i've forgotten who i am, but i cleverly type and see what name is next to it :) cease: too bad tiny won't be able to join us mrmuckle: more sugar!!! Merlyn: in Feb, phil? Phil Austin: bambi: The big blonde and I appeard in richmond with the boyz once and bought a beautiful virginia ham that we hauled back west Dr Headphones: tiny will be there, no matter where. RIP cease: bambi, a lot of east coast folks flew out to seattle for the shows there in 99 justanotherTweeny: So, when are you you guys going to be on NPR or somesuch, eh? Bambi: cool! Phil Austin: yeah, here's to tiny, dead tho he may be Bambi: hope you enjoyed it Jonathan: J's Dad sayz - Dr H- read it backwards. If it says RegNad KCIN, you're on the rite track Dr Headphones: cat: i'm still kicking myself for not taking that big metal bird toward the sunset.... Bunnyboy: YEah, Tiny will be missed. Phil Austin: tween: Npr and us have reached an impasse. They can't afford us, really. justanotherTweeny: Vote Papoon. ||||||||| "9:39 PM? 9:39 PM!!" says Catherwood, "nonseq should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as nonseq enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: hi nonseq Phil Austin: more npr: and we're not creating the kind of stuff that serves their needs at present. Sort of no one's fault cease: they're swimming to the right these days anyway, phil. maybe they'll reach cambodia, find spaulding Bambi: thanks Merlyn :) Merlyn: Oh, Jan, I see Bunnyboy: Copy, nonseq. Ya follow? nonseq: hi there - long time fan - back when I was way too young to understand Dr Headphones: damned liberal media..... maybe you can get booked on rush limberger's show? LOL! Merlyn: Wasn't me, bambi... cease: as opposed to now, nonseq? justanotherTweeny: So, where can we get the bumber stickers? Vote Papoon? ||||||||| 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 Sunshine Jim disembarks at 9:41 PM. cease: speaking of the right, looks like canada may get a right wing govt in upcoming election nonseq: that's how I feel about defending Kerry - don't know much about him but at least he's NOT INSANE Dr Headphones: hi jim justanotherTweeny: Robin Williams lips, vote papoon. Phil Austin: head: You've heard the story, right? rush limbaugh is an actual FST fan, occasionally recites pieces of Beat the Reaper to promote some assinine opinion or other about health care Sunshine Jim: whoa Dr Headphones: hold on while i shift on my sanitary pedestal..... justanotherTweeny: I went to jim high school... Dr Headphones: yep, phil, i have heard that. so he's not ALL bad, huh? Sunshine Jim: first time to stablish contact! eya love u all nonseq: Patton Oswalt had hilarious bit about how the right-winger's use hip "gut bucket" rock & roll Jonathan: J's Dad asks - Rush is a Signer??? How Kewl is that?! ||||||||| 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 shifty disembarks at 9:42 PM. Dexter Fong: Phil: Re Limbaugh...it's the drugs, man, it's the drugs justanotherTweeny: Everybody's in a rush. Sorry. Bab's band. Dr Headphones: hi shifty Merlyn: Phil, are the sea & portland shows really on Wed, Thur, Fri? Jonathan: I guess Rush did not go to Commie Martyrs High Scholl, eh? Phil Austin: head: I used to live in Cape Girardeau Mo when I was a kid, for a minute, and that's where he's from. I'm divided on him. I appreciate that he's co-oped the American Male sense of humor about defying Authority but i disagree with him on everything Sunshine Jim: uh oh punsters shifty: Dude! Phil Austin: Merl: no, should be fri sat and sun mrmuckle: BRB it's RedHook time! Dr Headphones: phil: yea, verily, we are reading off the same page in the script here Merlyn: OK, 28, 29 and 30 of Jan, right? Sunshine Jim: eya finally try # 13 Jonathan: We'll be right back Phil Austin: hey, muck: have you ever been to Oysterfest in Shelton? Phil Austin: merl: I'll get you the correct info next week when I see dayligt Jonathan: After a message from Ersatz bros. coffe. mrmuckle: Every year, Phil. Wouldn't miss it!!! ||||||||| Catherwood says "9:44 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs shifty by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Sunshine Jim: How Merlyn: I'll get the info this weekend Sunshine Jim: Me justanotherTweeny: Please don't eat me Dr Headphones: so long, shifty, come again Dexter Fong: How Great White Brother Sunshine Jim: w Sunshine Jim: Write Koo Sunshine Jim: ? Bunnyboy: Dur Boosh is in WA State today and tomorrow. Groan. Dr Headphones: Koo Dexter Fong: K...O...O Jonathan: What's that in your hand, Dexter, corn? Phil Austin: muck: I know. Is there a better event? I don't think so. Expecially with the new expanded beer area Dr Headphones: ok, i wrote "Koo". what do i win? cease: it would be a trip (pun not necessary) for some of you east coast folks to come west to see the firesigns this tour justanotherTweeny: South Side Of The Sky Sunshine Jim: maybe rain will melt Dexter Fong: Jon: No, it's just a blister Dr Headphones: cat: alas, the monetary situation says i will not enjoy it in person cease: but not everyone is as poor as you, kend Phil Austin: jim: melting rain, there's a Prince song nonseq: tour dates: http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/announce/index.html justanotherTweeny: Let it rain - clapton, harrison Sunshine Jim: i'm tryin to write 3 line pomez Bambi: "Koo" wins you something? ||||||||| 9:46 PM: ah,clem jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Bunnyboy: Ya ain't lived until you've been in Seattle in January! Whee! cease: hi ah ah,clem: hi all Bambi: hi ah,clem! Bambi: you made it Dr Headphones: i'm a poor excuse for a fan if i can't even see the 4 or 5 live once in my life, i guess Sunshine Jim: eya clemster cease: ask phil about that interview you plaed last week from 1970. what a classic! Dexter Fong: HI Clem Merlyn: The tour dates are changing as I add them Jonathan: brb Sunshine Jim: used to log oly peninsula ho rain forest beauty cease: austin had some awesomely prescient lines about dope being legalized in canada Dr Headphones: nonseq: perhaps if those dates weren't in reverse chronological order, more people would enjoy reading them Dr Headphones: hey clem mrmuckle: they're adding as you change them??? justanotherTweeny: A properly religious start... Sunshine Jim: pot smoke here frequent , maybe legalize dis yr justanotherTweeny: Yukon Blue? cease: where is here? Bambi: this Dear Friends is a lot of fun as they all are ... Deputy Dan skit right now cease: i live in vancouver, where it's illegal NOT to smoke Dr Headphones: you are here X Dexter Fong: No Fair Bambi, you're getting the immediate feed..I'm stuill getting last weeks show Bunnyboy: Ya ain't lived until you've been in Seattle in January! Whee! justanotherTweeny: Somebody's house is burnin' ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Bubba's Brain', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:50 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Dr Headphones: ha, dex! Bunnyboy: But who's counting? ; ) Dr Headphones: hi bub Dexter Fong: Hi Bub Bubba's Brain: Hey.... Sunshine Jim: Me in abbotsfor BC Canukistan! cease: hey, john sayle has a new flick, about bush. one of my fave directos justanotherTweeny: Call me beelza.. cease: double bubba cease: you're near me, then, jim. comparitively cease: i'm in oliver north's van Bubba's Brain: Doctec sez: he'll be late, if he gets here at all... he's got a soiree somwehere. Dr Headphones: "run like hell when you cross the street...." justanotherTweeny: They make statutes for people like that here... Sunshine Jim: came here from majority reporter Bloggie Phil Austin: austin leaving but will be back in awhile Dr Headphones: bub: you mean a soirée? (note the accent!) Bubba's Brain: I just get double bubba for the little comics. Dexter Fong: Come back soon Phil
Merlyn waves Bambi: good to see ya Phil Bubba's Brain: sorry Bunnyboy: nite Phil Dr Headphones: jim: we welcome people of all color, ages, marital status, etc. nonseq: leaving austin Sunshine Jim:http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/ come visit good jammin! nonseq: Nice visitin' y'all
Bambi smile ||||||||| Catherwood says "9:53 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs nonseq by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door cease: good to meet you, nonsez Bambi: Happy Anniversary to you too ah,clem !! :) Bunnyboy: Sprung for THE SIMPSONS - SEASON 4. First DVD set for me. Sunshine Jim: wanna get back will visit later! sofrajones@telus.net
Bubba's Brain sends a telepathic "see ya later" to Phil Bunnyboy: (sings) New Orleans! Stinking, rotten, vomiting, vile! New Orleans! Dexter Fong: A Victory Song Sunshine Jim: luv u all!!! besters! Dr Headphones: is there any reference to telepathy in any firesign pieces? contact me directly by telepathy with the answer...... Dexter Fong: Cyah SJ Dr Headphones: later, jim Bunnyboy: Nino! cease: nino the mind bender, at your cervix Bambi: FST T-Shirts ... cool ... will have to check that out! cease: she's got The Prague! Dr Headphones: anniversary? HAPPY 18! yeah, verily Bunnyboy: BTW, haven't seen NinoFan in a spell. Bunnyboy: Czech! Dexter Fong: Grats Bambi and Clem Bubba's Brain: Or the Praha, as they say in the local tastebud. Bambi: Thanks Dex ... been a great 18 years .. and looking forward to a whole bunch more :) Bubba's Brain: Praha... Bubba's Brain: Pra ha ha Bubba's Brain: Ha ha ha Dexter Fong: Bambi: Thats what Clem said =)) Dr Headphones: album = tshirts? sounds rather non-algebraic to me Bubba's Brain: ha
Bambi smiles Dexter Fong: Bombers Clem cease: bud? bud's not here cease: well, that's not true Bubba's Brain: This buds for you Bambi: sounding great ah,clem! Dr Headphones: no bud here. got some busch in the fridge ah,clem: thanks, Bambi Bubba's Brain: Yes, time to put bush on ice... Bunnyboy: Now that's a thought. Bush on Ice...in November! cease: i think the morgue's already full, bub Dexter Fong: I think bush is skunked, just dump him Dr Headphones: bun: i'm working toward that end Bubba's Brain: I always though he was a bit flat ||||||||| Bunnyboy rushes off, saying "9:58 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| 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 Bunnyboy disembarks at 9:59 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood leads Bone-E-Boi inside, makes a note of the time (9:59 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Dr Headphones: he's out, he's in. Dr Headphones: and bone is here. huzzah! Bunnyboy: Head: You a campooner? Dexter Fong: Hey BEB Bunnyboy: It goes out, it must come in. ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| justanotherTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dr Headphones: bun: i'm an internet activist and a VOTER Bone-E-Boi: the bonester the bonemeister the boneman Dexter Fong: and Osteo Boy Bunnyboy: How...perfectly 1990's. Dr Headphones: bone: are a a skull and bonesman? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bone-E-Boi:http://tinyurl.com/2mtc6 cease: this sctv tribute on maj. report is great Dr Headphones: 23 minutes fast. Bunnyboy: Catherwood's clock is off. Phil Austin: austin back cease: bun, you should be listening to this. you have this dvd, right? Dexter Fong: WB Phil Bambi: welcome back Phil Dr Headphones: wb, mr. p.a. cease: but you're front's beautiful too, phil ah,clem: wb Phil Jonathan: and I'm back Bunnyboy: cease: Mais oui. VaS IST maj. rpt? cease:www.airamerica.org cease: be there or be square Jonathan: Guess who's back back again jon and phil's back tell a friend ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Dick Private close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 10:03 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. Bunnyboy: Ah! Thanks. Phil Austin: I have a question for everyone, if ya'll will. The big blonde and I have a new puppy. australian cattle dog, but neither blue nor red. very white with gray markings like a northwest harbor seal. Any suggestions for a name? ten weeks old Bambi: the sound is great ah,clem Dr Headphones: hi dick Dexter Fong: Dick Primate! Bunnyboy: Unfortunately, I'm on the laptop. Not sure if it's wired for radio. Dr Headphones: phil: if aussie, call it "dingo" Jonathan: Whos the big blonde? Bone-E-Boi: Australian cattle dogs are tirebiters, aren't they? They go crazy if they're aren't herding cattle. cease: find out, bun. mine is Dick Private: Hi There Dexter Fong: Dingo ate my child Jonathan: quote unquote Merlyn: (Phil's wife Oona) Jonathan: Ah. Bone-E-Boi: Use the dog to herd firefans? Bambi: how about Bogie? Dr Headphones: bone: like herding cats cease: i'd rather be heard than herd Bambi:http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/h.quigley/rolling_stock/rol-20.html Jonathan: How about something Tirebiter.
