||||||||| 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 August 05, 2004 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "8:55 PM? 8:55 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Dr Headphones should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Dr Headphones enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: ah, to be the first :) Dr Headphones: should anyone walk in and see i'm here but i don't answer, i'm either somewhere else or i don't like you! ||||||||| 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 Bubba's Brain disembarks at 9:00 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Bubba's Brain: Hey. Bubba's Brain: Hey Bubba's Brain: Catherwood stepped on my line. Ouch. Dr Headphones: ah, mr. brain, good to see you hear ||||||||| "9:04 PM? 9:04 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Merlyn should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Merlyn enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: and merlyn the wizard arrives too Merlyn: Getting the liner notes typed for Pink Hotel and Power Merlyn: I'll be busy waiting to put up a notice on the next hour for Majority Report... Dr Headphones: yes, i keep my power lined also. i tried the unlined, but kept skewing all over the page Bubba's Brain: Hey Dr Headphones: for those i didn't email and those who read the log later, here's a weirdly cool example of "eat it raw": http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040805/od_nm/campaign_corn_dc_3 ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:06 PM and doctec steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Dr Headphones: hey tom Dr Headphones: put that grape with the corn and we can have bourbon AND brandy! doctec: hi guys, just popping in long enough to say i'm tking lili out to dinner (she needs it!) and will be back around 10:30 doctec: see ya then! doctec: ttfn ttyl byeeeee Bubba's Brain: I might have those liner notes in electronic form -- I should have the originals for the graphics somewhere (which would contain the text) Dr Headphones: ok, tell her "hi" and enjoy it Bubba's Brain: Hi doc Bubba's Brain: bye doc doctec: will do dr. h. ||||||||| 9:07 PM -- doctec left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Merlyn: bye doc Dr Headphones: cable tv show about aztec sacrifice of 20,000 in one day. even firesign couldn't top that ;) Bubba's Brain: Brian -- Just sent you liner notes for Power, taken from the original art files. ||||||||| 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 Johnny Piano disembarks at 9:13 PM. Johnny Piano: Howdy pardners! Dr Headphones: hey jp, howzit goin? Johnny Piano: It's goin'. Dr Headphones: as long as you aren't in reverse, that's good Bubba's Brain: Brian -- Just did the same for Pink Hotel Johnny Piano: May cut out early tonight, had a radio promo this morning with the band...lost sleep Dr Headphones: ah radio, what won't they think of next? Bubba's Brain: Hey, JP Merlyn: I've already typed them in, BB Dr Headphones: it seems like only yesterday we were sending carrier pigeons Johnny Piano: Yo, Bub - did Merl/Bri send that button pic to ya? Bubba's Brain: Oh, wll, too late. Merlyn: See http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/albums/album.php?album=power&txt=1 Bubba's Brain: Yes Johnny Piano: Cool... Merlyn: and http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/albums/album.php?album=phbd&txt=1 Johnny Piano: Ken, I have mp3 files of the Oohs radio promo if you wish I will send... Bubba's Brain: The guys aren't sure they want to do a button, cause they aren't running "anyone in a bag" this year. Kinda left it there, haven't followed up. Dr Headphones: go for it, jp, i have 10M mailbox (either one) Dr Headphones: or tell me where to download, whatever is easier ||||||||| "9:18 PM? 9:18 PM!!" says Catherwood, "llanwydd should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as llanwydd enters and sits on the couch. Johnny Piano: OK, I'll send one file...unless I convert them down - I don't know what rate they're sampled at, as they were sent to me ||||||||| "9:18 PM? 9:18 PM!!" says Catherwood, "cease should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as cease enters and sits on the couch. cease: moshi moshi Dr Headphones: if for radio, probably not super high quality, probably 22khz/96kbps or so Bubba's Brain: In short, I guess the thought was "No Papoon, No Campoon." Dr Headphones: hi llan and cat llanwydd: what's up guys Johnny Piano: I can dig the "no button" thing, Bub. Just doin' my part, as small as it may be Dr Headphones: put you two together, get "catallan" from barcelona? Johnny Piano: Yo llan & cat! Johnny Piano: Dali was a Catalan! Bubba's Brain: Hey Il, Hey Cat. cease: that's MR gaudi to you Dr Headphones: just watched show on chris columbus, one theory is that he was catalan, not italian Johnny Piano: Saw that, Doc cease: he came to barcelona after his trip cease: thre's a big pillar there commemorating that Johnny Piano: Cat, I'll tell ya what's Gaudi...a pair of pants I just bought...very gaudy. Bubba's Brain: I go to barcalounger, after my trips. ||||||||| "9:21 PM? 9:21 PM!!" says Catherwood, "klokwkdog should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as klokwkdog enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: i have a piece of cake (chocolate with choc frosting) calling my name in kitchen, will return in a few llanwydd: a mosque was raided not too far from me. You probably heard about it by now Johnny Piano: On your catamaran, right Bub? klokwkdog: 'lo all Johnny Piano: Yo Dog! Bubba's Brain: JP -- Yup. Johnny Piano: Ah, in Albany... llanwydd: hey klok cease: no, Cat klokwkdog: yeah, that's not all; the terror alert in DC continues... llanwydd: yeah, I've driven by that mosque many times Johnny Piano: Hey, we serve both kinds here - Cat and Dog cease: yeah, bush is still in power Johnny Piano: Yeah, and he's signing things... cease: i monitorng the 3 us network newses to see if they mention shelby klokwkdog: no, they have info that a "J. Booth" is in the area with the intent of assasinating the President Merlyn: No, Proctor & Bergman are in Power. I just got done typing the notes Dr Headphones: i'se back and i'se chocolate! hey klok Bubba's Brain: In the Midwest, the Tarot alert continues -- I guess they just don't like new-agers. cease: how many traitors can your administration produce? Johnny Piano: How much produce can a traitor administer? Dr Headphones: cat: cheaper by the dozen klokwkdog: although they admit the DC information may be somewhat dated... Johnny Piano: I's jealous, Doc cease: y'all know about that? Bubba's Brain: Gee, dated info.... they bring it out during the election.... hmmm..... Dr Headphones: klok: also stationing firetrucks around the whitehouse, heard the british were on the way cease: main topic on air america, well maybe #2 after the slur on kerry llanwydd: there's a local NPR station very near the mosque and I was listening today. The station manager was saying how the people he had met there are very indifferent and standoffish. I real gaff. Johnny Piano: By land or sea? llanwydd: I mean "A" real gaff ||||||||| "9:25 PM? 9:25 PM!!" says Catherwood, "My Pen IS A Sword should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as My Pen IS A Sword enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: CIA is looking for a mr. p. revere for that info, jp Johnny Piano: I smell firebombed NPR station... Merlyn: Hey penis, any relation to mayor p'nisnose? Dr Headphones: hi pen Dr Headphones: where's teller? Johnny Piano: Watch where you write! cease: yeah, like one of the callers to, i think it was randi rhodes or maybe franken defending abu ghraib attrocities Bubba's Brain: Hey, pen. cease: hi mayor cease: odd how vagina means scabbord but penis just means penis Bubba's Brain: Ouch, my screen is geting cut to ribbons.... Dr Headphones: damn, that cake was good :) lip-lickin' stuff Johnny Piano: Sometimes a banana's just a penis cease: what was her name, kend? Bubba's Brain: Anyone got a cigar. Dr Headphones: cat: devilsfood Johnny Piano: Brown sugar!! My Pen IS A Sword: sea gar cease: whatever lola wants, eh? Dr Headphones: who invited the rolling stones to this party? Johnny Piano: "Katmandu!" Bubba's Brain: He speaks! Johnny Piano: Cuttingly... cease: nothing about shelby or the fake kerry war record slur on any of the yank channels cease: i sure can, jp klokwkdog: oh, so you've met Lola Getts? cease: this is just junk news Johnny Piano: Don't say "yank" and "penis" in the same sentence...OOPS Dr Headphones: cat: shelby is republican. what do you expect? we can't prosecute a true-blue american! Bubba's Brain: Awwww... that's JUST a cigar. cease: that's why he wasnt prosecuted, of course, kend, but at least it should have been reported,eh? Dr Headphones: cat: reported by some media on page 943 of section Z, not by most Johnny Piano: Only once it becomes convenient to report... Johnny Piano: Junk news? Must be O'Reilly on Fox... Dr Headphones: i get all that damned commie stuff from the bush-haters in my email, so i read about it today :) cease: i've never seen him and never will, jp. same with rush, hannity, the rest of them Dr Headphones: i'm sure it will be in next week's edition of "I&A" from our esteemed comrade the publisher Merlyn: Hey, would anyone happen to remember which track on "Power" has the hamster in the tailpipe joke? Johnny Piano: Consider yourself blessed, Cat cease: hey, bush is bad enough. i don't need to listen to his excusers Dr Headphones: merl: never heard it myself, except for one track cease: i dont know tracks, merl. i just have the tape. i know it was episodic though Johnny Piano: I ain't heeered it neither, Merl... llanwydd: you're not missing much, cat Merlyn: cat, do you remember if it was early or late in it? klokwkdog: sometimes a hamster in a tailpipe is just a hamster in a tailpipe... Johnny Piano: Look out for those Canadians! cease: i havent heard it in a while, merl Dr Headphones: was the engine running or not? cease: i cannot see, look out for me Merlyn: ah well, just wondering klokwkdog: engines don' t have legs... Johnny Piano: Oh, sorry, cat - I meant one of THOSE Canadians Bubba's Brain: Hamster puffing -- live at 11 klokwkdog: name three Dr Headphones: i'd ask if it was operating, you'd say something about scalpels.... cease: clinton is here and torontonians have gone manic. cease: of course, that's no surprise Dr Headphones: cat: read article about that. thousands came out for signing Johnny Piano: Clinton knows ASL? cease: i remember the general plot of Power and some of the lines, but not that one. was it when they were in the pet cemetary? cease: a lot of dead animal jokes around there Dr Headphones: jp: i learned a little bit of that once, had neighbor who didn't hear or speak. we got along better with paper and pencil though Johnny Piano: No soap - radio! Merlyn: Found it, second track, and it's a gerbil llanwydd: torontians have gone metric? That was a while ago klokwkdog: yeah, those vandals have no respect cease: i must listen to it again. i dont know proc/berg stuff nearly well enough Johnny Piano: Lemmiwinks! cease: franken did a calypso parody yesterday that sounded a lot like proc/berg's Lemon Car, as i reported to alt.ft cease: ah southpark. cease: they never stop thinknig about ways to harm our country, and neither do we Johnny Piano: Jethus Chritht, Cat... llanwydd: I had one P and B album. "Give Us a Break". VERY funny album cease: just on the local news Dr Headphones: cat: hilarious comment, also under-reported cease: even lousy firesign is funny Johnny Piano: That was the P&B album that they built the Soundstage PBS show around back in '78. Dr Headphones: for lousy firesign, get DEET llanwydd: I didn't know about the PBS show cease: i saw it. 77, 78 or something Johnny Piano: Oh yeah, they were on Soundstage back when the series was originally produced in the seventies. klokwkdog: Is Lousy Firesign the one they refer to in that "4 or 5" business they use? llanwydd: I'm trying to think of what DEET is Johnny Piano: Ken - DEET is...? cease: yeah, the 5th guy is lousy cease: flea-bitten too Dr Headphones: llan: insecticide. louse is actually arachnid, but i think it will kill them llanwydd: so lousy no one has ever heard it Johnny Piano: D'OH! A joke - I get it... Dr Headphones: at least i think the little buggers have 8 legs llanwydd: aha cease: kerouac referred to his collected works as the story of a louse Dr Headphones: DEET is main ingredient in most mosquito sprays klokwkdog: Cat - was Lousy the one who was once married to Posh Spice? llanwydd: no I don't think they have ever been quite that bad Johnny Piano: 4 or 5 in re the extra spirit that is conjured up when the 4 get firing on all cylinders cease: oh Lousy! I'm home cease: i've brought fidel castro home for dinner llanwydd: RAID?????!!!!! Johnny Piano: Lousy, ju got some 'splainin' to do Dr Headphones: raid? hide the water pipe, loosie!
