||||||||| 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 December 02, 2004 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 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 Bill O'Yamamoto disembarks at 8:23 PM. Bill O'Yamamoto: Ha, First and safe and unconscious of the economy. I'm SO quiet. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, December 02, 2004 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| 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 klokwkdog-10EEE disembarks at 9:11 PM. Bill O'Yamamoto: oi klokwkdog-10EEE: hey, Yam Bill O'Yamamoto: allo Bill O'Yamamoto:http://www.cafepress.com/yamamoto klokwkdog-10EEE: you are doing a shameless plug squared or you done done the site? (gad, sounds like hooker jabber...) ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:17 PM and Bubba's Brain steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Bill O'Yamamoto: It's up klokwkdog-10EEE: gad, Subway selling coffee; chatters beginning before 8:30...what is this world coming 2 klokwkdog-10EEE: ? Bubba's Brain: Well, HowwwwwwDeeeeee!!!!!! Bill O'Yamamoto: I'm looking for input on design Bill O'Yamamoto: also $ Bubba's Brain: THe Ho Freeway? Bill O'Yamamoto: ? klokwkdog-10EEE: talk to Frank Gehry: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/arts/design/02gehr.html?oref=login Bill O'Yamamoto: everybody go to sleep? Bubba's Brain: Doesn't that start at hollywood and vine? klokwkdog-10EEE: (in the "You think you have problems" category klokwkdog-10EEE: hey Bubba -- my computer hosed me (dang windows) Bubba's Brain: In the "im not registered at the NY times category" klokwkdog-10EEE: maybe they didn't wake up yet, Yam Bubba's Brain: hosed? how? klokwkdog-10EEE: hold on Yam ||||||||| Pedro Nikolai McDonald sneaks in around 9:24 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Bubba's Brain: hosted hosed hoed hod ho o Bill O'Yamamoto: y Pedro Nikolai McDonald: hey bub. hey yam. hey klok. Bill O'Yamamoto: I have an acct but forgot it Bubba's Brain: Hey Pedro. klokwkdog-10EEE: he pedro Bill O'Yamamoto: oi
Bill O'Yamamoto looks for felafel klokwkdog-10EEE: yam - in flite, although you'll have to go to Google-images and dredge up a shot of the Disney Center, possibly the one where the executive suite vaporized those three condos across the street... Bubba's Brain: falafel? klokwkdog-10EEE: oh, go eat some chickpeas or something Bubba's Brain: The food, or the old "Four Alarm Firesignal?" Pedro Nikolai McDonald: I'd falafel about that klokwkdog-10EEE: black screen of processor screw-up, Bubba Bubba's Brain: I've used that joke before..... klokwkdog-10EEE: Windows asked it a question which it wasn't able to answer Bubba's Brain: yes, your computer screwed you. ||||||||| Outside, the 9:28 PM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Merlyn coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Merlyn: hullo klokwkdog-10EEE: keep those fumes to yourself! hi Merlyn Bubba's Brain: Hey, Merl. Pedro Nikolai McDonald: hey merl Bubba's Brain: Just sent you an email, Merlyn. Bill O'Yamamoto: oi klokwkdog-10EEE: yam - get another acc't; they're free and nyt will eventually notice the unused one and zap it. o and write it down ;-) ||||||||| 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 Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD disembarks at 9:30 PM. klokwkdog-10EEE: did you get the email, yam? klokwkdog-10EEE: (at msn)? Pedro Nikolai McDonald: evening dr chung Bubba's Brain: Hey Dr. klokwkdog-10EEE: hey dr chug -- you must be the king we've been expecting Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: PTL and PTA. Bill O'Yamamoto: Which one was that? klokwkdog-10EEE: (unless "Uncle" Skyler shows up) klokwkdog-10EEE: Chung-King, of course, Yam ;-) Bill O'Yamamoto: aja klokwkdog-10EEE: the frank gehry article, yam Bubba's Brain: We've got a regular medical convention, between Doc, Doc, and now, Doc. ||||||||| cease enters at 9:32 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn.
klokwkdog-10EEE removes his hat in memory of Tiny Dr. Tim... Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dr Chug? You're perhaps thinking of Dr. Tommy Chong? klokwkdog-10EEE: hey cat! cease: hi all Pedro Nikolai McDonald: hey cat Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: cease, you still a Lakers fan? cease: sort of cease: aside from the rapist, i dont know the new players Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I was a Lakers fan since the late 1960s. Now I'm a Clippers fan. Merlyn: hi cat Bill O'Yamamoto: oi Merlyn: cat, have you been listening to air america tonight? I missed julia sweeny Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: The Clippers won last night, the Lakers lost. Clippers are 10-6, Lakers 9-7. cease: she was great Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Those Hollywood stars had better start buying Clippers season tickets. cease: a friend of mine who knows the lakers well said the clippers will finish above them this year cease: bout time Pedro Nikolai McDonald: what did julia talk about? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Except for poor Jack NIcholson. cease: she has a new broadway show about god
klokwkdog-10EEE wonders about the juxtaposition of "poor" and "Jack NIcholson" cease: she talked about religion during all of the segment i heard Bill O'Yamamoto: ha cease: speaking of Tiny, i wonder if Ms. Tiny is still in seattle cease: it would be great to meet her when we go to seattle for the firesign show Merlyn: yeah, I know cat, that's why I was miffed I missed it. klokwkdog-10EEE: you mean Peggy? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Miserable, klok. Merlyn: who last contacted her from the newsgroup? Pedro Nikolai McDonald: I hope they record the firesign show in Seattle. Or videotape it ||||||||| Outside, the 9:38 PM downtown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Elayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'd like to see a docudrama in which Jack Nicholson played the role of Donald Rumsfeld. Elayne: Evenin' all! Bubba's Brain: Hey, E. klokwkdog-10EEE: evenin' E! Elayne: I bear greetings from Dexter, aka Unca Dex. Pedro Nikolai McDonald: hi E klokwkdog-10EEE: that would be good, doc Elayne: He'll be here late this evening as he's going to some sort of jazz thing. cease: hi el Elayne: We had lunch today. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: We've gone from Seinfeld to Rumsfeld. Elayne: We talked about y'all, were your ears burning? Elayne: He said I "hit and run" too much in this chat, so I'll try to watch that. Bubba's Brain: I knew I had warm lobes.... cease: i hope to be meeting you guys and gals in april
klokwkdog-10EEE notes that his ears are always burning... Pedro Nikolai McDonald: I never watched "Rumsfeld". Was Kramer in that one too? Elayne: Yes, April, when it'll be warm again! Perfect timing. We'll have had tenantship of this apartment for one year in April. Elayne: We're finally out of moving boxes (but not out of comics longboxes yet). Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: No ears burning since 1993. That's when I stopped smoking. klokwkdog-10EEE: no, the comic relief was Cheney/Bigfoot... cease: we've been here a year and still unpacking, el Elayne: That's when I started! cease: you finally went out, eh? Elayne: No, I lie, it was long before that... Elayne: Yeah, I think Rob and I have made pretty good progress on the unpacking front. Merlyn: just catching up; I emailed back, bb Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit steroids. klokwkdog-10EEE: but the unpacking back still remains... Bubba's Brain: I got it, theanks, Merl. Pedro Nikolai McDonald: LOL klok ||||||||| At 9:42 PM, Bill O'Yamamoto runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| 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 Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto disembarks at 9:43 PM. Pedro Nikolai McDonald: another doctor ||||||||| 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 doctec disembarks at 9:43 PM. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I haven't seen rhoid rage that bad since bad attitude night at the local gay bar. If you'd been rear ended as many times as some of those guys, you'd have rhoid rage, too. Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: Doctor Pedro Nikolai McDonald: yet another Elayne: Hey Doc! Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: oi cease: doctec! doctec: yep that's me Pedro Nikolai McDonald: you do acupuncture, Wang? cease: you could get away from work and pool to join us! Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: badass grrrrrrrr Bubba's Brain: Hey Doc. klokwkdog-10EEE: no, Pedro, he misses a lot... Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: Not on wangs, no doctec: i've got an hour before lili returns from nyc - she went to a taping of some uk documentary tv thing cease: someone earlier mentioned tiny dr. tim and i wondered if mrs tiny was still in seattle Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: drop 'em or I'll shoot cease: i wonder if she'd want to go to the firesign show? doctec: she'll be back in ffld at 10:20 or so, i will tak off at that point to have a late nosh with her Bubba's Brain: Everybody Wang Chung tonight. klokwkdog-10EEE: hey, DT, missed you in the junction announce noise! doctec: cat: good question cease: wasnt kend in touch with her before? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'll have you looking like that dude in Hellraiser in no time. doctec: klok: junction anouce noise? que? Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: bah cease: you know, i bet Phil A would love meeting her. and she'd really enjoy that eulogy he did for Tiny Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: btw all: http://www.cafepress.com/yamamoto klokwkdog-10EEE: whole buncha people showed up in green at once, mostly folks re-joining the chat; didn't even notice you'd arrived cease: actually i think she was in the room with us when we all met phil cease: we had to introduce ourselves to oona in the prop room and she was querelous about our strange chat names doctec: ah Pedro Nikolai McDonald: I don't remember green, klok Pedro Nikolai McDonald: maybe that was before my time
klokwkdog-10EEE wonders, what strange chat names?? doctec: my bro just called me on phone from ohio, so if i'm distracted that's why Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: No strange names here klokwkdog-10EEE: pedro - folks joining chat are announced on their own green line Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Kono, carefully take note of every vowel in the Honolulu phone book--look for a pattern. cease: tiny, cease, doctec, mrs tiny was of course peggy blisswhips Pedro Nikolai McDonald: not on my system, klok klokwkdog-10EEE: no one has heard from her since shortly after Tiny died? That was my impression... Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Chin Ho, find the needle in that haystack. Get back to me later this afternoon. Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: They're in everybody's system doctec: i emailed connie shortly after tdt passed away, may still have that email addy in my archive doctec: i am such a pack rat cease: i hope Lili can make it. phil A would Really enjoy meeting her Merlyn: cat, I think Peggy has seen it; I think I mailed a DVD of the XM radio /video clip to her long ago cease: connie, that's it klokwkdog-10EEE: OK, it does not show up that way in Lynx, I guess, Pedro ;-) cease: good work, merl cease: so you have an address for her Bubba's Brain: They'll be formally released this weekend, but I just wanted to let you all know the first four volumes of the George Tirebiter Collection have just been released at Lodestone. Bubba's Brain:http://lodestonecatalog.com/cgi-bin/ltmcat.cgi?sku=OWME101 Bubba's Brain:http://lodestonecatalog.com/cgi-bin/ltmcat.cgi?sku=OWME102 Bubba's Brain:http://lodestonecatalog.com/cgi-bin/ltmcat.cgi?sku=OWME103 Bubba's Brain:http://lodestonecatalog.com/cgi-bin/ltmcat.cgi?sku=OWME104 cease: hi bub Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Tommy Chong, walk on water. Annoint four or five crazy guy as your Apostles. Meet me on the Big Island at 7:30 tonight. Be there. Aloha. Pedro Nikolai McDonald: speaking of strange names, I'm having an identity crisis. BRB Bubba's Brain: Hey cat. cease: i saw on him leno, putting down marijuana ||||||||| 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 Olaf Garcia disembarks at 9:51 PM. doctec: i'd rather pick it up myself cease: yeah, like anyone's gonna stop smoking cuz Tommy Chong told them to Olaf Garcia: That's better Bubba's Brain: There's a joke in there about putting down the marijuana... Bubba's Brain: you beat me, Doc. klokwkdog-10EEE: won't be long before the swastikas go on the passports, eh Cat? cease: he said he was a pot addict. now he's addcited to dancing Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: or start smoking cuz Tommy Chong told 'em to Bubba's Brain: They say that Dancing is a gateway activity.... Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: asprin leads to heroin
klokwkdog-10EEE never watched/listened much to C&C; had no effect on his smoking habits doctec: i'm aspirin' ta become a junkie Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: Dope is bad. Gambling and Alcohol are okay Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Now when he acts like an idiot he'll have no excuse. And not much of a point. doctec: have some more heroine, steve Olaf Garcia: there isn't a heroin addict who didn't start out on oxygen cease: they were funny, but only in a kinda stoned bob newhart kinda way klokwkdog-10EEE: no one will notice, we have them running the country now, and they're straight... doctec: dave? dave's not here
Bubba's Brain caught 5 minutes of some C&C movie this morning on Comedy Central. Elayne: Oxygen and milk. I think milk is a gateway substance. Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: out of hell cease: they were never cultural critics like the firesign, mort sahl, lenny, krassner, etc klokwkdog-10EEE: Olaf -- I hardly ever watch it; it's some kind of chick thing, isn't it? Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: I don't like milk cease: nor do i Elayne: That's 'cause you don't know what milk is. Merlyn: There was a yahoo alert on firesign; Cheech (or Chong?) mentioned Firesign. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: When Tommy Chong gets sent to jail for conspiracy to masturbate, I won't watch him on Leno when he gets out of jail. Elayne: But you sure know where it comes from! cease: interesting to see carln be both, a standup of the old school and a cultural force Olaf Garcia: chick thing? Oh, Oxygen! Well, guys like it too cease: really merl? Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: E: ibndeed Elayne: Isn't going on Leno the same thing as conspiracy to masturbate? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Conspiracy to masturbate is a felony. Or soon will be. Bubba's Brain: speaking of milk -- http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PO0310/S00003.htm Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: ew Merlyn: Here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1364508,00.html
Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto is glad he doesn't have a teevee Merlyn: "No one else was doing pothead comedy at the time," recalls Cheech. "The Firesign theatre was doing something more cerebral and druggy, but no one was doing anything about being high." Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Think about playing with yourself, go to jail. It's the law. Elayne: Oh, I saw that Photoshop awhile back, must have been about 2-3 years... klokwkdog-10EEE: oh, they'll just arrest people whenever they want, Chung, and make up some reason -- they're appointing judges to see to that Olaf Garcia: I'm getting sick of not having tv. I've only had webtv for about 3 years Merlyn: Cheech and Chung? Elayne: Do you believe, Dex and I were actually waxing almost... fondly about Nixon at lunch today. When the people currently in power make NIXON look good by comparison you know you're in trouble. klokwkdog-10EEE: that makes no sense, Olaf Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Tommy Chong dropped the dime on FST? klokwkdog-10EEE: Amen, Elayne! Elayne: Sad, klok, innit? Olaf Garcia: now it's tricky dick cheney klokwkdog-10EEE: kindler, gentler daze Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: 4 or 5 born again wisecrackers about saying no. cease: that's what john dean says, el Elayne: And he would know, Cat. ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Pedro Nikolai McDonald - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Olaf Garcia: no sense klok. Let me explain. I don't get any tv stations from where I am but I do have a webtv hookup Elayne: So I told Dex to stop waxing nostalgic for Nixon, I didn't need to be reminded how old I was on my birthday. :) cease: are you on the moon, olaf? klokwkdog-10EEE: can you, like, get an antenna? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: There won't be a dry eye in the house when they tearfully recant Galileo. klokwkdog-10EEE: happy birthday, E Elayne: Will he have aged well? Oh, sorry, I misread, I thought you wanted to DEcant Galileo. Elayne: Thanks Klok!