Bambi winks Phil Austin: bambi: we have onbe AKC called bodie, otherwise you'd win Dexter Fong: Bone: You cannot herd Firefans...they whiz wherever they want to ah,clem: any requests for the next album? ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'klokwkdog', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:05 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Bunnyboy: How bout Slick? Dr Headphones: howdy, klok Bambi: or maybe Bartonella Jonathan: Ah clem: as soon as possible please Phil Austin: slick is good dingo is good klokwkdog: 'lo all Bambi:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=14742483&dopt=Citation Dexter Fong: Clem: How about one of the great "Lost Albums"? ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'gov't Tweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:06 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cease: a lot of these cartoons she's talking about we dont get in canada. Bunnyboy: I figured one thing out: When naming pets, you have to find a name you can say 500 times in a row. gov't Tweeny: The dingo's got my baby! Dexter Fong: Hey Klok ah,clem: if I have one, name it Dex ah,clem: LOL Dr Headphones: hey, tweeny cease: space ghost, the attorney thing, i've heard they're funny but not availble here. mabye by dvd, like i finally saw 6 feet under? Bambi: hi klok klokwkdog: yeah, prices slightly higher west of the Mississippi, Cat cease: klok gov't Tweeny: Hey, howdy pardner... Bone-E-Boi: cease, this seems like a good blog entry, but maybe everyone already knows about it? http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/06/17/life.canada.whale.reut/ Phil Austin: bun: you are so right. Ooooooona's right now repeating suggestions over and over again in a high voice to see if one might stick Bambi: Bart, short for Bartonella ;) Jonathan: That reminds me. Can we expect a new album? Or is All Things Firesign pretty much it? Bunnyboy: We once considered naming our late, great Netherlands Dwarf bunny Galileo. We would have collapsed in a week! We settled on good ole Jerome. ah,clem: how about " a child's garden" , know it is not "Firesign" but you know the rhumors ||||||||| susie wong sneaks in around 10:08 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." klokwkdog: hey, Bambi gov't Tweeny: And you can Enron right into the stream Dr Headphones: hi susie susie wong: very funny Jonathan: I'm just curious. I don't want to rush you guys. gov't Tweeny: clap, clap Phil Austin: jon: difficult question, really. There are huge group politics going on right now that are being put under the microscope because of this saturdays show in LA. I'll have more to report next week susie wong: but can enron do shakespeare Dr Headphones: clem: not in the proper state of mind for that one. someone light a bomber and pass it this way.... Bambi: caballo, you could call 'em cabby Dick Private: How can we persuade FT to come over the big pond ? ah,clem: here ya go Dr Headphones: susie: "to gouge or not to gouge. that is the question. oh hell, get all you can and run to the bank." susie wong: offer not valid in sectors x and y after curfew clem.. sorry Phil Austin: bomber would be a good puppy name klokwkdog: Phil, yeah, I saw one of the demonstrations on the News tonight. It must be getting real Sirius... Dexter Fong: DP: THrow enormous sums of money at them and a boat ticket for Austin Phil Austin: I once played the part of Bomber the paper boy in Inge's play Picnic for the Fresno community theater Jonathan: I got a good question. How long ago did Bergman's voice change into that distinctive baritone? Dr Headphones: phil: on his papers, the official name could be "B-17" or some such susie wong: lol... i was sorry to hear of the show too late to get tickets Bambi: Sorttawa, and call 'em Sorty lol susie wong: i gotta be more aware klokwkdog: Dex, I thought he had his own private railroad car or something cease: i named this one iceberg cuz of his vast white size. bit named Mami cuz she liked the name. Phil Austin: jn: I don't know about Peter's voice , but he's the only person i know who was bald in high school Dexter Fong: Klok: He does but it doesn't float Bambi: maybe Rusky cease: what a grreat name for a play: Picnic for the Fresno Community Theatre Dr Headphones: phil: of course, you could honor our late lamented president and name it "saint ronnie" cease: lol, phil Phil Austin: cat: I know. We rejected Ice early because you and fumiyo already had it wrapped up Jonathan: You're kidding, phil. Bunnyboy: "My good fellow, screw that granddam, perforce!" Dr Headphones: phil: my senior picture shows a receding hairline, but i wasn't totally bald until about 22 Phil Austin: jon: I don't think I am, but I forget what we're taliking about gov't Tweeny: Glutamoto! Bubba's Brain: Back -- desperately trying to code the Lodestone shopping cart. Phil Austin: bambi: ruskypow Jonathan: Peter being bald in high school. poor pete. ah,clem: good one Phil
Bambi smiles good one Phil Phil Austin: god. Glutamoto is wonderful. She'll never buy it, though Jonathan: Not to offend any bald people in the chat room. Jonathan: My humbl apologies. cease: i like short names gov't Tweeny: See tantric arts ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:13 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bone-E-Boi by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Dr Headphones: i'm bald and i don't give a hoot. wait, that's an owl reference and eagles are bald. never mind Phil Austin: hey bubba: earlier thought. eventually a t-shirt saying "I'm not mean to Bambi, she likes it that way" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "10:13 PM and late as usual, it's Bone-E-Boi, just back from Billville." Dick Private: I guess Petes burned out at the roots due to all the mental heat cease: you can always lengthen them if needed. Bambi: hi Dexter Fong: Hi cease: for example, if Icy fucks up, we call him Iceberg! otherwise, just our dog Icy Jonathan: what kind of animal are we naming again? Phil Austin: I wonder what Betty joe bialowski thought about Peter's head Bunnyboy: Jonathan: No offense taken. gov't Tweeny: Leslie, Austin. No Thanks. susie wong: dick they arent talking bout your bambi are they? Dick Private: i hope not its had a proper burial Phil Austin: jon: australian cattle dog ten weeks old, silver and gray and the cutest little guy you EVER saw Dr Headphones: i read the newsgroup thing about betty, did anyone correct them by calling the magic phone number? ah,clem: yo mean Nancy? Bambi: could be Rusky, and if he messes up Ruskypow ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Webster Hubble Telescope', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:15 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Jonathan: Hmmm.... Bunnyboy: This is corny....how bout Victor? gov't Tweeny: Jon & Vangelis - serious
klokwkdog always liked "The Far Side" cartoon - what we say to dogs/what they hear (also the equivalent cartoon for cats) Dr Headphones: hi webster Dexter Fong: Hey Web, you related to the Carl Hubble Telescope? Bunnyboy: After Borge Bunnyboy: The Great Dane Bambi: in keeping with the cow theme ... ranger Webster Hubble Telescope: No I am an outfielder gov't Tweeny: Can't you say diction? Jonathan: I love Victor Borge. I met him cease: before, or after his death, jon? Dr Headphones: outfielders need love too :) Dick Private: lol gov't Tweeny: Have fun with this life. Borga. Dexter Fong: Wait a minute, how do we know Jonathon met VB, it could be his dad speaking Jonathan: It's jon again. Before his death. gov't Tweeny: Who is we? cease: i saw him at the Hollywood Bowl with my parents when I was young enough to do things like that. cease: Still remember some of his routines. klokwkdog: yeah, name 3 Dr Headphones: well, jon, i HOPE it's before your death, too! Bunnyboy: Isn't it a shame, when parents live through their kids... klokwkdog: you don't bowl anymore, Cat? Jonathan: Yeah right, I dug him up out of his grave and said "How you doin vic Dexter Fong: Tween: Look up at the top , that's who we Bunnyboy: I hear they finally rebuilt the shell at the Hollywood Bowl. Jonathan: Of course before his death lol Dr Headphones: who is we anyway? cease: i havent been to a show with my parents in decades. did have a fine meal with them a couple of weeks ago. a french restaurant on ventura gov't Tweeny: Sorry, I'm using Microhhard klokwkdog: wow, now we get a weekly DJ on Skybird, as well as a dose of FST? cease: we have differnt bowling up here, klok. 5 pin. for us weaklings Dr Headphones: my beverage tonight is folger's, clem Bunnyboy: Bunnette went to school with Jay Haas.
