||||||||| 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 February 23, 2006 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, February 23, 2006 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?" ||||||||| 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 9:21 PM. doctec: uh... anyone here? doctec: just thought i'd drop in ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'Merlyn', just granted probation at 9:22 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Bambi steps in at 9:22 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Merlyn: they went home Bambi: hi Merlyn Bambi: hi doc
doctec hears nothing but crickets - until bambi steps out from the shadows - and merlyn - Merlyn: hi doctec: hi gang doctec: ...or should i say, "gang" ... doctec: i'm typing to you tonight from beautiful downtown bloomington in Bambi: lol Merlyn: A web visitor emailed me another Firesign gag come true: http://www.mutationchinchillas.com Bambi: Clem should be here any minute with the link ... or you can click on the Listen Now link on http://www.cniradio.com doctec: i'm here at lodestone central with bubba's brain Bambi: have you been getting much email with your spam? Merlyn: ah ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:24 PM and late as usual, it's Dr. Headphones, just back from Hellmouth." doctec: hey, dr. h!!! Dr. Headphones: hello, dear friends :) Bambi: hey Ken! ||||||||| ah,clem steps in at 9:25 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. doctec: (to the others:) bubba and i got to have lunch doctec: with dr. headphones doctec: yesterday afternoon
Bambi waves to Bubba at Lodestone via Doc Bambi: welcome Clem Dr. Headphones: went to bed, woke up, couldn't go back to sleep. thng in the dark thinking bad thoughts about politicians doctec: here's the pic - http://www.doctechnical.com/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg Dr. Headphones: yes, doc, an enjoyable time from this end at least ||||||||| New CNI streaming notice: '"a few minutes with Firesign Theatre" it's just starting now...let's eat!' Dr. Headphones: i should have removed my hat for the pic, but the glare might have blinded some :)
Bambi that would be normal Ken lol Merlyn: link bounces for me doc ||||||||| Around 9:26 PM, ah,clem walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with ah,clem close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:26 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'snook', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:26 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... ||||||||| Rotonoto enters at 9:27 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Haberdashery Barn. doctec: and this end too, dr. h. Rotonoto: tap tap tap- is this thing on? Merlyn: now they're coming in droves - or driving in combs Dr. Headphones: hi roto, snook, and clem Rotonoto: thank you, senator... Rotonoto: drubbing with combs? Bambi: certain tree-stunting plans anyway ... lol ... they have heard your thoughts Clem Bambi: hi RotoDave snook: Aw, everybody's known as "Nancy.' Hi Merlyn and roto! Bambi: hi snook snook: Hiya, Bambi! Merlyn: call me nancy, snookums ||||||||| 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 9:29 PM. snook: Nancy -- don't you have a town in France? Bubba's Brain: Hey all! doctec: oops, the link is wrong - try this one - http://www.doctechnical.com/img/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg Dr. Headphones: hey tom, got to spend the night after our lunch in lovely indianapolis at a truck stop. ah well, it's payin' the bills.... Dr. Headphones: hi BB Bubba's Brain: Hey H. Bambi: hi Bubba doctec: hey, at least you're *payin'* yours! snook: India Noplace! The world's largest farm town! Merlyn: hey bb Bubba's Brain: Hi Bri. doctec: in the pic: that's me on the left, dr. h. next to me, and bubba on the right Dr. Headphones: snook: as for large cities, i like indy better than most. i *never* have to enter the ring road, just circle it ||||||||| llanwydd sashays in at 9:30 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Dr. Headphones: hey, llan doctec: snook is our special guest here with me and bubba's brain at lodestone central here in bloomington tonight Bambi: hi llanwydd llanwydd: ever notice not many people take vacations to Greenland? snook: well, it's OK if you don't have to live there. Much like Fun-Fun Town in that respect. Bambi: sashaying huh? doctec: there's only one joker in bloomington who'd join us here - and you have to find out who he is..... Dr. Headphones: i thought i smelled patch-hooley :) Bubba's Brain: And he aint working for scale... doctec: i know someone who greenland *on* a vacation... doctec: lucky bastard Dr. Headphones: llan: i'd vacation in iceland but will pass on greenland. some ancient PR work there.... Bambi: yes, and are confused when they visit Iceland lol doctec: ...who TOOK greenland ... (sheesh) llanwydd: sounds interesting doc snook: David Ossman just asked what's in Variety. HICK PIX CLICK IN STICKS, I think. Dr. Headphones: i have an uncle who was in greenland in the USAF, he says he now knows why the eskimos believe hell is not hot, but frozen Dr. Headphones: Variety is the spicegirl of life llanwydd: I knew there was an AFB at Thule snook: The Vikings named it greenland as part of a major real-estate scam. Their descendents have seminars on cable right this very minute. Rotonoto: That's Dr. Headphones? He grew a shrubbery! doctec: emm ell emm? llanwydd: LOL snook! ||||||||| 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 cease disembarks at 9:34 PM. cease: hey doc cease: etc Merlyn: nah, they NIX em doctec: roto: yep - and a damn nice shrubbery it is doctec: hey doc cease: hi roto llanwydd: hi cat Bambi: apparently there may be be a new backdoor.sdbot out there ... only seeing weblinks about it in french so far, and AVs not up to the task as yet. cease: you see the python thing last night? llanwydd: I taped it llanwydd: there's another one coming up, I believe doctec: bubba and i caught most of the chapman segment last night cease: hi snook. whats it like, living in a toilet? Rotonoto: Hi, Cat! Howza you? doctec: there's one on tonight at 10pm est cease: bujsier than shit with all the parental bummers snook: HI Cat! long see no time! Dr. Headphones: ah, the beard? i didn't really grow it, i just decided to stop shaving for a while and it just happened Dr. Headphones: hey cat doctec: i don't know if we'll catch it, bubba and i are at the lodestone orifice and still need to get outselves back to his place where a cable tv is accessible cease: i missed the first 15 min of chat and of course, missed 15 min of firestuff i have not heard cease: hey kend! Rotonoto: yes, bring us a shrubbery! And then chop it off with a herring! Dr. Headphones: i usually shave about once a month or every other month. i've tried trimming, just can't do it, so it comes off and starts over cease: this is familiar llanwydd: my herring is impaired cease: i try and shave every milllenium. last time was march, 76 snook: and i'm pickled Dr. Headphones: my jr high band director was named julian herring Dr. Headphones: dill or sweet? perhaps a nice bread and butter? Rotonoto: Roto grew a small, scraggly, and pathetic goatee in his youth, must be short on hormones or something doctec: for those that missed the link to the pic of me, dr. h. and bubba having a lunch confab yesterday, it's at http://www.doctechnmical.com/img/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg snook: well, they can't keep you in jail if you eat Lox. Dr. Headphones: i like the herring in cream sauce, one of my buffet favorites when i can find it doctec: dang i did it again - typo in that url llanwydd: Interesting. There's a guy who lives near me named Kipper Rotonoto: released on own recognizance due to insufficient follicles... cease: i get this page canot be displayed doctec:http://www.doctechnical.com/img/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg is the right one Dr. Headphones: doc: ctrl-C copies URL nicely ;) ah,clem: ... doctec: it had scrolled off the screen dr. h., and i was too lazy to drag it out of the logs Dr. Headphones: and a hearty ... to you also, jimmy doctec: call me a luddite... snook: Now I've spent all this time trying to think of a 'smoked herring' joke but somehow I can't seem to focus doctec: here, snook, try on these glasses (hands snook a pair of coke bottles) Dr. Headphones: you're a luddite. now, call me a taxi cease: i dont see any alcohol being consumed on that pic cease: did someone say smoking? Dr. Headphones: snook: "i tried smoking herring, the papers kept falling apart." cease: i should post a pic of my newish volcano Bambi: drag and drop to desktop works from the browser too :-) Dr. Headphones: cat: i had to get back in the big rig, beer doesn't mix with diesel fueled 80,000 pound vehicle doctec: cat, that's cause dr. h. is a trucker & can't take the chance of getting pinched Rotonoto: "I have acute 'earing' " "I don't give a damn about your jewelery!" (from Yellowbeard- Cheech/Chong) snook: use one of them big Bics they make for barbecue grills, that's the way to light up a herring cease: makes sense, kend Bambi: yeah, the newsprint gets to ya too Ken ||||||||| Catherwood leads Ms. Honey inside, makes a note of the time (9:41 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. doctec: ... but later that same day i drank a half a bottle of vodka to celebrate the lunch. it made for a great dinner! llanwydd: hey hon Dr. Headphones: howdy, ms. honey Ms. Honey : hola hola
Ms. Honey smiles at the room snook: hi ms doctec: hello ms Dr. Headphones: lol, doc :) i drank my coca-cola Bambi: hi Honey Ms. Honey : hello snook Ms. Honey : hi bambi :) snook: hubba hubba Ms. Honey : hello Doc Ms. Honey : and Dr Merlyn: Hello, just saying hello to fade back in snook: cue the organist ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:43 PM and klokwkdog steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Dr. Headphones: hi klok llanwydd: fading to black is a good thing to do around here klokwkdog: Ken! Watta sur-prize! ;-) Bambi: hi klok llanwydd: hey klok Ms. Honey : hello klok Dr. Headphones: the mightly wurlitzer vibrates the air with sonic enjoyment snook: hey klok! klokwkdog: Dex swears he'll join us tonight, tanned and happy Bambi: klok you got the grapes tonight huh> Dr. Headphones: yeah, klok, no sleepy, this seemed apropos klokwkdog: llan again! Things are looking towards Spring! snook: apropos - wasn't he the god of something or other? klokwkdog: hey honey, snook Bambi: that will be good to see Dex too :-) llanwydd: here's hoping klokwkdog: bambi -- yeah, b4 they went sour, too Dr. Headphones: spring? i went to bed earlier and it was snowing outside my window. much better than INSIDE the window, i suppose ||||||||| 9:45 PM: LiliLamont jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" doctec: hi lili llanwydd: hey lil! Bambi: hi Lili! Dr. Headphones: snook: you're probably thinking of priapus, the god from viagra snook: hi lili! LiliLamont: Doc, sweetie, give me large kiss! cease: hey lili Ms. Honey : hi lil :) ah,clem: .. Dr. Headphones: lili, so nice to see you again. i inquired of tom yesterday about you and he assured me you're still as lovely as always klokwkdog: goodness gracious does wonders never cease (no offense Cat)! Hi Lili! Hi DT (didn't spy you there over by the spinet) Ms. Honey : allo ah, clem :) LiliLamont: Hey, cease. Good to see you here. snook: no, Dr. H, I think I'm thinking of apropos, the god of nonsequitur. Or maybe something else. LiliLamont: Hi, Ms. H. Pleased to meet you. doctec: hey lili - here's a pic of me, dr. headphones and bubba that a nice waitress took of us yesterday as we were having lunch - http://www.doctechnical.com/img/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg ah,clem: hola doctec: lol snook! Bubba's Brain: Oi, I'm going tray Bambi: hit or myth :-) Bubba's Brain: gray Bubba's Brain: gray LiliLamont: Nice pic. Hola to you, clem. What's with the dinky font? Dr. Headphones: please put your tray in the appropriate place, bubba snook: say, there's an idea for a coffee table book. Waitress Photography! make a bunch of money next Xmas llanwydd: Oi gray cease: doc this is from the lets eat show you gave me, right? Dr. Headphones: snook: i'd prefer waitress pornography. my breakfast server was a real cutie ;) cease: much of this later went into that album snook: Going Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Lili used to sing with them, didn't she? doctec: clem is a very understated kinda guy LiliLamont: Bubba: You want gray? You should see what I've sprouted now that the chemo is done. I look like a cross between Jean Paul Gaultier and Harpo Marx. Dr. Headphones: lili was with the cosa nostra band ah,clem: it not the font, I'm just one of the little people cease: is that the first time you and kend have met, doc? LiliLamont: You're a dwarf? Dr. Headphones: cat: third in person for me and doc, first for me and BB ah,clem: no, just unimportant.. klokwkdog: Lili -- go for blue, lots of blue, with a green accent, Cindi Lauper style cease: aha cease: hows the health, lili? cease: he's a crushed dwarf, this is the Firesign chat Bambi: only if 5'9" tall is now considered to be a dwarf ;-) LiliLamont: Dr. H.: I was known as La Bamba, the Tiajuana Taxi Dancer. If you've got a dime, I've got the time. Dr. Headphones: clem: don't say it! you're the backbone of this place. well, maybe the 3rd sacral vertebra, anyway ;) snook: ah, clem, unimportant? that's relative. it depends on who you're related to Bubba's Brain: I had a green accent once, but then I moved to the Midwest.... cease: a dime bag? doctec: the cosa nostra band - they'll sing you a sing you can't refuse doctec: sing you a SONG cease: he siad the magic words Bubba's Brain: sing it loud? Bubba's Brain: sing it strong? Ms. Honey : sing it proud doctec: man i can't type tonight - must've been those two beers i had with dinner (along w/snook & bubba) snook: why do you think they call it sing sing? llanwydd: dime bag, tuppence a bag LiliLamont: Cease: The health isn't bad with the exception of my right knee swelling up last week and having to get tapped. I assure you, that was not fun. I now have a total of 10 doctors I see. The latest is a rheumatologist and I have an appointment to see her in March. doctec: wow man - tuppence - i'm seein' trails ah,clem: please sing everyone a song, Catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood steps over to ah,clem and inquires "Something I can help with?" Dr. Headphones: merlyn has become a parenthetical footnote Bubba's Brain: I'll buyt that for a dollar! Bambi: Bambi says, Clem is hardly unimportant to me! doctec: lili's medical dance card fills up fast each month klokwkdog: local paper sent me a sample copy today, to encourage addiction. contained a story of local real estate mogul's wife gone to P'dence to check "lead paint abatement" on a sale property and she was kidnapped, held for ransom doctec: she sees so many doctors, she keeps her radio tuned to 98.6 Bubba's Brain: A dollar would get me 50 dimes? ||||||||| Outside, the 9:52 PM downtown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Inflatable Tweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. snook: ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle-eye-po! Inflatable Tweeny: - Howdy Friends... I may not me a pharmacist, but I do look like one, and I'm being well paid to ask you this important question: Who Are You?? -- The time for this commerical was general lee paid for by Jack Poet Volkswagen... llanwydd: hey tween Dr. Headphones: hi, tweeny-dude ah,clem: stupid butler won't sing... Bambi: Clem can identify with that Tapping of the knee Lili! He's been there a few times! No fun! Inflatable Tweeny: Evenin' all... snook: tweenster in the house Bambi: hi Tweeny klokwkdog: same old thing, leave $$$$ in a bag just off the I-95 exit in MA near the old oak tree Bubba's Brain: Catherwood, say hello to Snook. ||||||||| Catherwood says "hello, snook" cease: doesnt matter if you look like one, as long as you Act like one klokwkdog: hi Kurt! Ms. Honey : hi tweeny Dr. Headphones: oh, he'll sing if we use the right encouragement. pentothal, anyone? LiliLamont: To encourage addiction? I asked my shrink if I could smoke pot while I was on flagyl (no drinking allowed), and he went ballistic. cease: hi tween doctec: where a brown shoed square makes like a tree and leaves - a gift Inflatable Tweeny: Welcome to side 5... snook: hello, catherwood. can you kindly roll a couple of bummers and leave them on the credenza? ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to snook and asks "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?" cease: good thing he's no longer in our atmosphere, lili klokwkdog: woman and money recovered; bad guys in jail. what a hair-raiser. right up the road from my little town. snook: not just to rile you, but that's a nice bonus. snook: bring your dog around and I'll give him a bonus too. Dr. Headphones: catherwood is such fun :) ||||||||| Catherwood strides up to Dr. Headphones and says "Do you have something for me to do?" doctec: catherwood, do you only respond to the name "catherwood"? ||||||||| Catherwood walks right past doctec Inflatable Tweeny: A round of dog for everyone, Catherwood... ||||||||| Catherwood walks right past Inflatable Tweeny Bubba's Brain: Catherwood, gather wood. ||||||||| Catherwood rushes alongside Bubba's Brain and yells "oh, fuck off Bubba's Brain!" Dr. Headphones: catherwood: fold it with sharp corners and put it where the sun don't shine ||||||||| Catherwood steps over to Dr. Headphones and mumbles "My ears are burning..." LiliLamont: Indeed, cease. I told him it worked great for nausea during chemo, and he still went nuts. Sheesh. llanwydd: I hate to upset C'wood klokwkdog: he doesn't respond to c'wood, catherweed, cather-mather, or catherhead; much less "bozo" cease: that is a diseased reaction, lili LiliLamont: Strange sounds.... must check on evil kittens... Bubba's Brain: Give me a bomber, Catherwood. ||||||||| Catherwood gives Bubba's Brain a bomber. Bambi: Catherwood please pour me a double toasted almond ||||||||| Catherwood hands Bambi a double toasted almond. snook: I recline upon a bower of pennywort in the midst of the great catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to snook and says "Something I can help with?" Dr. Headphones: how about cotton matherwood? doctec: catherwood, how about a nice blue moss? ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to doctec and mumbles "My ears are burning..." snook: mother cottonwood? Bambi: the Big C is abit touchy about wood it seems ;-) llanwydd: what's the mather? Bubba's Brain: We're giving Catherwood some exercise tonight. ||||||||| Catherwood rushes up to Bubba's Brain and says "Did you want me?" snook: let us hope so. touch wood. Dr. Headphones: and father aspen. sounds like a nice kids nature book doctec: how much wood would a catherwood is a cather would could wood ||||||||| Catherwood strides over to doctec and says "Someone mention my name?" Inflatable Tweeny: Where's Jerry? Merlyn: Catherwood, put on a happy face ||||||||| Catherwood puts on a happy face. klokwkdog: cat -- listened to interview with Dean Haglin last night; he had some interesting things to say about Vancouver entertainment production scene doctec: IF Ms. Honey : oh Catherwood, please hand me a b-52 ||||||||| Catherwood hands Ms. Honey a b-52. doctec: catherwood, hand be a devo ||||||||| Catherwood brings be a devo. doctec: ME ah,clem: Catherwood, please give me a pint of ale ||||||||| Catherwood gives ah,clem a pint of ale. Dr. Headphones: how apropos, ms. honey, a b-52 for someone who should have a beehive hairdo :) snook: catherwood, have you any of those c-47s left? ||||||||| Catherwood walks alongside snook and says "Did you want something?" snook: a c-47. Merlyn: catherwood, give doctec a devo ||||||||| Catherwood gets doctec a devo. Dr. Headphones: ooh, c-47. many miles flown on those rust-buckets doctec: thanks merl snook: catherwood! What ARE you doing? ||||||||| Catherwood strides over to snook and says "Did you want me?" klokwkdog: Catherwood, please put $250,000 in a paper sack behind the old oak tree at I-95 exit 4 in MA ||||||||| Catherwood pretends not to hear klokwkdog Ms. Honey : man, it's as big as Baltimore thanks, Catherwood! ||||||||| Catherwood steps up to Ms. Honey and yells "oh, fuck off Ms. Honey !" doctec: my typing fingers are a little tapped this evening Ms. Honey : why i nevah ! doctec: (that's all i've been doing all day) Merlyn: thank you, catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood answers "You're very welcome!" doctec: well, you gonna be now! snook: No, Catherwood, I've never wanted you. Not the way I wanted Nancy. ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside snook and asks "Did you need me?" cease: justtapping into consciousness now, doc? Merlyn: dance for pennies, Catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood walks over to Merlyn and asks "Someone mention my name?" Bubba's Brain: Say something clever, catherwood. ||||||||| Catherwood says "something clever" doctec: catherwood gathers wood ||||||||| Catherwood steps alongside doctec and inquires "Did you want something?" Dr. Headphones: doc: can you write code with a dictation program? an uncle of mine is a pastor, dictates his sermons and computer types them out for him cease: i was all set to do the adbusters teaching gig this aft and the teacher called me this morn klokwkdog: catherwood's algorithm seems to be getting simpleminded ||||||||| Catherwood strides over to klokwkdog and queries "Did you want something?" cease: said the kids got out early today so it has to be rescheduled LiliLamont: Back. How to freak out cats: open a fresh bottle of tonic. Inflatable Tweeny: A Kurzweil Voicewriter, Ken? ||||||||| Johnny Piano steals in around 9:59 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." klokwkdog: "sing it over and over and over again: Frosty Morn" Merlyn: it's always has been simpleminded Johnny Piano: Catherwood, may I please have a Warsteiner? ||||||||| Catherwood strides over to Johnny Piano and inquires "Do you have something for me to do?" llanwydd: hey JP Dr. Headphones: tween: dragon something Inflatable Tweeny: Hey JP... klokwkdog: gosh, the crowd continues to grow! Hey, JP doctec: dr. h.: i'm afraid that when it comes to programming languages, speech recognition programs get easily confused - it would take forever and a day to get it to recognize something like $::form{'key'} = $value
Ms. Honey says hello, mr piano Dr. Headphones: hi, jp, LTNS Johnny Piano: Hi Guys (& Gals)! doctec: sin tax! doctec: hey johnny Johnny Piano: Have marvelous news - the new Oohs cd is coming out in mid-March! Bambi: hi Johnny! cease: hi piano doctec: tickling the ivories tonight? Dr. Headphones: tell me about sin tax, i buy my cigs in ky ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. klokwkdog: David Pogue uses Dragon to write many of his books, but not cut code Merlyn: Catherwood, take off your mask and show everyone you're really David Ossman ||||||||| Catherwood takes off your mask and show everyone you're really david ossman. Johnny Piano: We're taking pre-orders via instructions at our website - http://www.theoohs.com Merlyn: whoa, it's ME! Inflatable Tweeny:http://www.speechtechnology.com/dragon/ Johnny Piano: Hey Merlyn, how do you make your voice do THAT? Dr. Headphones: how can i post-order? doctec: dragon is probably the best of the speech recognition programs out there llanwydd: well, about the only time I drink is during Firesign Chat, believe it or not, so I'm about to try out one of my homemade grogtails Johnny Piano: Catherwood, please bring me a Warsteiner ||||||||| Catherwood gets Johnny Piano a warsteiner. Johnny Piano: Ahhhhhh....the pause that refreshes. Dr. Headphones: does johnny piano play a warsteinway? Johnny Piano: Ken, I'll send you a post. ah,clem: .... ||||||||| "10:03 PM? 10:03 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bunnyboy should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bunnyboy enters and sits at the bar. Bunnyboy: lo dere Bambi: congrats Johnny! Johnny Piano: Hey, Bunny! llanwydd: hey bb Inflatable Tweeny: Hey Bun... Dr. Headphones: when you send that post, send a post-hole digger also or i won't be able to plant it properly cease: bun Bambi: hi Bunny Bunnyboy: piano is my forte klokwkdog: ; cranks up the wireless and stumbles off to the kitchen to saw off another chunk of baguette, dead animal and cheese Bubba's Brain: Gray again? Dr. Headphones: Bb, howzitgoin? Johnny Piano: Thank you, Bambi. Actually, you probably have some of the songs that won't be on the disc! cease: how are things in seattle? LiliLamont: Hi, Bun.
Ms. Honey sits at the bar and says well hello bunnyboy snook: hello Johnny! klokwkdog: hey Bunny, Bubba (forgot U) ||||||||| Principalpoop sneaks in around 10:03 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Bunnyboy: Wow, it's a monster house tonite. Johnny Piano: Hey Snook! That's another name of mine in another life Inflatable Tweeny: Yo, P... Dr. Headphones: Pp, good to see ya agin doctec: johnny, nice lookin' site - will check out the music when i'm in a better position to do so (too much other conflicting sound in the room at the moment) Principalpoop: snicker snicker mars bar Bambi: Cool Johnny! Special songs! Johnny Piano: Any more of those server brain farts since I last came by? cease: still drowning in coffee? Ms. Honey : hola principalpoopie llanwydd: baguettes are good for dunking in wine. Ever had a winesop? Traditional medieval cuisine cease: poop Johnny Piano: Thanks, DT doctec: re server fraps: things seem pretty stable at present Inflatable Tweeny: Been pretty stable tonight, JP. Principalpoop: whola hola lotta love snook: Johnny, I got it from the flooded mall, on a number 4 Eagle Claw hook with Stren firewire. klokwkdog: sheesh! ROTO! this is getting to be like the Marx Bros. and the stateroom full of passengers Johnny Piano: Good to hear, Tween, esp with all the folks here snook: quite a crowd in here, aint' there! Bambi: hi princep llanwydd: open the door and we'll all fall out Johnny Piano: Make that 3 hard boiled eggs snook: is my aunt minnie in here? Inflatable Tweeny: Speaking of, Klok, watched Day at the Races and The Bank Dick yesterday. Forgot how great they were... Principalpoop: hey watch that elbow, oops i was mine doctec: no, but come on in and look for her! llanwydd: no but you can probably find somebody just as good Bunnyboy: Hey, I found a new video comp for all you fellow esoteric electronic music buffs: OHM+. Bunnyboy:http://www.therelaxationcompany.com/dvd3694.html doctec: land got it write Dr. Headphones: jp: article in recent discover magazine says perfect egg is cooked at 65C, not a degree over or under. i have yet to try it snook: the poopster! you musta snuck in when I snuck out for a moment Rotonoto: .. doctec: back when my brain cells were functioning, i had a lot of those lines down Dr. Headphones: wb, roto Bunnyboy: It's 2 1-2 hours of pioneer electronic twiddlers. cease: perfection is subjectve, kend Johnny Piano: Haven't been eating eggs lately, so that's news to me, Ken! Principalpoop: sneakers snook: and two duck eggs. Rotonoto: got involved in TV, should turn it off.., llanwydd: I've got some eggs left. What Inflatable Tweeny: I duck when people throw eggs... llanwydd: what doctec: thx bb - i'll czech it out llanwydd: trya gain Dr. Headphones: i generally just scramble mine, nuke for 70 sec, then put on toast with mayo and seasoned salt, freshly ground pepper Bunnyboy: how how llanwydd: whats the Principalpoop: 65 C? what is that in F honey or F Bambi llanwydd: oh the hell with it snook: there's no perfection this side of heaven Johnny Piano: Be nice to those eggs - might be extraterrestrials! snook: which is a problem if there's no heaven snook: imagine Ms. Honey : vanishing point Principalpoop: huh? llanwydd: what's the best kind of omelette? Bunnyboy: doc: Yeah, it was front and center at our local Barnes and Noble. I was flabbergasted. Johnny Piano: Poop, that's rather sexist of you! Dr. Headphones: imagine imogene coca Principalpoop: with eggs illan doctec: hey bb - just czeched it - another buddy of mine lent me his 3-cd set of the ohm compilation - it's really nice Bunnyboy: It's truly geeky and enjoyable. Principalpoop: hehe he said sexist hehe Bambi: 149 F llanwydd: good idea pp Inflatable Tweeny: A Venutian Western of course, LL. Dr. Headphones: llan: western or swiss and shroom doctec: oddly, i have the original cds of about half that compilation llanwydd: venutian. great idea Bubba's Brain: just showed snook the pics at the end of the weekly archives... now he knows exactly what you all look like. Bunnyboy: doc: Yeah, the full CD and DVD set have been out for a while. The standalone DVD just came out yesterday. doctec: esp. the tangerine dream/klaus schulze/cluster/conny plank stuff et al Johnny Piano: Whoa, trippy stuff, DT doctec: i was into those wacky germans back in the late '70s llanwydd: I've only heard tangerine dream in a movie soundtrack Principalpoop: 9/5 - 32 or 212 - 5/9 or 10/4 snook: imogine coca would have a problem these days with Danny O'DEA. Dr. Headphones: tangerine dream is so much better than grapefruit nightmare Johnny Piano: What's the accompanying vids like, Bunny? Inflatable Tweeny: Tonto's Expanding Head Band? Bubba's Brain: Sell! See us? doctec: which movie lland - thief, sorcerer or (can't remember the sci-fi one)? llanwydd: LOL kend! Bubba's Brain: Fair N Height. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Dexter Fong', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:11 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary...