klokwkdog-10EEE thought Galileo crashed into Jupiter -- no way it's coming back... Olaf Garcia: no, I'm in the Adirondacks. And as it happens my reception is bad and I have no cable hookup Merlyn: When galileo drank, he had a jovial atmosphere Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: In the back end of nowhere klokwkdog-10EEE: Huygens is about to crash into Titan. All the US seems to be able to do these days is break things... cease: you and bill mckibben. or maybe you Are bill mckibben Elayne: Olaf, you're not missing much. Except the Food Network, which of course for me rules. I am having a crush on Alton Brown. Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: We broke Iraq Elayne: Oh, say 'tain't so, Klok! I've been looking forward to the Titan flyby! Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: Broke the Banq Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: God's this big white guy with a beard. He invented the universe in a week and took Sunday off. You all get an A in physics. Class dismised. cease: i read an article about food shows on today's salon, el klokwkdog-10EEE: you could get one of those 3-meter satellite dishes like ah clem and bambi have and get the free stuff that way Bubba's Brain: I think Bush just bought a Pottery Barn. Olaf Garcia: I could get could get sattelite if I wanted a yearlong committment. I might actually do it though Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Class dismissed forever. doctec: ok, i'm off the phone w/my bro
klokwkdog-10EEE is getting desperate for a MER briefing. it's been about 3 months now, E. cease: how's bro? Elayne: How's Ohio, Doc? Did he say? doctec: bro is doing pretty well - better than in recent memory doctec: he said ohio is still pretty flat, e Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Just make sure you never even THINK of playing with yourself. Elayne: Yes, well, it was ever thus, Doc. doctec: no major geological alterations of late Bubba's Brain: round on the outsides, and "hi" in the midd.e? Bubba's Brain: middle doctec: yep bb Olaf Garcia: my identity crisis is getting worse. brb again klokwkdog-10EEE: E - the Titan flyby has already happened once. Nice pix. Next pass, they kick out Huygens and it falls or splashes or whatever onto the top of Titan and sends back its impressions... ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and llanwydd disembarks at 10:05 PM. Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto: prolly an electronic "Ow" llanwydd: now I'm all better cease: hi llan ||||||||| At 10:06 PM, Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." doctec: i am psyched, they finally got 'blue ice' in at ny liquor stores Elayne: Exactly, klok. We saw a fairly recent update of that (as of last June) at the local planetarium in October. Elayne: What's "blue ice," Doc? doctec: my pool shooting buddy, al mcneil, has been trying to get it for 3 years klokwkdog-10EEE: hey, Ilan -- you know there's another chatter up in your neck of the woods? cease: is that like blue moss? Merlyn: wuzzat, doc? Bubba's Brain: I've only got (blue) ice for you dear..... doctec: but it has not been available in the tri-state area - until now Elayne: Hey llan! doctec: he found a distributor just over the ct/ny border cease: i am really looking forward to going to that nyc planetarium, el Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Every sperm is sacred. Merlyn: I saw a show about plans to build a huge aircraft carrier out of ice for WWII cease: lol, bub Merlyn: ol' blue ice is back klokwkdog-10EEE: yeah, Cat, I read that they still have the "ain't so" plaque in place where Pluto used to sit ||||||||| 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 Dave disembarks at 10:07 PM. cease: hey dave doctec: it's a potato vodka made in idaho - it's really smooth, better and less heavier than teton glacier (which dr jawn turned me on to something like 8 years ago during a visit) klokwkdog-10EEE: hey, Dave! Dave: hello there Bubba's Brain: Oooh, I hadn't thought of that.... llanwydd: oh you mean, olaf, Klok? I know him Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Big doper vows to spend rest of life as big dope. Film at eleven. klokwkdog-10EEE: oh, that's great Ilan llanwydd: hi dave doctec: pot is hot but liquor is quicker Elayne: Hi Dave! doctec: merl: nice one there doctec: i just caught that Bubba's Brain: Merl, you should contact the company's advertising agency.... Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Tommy Chong wants to be the understudy for Don Imus in a summer stock production of The I-man Cometh. klokwkdog-10EEE: groan Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I get no kick from cocaine, Dr. Chong adds. llanwydd: why did cheech and chong split up? Or did they? cease: cocaine is for horse, not for men Bubba's Brain: Mere alcohol doesn't thrill him at all, he adds. cease: they're back together, llan Elayne: Llan, it's hard to carry on one-joke comedy for that long. cease: they can smell the money Elayne: Plus, marijuana isn't always the best motivator. Bubba's Brain: Cheech and Chong Music Factory? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: a horse that gets a kick out of you? cease: tommy rightuflly thanks his jail time for reigniting has career Elayne: And Cheech actually has a modicum of an acting career going. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dr. Tommy Chong will be appearing next week at the Hollywood Wax Museum. llanwydd: good points, e Elayne: He was on Rachael Ray's celeb cooking show last week. I don't like Ray that much so I didn't keep it on the channel to see if they made pot brownies (or a joke about same). Bubba's Brain: Isn't she just perky, E? klokwkdog-10EEE: cat - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/16/science/space/16plut.html?ex=1102136400&en=17a6fbc57b6f6519&ei=5070 Elayne: And speaking of pot brownies, I'm going back to the Food Network, reading, and otherwise relaxing to celebrate my *gasp* 47th birthday. Elayne: See you all next week! cease: good for you, el doctec: nice e Bubba's Brain: Bye E. Elayne: Yeh, I need to mellow out a bit more. llanwydd: nite elayne Elayne: Bye all! ||||||||| Elayne rushes off, saying "10:16 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" cease: i thought you were much younger. oh wait, you were klokwkdog-10EEE: happy birthday, E Bubba's Brain: we all were, cat. klokwkdog-10EEE: yeah, the world is turning so much faster than it did when I was young cease: i met el in 93, through the original version of atl.firesign whatever it was called
Bubba's Brain sings "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." cease: that niles guy set it up cease: bubba's brain oughta listen to the jarret version of that song llanwydd: I remember niles Bubba's Brain: jarret? cease: ketih jarret, i think his first album, somewhere before doctec: why, i was younger just a few moments ago - ah yes, i remember it well cease: teh southpark unthawed man from 1996
klokwkdog-10EEE heard Sweet Honey in the Rock do Marley's "Redemption Song" last night; quite good Bubba's Brain: I'll check it out if I ever get a chance. cease: sounds sticky Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm looking forward to Martha Stewart going on the Leno show after she gets sprung from jail and announcing that she's become a pothead. "Of course it's medical marijuana. When I don't smoke it, I get depressed."
klokwkdog-10EEE must temporarily depart chat; back in 40min. or so ||||||||| It's 10:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Olaf Garcia - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... cease: very good, bone klokwkdog-10EEE: catch y'all on the upside... ||||||||| At 10:20 PM, klokwkdog-10EEE runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: thankyouthankyouverymuch llanwydd: I saw Sweet Honey in the Rock perform at a Barnes and Noble in Vermont llanwydd: nite klok Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Just say no, kids. It's not worth it. [APPLAUSE] cease: sweet barns rock noble Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: It would be fun if the applause sign broke and people clapped continuously throughout Dr. Chong's appearance on the Tonight Show. llanwydd: do they have b and n in canada, cat? cease: klok cease: dont think so Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Eventually Leno himself would start clapping and even Dr. Chong would clap while being interviewed. Bubba's Brain: "Bon Bon Bon on the Audobon....." llanwydd: I'll bet they have WH Smith instead llanwydd: kraftwerk isn't one of my favorite bands cease: dont go to many chain bookstores, except book warehouse which is close and doc found a wonderful comic cease: what was that called, Snake and Bacon? hillarious stuff llanwydd: In fact "The Man Machine" has got to be the biggest waste of vinyl of the 1970s. Except for disco cease: i wanna get new book Planet Simpsons
doctec has to admit, he has a soft spot in his heart for 'computer world' and 'electric cafe' ... but then he's always been into electronic music in most forms Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Anyway, I'm buying myself a Clippers sweatshirt, that's all I know. While it's still on sale.