klokwkdog raises his glass of Old Filipino Creamy to Ken Bambi: not for much longer klok ... we start heading home soon and will be back on dialup in a couple weeks :( cease: folger's clam chowder, look for the shell in the plain brown shell! Merlyn: Well, I have a tentative tour schedule at http://firesigntheater.com/announce/
Dexter Fong exits briefly for Vodka Dr Headphones: i have this sudden craving for anchovy eyes..... ah,clem: my last live show for quite awhile Jonathan: I've met Victor Borge, Peter Schickele, Garrison Keillor, Charlotte Church, and now... Phil Austin!! Bubba's Brain: Heroe Again.... gov't Tweeny: And you can't even see u.s.
klokwkdog wonders about Skybird -- isn't that bridge built yet? Phil Austin: listening to skybird and I'd completely forgotten about opium gum Bambi: lol Bambi: we wish cease: you can do your own Sgt. Pepper's cover, only with your heros instead of the beatles' Dr Headphones: i'm a member of charlotte's church, but i haven't been to services lately Bambi: cool ... we can even surprise Phil :) Merlyn: that's what opium gum does... cease: one of its characteristics, i'm told
klokwkdog would worship at that altar... Jonathan: No Klowdog. and it won't be until both hands on both sides of the big ditch can press the same button at the same time Bunnyboy: "Now back to thrilling conclusion of Rocky and the Pirates!" cease: hey phil, did you hear paul krassner on this show last night?
Bubba's Brain would alter the worship... klokwkdog: if Charlotte Church played Christchurch, would it be billed as "ChCh in ChCh"? Jonathan: You're not going to sue me for using your material, right, phil? Dexter Fong: Brack Dr Headphones: cat: i got your email too late on that. sorry i missed it Jonathan: ;-) gov't Tweeny: Rik Wakeman 's hand are insured by Llyods of London. Amidextrios Rex (Pythyon) cease: i only found out about on tuesday night. not enough time to alert those who should have heard it Bunnyboy: Charlotte Church. Nothing but trouble. I expect her to be sharing a cell with Courtney Love, any day now. klokwkdog: opium gum - isn't that what the US has built a factory for in Afganistan? Dr Headphones: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. or is that irritation is the sincerest form of flannery? Bubba's Brain: ... Charlotte Church on tour.... Chatanooga, Charleston, Corpus Christi..... ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:23 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bone-E-Boi by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Jonathan: What do you mean bunnyboy? gov't Tweeny: nice keith... Bunnyboy: Denigration is the sincerest form of flummery. ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:24 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Phil Austin by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door cease: this is one of my fave firesign pieces. i played this on japanese government radio 30 years ago Bunnyboy: Jonathan: What do you THINK I mean? Hmmmmmmmm? gov't Tweeny: Pflattery, you mean ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Bone-E-Boi', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:24 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ||||||||| Phil Austin strides in at 10:24 PM with Danny Vanilla badgering him for an interview; since he has no badgers, Catherwood forcibly escorts Danny Vanilla out the door. klokwkdog: next, BB's gonna insult Jewel or Heather Nova and I'm gonna get mad Dr Headphones: bun: isn't denigration what lincoln wanted to do? ship back to africa? Phil Austin: I'm back. Had trouble sending msgs Bubba's Brain: Catherwood!!!! Jonathan: Phil's not responding. He's mad at me. lol. Bambi: wb Merlyn: hmm, some people have reported that, but I haven't figured it out cease: a lot of fine little animals too Phil Austin: but now I'm going to go for a bit. I'll be back Merlyn: I think hitting a C/R in the URL window might fix it cease: he's not mad at jonathan. he likes it that way Bambi: ok, see ya after a bit klokwkdog: we're talking massive talent and professionalism here... Bubba's Brain: He flits, he floats, he flies.... gov't Tweeny: The great disingerated bomb. Mothra! Bunnyboy: And don't get me started on the Olsen "Sisters" , AKA The Artists Formerly Known As Twins. Bone-E-Boi: Bambi Bone-E-Boi Bubba's Brain Bunnyboy cease... That's poetry. klokwkdog: the apotheosis of musical art Jonathan: I'm going to be sued for copyright,. lol Bubba's Brain: ... or alliteration. klokwkdog: oooh! KWD clutches his heart and weeps Dr Headphones: bone: in imperfect iambic pentameter cease: poet has a tree? klokwkdog: he looks to his Olsen Twins shrine and lights another candle Bone-E-Boi: told her that I'd really like to see her again gov't Tweeny: As always, it's been fun. Until last time, again.. Merlyn: bye tweeny Bunnyboy: nite Tweeny Jonathan: Why are you weeping? Bambi: night tweeny cease: jack poe's raven volkswagons. never more bargains! Dexter Fong: Night Tweeny cease: tweeny Bubba's Brain: I think that I shall never see / a program structured as a tree / but one as messy as spaghetti / that one site in front of me. Jonathan: good one klokwkdog: Jon - belittleing the talents of the Olsen twins... Dr Headphones: deadly marijuana. yes, dear friends, it almost killed me Dr Headphones: g/n tweeny, CUL8R :) Bone-E-Boi: lovely Rita meter maid cease: from lack thereof, kend? cease: charles olson has a twin? Bambi: I'd rather a bottle in front of me than an frontal lobotamy klokwkdog: Ken - don't buy the stuff that's been sprayed, then. Grow your own, just like Vancouver does... Bunnyboy: It's not a matter of talent, it's a matter of CHARACTER... Dr Headphones: cat: a bale of it fell on me, broke every bone in my stoned body klokwkdog: no cat, what's her name and what's her name her twin sister Dr Headphones: back when i was a agricultural importer ;) cease: gotta jump down, spin around, pick a bale o kend klokwkdog: BB - you mean like Ty Cobb? Bunnyboy: Head: You still have bones? Must be some raggy weed. ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Webster Hubble Telescope - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dexter Fong: Klok: MaryKate and Shley? Bunnyboy: Ty Cobb - American! klokwkdog: yeah, those two paragons of the acting world Dr Headphones: i thought ty cobb was armenian klokwkdog: yeah, great supporter of diversity cease: Tyke o' Babble Dr Headphones: "a drama of how fascism might even come to this country." cease: is that prescient or what? Dr Headphones: firesign is the nostradamus of our age Dexter Fong: Derf Schnifter! Bambi: FST ... timeless Dr Headphones: and ruthless Dr Headphones: (where's ruth?) klokwkdog: no, after a short while, Skybird always seems to stop playing it, Bambi... Bunnyboy: But not Relent-less. Ruff!
Bambi smiles Dexter Fong: Klok: But there radio waves keep going on out into the Cosmos...forever Dr Headphones: at ever decreasing power levels Bambi: yes, it's amazing how fast two albums can go when they are so much fun! klokwkdog: so they tell us, Dex, but how do you know. how do you ever really know?? Dexter Fong: Ken: Don't forget about the repeater stations out in the Asteroids Dexter Fong: And more in the Ort Cloud cease: sounds like Little City in Space klokwkdog: the repeater stations are carrying Houston games again? ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Elayne', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:35 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ah,clem: anyone want to talk on the radio? cease: hey El! cease: what the El? ah,clem: hi El Dexter Fong: KLok: ONly when Clemmens pitches Bambi: hi Elayne Elayne: Evenin' all! Bunnyboy: Hey, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, in 1 week! Dexter Fong: Hi Elayne, you're on cease: you're doing it again, ah clem? Bunnyboy: lo El! cease: you said last week it was a once a year thing Elayne: I am? What am I on? Bambi: I liked Fahrenheit 451 better ... this one is boring ah,clem: yea, I guess, cease: bc bud if you're lucky, el Dexter Fong: ON Skybird if you call NOW!~ Elayne: Besides the ibuprofen. klokwkdog: if the gov't does not classify it as foreign propaganda and restrict it from showing in the US for the duration of the war... Bambi: ruined a great Bradbury story name :( cease: elayne should be on your show, ah clem. she has a GREAT voice Elayne: No, not the week for me to talk on the phone, I'm afraid. Not feeling well, won't be here that long. Dr Headphones: hi elayne Elayne: In fact, I think I hear Nature calling. BRB. ah,clem: will give out the # after this record Bambi: what phone number ah,clem? ah,clem: skbd Dexter Fong: 555-5555 cease: great black dope cease: sure beats great white hope Bunnyboy: Actually, I read that Bradbury is pissed at Michael Moore. He thinks imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism. Dexter Fong: "PUt me Down George
klokwkdog still wonders what this bit is based on Jonathan: Me too. Dexter Fong: Klok: It's a cold reading with improv Merlyn: How far off is catherwood? He thinks the time is 10:38 PM cease: i think it's Germinal by Zola. i had read that a coupole of yearfs before df came out and it sounded REally Familiar cease: bradbury is right wing, bun klokwkdog: I read that Moore is deliberately stirring controversy a la Passion of Chr. Bambi: catherwood is ahead of himself tonight by nearly 15 cease: deliberately? isnt that redundant? Bunnyboy: cease: Oh, that's right! Hence, the Mars connection... ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dick Private - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| gov't Tweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| susie wong - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dexter Fong: Wow a trifecta reaping Bambi: as far as I know it is cease: are those people from air america? Dr Headphones: we lost a bunch of them that time. damned reaper...... klokwkdog: he's...clueless! Bambi: we didn't change the phone lines for the fax machine ... at least I didn't Bubba's Brain: Hooo yah klokwkdog: trousers! Bunnyboy: It's in the high 70's here. GOnna go grill some bird, shortly. klokwkdog: fud! Dr Headphones: so, bambi, when we call in do we have to modulate our voices and sound like the fax machine? Merlyn: this land is made for trousers
klokwkdog looks at the I/O and sees 82/80 inside the haus Bambi: you can if you'd like Ken lol Bambi: but it's not mandatory klokwkdog: is that worse than a bug in our ear? Dr Headphones: bun: grill some bird? don't torture the colonel! Dexter Fong: Better a squel in the ear than a gerbil somewhere else ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'llanwydd', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:42 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Dexter Fong: Hi Ilan Bone-E-Boi: Elayne, dear friend, I need your opinion about some blog material. The lone Killer Whale that sometimes surfaces in front of landing seaplanes, the coastal Indian tribe that believes the orca contains the spirit of their dead chief, and the do-gooder Canadian scientists who want to reunite the orca with his pod. Singing Indians in canoes struggling to keep an undersea giant free... This story has a Firesignesque quality, does it not? http://tinyurl.com/2mtc6 klokwkdog: much too complicated a URL to read to us in our condition... Bambi: hi illanwydd cease: llan Dr Headphones: mr. llan! happy to see you klokwkdog: hey, I Bambi: llanwydd cease: ungot tape yet, alas Bunnyboy: Head: If ya wanna see that, check out www.kfcruelty.com llanwydd: evenin folks Bambi: sheesh can't type Bunnyboy: lo llan Dr Headphones: i just stopped in to see what condition my condition was in. Dr Headphones: ah, PETA. more like PITA to me, a confirmed meatatarian llanwydd: I'm very disappointed, cat klokwkdog: BTW, WPKN-FM played all of Giant Rat at about 3AM Wed. morning Bubba's Brain: Don't forget the hommous! cease: do we get a phone number, ah? llanwydd: how long would it take? Bambi: 906-228-3275 (CATEAR5) to call in to the show klokwkdog: he just read it, Cat Bambi: (afer this next Dear Friends) Dr Headphones: for those keeping score, it's sun 1, ken 0. giant sheets of skin are peeling off my arms and hands after the exposure 10 days ago Bunnyboy: OK, it's off to The Pit Of Fire for me. CHeck ya later, droogs! Dr Headphones: bye, bun. enjoy! Bambi: night bboy Dexter Fong: Night Bun klokwkdog: note to self: buy more sunscreen Dr Headphones: screw politically correct! Dexter Fong: Speaking of scores...How about the Detroit Pistons Bubba's Brain: Will be out for a bit (not that I've been in much) getting some caffeine. ah,clem: he he Bunnyboy: klok: Redheads have more fun. cease: by bun Dr Headphones: klok: i screened, but not enough or not high quality. not sure. klokwkdog: yeah, BB, and dyslexics have more fnu cease: i be an old lakers fan, dex. i would have been devestated if i hadnt expected it in earlier rounds Dexter Fong: Clem: we tune in to hear your dulcet tones not our own Bone-E-Boi: 81 to 89... the Reagan years.