Ms. Honey reminisces about tonto's expanding headband Bambi: best omelette dinner - three egg w/cheese of choice with bacon, green pepper, onion and side of crispy fried potatoes and onions (not hash browns) snook: best band name ever: Free Beer. Only nobody would put it on a marqee. Principalpoop: touch me, touch me there, oops, wrong chat Johnny Piano: Legend Bunnyboy: Johnny: That's just it...the DVD is both video and audio. Some performances, animations, experiments and interviews. ||||||||| 10:11 PM: Stickman jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" llanwydd: "Legend", doc Inflatable Tweeny: Well, it's Heir Fong! Dexter Fong: Wholy Grid, I forgot to reserve a table Dr. Headphones: hi dex, how's NYC? Inflatable Tweeny: Yo, Stick... Stickman: Damn! It's crowded in here! Bambi: hi Dex doctec:http://www.synthmuseum.com/tonto/index.html Dr. Headphones: hello, mr. stickman Principalpoop: almost western llanwydd: hey stick! Ms. Honey : heya Dex Bambi: hi stickman Johnny Piano: Yo Stick cease: is this lets eat? Dexter Fong: Lemme just tune in CNI and then I'll do all the ceromonial stuff Johnny Piano: Evenin' Dex snook: stickman and dexter fong... two more... i'm getting crowded too... Bunnyboy: I think I saw part of a segment with the artist having biofeedback wires attached to his head. Stickman: Balmy greetings to you all. Inflatable Tweeny: Yikes, Doc. TONTO... Principalpoop: duck the dex and stick stepping out Merlyn: By the way, Byron said the periodic chat pauses are/were due to a disk filling up and causing problems on the server Bunnyboy: The whole 20 track list is at: Bunnyboy:http://www.therelaxationcompany.com/dvd3694.html Johnny Piano: Garcon, more eggs! Dr. Headphones: balmy? rather chilly here in mich, 28 right now, snow earlier Dexter Fong: Zetz llanwydd: man! we're ALL here tonight ||||||||| Dexter Fong rushes off, saying "10:13 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Principalpoop: you in balm beach? snook: tiger balmy greetings snook: better than viagra ||||||||| Dexter Fong waltzes in at 10:13 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. cease: disc, merlyn? Johnny Piano: Thanks to Lord Byron Inflatable Tweeny: I heard Wonder put biofeedback wires on plants and hooked them to his ARP 2600. cease: is that the myron who hosts the bitsite, doc? llanwydd: except dave and elayne Dr. Headphones: dex, are you here now? Stickman: I'll be strolling the links in short pants on Saturday. hehe Principalpoop: radio, spencer? Johnny Piano: Good trick for a blind guy, Tween Bunnyboy: Warner's is releasing a fun box of three 2-disc special editions, titled CONTROVERSIAL CLASSICS, VOL. 2. doctec: tween: i believe it. also, robert margouleff was one of the producers of the movie "ciao! manhattan", chronicling the meteoric fall of factory girl edie sedgwick Ms. Honey : sweet BB Bunnyboy: It's all media oriented dramas. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, NETWORK and DOG DAY AFTERNOON. klokwkdog: hey stick, Dex, Poop Principalpoop: crying 96 years snook: short pants? you need more exercise, my boy! The old Doctor can take care of you Rotonoto: .. doctec: cat: yes, byron is the sys admin of ifip.net Inflatable Tweeny: Around the time of The Secret Life of Plants album I do beileve, JP. doctec: (a.k.a. new tide)
klokwkdog is getting into overload trying to keep up with tonight's menagerie Principalpoop: click klok Dexter Fong: Hi Bambi, Bunny, Cat, DT, !Kend!=)), Tweeny, JP, !!llan!!=)). Honey Darling, Pp, Schnooker, Stick, Bubba, and fading clem, Lili, Roto, Llock (away) and now back, and Merlyn (away) Dexter Fong: whew llanwydd: those don't sound very controversial actually Dr. Headphones: klok: just drink some more tea, get that caffeine circulating Bunnyboy: The Long War: It never has to end! Johnny Piano: Correct, Tween - same time he used the Yamaha GX1, forerunner to the CS80 Principalpoop: use more margarine, you know margie... Bubba's Brain: New Tilde? ~~~~~~~ Bunnyboy: lo Dex snook: ah, tis time for me to take this soggy toupe and swim, swim, swim Principalpoop: ma ma matilda mama Johnny Piano: The Long War, with an undetermined time limit - unlike the 100 Years War ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "10:16 PM and late as usual, it's Hemlock Stones, just back from Elmertown." Dexter Fong: My Tilde, my tilde, etc and other aussie thype words doctec: dex - pic of me, dr. h. and bubba taken yesterday in bloomington - http://www.doctechnical.com/img/dt_drh_bb_20060223.jpg Dr. Headphones: you know mel toupe? Bubba's Brain: Like a Sturgeon.... swimmin for the very first time.... Bambi: howdy :-) Bunnyboy: llan: Take it up with WB. ah,clem: ... klokwkdog: Bubba -- it's in Guatemala. Named by the conquistadores Principalpoop: ciao bebe stones Hemlock Stones: Good evening Dr. Headphones: hi stones Inflatable Tweeny: The GX1 was a monster. Literally. Actually I do believe the GX was FM, whereas the CS80 was analog. Pretty sure the DX7 was the child of the GX1. snook: goodnight, all! ... swim, swim, swim ... cease: hi dex Bunnyboy: Still 3 swell films. ||||||||| snook says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, snook exits at 10:16 PM. Bubba's Brain: Nite snook. Bambi: hi Stones Rotonoto: oh, Dex- like little flower, my terrific feeling for it, like light, extra-flavor yogurt in tiny plastic tin with colorful label... Bunnyboy: Hiya clem! Johnny Piano: See ya Snook Inflatable Tweeny: Bye, snook... Hemlock Stones: and a special hello to ah Clem llanwydd: man, this grog tastes like hell. I can't finish it cease: keep on fishin Ms. Honey : hello Hemlock Dr. Headphones: roto: make mine strawberry/banana Principalpoop: GX was ac-dc or acey-ducey or ricky-lucy Rotonoto: bye, snook... Hemlock Stones: Hi Honey llanwydd: I've seen all of them, bb. klokwkdog: everyone be sure to go put yourself on the CNI Radio map Stickman: I'm in a room with artificial lights. What time IS it? Principalpoop: night snuck Bambi: LOL Clem Johnny Piano: Nope, GX was analog - this was the same instrument that Emerson used on the Works stuff, and JP Jones on the last Zep album Bunnyboy: If I were at home, I could tell ya, Fred. Dr. Headphones: stick: don't believe it when you ask catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood rushes up to Dr. Headphones and inquires "Would you like something?" Dexter Fong: Oh! Roto! How long is it! Been? Bambi: yes, the frappr! page is linked on http://www.cniradio.com Ms. Honey : lol Dr. Headphones: catherwood, what time is it? ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 10:18 PM" Bambi: 9:57 PM ET here Dexter Fong: Thanks for the slide show DT Dr. Headphones: he's about 20 min fast Principalpoop: ahhh that GX doctec: np dex Johnny Piano: I know 'cause I had a CS80. Inflatable Tweeny: Where in Bloomington, Doc?
klokwkdog is thankful for the kudos from Clem, but feels overrated among Bubba, Doctec, Cat, Merlyn, et. al. doctec: downtown bloomington, IN tweeny Principalpoop: your cock sounds super ah, clem llanwydd: well, I'm going to see if one of my two PBS stations has that Python thing. I'll tape it if it does. Either way I'll brb doctec: i'm working on bubba's shopping cart app ah,clem: ... Inflatable Tweeny: Never played a CS80, but I sure loved the specs. Tommy Mars of Zappa's band did some really cool stuff with the CS. Dexter Fong: Klk: If you feel overated, put less food on your plate Principalpoop: does your cock know any other songs ah, clem Johnny Piano: Watched the Chapman "Personal Best" last night locally, llan Dr. Headphones: hey doc/BB, did you see me run down that tree in walmart lot on the way out? couldn't quite make that turn ;) doctec: the last three days i've been in perl programming heck (not hell, but an incredible stimulation) Bubba's Brain: Doc's at Lodestone international secret headquarters. Bunnyboy: It's SOOOOOOOOPERCOCK! Principalpoop: llan Inflatable Tweeny: I'm from that area back in the 80's, just wondering what place. Johnny Piano: Tween, that thing was a PIG. Weighed damn near 200 lbs. Dexter Fong: Hey Hemlock doctec: dr. h.: no, i missed that. dang! cease: are you getting paid for the heck, doc? klokwkdog:FYI "frappr" is the map of listners...well the CNI Radio frappr is (it maps you via a pushpin on a standard (otherwise) Google Maps view of the US (or world in the case of Hemlock Stones and other far-flungs) Hemlock Stones: the pleasure is ours ah Clem Ms. Honey : ty ah, clem for making it possible Dr. Headphones: i think they can just put it back upright again, side of trailer bumped it Bubba's Brain: Noticed on our way out a "No Semi Parking" sign... oops. Principalpoop: back to the shadows again Inflatable Tweeny: That's what I heard. Portable was a relative term. Not as bad as the GX1, though ;) doctec: LodesTone Central is a 17-floor jet black windowless fortress - really quite impressive cease: ah, ossman in poet mode Stickman: You can rest assured that PBS will run those again and again and again... cease: he's wondrous at this klokwkdog: Dex -- making my own sub tonight and I'm channeling Dagwood, thank you Johnny Piano: Tween, the flight case was the size of a B3 doctec: i'm getting peanuts - all the holt compilations Dr. Headphones: BB: next time, truck stop a few miles south might be better bet even if slightly out of the way Principalpoop: I got dem no hoagie blues cease: charles shultz? he dead now Bubba's Brain: I know the one.... will do. Dr. Headphones: Pp: take two carmichaels and call me in the morning Inflatable Tweeny: 4 mechanical presets, as I recall. Polyphonic aftertouch was a nice feature. Dexter Fong: Cat: But his syndication lives on in black and white or color Johnny Piano: I was in touch with Ossman not too long ago - invited him to come play on Thursday chat...still no sign Bubba's Brain: Hoagie blues... he wrote Stardust a few blocks from here. cease: a cannabis gag? Inflatable Tweeny: Not presets, programs... Principalpoop: carl michaels? he sells pantyhose Bubba's Brain: a cannabis bag! Johnny Piano: Actually it was 6 presets. 2 were on the front console, and 4 hidden under a panel. Dexter Fong: Why, this is a bag of good shit...really good shit Stickman: I wish you wouldn't say panties! It's bad for my heart! klokwkdog: you see? you see? all these folks have touched them and I've never been closer than 50 ft. :-( Bambi: a good sub with the right kind of bread is so hard to get in VA Johnny Piano: And yes, the aftertouch - wow, that was a joy. Bubba's Brain: Why this shit.... is shit! Principalpoop: no stem or seeds and you can smoke the bag too doctec: 6 present, 2 under the cabinet - sure beats a CS80 doctec: presets Inflatable Tweeny: Pretty gutsy sound, that CS. Also though the ribbon controller was nice. klokwkdog: Dex -- according to the FCC, it's human excrement now, and they sent out fines to underline that Dr. Headphones: bambi: if you have to go commercial, quiznos is the best nat'l chain doctec: with the possible exception of the modular moogs, no one has done the ribbon controller as well as yamaha did with the CS80 Dexter Fong: Wow, my local dope dealer got fined for taking a dump in a bag Bambi: but we did find one place who does it right and had a hot #4 with provolone - ham, roast beef, provolone, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayo (amazingly enough) ... yum! Johnny Piano: My understanding is that Stevie Wonder wore his ribbons out on a regular basis...must have been "ribbons in the sky" Bubba's Brain: X-crement? Bambi: f-cc for sure cease: cremains? Bubba's Brain: f-cc that! doctec: that must've been some really great shit Bunnyboy: Wow, this is the first time I've heard the "Gary Firesign" material as a Austin-read piece. Fun. llanwydd: is that for real, dex? Bambi: cyanide radio LOL Johnny Piano: I miss Schlotsky's Deli! Could go for a hot pastrami... cease: who usually does the gary firesing? Dexter Fong: llan: Nothing is for real, Ms. Presky Inflatable Tweeny: Had a Micromoog with a ribbon. Much better than a wheel, in my opinion. Like to try the pressure pad on the new Voyager. Bubba's Brain: When they see us coming, the birdies all try n' hide.... doctec: studio deli, greenwich ave. tribeca for me! klokwkdog: bambi -- the euro-style bread is not too plentiful, but there's a fair bakery in New Haven delivering and of course the stores here are buried in Portuguese specialities like Bulges Levedos and round loafs and such (big Azorean population) Bubba's Brain: But they still go for peanuts, when coated with cyanide. Bunnyboy: Truth be told, the "Gary Firesign" segment is one of my favorites from NOT INSANE! llanwydd: tom lehrer, isnt it, bb? Johnny Piano: I'm so used to the wheel - I like to really grab that bugger. Ever watch Roger Powell play solos? Bubba's Brain: Whatever happened to Schlotsky's Deli? Bubba's Brain: Yes, tom lehrer. Johnny Piano: Belly up as far as I know, Bubba Principalpoop: that #4 has potential but a rather fancy sub that Bubba's Brain: Too bad... they had some good sandwhiches... and pizzas. Inflatable Tweeny: No, but I sure am a fan of Powell's work with Utopia. Think he had a Lynx portable. doctec:http://www.schlotzskys.com/ Johnny Piano: And the potato chips, Bubba Bambi: nice Klok, up north in NJ ... never had a problem finding a good sub shop with proper light crispy bread ... down here in VA ... they just don't get it!! doctec: tween: didn't he tweak out that lynx a bit? i thought it was a custom job... Bunnyboy: Tom Lehrer fans should check out the new BEST OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY set. It includes a karaoke version of Lehrer's SILENT E. Dexter Fong: Cat: The gary Firesign showed up on record as a much more produced piece with all the guys taking part Johnny Piano: Tween, that was actually a controller of Powell's own design. The Lync looks a lot like it. llanwydd: the delis are better in Philadelphia doctec:http://trbazaar.com/rogerpowell.htm Johnny Piano: I have a Lync. Inflatable Tweeny: Think you're right, Doc. May have been custom-built. Bunnyboy: (sings) Who can turn a CUB into a CUBE? cease: originally, dex? Bambi: they don't know how to make rolls either! Principalpoop: roanoke in the middle of a dessert for the schlotzskys klokwkdog: the cheesesteaks and pizza steaks are certainly 'way better in Philly! cease: i have asorted memories of gary firesing here and there, not sure where Bubba's Brain: Still around... check out http://cooldeli.com/ doctec: in january i bought a cd copy of 'cosmic furnace' - what a timewarp cease: sounds like that simposons song, bunny Bubba's Brain: Silent E and his other ELECTRIC CO. stuff is also on his box set. Johnny Piano: Powell's controller was called the Probe, and he designed it with former ARP engineer Jeremy Hill Bambi: the E lectrician? Principalpoop: I could drive to johnson city in tennessee cease: thast illuminati type group homer joins Ms. Honey : ... Dexter Fong: Cat: Hard to say what's original..may have been first done on radio show before going to recording Stickman: You guys are making me really HUNGRY! Johnny Piano: Doc, "Air Pocket" is coming soon from the same label. klokwkdog: (or at least they were when Goode was mayor and Rizzis's police state was burning whole neighborhoods to the ground. Now I hear those poor people have been screwed twice) Bubba's Brain: Also been checking out the Alan Sherman box set from Rhino Handmade. Great stuff. cease: whats up, honey? cease: bees? doctec: johnny: great to hear, i was wondering if that title would ever see the light of day on cd Principalpoop: that is a rude question to ask stones cat Dr. Headphones: well, dear friends, sleep is sneaking up on me. have to be at work at 4am, so toodle-ooh to all cease: all quesitons are rued for stone cat. Johnny Piano: Yeah, they're even throwing in a bonus track - his version of Pipeline Inflatable Tweeny: Bye, Ken... Principalpoop: runed? Ms. Honey : adios Dr. Johnny Piano: I actually have Air Pocket on Japanese cd. Dexter Fong: Kend^: Good to be in your presence again cease: i rmember seeing allen sherman tape one of his tv shows, if tehre were more than one Bambi: sleep well Ken! Drive safely! cease: in the 60s ||||||||| Dr. Headphones runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Dr. Headphones?! It's 10:31 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Johnny Piano: Roger works for Apple these days - software engineer. klokwkdog: Live Aid and the police burning of the children were the bookends of my sojurn in Philly Rotonoto: nite ken doctec: pipeline ... ooooh ... kewel Principalpoop: night dr. headphones toodle oooh Bunnyboy: I was only made aware recently that ELECTRIC COMPANY's first head writer was Paul Dooley, of Second City/Breaking Away/Strange Brew/Curb Your Enthusiasm/ Desperate Houswives/Mighty Wind fame. cease: kend left? Johnny Piano: See ya, Ken - don't be a stranger ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 10:31 PM, dragging Mark Time by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" Johnny Piano: Well, it's about Time cease: you aint got no friends on your left Principalpoop: cheney got him or some guy with a shotgun klokwkdog: one leaves, another arrives. Welcome MT! Inflatable Tweeny: Really JP... I've seen thay are marketing their own MIDI/Audio package. And then there's Garage Band. Mark Time: hey folks, glad to see you all.... Inflatable Tweeny: Evenin' Mark. cease: mark mark mark Bunnyboy: And that Paul, the Gorilla, is a nod to Paul Dooley. Dexter Fong: Come in Mr Time and show us your mark Principalpoop: you're late mark time, or early cease: alota narcs Mark Time: thank you all Bunnyboy: nite Ken! Bunnyboy: Hiya Mark! Johnny Piano: I don't know which products Powell is involved in - perhaps I'll email him sometime and ask Inflatable Tweeny: You'll need a crowbar... a crew Mark... Bambi: Hi Marrrrrrkkkkkkk Tiiiiimmmmmmeeeee! Principalpoop: fong flings.... and scores weeeeee
Ms. Honey ducks Inflatable Tweeny: Let me know JP.
Bambi smacks Cat with a wrench cease: is this lets eat? klokwkdog: roto -- good to see you here, again. finally ;-) Johnny Piano: Will do, Tween Mark Time: hey bambi and poop glad I could make it, it's been awhile.... Principalpoop: bacon on a hoagie, what a world we have made Bubba's Brain: Bam Bam!
Bunnyboy taps Bambi gently with a dusty bit of script. Bambi: ok, a crowbar ... was trying to be nice klokwkdog: Roto -- hi to Bozoette cease: dont crush that cat, hand me the wrench Johnny Piano: Speaking of Utopian things - you've heard about Rundgren & Sulton in The New Cars? Dexter Fong: Cat: Thinks its Dear Friends klokwkdog: wenches? Bubba's Brain: What a wench!... er. wrench! Principalpoop: yah that viagra and loosners castor oil flakes combination works every time mark klokwkdog: park wenches? cease: lol bub ah,clem: yes it is let's eat cat Rotonoto: hey, klok- expect a phone call later; trying to persuade her to log onto the chat... Inflatable Tweeny: No, JP. Sounds like a winner of a band! cease: you mean one of those ossman dewar friends the rest of us dont know? Principalpoop: hello better half of rotonoto Bubba's Brain: You know, you can advertise on the backs of park wenches now. klokwkdog: Roto -- this sounds like the logging segment, so appropriate time! Dexter Fong: Cat: I think it's a Let's Eat Bubba's Brain: ... er benches. cease: ah clem just confired. Johnny Piano: I've heard one new song, Tween. Rundgren, Sulton, Easton, Hawkes & Prairie Prince Principalpoop: that is not what I do there, but ok cease: i have to listen to those cds more Inflatable Tweeny: Let's Eat from '71, according to Clem. Inflatable Tweeny: Yikes, JP. ah,clem: yes, cat cease: i can barely kepe up with air america shows i wanna here klokwkdog: we all have to listen to these CDs more, Cat! cease: indded, klok Principalpoop: huh? Bunnyboy: Why listen when it's in your blood...and your eggs. Dexter Fong: A bold underline, why I haven't seen one of those in a croons age
klokwkdog spends too much time listening to tech podcasts as it is; doesn't watch TV or listen to the radio much anymore Bambi: there is a group of faders around here LOL Johnny Piano: Put Tonight Show on 3/14 on your calendar, Tween, as they'll be playing Principalpoop: pendatic I say and the hell with it klokwkdog: Yeah, Dex, used to be, only Darth Vader could be so bold... Johnny Piano: Hey, who you callin' a fader, Bambi? Bubba's Brain: ... or down 10th to Bloomington Brew Co. Bubba's Brain: oops. cease: wow this smedly butler book is the one janeane is always talking about cease: have to read that Dexter Fong: Yeah, Bambi..you're bringing the faders down llanwydd: dfghjkl;' klokwkdog: any smedly butler book is worth reading Principalpoop: foders and modas Stickman: You guys don't know how radio works. Dexter Fong: llan: Stop speaking welsh Bunnyboy: doc, Merlyn: Do the parentheses around yer names indicate a tea party? Principalpoop: swallow your food llan Bambi: lol cease: are there many, klok? Rotonoto: Darth Vader second fiddle now... llanwydd: LOL ||||||||| Bightrethighrehighre steps in at 10:38 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Rotonoto: I know how radios work klokwkdog: a mercenary, er brave US marine, who knew the worst before most of us even knew there was such an illness as feeling Bubba's Brain: Hello Motor, Hello Fader.... Johnny Piano: Knowing Bambi, she's programmed the faders to move on their own llanwydd: just wanted to fade to black Bambi: hi Big Dexter Fong: Big H, Hey ||||||||| Mark Time departs at 10:39 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" klokwkdog: cat -- I honestly don't know, but everything I've read of his rings true Stickman: Good golly! I can't even TYPE parentheses without lisping! Bunnyboy: Radio doesn't work anymore. Ask Howard Stern. Or Orson Welles. Principalpoop: do radios work? I thought we had imigration laws llanwydd: hey big Johnny Piano: And how is that blackness, llan? cease: big ||||||||| Outside, the 10:39 PM downtown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Mark Time coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Johnny Piano: Incipient negritude Dexter Fong: ...here I am, at camp tomater Inflatable Tweeny: Like the Marx Bros in a small stateroom allright, LOL!! klokwkdog: poop -- only against particles; waves get in free Principalpoop: mark is back klokwkdog: poop -- it's like refugee Cubans llanwydd: you are in black hole...MARK Bunnyboy: Ith eethy, thilly! Mark Time: back and beautiful.... Johnny Piano: Perform....basic manual function. Bightrethighrehighre: hello SEEKERS....!!!! klokwkdog: Bunny -- Einstein explains radio (long version) Principalpoop: you quanta my wife klok? you quanta her? you quanta my wife?
Dexter Fong twidles thumbs klokwkdog: not one iota, Poop Johnny Piano: What up, Big
Ms. Honey sits in a haze of smoke, eyes glazing Bightrethighrehighre: ....Skeptics....!!!! Bambi: wb Mark Inflatable Tweeny: Hey, B... Principalpoop: those were my thumbs fong, I will give you 20 minutes to stop that.... Stickman: Speaking of manual functions... You caught me manipulationg myself again. Rotonoto: discrete quanta with color, flavor, or charm- no added cost! Mark Time: hey Bambi.... Ms. Honey : wb mark Bunnyboy: Naw, Jake, he ain't quanta her. C'mon! Johnny Piano: Thumbing Fong? Principalpoop: that was my raging bull imitation, pretty good huh? klokwkdog: Hi Big (I'm completely unable to cope with CNI, chat and arrivals, departures, pending departures...only Nino can handle pending arrivals...) Mark Time: thnks honey Inflatable Tweeny: New Mexican Blue haze? llanwydd: quark strangeness klokwkdog: Roto -- you're strange Bightrethighrehighre: ...and, of course....the not-so-skeptical....!!!! Principalpoop: that is charming llan Stickman: Laterz Gotta go do some work. llanwydd: lol ||||||||| At 10:42 PM, Stickman runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Bunnyboy: That's actually one of the funniest scenes in WAITING FOR GUFFMAN. The old duffer auditioning with the scene from RAGING BULL. cease: the yoko joke was great Ms. Honey : bye bye stick Bambi: see ya Stickman klokwkdog: nite stick Dexter Fong: By Herr Schtick cease: stick Johnny Piano: Stick done stuck it out ah,clem: the white zone if for loading and unloading only, Klok Principalpoop: yes indeedy indeedee? in d d... Ms. Honey : 3D dd Bightrethighrehighre: ....the specticaled....!!!!.... Johnny Piano: Who is Dee Dee, and why haven't I met her Principalpoop: he is really a pole, no polish jokes please Johnny Piano: He's a rail Dexter Fong: JP: Do you mean Kiki Kiki dee Dee? llanwydd: north polish? Mark Time: how do you open a pole vault? doctec: well gang, bubba and me we gotta fold our collective tents here Bunnyboy: Si si Bubba's Brain: Doc and I are going to sign off, and continue from my residence. Johnny Piano: Isn't she the multiple identity poster child? Bunnyboy: oui oui doctec: and silently -CRASH BOOM BANG!- steal away klokwkdog: Clem -- the "if...for" construction is not completed with proper conditional & termination, so the source is rejected! fi Bubba's Brain: Lodestone International HQ, signing off. Johnny Piano: Later, Bub & Doc Inflatable Tweeny: MI, the waster... Bunnyboy: XYZ Bambi: it's really a magnetic pole Dexter Fong: Later Doc and Bubba Principalpoop: kaka kiki whoopie oopie said the crocodile to the monkey klokwkdog: nite Bubba! Inflatable Tweeny: strangely attrracted Johnny Piano: That explains the strange attraction, Bambi Bambi: night Bubba Bubba's Brain: L8R, NyTol, Etc. Bunnyboy: (sings) carefully on tiptoe stealing, breathing gently as we may... Principalpoop: houston, the brain is launched llanwydd: I wonder if you can get pirogies at the north pole klokwkdog: cool down those digits, DT! Nite! Bambi: night Doc Bubba's Brain: splat! ||||||||| Bubba's Brain says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Bubba's Brain exits at 10:45 PM. doctec: i'll be heading back to CT this coming monday. i'll chat with you all from lili's there doctec: nite Principalpoop: doc too, splat Bambi: lol Johnny ||||||||| doctec rushes off, saying "10:46 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Bunnyboy: nite doc! Nite Bub! Johnny Piano: Ooh, onomatopoeia, Bub. Rotonoto: .. klokwkdog: big foot? is this a Monty Python ripoff? Principalpoop: so long indiana, your beaches and balm trees Bambi: ... --- ... Inflatable Tweeny: Your fine blue champagne with a minty aftertaste... Principalpoop: makes my ears tickle, giggle Johnny Piano: Mmmm, fresh! llanwydd: blue champagne? EWWWWW Bambi: the Islands (nearer the equator than the sound) would be very nice about now Johnny Piano: NO worse than green beer Ms. Honey : it's the moss, LLanwydd Principalpoop: I need to be closer to the sound with my bad ears, they tickle Bunnyboy: Here comes my baby! Nite, y'all! klokwkdog: Bambi -- you and Clem aren't going for the Tangier Is. getaway this year?? ;-))) Johnny Piano: Pour some in your ear, PP llanwydd: nite bb Dexter Fong: Pp: Get down with your bad ears Ms. Honey : nite bb klokwkdog: nite Bunny Principalpoop: bunnyboy's bouncing baby Johnny Piano: Later, Bun Bambi: night Bunny cease: bun klokwkdog: I thought On the Beach was about Australia Dexter Fong: Night Bunny cease: it was Principalpoop: it comes out the other side JP Johnny Piano: Was that an adjective or a verb, poop cease: the writer was a friend of my friend's dad cease: oh i have a link to him on my blog, Mark Time: nite bunny Dexter Fong: Klok: It's been remade by Fity cents as on the Biatch Principalpoop: I think we are all alphas here, some decanted a little sooner than others cease: i found a picture of tom carey and me when we were in 4th grade ||||||||| At 10:50 PM, Bunnyboy vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! cease: linked it to recent npr piece about singing the neal young song pocohantus to his dad Inflatable Tweeny: It was around Australia... cease: the last surivior of the john ford troup Ms. Honey : marlon brando, pocahantas n meeeeeeeeeeee Principalpoop: tom carey, fred needy's friend? llanwydd: john ford troupe? Strawbs?