doctec has the most recent work. 'tour de france' - catchy understated electronic minimalist grooves Dave: I'm really getting in to electronic music, instrumental stuff though doctec: different grooves for different moods Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Tomorrow I can get one for about 18 dollars. Soon it'll probably cost 40 bucks. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: They'll jack up the price, you'll see. llanwydd: I have to say, the original German-language version of "The Man Machine" somehow didn't sound so ridiculous llanwydd: Dave, I think you'd like "The Story of i" by Patrick Moraz doctec: or my stuff - older mixes, soon to be updated - http://www.doctechnical.com/myx doctec: free mp3 downloads! Dave: will look it up right now doctec: (sorry for the shameless self promotion there) Merlyn: Podcasting is where it's at, young man cease: nothing to be ashamed of, doc doctec: i have fresh remastered versions of my stuff i need to get posted on my domain... Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dr. Chong will be appearing with Kobe Bryant and Frosty Foster on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Christmas Morning. doctec: ...as well as mp3 files of some really old stuff of mine (some of it 25 years old) i was able to clean up and remaster this past summer/fall llanwydd: Frosty? You serious, Chung? Dave: doc I like your stuff a lot Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Holiday cheese logs will be airlifted to the orphans. doctec: i should be hearing from lili any minute now, when she calls i'm going to have to take off ||||||||| 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 Tazmutt disembarks at 10:34 PM. Bubba's Brain: The other day I heard a radio report that donations to the Autobahn Society were up. "Autobahn Soceity" says I, I've never heard of it, and why would anyone donate to a society for German highways... A day later it hit me... cease: you going dancing down hollywood blvd with chong? ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bunnyboy in through the front door at 10:34 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. llanwydd: hey taz Bunnyboy: lo dere cease: careful, he's a dance-o-holic Bubba's Brain: Hey Bb. cease: bun e. boy Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: A cheese log for every orphan. That's our motto. doctec: hey bunster - reason 3 beta testing in progress! Bunnyboy: just a quick pop in. I'll be back in a bit. Food on the way. Bunnyboy: FST Seattle show tix go on sale tomorrow. Whee! Bubba's Brain: Squeeze the Whee! Tazmutt: Yo everyone Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dancing in the streets. But not on Christmas Day and never on Sunday. cease: i buy them online thru the firesign site, right? doctec: bb: the fst show is at the same theater we saw them at in mid-1999, right? doctec: ...two compatible frequencies... hmm i wonder if kenneth ever found out what the frequency was? Tazmutt: Taz back for new adventure, but has to leave soon - wife calls Bubba's Brain: Doc, you asking me or Bunny? cease: i bet she really "puts" out Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Orphan drugs from Canada. Drugs for orphans or medicines made out of orphan's . . . . Merlyn: thanks for reminding me, bboy, I'll send out a reminder to the email list; I've heard season ticket holders can already buy them, so one fan was worried there would be none available Bunnyboy: doc: Nope. The Bagley Wright (1999 show) is in Seattle Center. The Moore Theatre is in the heart of Downtown Seattle. Bubba's Brain: Bubba Boy, or Bunny's Brain doctec: bubba: asking bunny, hooked up with the bunster back in '99 for the seattle show Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Made out of orphan's... I'm sorry, I've forgotten. Bunnyboy: Ask Kenneth. Hell, Ask Brokaw! cease: if your parents cant afford canuck drugs, you'll soon Be an orphan doctec: bunny: thanks cease: collect your tears now for The Big Freeze Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Tears! That's right. Orphan's tears. Bunnyboy: BRB - Chow Chow Chow! ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:39 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bunnyboy by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door llanwydd: talk to you all next week. night. doctec: ok, lili just called - the commuter train she's on is pulling into the station - i have to take off now to hook up with her for a nosh at our favorite local late night bistro Merlyn: bye llan Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Nite. Bubba's Brain: Nite Doc. cease: llan cease: keep em docking Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: They freeze quicker in Canada. doctec: i'm glad i had the time & energy to hook up with y'all this evening, y'all have a good one tonight, lili says hi, i'll say hi to her from all of yez Tazmutt: Taz must go do fun things with wife Merlyn: hokay doc doctec: take care - enjoy - and remember: "subvert the dominant paradigm!" doctec: ttfn ttyl - byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ||||||||| At 10:41 PM, doctec runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| At 10:42 PM, Tazmutt runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." cease: they're flying like docs Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Nite. Nite. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Up there in Canada... cease: we're always up Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dr. Chong and his friends at the Hollywood Wax Museum could tour. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: They could perform outdoors. No worries about melting. cease: how did you get invovled with that, bone? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm mostly concerned about brittleness. It happens to many of us when we get older. cease: including myself cease: but about the walk of fame thing. you're carrying a brittle chong in a bong? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I first met Dr. Foster during my missionary work. cease: was that in Freezonia? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I was working with Swiss dentists. The Crusaders for Christ. ||||||||| It's 10:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Merlyn - dead from measles ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from measles ||||||||| Dave - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bubba's Brain: I'm gonna bail too. ||||||||| At 10:50 PM, Bubba's Brain runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: The bongs have all been converted into military ordinance, you'll be happy to hear. They'll be dropped on diehard insurgents in Fallujah. cease: much death Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: From helicopters. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Operation Get Stoned we're calling it. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: We're not killers. The weapons are designed to maim. ||||||||| 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 Merlyn disembarks at 10:52 PM. Merlyn: My modem hung. Merlyn: everyone's gone! Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm gone? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: cease is with us. Merlyn: maybe; sometimes he leaves and the reaper gets him cease: that has happened cease: can we buy tix thru the firesign site soon, merl? Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: cease is a member of your family? cease: no boys on This elevator Merlyn: cat, I have links to all the ticket sites up (tomorrow should be the last one) Merlyn: Click on the red: http://www.firesigntheater.com/announce/ ||||||||| 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 Dave disembarks at 10:56 PM. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dave? Dave: I want to go to the shoe Merlyn: Ha! The Cerritos theater corrected their mangled Firesign quote Dave: oops, damn, shows, I want to go to the shows cease: i'll order 3 Merlyn: shoes for industry! cease: my 3 feet Dave: I've honestly never understood what hat means, is that ok? or wrong? cease: dave, to understand firesign is to understand that not everything Has a meaning Merlyn: I don't either. It doesn't make sense in context. cease: or maybe one will occur to you 30 years from now Dave: ok good, that's what I hoped Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'll be leaving my body for awhile. In case you're not here when I get back, I'll say 'nite' now. Dave: I've tried to leave my body, it didn't work so I left my mind Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm trying to divine Dr. Savate's voice mail. cease: bone Merlyn: Firesign found the machine that makes the "marching feet" noise you hear in the background, and I think they just wanted to use it so much they made up some nonsense to say over it. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Dr. Nino... I hope that's not a bozo no-no. Dave: that would sound like them cease: there's a pic of proc with the mallburg button somewhere cease: it was an actual artifact that inspired that otherwise bit of nonsense cease: on one of the hour hour shows, they talk about finding an old paper with shoes for industry in it Dave: hey but things like that stick Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm actually manipulating the electromagnetic fields of a Sony Memory Stick with my mind. Unfortunately, the Sony Memory Stick is Dr. Rococo's pocket. That's product placement, buggo. cease: they didnt make it all up, so much as cut and pasted the stuff that filtered through their senses Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: is IN Dr. Rococo's pocket Dave: and senses can be altered Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: and hair shirts to be altered cease: how can you be in 2 places at once, they asked on their 2nd album, but their intent was always to let us, or force us to be in many places at once Dave: and they do it well, even though I don't have all their stuff, never another like them cease: i dont think anyone has all their stuff cease: they babble on and on and on cease: lucky for us Dave: babylon Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: I'm off to do digital art of Dr. Rococo's altered pocket. cease: off you go Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: An electronic painting reminiscent of Dali. Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: into the wild blue yonder Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD: Art of the Insane. Dave: how do you know it's blue? shit it could be green or purple, if I wanted it to be ||||||||| At 11:09 PM, Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Dave: well it's time for me to depart Dave: night all, until next time lord willing cease: off we go ||||||||| Dave departs at 11:11 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| 11:11 PM -- cease left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Merlyn: byee ||||||||| At 11:12 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Merlyn!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| 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 yusseff muhammed katzenstein disembarks at 11:12 PM. yusseff muhammed katzenstein: anybody still here? yusseff muhammed katzenstein: well that burned out pretty early ||||||||| It's 11:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| yusseff muhammed katzenstein - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Bunnyboy inside, makes a note of the time (11:21 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Bunnyboy: lo agin Bunnyboy: whoops Bunnyboy: SFX: Crickets Bunnyboy: Aw, nuts Bunnyboy: See ya later, Waiting Room! ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bunnyboy - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 11:32 PM and Rotonoto steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Merlyn', just granted probation at 11:33 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Merlyn: BB was here for a bit Merlyn: are you? Rotonoto: Hi guy, where did everybody go? Rotonoto: yep, me here Merlyn: I dunno, things just kind of broke up early ||||||||| 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 klokwkdog-10EEE+ disembarks at 11:34 PM. Merlyn: doc and a few other regulars had to go Rotonoto: 'lo klok Merlyn: anyone have BunnyBoy's email? klokwkdog-10EEE+: hey klokwkdog-10EEE+: one sec M Merlyn: he was just here, so maybe an email might catch him Rotonoto: don't know off hand Merlyn: KWD had it, roto Rotonoto: "10EEE" = bozofeet? klokwkdog-10EEE+: Roto: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2004_11_28.php#004149 klokwkdog-10EEE+: apparently Cheney has now got feet to match his head... Rotonoto: Roto just took door off hinges, sawed and planed and sanded bottom- to fit new threshold weather gasket (whew!)