klokwkdog wowed by esso trinidad steel band redhead cover... ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:48 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bunnyboy by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door klokwkdog: didn't he try to raise the Devil? Dexter Fong: Klok: Had about 6 feet off the ground cease: only 2 inches off the ground Elayne: Back. Sorry about that. Dexter Fong: What's up Elayne? Dr Headphones: front. happy about that cease: you read that robbins' novel yet, klok? i see he has a new onel i'll read it on my next trip to la cease: why are you sorry? we're not cease: i say the word Robbin and Elayne shows up. how weird is that? klokwkdog: ah, this is what i wanted u to play last time, Clem klokwkdog: yep, she responded... Dr Headphones: time warp 2: the sequel Bambi: I thought it was Jim Graham with the Dulcet Tones ... (http://www.guitar9.com/dulcettones.html) Elayne: Read the article, Bone-e-Boi. I think I saw a movie about that. :) klokwkdog: no I haven't Cat Dr Headphones: golly, gamma ray
Bambi smiles Dexter Fong: Wonder if he's got a pool table on that space raft Elayne: Anyway, this is Pain Week for both me and Robin. Various body aches from me (mostly due to my miserable still-car-less commute) and Robin threw his back out on Tuesday. Elayne: I wish they'd throw it back. Dr Headphones: i will have to listen to this again and decode the morse in it cease: bummer, el Bambi: ouch Dr Headphones: el: all the best to the both of you klokwkdog: yeah, get yourselves well, E! Elayne: Thanks. Dr Headphones: i must admit i've never urinated through a cell door. Dr Headphones: who knows? who cares? Jonathan: what about through the hole in the wall? klokwkdog: yeah, those new electric bars really discourage that, Ken cease: only a cell wall? Dr Headphones: jon: yes, done that. it's called a window ;) Jonathan: I was 6 grams over the company limit. Dexter Fong: Prison bars do not a urinal make klokwkdog: macrophages go right thru those, Cat Dexter Fong: nor stone walls a portapotty cease: but not pc phages? Dr Headphones: neutrophils will too Dr Headphones: although i suspect phil isn't neutral klokwkdog: maybe 3rd gear? Dr Headphones: free huey? gimme two Jonathan: Sorry only one huey per family, cease: louis' getting dewey klokwkdog: that's right: your own Vietnam in your own backyard! Dr Headphones: i KNEW someone would say that ;) Merlyn: louisiana is long on hueys Jonathan: Would say what? Dr Headphones: da kingfish hisself klokwkdog: exactly Dr Headphones: one per family cease: the fisher queen Elayne: Headed off. Sorry guys, maybe I'll be with car (and happier) next week... Dr Headphones: 27 grams of hash? why not just buy the complete ounce. it's cheaper in quantity llanwydd: can't stick around tonight. tell phil I said hi. see you next week ||||||||| 10:58 PM -- Elayne left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Dexter Fong: Night E cease: hope so too, el Dr Headphones: later, e klokwkdog: well, she could certainly claim "body by fisher", no? klokwkdog: nite I, E Dr Headphones: bye, llan Bambi: night Elayne
Bubba's Brain walks in the door with 48 oz of Diet Coke, and a bag of chili cheeze corn chips. Jonathan: Make sure you munch every bite of lunch. We'll be watching you elayne Bambi: night Ilanwydd cease: llan Bubba's Brain: Nite E Bubba's Brain: Nite I klokwkdog: didn't nobody call clem? Bubba's Brain: .. who will go first? Dr Headphones: what should we call him? bozo? Bubba's Brain: I before E, except after C Dexter Fong: Thought it was alphabetical Merlyn: what's on second? ah,clem: after this album we try again ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Jonathan: i don't know Dr. Headphones. He never went to school. Dexter Fong: wierd Dr Headphones: if i ever subdivide a large parcel of land, i WILL have "upholstery avenue" in there somewhere Dexter Fong: Parallels Slipcover Drive Jonathan: I have to sign off. See you next week.
klokwkdog launches into a slice of Diablo pizza -- pepperoni and jalapeno... Dexter Fong: Frent ah,clem: cute, Ken Dexter Fong: Night Jon Dr Headphones: later, jon Bubba's Brain: Antelope Freeway 1/64 mi Dr Headphones: klok: you have a better stomach than i do, then. i leave those things alone Bambi: lol Bambi: night Jon cease: off you go jon, come again Bubba's Brain: I can just imagine the ad campaign.... "I'd sell my soul for a slice of Diablo Pizza" SFX: Fire, brinstone, smoke..... Bone-E-Boi: Okay, I'm not going to say another word about it here. I've posted a message to the newsgroup. You can comment on it there. Subject of the post is "Firesignesque?" Dr Headphones: baked fresh every day by doctor faustus Dr Headphones: bone: i read it in the toilet klokwkdog: by jon Bubba's Brain: devilishly good pizza Bone-E-Boi: Auguring poop again, Dr.Phones? klokwkdog: heck, it's just one slice, not a whole pie... Dr Headphones: no, i don't have to auger it out, i'm "regular" enough Bubba's Brain: We're all regular folks here.... Dexter Fong: Ken: YOu know the drill then Dr Headphones: i'm an accountant, i work it out with a pencil Bambi: 906-228-3275 Bone-E-Boi: but it's really great shit, DrPhones. Dexter Fong: Don't forget Slpicover Drive Clem Dexter Fong: Slipcover klokwkdog: ahhhh klokwkdog: but he's in communicado... Dr Headphones: he turned pink. klokwkdog: o blinding light Bone-E-Boi: do I detect some hostility? Is it too late for constructive criticism? Maybe I should just go.
