||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 5:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for August 10, 2006 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Firebroiled', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 7:58 AM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Firebroiled: Come on, Mr. and Mrs. Too-Busy-To-Be-A-Homecoming-Queen! Get in step with the voices of the feet already dead in the service of their Country! ||||||||| "7:59 AM? I'm late!" exclaims Firebroiled, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the brambles. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with jackie close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:56 AM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room. jackie: hello ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 10:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| jackie - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Outside, the 7:32 PM bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Tweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Tweeny: Who's movie _is_ this anyway? ||||||||| 7:32 PM -- Tweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:37 PM, dragging Hemlock Stones by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" ||||||||| 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 AmadeusTweenzart disembarks at 8:48 PM. AmadeusTweenzart: don't you like my work Señor Solieri? AmadeusTweenzart: You're early Stones (or late, as it were) ||||||||| It's 8:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Hemlock Stones - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... AmadeusTweenzart: Jaundice it is! ||||||||| AmadeusTweenzart hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's AmadeusTweenzart?! It's 8:50 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters with ah,clem close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:52 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the sitting room. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (8:58 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llanwydd: I'll have a pizza to go and no anchovies llanwydd: anybody here? ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 10, 2006 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ah,clem: hello llanwydd: so much for this place llanwydd: evenin clem ah,clem: show on hold for a bit, due to a server down llanwydd: show? ||||||||| cease tiptoes in around 9:03 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." ah,clem: my CNI FST show cease: no cni tonight? llanwydd: hi cat cease: hi llan cease: i'll just keep the majoirty report on this computer then ah,clem: a server down, Cat cease: aha cease: better server than plane ah,clem: not sure what will happen, I have a show ready, if it comes back cease: so we're standing by? ah,clem: yup cease: watching news llanwydd: my father flew out of allentown, pennsylvania this afternoon. he had his shampoo and bottled water taken away from him. cease: my wife is giong to heathrow in a few weeks llanwydd: he had to fly to daytona llanwydd: is she worried about the baggage retrieval system? cease: they call this segment trafel nightmares on abc news cease: it took us hours to get thru heathrow security 4 years ago. will be worse now cease: Fumiyo isnt one to worry ||||||||| "9:07 PM? 9:07 PM!!" says Catherwood, "AmadeusTweenzart should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as AmadeusTweenzart enters and sits at the bar. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Merlyn in through the front door at 9:08 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. AmadeusTweenzart: Is this thing on? Merlyn: what? cease: some rather good food in heathrow. cease: hi tween llanwydd: I flew into heathrow in 1984 cease: merl llanwydd: very busy terminal Merlyn: I had a heath bar once AmadeusTweenzart: I'm so worried about... worried about... ah,clem: hi Tweeny llanwydd: I flew back home from gatwick instead of hr AmadeusTweenzart: The buck stops hear. AmadeusTweenzart: Hey Clem llanwydd: oh did you catch my joke tween? AmadeusTweenzart: Sit on my face, and tell me that you love me... ||||||||| Rotonoto tiptoes in around 9:10 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Bambi sashays in at 9:10 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. AmadeusTweenzart: Tonight's chat was manufactured with well-worn classical hand tool jokes... cease: roto Bambi: howdy AmadeusTweenzart: Hey Roto, Bam... cease: bamb llanwydd: hi roto, bambi Merlyn: hey dere Rotonoto: hi y'all... Bambi: hey Tween, Cat, llanwydd, Merlyn, Roto Dave Bambi: and of course, Clem :-) llanwydd: which one's dave? Bambi: how's everyone doing tonight? Bambi: Roto cease: hand tool jokes? Rotonoto: " 'scuse me while I kiss the sky" (not!) llanwydd: aha cease: organ leroy? AmadeusTweenzart: 100 degress for a couple of months in South TX, other than that... Rotonoto: I'll kiss the ground, just on general principles Bambi: lol llanwydd: tween and I have been quoting monty python for quite a while cat, but you didn't catch on AmadeusTweenzart: Henry Kissinger, how I'm missing ya... Bambi: my heart goes out to you Tweeny ... we had enough of that to last at least a year already !! AmadeusTweenzart: Python's "Contractual Obligation Album" llanwydd: that thing about the baggage retrieval was a quote Rotonoto: is that an English swallow or an African swallow? AmadeusTweenzart: Hey, ceiling fans really are the answer :-) cease: yes we quite like ours AmadeusTweenzart: Well, if two of them carried it... cease: rachel maddow said the word spam for e-garbage comes from a python sketch AmadeusTweenzart: Hello, I'm Al Gore, speaking to you from my summer home in British Columbia... cease: i wonder if firesign lines willl ever earn such currency Rotonoto: Yes, I'm the proud owner of new ocean front property... AmadeusTweenzart: Iceburgs _can_ be useful... cease: hi al llanwydd: I was a python fanatic before I heard the firesign theatre AmadeusTweenzart: Love 'em both to death Rotonoto: fanatical pythons attack comedy troupe AmadeusTweenzart: Do you get Cleese's newsletter? ROFL stuff cease: no i havent seen that llanwydd: python doesn't hold a candle to FST AmadeusTweenzart: That' cease: i think both firesign and pythons are fans of each other AmadeusTweenzart: That's because they have an electrician... Rotonoto: fan the firesign... AmadeusTweenzart: It would be dangerous to get those minds together :-) AmadeusTweenzart: I was rather hoping that something like that would during the London show. Rotonoto: sign the firefan... AmadeusTweenzart: would happen cease: idle lives in la now, i think llanwydd: I'm needing to use the refresh quite often tonight AmadeusTweenzart: Lot's of Brits in Cal, from what I hear. Can you blame them for Cal weather as opposed to UK? llanwydd: it's rather annoying actually AmadeusTweenzart: The Paws That Refreshes. Rotonoto: Bozoette enticing me with pizza, bbl... AmadeusTweenzart: Raatherrr... llanwydd: yeah, Yes moved to the west coast llanwydd: most of them in the So Cal area AmadeusTweenzart: Yep, that's what I heard AmadeusTweenzart: Travelled to Nothern Cal a couple of decades back. Very pretty country. Bambi: enjoy Roto and Bozoette :-) llanwydd: anderson lives outside of san luis obispo AmadeusTweenzart: and Nottingham as well AmadeusTweenzart: Anderson has some serious sound engineers. AmadeusTweenzart: Toltec is excellent. llanwydd: haven't heard toltec Bambi:http://www.theguide-uk.com/nottingham/nottingham_Eat.html llanwydd: not yet. just a matter of time llanwydd: "olias' is best AmadeusTweenzart: Ordering out via Concord are we Bambi? Bambi: weird not to have audio in chat AmadeusTweenzart: Olias is Wakeman, Vangelis and Moraz. astounding. AmadeusTweenzart: Moon Ra Bambi: in irc there is speech during chat so you hear what everyone says Bambi: not likely Tweeny LOL llanwydd: it's not, tween. It's all anderson Bambi: just picked up on your Notthingham statement ;-) AmadeusTweenzart: Wanna bet? llanwydd: I attended toltec for four years. got a degree in sound engineering AmadeusTweenzart: Howe's "Beginnings" is also really good. Moraz starts the second side. llanwydd: I'm sure I've got more inside information than you, tween AmadeusTweenzart: You'd think you were in Austria when those folks made music. Bambi: did you see this: http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-08-11T005844Z_01_L11346411_RTRIDST_0_SECURITY-BRITAIN-WRAPUP-1-PICTURE-GRAPHIC.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna AmadeusTweenzart: Give credit where credit is due. ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and klokwkdog disembarks at 9:29 PM. Bambi: hey Klok cease: klok klokwkdog: howdy all AmadeusTweenzart: It's the world's gone crazy cotillion, Bambi :( AmadeusTweenzart: Ruff klokwkdog: hey Roto llanwydd: hey klok Bambi: James Van Allen Dies at 91 ... Klok found another small bit about him AmadeusTweenzart: If you don't hear Vangelis on Moon Ra LL, you need you're hearing checked :-) llanwydd: I don't know why I always have trouble writing "klok". It turns out klik and then I have to backspace klokwkdog: yeah, an anti-war candidate beats Lieberman and all the colored warnings go back up... cease: who let the dogs in? Bambi:http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-09-voa57.cfm llanwydd: I guess I have a mental blok klokwkdog: klik is fine, llan AmadeusTweenzart: lol Cat Merlyn: we've hit Elmo level alert cease: the van allen belt died? llanwydd: come off it, tween. he wouldn't say he played all the instruments if he didn't cease: i didnt know it was mortal Bambi: lol AmadeusTweenzart: Why, I'm wearing my radiation belt right now! cease: blue jays player nicknamed cat just got double Merlyn: "van Allen" should be a drink, then you can say "give me a belt of van Allen" AmadeusTweenzart: We'll agree to disagree LL. If those guys weren't on the keys they were surely looking over the shoulder. Merlyn: or "give me a shot of Dick Cheney" Merlyn: or "give me a shot at Dick Cheney" cease: its In the Water AmadeusTweenzart: Oh, Nickey... llanwydd: anderson's no liar cease: thats why its muddy Bambi: I am thinking that eventually maybe I can afford a Power Mac LOL ... now that it's big brother is on the street ... Mac Pro ... those G4's will get down to the price of G3's soon? Bambi: speaking of a drink Merlyn: that's the usual pattern, Bambi AmadeusTweenzart: the usual CNI feed isn't working. Problems? Alternate? Merlyn: I should get an intel mac just so I can play PC games Bambi: Catherwood please pour me a double Toasted Almond ||||||||| Catherwood hands Bambi a double toasted almond. AmadeusTweenzart: Yeah, if you'd like to sell your firstborn child, Mac is making some pretty serious machines these days. llanwydd: merlyn, any idea why I have to use the refresh about every 10 