klokwkdog-10EEE+ has door with that problem, but it slopes, darn it all, making a custom shim necessary, a bit of carpentry beyond me Merlyn: make it out of funny foam klokwkdog-10EEE+: Cheney has been a longtime Johnston & Murphy customer, but recently found it necessary to make a personal visit to the store because his shoe size changed to a size 10EEE. Cheney selected the Lasalle wingtip loafer in brushed mahogany klokwkdog-10EEE+: But why is the Vice President's shoe size getting bigger? Of course, it doesn't explicitly say they've gotten bigger only that his feet have changed sizes. And 10EEE is a rather large size. klokwkdog-10EEE+: klokwkdog-10EEE+: Here's why I say this. Swollen feet is a symptom of congestive heart failure Rotonoto: "fascinating", said Spock... Rotonoto: let me do the Vulcanized Mind Melt with him... klokwkdog-10EEE+: I like that blog; it informs me no end (sometimes too much ;-) Rotonoto: he sez his conscience is now bothering him but the money was just too good to pass up Merlyn: maybe he's been taking penis enlargement pills. You know, big feet, and all... klokwkdog-10EEE+: Elayne said Dex Fong was at some jazz thing, would appear "later" Rotonoto: that Dex must have good taste in music klokwkdog-10EEE+: ken is off in 18-wheelerland and Doc T I think you got to chat with, Roto klokwkdog-10EEE+: well, he lives in a good place for music, if you can afford it Rotonoto: nope missed Doc 2nite as I just showed up after home unimprovement session
klokwkdog-10EEE+ always kicks himself for not running into Manhattan, paying the cheap cover, and watching Karen Akers a few nights in the 80s klokwkdog-10EEE+: of course, when I lived in Germantown, never went to see her at Wolf Trap, either, but that was a much pricier gig Rotonoto: Roto wishes he had gotten up nerve to venture into Cellar Door in DC years ago to hear the young Ahmad Jamal live Merlyn: what was unnerving about it? klokwkdog-10EEE+: oh yeah, the things I missed there are legion Rotonoto: or maybe he was not so young by then (being from Chicagoland?) ||||||||| 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 Dexter Fong disembarks at 11:45 PM. Dexter Fong: Hey Fellas klokwkdog-10EEE+: spreak of der teufel... Rotonoto: I was always freaked about cities, crowded places, etc., just don;t much care for them Merlyn: hey lafong klokwkdog-10EEE+: hey Dex Rotonoto: yo Dex the jazz man returneth Merlyn: I see, roto klokwkdog-10EEE+: You could always go to the Peter Pan -- don't they have some kinda live music? Dexter Fong: Whazz up Kemosabi klokwkdog-10EEE+: we ain't... Rotonoto: Roto is a country boy, live right outside DC but *waaaay* outside the beltway klokwkdog-10EEE+: well, you're halfway to Gettysburg... Dexter Fong: A country boy with the heart of the city Rotonoto: sorta Dexter Fong: A rural dude with an urban 'tude Rotonoto: wish I was a fly on the wall years ago when Ahmad Jamal did his gig at the Pershing klokwkdog-10EEE+: DC isn't really a city, just a collection of neighborhoods Rotonoto: easy for you to say Dexter Fong: A collection of *bad* neighborhoods Merlyn: flies have lousy acoustics Merlyn: get it, "lousy"? Rotonoto: heh! klokwkdog-10EEE+: wish I'd ventured into NJ when Jarrett was playing live from time to time Rotonoto: yesh, sophisticated bumpkin Dexter Fong: Sophistipated Rhythym klokwkdog-10EEE+: i keep meaning to go to Chan's in Woonsocket and catch some gigs there, they have a good lineup, but never get around to it Rotonoto: Round Tuits going begging this Christmas Rotonoto: Chains in Winsock? ISP lockdown? Rotonoto: Roto departs briefly for a cool, refreshing beaverage... klokwkdog-10EEE+: Roto: http://www.chanseggrollsandjazz.com/ Dexter Fong: Make it two klokwkdog-10EEE+: Oh, dunno, Dex -- DuPont Circle area is kind of nice (not cheap, tho') Dexter Fong: How you doing Klok? Dexter Fong: None of the *nice* neighborhoods in DC are cheap klokwkdog-10EEE+: OK, I guess klokwkdog-10EEE+: kind of haggard -- stopped adding xtra salt and maybe it's not quite time, but I'm at the edge of the no-sweat season ;-) klokwkdog-10EEE+: ya read about Cheney's new shoe size? Dexter Fong: I saw your Email but didn't read it yet...hurry to get on chat klokwkdog-10EEE+: thanks; we missed U Dexter Fong: aw shucks =) klokwkdog-10EEE+: good concert? Dexter Fong: Yes...Russel Malone -Guit and Benny Green -Piona Dexter Fong: +Bob Dorough and Henry Grimes klokwkdog-10EEE+: sounds good -- was it? Dexter Fong: +Roy Haynes childrens group Dexter Fong: I say children cause he's 80 and the 3 kids together are barely 60 klokwkdog-10EEE+: don't know any of them, unfortunately Dexter Fong: Well, Roy Haynes (drummer) has played with everyone from Bird and Diz and Miles and Getz to Jarrett and..hell, you name 'em Dexter Fong: Anyway, nice concert in a very nice venue...Tribecca Performing Arts Center ||||||||| 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.. Dexter Fong: Fuck off Catherwood Rotonoto: Tribecca- they had three Rebeccas? Dexter Fong: Chure man, you never heard of the unholy Trinity Dexter Fong: Thelma Luoise and her lawyer Rotonoto: cool man- hey you got any hot programs you wanna unload? Dexter Fong: Um..not following you Roto Rotonoto: awkward attempt at humor regarding musical printed programs Dexter Fong: Well I do have an autographed program by Horowitz from 1940 klokwkdog-10EEE+: i hate those -- you just get settled in at the concert and someone opens theirs and it starts that tinny music Rotonoto: now that's a keeper for sure klokwkdog-10EEE+: Dex is pulling seniority on us... Dexter Fong: Rather sell it..got actually a whole bunch of autographed programs...went to Antiques Roadshow with em...no interest at all Dexter Fong: I didn't get the autographs..my father did Merlyn: come back in 50 years
klokwkdog-10EEE+ wonders how many rubes show up at those with stacks of 1930s National Geographics... Rotonoto: probably more like sharply limited interest- but somewhere is someone who would want them Dexter Fong: I plan to Merl =) Dexter Fong: Roto: You'd think so klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, check eBay, Dex -- just lurk and see what's being traded and for how much Rotonoto: hey mann- don't underestimate theit value- they have historical interest- lots of pix of nalked women in them Rotonoto: remember how much Radar O'Reilly character lusted after the Geographics Dexter Fong: I prefered the Spicy Dectective Tales klokwkdog-10EEE+: never watched that many M*A*S*H eps Merlyn:National Geographics keep the continents from rising too much klokwkdog-10EEE+: true, Merlyn Dexter Fong: Otherwise they's be sub-continents klokwkdog-10EEE+: although there must be one heck of a lode of them in Death Valley Merlyn: [rimshot]
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klokwkdog-10EEE+ actually spent many days pouring over 1940s QSTs Dexter Fong: Quarterly Spicy Tales Dexter Fong: ? klokwkdog-10EEE+: a ham radio journal, Dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: no nekkid wimmen... Dexter Fong: Ah...Spiced Ham Rotonoto: Roto has large collection of QST's, but not many pre-1957 or so klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, it's all about spice tonight, I guess. The spirit of Frank Herbert must be near. Dexter Fong: Hang on to your thumpers klokwkdog-10EEE+: well, you may not know this, but during WWII, all hams had to be off the air for the duration klokwkdog-10EEE+: lots of articles about ultrasonic and light beam communication Dexter Fong: You mean they couldn't make prosciutto? klokwkdog-10EEE+: in the early 1950s, the Red Scare meant real peril for VHF and UHF distance expeditions set up on high points outside major cities klokwkdog-10EEE+: the police thought they were spies, guiding in Russian bombers klokwkdog-10EEE+: but mostly, there were articles about tubes, which get dull and boring Dexter Fong: Well you know, a tube is just a glass covered hole on its side klokwkdog-10EEE+: although it was interesting to watch the progresssion from rectifier tubes to selenium stacks to silicon diodes and the appearance of transistors and where klokwkdog-10EEE+: oh, please, Dex - it's an N-Channel HV MOSFET with a built-in pilot light... Dexter Fong: Tubes rule Dexter Fong: Does it stay on when the power goes off? klokwkdog-10EEE+: well, they do have qualities all their own Rotonoto: Roto still uses *biiiig* tubes in his transmitter Merlyn: my TV still have one big tube Rotonoto: you close the door- and the light stays on! ||||||||| Catherwood enters with cease close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 12:17 AM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. cease: what? people here?