klokwkdog really liked the Robert Scott parody Dr Headphones: my light was blinding me, but i moved the shade and it's ok now Bone-E-Boi: i'd like to take 1 2 Bambi: hi Cat! Dr Headphones: bone: do not go unless you *want* to Bambi: great to hear ya on the radio :) Bone-E-Boi: when you gotta go, you gotta go. klokwkdog: wow, a really high-quality dial tone Dr Headphones: the dulcet tones of a dial tone :) klokwkdog: always use a ROUTER! Dexter Fong: or an auger ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Jonathan - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dr Headphones: i have only one bit for my router, used for making dadoes klokwkdog: oh, that Roto was here... Dexter Fong: So that's how they make Itlaians ||||||||| Catherwood says "11:10 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bone-E-Boi by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door klokwkdog: it's...the Cat-ster! Dexter Fong: Bye BEB Dr Headphones: i'm just getting the cat audio now. of course bambi was listening live ;) ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Yamamoto Yamamoto', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 11:11 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Dexter Fong: Ken: It's in stereo next week Dr Headphones: oi, yam! Dexter Fong: YaYa Yamamoto Yamamoto: OI Yamamoto Yamamoto: Phil is pink klokwkdog: at a higher sample rate, Dex? Yamamoto Yamamoto: goddam commie Dr Headphones: for higher sample rates, use better drugs Bambi: we never saw FST in concert :( Dexter Fong: Klok: Usampled, dithered, and truncated to 16 bits Yamamoto Yamamoto: ow klokwkdog: it's all truncated to 16 bits. and linearly encoded, darn it all Yamamoto Yamamoto: Dithering is what Dagwood's boss did to blondie, I hear Dr Headphones: truncated bits. the story of my life, alas......... Dexter Fong: Let us now read from Sony/Phillips little RED BOOK Dr Headphones: dex: i thought it was an orange book? Dexter Fong: It's a Red SHift thing Ken klokwkdog: we could build a FireSHRINE for them! Bambi: enjoyed the call Cat! Yamamoto Yamamoto: If someone found my bits in a truncate that would not be good klokwkdog: Dwarf was on 8-track? Dr Headphones: everything worth listening to was on 8-track ;) klokwkdog: it's over faster for her than for us... Dexter Fong: Klk: Sure..My first copy was on 78 rpm shellac discs cease: my dad had a quad system he won. wish i'd been able to get bozos for it Bambi: good one :) Dexter Fong: 9 Discs klokwkdog: Bozos was in quad? Dr Headphones: i have "how can you be" on wax cylinder Yamamoto Yamamoto: quad bozos? ah,clem: thanks Cat Dexter Fong: Ken: Keep it out of the son Yamamoto Yamamoto: how appropo cease:www.seemreal.com Dr Headphones: i'll keep it out of the daughter, too ;) ah,clem: BRB out for a smoke... hehe
klokwkdog just heard a 1932 stereo recording of Armstrong today. they had two mics and two cutters in the studio klokwkdog: it was a 33 rpm EP, too, not 78 cease: you gotta play the magic mushroom plays, ah clem Dr Headphones: wow, klok, i didn't know anything like that was tried Dexter Fong: Jack Armstrong in stereo...cool, how about Bob and Betty Yamamoto Yamamoto: Duke Ellington also did some early Stereo Sides Merlyn: I'm old and gray Dexter Fong: Merl: Nobody loves you when you're old and gray Bambi: not sure we have the magic mushroom plays :( Yamamoto Yamamoto: 1937 for BellLabs IIRC klokwkdog: well, Bell labs did some classical, but this was serendipitous. they used one master for domestic and another for sales in Europe, so was only assembled by collectors a few years ago when they realized it Merlyn: I was only talking about my name turning gray... Bambi: is that yours Cat? Dexter Fong: Sorry Merl =) klokwkdog: yeah, you were on the way to following Spaulding, Merlyn Bambi: we have RedShift and another one that I can't remember the name of (has a black and white oriental drawing on it, is that it?) cease: my immense dog has returned from his walk. he keeps dropping wet tennis balls on my keyboard. Bambi: lol klokwkdog: in the end, all B&W drawings are oriental, aren't they? cease: that would be Box of Time. You should also have Neal Amid and An Infinite Trilogy. tell me if you dont Dr Headphones: everything is east of something else--the very definition of "orient" cease: mayan, not oriental klokwkdog: if you fed him more Bentonite, his mouth would be drier... Bambi: yes, we have Neal Amid too for sure! cease: you like that one? klokwkdog: so if you orient yourself, you face East? Dr Headphones: klok: that makes for some difficult bowel movements, i'm sure klokwkdog: aha! those filthy sun-worshippers Bambi: I liked all of the ones you sent Dexter Fong: To orient yourself, first get your chops together Bambi: very nice work klokwkdog: thank you, Sgt. Sphincter Dexter Fong: Thats SUn Emperor Sphincter cease: that's like sayhing you like al lthe firesign albums. to some extent, its the same question but aside from that. i think play A is better than play B, or any other commodity. Dr Headphones: at youre cervix klokwkdog: well, that's the other benefit, Ken -- they pretty much stop eating
Bambi smiles ... but I do like all the FST albums too cease: althought i've written lots of plays and hopefully will write lots more, i would be most happy to have on my tombstone, Cat Simril Ishikawa, cease: author of Neal Amid klokwkdog: in an emergency or a home invasion, you can force-feed oatmeal and water, which turns your pet into a handy gas gun...firing a high-penetration Bentonite shell Dr Headphones: i must dig up my copy of "neal" and listen again soon Bambi: yes, that would be an awesome thing to have ... it was one of your best to be sure ... if not the best overall. Yamamoto Yamamoto: I would like Pepperonis on MY Tombstone cease: this is bergman, the dirty dog. Icy is comparitively clean klokwkdog: well, if he gets a potty mouth, there's nothing for it but soap... Bambi: my problem is when I hear an FST or one of yours, the one I am listening to at the time seems to become my favorite till the next one LOL Dr Headphones: bambi: eggsactly right! klokwkdog: yes, they're all my favorites cease: that's what writing feels like, bambi. but you probably know that already Bambi: I write articles, and not very well really ... I wish I had more writing ability. klokwkdog: Bambi, I have a machbook cover I can send you; it'll fix you right up
Yamamoto Yamamoto does cueniform on clay tablets Bambi: I enjoy it and thoughts come at the worst possible time ... Dr Headphones: well, i MUST make a run to the store. will return in a few cease: clay condoms? what would ruby think? klokwkdog: happy traveling, Ken ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Johnny Piano', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 11:28 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cease: a few runs? Bambi: ok, see ya soon Ken Johnny Piano: Sounds like Bambi's been writing wrongs! Bambi: hi JP Dexter Fong: and I must park a car, my car...someone else's car...any car....must..park....car cease: johnny. we were waiting for you klokwkdog: sounds like a pepto-bismol run... Johnny Piano: Hi back at ya. Bambi: LOL good one JP Johnny Piano: How so, cease? klokwkdog: good luck, Dex Johnny Piano: Noticed the chatter about the quad Bozos... cease: well, we were gaining weight, and you weren't here klokwkdog: free of the Agency, finally, eh? klokwkdog: Dex Johnny Piano: Read online recently where the Moody Blues old quad albums are being rechannelled for 5.1 in the near future cease: good cia riff in tom robbins book Johnny Piano: Thought that maybe the quad mix of Bozos would be an interesting candidate... cease: yes, ah and bambi, this is oddly firesonian. i'd forgotten klokwkdog: but does it end well? cease: only SO much shallower Bambi: thought it was too Cat ... but then I hadn't heard it for a while cease: you need to be firesign to be firesign, if you catch my meaning Yamamoto Yamamoto: Can't get it to go under firefox :P Johnny Piano: So...a Firesign tour is imminent? Howzabout the Midwest? klokwkdog: that requires too much inside knowledge to be general, Cat Bambi: yes, this mainly has an FST mild flavor ;) Yamamoto Yamamoto: bah Johnny Piano: I prefer my FST spicy... Bambi: me too JP ... but this is fun too klokwkdog: yeah, like Pace's MILD Picante Sauce -- who buys that? Johnny Piano: wimps Bambi: lol Bambi: no fun unless it burns the roof off your mouth and lights your lips on fire Johnny Piano: Imagine if you can Atkins-approved picante sauce... klokwkdog: they should make TVs that allow mixing video from one channel with audio from another without going to lots of work doing it yourself... Bambi: you're right klok Bambi: I have always thought that klokwkdog: 100% capcaicin, Johnny? Johnny Piano: Go for it Edison! klokwkdog: it could be one of the settings, like the alarm one at full volume for 4:30AM that kids always set when visiting and you don't know how the darn setup works... Johnny Piano: Uh-oh, someone slipped the chat a Sleepy Joe... Bambi: this guy reminds me of the Ben (from Toledo, originally ... Short Circuit movie ... but better english) cease: i'm back Johnny Piano: and yer bootiful... ah,clem: wb Bambi: oops ... twas mixing him with Klinger lol ah,clem: yup Bambi: wb Cat Johnny Piano: Hey, that's just a dodge cease: cal worthington'd dodge, i forget. some dodge dealership in la inspired a firesing character i think austin did cease: the demons guy, i think cease: like ralph williams became spoilsport Johnny Piano: "I couldn't make you a better deal if I was standing on my head..." cease: my dad was a car dealer in that area in those days so i knew them well klokwkdog: The litigious yogi - http://www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2765973 klokwkdog: not fried squash! Johnny Piano: Ah-hey, Boo Boo...where's that pic-a-nic basket? klokwkdog: hmm - maybe that should be: !fried squash Bambi: Mr. Ranger Sir took it back klokwkdog: hey, where's doctec tonite? Bubba's Brain: out Bubba's Brain: He had a prior engagement Johnny Piano: sick...ill...tired...bored Bambi: no fried squash? drat ... I enjoy that Bambi: yellow squash that is cease: dont squash that dwarf, hand me the job klokwkdog: not fried squash is a condition; no fried squash is a situation... cease: did any of you read the ceritos ad for firesign concert on the firesign site? ah,clem: try these pliers cease: very weird indeed Merlyn: suing Mr. Ranger? Johnny Piano: Will those pliers help me read the ad? klokwkdog: the trials of job klokwkdog: god said to abraham, kill me a son cease: my odd week for firesign misquotes. i posted the jim hightower one last sunday Johnny Piano: Mr. Ranger is an Indian giver Merlyn: boy was my response late... Bubba's Brain: you puttin me on! cease: i use that in Box of Time, klok. have you heard thatr? Johnny Piano: better late... Bambi: Merlyn .. nice page on the /announce/ cease: than latte? klokwkdog: no cat cease: stop pukin, putin Merlyn: greg aranda corrected my firesign update "Hey! Corn! Now we can make tacos!" should be "Corn! now we can make tortillas!" cease: is that like no carb? Johnny Piano: consonant trouble... Merlyn: (I just invented tacos) Johnny Piano: no carb tortillas? Merlyn: the announce/ page is kind of inconsistent, because now I put the dates in order going down the page, instead of going "up" Bambi: Cat did you notice the Firesign Theatre