Bubba's Brain wishes he had 4 cylinders. ||||||||| 9:43 PM: Elayne jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Dr Headphones: hi, el Bubba's Brain: E! cease: hey, it's our queen Elayne: Evenin' all! llanwydd: hi elayne klokwkdog: JP - I thought The Mamas and the Papas had patented that concept Johnny Piano: To do what, Bub? Bubba's Brain: Queen E? My Pen IS A Sword: ba ba lou sea Johnny Piano: All hail that which is E Elayne: Queen? But-- but I'm not gay... cease: or isnt that your burrough? Dr Headphones: not gay? you just jumped out of the closet! Bubba's Brain: JP -- well, I'd also need 4 pistons, if you know what I mean..... llanwydd: mamas and the popes? cease: hey el, did you see this month's harper's? great article on comic book heroes Johnny Piano: Perhaps 'twas a WATER closet cease: that's Pipes, llan Johnny Piano: Bub: Ooh baby!! Bubba's Brain: The Memes and the Pips? Johnny Piano: Smokin', Cat llanwydd: or did you mean Irene Papas? My Pen IS A Sword: ain't a fit night out for w. c. or beast Elayne: No Cat, do you have an URL for it? Dr Headphones: papadopolous Johnny Piano: Irene a little to the left Johnny Piano: That's geek to me, Ken Bubba's Brain: ".... goin back to find." Dr Headphones: watch out that you don't fall over Bubba's Brain: "..Woo woo..." llanwydd: mamas and the papadopolous, of course! Johnny Piano: LOL, Bub cease: i justhave the mag, el. dont know if it's online Dr Headphones: klok: did you see the multi-media thing on greece in the nyt? Johnny Piano: Hoompah! klokwkdog: fascinatin' geography and sociology of English bands on KCRW music just now... klokwkdog: no, Ken klokwkdog: I should look, then? Dr Headphones: it's pretty good. 5-6 photogs give their views of greece Elayne: Ah, I'm falling behind again in my magazine reading, Cat. Too much to keep up with in the blogosphere... Johnny Piano: Greece is the word... Dr Headphones: i'll go see if i can find it. brb llanwydd: geography? I'm sure they mention Canterbury Johnny Piano: Where they've buried the cantors Dr Headphones:http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/index.html then click the greece thing about 4" down. it's javascript, can't give you URL My Pen IS A Sword: Eddie Cantor Berry's Happy Fun Time Hour klokwkdog: no Bristol is the last big city into the Westlands. You get into Devon and Cornwall and there's no big towns, no infrastructure to support bands, so they just kind of sit out there, brooding and isolated, generates groups like Muse. Dr Headphones: narration pretty good on some, irrelevant on others llanwydd: chuck canterberry Johnny Piano: Better than contemplating navel lint or shoegazing, eh, Klok? My Pen IS A Sword: That's a muse inn? Dr Headphones: no lint in my navel since i switched to pure latex garments ;) llanwydd: there were some very prominent Canterbury bands in the 70s Johnny Piano: Suture self, Ken Dr Headphones: llan: lots of jazz from canterbury, but most not to my liking My Pen IS A Sword: Lay Tex, sounds like Lady Bird's honeymoon. llanwydd: mark my words. They will mention Canterbury Dr Headphones: lol, pen! i called her my texas taco klokwkdog: Explaining 13 Senses by BBC Radio 1's Steve LeMac Johnny Piano: Special BBQ sauce on the pecker cease: good one, pen klokwkdog: no Canterbury, sorry Ilan Bubba's Brain: I think I mentioned it last week, but in case I didn't, Lodestone now has in the rest of the Firesign Columbia catalog at http://lodestonecatalog.com/firesign.html, plus hats and tees from the 1999 tour at http://lodestonecatalog.com/FireStash.html Also now have in All Things Firesign, and will soon be getting Zachariah and J-Men Forever. cease: sounds like lawyer's hospital Johnny Piano: Yes, Cat - and now also on Papoon For President Dr Headphones: zachariah hardly worth watching for firesign content, but j-men is hilarious llanwydd: I looked at it today. They have a couple of Seem Real recordings as well ||||||||| "9:52 PM? 9:52 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto enters and sits on the couch. Johnny Piano: I remember watching J-Men on USA Night Flight...and Yolks! Dr Headphones: hi, yam Bubba's Brain: Yeah, I wanted to get it for completeness sake, but agreed. Johnny Piano: Ah, Jellyfish - one of fave bands cease: i gotta produce some more plays, make lodestone some more money llanwydd: hey yam Merlyn: I sent it out, BB: http://firesigntheater.com/updates/00154.html Johnny Piano: How ya doin' Yam? Bubba's Brain: I'd have more Seem Real if cat would ever send me Red Shift. Dr Headphones: yep, merl, i got that one today myself Bubba's Brain: Thanks, Bri. Johnny Piano: Me too Bubba's Brain: I wanted to mention it here as well. cease: didn't i, bub? ok,doc is doing some surgery on it but you know how busy he is Bubba's Brain: yep Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: hello all Elayne: So I notice nobody's mentioned the Wit and Wisdom of Fearless Leader today. Dr Headphones: maybe he ran out of anesthetic? Johnny Piano: E is fading....your love is fading....woman I feel it fading.... Dr Headphones: jp: rare earth? Elayne: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we," he said. "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." Johnny Piano: Bingo, Doc My Pen IS A Sword: Gots to go, have modem, will leave, when expectin' a call, bye. cease: you know that book chicken soup for the soul? Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: Our Witless leader? Dr Headphones: ytturbium, if i recall correctly cease: i jsut got some cat food today called chicken soup for the cat lover's soul llanwydd: not much to report elayne Johnny Piano: Later, Pen Dr Headphones: later, pen klokwkdog: nite Pen Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: nite Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: I got another cat cease: krassner's first drug book (with story by ME) was called Pot Stories for the Soul and they sued him Johnny Piano: Better than cat soup cease: by pen Dr Headphones: how many now, yam? Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: I need Chicken soup in gallon jugs cease: indeed, jp, but i wonder how they got the rights Bubba's Brain: PEN is leaving us? Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto: Up to 6 cease: maybe it's just left over soup llanwydd: I ate some chicken soup just a moment ago Johnny Piano: Pen is done cutting us for a while llanwydd: and my soul is just fine, thanks cease: was it soulful? Dr Headphones: i had chicken and dumplings for dinner. good stuff Elayne: My Canadian friend Leonard just called. He's very evil. He told me about this website: http://happytreefriends.com cease: chicken stuffed with dumplings? sounds fattening Johnny Piano: Was the chicken stapled to the dumplings, Ken? Elayne: Not for the squeamish, but I don't think Leonard was ever squeamish. Bubba's Brain: What will we do without a Pen-IS? cease: the czechs make great dumpllings Johnny Piano: Those darned Canadians - I warned you earlier about 'em Elayne: Oops, forgot the www. http://www.happytreefriends.com Johnny Piano: Who's WE, Bub? Dr Headphones: no staples, they were free-floating pieces of chicken. i had a nice DD breast myself Elayne: He's even worse, Johnny. He's not really a Canadian, he's an American and he just lives there... klokwkdog: canadians make great dumplings, too, and they're closer at-hand Johnny Piano: NO implants, I trust Bubba's Brain: That's okay, I'm sure we have plenty left. klokwkdog: Staples sells chicken now? Dr Headphones: i had some hungarian dumplings a few months ago, very small, not at all like i am used to
Elayne heads off to secure some smokables. BRB. klokwkdog: Elayne - you're not supposed to reveal our colonization program. It's going to be like Texas... Dr Headphones: klok: not just chicken, but powered by pentium fowl of all types Johnny Piano: No, Klok - they sell lo-carb paper cease: is the upcoming republikan convention gonna inconvenience you, el? klokwkdog: it's hard to get good hungarians this late in the season, I agree, Ken cease: transportation-wise llanwydd: Just took a quick look at the site, elayne. I saw what looked like Bullwinkle with crooked horns Dr Headphones: thanks for reminder, cat. here's page for elayne and dexter: http://www.shutitdownnyc.com/MainPage.htm Johnny Piano: Watch me pull a rabbit outta my hat! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: low carb paper. Is that the one with the carbon at the bottom? Dr Headphones: no rabbits in my hat, but i have a baby elephant in my pants. wanna see the trunk? ;) Johnny Piano: Five minutes early, that poor sod klokwkdog: don't you let him, folks...then he'll want to see YOURS Johnny Piano: I think the ears will suffice, Doc cease: any of you watch the chappelle show? cease: the skit about the popcorn? klokwkdog: chappelle? Johnny Piano: Missed that one, Cat Dr Headphones: cat: know who he is, but didn't know he had a show Johnny Piano: Comedy Central...they just resigned him for big $ cease: funniest thing on tv Elayne: Back with smokables, edamame and orange juice. Just the thing for recovering from a shortness of pants breath attack. cease: although you get lots of shows down there we dont get here Dr Headphones: only thing i watch on comedy central is jon stewart and his daily show cease: edamame sounds like something a train would say Dr Headphones: e: see URL i posted for you up about 15 lines Elayne: Thanks Dr. H... Johnny Piano: Generally I watch South Park on CC, and not much else since the days of MST3K klokwkdog: Thomas the Tank Engine would never say that word cease: daily show and south park both superb klokwkdog: as long as it's not combined with marmite, you're OK... llanwydd: endamame any relation to Auntie Mame? Bubba's Brain: edamame... edamame... edamame... woo woo! Dr Headphones: i must forego local news at 11 to watch jon, but it's usually worth it cease: we dont seem to get a new south park very often up here Johnny Piano: How 'bout Vegemite? Elayne: Yes Dr H, shut it down, indeed. I'm soooo glad I don't ever have to go into Manhattan again if I don't want to! Dr Headphones: WTF is edamame? Elayne: Dr H, it's soybeans in the pod. Yummy. Johnny Piano: Well, SP is on hiatus right now while the guys get their new movie ready to go klokwkdog: JP -- not in the Northern Hemisphere; it's not compounded for us Dr Headphones: ah, i'm not a huge soy fan Elayne: Usually served warm, with the pods slightly salted. cease: a new one? ||||||||| "10:05 PM? 10:05 PM!!" says Catherwood, "flim fang should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as flim fang enters and sits on the couch. Johnny Piano: Team America, Cat cease: traditional japanese bar food, el. and i spent a lot of time in traditional japanese bars Johnny Piano: Flim! llanwydd: howdy flim Dr Headphones: flim at 11--you're an hour early! Elayne: Exactly so, Cat. I tend to prefer it to traditional Italian bar food (calamari). Bubba's Brain: Hey, ff. Johnny Piano: Flim is dyslexic cease: both good, el klokwkdog: Vegemite was orignially compounded during WWII to stave off malnutrition, but like all things good and wunnerful, is now owned by Kraft and is being peverted, probably Dr Headphones: i have walked through soybean fields, picked them raw once just to see what they look like. almost like black-eyed peas cease: but nobody ever served me any calamari in italian bars llanwydd: any relation to dexter fong, fang? Johnny Piano: Calamari when prepared correctly is da bomb Elayne: Cat, Steve used to tell me stories about the bars he visited while on shore leave in the Navy. That was the first time he ever had calamari. Dr Headphones: i love calamari, but have trouble finding others who like it so i never buy any cease: valerie flame, i heard you were out of the closet now cease: squid is wonderful Johnny Piano: Speak not to me of soybeans, as I was raised in Decatur Illinois, home of ADM llanwydd: calamari has little taste. I wonder why people eat it klokwkdog: I thought ADM owned Decatur...you mean people live there? Dr Headphones: ADM: savior to the world or the anti-christ? discussion after the headlines..... Bubba's Brain: A squid walks into a bar, but the bouncer turns him away.... Johnny Piano: Well, a few "live" there - most of my family is still there... Bubba's Brain: "We don't serve calimari here." says he. llanwydd: speaking of soybeans, they have little taste either klokwkdog: So YOU are an infiltrator from ADM?? llanwydd: in fact tofu tastes like a mouthful of nothing cease: are you mcneil or lehrer? Johnny Piano: Oh, God, NO! My dad worked for PPG Bubba's Brain: I was a comunist for the FBI klokwkdog: Ilan -- it does until you look at the grocery store receipt... cease: not with grated ginger and soy sauce, llan Johnny Piano: I worked for the FIB - paid to spread lies Dr Headphones: hmmm, pleasant surprise. tv glide said "wide angle" would be about saudis, but it's about my hero, kim sung il and the PDRK! Elayne: "Yeah, but it's really great nothing, Mrs. Presky..." klokwkdog: ah, glass on molten tin people... ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| My Pen IS A Sword - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Elayne: Tofu with ginger and soy sauce tastes like ginger and soy sauce. Johnny Piano: My roomie has a bunch of soy milk in the fridge...scares the hell out of me! Johnny Piano: Yay!! My contributed disease is working! klokwkdog: Ken -- do they say when PDRK bought PPG? Did they intimidate them with a PPSH? Bubba's Brain: I like my Tofu with Mary ann ||||||||| 10:10 PM -- flim fang left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Dr Headphones: jp: i've never had it, but heard it's an almost acceptable substitute. i drink the real (well, 2%) stuff myself Johnny Piano: Same here, Ken Bubba's Brain: ff = fortisimo, I guess. klokwkdog: E - sometimes ginger and soy sauce is just ginger and soy sauce... Elayne: And sometimes it's a seegar, Klok! Elayne: But as Segar would say, I yam what I yam. klokwkdog: Pete seegar? Dr Headphones: klok: watching the mural-placard thing now with a side of gymnasts Johnny Piano: ff = presto pianissimo klokwkdog: on TV? Bubba's Brain: Well, ff was so silent.... Dr Headphones: yep, PBS "wide angle" ||||||||| "10:12 PM? 10:12 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Woody One should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Woody One enters and sits on the couch. llanwydd: press the piano?! Woody One: Howdy doody. cease: i'm watching that too Dr Headphones: what i wouldn't do for a 16 year old korean gymnast! ;) Bubba's Brain: Is your piano forte? Dr Headphones: hey, woody llanwydd: hey woody