klokwkdog-10EEE+ never dealt with anything bigger than a 6146 Dexter Fong: Hey Cat Merlyn: Wonder Woman's glass fridge proved that klokwkdog-10EEE+: yes, Cat, u didn't receive msg. to u and Bunnyboy? cease: just got email from klok. thankfuly i check email more than once a day cease: got email from you just now, klok, or just checked it. had shower since last chat Merlyn: I can tell Dexter Fong: You go a week between em Cat? klokwkdog-10EEE+: only tube kwd has paid attention to since is the 1L5 Pentagrid converter in the historic Zenith Trans-Oceanic radio (a prominent feature in the ad section of all those vintage National Geographics we were discussing) cease: i'm listeing to krassner on his acid trip on the tonight show, 1969 klokwkdog-10EEE+: you smell lots better now, Cat; thanks! cease: finally pot tv put up the krassner and firesign stuff i gave em Dexter Fong: Nice Cat cease: wearing new sweat shirt too for first time. feels like a tent klokwkdog-10EEE+: this was an amazing multiband shortwave radio -- one found on just about every yacht of the time Rotonoto: hi cat, didn't see you come in (on phone with Bozoette) cease: hi roto cease: how's dc? Dexter Fong: Klok: Could you get Tierra Del Fuego? klokwkdog-10EEE+: problem with them today is that this tube is about as rare as a Picasso and priced nearly the same; also the radio used a gigantic 4 lb. battery that no longer exists klokwkdog-10EEE+: you could get Duluth! Dexter Fong: Holy Toledo!!! cease: you could get tierra del fuego Rotonoto: hmmm- DC is getting a baseball team again (I don;t care for sports personally) cease: and other fine gore vidal novels Merlyn: I got a 1953 chevy Dexter Fong: Roto: YOu like impersonal sports? klokwkdog-10EEE+: the Trans-Oceanic cost a fortune then, and it's still worth a fortune now, esp. the early 1940s ones cease: yes, my former xpos. i was long a fan of theirs in montreal cease: is checy chase 53? i thought he was older than me klokwkdog-10EEE+: lots more '53 Chevys around than T-Os, Merlyn! Rotonoto: Dex- yes, 'zactly klokwkdog-10EEE+: DC does not impress me as a sports city cease: if the chevy didnt exist, the firesign would have to invent it klokwkdog-10EEE+: then, neither does Baltimore cease: somewtihg for all those lobbyists to do with their money Dexter Fong: ;GOES QUICK AFK FOR A DRINK Dexter Fong: ooops sorry cease: i think i'm gonna like meeting dex ||||||||| erhgiherhgihterthgiB enters at 12:24 AM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. cease: biggy klokwkdog-10EEE+: dex is a hail fellow well met, Cat klokwkdog-10EEE+: hi Big erhgiherhgihterthgiB: N.U.R.G.I classroom filmzzzzzz!! cease: i love his insistance on the imminence of intoxicants - and intelligence. my life's quest Dexter Fong: Hey Biggy klokwkdog-10EEE+: Big - http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/02/arts/television/02look.html erhgiherhgihterthgiB: Am I a hero or a hophead (trick question)....?? Dexter Fong: Both Dexter Fong: and none of the above erhgiherhgihterthgiB: kehhhhhhhhhhy pasa, folks? Dexter Fong: (trick answer) klokwkdog-10EEE+: the first president of the United States who was never president of the United States... Dexter Fong: That was Aaron go Burr erhgiherhgihterthgiB: Dexter Fong: preslicely!!(*hick*)...*slurp*...*burrrrrrppp*.... erhgiherhgihterthgiB: the president....gawwwwwd blessszzzzthe....president....!!
klokwkdog-10EEE+ clicks off the TV as Nightline concludes and nobody is on the other two late shows worth paying attention 2 Dexter Fong: In these times I'm willing to forego that cease: forego north dakota? klokwkdog-10EEE+: or just play Paranoise's "God Take Bush" rant all the time ;-) cease: Fargo North, Decoder erhgiherhgihterthgiB: go yeee verily therefore, henceforth, forthwith.... klokwkdog-10EEE+: part of The Empty Quarter... klokwkdog-10EEE+: oops, I guess not; part of the Breadbasket Dexter Fong: Pbs played that concert Kend^ went to see in Texas...Clapton and 137 other guitar players Dexter Fong: Excerpted version unfortunately cease: when was this, dex? Dexter Fong: Last night on NYC PBS Cat klokwkdog-10EEE+: how was it (kwd's PBS station is poverty-stricken; only gets to show these things months later...) erhgiherhgihterthgiB: Clapton and PBS make a good team.... cease: i guess seattle and detroit will get it eventually Dexter Fong: Klok: As I said, excerpted, rarely more than one piece froman artist
klokwkdog-10EEE+ went looking for Lake Bonneville in response to something in NYT Science section this week and hit upon The Digital Atlas of Idaho; really neet -- http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/index.htm Dexter Fong: Jane Froman, Artist Dexter Fong: What's going on at Lake Bonny? klokwkdog-10EEE+: Froman artist to a has been in weeks... klokwkdog-10EEE+: it blew a cork 14K years ago, Dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: was question about salt flats, and they described the lake, but not the cork-blowing part Dexter Fong: Yes Friends, that's todays hurry up and get forgotten world of unteretainment cease: i was just finding out if a conspiracy theory i sent to myself had arrvied when i found klok's alert to this chat continuation. if its any good, i'll post it somewhere Dexter Fong: Was there a Chatus Interruptus? klokwkdog-10EEE+: turns out it was a minor episode compared to the repetitive ice dam cycle of Lake Missoula, which regularly generated floods 30 times bigger cease: well put, dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: everyone got wore out, Dex; I was away 50 min. and got bak and all goners Dexter Fong: Wow, closed up about 10:30 did it? cease: i got wet. of course, i live in vancouver klokwkdog-10EEE+: Dex - the Snake River canyon is apparently awesome -- you stand there at the bottom and look up 150 ft. Dexter Fong: Cat: So your shower *was* a shower? klokwkdog-10EEE+: more like 11PM, Dex cease: i can see for feet and feet Dexter Fong: Klok: And see what? klokwkdog-10EEE+: vancouver is in Monsoon now, isn't it? this kind of wet fog that is either up at 100 ft. or descends, London-style and soaks the heat right outtta you? cease: that too. sunny sometimes. yesterday was sunny, but unfortunately i had to be downtown Today klokwkdog-10EEE+: rivers pouring over the edge into the Snake. When the plug blew, 300 cubic miles of water came out at once klokwkdog-10EEE+: plowed that trench, scattered 30 ft. boulders like sand, dragged them for miles until they rounded off cease: follow the snake, the snake is a river Dexter Fong: That kinda thing happened a lot in the old days, didn't it...Mediterranean, that area in norther dakotas, montana and Oregon etc... klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, must've been awesome for the animals who survived... Dexter Fong: Carrying water conservation to its limits klokwkdog-10EEE+: there was one in the Near East that supposedly is the model for all the local religions' flood myth Dexter Fong: Yes..lotta dispute about actual source IIRC klokwkdog-10EEE+: it was a real uphill battle to get people to believe it, too Dexter Fong: De Nile klokwkdog-10EEE+: a geologist would point to dozens of 8 ft. deep scratches in solid rock with a 30ft. rounded melon boulder just at the end and they'd say, "He's crazy" cease: can you guys listen to cbc am now? Dexter Fong: Turn it up please cease: just turned on ideas. great show klokwkdog-10EEE+: some neat pix of what it looks like now here: http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/hydr/main/lbffr.htm cease: i was gonna put on eykiw and then suddenly it's rupert sheldrake on cbc right now klokwkdog-10EEE+: right at this moment? cease: as we type, klok cease: cbc vancouver of course. it was on in your time zone long ago klokwkdog-10EEE+: digging - which one: http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html cease: a brilliant thinker. and his idea about experiments everyone can do is so necessary cease: click vancouver klokwkdog-10EEE+: oh heck, I hate that word. Go give that bozo a couple of American dimes... klokwkdog-10EEE+: he's used it 8 times since I started listening klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, click "vancouver" cease: sounds like nino klokwkdog-10EEE+: right klokwkdog-10EEE+: sounds like the Rhines at Duke and their Zener cards Dexter Fong: I see stars klokwkdog-10EEE+: a standard click? Dexter Fong: There's so many of 'em cease: what do the blind see? klokwkdog-10EEE+: the problem with such experiements is whether it's clairvoyance or precognition, etc. Dexter Fong: Little men in melty hats cease: or really far fetched chance? cease: yes the firesign love that line, dex. cease: they were gonna call one of their albums that Dexter Fong: And I never got any royalties cease: royaltie is vastly overrated, dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: Cat -- tell the queen to look up Dex next time she's in town cease: look at camilla. or no, don't Dexter Fong: I see tampons...There's so many of them klokwkdog-10EEE+: LOL klokwkdog-10EEE+: audio stopped! klokwkdog-10EEE+: started again Dexter Fong: It came back for me cease: god must have loved tampons Dexter Fong: The Peter Sellers bio-pic is on tomorrow and did *not* get good reviews here klokwkdog-10EEE+: if these guys have figured this stuff out, why aren't they rich? cease: lincoln: poor people jbs haldane: beetles klokwkdog-10EEE+: saw review in NYT; haven't read yet Dexter Fong: Klok: It only works with pennies Merlyn: who wonna seconda worlda war klokwkdog-10EEE+: fine structure of the world? cease: U So Smaat Dexter Fong: Somebody get that Jap prisoner back in his cell Dexter Fong: And put the dog leash on him Rotonoto: stop torturing me! cease: i no jap, i burmese klokwkdog-10EEE+: you can just shoot him now, Dex. Dexter Fong: Klok: can't shoot him till he's wounded cease: U Thant, famous diplomat. meet my fellow mats, U Think and U Thump Dexter Fong: u2? klokwkdog-10EEE+: and the famous No-U-Turn... Rotonoto: me2 Dexter Fong: U Cant Always Get What U Want Dexter Fong: Nifty Merlyn: I Would Die 4 U (Thant) Dexter Fong: U Tilization is the key klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, why isnt' there a light bulb in our eye that goes on to tell us we're being stared at? klokwkdog-10EEE+: oh, so you can go to the allergist and get de-sensitized Dexter Fong: Turn on your eye-ball light klokwkdog-10EEE+: our minds are not confined to the insides of our heads??? cease: u fuck, my dyslexic lover klokwkdog-10EEE+: get your mind OUT of my house! Dexter Fong: The House of U Dexter Fong: Any of you heard about a Broadway show based on Python's Life Of Brian? cease: here, have some amontillado cease: why? Dexter Fong: I jast ran over that armadillo klokwkdog-10EEE+: this show is so silly when I've just had one beer; it must be hilarious stoned... Dexter Fong: Cat: Cause there is one cease: i think broadway does python= a degradation of them both Merlyn: I think it'll be pretty good, cat; I'd like to see it cease: spamalot? come on idle, give it a break Dexter Fong: Well...It has the blessing of the remaining Pythons plus Mike Nichols prod and dir with David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, and Hank Azaria cease: osman told me, or more probably judith, that they wnated to have an off broadway play. i think it's too late Dexter Fong: FST wanted off bway play? cease: but it's a bad idea. just like the ucla does firesign show was. remeber how discombobulated austin was when he saw that and chatted with us? klokwkdog-10EEE+: is everyone still listening to this stuff?? Dexter Fong: I am Klok Dexter Fong: more or less cease: you mean sheldrake? cease: you never listen to ideas, klok? klokwkdog-10EEE+: not on CBC ;-) cease: i proably have a thousand of them on tape. the library of alexandria of our era ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Merlyn: Firesign had no control over the UCLA show; not the same as spamalot klokwkdog-10EEE+: on BBC occasionally... Dexter Fong: Klok *has* ideas Cat, he doesn't need to hear them =) Merlyn: Ossman is doing some live prods of "dwarf" with his son sometime soon Dexter Fong: He's full up
klokwkdog-10EEE+ has a headful of ideas that're driving him insane... Dexter Fong: U Bet! cease: they can do what they like with their work. i'm sure they'll be plaiying oldies at their seattle show cease: they always make it new klokwkdog-10EEE+: and kwd ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more... Dexter Fong: Come to South America..work on my Lime Plantation klokwkdog-10EEE+: intellectual ferment? "Now we can make beer!" cease: my point is, what they did with radio/albums long ago when there was much less competition was revolutionary. they'll never do that in another medium again, i suspect but so what klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, they have not so much grown together as grown individually Dexter Fong: Cat: I pretty much agree although seeing them in person, they're always doing some visual schtick that adds much enjoyment Dexter Fong: But yes..radio and recording is *really* they're media Dexter Fong: Donovans Brain klokwkdog-10EEE+: i wonder if you can control cold fusion with morpho-genetic fields? cease: yes dex. theyt're thespians cease: that works for them, and us Dexter Fong: Klok: I dunno...let's try!! Rotonoto: acting! projection! cease: merl has done more than anyone here to support and document their recent work cease: hi roto Dexter Fong: N.U.R.G.I. Flims presents..... cease: i'm slowly learnig how to use highly complex hardware and software erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....not fade away.... cease: yeah, i'm about that level, dex Rotonoto: Roto still on phone with Bozoette cease: doesnt this sound like hinduism? Dexter Fong: BW erhgi cease: hi bozoette Dexter Fong: And those beatles are eating my limes
klokwkdog-10EEE+ is slowly forgetting how to use highly complex hardware and software -- must be trapped in Counter--Clock World klokwkdog-10EEE+: don't let us distract you Roto! ;-) Rotonoto: Bozoette is going to join us erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....what r all these beetles doing here....?? Dexter Fong: Quick clean the joint up klokwkdog-10EEE+: what! save the limes! Merlyn: is being counter-clock wise? cease: greetings bozoette klokwkdog-10EEE+: BTW - anyone checked prices on red peppers lately? $5/lb!! Rotonoto: she will log on in a moment... erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....I feel my pain.... klokwkdog-10EEE+: here, hold this log on your forehead Dexter Fong: KLok: Maybe you oughta think about maggie's Farm again Rotonoto: yeah, reds are up to 3-4 dollars/pound klokwkdog-10EEE+: feels better, doesn't it?
klokwkdog-10EEE+ looked at growing 'em -- need hot, hot plus 70-90 days and plenty of strange nutrients Dexter Fong: Bell Peppers? You could grow em up there, not that hard ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bozoette in through the front door at 1:10 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. klokwkdog-10EEE+: not practical, but the purple ones were fascinating! http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1279/is_2003_Feb-March/ai_97174858 Dexter Fong: Hi B-ette Bozoette: Hi Dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: tending 'em for 90 days is hard and I want to grow some NOW! (as in weeks and at these temps, maybe with plastic sheet greenhouse on the porch) erhgiherhgihterthgiB: Bozoette valkommen....!! klokwkdog-10EEE+: hi b-zette. cease: enchantee, bozoette Dexter Fong: Klok: Take a trip to Vancouver, get a dope growing kit but plant peppers klokwkdog-10EEE+: "a tangent to my regular scientific career"???! sounds like it's the END of his scientific career.... cease: we are experts Dexter Fong: 'course growing your own peppers might leave you open to prosecution under the fair trade act klokwkdog-10EEE+: well, that sounds more expensive than Amsterdam and much more expensive than $5/lb. cease: klok, this extended mind thing is perhaps a resonance from one of those other dimesnsions that string theory dictates Dexter Fong: He's spaced cease: we are so imprisoned in our senses Dexter Fong: Try doing without cat klokwkdog-10EEE+: (for Roto and B - we're listening online to CBC Vancouver interviewing the author of The Sense of Being Stared At... erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....what thiz country needs is a "fair trading with the enemy act".... Dexter Fong: I wondered why his eyes were shing Rotonoto: I'm very attached to my senses- it's such a convincing illusion cease: i'll be gone eventually but this chat will outlive me Dexter Fong: shining klokwkdog-10EEE+: i think it's a resonance from 19th century spiritualism myself, Cat ;-) klokwkdog-10EEE+: can't we use the WWII one that Bush's grandpa used, Big? Dexter Fong: I hear an unsolved melody cease: i see your point, klok, but the technology is better now erhgiherhgihterthgiB: klokwkdog-10EEE+: it needs an upgrade!! klokwkdog-10EEE+: Cat - fine, but this is so monumental that it has incredible application. if a tenth of it is true, the author could be filthy rich 10 times over cease: i think his morphic resonance theory is half or perhaps 1% baked but does point to sometihing important Merlyn: or 10 times filthier klokwkdog-10EEE+: sure, and there is a mechanism in cold fusion that no one understands, but its ||||||||| Dexter Hardware waltzes in at 1:17 AM carrying an obsidian door knocker. klokwkdog-10EEE+: not the one that's making gobs of heat, but just past the limit of measurement Dexter Hardware: managed to disappear myself, morphogenetically speaking, of coursd klokwkdog-10EEE+: now, this week, I was reading about a researcher who's burying simple metal plates in concrete and using them to tell whether it's cured erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....I didn't know FDR was Bush's grandpa.... Dexter Hardware: The plate or the concrete Klok? klokwkdog-10EEE+: it's really swift - the plates can be used years later to locate earthquake damage ||||||||| Catherwood escorts otonotoR in through the front door at 1:18 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. klokwkdog-10EEE+: ha, the cement, Dex Merlyn: The plates hold singing frogs? Dexter Hardware: misread it, thought you typed "curved" cease: and i thought no one was here. of course, no body Was here otonotoR: ahah! my mirror image arch-enemy is already on here cease: are you a firesign fan, bozoette? Bozoette: Roto's coaching me cease: what have you heard that you liked? klokwkdog-10EEE+: go team! Dexter Hardware: Hit the showers...not U Cat Bozoette: Bozos on This Bus cease: come on along, klok, we're not going very far. to the east, to meet the czar erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....HAH HAH!!!!....eck-RICIAN....!!!! klokwkdog-10EEE+: Roto, Dex - http://www.eetimes.com/issue/mn/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=54200467 klokwkdog-10EEE+: pretty interesting stuff cease: that's my fave, bozoette cease: i be showered already. more than once a week and i go down the drain klokwkdog-10EEE+: can i see his...Potemkin Village? klokwkdog-10EEE+: welcome to the future Dexter Hardware: And his Checkov pants cease: have you heard the albums before that, bozoette? i think they all go together although they didnt know that at thte time cease: pot? that's my villlage klokwkdog-10EEE+: the person found burning last night? Dexter Hardware: U Mean the Burning Man? klokwkdog-10EEE+: heavy rainfall and wind warning? 