article on my newsletter site? klokwkdog: yeah, they use fuel injection now Johnny Piano: how's about no carb flotillas? klokwkdog: first Mission of Burma tours, then Firesign; is this a great country or what? Merlyn: I think I'll remove the LIVE ON STAGE bits though klokwkdog: i say again - they use fuel injection. no float needed Bambi: it's fun that way Merlyn ... keeps folks on their toes ;) Johnny Piano: I get it now...d'oh! klokwkdog: that's not good for us, Bambi Bambi: here's the article on the newsletter site: http://jim-fran.com/fcsnl/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=59 Johnny Piano: What this county needs is Laugh to put out What This Country Needs... Bambi: not good Klok? ;) klokwkdog: yeah, unless we're wearing those special shoes, it's really hard on the toes cease: ok, back again. wish i could liver again Bambi: lol Merlyn: laugh.com still has it in their "coming attractions", so they haven't forgotten... Bambi: wb cat cease: coming, mother Bambi: did you see the article link above? Johnny Piano: I know, Merl - it's been there a LOOOONNNNNGGG time. ||||||||| It's 11:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Yamamoto Yamamoto - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bambi: it's an article about us and FST, and links including seemreal :) ah,clem: poor Yammy cease: thanks, bambi Bambi: us and FST, meaning how JL helped me find FST again ah,clem: he got the big one Bambi: JL=ah,clem cease: better than finding jesus? or just taller? Johnny Piano: John Lennon? klokwkdog: bambi - can you move the text a little bit past the r. edge of the album images? in NS 7.1, it's pretty tight klokwkdog: Malcolm X? Bambi: I had only heard one album until ah,clem shared his with me ... and that was on a progressive radio station back when I was 18. Johnny Piano: the same klokwkdog: yeah, all the progressive radio stations got progressively more owned... Merlyn: Isn't Malcolm X the new operating system for the Blakkle computer? Johnny Piano: genius is pain Dr Headphones: i made it :) klokwkdog: They aren't using Plan 9 after all? Bambi: good idea Klok ... will see what I can do .. I had done those pages early on ... I just might be able to do that now that I have learned the system better. Just noticed that myself when I went there. Dr Headphones: but i missed the exposition Bambi: again klokwkdog: welcome to Side 6, Ken Bubba's Brain: Goin grey before my time.... Johnny Piano: Hey, I still use Plan 9...but they put a stand-in in for Lugosi cease: you have your own time? klokwkdog: you will get by, Bubba... klokwkdog: their kernel stinks, Johnny, just IMO Bubba's Brain: He's so big he has his own time zone....... Johnny Piano: Hey, didn't Austin write the Grateful Dead movie? It's coming out on DVD Bubba's Brain: Bubba Central Time Johnny Piano: What time is it there, Bubba? cease: it is exceptionally beautiful outside my windows in north van now klokwkdog: yeah, fine, let us get stuffed, drunk, or stoned and *then* expect us to call in and hold up our end of the Unannounced Event Dr Headphones: my time is your time..... cease: hey folks, call in already! Bubba's Brain: Half past drinking time, and time to drink again.... klokwkdog: you did call in already Cat, remember? Bubba's Brain: I think I just wrote a country song Johnny Piano: I have to set the stinkopated clock... cease: exactly, klok. so now its your turn klokwkdog: but WE don't know what's goin' on now... Johnny Piano: Nah, nuthin' bout mom or a truck cease: johnny, call in and talk firesign cease: forget the electricain, past me the plyers klokwkdog: Bubba - better than "My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend, And I Miss Him"? Dr Headphones: armenia for the armenians! Bubba's Brain: "I'm livin on Bubba Central Time" Johnny Piano: Call in where, Monsieur Chat? cease: waiting for the electrician may be how bush wins the election Bubba's Brain: Half past fishin' and a quarter till drinkin... cease: to ah clem's online radio show, which he's doing as we type, johnny Johnny Piano: Ah, the Skybird? Bubba's Brain: Skybiiiirrrrrdddd!!! Skybiiiiiiirrrrrrd! Dr Headphones: you can't help but talk about politics when you play firesign :) Johnny Piano: Oh, man - don't do that...I hate when people yell "Free Bird" at my gigs. cease: you have gigs? ||||||||| 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.. Dr Headphones: johnny: play it, put the mind in neutral, and just please them :) Bubba's Brain: They're in everyone's gigs. Johnny Piano: I play in a rock band... cease: my dog's head is the size of a football cease: why is no one calling this guy, eh? Bambi: Hi Klok! Dr Headphones: plead the fifth Johnny Piano: What's the freaking number? Dr Headphones: nick danger is watching you as we speak Bubba's Brain: drink the fifth Merlyn: KWD! Dr Headphones: johnny: i will check the log, brb cease: get it on kloki Dr Headphones: 906-228-3275 (CATEAR5) to call in to the show Johnny Piano: TanksDoc cease: we can be at least as good as the boring folk who cal air america Dr Headphones: i just saved you a lot of investigative work..... Johnny Piano: What about my pickle?
Bubba's Brain goes off to program some more. Dr Headphones: if it's a dill, i'll vote for it cease: i'm not seem real, i', real! cease: just wanna ride on my motor sickle Dr Headphones: it's mourning in america Merlyn: They never lay optic cable up in the hills... cease: first there is a mt, then there is no mt, then there is Johnny Piano: goddess air... klokwkdog: it's easy - you buy or appropriate the cable, then drag it thru the swamp at night Johnny Piano: us plus... Bambi: Klok, great call ... btw: check the page again please ... got the images/paragraphs fixed I think it's enough space. Johnny Piano: just tuned in to da Bird klokwkdog: then, one day, you wander past your ISP and say, "Hey! What's this cable sticking up out of the rosebushes?" Bambi: cool JP Dr Headphones: i already ate, but thank's for asking klokwkdog: omygod - she's become...space cadet! Bambi: lol Dr Headphones: space cadet, first class. don't forget the rank! Johnny Piano: As Todd said "I hate my frickin' ISP..." Dr Headphones: johnny: don't we all? Johnny Piano: That's why the song's so cool... klokwkdog: my big problem here was Devil's Foot Road - there is a culvert under it, but a lot of people fish in the "river" there and it's too rocky to run the trencher too much deeper than the silt... ah,clem: come cover the board Bambi, need a break. :) Dr Headphones: it's a talking piano! Bambi: ha! ah,clem ) klokwkdog: yes, vy good-looking now, Bambi. Excellent! Bambi: great ... thanks Klok! klokwkdog: much less obnoxious than DT's album covers. it really hurt me to see his Giant Rat with autographs on it from all the guys. I immediately felt...inadequate Bambi: heard that Klok ;) cease: how's it goin, piano man? Phil Austin: austin back Dr Headphones: hey phil! welcome back Johnny Piano: yakkin' with the clemster... klokwkdog: austin beautiful ;-) cease: having a good night, phil? klokwkdog: better than getting permission from, say, Rolling Stones... Bambi: wb Phil Bambi: yes, very true Klok :) Dr Headphones: phil, are you up to calling in live? 906-228-3275 (CATEAR5) to call in to the show Dexter Fong: Fong Back Johnny Piano: Hi Phil! klokwkdog: why not maximize the surface noise? Dr Headphones: love those pops and cracks klokwkdog: what is this? some kind of happening organized on the Internet? cease: phil, that would be a big treat to your current and future fans klokwkdog: people appear/disappear in groups... Phil Austin: dr. head: what show are we talking about? Dr Headphones: if he does, is someone recording? i can't set it up that quickly Bambi:jim@jim-fran.com klokwkdog: Skybird Radio Dr Headphones: phil: the skybird show Dr Headphones: we are listening and typing Bambi: Skybird Phil :) Bambi: you're welcome :) klokwkdog: recording started now, Ken Dexter Fong: 2 minute delay means you can say the seven wiords you can't say on radio about 57 times and they can still bleep you klokwkdog: the Skybird Radio thursday night Firesign show - via the link at top of this page Johnny Piano: thanks Bambi - my ambidextrous duties are working overtime! ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bone-E-Boi in through the front door at 12:14 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Phil Austin: am I getting through here? Dr Headphones: dex: only if you are at the server where the stream originates and can pull the plug Dr Headphones: wb, bone Dexter Fong: Phil: YOu're just getting started Bambi:http://www.jim-fran.com/jimmylee/ click on the picture of Jim playing guitar or right click to download a song he recorded . Dr Headphones: yes, phil, you are "here" Bone-E-Boi: I'm reading you. I read only good books, over. klokwkdog: it also keeps them from capturing your soul, Dex. A concession to Native American listeners klokwkdog: Phil - yes, we se your every word! Do continue! cease: over north van? Dr Headphones: over and under, over and out Johnny Piano: My band is at http://www.theoohs.com and there are samples. cease: north of the north is south Dr Headphones: ooh! Phil Austin: ah, I see I am. When I go to skybird I just get nothing Bambi: Great call JP! ... you did great ... I go blank! Merlyn: Phil, I assume you see our text, right? ||||||||| 12:16 AM: Yamamoto Cubed jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Johnny Piano: I'm the one with the glasses... klokwkdog: what, Cat? that silly PBS series finally sent their black helicopters over your burg, too? cease: bambi, ah clem, maybe you can call phil Phil Austin: not getting through Dr Headphones: y3 Dexter Fong: Phil: after you go to skybird.click on the pop up menu next to the exit sign and reconfigure it will fix it Bambi: try again now Phil .. line free Yamamoto Cubed: Aye Bambi: only one line...sorry Bone-E-Boi: I always said "over and under, down and out" klokwkdog: hmm. Phil, it's an MP3 audio stream online, like other radio stations -- should activate your player Yamamoto Cubed: I'm not getting anything either Merlyn: Phil, try telling your realplayer to "open location" and paste in http://216.234.115.10:8000/listen.pls Bambi: clem...Phil trying to call Johnny Piano: Aargh, Phil may hear me talking... Yamamoto Cubed: I'm on liniux ||||||||| 12:17 AM -- Phil Austin left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bone-E-Boi: not getting through? ||||||||| Phil Austin strides in at 12:17 AM with Danny Vanilla badgering him for an interview; since he has no badgers, Catherwood forcibly escorts Danny Vanilla out the door. Bambi: 906-228-3275 Phil Austin: I rebooted myself, so let's see Dr Headphones: danny, leave phil alone, please Phil Austin: I don't have realplayer and certainly should Johnny Piano: Celebrazzis...geez. Bambi: hope you get through now :) Bone-E-Boi: Rebooted yourself, like in Men in Black II? A beautifully made film, under-rated, Dr Headphones: phil: winamp or windows media player should work Dexter Fong: Wazzz Realplayer Bambi: Winamp works even better ... 