Johnny Piano Johnny nods silenty in agreement with Bub having corrected his original assumption klokwkdog: oh, not on MY PBS station... cease: a lot more than she'd do for you, kend Johnny Piano: Woody! Woody One: Hi there, folkies. Woody One: Great company. Johnny Piano: Hey, she might want a green card, Ken Dr Headphones: PBS has a lot of non-conformists working in the scheduling department of individual stations cease: hi wood llanwydd: any relation to woody allen? Bubba's Brain: Hey, Woody. Dr Headphones: jp: green, magenta, cyan, i'd give her any of them Woody One: Only to Woody II. Johnny Piano: We don't get many ventriloquist dummies here Woody One: I'm speechless without my sidekicks. llanwydd: that guy's so stuch in a rut. He can never make a movie that doesn't have Grant's Tomb or the George Washington Bridge in the background Johnny Piano: What did you say? Dr Headphones: kick in the side will get you splinters klokwkdog: ken - my local station can't afford to schedule most PBS programs at the air date; shows some later and many never; can't get Boston PBS station complex with my current antennae Woody One: I've given my babe co-announcer splinters. Johnny Piano: Draw the wagons into a circle, Klok Woody One: She likes it that way. Johnny Piano: Oh, you mean to Trisha? Dr Headphones: damn, i got it wrong. it's kim il sung, not kim sung il. and of course, costarring his pompodour son klokwkdog: JP - can't pick up circularly polarised transmissions atoll llanwydd: I'm exaggerating just a little Johnny Piano: I didn't realize you were near an atoll Dr Headphones: klok: that's your problem: atolls are circular. you need to aim for long island and get it vertical cease: ah, the dwarf's anus Woody One: Listening to Wings Over America. Nice. klokwkdog: news today announced the N. Koreans have ANOTHER long-range nuclear-capable missile and Bush admin. says: yawn... Elayne: I got it vertical once but my back was sore for a week. /rimshot/ Johnny Piano: Dwarf Nebula!! cease: his mother's nickname for him Bubba's Brain: Don't Crush That Nebula! Johnny Piano: Try inversion boots, E cease: no oil in north korea, klok llanwydd: That's an old album. Great version of "Maybe I'm Amazed" Johnny Piano: Lots of kimshee Woody One: Yes. Venus & Mars tour. Elayne: Johnny, if I could try inversion boots, I wouldn't need the talcum powder. Dr Headphones: i tried inversion boots once, got a hung jury Elayne: If I could have a hung jury, I wouldn't need the talcum powder! Johnny Piano: I've lost my powered wig, and there'll be the devil toupee Woody One: No oil = no war. Bubba's Brain: If I could come with you, I wouldn't need the batteries. Johnny Piano: No war = no movie Woody One: I really believe that. I may be sent to radio prison for my beliefs. Elayne: Only if you believe in radios, Woody. klokwkdog: but, but, he's KILLING his own people! Millions of them in prison camps! ||||||||| It's 10:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dr Headphones: locked into the conelrad channel forever Woody One: I do. I do. llanwydd: my refresh is slowing down Johnny Piano: Version of "Medicine Jar" on Wings Over America far superior to studio version klokwkdog: N. Korea invaded one of our allies Dr Headphones: klok: we're better off without all those godless atheists, aren't we??? klokwkdog: They sponsor terrorism cease: doesnt this look like 1984 (the north korea show)? Woody One: Yeak. Excellent. Dr Headphones: cat: ignorance is bliss. yep, that's the one Woody One: Hard to find for a while. Picked up as an import, and now is available again. Johnny Piano: I still have the vinyl, Woody Bubba's Brain: If ignorance is bliss, why ain't I happy? klokwkdog: Ilan -- seems normal here Elayne: Isn't "godless atheist" redundant? Johnny Piano: Duh, I dunno... Woody One: Cool. I hadn't heard it for 20 yrs. til I bought it again. klokwkdog: Bubba - change your politics. I think they mean Red Bliss... Dr Headphones: elayne: got to keep them dept. of redundancy dept. workers busy llanwydd: there's nothing like a triple live album cease: i think athiests have gods: reason, gravity, comedy.... Bubba's Brain: "I got bliss on my fingers!" Johnny Piano: Yeah, you got your ELP and Yes 3-LP sets... Bubba's Brain: -ters Dr Headphones: jp: don't mention "lucky man" to klok ;) Woody One: NOW PLAYING-Spirits of Ancient Egypt. klokwkdog: is "triple live" referring to the drugs they used or is it some kind of Christian Rock symbolism I'm missing? llanwydd: I've had both of those, Johnny. Classics Dr Headphones: klok: 3-LP sets Johnny Piano: Yup... cease: like that rr kirk album the case of the 3 sided dream Woody One: Neil Young-Decade llanwydd: concert for bangladesh was three as well, wasn't it Johnny Piano: Please don't mention Christian Rock or I'll challenge you to a Diet Cola Johnny Piano: All Things Must Pass, also Dr Headphones: jp: i have actually heard some christian rock which is quite good if you don't pay attention to the words Woody One: Harrison's ..oh you took that out of my brain. klokwkdog: Is Diet Cola a generic drink used in some kind of pissing match or is it some kind of Buddhist symbolism? Johnny Piano: Me too, Ken. Some of it is even quite palatable lyrically Dr Headphones: i recently retrieved the triple harrison from the basement, plan to digitize it here Johnny Piano: No - get the remastered reissue, Ken. Sounds great. Woody One: I bought the new cd release. I love vinyl myself. klokwkdog: most rock is quite good if you don't listen to the words...or can't. try reading the words to "Stairway to Heaven" aloud and try and figure out why it gets played so much... Dr Headphones: some great stuff on that one. and some terrible crap too Bubba's Brain: Is there a bustle in your hedgerow, klok? Woody One: The grind, lows & mediums are sometime non-existent on cd. klokwkdog: exactly, Bubba Dr Headphones: klok: it's the anticipation of getting past the guitar/flute to the drummy part that keeps it popular. :) Elayne: Alas, I am overcome by dizziness. Must lie down. Next week (mayhap), all! Johnny Piano: Most lyrics would not qualify as "poetry" in any sense...but it's all rock'n'roll to me ||||||||| 10:27 PM -- Elayne left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Dr Headphones: bye, elanye Johnny Piano: Nite, E - forget the inversion boots Bubba's Brain: That was quick
klokwkdog is listening to absolute drek on 95bFM...wait a minute; it's Dresden Dolls... ;-) Woody One: One of the best sounding albums of all time-Zappa's Apostrophe (VINYL) Woody One: Nighty Dr Headphones: bub: timing from when she retrieved the smoking materials, it was timed about right Bubba's Brain: How bout submersion boots (cement shoes)? Johnny Piano: Some of the Zappa remasters on CD sound weak...for example "You Are What You Is" Dr Headphones: bub: i like the french styling, wear plaster of paris boots myself Johnny Piano: E's in the right neighborhood to be fitted for submersion boots... Woody One: Tull's Minstrel In the Gallery sounds like a tin box. llanwydd: I don't care much for Zappa but he had a very good triple album as well called "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar". Bubba's Brain: You are such and artiste, Dr. Bubba's Brain: an Woody One: The first release. Waiting to get a remastered. llanwydd: a band has to be very daring to put out a triple album klokwkdog: going the other way does not help either; witness Mitchell's arrangement of Yeats' "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" (ever seen anyone cover THAT? ;-) Woody One: My favorite Tull. Johnny Piano: Some engineers get it - others don't. That's why there are a handful of guys that do nothing but reissue work Bubba's Brain: Waiting for Godot to get it remastered. Dr Headphones: klok: joni mitchell? never heard her do that one llanwydd: Woody: I think "Minstrel" is a great piece of music Woody One: I wish that "Eat or be eaten" would be released on cd. Johnny Piano: Back in the day of the triple album, they were affordable and usually made by artists that were likely to sell llanwydd: but perhaps it sounds like a tin box because it was recorded in one (a mobile) klokwkdog: i'll upload the Late Junction that has it, Ken. Nice Chirstmas show... Bubba's Brain: Actually, waiting for Bernie Grundman to get it remastered. Johnny Piano: EOBE was on CD - needs a reissue, however it was in the early days of digital, and suffers sonically because of that Woody One: Maybe I'm Amazed on right now. Killer. llanwydd: I have "Eat or Be Eaten" on cassette cease: this reminds me of something the nazis would produce Dr Headphones: tnx, klok, i'll listen Johnny Piano: Most of EOBE is considerably quiet in relation to the horrendous peak toward the end of side A where Player gets sucked into the game Bubba's Brain: EOBE original CD release was a CD-I -- early "CD Interactive" format. cease: intentional, no, jp? Johnny Piano: The interactive version was never released to the general public, Bub Woody One: A flash just came by my eyes, Dr. Available? ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:33 PM and Dexter Fong steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Bubba's Brain: It wasn't? I thought I heard it was. It was in the subcodes, so it would play on any player. Dr Headphones: hey dex Johnny Piano: Cat, I think it was intended to shock, but in digital format it's a HUGE shock as it should have been limited a bit Dexter Fong: I've got a grape...anyone have some nuts cease: hi dex. wuddya hex? ||||||||| "10:34 PM? 10:34 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Nairobi Night Gnus should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Nairobi Night Gnus enters and sits on the couch. llanwydd: fong were you just here as fang? Dexter Fong: Evening Gets Johnny Piano: I smell a Nairobi Trio lurking about. Dexter Fong: No ILan Bubba's Brain: Hey Dex, Hey NNG. Johnny Piano: Hey Dex! llanwydd: here's an unfamiliar face Dexter Fong: Gents I meant Dr Headphones: dex: i've got two, but i ain't sharin' with you! Dr Headphones: hi NNG cease: hey, it's ernie kovacks. have a cigar Johnny Piano: Sorry...if EOBE had the subcode stuff on the regular release, you think they'd have labelled it as such. Dexter Fong: I just dropped n to say Hi and goodbye..got company...so see you all next week klokwkdog: good evenin' Dex cease: by dex Dexter Fong: Hi Klok Nairobi Night Gnus: Hi Kids..Nairobi Night Gnus signing on, er her we go Johnny Piano: Oh...OK, Bye Dex llanwydd: nite dex Dexter Fong: Night all Bubba's Brain: Bye, Dex. klokwkdog: so, what's gnu with you? Bubba's Brain: Not that anyone ever had player that could play CD-I Johnny Piano: What's Gnu with you, Nairobi llanwydd: you're gnu here, aren't you? Johnny Piano: Damn, you're fast, Fatson Nairobi Night Gnus: Okay, so We here are just gnu to all this. Just found the site. Help? Woody One: Doc... klokwkdog: Ken - uploading #1 (don't know content, just slopping 'em all) Dr Headphones: nairobi: the psychiatrist is "in" Johnny Piano: I worked at a store that carried a JVC player that did CD-I. Dr Headphones: good deal, klok, will check later Woody One: How do I doodit. Dr Headphones: i see the light is blinking furiously llanwydd: how'd you find us, gnu? Nairobi Night Gnus: I am not so fast with this so I'll just interject when I can Dr Headphones: where would it say "interactive"? i don't see it anywhere on my CD Bubba's Brain: There weren't many of those. Bubba's Brain: CD-I player models, that is. Dr Headphones: NNG: fast is not as good as good. take yer time and speak when you wish Nairobi Night Gnus: Found you like I always find you. Well suited and relaxed. klokwkdog: looks like a half-hour to xfer, Ken Johnny Piano: That's just it, Ken - I don't think it will say it...they only did the interactive version as a test for the industry llanwydd: gnus spelled backward is sung Woody One: Click the top selection? Johnny Piano: eulb gnus gnos Dr Headphones: mine is polygram, made in w. germany (back when there WAS such a country) cease: ah, north korean Dr Headphones: woody: right-click to download Johnny Piano: Back in the early days of CD, most were manufactured overseas llanwydd: oui Woody One: Thanks man. Dr Headphones: this one is 1985, sans ossman of course, but adding a sheep Johnny Piano: Not a fair trade, Ken Nairobi Night Gnus: Thanks for the invite, geez, I gotta lok at the