120mm + 90 kph? yikes! klokwkdog-10EEE+: the CBC news and weather for Vancouver, Dex. Chilling ;-) Bozoette: No, I have not heard the albums before that klokwkdog-10EEE+: did you have that blast of wind and rain we got in RI, Dex? Dexter Hardware: 90kph = 54 mph, yes? cease: i'm listeng to doctec's production of dear friens excerpts dear friends too Rotonoto: Roto figures if she feigns interest for long enough, she may actually develop interest ;-) Dexter Hardware: Klok: Yeah but it wasn't terrible, dunno about up your way klokwkdog-10EEE+: they're great, Boz -- I'm still finding new stuff in there that I missed erhgiherhgihterthgiB: ....got to get up at 4 am....next week, me ameegoesz.... Merlyn: bye big klokwkdog-10EEE+: boulders rolling down the street, Dex... ;-) cease: i hope so, roto klokwkdog-10EEE+: nite Big Dexter Hardware: Night Big..Keep 'em frying cease: big Dexter Hardware: Klok: Sounds like the cork blew agian
klokwkdog-10EEE+ has just turned off CBC Radio One-Vancouver. But it was interesting, Cat Rotonoto: nite big klokwkdog-10EEE+: yeah, it was a (for this area) rare Sou'easter cease: yes ideas is klokwkdog-10EEE+: I had all kinda tree pieces whacking the roof all last night cease: leg of the crow restaurant ||||||||| erhgiherhgihterthgiB says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, erhgiherhgihterthgiB exits at 1:26 AM. otonotoR: Rotonoto's evil mirror twin slinks away to lurk in the waiting room... ||||||||| otonotoR says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, otonotoR exits at 1:26 AM. Dexter Hardware: "You'll eat there Nevermore" klokwkdog-10EEE+: 11 years ago, storm like that forced down an owl during a raptor migration and it and I had some fun afterwards buzzing each other cease: i love ideas, klokwkdog-10EEE+: only owl in these parts i'd ever seen Dexter Hardware: You tried to clip him Klok? cease: its kinda like firesign, without the humour Dexter Hardware: U Whoo klokwkdog-10EEE+: Cat - BBC Radio 4 is fascinating in that respect; worth checking out klokwkdog-10EEE+: Dex - no, it (he or she) was up in a tree and hooting, so I went out and hooted back... cease: i must, klok. always enjoyed bbc Dexter Hardware: Sounds like a hoot klokwkdog-10EEE+: then, buzzed me and i grabbed back. we did this a few times, but the owl got bored or tired, I guess. shut up, though...left the next AM cease: what's that owl doing here? Dexter Hardware: The fox trot ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... cease: i gather yo udont listen to air america?
klokwkdog-10EEE+ is still wondering what the watermelon was doing there klokwkdog-10EEE+: not very much, Cat Dexter Hardware: Whom are you adressing Cat? klokwkdog-10EEE+: too many commercials for me klokwkdog-10EEE+: i love what they're doing, but don't feel it's nec. to listen; i try to get by with talking points memo Dexter Hardware: Well, see you all next time at the usual hour ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 1:32 AM, dragging Tazmutt by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" klokwkdog-10EEE+: and with that, dear friends, the house controller is starting to pull the lights down and i am going away with them i think klokwkdog-10EEE+: nite dex klokwkdog-10EEE+: night everyone Rotonoto: nite klok Dexter Hardware: Night Klok. Cat, Merlyn, Roto, B-ette and hi Tazz klokwkdog-10EEE+: hi Tazmutt hope you're not in Hobart or something, but the hour is late here... Merlyn: nite kwd, hi taz cease: i'm back klokwkdog-10EEE+: and you're beautiful! cease: we seem to come and go quite often Rotonoto: and you're beautiful klokwkdog-10EEE+: good-night Roto+Bozoette, Cat, merlyn, Taz cease: i do my best ||||||||| klokwkdog-10EEE+ says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, klokwkdog-10EEE+ exits at 1:34 AM. Tazmutt: hi merlyn Merlyn: though I was thinking of leaving, too. It's past midnight here Tazmutt: hi bozoette Tazmutt: hi Rotonoto: yo Taz- you a Firesigh Theatre fan? Rotonoto: Firesign cease: roto, bozoette is a fellow dc person? Tazmutt: of course cease: do you have a favourite album, taz? Rotonoto: zowie! well, I never saw you on before, but I'm only on infrequently myself- trying to save electricity, you know... cease: one of david bowie's least effective costume changes ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Hardware - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rotonoto: out here in the semi-rural re-electrification zone and barricaded gorge and clutter... Rotonoto: cat: yes, lives a bot north of me Rotonoto: bit cease: i'll be in dc in a not distant future. i look forward to it cease: future coming on so quickly Rotonoto: wow, I sure hope we get a chance to met cease: doc tech and i hope lili will be coming here next month, we'll drive down to seattle for the show Rotonoto: meet cease: you're in dc, right? Rotonoto: excellent, that DocTec guy really gets around, doesn't he? Rotonoto: 12 miles north of DC ||||||||| Bozoette says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Bozoette exits at 1:42 AM. cease: that he does cease: by bozoette Rotonoto: "near Washington DC but waaay outside the beltway" Merlyn: well, see ya next week... ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bozoette in through the front door at 1:43 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Rotonoto: she accidentally logged out- heh! Rotonoto: nite merl... Merlyn: try to buy seattle tickets ASAP, I don't know if it'll sell out soon or maybe already is... cease: lots of activity in the spring, people coming in and me going out and such. much to organize and its all so Soon! cease: merl ||||||||| 1:44 AM -- Merlyn left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Rotonoto: you're coming in the spring, right? cease: i'll buy those tickets tomorrow cease: end of april i think, roto cease: the person i thought was coming in the summer now tells me she's coming in the spring. i have to set it up with friends in dc and nyc. much to do. will see elayne, a wonderful person Bozoette: what's for dinner? cease: creme de fiesign Rotonoto: elayne is in New York, right? cease: baked firesign, broiled firesign Bozoette: Sounds good cease: yes roto. el and her previous hsuband came to visit us in 96 cease: we drove down to visit ossman cease: i met pp first at the seattle show in 94. he invited me to his house in 95 Rotonoto: cool indeed cease: you like food, bozoette? my wife tries to pretend it doesnt exist Rotonoto: so far I haven't met anyone in person, hope that in 2005 I start making up for lost time Rotonoto: (I don't travel well- major homebody) cease: hope so too, roto. they're fine lads, and they are getting old ||||||||| It's 1:50 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tazmutt - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bozoette: I love food - lots of it! Rotonoto: but amazingly, there is just enough of her ;-) cease: yes, planning on what to feed houseguests. i'm always in search of new recipes, etc. food is to me now what music was to me long ago Rotonoto: .. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bozoette: It's Getting Late, I must say goodnight Rotonoto: nite, I think I will fade as well... ||||||||| Bozoette leaves to catch the 2:02 AM train to Hellmouth. Rotonoto: nite cat. see you soon... ||||||||| "Hey cease!" ... cease turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 2:04 AM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| Rotonoto leaves to catch the 2:04 AM train to Hellmouth. ||||||||| 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:
Bill O'Yamamoto
Bozoette
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
cease
Dave
Dexter Fong
Dexter Hardware
doctec
Dr Wang Chung Yamamoto
Dr. Andrew Bone Chung MD
Elayne
erhgiherhgihterthgiB
klokwkdog-10EEE+
klokwkdog-10EEE
llanwydd
Merlyn
Olaf Garcia
otonotoR
Pedro Nikolai McDonald
Rotonoto
Tazmutt
yusseff muhammed katzenstein