2.91 version from www.oldversion.com ... not spyware Bone-E-Boi: MIB2 Bambi: what Ken said :) Johnny Piano: never saw MIB2...so it's worth viewing? Bone-E-Boi: Hell yes. Dr Headphones: i tried pulling myself up by the bootstraps once, but just fell over, a la firesign cease: you have a wonderful oppportunity here, ,ah clem, to talk to phil. use it Johnny Piano: sorry for not being as chatty on the air as on the board Bambi: Windows Media Player may have problems Ken ... something about not being a digitally signed stream .. shyster M$ Phil Austin: I'm not going to take the time to figure it out now. sometimes when i click on skybird I get a minujte or so of broadcast. right now I'm just getting a little screen with buttons similar to video players and I hear nothing as it's bar goes from left to Bone-E-Boi: hippo critics. ah,clem: you were great Johnny Dr Headphones: ah, bambi, didn't know that. i use winamp exclusively except for those formats which haven't been supported yet Merlyn: It's cowboy music now Yamamoto Cubed: I get a complaint tht the server is busy Johnny Piano: from "Let's Eat Bambi: me too Ken Dexter Fong: SOns o the Pioneers? klokwkdog: Bambi - Windows Media Player just worked for me, Bambi ah,clem: it is FST cowboy music Johnny Piano: Clem, I've been better! Dr Headphones: sons of the bitches? klokwkdog: It may require adjusting the "Wave" volume control slider... Dexter Fong: And you will be again Johhny, just rest and get well Yamamoto Cubed: got it Phil Austin: am I getting through again? Dexter Fong: Yep klokwkdog: read you 5-by-5, Phil Merlyn: You're still here, phil Johnny Piano: somehow I knew someone would say that, Dex ah,clem: hi Phil Yamamoto Cubed: now it's set, just gotta open it as I like Johnny Piano: Howdy, Phil. Dr Headphones: dad blast it, mark klokwkdog: Bambi - is Clem logging the stream tonight anywhere? Phil Austin: ok, I'm addled I know Dexter Fong: PHIL!!! You need to go to the popup menu next to the exit button and reconfigure anything then you will be able to listen and chat Johnny Piano: Awful lot of blasting goin' on Dr Headphones: i think mom blast it should be on the menu also Bone-E-Boi: I'm reminded of the control tower crew in Airplane Bone-E-Boi: Looks like I picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue. Dr Headphones: i picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue ||||||||| 12:23 AM -- Phil Austin left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Johnny Piano: Clearance, Clarence? ||||||||| Phil Austin strides in at 12:24 AM with Danny Vanilla badgering him for an interview; since he has no badgers, Catherwood forcibly escorts Danny Vanilla out the door. Merlyn: dex, I don't think that's phil's problem Dr Headphones: dad blast it, bone, you type quicker than i do Phil Austin: what am I to reconfigure? Dr Headphones: phil, you're here Dexter Fong: Ok Merl Bone-E-Boi: I wonder if sweat is pouring from Phil's brow. Phil Austin: have to go deal with my oldest dog, back in a minute Dr Headphones: not enough fingers and too many toes Dexter Fong: PHIL ANything ,..the number of lines for instance this is after you acess skybird and minimize it so you can see the page Merlyn: Phil, like you said, you can't fix it now. If your browser doesn't know what to do with the Skybird link, your browser doesn't know how to play it klokwkdog: ah, always nice to play cards with your dogs -- like in the pictures cease: what a difference between old and young dogs Bone-E-Boi: I'm off to find a transcript of Shatner's final speech in Airplane 2. Dexter Fong: Yeah KLok: But you gotta watch em, they cheat klokwkdog: Merlyn - he said it brings up a player (unknown kind) but no sound Bone-E-Boi: You can find anything online. Dr Headphones: i'm off to see the whizzer. here's hoping everything comes out alright....
Bubba's Brain wonders why BeB or anyone would ever do such a thing. Dexter Fong: And PHil Austin brings up a player from the Grapefruit League Yamamoto Cubed: WE aim to please, You aim, too, Please Bone-E-Boi: dammit, it's what the internet is for. Johnny Piano: And so does Louise... Dr Headphones: bambi: i just saw your private message to me: click on the link that says "msgs" and it will open a page. right click if you don't want to lose this one Phil Austin: back cease: lou's ease? Yamamoto Cubed: front Bone-E-Boi: flip Yamamoto Cubed: Front! Dr Headphones: i've looked at life from both sides now Phil Austin: ancient dog waddell needed a drink of delicious water Johnny Piano: Don't hide arms, get side arms! cease: front, side, other dimensional topicalities Dexter Fong: FRENT!! Bone-E-Boi: Where's Richard Dawson to tell us who won? klokwkdog: says some kind of progress bar which either means he's buffering or that he's playing. and before he heard Skybird for "a minute or so", so probably not a volume/mute problem, either Johnny Piano: How ancient is Waddell? Yamamoto Cubed: He's dead Dr Headphones: bone: that's don pardo's job Bubba's Brain: Its life's illusions I recall. klokwkdog: pardo's push? Dexter Fong: Waddell is sealed off ah,clem: Ken -- will do that when I get back upstairs (this is Bambi at the desk for a few minutes) Dr Headphones: how old IS don pardo now? he still does the SNL announcing duties Phil Austin: the old dead guy is sixteen. the oldest dog recorded, I believe , is a cattle dog. it's in the book. Phil Austin: thirty years old, it's in the book, so they say klokwkdog: wow Johnny Piano: Man, that is OLD for a canine. Dexter Fong: I wouldn't make book on a dog making 30 years Bubba's Brain: That's 210 to you and me..... Dr Headphones: i've heard of cats going over 20 years, but that's highly unusual klokwkdog: so they couldn't trust him, in the end? Phil Austin: He's having one hell of a summer. The drinking water part is only the tip of the iceberg Johnny Piano: And Waddell's deaf, right? cease: mami was 17. when you invited us to the tv show, we were monitoring her death. also movingk, and strarting neew job. too much, too soon Yamamoto Cubed: What? Dr Headphones: if it's water, it can't be an ICEberg klokwkdog: so Phil, still a blast if you could call skybird anyway... cease: icebergs are so Romantic Yamamoto Cubed: ICE 9 Berg Dexter Fong: It's the cold water Johnny, hurts the ear mechanism Phil Austin: piano: deaf from birth and now pretty much blind. still very beautiful to look at though Johnny Piano: Is it Kosher water if it's an iceberg klokwkdog: extra Frosty Paws, maybe, Phil? Dr Headphones: had a blind dog once, it was hell when the furniture got moved around Dexter Fong: JP: SLim chance Johnny Piano: I vividly remember your "Back From The Shadows" liner notes, Phil...the whole brood. Dr Headphones: eat it raw! klokwkdog: bit on NPR today, I think - blind dog catching Frisbees Dr Headphones: klok: i heard part of that, haven't gone to their page to listen to all of it Bone-E-Boi: My cat tries to kill the Calvin and Hobbes bouncing Linux screensaver. Johnny Piano: How about a deaf bat? Dr Headphones: a deaf bat is a dead bat cease: teh beautiful blind dog. the ultimate yin yang klokwkdog: but they can still get work in show business, Ken Dexter Fong: A shrug is as good as a wink to a deaf bat Johnny Piano: 10 Dead Bats... Dexter Fong: JP: lol Bone-E-Boi: My cat believes that I'm quietly waiting to kill the Calvin and Hobbes screensaver. That's what I sit here for hours at a time every day. Johnny Piano: dredging up the references
klokwkdog spent part of May water skiing behind an ancient Akita...glad he didn't have to handle this dog when young Phil Austin: I'v got some quicktime thing that isn't audioing at all Yamamoto Cubed: I use the BSOD screensaver Dexter Fong: Bringing in the wit Bone-E-Boi: That's why I sit here for hours at a time every day. Johnny Piano: sitting shiva Phil Austin: klok: you mean akita was driving the boat? Bone-E-Boi: Seems like a good explanation to me. Dexter Fong: Knitting Browsers klokwkdog: Phil - can you close Quicktime and manually start Windows Media Player (or are you on a Mac?) Dr Headphones: yam: i have the molecules screensaver on redhat, nice to walk up to the screen after inactivity and watch THC or LSD rotating around Phil Austin: I'm on a mac klokwkdog: not exactly Phil - I had this stupid idea about taking this near- wolf for a "walk". And I'm not exactly a light person... Johnny Piano: I'm running RP on my Mac for Skybird Dexter Fong: Enlightened but not light Johnny Piano: I believe it would run on iTunes too klokwkdog: oh, can't figure out what to do; Quicktime is THE thing to use there, I believe Dr Headphones: whiplash computer school. i'm a proud graduate myself klokwkdog: Johnny - help him enjoy this; it's great Phil Austin: can't figure it out. It got me in early in the evening and it was fun to listen. Then it killed itself and I haven't been able to get back Johnny Piano: Tell ya what, I'll try opening in iTunes...brb Yamamoto Cubed: No clue w/macs Dr Headphones: i have seen macs but never touched one Johnny Piano: I'm back, and iTunes works fine. klokwkdog: i've seen macs, but never able to afford one...those new hi-res LCD screens are awesome Merlyn: phil, the player may be hosed until you reboot or something... klokwkdog: Johnny - but tell how you play Skybird in iTunes on a Mac, pse Dexter Fong: In France, they call Macs Computer Royales cease: no shit, klok Dr Headphones: macs are almost like a mercedes: if you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford one Yamamoto Cubed: I'm Happy just trying to figure out why mu Palm won't work on a USB port in Linux klokwkdog: phil has rebooted now at least twice by my count, Merlyn, to no effect Yamamoto Cubed: This reboot is made for walking klokwkdog: yes, Ken, but to see one is to want one... Dr Headphones: go, nancy! Dexter Fong: Reshake your Reboot E cease: now, why do i not know this firesign? Johnny Piano: Very simple - just like any internet radio receiver. In my case, when I click on the Skybird link, normally it asks what I want to open it in. cease: i love this Johnny Piano: Anywho, I told it to open in iTunes. Dr Headphones: clem: what's the file name on this one? cease: radio free oz? klokwkdog: actually, the sound "mac" has an unfortunate connotation in French... cease: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk ah,clem: LOL Dexter Fong: Cat: Not familiar to me iether ah,clem: got one, Bubba's Brain: I'm only mostly dead.... Dr Headphones: bub: where there's life, there's firesign Dexter Fong: CLEM: What is this we're listening to? Johnny Piano: sounds like more "Let's Eat" to me Bubba's Brain: DrH -- I'll remember that in my waning years. Yamamoto Cubed: got it in realplayer Yamamoto Cubed: yay cease: good one, kend Dexter Fong: Could be JP, but I'm thiking maybe its ealier Phil Austin: would someone send me the url for skybird?
klokwkdog is glad his waxing years are past...hurts like heck Yamamoto Cubed:http://216.234.115.10:8000 Johnny Piano: Hour Hour? Dr Headphones:http://216.234.115.10:8000/listen.pls cease: kend, is this hour hour? Johnny Piano:http://216.234.115.10:8000/listen.pls Dr Headphones: not sure, cat, been so long since i've listened to that cease: i only have 7. there were lots of them. i'd love to hear them all Dexter Fong: Dear Frineds I think Merlyn: Phil, try "open location" or "open URL" with those if clicking doesn't work Merlyn: (in your player, not your browser) Dexter Fong: Based on hat I'm hearing now (which is certain to differ from what any of you are hearing then) Merlyn: you're listening to your hat? I talk through mine Dr Headphones: sell those demons! Dr Headphones: mine has eyeballs Dexter Fong: Merl:+)) Dr Headphones: i see with it Johnny Piano: Hey, Phil - name the new dog Fletcher!