screen and the keyboard as well? Ilanwydd..you're fast, er fats waller, yes I'm Sung, singing it to the where with all.. Johnny Piano: meaning a sheep for David Dr Headphones: i agree, ossman's hair is MUCH better than wool ;) Johnny Piano: bah bah klokwkdog: just trust the Force, Nairobi... llanwydd: yeah that was too bad ossman wasn't around for a couple of those Johnny Piano: You'll get used to it, Nairobi klokwkdog: ...or an Elephant for Aristotle? Nairobi Night Gnus: Gotta catch up with you guys Bubba's Brain: In 1985 The Firesign Theatre was approached by Phillips to write two demonstration games for their new CD Interactive machines. Eat Or Be Eaten, was recorded as a 99 track demo and the accompanying graphics made but the actual finished project was never published commercially. Danger In Dreamland, a Nick Danger Hollywood studio back-lot murder mystery game, was written but not recorded. Eat Or Be Eaten (1985) was salvaged and released as the first CD with subcode graphics, and the game paths strung together to form a story with some commercial parodies, on Mercury Records. The commercials were excised and put out for radio airplay in both a 7" and 12" version called Bites From Eat Or Be Eaten. The theme was further developed into a highly successful 30 minute Cinemax special, also called.. Bubba's Brain: found this on a search Johnny Piano: More trunk space at least... Woody One: Not getting it. I rightclicked & it gives me the picture of disc. I click on copy?? Dr Headphones: trunk space? why are you bringing elephants into this discussion? llanwydd: that's the longest message ever written here klokwkdog: we don't look back, Nairobi -- somebody might be gainin' on us... Dr Headphones: woody: the audio has .mp3 after it, pic are .jpg klokwkdog: Woody - don't slide the mouse, you'll get a slipped disc Dr Headphones: first track is headball classic Bubba's Brain: The "subcode graphics" may be CD-G, in which case a karaoke player would show it. Johnny Piano: Bub - I just figure that Mercury would have trumpeted louder about the subcode thing llanwydd: I've never even heard of those bub Woody One: OK. Right click on a mp.3 & then what? Nairobi Night Gnus: Been a Fire Ball since '69, am very excited to see all these words and engaging conversations...whats happening? Johnny Piano: Anyone try a copy of EOBE CD in their computer? Dr Headphones: woody: you should get a box where you specify where to save. it might stream, not sure Dr Headphones: nairobi: we just talk about whatever we wish, sometimes firesign content, sometimes not, but always enjoy each others' company Johnny Piano: Maybe there's a graphic folder Bubba's Brain: A computer won't play CD-G or CD-I. Most readers don't even read subcodes. Nairobi Night Gnus: This is all pretty technicall for this tech-na-dolt, how do I slow it down? llanwydd: Fireball! Never heard that before. I like that klokwkdog: where's that virtual smoke gone? Dr Headphones: oops, i forgot to pass the bong. here, NNG, take a deep hit and pass it along Nairobi Night Gnus: Thanks Dr. Headphones, appreciate the vote of confidence Johnny Piano: OK, so much for that idea...damn. I have stashed away somewhere a cover story on EOBE from Digital Audio magazine Bubba's Brain: Turn that switch from 7 1/2 to 3 3/4. klokwkdog: click on the "Log" link in lower RH corner by Exit button and it'll shoot up a window of the story up to now Nairobi Night Gnus: What is EOBE? llanwydd: I got into Firesign about '76. From an English teacher in high school Dr Headphones: put your finger on the script so you don't lose your place Dr Headphones: EOBE=eat or be eaten klokwkdog: Eat or Be Eaten album Johnny Piano: Eat Or Be Eaten, Firesign album from mid-80s Bubba's Brain: EOBE == Eat or Be Eaten, a 1985 Firesign album minus Ossman. klokwkdog: all the albums got abbreviated and all the jokes got numbered long ago... Everyone: #27! ;-) Johnny Piano: Anyway, the magazine article showed examples of the graphics, and talked about a "gameboard/map Bubba's Brain: Ha ha ha, good one Klok. llanwydd: EOBE was a relatively short album. But an awful lot stuffed into a half hour Dr Headphones: don't forget 41! klokwkdog: who wants the bong now? Johnny Piano: It's all in the way he tells it... klokwkdog: ROFL, Ken Dr Headphones: ba-da-boom! Nairobi Night Gnus: Okay, duh, of course. I'll catch on...lost my place switching to log on llanwydd: 82!!! hahahahahahahaha Johnny Piano: Don't bogart the virtual high, guys klokwkdog: (Nairobi's getting leg pulled really hard here; sorry...) cease: kim bong il? Dr Headphones: nairobi: did you see the private message i sent you? answer yes or no only, and remember, you're under oath here llanwydd: nobody's laughing. I guess I don't know how to tell a joke klokwkdog: you got it, Cat Johnny Piano: With or without pompadour? Nairobi Night Gnus: no, where do I find them cease: haddock with hash here Dr Headphones: should be directly above where you type before you send klokwkdog: Didn't he resign after Bush started French-bashing? Johnny Piano: Repeat nothing, soldier! Dr Headphones: if it didn't all show, click the word "Msgs" and it will show in new page Bubba's Brain: Gnu -- look at the bar near the bottom by where it sasy "Msgs" cease: deadly ajinomoto Nairobi Night Gnus: Pull my leg again and I'll, I'll get a new shoe! llanwydd: georges pompadour ||||||||| It's 10:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Dr Headphones: shoes for the dead! Bubba's Brain: Shoes for industry! Johnny Piano: Buy George's Pompadour cease: for Industry Johnny Piano: Dex finally cacked llanwydd: LOL Johnny! Johnny Piano: Woody must be busy with that blonde again... cease: some one should buy the pompideau centre, and tear it down klokwkdog: is he moving NYC to keep his car from being toad? or did he get reaped with no reeson? Johnny Piano: 42, llan Bubba's Brain: Why do you think hes called "Woody"? llanwydd: hahahahahahah klokwkdog: it's just one of those Gehry inflatables, isn't it Cat?
Bubba's Brain would be woody too, if he was playing with a blonde. Johnny Piano: Aside from his obviously wooden delivery? cease: before i get deflated.... klokwkdog: did you see his design for that museum in Jerusalem in NYT, Cat? Weird Johnny Piano: Sapshooter klokwkdog: Johnny -- you mean Domino's? ||||||||| Nairobi Night Gnus runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Nairobi Night Gnus?! It's 10:52 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Johnny Piano: Where the hell IS Tweeny, anyway? ||||||||| "10:53 PM? 10:53 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Nairobi Night Gnus should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Nairobi Night Gnus enters and sits on the couch. Johnny Piano: Nah, that's cardboard, not wood cease: just a blow up man in an overblown government job Woody One: Drink to me. Drink to my health. Johnny Piano: You know I can't drink anymore Bubba's Brain: One man enter, one man leave! llanwydd: you know I...hey ho....ho hey ho Johnny Piano: He's gotten to the acoustic set ||||||||| "10:54 PM? 10:54 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bobtown should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bobtown enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: hey, bob ||||||||| "10:54 PM? 10:54 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bightrethighrehighre should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bightrethighrehighre enters and sits on the couch. Nairobi Night Gnus: I ain't sittin'! This is me, you know the guy before time when all was good and good wern't so bad at all! Johnny Piano: Bob - all hail Bob Woody One: Yeah.. Sounds nice. Bubba's Brain: Hey, bob, you anywere near Billville? Johnny Piano: Biggie!! Dr Headphones: bub: one man's ceiling is another man's floor klokwkdog: wel ome Bob, Big Bubba's Brain: Hey Big Dr Headphones: hey big Bobtown: Hail Bightrethighrehighre: Howdy kidz!! Johnny Piano: At least I'm not John Denver llanwydd: evenin bob and big Bightrethighrehighre: sorry I missed the fun a week ago Bobtown: Right in the middle of Billville, ain't we all? Bubba's Brain: Worse, you could be Bob Denver. klokwkdog: you need both functions to clip audio data successfully, Ken Johnny Piano: At least Bob's still alive - and probably flyin' in his own way Bobtown: or bobbing for Den's fur Dr Headphones: when i want my audio clipped, i go to the barber of seville klokwkdog: no, I'm in Rhode Island, Bob; at least, that's what Donald and Daisy always claimed... Bightrethighrehighre: Marx and Lennon would be proud.... Johnny Piano: Hey, Bob - that's good for those chilly nites cease: you and spaulding gray's ghost Bubba's Brain: I go flying in my taxi -- takin tips and gettin stoned (Sorry, Cat, I know you hate him) Nairobi Night Gnus: Hey I can Be John Denver...yeah, that's it...my turn, I wanna' be John Denver! Oh, wait he's dead. Okay. llanwydd: a bump with a name Dr Headphones: speaking of chilly nights, record low forecast here tonight: 47 cease: seville has some great tapas Bobtown: Chilli Knights? Johnny Piano: "you came on my pil-low..." Dr Headphones: here=southern michigan for the uninformed cease: even by spanish standards Woody One: It's hot as hooker in my ville tonight. Bightrethighrehighre: John Denver was just a plane down to earth guy.... cease: birth control pill? Bubba's Brain: Sunshine in my Eyes can make me bliiiiiiind! Johnny Piano: No chilli kniggets here klokwkdog: don't believe him - he's practically in Indiana by now, considering Continental Drift Johnny Piano: What about Hellmouth? Bobtown: Ainb't the weather a groove, Doc? Bobtown: Real nice and cool like. Bubba's Brain: I'm in indiana, but I'm not practical. cease: i hate lots of people. they always make more Dr Headphones: august is end of summer here, frost in september Bightrethighrehighre: thank gawwwwwwd Ima cuntry bwah.... Bobtown: Don't tanut me, Johnny. Johnny Piano: Bloomin'ton Dr Headphones: and for the trivially minded, i'm real close to goshen, indiana Bubba's Brain: The one and only Johnny Piano: Hey, I'll tanut you all I want...I may even taunt you! Bobtown: tanut? Bubba's Brain: you can't get there from here. klokwkdog: for the universally minded, we're all real close to Goshen... Johnny Piano: But he's looking for the same old place llanwydd: nobody knows how to tanut around here Bobtown: or two places at once ||||||||| Catherwood ushers GnottaPrublom into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mumbles something about 10:59 PM, then departs. llanwydd: I shall tanut you a second tima Dr Headphones: i have enough trouble with one place at once Johnny Piano: Who you callin' Nobody? Woody One: Night yall. I'm a tad tired. Dr Headphones: hi, gnot Nairobi Night Gnus: Hey, You guy's wanna' see the Naibobi Night Gnus? Remember Papoon? How can we get to him again. Where is a good snot knows when we need him? Who was part of The National Surrealistic Lights Party back in mid 70s? Can we get that type of thing going again. I mean geez, it's just till early frost in November. Bubba's Brain: Hey, GP. Bobtown: or as Curly said, Goslow. Dr Headphones: later, woody klokwkdog: hey Gnotta; heck, Ilan...I don't even know what a tanut is... Johnny Piano: That's gnot my problem klokwkdog: nite Woody! Woody One: Slater. Johnny Piano: As in "We're in Goslow" cease: good idea, gnus GnottaPrublom: why gnot? ||||||||| At 11:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Woody One!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... cease: wood Johnny Piano: Wood.... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bubba's Brain: Wood. cease: but the guys were hot then. they're kinda simmering now Nairobi Night Gnus: G'night Woody, dream of Nick Dixson... klokwkdog: Nairobi -- did you state that as a question? Dr Headphones: wood (c'mon, everybody say it!) llanwydd: nyahahahah GnottaPrublom: a smashed puppet is no fun cease: whereas a smashed pumpkin is? Johnny Piano: Depends on how you smash him Dr Headphones: gnot: is that why bush gave up drinking? Bobtown: We should try a voice chat some thyme. Nay, better knot. klokwkdog: hey, if Bruce can get all fired up, they might at least Make an Effort... Johnny Piano: It would be dangerous GnottaPrublom: wrong hand up his pants Nairobi Night Gnus: What kind of fool do you take me for? Of course I stated that as a questionalble statement to be questioned and stated. cease: i think it was that or lose his wife, daughters, kend. or so said frontline ||||||||| 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 Khunsan disembarks at 11:02 PM. Johnny Piano: Duly noted, Nairobi cease: oh, it''s only bottles Dr Headphones: stated? how about the territories? and don't forget cat: he's in a province llanwydd: my messages are turning up late GnottaPrublom: what state are you in? metaphoria Johnny Piano: Ah, Khuna-san... cease: kundun, i saw you standing on luna cease: you were grilling a tuna Nairobi Night Gnus: Really want to get Papoon back up and running. Any thoughts, supporters, supenders? klokwkdog: uh, which state was that? AK? AL? Altered? Johnny Piano: How late, llan Bobtown: was he moonin' someone? klokwkdog: 'lo Khunsan Johnny Piano: Actually, Bub should field the Papoon question... ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Bunnyboy', just granted probation at 11:03 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Bunnyboy: lo dere cease: gnus, i'm puzzled that the lads aren't more involved in this election. but they have their reasons Johnny Piano: Bun!!! cease: hey bun GnottaPrublom: papoon's a baloonatic llanwydd: about 10 - 15 seconds Dr Headphones: hey bun klokwkdog: we're getting enough content now that we could work up someting rivaling Jabberwocky... Dr Headphones: llan: what is your refresh set for? klokwkdog: hey, Bun cease: wasnt that a big battle during the american war (what the viets call it)? Nairobi Night Gnus: Okay, who is Catherwood and how do you make it all colored stuff? GnottaPrublom: reasons...not being paid Bightrethighrehighre: hi B-Boy Johnny Piano: 'Twas brillig... klokwkdog: what happened to Cat? cease: am i gone? Dr Headphones: check your url, it's in there, or you can go to the send to all window and reconfigure llanwydd: we have a lot of gnu people showing up tonight Bobtown: If we had a jabber walkie talkie Dr Headphones: catherwood is the butler GnottaPrublom: but does the light stay on? klokwkdog: oh, you're buried in the noise of the on-line list, Cat. Didn't see you there still! Wondered... Bunnyboy: Hey, youse politicos should cirlcle October 5th on yer calendars: Not only is FAHRENHEIT 9/11 coming to video, but Criterion Collection editions of SECRET HONOR and TANNER '88 will emerge, as well. llanwydd: I don't know what my refresh is set for. Webtv did the setting for me Dr Headphones: gnu people are like centaurs, right? Nairobi Night Gnus: Check my url? I thought you guys were my u r all? Bunnyboy: Why isn't DREAMCHILD on DVD yet? Humph! Dr Headphones: ah, webtv and microsoft's axis of evil GnottaPrublom: can't talk though horse like Ed Nairobi Night Gnus: No gnu people are like no people you ever met before Bobtown: GOOD ONE (of many) Doc Johnny Piano: I'm happy for the 6th set of MST3K discs coming in September, Bun cease: yes, someone would have to pay them for their views now. and quite a bit Bightrethighrehighre: when are they gonna release "Nasi Goring" ....? Dr Headphones: i will buy F911 then even if i have seen it by then Bunnyboy: URL Camembert GnottaPrublom: the gorilla at large klokwkdog: Ilan - not sure what to do then Johnny Piano: TV Or Not TV is available from Laugh.com and Lodestone cease: but there are so many comedic possibilties and it's the most important election in their lifetimes, and they're slightly older than some of us GnottaPrublom: Moore for less Bunnyboy: Canadian colleague of Ray Hamberger and...and...oh, crikey, who's Ray's partner? llanwydd: get a lode of that Dr Headphones: gary moore is dead cease: one of the first thinigs i saw on tv that made me laugh, kend Bunnyboy: No Nasi Goring until it's tender. cease: a lodestone? Nairobi Night Gnus: Gnu people come from Nairobi (doesn't everyone?) We have nurtured ourselves into small vanilla envelopes and have sealed our fate with the glue that can only come from....well, you know where glue comes from.. Johnny Piano: Harold Hiphugger Bightrethighrehighre: I saw a FST film festival at the "valley art" theatre in Tempe AZ a long time ago GnottaPrublom: Derwood's curbie cease: firesing film festival. funny idea GnottaPrublom: firesign funnies cease: your wood's got scurvy? take some pennicilin cease: and tell her klokwkdog: Ilan - if you go to the "Configure" item in the drop-down box nominally showing "Send to all", there is and select it, the setup that appears DOES have a "REDRAW" setting, but I've never changed it. I think it controls how often the browser is told to redraw the screen Bightrethighrehighre: Proctor and Bergman had a short called "Love is hard to get" starring Nasi Goring.... Bunnyboy: And yes, Nasi Goring (the song/gorilla) is featured on TV OR NOT TV (laugh.com) and SHOES FOR INDUSTRY:THE BEST OF THE FIRESIGN THEATRE (Columbia). Johnny Piano: Ah, the Kurwood Derby...remember it well, yes indeed GnottaPrublom: love is hard to get is hard to get - proctor not in it Dr Headphones: i have a recipe for nasi goring somewhere on my hard drive. indonesian fried rice, sounds too spicy for me though cease: that was so ernie kovacks, bun cease: one of proc's heros Bunnyboy: bbl...hot fish onna plate, fer me! Johnny Piano: Oh yeah, I saw that once on USA Night Flight - probably shown in tandem with either J-Men or Missing Yolks klokwkdog: and a big reistafel to you, too, Bun llanwydd: I'll go take a look, klok ||||||||| 11:10 PM -- Bunnyboy left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). GnottaPrublom: it takes a villige to be an idot Johnny Piano: Hot fish, gollum, gollum Bubba's Brain: stil here Nairobi Night Gnus: Okay, you can't put this off any longer. If we don't all start talking Papoon for President, well I am just gonna' have to think that you just don't care. Take a bath with Dead Cat Soap ( There's a Dead Cat in Every Bar), and let the insects know about this Bubba's Brain: Isn't that precious? Bobtown: That there Ben Affleck was with his buddy John Kerry. Johnny Piano: One of the newbies was asking about Papoon, Bubba ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 11:10 PM and doctec steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Bubba's Brain: Hey, Doc. klokwkdog: which Papoon this time? doctec: hi there GnottaPrublom: i'm still for George Tirebiter doctec: back Dr Headphones: wb, doc llanwydd: nope, don't have "redraw" cease: i have never seen Sea Lab but heard a character from it on majority report or one of those air america shows, who said it was an old show recut. i wonder why the firesigns couldnt simply recut their old material for this election? Johnny Piano: Yo DT klokwkdog: hey, Doc cease: hey doc llanwydd: thanks though, klok Nairobi Night Gnus: We had a movement, the Magic Vowel Movement and we had Cacoons all over the States, Bobtown: If I'd know that Ben Affleck was goin to be there I'd of gone on down. klokwkdog: sorry Ilan llanwydd: hey doc cease: stilll working and pooling yourself to death, doc? doctec: just got back from dinner, watching daily show now Nairobi Night Gnus: Papoon was well represented and the word got out! The word was Food, and we all took a bite. Johnny Piano: What up with that, Bob - looking for some tabloid press? klokwkdog: if Springsteen can get off his duff, why can't they? GnottaPrublom: our shoes were too tight for industry though Dr Headphones: yeah, doc, fisting and strap-on dildoes! Bobtown: When Affeck walked-out on stage I'd of started yellin' Bightrethighrehighre: Yeah "Firesign Funnies" - I still have the poster.... cease: not for starving north korean industry, though llanwydd: testing ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "11:13 PM and late as usual, it's Dave, just back from Billville." cease: good point, klok klokwkdog: works, Ilan llanwydd: i think i'm alright now Johnny Piano: Dave!! Dave: I'd completely forgotten Bightrethighrehighre: I won a "Firesgn Theatre Mystery book" at the raffle that night, too Johnny Piano: wood Bubba's Brain: Dave GnottaPrublom: if the shoe flies what time is it Bobtown: Hey! Hey, you Ben Affleck, you better stop makin' that poor duck go aroung screamin' your name all the time. What the hells wrong with you, makin' a po' duck yell your name. Dr Headphones: it's howdy doody time! cease: i would have thought they would have reasons, but if they can summon the stamina to go on stage again, why not some sort of political stuff? they could do it on the web, for free, as it were Bightrethighrehighre: still have it, as well, yippie skippie.... Bobtown: Wait a sec..... Johnny Piano: Hang on to that book, Big - it klokwkdog: AHA! He's gong to be OK and ready to play...WebTV Symptom NUMBER SIX! cease: bergman already does this now with merl Johnny Piano: Ahem...it's rare! doctec: cat: things quieted down enough this week that i was able to make great strides in getting my mobile audio production system configured and loaded up Bobtown: Oh, it's AFLAC Bobtown: Sorry about that cease: gopod, doc GnottaPrublom: and send it on it's way cease: uh, good Bobtown: I was Andy Warhol for 15 minutes. Johnny Piano: Oh, that's right - Doc got a new computer... doctec: i sprung for an external 160gb usb hard drive for the laptop - my laptop now has more storage than my desktop system did GnottaPrublom: go pod go Dr Headphones: doc: only problem is speed with those GnottaPrublom: what about your stomach Bightrethighrehighre: Johnny-It's in safe keeping would like to share with all you coonuessuers of all things Firesign cease: i met some really devoted video folk at the bowl and am working together with them to develop some projects as we speak Nairobi Night Gnus: Hey guys, I'm gonna' sign off now, it's been swell, but I guess I have a lot to learn. Johnny Piano: I have both of those old books, Biggie klokwkdog: Ken - did you listen to that Paranoise "Send Bush Back to God"? GnottaPrublom: give me the bowl please doctec: drive is 7200 rpm, and usb 2.0 is actually pretty snappy doctec: (or so it seems) klokwkdog: USB 2 goes right swift, don't it? Johnny Piano: Hope you had fun, Gnus - come back next week! llanwydd: am I starting to fade? I hate going gray cease: its just really hard, with the medium we have now, to get what we film to look good on the web. if you've seen the pot poet guy on pot-tv i shot, you know what i mean klokwkdog: nite Nairobi Bobtown: Bye Gnu cease: good title, kloko Bubba's Brain: Night Gnu... come back soon. klokwkdog: stuff at drugstore for that, Ilan Nairobi Night Gnus: Thanks Johnny Piano...see ya' on the funway! GnottaPrublom: so's my turtle but he's in aspic Dr Headphones: klok: yes, loved it. passed it on far and wide cease: nairobi? isnt everybody? Johnny Piano: Along with larks tongues, Gnotta? GnottaPrublom: my watch stopped Bightrethighrehighre: Johnny- there's ANOTHER book? GnottaPrublom: or melted Bobtown: I'm a gonna go make më a tomato/mayo on 7 grain, be back soon. Johnny Piano: Oh yes, Big - the Big Book of Plays!! klokwkdog: cat - http://www.paranoise.com/ Dr Headphones: jp: i'm all out of aspic cease: eat well, bob Nairobi Night Gnus: Larks Tongues in Aspic..One Of The Crimson's Finest doctec: ooh, back in black - i'll be right black Johnny Piano: It essentially consists of the scripts for Electrician, HCYB, Dwarf & Bozos Bightrethighrehighre: any way to find a copy, or musho out of print....? GnottaPrublom: Hallow Lulu Johnny Piano: Chomp, Bob Bubba's Brain: Ebay klokwkdog: Cat - download the 13 MB "God Take Bush" rant (scroll down) Johnny Piano: Watch on eBay - every once in a while it shows up cease: i'se white cease: ok, but later, klok cease: it's too hard to go somewhere else and then get back here GnottaPrublom: white on rice...wait she's black klokwkdog: is that the Big Book of Plays, JP? llanwydd: ttestin Bightrethighrehighre: thanks! Mr Piano!! Johnny Piano: Jawohl, Klok Dr Headphones: nairobi: only king crimson concert i ever went to, took 1 gram of hash and smoked it all myself. what a concert! GnottaPrublom: ungalwa Johnny Piano: Which lineup of Crimson, Ken? cease: and speaking of... klokwkdog: you don't have a browser that offers tabs, Cat? anyway, it's really for listening w/o distraction, since it's powerful distraction itself ;-)) ||||||||| It's 11:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Khunsan - dead from Intense demonic possession ||||||||| Merlyn - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bubba's Brain: This ain't it, but its on Ebay right now -------Instructor's Big Book of Plays over 75 classroom plays Dr Headphones: jp: had to be 1973 or 4, not sure who was there. i was just groovin' Bightrethighrehighre: The Court of the Krimson King....Hash Seed, Blind Man's greed... GnottaPrublom: give me a tab klokwkdog: sheesh, after a gram, you noticed, Ken? Bubba's Brain: Don't be so sacharrine. Johnny Piano: Hee hee - both of my contributions have seen dis-use, er - disease, use! llanwydd: fripp doesn't like you smoking ANYTHING when he's up there ||||||||| Nairobi Night Gnus runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Nairobi Night Gnus?! It's 11:20 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Bobtown: Yum! GnottaPrublom: but when he's down.... Johnny Piano: Too true - Adrian Belew also doesn't like smoke Bubba's Brain: Its a beautiful drink... for beautiful people" GnottaPrublom: he's below that now Bightrethighrehighre: You might ....ah...."Fripp Out"....heh....heh.... GnottaPrublom: or feip the light fantastic Johnny Piano: Too many Motor Fruid Gimrets, Big cease: good one, big Dr Headphones: people all around me looking at me funny, but i'm sure they were wondering why i didn't pass to them klokwkdog: uh-oh -- UN reports "locust swarms of Biblical proportions" ||||||||| "11:22 PM? 11:22 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Nairobi Night Gnus should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Nairobi Night Gnus enters and sits on the couch. Bightrethighrehighre: If she were my daughter, I'd..... Johnny Piano: Better looking at you funny than ugly klokwkdog: couldn't stay away, eh, Nairobi? doctec: back... GnottaPrublom: Flock Of Seagulls with drive them out with their music Bubba's Brain: If you knew Gnu, like I knew Gnu.... Johnny Piano: Smother my daughter in chocolate syrup and boogie 'til the cows come home Johnny Piano: No Gnus... Dr Headphones: biblical proportions? mine is only about 4" x 5" x 1" klokwkdog: it's bad -- giant clams attacking south from Norway....locusts attacking north from Africa Bubba's Brain: Good Gnus doctec: it's not me talking.... Bightrethighrehighre: make her do a nasty nasty nasty on the white house lawn.... Johnny Piano: Gnus drive