klokwkdog (sings) "All the girls / around Australia / married to / a Yankee sailor..." cease: looking him up on imdb, hes done tons of flicks and tv Principalpoop: cariumba honey cease: i only saw him in PLaze Suite Bambi: want to read the article "Invasion of the Computer Snatchers" by Brian Krebs, like on my blog: http://www.bambismusings.com Inflatable Tweeny: Was she a lady with a fan, Klok? Ms. Honey : ay carumba! Bambi: every computer user needs to read that article ... real eye opener cease: i saw his dad in a burt reynolds flick, maybe 10 years ago or so cease: when we wer ekids, his grandpa was still famous klokwkdog: tweeny -- The Waifs A Short History "Bridal Train" Principalpoop: dialup banjos? cease: harry carey senior, was in a famous silient flick ive never sseen cease: had his own car in the santa claus parade Dexter Fong: Cat: Is your volcano still erupting? Inflatable Tweeny: Scary stuff, Bambi... cease: i was just about to start itup again llanwydd: he must have committed harry carey klokwkdog: cat -- I was just reading the story of United Artists (Pickford, Chaplin, et. al.) and how so many of those old films are never seen. Good Wikipedia article Principalpoop: harry carey is not a real person, a tasteless japanese joke cease: just riffing on the past wandering through it in la Johnny Piano: MMMM, volcanic spew...er, stew! Rotonoto: harry scarry? Principalpoop: ahhh llan, jumped the gun again, I must fall on my sword cease: some of it is on my blog, which is www.seemrealland.blogspot.com cease: no harry carey was a famous silent movie star Principalpoop: yes, ask roto, the little yellow man will know cease: his son was john waynes pal in all those john ford flicks from 30-50s Johnny Piano: Mother Superior jump the gun... cease: still alive, i think klokwkdog: yes, he's in IMDB cease: his grand son was my best friend in elementary school and junior high Principalpoop: that was harry chapin Bambi: Yes, it is Tweeny...the worst kind of scary ... true. llanwydd: yes I know of him. I'm an avid silent film buff klokwkdog: everybody's in the IMDB (although I've become partial to Wikipedia of late, and it always links to IMDB if there's something there) cease: actually he does a conncetion to the suicidal dive bombers Inflatable Tweeny: Happinessss, is a warm Moog... Principalpoop: that one guy was in a lot, the oil fire fighters too Johnny Piano: Bang bang - ffrrt ffrrt (insert electronic Charlie Callas noises here) cease: it is isaid that they were called "harry carey" due to tom's famous grandpa Inflatable Tweeny: You can't protect other peoples' systems, eh, Bambi? Makes you wonder about having personal/finance info online. cease: though i suspect its more just linguistic laziness as ha-ree kee=ree is too hard for the american mouth to handle Inflatable Tweeny: Hara kiri? cease: hara, thats right cease: literally cut stomache Johnny Piano: Are you confusing that with kamikaze?
Dexter Fong contemplates the last hara Bambi: Windows OS updates, firewall, av, antispyware progs, alternate browser, alternate OS if possible lol cease: i am indeed, johnny llanwydd: that commie Cosby Dexter Fong: Sung by Kiri tanaka cease: im confuisng my japanese suicides Inflatable Tweeny: The Shogun miniseries was pretty good. I've worn out the binding on my copy of Clavell's book. Johnny Piano: Excuse me for picking nits Bambi: and watch those emails ... sneaky buggers ... Principalpoop: 5 ah,clem: mind if I use the phone? that skit is rotflmao cease: i enjoyed it but serious scholars of my acquaintence complain endlessly of its inacuracies Dexter Fong: Hey those nits are only to be picked by migrant workers Mark Time: kiri te kanawa you mean.... cease: the firesing refer to mishima's hara kiri earlier in this Inflatable Tweeny: And now three viruses in one week for OS X. The flaw in the Finder is going to have the boyz in Cupertino working overtime. Bambi: you are using the phone clem lol Johnny Piano: Okay, let me ask this passerby if they wish pick nits for me Dexter Fong: That's good, MT, jump right in when a fella makes a little mistake =)) Principalpoop: they were kiwanis? Bambi: yes, I read about that tweeny Johnny Piano: Just as well I still haven't moved up to OS X, eh? Bambi: they are certainly trying to make every OS suck even more than usual ;-) llanwydd: well I must be signing up...off....whatever Principalpoop: caw caw llanwydd: good nigt ah,clem: maybe, but not for cracking walnuts... Ms. Honey : nite llan Inflatable Tweeny: Luckily only their browser is affected so far. Firefox is supposedly safe. Johnny Piano: Nite, llan and all the other Welsh folk Dexter Fong: Pp; I saw them on the round about, they were rotarians then Bambi: night llanwydd Dexter Fong: llan: Night, good to have you back Principalpoop: go not gently into the restless night fair youth, yooks Bambi: eeeek! Clem ... we have a tool for that! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Inflatable Tweeny: See ya, LL... Rotonoto: .. Principalpoop: ahh more around the equator now Bambi: yep, that's what I hear Tweeny Johnny Piano: That's not a tool! That's an....instrument. Principalpoop: who is a tool? Mark Time: bye LL Dexter Fong: Clem, don't crush that Bambi...hand me your tool cease: now that's rude, dex Inflatable Tweeny: Know me by my instrument! Johnny Piano: Damn, Catherwood - set your effin' watch - you're 20 minutes fast! ||||||||| Catherwood says "Nonsense!! It's 11:02 PM, on the dot!" Principalpoop: alli gator? no equ ater Bambi: Dr. Carlo Dog Johnny Piano: I beg to differ, Catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood rushes over to Johnny Piano and inquires "Did you need me?" klokwkdog: night llan Dexter Fong: Cat: I know, it's rude, and it's crude, but nature decrees Bambi: lol Dex Principalpoop: calling all dogs, woof woof Johnny Piano: Yes, Catherwood, fetch me another Warsteiner ||||||||| Catherwood gets Johnny Piano another warsteiner. Dexter Fong: Catherwood, summon the War Minister ||||||||| Catherwood ignores Dexter Fong Bambi: Merlyn did a great job on the Big C cease: the cree are one of the few first nations in canada whose language isnt endangered, yet Principalpoop: no begging here, no handling pans either cease: so we wont soon be decreed Johnny Piano: Methinks it's bathtime, dear friends. Dexter Fong: Catherwood, you swine dog, get me a Warped Minister ||||||||| Catherwood gets Dexter Fong a warped minister. Johnny Piano: Debuting a new drummer this weekend. SHould be loads of fun! Mark Time: catherwood get inflatable tweeney a light ||||||||| Catherwood gives inflatable tweeney a light. Principalpoop: is that decent cat? Bambi: enjoy Johnny Inflatable Tweeny: Your child-care systems seems to be endangered, cease... And maybe even some privitization of health care, from what I've read. cease: here's pastor enselmo pederasty Johnny Piano: Hopefully be back next week...we shall see. Dexter Fong: JP: Give him the old flim-flam doodle Johnny Piano: Peace out! ||||||||| Around 11:04 PM, Johnny Piano walks off into the sunset... Principalpoop: buting after debuting but befor abbuting Inflatable Tweeny: It's dark in here... cease: dont belive it, tween cease: he govt is a Minority govt. they can do rather little
Dexter Fong rebutes that whole buttle thing cease: they may pour some more money into the army and cut taxes a bit only cuz those are popular and affrorable options Rotonoto: Cat- wish we had it so good! Principalpoop: those buttes are are a beaut Bambi: walk into the light Tweeny cease: our military usually isnt used for invading other countries Bambi: no, don't walk into the light Bightrethighrehighre: Any FST synthesizer fans here tonight that were chattinf last week....? cease: yes govt is flush cease: as lnog as oil prices stay high, which is forever, canada will be rich Bambi: yes, no, yes, no .... oh, nevermind ... who cares about the light lol Inflatable Tweeny: The fundamentalist christian guy who led the effort to get rise of the last vestiges of the New Deal in the US is supposedly sniffing around Kanukland. Dexter Fong: Big, think most of the synthetic guys have left Inflatable Tweeny: Oh, my nose! Principalpoop: ahhh cat is in canada, the nsa can listen here without a warrant, thanks a lot stones and cat or whatever your real names are Inflatable Tweeny: Big synth fan, Big. Inflatable Tweeny: Have been since the 70's. Principalpoop: cynthia is neat, yowzah Dexter Fong: Tween: YOu wear a lotta Dacron and like that? Bightrethighrehighre: Tween, found some good synth links since a week ago.... Principalpoop: dacron hoodons Principalpoop: hoodees Bambi: sync a pathic? Principalpoop: hoodies Inflatable Tweeny: I may be totally wrong, but I'm a dancin' fool ;) Dexter Fong: Pp: Who dat? Principalpoop: you know clare bambi, clare voyant? Principalpoop: somebody got a hoodie here last week while talking with bambi Inflatable Tweeny: Everything seems to be going to software route these days. Need a new G5 Mac box or something that can handle the horsepower requirements. Dexter Fong: Hoodie and the Blown Fish Principalpoop: it covers your head? Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: I liked this synth museum, let me dig it out of my favorites.... Bambi: I know two clares actually ... seems more like eclairs though Principalpoop: ahhh the cream of the crop Bightrethighrehighre: do you have synths, TWeen....? Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, Synth Museum's very cool. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Hemlock Stones - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from measles ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Ms. Honey : time for me to renew my greencard adios, everyone viva zapata!! Rotonoto: I know someone who went to school with Hootie Principalpoop: the reaper reaped Dexter Fong: The Synthetic Museum, none of these pictures of non-existant creature were harmed in the photographic process Bambi: ariva derci Inflatable Tweeny: At the moment, just an Alesis Quadrasynth Plus Piano & DX 7II. Used to have a bunch of stuff including a Prophet 5. klokwkdog: tweeny -- does the synth museum show them in a fair light, or judged by today's standards? ;-) Bambi: derchi? klokwkdog: nite Honey! cease: this is the origin of not insane? Principalpoop: zapa velveta honey :D hot cheese aruba Dexter Fong: Adios Sanchez, hombre klokwkdog: Bambi -- use your €uropean code page for that stuff Inflatable Tweeny: Throwing Perlmans before swine, Klok? Dexter Fong: Come to Aruba for the hot cheese festival, you';; have a gouda time Rotonoto: use your secret encoder ring now! klokwkdog: (perl) theSwine() Principalpoop: brie brie brie klokwkdog: ; Dexter Fong: (knit) that brow Dexter Fong: {} klokwkdog: (kwd has been fried most of his adult life for lack of semicolons) Rotonoto: Do, I + 1 to infinity... Principalpoop: pi in your face Bambi: Miss Piggy says Hiiiiii! Ya!!!!!! ;-) Inflatable Tweeny: Get me the Simple English Schoolboy's Decoding Manual. Great bit in Day At The Races when Chico sells codebooks to Groucho at the race track. cease: fried? Rotonoto: I = !, etc. ah,clem: perl error: sow's ear not found Dexter Fong: It was a real square little Pi klokwkdog: LOL Mark Time: this is a sine from the oily Grid! Rotonoto: good one, clem Inflatable Tweeny: A saw his tooth! Dexter Fong: Klk: Was your "LOL" a general laugh or was thier something specificc? Principalpoop: the 4 pastors klokwkdog: that's sump, Mark. Oily sump. Bambi: lol Principalpoop: howard sump, the 3 stooges Mark Time: and oily pastures...green and black and slippery Dexter Fong: My my, dat's sumpthin' klokwkdog: Dex -- it was aimed at Clem; we were making C and perl jokes again Principalpoop: you are a gas fong Mark Time: chumpin up on this one... Dexter Fong: afk for refill..btw Klok: car is already parked...free at last...free at last...ect.... klokwkdog: LOL klokwkdog: very appropriate for Feb, Dex, vy appropriate klokwkdog: (Feb. is Black History month) klokwkdog: (in the USA) Bambi: it was getting darker, *skip* *skip* Inflatable Tweeny: Whatever happen to Yam? Anybody heard from him? Principalpoop: to the loo my darling Principalpoop: he was here the last time he was here Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: I have the RADIO SHACK concert mate "MINI kind of MOOG", yamaha ha ha ha brough ha ha ha ha DX7, Korg poly 61, Korg DW6000.... roland 626 rythym MASTER drumbbbbbbbbb machine (MAC HINE) - pisces union studio guy- works just above scale.... Dexter Fong: Klok: In much of the rest of the world, their history is black also Principalpoop: the radio shack, that is where it's at, you can touch the sky there Inflatable Tweeny: Had a DW8000. Great sounding machine despite its MIDI implementation flaws and no expression pedal. Poor man's Mini. cease: yam seems to have gone on the lam Dexter Fong: Either racially, or otherwise Principalpoop: he was the locomotive keeper Bightrethighrehighre: I think KORG is great... Dexter Fong: 99 Inflatable Tweeny: May yet buy another one just for the inexpensive gutsy sounds. Dexter Fong: 99 Dexter Fong: 99 Inflatable Tweeny: Korg's my favorite next to Moog. Bambi: WD40? Principalpoop: our father the sun ||||||||| It's 11:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Ms. Honey - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Inflatable Tweeny: Creak, creak... Dexter Fong: Our father who art the sun, will you get up this morning? Principalpoop: krogers is my favorite next to food lion, winn dixie is gone Rotonoto: here comes the sun, here... Dexter Fong: Here in NYC, Ceterella's is da bomb Inflatable Tweeny: Oh, it's paisley... Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: didn't DW8000 have one of the first velocity sensitve kybds....? Principalpoop: nice horsey cease: are these stores? cease: the one el took me to was amazing Dexter Fong: Only place I know where you can get Sand Dabs cease: i didnt know what they were til i read the latimes artifle Dexter Fong: west of the ro ckies, that is Inflatable Tweeny: Could be. I bought it when it first came out in 1985. Think the Mirage was also velocity sensitive. Bought a module version. Bambi: sand daubers Principalpoop: coors tasted better before they went national Dexter Fong: A little Dab will do you, a big Dab will do you, your ol' lady, and the family next door cease: the line from gimme immortality. cease: like many firesing refs, i know nothing of them until the knowledge is suddenly gained from elsewhere usulaly much later Inflatable Tweeny: Not sure I want to give Adolph my money. Good tasting beer, though. Dexter Fong: Pp: So did Ballantine's India Pale Ale cease: "your old lady cease: in the 60s sense? Dexter Fong: Cat: Why not? cease: or maybe thats 50s Principalpoop: I thought it weaved in all the disparate vectors victor Inflatable Tweeny: And of course, the DX7 cam out around the same time. I had a TX-216 rack. Dexter Fong: Old Lady = Mather (50's and older) cease: la/nyc disc jockey b.mitchell reid had a wonderful story about that espression Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: some of these old keyboards are popular in random circles.... Dexter Fong: Ol' Lady = Significant other (60's and on) cease: he was taken to task by a listener complaining about agism cease: and someone else complained that was pimp language Bightrethighrehighre: poly 61 is still popular.... Inflatable Tweeny: All depends on the sound you're looking for. The old Oberheim stuff sounds great, too. Love what Bill Payne did with the modular. Principalpoop: s'noff cease: but he explained his ref to his wife as the person he was growing old and would continue to grow old with cease: this was on the radio late 60s Dexter Fong: Big: Mark Twain wrote a book about cones? cease: a wonderful radio presence of the era Inflatable Tweeny: Wouldn't mind having a Prophet T-8. Not at all... Dexter Fong: Huck Finn 66? Inflatable Tweeny: Polyphonic aftertouch, weighted keyboard. Principalpoop: nov 18, 1971 I bet I was having fun klokwkdog: Clem -- play Canadian Sunset! Dexter Fong: Indian Jim 4? ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 11:26 PM and boney steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. klokwkdog: Polyphonic Spree? Bightrethighrehighre: I wanted an Oberheim OBXA ....SO ....BAD.... when it first came out.... Bambi: hi Boney Principalpoop: hi boney Inflatable Tweeny: Hey Bone... Dexter Fong: Hi Boney cease: bone Dexter Fong: Clem: Call it schtick if you want klokwkdog: Roto -- ur getting gray! Bightrethighrehighre: beautiful sound.... Inflatable Tweeny: Andtrown in a Memorymoog+ as well. Principalpoop: schtick it is Inflatable Tweeny: throw Dexter Fong: You know it clem cease: play some more of the stuff i sent ya, ah clem Bambi: lol boney: John K has returned to the web. http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/ Mark Time: well. folks I gwanna be on my way...Limits to Growth and Peace to all...LOL cease: have you played al lthe dear freinds ossman shows you got? cease: by mark Dexter Fong: Come back soon mark =)) klokwkdog: nite, then, Mark! Good to have u here Bambi:http://www.theoohs.com or the http://www.cniradio.com Independent Artists page has a link also Bambi: night Mark ||||||||| At 11:29 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Mark Time!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Principalpoop: oozing Principalpoop: night time Dexter Fong: Clem: Is that Ooze, or ooohs cease: sounds like the brit invasion Rotonoto: .. Dexter Fong: It does sound woody cease: very 60s kinda sound Dexter Fong: Definitely not tinny Bambi: ooze pronounced Bambi: oooh, ahhhh Inflatable Tweeny: NICE tune. Very Utopian... Principalpoop: that could be me, but who is doing the girls voices? Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: check this out.... http://www.synthmuseum.com/ .... Bambi: oooze like in ooohs and ahhhhs Dexter Fong: Bambi: Oh! aahh! uumm... cease: i can close my eyes and see peter sellers cavorting around Principalpoop: bambi read me seriously ahhh there is a lobster loose lol klokwkdog: Dex -- oohs. See: http://www.theoohs.com/ Dexter Fong: The part of Peter Dellers is being attempted by Steve martin Dexter Fong: Seller Bambi: lol cease: that is ill cease: martin is such a whore Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, I know about Syn Mus. Never heard of the Fugue. Must be quite the rare bird. Principalpoop: this was the theme song for the show after love american style, I forget the name... cease: not that sellers wasnt for sale for the lowest bidder boney: Seinfeld should be cast as Maxwell Smart. cease: but martin reminds me of the lenny bruce line, "men will fuck mud" Dexter Fong: Cat: I would not agree...he is a very funny comedian,,,but bad choice to remake Panther Inflatable Tweeny: Good idea Boney. That'd work! Principalpoop: ahhh oooze as in booze Bambi: yes, the world's condition has not gotten better with age ... and Firesign Theatre did see it all coming .... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Porgie Tirebiter', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 11:33 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Dexter Fong: And Newman as the "Chief" cease: yes he is capalbe of being very funny, dex. but his torrent of abysmal movies says something about his indebtednes perhaps, butnot his talnet Principalpoop: hey porgie hey Bightrethighrehighre: Tween: ever check out PAIA....? Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, Clem... cease: like the george carlin tv show Dexter Fong: Hey Porge Bambi: hi Porgie Porgie Tirebiter: evening boney: Quoth Alice Ghostley "I had no idea the greeting card business was so competitive." cease: are yo ustill spying on the girl dleighteres? Inflatable Tweeny: Somebody needs to market that, Dex :) Rotonoto: FST prescient- for example "we, too, want piece of Nigeria", etc. Porgie Tirebiter: Just a student like you boney: She played the part of Max's mother in law. I think Don Rickles was in that episode. Principalpoop: kramer can be 88? the guy who hid in trans cans, coke machines,... Dexter Fong: Got to go a Darfur piece to get Nigeria cease: last sat had early martin on snl. king tut, the czeck bros, etc. still funy 30 years later, cease: not as funny as firesong though Inflatable Tweeny: I know of PAIA. Never tried to build one, though. Met someone in a studio with an EML. Sort of a patchable Mini. Could do some nice New Wave tricks. cease: no roto thast wa snot prsicnet. cease: he nigerian civil war was on then Porgie Tirebiter: SNL isn't what it once was Inflatable Tweeny: Really, someone should send Seinfeld an e-mail. Porgie Tirebiter: funny comes to mind Principalpoop: hehe he said new wave tricks hehe cease: a big issuue in canada, if not your excuse for a coutnry klokwkdog: Cat -- the Nigerian civil war has been on all the time since independence ;-) Inflatable Tweeny: What's happening in Nigeria ain't funny. Buth then, Iraq looks like it's descending into civil war. Rotonoto: piece of Nigeria as in - OIL! heh! cease: biafra, klok. cease: late 60s. Dexter Fong: Civil war preceeded by the rude war klokwkdog: cat -- in Nigeria, it's always something... cease: big starvatrion we culd havce prevented and iw as in sask with its bulbing grain elevators Principalpoop: zimbabwe, congo was a more gun name cease: t mother fucknig trudeau didnt wanrt to be seen supporting serpartatsm boney: If only the Department of Defense wasn't so offensive. Inflatable Tweeny: Pardonez moi, cat?! cease: even if it meant a million people starved as our wheat rotted cease: i was in parliament as a journalism student when this was being debated cease: covered it for our college raido station Principalpoop: ahhh rummy said we are still paying folks to put stories in the newspapers, he said that had stopped before. such liars.. Rotonoto: black stuff coming out of the ground? Civilization Hooooo-o! Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, Buckmister Fuller's right. There's enought o go around if we did it properly. klokwkdog: cat -- no end of starvation we could have prevented, but shipping US or Canuk grain to Africa dosen't work and never did. It was all about subtle payoff to ag. (and shipping in the US) interests in the donor country, not largesse to the recipient Inflatable Tweeny: to go around Dexter Fong: Pp: Rummy was paid by an Iraqui magazine to say thet cease: it owuld have at that time, klok. you know not of this cease: e had the programmes in place. my provincial govt was very much involved in this Principalpoop: ahh, it all makes sense now Inflatable Tweeny: Same thing happened during the Depression. Food being thrown away while people were starving. boney: Bucky Fuller? Alright, that does it, I'm gonna post the link. http://www.viridiandesign.org/2006/02/viridian-note-00458-global-viridian.html Dexter Fong: Pp: But im only reading this cease: dropping wheat on darfur no more use than dropping bibles on biafra rthough cease: it has to be done on the ground and done right Principalpoop: you can read? I can only scan now, no comprehension cease: they goota be edible bibles. Dexter Fong: Spread thy wheat upon the ground and stand back Inflatable Tweeny: Big Bucky fan, Bone. Also Paolo Soleri. Was at a workshop at Arcosanti in AZ in '74. klokwkdog: cat -- the best way (if there is one, many issues involved such as small local farmers and local economy) seems to be to send money to fund the shipment of food from nearby countries boney: think geodesic dome Rotonoto: wow! don't let the christians get wind of your 'edible bible' idea, man... Dexter Fong: think geodesic dame cease: no this was govt imposed starvation. my play Red Shift is about that. cease: notihng to do with "natural" famines Inflatable Tweeny: With an $8.2T defecit? Bin Laden's doing to us what we did to the Soviet.
Dexter Fong She had an angular but oddly beautiful facade Rotonoto: geodesic dome good shelter agianst falling bibles? cease: like stalin starving my ukranian relatives, etc etc Inflatable Tweeny: Is there a video of Red Shift, cat? boney: Feeding Africa + Buckminster Fuller = I just had to post the link. Rotonoto: tweeny- z'actly! klokwkdog: cat -- sure enough. Now Chad is beginning to crumble. From oil, as in everywhere else, but also due to overflow from Darfur and resultant messing with uprisings in Chad. It's a domino theory that's real and of course the US is running away from it as fast as they can. (not enough oil in Chad??) cease: my video work will be very different from my audio work Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, cat. Read Gulag. Nasty business, Stalin. cease: yes i know, klok Inflatable Tweeny: Thanks, Bone. I'll check it out later :) cease: i wonder how much the chinese will allow to be done in darfur? cease: they prettty much own khartoum these days klokwkdog: Tweeny -- yeah. Tell me about it. And get our Dear Leader, standing there in front of the TV cameras, holding a bunch of Treasury Bonds and allowing as how maybe the US won't pay them off. Now that is leadership! Principalpoop: rod stalin? I loved the outer zone, twilight limits? Dexter Fong: Chinese have take out treaty with Nigeria Inflatable Tweeny: This is no ordinary chat room... cease: canada had a major oil company in sudan but local pressure got them to withdraw. now its chinese i think Dexter Fong: We take out your oil, leave you with plenty problems cease: now its massacre by proxy in burma, sudan, etc for chinese oil co. Inflatable Tweeny: It's going to get interesting... Principalpoop: only 1 export from column 1 and 1 from column 2 Rotonoto: their bags burst open, millions in cash fall from them, as they try to leave town... cease: they have to catch up to our oil companies. wil take them a while klokwkdog: Dex -- China is supporting the Arabs in Somalia. The Iranians. Chavez. They're gonna make deals and wield their Security Council veto so they can suck all these places dry of oil and they won't even let us talk to them thru the letter slot in the embassy door... cease: geese downed by the oil Inflatable Tweeny: I didn't know that CN was perhaps the major supplier of oil to the US. Can you say, ANWR? cease: yes just riffing off what we hear cease: i wonder if there was an earlier unfunny firesing Dexter Fong: ANWR , 's dat? cease: like bergman and ossman et all stiting around being not funny at all Principalpoop: bang, oops not funny Inflatable Tweeny: Arctic Wildlife Refuge. Porgie Tirebiter: . cease: merlyn would know but he's grayed out Rotonoto: .. klokwkdog: Dex -- if we need the dang ANWR oil so bad, why don't we have 1000 rigs in the Santa Barbara channel and off the Florida coast? Huh? Huh? There's 50 times as much oil there and already spotted and quantified! cease: how are things in dc, roto? Principalpoop: porgie dropped a loogie into chat ewwwwww Inflatable Tweeny: Can't we get Tom DeLay to go quail hunting with Cheney? ah,clem: ... Principalpoop: roto too ewwwww Principalpoop: ah, clem too ewwwww Rotonoto: not too bad cornsidering, Cat... Dexter Fong: Great New Yorker cover commenting wordlessly on Cheney's hunting (accident?) klokwkdog: how does the secret service let our second-in-command go out "hunting" with a bunch of guys with guns? coulda gone the other way... Rotonoto: my slow season, lotse home fixup and computer messin', etc. cease: what i saw impressed me when i was there last may cease: thats almost a year ago Dexter Fong: Klok: Coulda, shoulda...etc boney: Inflatable Tweeny, read this while you're at it... http://user.well.com/iengaged.cgi?c=inkwell.vue&f=0&t=262&q=0- cease: i guess i didnt see the bad parts cease: train from dc-nyc kinda odd though Rotonoto: it's civilized without being so darned over the top like new yawk
klokwkdog wanders off just briefly to make one more hommade mini-grinder Rotonoto: they all have bad parts Principalpoop: do our SS folks have to obey supeonas?