Yamamoto Cubed rests his back klokwkdog: Phil perhaps busy as we all wait with bated breath for the outcome... ;-) Dr Headphones: klok: you been eating sushi again? Dexter Fong: I'm using a spinner lure Phil Austin: fletch has been pretty high on the list, likewise Griswald and Clark klokwkdog: radio sex! shame, Clem! Dexter Fong: YOu called it JP Phil Austin: I just tried some quicktime help stuff, but didn't work again Dr Headphones: go, clem! klokwkdog: louder! wetter! Johnny Piano: Ah, Chevy refs. Dr Headphones: hello, bambi Johnny Piano: I think I have a copy of that one, Dex Bambi: lol Dexter Fong: Cat: Do you regonize this Let's Eat show? maybe one of the ones that isn't titled Yamamoto Cubed: oi Dr Headphones: grid bless, clem Yamamoto Cubed: Smoochy Johnny Piano: Congrats you kissers! cease: no, dex Yamamoto Cubed: awwwwwww Bambi: back up here now ... Dexter Fong: JP: Is it titled? cease: i havent listened to them that often Bambi: thanks JP cease: keep on truckin, bambi and mr. bambi Phil Austin: Chev and his entire family stayed a few weeks with us at our little beach house the week after Chev and Jayni had spent the night in the clinton white house. We call the room the Griswald bedroom or the Lincoln bedroom and it's the room the puppy likes be Dexter Fong: Clem Its about the art Johnny Piano: I'd have to check the CDr I burned the mp3s to for a title... Dr Headphones: johnny: be sure to rejoin us again. i've got your page open, will listen to clips later klokwkdog: lol Phil! Dr Headphones: phil: firesign vacation? Johnny Piano: Thanks for the invite = I pop in from time to time. Bambi: thanks clem .. but that's mr ah,clem aka jimmylee ;) klokwkdog: yeah, national papoon's firesign vacation Johnny Piano: And I hope you like the tunes! Dr Headphones: if ti's not country or opera or rap, i probably will Johnny Piano: And you're welcome Bambi - I'll let Phil take care of being mean to you... klokwkdog: Phil - i have recorded part of the Skybird stuff tonight, if Clem don't have the full thing Bambi: thanks cat ... clem is a great guy :) ah,clem: night all, Bambi: lol JP Yamamoto Cubed: nite Johnny Piano: Naw, Beatley stuff... klokwkdog: evening Clem, Bambi Dr Headphones: g'nite, clem, see ya on the flip side klokwkdog: happy anniv!! Dexter Fong: Night Clem and Grats again and thanks for the Bird Bambi: night my better half :) Dr Headphones: beetles? i'll have the insecticide ready ;) klokwkdog: Clem -- are you logging any of this? Johnny Piano: heavy on the harmonies Dr Headphones: heavy on the hormones, er, 30 weight Phil Austin: night everyone. I'll try to show up - addled as I am - next thurs Bambi: don't think it was being recorded ... we didn't think to do that ... unless Gary did. Yamamoto Cubed: night ah,clem: have rolled tape for 2nd half Johnny Piano: Use yer entrenching tool...
klokwkdog thinks that must be the end of the FST section and the link has vanished ||||||||| 12:50 AM -- Phil Austin left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). cease: monsanto owns those hormonies. you're under a REST klokwkdog: nite Phil! Merlyn: OK phil, see you saturday! Dr Headphones: what a segue, from firesign to carlos :) LOVE IT! Dexter Fong: Night Phil, sorry you couldn't make you way thru tech hell Bambi: night Phil ... great fun playing your wonderful timeless FST on Skybird! cease: by phil Johnny Piano: Night Phil, let us know what that final choice on the dog name is... klokwkdog: Bambi - I got part of it klokwkdog: I got the anniv. kiss, anyway klokwkdog: 4.41 M so far - I might fit it on my site Johnny Piano: Sentimental value, baby cease: tiny would have loved this. whenever i hear santana, i think of him
Bambi smiles cool Klok ... shame you could see this lady red as a beet ah,clem: yup, back to extreme variety, you may like this format too, good for sleeping Dr Headphones: klok: if not, i can host it Yamamoto Cubed: good deal cease: klend, you saw him last week, eh ? only on tv for me Dr Headphones: ftp from one direction to the udder Merlyn: I have to finish packing so I can get up and fly to LA, need to rest my wings Bambi: I generally don't go on the air klokwkdog: OK, some way it'll be there Yamamoto Cubed: Like our local AM Bambi: I get too befuddled Johnny Piano: try some Anoushka Shankar - cool Indian stuff... Dr Headphones: take care, merlyn klokwkdog: we want more sex, less violins, Bambi! ;-)) Dr Headphones: shankar your groove thang cease: elmer fudd? your glue is ready Johnny Piano: We expect a full report, Merl... klokwkdog: you just hold your finger next to your lines in the script...wait a minim - where's Cat? Cat! She's got to have some lines in this! Dexter Fong: Safe trip Merlyn cease: indeed cease: bambi, we must do radio together soonest Johnny Piano: If you've seen Anoushka, you'll be thinking sex - probably Tantric... Dexter Fong: Radio? Is that what they call it now? Bambi: see what you started, clem! Dr Headphones: eclectic? nah, just santana to cajun.... cease: this santana is amazing Bambi: lol Bone-E-Boi: Hei, taas me lennetään! Dr Headphones: cat: he was fantastic in person. i'm STILL high from that show Dexter Fong: The aliens are here again klokwkdog: 5.35Mbytes - there's room enough for this if I cut it now... Bone-E-Boi: That's for Linus Torvalds. It's the title of Airplane 2 in Finnish. Dexter Fong: Klok: Nobody walks out on Zydeco Dr Headphones: finish? i barely got started! Johnny Piano: Folks, I'm outta here - see ya next week. Yamamoto Cubed: later Bone-E-Boi: Die Unglaubliche Reise in einem Verrückten Raumschiff Dr Headphones: later, JP klokwkdog: nite Johnny Bone-E-Boi: That's for the Governor of California. klokwkdog: LOL Ken Bambi: night JP ... thanks for calling in Dexter Fong: A soft goodnight J P cease: see you, jp
klokwkdog is past his sell-by date, too, must anon shortly Dr Headphones: i'm retreating too. see y'all same time, same firestation, next week Johnny Piano: BTW, saw your pic Clem, and I'll be listening to the track in a moment... Johnny Piano: Cheers, bozos ||||||||| 12:55 AM -- Johnny Piano left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Dexter Fong: The east coast is closing down ||||||||| 12:55 AM -- Dr Headphones left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). klokwkdog: cute, Dex, barely caught that -- and Phil claims to be addled... klokwkdog: the right coast can't hold up against the left... Dexter Fong: Which cute Klkok? Bone-E-Boi: May the Schwarzenegger be with you. ||||||||| "Hey Merlyn!" ... Merlyn turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 12:56 AM, I don't have to go yet!"... Bambi: night Ken! klokwkdog: "a soft goodnight" to Johnny Piano Dexter Fong: =))) Bambi: night all ... see ya next time! Yamamoto Cubed: They're dropping like flys Dexter Fong: Night Bambi Bambi: great to see ya all! Bone-E-Boi: Groovy. klokwkdog: in a robert klein bottle klokwkdog: nite bambi ||||||||| At 12:57 AM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Bambi!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Dexter Fong: Jeeze what a bummer PSA klokwkdog: wow, we're down to a single line of participants -- usually that's all we have most of the nite! Bone-E-Boi: Did you ever get Phil's thing working? Dexter Fong: Nope Yamamoto Cubed: goddam reefer madness klokwkdog: OK, time to shadow myself. I'll be in touch with a selected few to give the URL for the mp3 Dexter Fong: Crazed truck drivers hauling frozen food klokwkdog: someone must get it to Phil... klokwkdog: probably canadian Dexter Fong: Night Klok klokwkdog: night everyone and good-bye Mrs. Calabash... Dexter Fong: I'm out also, night all ||||||||| 12:59 AM -- klokwkdog left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| 1:00 AM -- Dexter Fong left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bone-E-Boi: And I couldn't find the transcript of Shatner's speech after talking down Ted Striker in Airplane 2. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bone-E-Boi: Is this the end? Or is it only... Yamamoto Cubed: wow Bone-E-Boi: bow Bone-E-Boi: stern Bone-E-Boi: fore, aft Yamamoto Cubed: Ahr cease: off i fly Bone-E-Boi: port Yamamoto Cubed: I must away as well Bone-E-Boi: starboard Bone-E-Boi: adios. Bubba's Brain: Toad away... Toad away... Toad away... Toad away.... ||||||||| 1:05 AM -- Bone-E-Boi left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| 1:06 AM -- Bubba's Brain left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| It's 1:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Yamamoto Cubed - dead from The Plague ||||||||| cease - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| At 1:24 AM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, mrmuckle!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 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." ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 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:
Phil Austin ah,clem
Bambi
Bone-E-Boi
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
cease
Dexter Fong
Dick Private
Dr Headphones
Elayne
gov't Tweeny
Johnny Piano
Jonathan
justanotherTweeny
klokwkdog
llanwydd
Merlyn
mrmuckle
NICK DANGER
nonseq
shifty
Sunshine Jim
susie wong
Webster Hubble Telescope
Yamamoto Cubed
Yamamoto Yamamoto