Olds Bobtown: A nuther one. Nairobi Night Gnus: No, er, Yes, omm..okay the gigs up! It's light here under the stars and my God I can see the LIght! Johnny Piano: Olds drive Gnus GnottaPrublom: what happened to the old fossils on display at the LA History Museum? cease: gotta meet the gurneys and a dozen gray attorneys cease: the firesigns? fhey're Back Bubba's Brain: Tar-nation! Bobtown: "Nasty nasty on the" beach, like the Devil did in Michael & Mary's song in "The Seventh Seal." klokwkdog: they got pensioned off, Gnotta Johnny Piano: TV dinner by the pool, I'm so glad I finished school Bightrethighrehighre: clams or oysters scared by chickens....? llanwydd: I'm so glad ah finished skoo ||||||||| "11:25 PM? 11:25 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Merlyn should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Merlyn enters and sits on the couch. cease: after 10 years, paint shoes brown Johnny Piano: Chickens with staple guns doctec: if she were my daughter... Bubba's Brain: Feather-nation! GnottaPrublom: you know, what's their names? Johnny Piano: The return of Merlyn Merlyn: I got Globner's! klokwkdog: hail Merlyn doctec: he vanishes - and then he reappears - it's magic! Bightrethighrehighre: Merlyn, k-pasa....? Merlyn: I was recompiling the front page montage Johnny Piano: I know, I was so pleased at that Merl Bubba's Brain: so, is that die9? ||||||||| "11:26 PM? 11:26 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bunnyboy should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bunnyboy enters and sits on the couch. GnottaPrublom: hats off to Merl Bunnyboy: lo agin Johnny Piano: die9 is intense demonic possession, Bub Bobtown: Yum, again. Bunnyboy: Gawd A-mighty I'm full! Bubba's Brain: Hey, Bb! llanwydd: hey bunny Johnny Piano: Ah, Thomas Hardy's latest novel, The Return of The Bunnyboy Bobtown: Bunny Boy, bes full, Nairobi Night Gnus: Well, not really see the Light. I did see it once, way back before the beginning. Yes, it was true my friends.. Oh the bright shining disks, they said they were compact disk, heh, heh, but I gnu better. It was vynal. Going 'round and 'round. Well, you could eevn see it! Yes, this was before time... Bightrethighrehighre: BB beam you in.... Bobtown: hardy har har doctec: hey bb llanwydd: safe and sound and angry Bightrethighrehighre: let's eat! GnottaPrublom: give him a quarter Dr Headphones: nairobi: many know about the 12" black things. i have over 1000 of them Bobtown: that's not much Johnny Piano: A quarter what? doctec: my idea for political bumper sticker: "CHURCH AND STATE... we think it's a match made in heaven. vote republican in 2004" Johnny Piano: A quarter wit? doctec: "YOU CAN'T STOP PROGRESS... but we can sure slow it up. vote republican in 2004" Bightrethighrehighre: a quarter squeeze him right there.... cease: hey dave cease: good one, doc Nairobi Night Gnus: Goota go set up my DioRama from "How Time Flys" Now there is where we can ...Hey I like tha: Church AND State..Print It! Bightrethighrehighre: thus church po-lice.... Johnny Piano: "RED TAPE - DON'T WE NEED MORE?" cease: i like Bush Nader 2004 ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dave - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Johnny Piano: As Peter once said - "That is a Nadir." Dr Headphones: i thought i was the only one with an intact diorama! Nairobi Night Gnus: Church & State...Papoon and Teresa! Bobtown: As Alan Watts said *burp* "You can't put he genie back in the bottle." llanwydd: that's a pun Bightrethighrehighre: ted kennedy and Jack Kevorkian 2004.... cease: the nadir, i think, jp. from dear friends klokwkdog: how about "Re-Elect the Guys Who Gave You the LAST Four Years"? doctec: Pekoe & Alvarado llanwydd: by the way, that was Austin cease: peek Knees. peek Knees Johnny Piano: Hey, how's about that Keyes...hope he doesn't move here! cease: who was austin? Johnny Piano: Austin said "nadir?" llanwydd: it was austin who said "that's a nadir" cease: i thought texas said austin doctec: no, it was bergman who said that Dr Headphones: jp: black on black for election? should be nasty Johnny Piano: Hell, when they're all doing drunk voices I guess I can't tell 'em apart Bunnyboy: Loved Oliphant's recent Nader swipe. Lemme see if I can find it... cease: sam austin, died at the alamo. awaiting his rental car GnottaPrublom: ralph...ralph...ralph.. I feel better now, thanks Bobtown: For the 'culture vultures': DYK, Hellmann's Mayo is Best Foods Mayo & asrev eciv from sea to sea? klokwkdog: wasn't Austin the Walrus? Bightrethighrehighre: that was very austentacious of you.... llanwydd: no doc it was austin Bobtown: coocoo ka choo cease: no, that was paul klokwkdog: Cat - wasn't that the Rent A Wreck ad? cease: or appall GnottaPrublom: VA Mayo is delicious Johnny Piano: I just am waiting for Keyes to say YES so the press can label him "hypocrite" since he lambasted Hillary for doing the same Nairobi Night Gnus: Hey come on Jesus...Show yourself...where is Papoon when we need him? Heck, where was Papoon when he was here? Geez, Where is a good Papoon when, well look are we going anywhere with this Papoon thing or is it a dead horse? llanwydd: the walrus was phil Bunnyboy: Whatya know? Right on the front page! Bunnyboy:http://www.ucomics.com/patoliphant/ Bightrethighrehighre: nacodocious or timbuktu for that matter.... klokwkdog: gesundheit cease: appolonia, your prints are ready GnottaPrublom: the mask is lot Bobtown: Don't know VA.......here comes the punch line doctec: bobtown: i remember being taken aback watching tv in the '60s (a new york city station) when i saw an ad for 'best foods' that used all the same footage and the same catchy jingle as the 'hellmans' ad Bubba's Brain: Someday, my prints will come. doctec: i think they fed the wrong ad to the station that day cease: "we" are not the point, nairobi. the lads have other fish to finagle at present, i suspect Dr Headphones: jesus for prez, papoon for vice prez? sounds good to me Merlyn: I also got an OK from Ossman to put up some clips from the Natural History Museum show Merlyn: But the audio is pretty bad GnottaPrublom: the fish hs washed up on shore cease: they did pappoon to some extent in 96, as i recall. i helpd ossman with some dialogue for that one cease: ghood gnuis, merl GnottaPrublom: how were the old fossils? cease: did you tape it or their tape, merl? Bobtown: the fish highskool washed up on shore __ are you sure klokwkdog: Merlyn - can you plug the drain? Nairobi Night Gnus: The old fossils were swell, and we is gettin sweller Johnny Piano: Sedimentary, my dear Flotsom Bobtown: of Dinah Merlyn: Just the audio from my camera in the audience Bobtown: ? cease: helter swelter ||||||||| "11:35 PM? 11:35 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Dave should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Dave enters and sits on the couch. Bobtown: of Dinah cease: only stephen hawking can, klok klokwkdog: Merlyn - you didn't take a date? Johnny Piano: Dave's not here cease: hey dave. long time no see Bightrethighrehighre: does it have a chromium switch? Bunnyboy: Looking forward to actually seeing SECRET HONOR when it comes out on DVD in October. cease: i think he prefers prunes. Dr Headphones: i turned in my chromium for the war effort. my switch is plastic cease: how as the fish, bun? GnottaPrublom: nset the wrinkles! doctec: i have to go help lili with some of her (delinquent) expense report paperwork - she has to get the stuff faxed tomorrow so she can get reimbursed for her travel expenses related to the consulting gig she finished the middle of last month Johnny Piano: California prunes with Botox Nairobi Night Gnus: Okay kids this is it! Ether you pay attention, or pay the attendent cease: was, not was Merlyn: don't think my wife would like that, KWD klokwkdog: no, Ken, this time they want plastic...you can keep the chrome Bobtown: Anyone who thinks that "Knowledge is Power" never saw Hawking in a room full of hungry mosssskeeetOOOS GnottaPrublom: next .. having hand problems Johnny Piano: I'll pay the attendant cease: we're paying,van gnus doctec: you all have a good evening, i'll try to catch you all a little earlier next week llanwydd: dfghjl; klokwkdog: does she know you took the camera, then, Merlyn? doctec: nytol (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..................... Bunnyboy: It was on a double-bill that I caught in the late 70's. I think I only saw the other feature, and a little bit of Phillip Baker Hall in SECRET HONOR, growling: "Fuck 'em!" Dr Headphones: later, doc ||||||||| 11:37 PM -- doctec left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bobtown: I'll pay the aelevenant GnottaPrublom: why? klokwkdog: nite DT cease: by doc Johnny Piano: DT, sleep well cease: tell a vision, tell a vision Bunnyboy: Frozen. Warm. Unexceptional. Bobtown: Bye, Doc GnottaPrublom: in an undisrobed location Johnny Piano: Pretty words, beloved.... Dr Headphones: pay the attendant? that's so 1960. i use debit card and pay at the pump :) Nairobi Night Gnus: Me, too! I' whopped. Long day at the office. Night kids. klokwkdog: that's what they see...at Wounded Knee... cease: by gnus llanwydd: but come to concrusion Bightrethighrehighre: gonna go full time with my life, lib-b-b-b-b-berb-b-b-bty, and the pursuit of recreational self-medication, see ya'll a while ago.... Dr Headphones: bye, nairobi, come back soon :) klokwkdog: nite NNG Bobtown: Tell a graph, but, NEVER - tell a *crack* ( Wifey lands a pan on më noggin ) llanwydd: nite gnus Johnny Piano: G'ni, gnu! ||||||||| Bightrethighrehighre runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Bightrethighrehighre?! It's 11:39 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" cease: bring the rest of the trio Bubba's Brain: Gnight Gnu Bobtown: Bye, Gnu
klokwkdog is good for another 2 min hisself Johnny Piano: And the Dutch Masters Bunnyboy: Anybody see Hunter S. Thompson's new book? HEY, RUBE! BLOOD SPORT, THE BUSH DOCTRINE, AND THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF DUMBNESS. HISTORY FROM THE SPORTS DESK. klokwkdog: not until now... Bunnyboy: I defy anyone to come up with a better title this year. cease: i read an anthology of his recently. piece of shit Bunnyboy: And the book might be good, too! GnottaPrublom: dropping like flies in a klien bottle klokwkdog: do we need yet another rendition of Gresham's Law? Johnny Piano: I'll wait for the movie... Bubba's Brain: The Dutch Boy Masters -- excellent house painters. Dr Headphones: hst writes some great stuff on espn website. that's all i read from there Johnny Piano: Fingers in the dykes! cease: read his blog this week about how much better it was to talk football with nixon than bush GnottaPrublom: fear and loathing that one klokwkdog: I thought they were crowding out Tiger Woods... Bunnyboy: JP: Don't wait! Johnny Depp will be too old, by that time. Bobtown: Peter Paul Mounds Rube Inns Johnny Piano: Yeah, and Gilliam will be dead cease: did anyone believe him as hunter? Bubba's Brain: Peter Paul and Mary's Mounds? cease: no, it's a beaut Bunnyboy: Y'all know that THE RUM DIARIES is in production, with Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. GnottaPrublom: sometimes I feel like a nut Dr Headphones: gilligan's dead? what about the skipper? klokwkdog: depends -- how many people know the real one? llanwydd: hello I must be going Johnny Piano: I thought that F&L was entertaining but then I am kinda weird llanwydd: see you next week cease: bun, i read a chapter and wished i hadn't Bunnyboy: Of course, Depp's also busy with Tim Burton's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. cease: by llan klokwkdog: me too, right now -- nite Ilan -- nite everyone cease: keep em crawling Bunnyboy: And probably another half-dozen projects. Johnny Piano: See ya llan! Bobtown: Bye, Klok Johnny Piano: Good night, Klok GnottaPrublom: wonka's in the Willie Factory? Dr Headphones: are we all jumping ship? i still have coffee left in my cup klokwkdog: why do they have to remake that? just clean up the Gene Wilder one and reissue Dr Headphones: g'nite, klok ||||||||| 11:42 PM -- klokwkdog left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). cease: tick klok Bobtown: That does give mè the willies. cease: i'm still near here Bobtown: Bye, Doc Johnny Piano: Dave keeps joining in and fading...oh well, they come - they go Bobtown: never mind GnottaPrublom: so cease: gas music from jupiter Bunnyboy: klok: I don't think this one is a musical. May be getting back to the nastier (though still family-friendly) roots of the story. Dr Headphones: dave is very much alive, chatting with me on AIM and forgets he's here Bobtown: send Emily Latilla a check cease: aha,.i sat on my pipe Johnny Piano: The remake will be truer to the original book (re: Charlie and Choc) GnottaPrublom: smoke one scrotum cease: oh, that's magritte! Johnny Piano: Not a musical either! Dr Headphones: smoked nuts? almonds are good that way...... Bunnyboy: (sings) Smoke them scrotums, put 'em in a basket... GnottaPrublom: have an apple over your face Bunnyboy: C'est non l'derriere'. Johnny Piano: Careful, McCartney may sue you! Bobtown: McCathy may have you up before the Bobtown: House on UnAmerican Act Trivities Bunnyboy: (points to picture of the Weaselly Resident of the United States) THIS is an Ass! GnottaPrublom: anyone have any lynch? Johnny Piano: But we're not acting - this is REAL! Bunnyboy: (sings) Cheer up, Charlie... Johnny Piano: Someone else can