Dexter Fong looks down on Roto desperately trying for altitude but caught in strong seagull wind Inflatable Tweeny: All I can say Bone is, where are the locusts? Rotonoto: not if they're with the givernment Principalpoop: ahh ok ok, I thought not Rotonoto: exactly, buildings so high you can fly for hours just on the thermals... Rotonoto: look down, Dear Freind...a river of celebrities drinking from a hiddden spring...) Principalpoop: a mini-grinder, damn virginia, there is no sub Dexter Fong: Boing boney: Where there are locusts, there are seagulls, Tweeny. boney: Ever the optimist. Dexter Fong: And the angel, Moroni Inflatable Tweeny: Johnathan Livingston Locust? Principalpoop: the philosophy of optometry, oops I am tree, the acorn story Rotonoto: ah yes, Moroni... Principalpoop: I see a tree? boney: I hope the Mormons don't start rioting. Rotonoto: iest joke ever, guy who sprayed graffitti on interstate overpass near the Mormon temple... Inflatable Tweeny: Didn't he invent the radio? Rotonoto: said "Surrender Dorothy"... Principalpoop: johnnyappleseed, I seed a tree Dexter Fong: Tweeny: He invented the religious broadcast Rotonoto: on I-495 Capital Beltway would see it, laugh so hard they nearly crashed Inflatable Tweeny: I don't have her. Principalpoop: lool boney: J.L. Siegel, attorney at law. Dexter Fong: Bugsy? Principalpoop: check the catalog Inflatable Tweeny: Been a while since I've seen the Beltway. The Mormons aren't ostentatious or anything, are they? boney: Bugsy interface Dexter Fong: Pp: I don't speak Philipine Principalpoop: I have been there, then to the olney theatre Rotonoto: oh no, not the Mormons- simple folk, they... boney: Austintatious or Ossmantatious? Principalpoop: thats ok, the translation is in your young english boys decoder book Rotonoto: more liike cretaceous... Inflatable Tweeny: Was referring to the golden statue of Gabriel you can see from the S-curves. Principalpoop: ozymandius, look upon me and tremble hehe Dexter Fong: Tweeny, is that Gabriel or Moroni? Rotonoto: yes, tweeny, knew what you meant Inflatable Tweeny: Austintatious is different. Willie :) Rotonoto: and remember, what you don;t mean, can't hurt you... Inflatable Tweeny: That's it! It's a secret radio to God! Principalpoop: I thought that angle was called Mike.. Rotonoto: hey, I know how radios work- that thing is only a fancy lightning rod... Inflatable Tweeny: Fishing for Mike? Principalpoop: and the rod will lead the day Inflatable Tweeny: Sterling. ||||||||| Bubba's back steps in at 11:57 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Principalpoop: hi ho silver away.. Rotonoto: but the pointy ones on the other ones are so the devil will fall outa the sky and impale his bad ol' self on them in the end times... Inflatable Tweeny: These are great old FST cuts. Bubba's back: Anyone still there Principalpoop: I have a lower opinion of you now bubba cease: this is lets eat? Inflatable Tweeny: He shows us his back. Bubba's back: whey? Bubba's back: why Inflatable Tweeny: From '71, supposedly. cease: there is a ton of this stuff Principalpoop: nobody here but us chickens, and one fox hehe boney: I'd like to apologize to the Mormons. Which reminds me... The Apologies segment of Le Show seemed to go on for twenty minutes. Inflatable Tweeny: I've got a big truck ;) cease: no one has to appoliogzie to the mormon boney: A lot of officials apologizing for this and that. Principalpoop: your backside is lower than your brain, what a maroon Bubba's back: Aquamaroon? Inflatable Tweeny: Macaroon? Principalpoop: oops mormon cease: ou thoght so, bone? Principalpoop: aquamorman boney: We're so sorry, Uncle Albert. But we haven't done a bloody thing all day. Inflatable Tweeny: BTW, great to see pictures of you guys. I'll try to post one on the Frapper site in the next few days. Inflatable Tweeny: A bloody thing? snap, snap... Dexter Fong: Tween: You can post a photo to the firesign site too ah,clem: .. Principalpoop: I look like the oozers, pick one of them to imagine when you think of me Inflatable Tweeny: OK, will do... Porgie Tirebiter: . ||||||||| 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.. Principalpoop: another loogie from porgie, try to keep it on your fork boney: I'd like to apologize to Albert Einstein. I should have studied harder in algebra class. Bubba's back: Gonna drop out again... nytol. ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:01 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bubba's back by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Inflatable Tweeny: Bye Bubba... cease: bub Dexter Fong: Nyght Bubba Rotonoto: nite bubs Principalpoop: I was glad you were back, just yanking your chain Principalpoop: ahh poor bubba, his back left boney: What happened to Bubba's Brain? Principalpoop: I don't know Porgie Tirebiter: who has the rouges gallery site? Rotonoto: floated away klokwkdog: it got loaded with Stones Dexter Fong: Clem: Paying attention to what? boney: I'd like to apologize to Queen Victoria for the unclothed animals. cease: just a shot away Principalpoop: huh? klokwkdog: put some backbone into your ID, Clem! cease: very fun, ah Inflatable Tweeny: Proctor said he hadn't heard the London show yet. Is it going to be released? Principalpoop: jan 72, where was I? klokwkdog: it's later than you think, Clem boney: I'd like to apologize to Albert Brooks. I'm not sure why. Inflatable Tweeny: Yeh, Clem... cease: i was living in yamagata city, northern japan Porgie Tirebiter: Do you have an alibi? Dexter Fong: Boney: Cause his real last name is Einstein
klokwkdog can't figure out why half of Albert Brooks' stuff is funny... Principalpoop: nope, I was not there, but thanks Inflatable Tweeny: Did you catch him in Amazon Women on the Moon? Great flick. boney: They're holding the show captive in the Royal Albert Hall. boney: But they'll be releasing it soon. Inflatable Tweeny: Rosanne Arquette (date) asks him for a major credit card. She swipes it in a machine and gets a printout of his dating history. Not funny, eh, Bambi? Principalpoop: arliss is an ok show cease: edgar bullington, eh? klokwkdog: no, Tweeny Dexter Fong: Cat: This myst be the whole Archipelago show, Let's eat cease: that google group site has his letters to the chromium switch guyin the daysof early firwsign albums they attended ah,clem: bambi resting, ... cease: indeed, dex klokwkdog: all his latest stuff seems to follow the same arc that Steve Martin is on (absent some peripheral stuff like The Spanish Prisoner) boney: Any chance of getting FST into Adult Swim somehow? I've asked this question before. cease: i rmeemeber this cease: whose latest stuff? boney: It doesn't matter how old they are... It's cartoons. Rotonoto: alll skate... cease: at least matin keeps pumping out little sketches online, in new yorker Dexter Fong: Cat: This is on the edited Let's Eat collection from Fred cease: boney it owuld cost a fuck of a lot of Other People's Money cease: yes i know this Principalpoop: ok ok wait for it, surviror, but with comedians, firesign and carlin and crosby and williams SNL folks.... Porgie Tirebiter: in the mail to bambi@cniradio.com cease: theyve been desparately searching for Other Peoples Money for 40 years. klokwkdog: cat -- was to Tweeny, regarding Albert Brooks not being funny. Yes, Martin has the occasional flash and NYT op-ed, but the major outings are worse than coasting, definitely a decline cease: and were much closer to IT then than now boney: They could do the voices. They could write the script. Please don't tell me they're in the wrong demographic. ah,clem: ... Dexter Fong: Pp: I like it...they're all stranded at the Improv...no one knows who's opening cease: boney, ossman told me that when i first visited his house 11 years ago cease: he was trying to sel lhis novels and the editros were yhoungre than his kids Rotonoto: .. boney: cease, that doesn't seem to worry the folks that are putting out shows like 12 Ounce Mouse. Rotonoto: .. Inflatable Tweeny: Ossman's working on a new web site. Should be interesting. cease: the guy who got them their pbs show has been hsutling them on radio and tv ever since, still invain klokwkdog: boney -- listen to Leo LaPorte talk about the demise of The Screen Savers on TWiT sometime. CNI rebroadcasts some of those episodes. The demographic accounting used for cable channels now is just unbelievable and FST (nor any tech stuff) does not stand a chance Principalpoop: improv reality, only one survives, you'll die laughing cease: they did some work on thatr Tick cartoon. even the characters loked like them klokwkdog: much better to produce video for the net and get it sponsored somehow boney: I like 12 Ounce Mouse. And Aqua Teen Hunger Force. cease: but luck is it. ||||||||| 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 otonotoR disembarks at 12:10 AM. cease: wedont get adult swim in canada Inflatable Tweeny: You're out of Luck in TX. Principalpoop: I saw they canned some channel that had 5 million regular viewers, how many do they need to survive? Inflatable Tweeny: Roto... Principalpoop: ahh roto klokwkdog: inverse Roto--- could this be...Bozoette? boney: Adult Swim continues to rock. Sometimes. cease: they didnt have enough audience or whatever for xm to renew their contract and their realtionshipo with npr has been off and on at best otonotoR: alas, no... Dexter Fong: rewofl ynit ekil, otoR, !hO Inflatable Tweeny: Man, I wish we could get the guys to do something like XM again. cease: mabye someone will giv ethem the funds for a new album but they have to get into doing it first otonotoR: just got dumped by dialup ISP Principalpoop: a lad, yes boney: Some of their stuff is so weird that I'm not sure whether I like it or not. If I say it's weird, it's REALLY Inflatable Tweeny: Read where AOL is going to charge the same for broadband as for dial-up. cease: merl or rice or someone said xm didnt think they were worht the money and there has tobe money for them to work on anything cease: this is the old days we hear on cni now otonotoR: dex, how'd ya get so good at mirror writing? cease: hey were hustling an audinece. now they'd rather hustle lunch cease: or health insurance Principalpoop: I think it is too late to think they will sell out to the Man, unless they get senile cease: sell out? they were doing commecials almostr from the begining Dexter Fong: tfig a, otoR cease: 67-68. jack poet and others Inflatable Tweeny: They've seen the isle? I thought we hid it... boney: I'm getting used to Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I'm beginning to worry that it's not weird enough. Principalpoop: that is not what I mean otonotoR: so I see... boney: maybe cease: its not that they dont wantrot sell out. its just there realy isnt a market Inflatable Tweeny: The Jack Poet spots are great. '69 video clips are wonderful. cease: they had an advertising arm, Pyro Productions, for many years cease: as late as late 90s they were doing ads for pizza hut otonotoR: I'm into "Viewers Like Me"... Principalpoop: I mean they could become republicans otonotoR: oh god- please, no! Dexter Fong: I'm into voyeurs like me cease: firesing? yeah when pigs start flying klokwkdog: cat -- the demographic the ads are now trying to reach is so white-bread that anything not in the mainstream is tossed cease: you into mirrors, dex? Principalpoop: that is what I said lol Principalpoop: not unless they are senile Inflatable Tweeny: A peking tom? cease: no kok i think if they wanted to write for that audience, they could. Dexter Fong: Cat: All the mirrors have been removed cease: theses guys are as talented as you can get Principalpoop: sure they could, the knive cuts both ways otonotoR: (makes the sign of the double helix and backs away...) klokwkdog: cat -- that's as in the manufactured "mainstream". People are not allowed to have taste anymore; it's manufactured and presented to them. There is a demographic and you play to it or you are ignored. Inflatable Tweeny: You bet, cat... cease: they have always wanted An audience Dexter Fong: The Pope will now see the Firesign Theatre cease: since they were kids, probably klokwkdog: cat -- I'm afraid the base IQ has dropped about 40 points in the last 20 years. I'm not sure why, but it sure seems to be true boney: FST should announce Curling at the Winter Olympics. otonotoR: sadly, true... Principalpoop: huh klock? what do you mean? cease: i know proc works incredibly hard, mostly cuz he wants to and enjoys it but its also a steady income. i dont know about the others but i suspect their income is much less otonotoR: boy, look at those sweepers- they're really cleaning up! Dexter Fong: Following the Curling, there will be an exhibition of corn rowing Principalpoop: I am so confused cease: i think youre right, klok boney: Corn howling? Inflatable Tweeny: A sweeep is as luucky as lucky can be... Dexter Fong: Right on, Pp Porgie Tirebiter: . Inflatable Tweeny: C'mon cat. You have to admit that curling is a stupid sport. Porgie Tirebiter: First rap record? Principalpoop: another loogie, blow your nose porgie ahhh he speaks klokwkdog: Cat -- It's like ABC taking Police Squad off the air because "it required too much viewer concentration" boney:http://www.davidossman.com cease: i have no use for it. no use for olympics or any winter sports Dexter Fong: Porge: From "Straight outta Berkely" Principalpoop: not officially, did not use the word biatch cease: unless you count basketball ||||||||| It's 12:20 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rotonoto - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ah,clem hack plugh klokwkdog: Tweeny -- curling is stupid? What does that make golf? Principalpoop: that is better ah, clem ewwwww boney:http://www.davidossman.com Dexter Fong: Klok: A nice walk, spoiled Inflatable Tweeny: Your baseball teams aren't too bad. Don't know how you guys would fare again the Utah Jazz ;) Principalpoop: a veritable oyster there ah, clem ||||||||| Outside, the 12:21 AM uptown bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Rotonoto coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. klokwkdog: Dex - LOL Rotonoto: .. cease: nice website klokwkdog: wb roto otonotoR: .. Dexter Fong: Klok: Was it Churchill who said that?..somebody... otonotoR: aiiieeeee! boney: If the Winter Olympics dropped Curling as a category, it would soon cease to exist as a sport. ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:21 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs otonotoR by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Inflatable Tweeny: Only when people of the caliper of Tiger Wood in a Masters Tournament, Klok. Then it's sort of fun to watch. ah,clem: . Rotonoto: ahhh, dat's better... Inflatable Tweeny: I'm more into road racing. LeMans, stuff like that. Rotonoto: doctor, doctor- I can see again! Principalpoop: put the lime in the coconut and drink them all together Dexter Fong: Roto: Then read me the news Inflatable Tweeny: The Tiger is about to shoot! klokwkdog: Tweeny -- it started as a way for some Scottish farmers to have some quiet conversation their wives couldn't hear klokwkdog: Now, it's a way for high-placed CEOs to have conversations the gov't can't hear Rotonoto: news flash- nothing new under the sun!! Inflatable Tweeny: I don't doubt it, Klok. cease: sambos, great pancakes Inflatable Tweeny: Or the moon! cease: on eof the highlights of going to carmel as a kid was the sambos pancakes boney: Those Scottish farmers were probably out bonking lassies. Dexter Fong: or sheep boney: They just told their wives they were playing Curling. Principalpoop: ran until he turned into butter Porgie Tirebiter: . Inflatable Tweeny: Timmy's trapped in the mine? klokwkdog: Tweeny -- and all along, there's been a bunch of Gary Player/Sam Sneed/Tiger Woods types who couldn't get it into the muscle between their ears that it really isn't a sport. And the rest of them aren't about to let it out of the bag. Rotonoto: tiger run reeeealll fast around base of coconut tree while lill black sambo sit above, tiger turn into melted butter, sambo eat butter on pancake... boney: Tanking down the original weight stout. Principalpoop: just marbles for grownups cease: was that restaurnt in dc too? Dexter Fong: Roto: Sambo dumb; shoulda sat up in a maple tree, have butter and maple syrup Rotonoto: dunno, cat Inflatable Tweeny: Are you stout enough for a world's record? Principalpoop: and they don't have to get on the ground klokwkdog: tiger make big money every year and keeps sports department at two networks employed in the off season. my neighbors would never watch golf, but as soon as "tiger" is on the links, they are both rapt boney: oh, go toss a telephone pole, ya great celt athlete boney: ath-e-lete Rotonoto: sadly, no deciduous trees in sambo tropical rain forest Dexter Fong: The great telephone pole caber Inflatable Tweeny: They do have some truly weird sports in Scotland. boney: Guess I was thinking of athlon. Rotonoto: have to settle for butter and coconut oil- yum! klokwkdog: wonderful chapter of Annals of the Former World is about the glacial moraine the Scots used to set up their "golf courses" Inflatable Tweeny: Dual-processor? Rotonoto: yeah. telephone pole throwing, sheep rustling... Inflatable Tweeny: What glaciers? klokwkdog: McPhee makes great fun of massive attempts to re-create this terrain in inappropriate places (Southern Pines in NC, for example) to exactly resemble the original cease: great title cease: read parts of it in new yorker klokwkdog: glaciers go away, leave moraine, Tweeny Principalpoop: oops, gotta toodle like a poodle with noodle in the boodle, toodles Dexter Fong: Klok: Or lakes klokwkdog: cat -- I didn't, and much appreciate the book putting it all together cease: cimate change is happeing so fast, it wil all be "former world" soon klokwkdog: nite, Poop! Inflatable Tweeny: I've got some land in FL & Bangladesh I'd like to sell ya ;) Dexter Fong: Night Pp cease: back in teh old days when the new yorker had bokos in it Rotonoto: nite PP cease: poop klokwkdog: cat -- climate change keeps happening, no matter what we do Inflatable Tweeny: Bye, P... cease: true Rotonoto: no detention hall for me, I be good boy... cease: but our current civilization wil undergo some interesting changes Rotonoto: the means of production held by all the woikers... Inflatable Tweeny: No doubt, cat. Rotonoto: interesting, ugly changes... klokwkdog: cat -- I never could get "into" the New Yorker or, in fact, much of the NY press. Voice, New Yorker, Post, etc. Just doesn't connect with me Inflatable Tweeny: Sure, Roto. Try Russia or China. No thranks :=) Dexter Fong: Klok: Would you like a subscription to the farmer's Almanac cease: i got into readin gnew yorkers in laudromats when i was in universty in 60s klokwkdog: can't bring myself to read THe Boston Globe, although I should; it's virtually local cease: then a new yorker friend gave me his cast off copys in japan cease: ow a local friend does Inflatable Tweeny: A warrant in USSR? China? Not that we're not sliding down that path. cease: i subscribed for about a decade but most issues not worth keeping klokwkdog: great, Cat Rotonoto: thick magazine overcome all but most boring laundry emporium... ||||||||| Catherwood says "12:31 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs boney by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door cease: i only read online newspapers ecept the ones delivered to my door for free in north van Inflatable Tweeny: The New Yorker is excellent. Rotonoto: ...and double for toilet paper in desperate circumstance... klokwkdog: a friend used to send me back copies of The Economist. I liked it then, but can't seem to get to their free website stuff very often these days cease: i was supposed to give a class to some grade 8ers today about my days at adbusters Inflatable Tweeny: Ah, Roto is familiar with MX toilet paper! Dexter Fong: Cat: Supposed? cease: yes, well written but politically hard to swallow. i prefer the guardian weekly whihc i used to subscribe to and now get free castoff Rotonoto: summary of Economist, last 30 years: We robbing all the formerly middle class drones, get in on the action while there's still time... klokwkdog: Cat -- what was the dealbreaker on that; you didn't tell us cease: yes the techer claled this jorn and siad the kids had aft off so had to reschedule Porgie Tirebiter: . ah,clem: good night everyone! cease: by ah Porgie Tirebiter: . Dexter Fong: Night Clem and thanks klokwkdog: good show, Clem! Rotonoto: nine clem... klokwkdog: (Bambi has faded away) Inflatable Tweeny: Grats, Clem (& Bambi) Rotonoto: well, eight, then... Rotonoto: nite... Dexter Fong: Cat: Well that last transmission pretty much exceeded my ability to figure it out ||||||||| At 12:34 AM, ah,clem vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! cease: what? Dexter Fong: the teacher claled this jorn etc Rotonoto: what what what? cease: oh ok. Inflatable Tweeny: He fell wright over... klokwkdog: Cat -- my canadian is really rusty. What was that again? klokwkdog: In English? cease: the techer who'd invited me to talk to her class called and said the scheudule had changed Rotonoto: no fun at all Dexter Fong: He was Rong klokwkdog: ah cease: no class this aft so i'll be doing it in march Inflatable Tweeny: Eh? Dexter Fong: Quick step lecture series klokwkdog: maybe March 4? The only day that's a command... Darn! Saturday klokwkdog: well, Cat, make them study "overtime" and do it on Sat ;-) cease: she'd me met at a party a decade or so ago when i was still at least writing the odd article for adbusters and thought i was sitll involved cease: oddly adbusters was started by 2 film makers who left film to start mag with me, and now i've left mags and gone into film. cease: oddly adbusters is now supported by its shoe sales cease: one of our main complaints was how kids were seduced into expensive michael jordan shoes by ads in those days
klokwkdog is listening to CNI Radio with Winamp and the new "Anunaki v1.10" skin. Really nice feature set. klokwkdog: they still are, Cat Inflatable Tweeny: The president says "sell those shoes"! cease: maybe i 'll tel lthe kids not to buy nikes, buy adbusters shoes instead cease: for industry! cease: actualy the flick i wanna shoot in japan this augiust will be called Shoes for the Dead cease: i hope i can get rights to the dwarf material for hit Inflatable Tweeny: This really is very Utopian music. Porgie Tirebiter: why not? Inflatable Tweeny: The wait here brought a try? ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Principalpoop - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Inflatable Tweeny: Get some sleep, JL :) Porgie Tirebiter: do it on a wekend Porgie Tirebiter: catherwood roll me a joint ||||||||| Catherwood rolls Porgie Tirebiter a joint. Porgie Tirebiter: wow Rotonoto: catherwood, jewel the point on my head ||||||||| Catherwood ons Rotonoto's head. Inflatable Tweeny: Gonna have to get me some of those VI grow lamps ;) Dexter Fong: Cat: Re: Shoes for the dead...You need to hire a bunch or Iraqui Extras Rotonoto: oh, reeeealllly? klokwkdog: Tweeny -- Cat can get them for you in bulk Dexter Fong: Catherwood own Rotonoto's head ||||||||| Catherwood walks alongside Dexter Fong and queries "Did you want something?" Inflatable Tweeny: Yeah, and I'll be visiting Europe real soon too, LOL!! Dexter Fong: Catherwood I want you outta town ||||||||| Catherwood walks right past Dexter Fong klokwkdog: There's tons of them in Van as the growers rotate them out after 100 hours for new, strong ones
klokwkdog switches to Fallingstars.co.kr... Rotonoto: ah, yes, Roto sometimes lose head... Porgie Tirebiter: catherwood give Dexter a wedgie ||||||||| Catherwood brings dexter a wedgie. cease: i go away to get rid of some of this sangria and i return to find my city being discused? cease: gotta turn on my volcano and regain concsoicusness cease: my typing is getting too coherent klokwkdog: ;-) Inflatable Tweeny: Well ya can't say we don't have fun here at the Happy Harry Cox radio hour...
klokwkdog was in coherent once Dexter Fong: Tween: We can say it but nobody listens klokwkdog: he once got a coherer detector from his friend Marconi... Dexter Fong: I got an intellergencer detecter from my friend the angel Moroni klokwkdog: "George, you write this shit, but I have to say it." -- Harrison Ford Merlyn: well, see you next week folks, just came back to leave... Rotonoto: worked on his detector til he became incoherent cease: by merl Inflatable Tweeny: Say wat angor?
Merlyn waves ||||||||| Merlyn hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 12:46 AM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" klokwkdog: nite Merlyn! Inflatable Tweeny: Bye, Merl... cease: thats not a wat, that's the former secretary of the interior Dexter Fong: Night Merlyn, thanks and glad the ghost in the machine has been banished Inflatable Tweeny: A dim bulb indeed ;) klokwkdog: well, sinking ship and all that...I will be moseying on meself... cease: off you klok Dexter Fong: Klok: Women, children and me first klokwkdog: For those of you riding Winamp who haven't recieved or haven't noticed the obnoxious, persistent notification; there's a new virgin just released klokwkdog: bye all! cease: off we go then Dexter Fong: Night Klok ||||||||| cease rushes off, saying "12:48 AM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Porgie Tirebiter: night all Dexter Fong: and Night Cat klokwkdog: esp. good to see Ken, Roto, Lili, many, many, many others! Whee! Whatta nite Inflatable Tweeny: Happy trails, all... klokwkdog: ziiiiiiip! beep! ||||||||| klokwkdog hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's klokwkdog?! It's 12:48 AM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Porgie Tirebiter: catherwood throw me out the door ||||||||| Catherwood throws Porgie Tirebiter out the door. ||||||||| At 12:49 AM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Inflatable Tweeny!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| Porgie Tirebiter rushes off, saying "12:49 AM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Dexter Fong: Well, me 2 I guess..good to see you again, Roto and you also Porge ||||||||| It's 12:50 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bambi - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rotonoto: yeah, me three. seeya guize... Rotonoto: "I want you to turn off your televisions, turn them all off, thrn them... (click!)" Rotonoto: aiiiieeeeee! ||||||||| Rotonoto says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Rotonoto exits at 12:51 AM. Bightrethighrehighre: Fong: still out there....???? ||||||||| At 12:57 AM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Bightrethighrehighre!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| It's 1:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 1:11 AM: Bightrethighrehighre jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" Bightrethighrehighre: ...I....passsed ou....uh....I mean....fell ....asleep................ ||||||||| At 1:18 AM, Bightrethighrehighre vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'TOR', just granted probation at 1:25 AM", then leaves hurriedly. TOR: Lili forgot to sign-out, haha ha haha ha. TOR: Now I'm gonna sign-out, haha ha haha ha. Goodnight and drive frently. ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| TOR - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants: ah,clem
Bambi
Bightrethighrehighre
boney
Bubba's back
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
cease
Dexter Fong
doctec
Dr. Headphones
Hemlock Stones
Inflatable Tweeny
Johnny Piano
klokwkdog
LiliLamont
llanwydd
Mark Time
Merlyn
Ms. Honey
otonotoR
Porgie Tirebiter
Principalpoop
Rotonoto
snook
Stickman
TOR