answer that one... GnottaPrublom: we're all actors here Bunnyboy: SFX: Needle scratching across vinyl Bobtown: All the world's a stage cease: points to missing record of bushs physical in 1972, this is your ass on drugs Dr Headphones: gnot: no lynch here, but there's a tree in my yard. you bring the rope Bunnyboy: And all the people underpaid players. Bobtown: but is mostly only showin' old, cheap re-runs. It's frest here. Johnny Piano: Man, that's a big ol' ass Bobtown: frest as hell Bobtown: Frest, now in low carb GnottaPrublom: I'm an old cow hand... Bobtown: and high in crab Bubba's Brain: .... Bobtown: with cow cease: mmm, crabcakes Bobtown: and a hand - Jeffery Dommer special mix Johnny Piano: Try kerosene for that cease: big bottom ||||||||| It's 11:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dave - dead from the yaws ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Nairobi Night Gnus - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... GnottaPrublom: Hey, you've hear about the Atkin's seafood diet for dyslexics? It's low crab! Bobtown: Care O Scene Bunnyboy: The Resident, also known as "That Asshole!" Dr Headphones: don't use the dyed kerosene though, it's for off-road use only Bobtown: Mise en scene Johnny Piano: Awful lot of yaws goin' 'round cease: good one, gnot Bunnyboy: Or, "L'il Asshole", in lighter moments. Bobtown: Mouse in scene, MICKEY! Johnny Piano: Caro-syrup scene GnottaPrublom: i've got the fiddlers Bobtown: Top o the world, Minnie! Johnny Piano: Who put the Mickey in the Ground Zero? cease: that's Tigger to you, little girl Bunnyboy: Tigger is free. HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS! Dr Headphones: fiddler crabs? they are small, take a lot to make a meal cease: if she were my daughter, i'd Bobtown: Coffee ground monster zero Johnny Piano: Tigger was just keeping abreast of his situation Bunnyboy: "I forgot that I had THREE toes. Heh...heh...heh..." GnottaPrublom: what ever happened to the Firesign? Bobtown: Fiddler on the meal Johnny Piano: They's in hibernation Bunnyboy: They took the picture, and it lasted a whole lot longer. cease: what happened to dave? i wanted to ask him if he went to rockie mountain fiddler camp, now 2 of frankens pals teach at Bobtown: High Burrrrrr Nation, indeed cease: they're stil here, gnotta GnottaPrublom: do we have to wait 17 years for the next swarm? Bunnyboy: cease: Didja ever see LATELINE, the Franken series from about 8 years back? cease: you havent heard their recent albums, tv show, tours? Johnny Piano: Cryogenically preserved Bunnyboy: The whole series will be on DVD in a couple of months. Bubba's Brain: hyper-nation? GnottaPrublom: not since they got fired from NPR Bobtown: PrePaid, tooooo cease: not sure, bun. maybe, sounds familiar but dont think i saw many ||||||||| "11:53 PM? 11:53 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Dave should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Dave enters and sits on the couch. Dr Headphones: dave's back :) Johnny Piano: Damn, empty the vaults - them DVDs are the future! Bunnyboy: That would be North Dakota, in the winter. 30 below, with wind. Dave: no I didn't get a chance to go this year Cat, had too much going on cease: they had a couple of gigs recently and will tour next year Bobtown: DAVE! Bunnyboy: lo Dave Johnny Piano: wood Bunnyboy: I gotta putter off. Nite, yez. GnottaPrublom: flops? cease: but is ithe same camp franken talks about? cease: that's too weird Dr Headphones: bye, bun Johnny Piano: Niteynite, Bb cease: but not as weird as you working with rachel donahue cease: by bun Bobtown: Bye, Bunny Bubba's Brain: Nite Bun. Dave: near Estis Park is the one I went to, must be ||||||||| 11:55 PM -- Bunnyboy left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Dave: ah I miss working with Raechel a lot, Dave: you knew her?
Johnny Piano thinks that it's weird that Bb also looks like "B flat" Dave: indeed GnottaPrublom: oh well, iguess someone had to mention Firesign before the night was over cease: they fiddle on the pirate show was from that camp, along with al's constant friend who started the school. was talkng about enrollent this week Bobtown: B tortilla flat ironman, with Ozzy and Hairy Ate at 8 Johnny Piano: Hey, we talk Firesign a lot in these here parts - ya just gotta pay attention! cease: i was in a room she walked into, when i was talking to her husband, this would have been 1968, kmet. the firesign had a sunday morning show there. Bobtown: I'll pay aninetion Bobtown: sorry about that Dr Headphones: cash or check? GnottaPrublom: try a search once... Johnny Piano: I only take credit cease: i always mention firesgin, gnottas Johnny Piano: But if you need to, I will do Paypal... Bobtown: Check O Pervokitive cease: tha'ts why this group exists GnottaPrublom: yeah but do they exist? cease: what would you like to mention, gnotta Johnny Piano: we do speak of Firesign, as well as other things Dr Headphones: gnotty problem of existentialism here Johnny Piano: Firesign does exist, just like the aliens in your eggs! GnottaPrublom: like what are they doing now... how was the LA gig? Dr Headphones: i have no eggs, i'm male cease: gnotta? Bubba's Brain: Sealing wax and other happy stuff. Bobtown: Check O Provocative , in the mail Dr Headphones: gnotta: about this time is when phil sometimes shows up. Johnny Piano: You'll have to ask Merlyn about L.A. Bobtown: Shows up - or - throws up ? GnottaPrublom: did any of you go? Johnny Piano: Not many of us in L.A. Bobtown: Nope, not moi. ||||||||| 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.. Johnny Piano: tic tic tic GnottaPrublom: how was it - ? Bobtown: lime tic Bobtown: deer tick Johnny Piano: Gnotta, you need to acquire the Weirdly Cool video - that will give you an idea of what it was like Bobtown: YIKES! GnottaPrublom: no reviews? cease: allo? Merlyn: The LA show was pretty good, kind of a test for the 2005 tour Dr Headphones: weirdly cool is great! Johnny Piano: Search the L.A. papers Bobtown: I was soooooooooooooooooooo impressed with the PBS WC program Merlyn: They did wall of science, some radionow stuff GnottaPrublom: I have it .. pathetic Johnny Piano: Ah, thanks Merl - you can handle this better than any other. Dr Headphones: i reviewed WC for amazon.com, not sure if it's still there or not Dave: are they coming this way Merl? GnottaPrublom: i thougth WC was flat Merlyn: I'll put up some clips of the LA show in a few days or so Bobtown: I reviewed "Hollywood Rat Race" for Barnes & Noble, what a noble thing of më to dew. Merlyn: though the audio isn't terribly good Dr Headphones: it is flat. otherwise it wouldn't fit in the DVD player GnottaPrublom: ahaaaaa, that's the problem Johnny Piano: I think WC was kind of a compromise - not what it was intended to be Bobtown: Man 0 day! I was worried, havin' listened to "How can you be......" about a bazillion times that the PBS gig would fall short. It didn't I GREATLY enjoyed each (well, most) moments. Dr Headphones: the extras on it are great. the rehearsal, the old jack poet stuff, etc. Bobtown: And Curly Mints and Larry Mints. Johnny Piano: The problem of working with any corporate company - including PBS Dr Headphones: bob: the visual stuff on the DVD is great, but you can "get it" without seeing Bobtown: & Shemp Mints Bobtown: & Curly Joe Mints Bobtown: & Joe Mints Bubba's Brain: Mints Meet GnottaPrublom: timing was off ... you could tell that they hadn't been performing together very often...forgetting famous lines, etc. Dr Headphones: well, gnot, live is sometimes not perfect. there's a tradeoff, but mostly live is better in my book. even live music when they hit the occasional bad note is almost always better than recorded perfectly in 243 takes Bobtown: Picky picky picky ___ Pat Paulsen for prez Johnny Piano: or worse yet, edited to death - hooray for spontaneity Bobtown: I haven't done 243 takes in my life. GnottaPrublom: but this was the best of 2 shows? correct? Bobtown: NOT a ALL hard to believe ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Formality into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mumbles something about 12:08 AM, then departs. Bubba's Brain: Welcome back, Formality. Merlyn: this is just a formality GnottaPrublom: if they were a performing group, it would have worked... Johnny Piano: Hey hey hey, we don't stand on you, Formality Formality: what an entrance Bobtown: I posted, at mê Yahoo group, my cover of "To Anacreon In Heaven" Dr Headphones: i'm informal, just sitting here in my blue terrycloth bathrobe. must i go put on my tux and tie now? Bobtown: You know the music as "The Star Spangled Banner." Dr Headphones: ah yes, the old drinking song which became an anthem Bobtown: Clothing talk! Dave: test Bobtown: Yes, Doc, the words are tooooo cooool Johnny Piano: That's appropriate - drunken nation! Formality: it used to be a drinking song? Bobtown: Drinkin' and chasin' (and catchin') babes GnottaPrublom: No PBS stations carried it ever agian.... not like Doo-wop or Catsdkill Comis..oy vey Johnny Piano: Break out the beer, it's election time! Bobtown: To Anacreon Dr Headphones: well, dear friends, it's after midnight and i'm turning into a pumpkin. will see you all (or not) next week. g'nite ||||||||| c ease waltzes in at 12:11 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Bobtown: In heaven full of glee c ease: i was off cut GnottaPrublom: and a...... Bobtown: A few sons harmony set a petition Johnny Piano: Nite, Ken - I'll be sending some kind of Oohs radio file soon... c ease: this cat sure do love dill Johnny Piano: Better than cross cut, Cat GnottaPrublom: "You Can't Handle The Truth!" Bobtown: That he their inspirer and patrom would be Bubba's Brain: Whenever I sing those lyrics, everyone looks at me as if I were an anacreaonism. Dr Headphones: ok, jp, thanks in advance c ease: only the Tru part ||||||||| 12:12 AM -- Dr Headphones left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bobtown: When this answer arrived, from the jolly old Grecian Johnny Piano: The Truth is you didn't like it, but some of us did... Bobtown: Voice, fiddle and flute, no longer be mute Dave: there ya go Cat Bobtown: I'll lend you may name, and inspire you to boot! c ease: all i had to do was reboot c ease: boots for industry Bobtown: And then I'll instruct you, like me, to entwine c ease: reboots for the dead GnottaPrublom: I did like it, kinda but not like when I've seen them in concert! Johnny Piano: I too am going elsewhere...it's been a LONNNNNGGGGG day - see ya next time c ease: hi form. how norm? Bobtown: the mrytile (sp) of Venus and Bauchus (sp) vine c ease: by jp Merlyn: bye piano c ease: keep em japing Bobtown: Bye, Johnny Johnny Piano: Gnot, we haven't a quarrel - you have memories of better performances, and I'm happy for you Bubba's Brain: Jim Bacchus? GnottaPrublom: I tried.... Johnny Piano: See ya ||||||||| 12:14 AM -- Johnny Piano left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bubba's Brain: Nite JP Bobtown: The myrtle of Venus and Bacchus's vine. Bobtown: Bye, JP ||||||||| 12:14 AM: Bone-E-Boi jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" c ease: i'm your venus, i'm your sweden c ease: it's bone Bobtown: That Bone E Boi is one big ..... OH! Hi Good Buddy. Bubba's Brain: Im your fire, I'm your desire. Bone-E-Boi: One big bone? Bobtown: I now enter the race c ease: i'm your norwhale, i'm your retire Merlyn: put the hats in a ring, wagonmaster, the republicans are coming Bubba's Brain: I'm your tire, I'm your spare tire. Bobtown: Bite that tire c ease: then we be shootin at ourselves, master merln Bubba's Brain: I never tire of that joke.... Bobtown: Would'nt that be a good year? c ease: hey neal, throw me another tire Bubba's Brain: When I was 17, I was a very GoodYear. Bobtown: and very good year for beatin' my meaaa... Bubba's Brain: Don't tread on me. Merlyn: if you get rich, then it's a goodrich Bobtown: Rich Rich said so Bobtown: as did that China Commie guy c ease: if rich were still rich, he'd still own lodestone Bubba's Brain: Oooh, I'm in Radial Prison. Bubba's Brain: Good one, Cat. Merlyn: she's a radial, raaaaadial on the floor Bobtown: I'm in a Sad Eye Call Prison Merlyn: and she's rollin' like she's never rolled before... Bobtown: But, ain't __ ___ ? ||||||||| It's 12:20 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Formality - dead from The Plague ||||||||| cease - dead from the yaws ||||||||| GnottaPrublom - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... c ease: no meaness intened, bub and rich and everyone. just funning with the language Bone-E-Boi: We need volunteers to canvas the battleground state of Missouri for Kerry. Bobtown: Mostly Bubba's Brain: Just let me take off my steel belt, here.... Bubba's Brain: None taken, c. c ease: allo allo? Merlyn: Hope those were legit; anyone complain of getting reaped when they shouldn't have tonight? Bone-E-Boi: You'll have to relocate until November. Move there and live there. Bubba's Brain: cat, you're a vampire. Bubba's Brain: oh... wihth and without a space... I see Bone-E-Boi: Sorry! I forgot. I'm supposed to stop being cynical. Bubba's Brain: For a second there I thoght they geve you immortality AND gave you death. Bobtown: Ain't that the words! Bone-E-Boi: We need volunteers! Do I see a show of hands? c ease: do paws count? Dave: what did Tom tell you about radio? Raechel never spoke ill of him, said he had a deep voice an Dave: shit Bone-E-Boi: Paws don't count as easily as hands.
Bubba's Brain puts his hand, covered with white paint, on an orc's forehead... Dave: now I'm pressing buttons wrong, sorry was supposed to be to cat Bone-E-Boi: That's the reason Tigger beat the rap. Bubba's Brain: "Nice day for a white wizard.... nice day to start again..." Bobtown: God is CONcept by which we measure our penis or gonad creation, in general (Foods or Patton) . Bone-E-Boi: Wedding. White wedding, Bubs. c ease: moshi moshi c ease: i keep dissappearing Bubba's Brain: Sorry, I was riffing.... Merlyn: I saw that cat Bubba's Brain: "I'll have some of what he's riffing...." Bobtown: I get about 97 differrrrrant drop-downs and such, while here. Bobtown: 'Tis worth it, though. Merlyn: what's that, bob? c ease: merl, this has been happening to me since the beginning of the chat c ease: i'm cursed or whatever. i somehow manage to come back Bubba's Brain: Well, I think I'm gonna head off towards some shut-eye, y'all. Bobtown: Bye, Bubba c ease: `ok, off we flow. c ease: next week for the next weekens! Merlyn: bob, you mean you get popups? Bubba's Brain: Nytol. ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:29 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bubba's Brain by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Bobtown: Who's Bob? Besides a MOST well done Weird Al song. Merlyn: bobtown, we shorten names here Bobtown: Oh, DUH! Iz a goofflaw Merlyn: Especially that Bightrethighrehighre guy Bobtown: Drop-downs, AOL stuff, who knows what all. Bobtown: I mean, Iz a goofleaw, Merl. Merlyn: what browser do you use? Are you on a PC? I wrote this chat code. I think the frequent refreshing is triggering popup spam more often or something. Bobtown: IE, & me lill' HP PC ||||||||| 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 formality disembarks at 12:33 AM. Bobtown: Hi, Hap formality: hello? formality: churp churp formality: 'n shit Bobtown: Well, it ain't spam, it's just a (tiny) bit of a gnu-sance Dave: well I'm growing old and tired :), so I think I'm gonna call it a night, see you all next week, cat email me please Bobtown: Say goodnight Dave, Goodnight Dave. ||||||||| "Hey Dave!" ... Dave turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 12:36 AM, I don't have to go yet!"... Bobtown: It must have been the fire in Bradshaw's eyes. Merlyn: formality, did the reaper kick you off by mistake? Bobtown: Nope Bobtown: He used to keep me here, even when I sign-out and would come back with a different name Bobtown: 'd ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| c ease - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bobtown: -d Bone-E-Boi: White wizard, black magic. Bobtown: Yummy homemade cookies. Oatmeal & chcoc chip. Bone-E-Boi: That ol' Bubba's Brain put a spell on me. ||||||||| Outside, the 12:42 AM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving heliotrope coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Bobtown: Howdy do, Helio heliotrope: hello from far, far away Bobtown: CRAP! I got chocolate on the mouse, & peanut butter on the chocolate. Merlyn: hoo ha helio Merlyn: how far away? Merlyn: chocolate mousse? heliotrope: VERY far away. LOL Bobtown: Couldn't be as far as West Virginia. heliotrope: Well, Denver...pretty far from WV Merlyn: I think I can guess.... hold on Bobtown: Indeed Bobtown: Helio, are you.....at a Rocky Mountian high elevation? heliotrope: 5280, indeed. Bobtown: in Colorrrraddddoooooooo Bobtown: If John Denver heliotrope: Ick! Bobtown: had used a john, in Denver Bobtown: then Merlyn: I would have guessed Denver since your IP address is from US west in Denver Bobtown: He is a wizard! heliotrope: do'h! ya! Bobtown: Where does my IP say I'm from? Bobtown: Pair a noid, aint' he? heliotrope: Well, dunno, here. Don't usually "peek" Merlyn: There are web pages to map IP address to the company Merlyn: Check out http://www.samspade.org/ Bobtown: I didn' t know that. Bobtown: Cool, thank you, Merl. Bobtown: Sam Spade, amusing heliotrope: ya, but I don't usually "peek" 'spect ever' body is jes where they iz Merlyn: The last person to click a "buy" link for a Firesign album was in VA, for Everything You Know Is Wrong Merlyn: Hey, you said far away, like Tierra del Fuego or something ||||||||| It's 12:50 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| formality - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... heliotrope: Well, fixin' to get me some; been a long time. Missed all this Bobtown: As Jön said, in "The Seventh Seal," "No matter where you turn, your backside is behind you," My second "Seventh Seal" quote of the night. Bone-E-Boi: I'm off to stretch my legs. Merlyn: Oddly enough, it says I'M in Denver too! My ISP says it's Qwest based in Denver...I'm in St. Paul Bobtown: Ralph Spoilsport on the shortwave Merlyn: Aren't you tall enough now? Bone-E-Boi: I'll be several inches taller when I get back. heliotrope: LOL Bobtown: Bye, BEB Merlyn: but if you read the fine print, you see "twin cities internet" as the sublessee heliotrope: I'll be several inches smaller...Alice DOES like to play with 'shrooms, dontcha know. Bone-E-Boi: I saw The Mighty Wind on the tellie tonight. Three members of the Credibility Gap reunited. Two members of SCTV. A gathering of coots. Bone-E-Boi: Er, loons. Bobtown: One pill makes you Alice and one pill makes you tall Bone-E-Boi: Adios! heliotrope: a bien tot! Merlyn: Joe Flaherty often posts in alt.tv.sctv Look for "Guy Caballero" Bone-E-Boi: A gathering of loons. Bobtown: Cool coots, me hopes, and unny. Merlyn: He was telling people about the comment track recordings for the SCTV DVD release Bobtown: I AM FOND TO MAX OF COUNT FLOYD Bobtown: AWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! heliotrope: remeber my first album, long gone now. looking at getting a couple, or 5 CDs. Missed this. Bone-E-Boi: The movie made me LOL enough times to be good for my mental health. OTOH, mentally ill people often laugh all the time, so who knows. Merlyn: I liked it when floyd was drunk and did the news still dressed as count Floyd Bobtown: Guy should've gotten some help, maybe from AAA. heliotrope: kewl room; glad I stopped by Bone-E-Boi: Reader's Digest was right. It really is your best medicine. I am Joe's funny bone. heliotrope: er, AAA or AA? LOL Bobtown: Guy should've gotten FLOYD Merlyn: No, not Guy, it was Floyd Robertson, the news guy. Bobtown: Yeah, but Guy was station manager. Bobtown: Straighten-out his employee Merlyn: Here's Joe Flaherty's first post in alt.tv.sctv: http://www.google.com/groups?selm=1e8f9787.0306182255.70619cac%40posting.google.com Bone-E-Boi:http://imdb.com/title/tt0310281/fullcredits heliotrope: TV deprived, here...long story, and won't bore ya. Really miss decent comedy. Bobtown: Cool, thanks, I put it on favorites Merlyn: There's a lot of audio on the Firesign site that you can download or stream Bone-E-Boi: Did I mention Fred Willard? He's in it. ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:59 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bone-E-Boi by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door heliotrope: Awesome, thanks! Merlyn: I haven't seen A Mighty Wind yet... Bobtown: Bye, BEB heliotrope: Oh, and Fernwood Tonight. Merlyn: The best stuff is their XM radio show clips: www.firesigntheater.com/xmradio Merlyn: Fernwood 2Night Bobtown: I wrote a parody of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" about breakin'-wind. Merlyn: technically ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bobtown: "Mighty Wind' is now, also, on favorites. heliotrope: do tell, bubba! LOL Bobtown: What? heliotrope: parody on "Heart of Glass" LOL Bobtown: But firstly heliotrope: assume it's minus the "Gl" Bobtown: before I give you the URL heliotrope: and...? Bobtown: ONLY go to the song I tell you to, my stuff is hated by Christians, Jews, Muslims, Krishnas, Atheists, Hindus and Hindonts heliotrope: Far out, man! Give, I shall go. Bobtown:http://www.ic-musicmedia.com/TOR Bobtown: It's in "Radio TOR" the song description tells which one. Oh, yes, its titled "Fart o Ass." Merlyn: Getting kinda late..I'll be taking off. Chat is every thursday night, normally, but you can do it anytime. Merlyn: byeeee ||||||||| Catherwood says "1:06 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Bobtown: Bye, Merl heliotrope: bye Merlyn heliotrope: LMAO, Bob Bobtown: Thank you, thank you very much *Elvis vox* heliotrope: I LOVE wikkid stuff...good shit, doll. heliotrope: ROTF here Bobtown: I have a GREAT TIME putting those together (plus it's fun to "Shoot Back") and when someone digs it, that's some fine icing on the cake. heliotrope: nice falsetto, with the "sweet" sound effects. heliotrope: Beam-A-Poop; too awesome Bobtown: Thanks, I have little sound equipment, soooo, I do dig you diggin' it. Bobtown: It makes me laugh. Bobtown: $5 dollar mic, no feces. heliotrope: awesome; have decent sound here. LMAO; listening. kewl heliotrope: Aw, paid $10 for my labtec mic...damn! jealous Bobtown: *TOR folds hands, bows toward PC screen & Helio* heliotrope: NO! You are the master! heliotrope: LOL, on the count of Pi Bobtown: I hope your not adding 'baiter' to the end of 'master'.' Bobtown: 'CAUSE I never go fishin'. heliotrope: What? You fish? heliotrope: No? dang heliotrope: Got some nice rainbows and kokanee here Bobtown: Oh, if you had haddok or monk fish ( and some hand gernades) I could go aqua huntin'. Bobtown: or even gre heliotrope: Nah, only got elk and Rocky Mountain oysters (actually quite tasty) Bobtown: I heliotrope: you...what? Bobtown: I'm guessin' Rocky Mount oysters are the same as the Mountian Bull Balls of WV fame. Bobtown: I hit the enter button, an accident . Bobtown: I wouldn't make a good Fear Factor contestant. heliotrope: ya, ain't ashamed to say I've had some. Usually with some buffalo sausage. heliotrope: Nice lunch, actually; here, at a local place called The Mountain Man Bobtown: Beefalo and/or octopus ain't so bad heliotrope: octopus is like chewing on rubber, IMHO. Buffalo is awesome Bobtown: If you here next wee, or if any of us are here next week *gloomy organ music*, I'll give you my bean & sausage recipe, it's goooood. Bobtown: Octie is crap, as well as squid, if prepared just right. heliotrope: Elk is da bomb. B-in-law usually has a couple steaks, for me, every year. Bobtown: r and k conservation heliotrope: No, squid (calimari) is great, if not overcooked. heliotrope: Octi is rubber, raw or cooked Bobtown: is it c or k __ or __ is it tomato tomahtos heliotrope: LMAO! Krishna's booger. First ex was a Krishan thang! Too funny heliotrope: You say tomahto, I say tomato...yada, yada, yada. LOL Bobtown: I gotta go now, there's a kettle of decaf jasmine with Wifey and my name on it. Glad, you dig "Krishy." Happy listening. See you next week. I’ve got whiskers on my earlobes, TOR heliotrope: love to you! bye now Bobtown: byr ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| heliotrope - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bobtown - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| doctec enters at 1:40 AM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. doctec: ooh, back in black - i'll be right black ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Merlyn', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 1:45 AM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Merlyn: Hey doc, still around? Merlyn: hmm, nope... ||||||||| Catherwood says "1:45 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| It's 1:50 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| doctec - dead from Intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 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:
Bightrethighrehighre
Bobtown
Bone-E-Boi
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
c ease
cease
Dave
Dexter Fong
doctec
Dr Headphones
Elayne
Formality
GnottaPrublom
heliotrope
Jellyfish Heaven Yamamoto
Johnny Piano
klokwkdog
llanwydd
Merlyn
My Pen IS A Sword
Nairobi Night Gnus
Woody One