seconds? Bambi: the server is down :-( Been trying to get the attention of the server home base but no go Merlyn: what do you mean, llan? the screen refreshes every few seconds to draw new text AmadeusTweenzart: The bright side is that you'll find quad-core PPCs on eBay cheep. klokwkdog: Catherwood, will you be our server tonight? ||||||||| Catherwood walks up to klokwkdog and inquires "Something I can help with?" klokwkdog: Catherwood, fix the server ||||||||| Catherwood brings the server. llanwydd: not for me AmadeusTweenzart: They danced the white fandango... Merlyn: did you click on a link in the chat? some browsers get confused by that sometimes Merlyn: you should be able to log out & in to fix it klokwkdog: llan -- may need to reboot the MSN-TV thingie AmadeusTweenzart: The wait here brought a trey... Merlyn: just to the chat, I think klokwkdog: Bambi -- we might avoid tiresome Q&A by posting chat title that the CNI server's broke AmadeusTweenzart: And it can't get up! llanwydd: when the screen refreshes I get three message bars on the same screen and I have to use the refresh button AmadeusTweenzart: The wonders of modern technology... klokwkdog: why the heck are there only six of us? Merlyn: try logging out and back in llanwydd: OK I'll do that AmadeusTweenzart: Hungry kitties, brb... ||||||||| New CNI streaming notice: 'No Firesign due to homeland insecurity' klokwkdog: llan -- for what it's worth, the chat functions in my browser here about the same as always klokwkdog: LOL cease: right on, clem llanwydd: try, try again llanwydd: seems to be working better now Merlyn: which is odd, because you never logged out llanwydd: can't imagine what happened ||||||||| Dr. Headphones bounds in at 9:42 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Dr. Headphones: good morning, afternoon, or evening, dear friends klokwkdog: llan - if you have an old unit, helps to put it outside near a window and cover it with diesel oil llanwydd: I didn't log out, I just went to another website cease: hey kend ||||||||| Outside, the 9:42 PM crosstown bus from New York pulls away, leaving ELayne coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| "Hey ELayne!" ... ELayne turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 9:42 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... cease: hey El ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:42 PM and Elayne bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. klokwkdog: llan - then, make sure the current unit can see it outside and set the old one on fire Elayne: Evenin' all! AmadeusTweenzart: Mothertrucker! Dr. Headphones: hi, el Merlyn: typo elayne is gone klokwkdog: this usually puts the fear of god into most equipment and it really straightens out AmadeusTweenzart: Hey E, how's life treatin' ya? Elayne: I hates me them crosstown buses. llanwydd: I tried that, klok Elayne: Up here it's the Bx9. cease: long commute, el? AmadeusTweenzart: So hard to get through to you... Elayne: I just wonder how Catherwood knew about that... ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Elayne and inquires "Did you need me?" klokwkdog: llan -- well, usually my next approach in a workplace is to begin human sacrifices, starting with the least senior employees Elayne: Nah Cat, my actual commute is still by car (in the pouring rain this evening)... AmadeusTweenzart: Klok builds an Aztec alter... klokwkdog: Elayne speaks and thunder rumbles in Rhode Island. Klok is impressed! llanwydd: my grandpa used to take the 168 klokwkdog: we did not, however, order rain llanwydd: from teaneck to port authority Dr. Headphones: i had teaneck once, but penicillin cured it AmadeusTweenzart: You don't have the authority to access that port... Elayne: I have special powers, Klok. :) cease: i found commuting around nyc with you and on bus quite pleasent cease: hows it truckin, kend/ klokwkdog: so I believe, E, so I belief Elayne: Cat, you were on an express bus, not the local ones. Dr. Headphones: cat, i'm staying as busy as they can keep me. every day except sunday klokwkdog: 'lo Ken cease: indeed, el llanwydd: coffeeneck is a nicer place Dr. Headphones: been put on a dedicated detroit run this week. gawd, i hate driving in the big cities....
klokwkdog actually liked Great Neck better AmadeusTweenzart: And on the seventh day, he was arrested by the smokies. Dr. Headphones: klok, isn't there a clam by that name? cease: i was driving around rural salt spring island over the weekend. cease: like being nowhere, only slightly more finite llanwydd: I've driven in NYC and Boston llanwydd: boston was worse cease: good food though (see blog) AmadeusTweenzart: Got pics of the houses, Cat? klokwkdog: dunno, Ken, but it's where I found the hard-to-obtain Starland Vocal Band second LP... Dr. Headphones: i'm glad i'm not flying anywhere. can't imagine it without my special bottle ot nitroglycerine. JUST JOKING, DHS! cease: i just got final cut hd but havent installed. when i do, i'll hopeulflyly be able to take photos out of vid AmadeusTweenzart: Har de har, Ken... cease: post them to the blog cease: hd cam is fantastic klokwkdog: cool, Cat Dr. Headphones: cat, i saw one of them on sale for *only* $1200 last week in ad AmadeusTweenzart: That's when the Mac Velocity Engine will come in handy ;-) cease: they're coming down in price every day klokwkdog: deluge begins, off to shut fensters AmadeusTweenzart: (a bunch of 32k buffers for repetetive tasks on data) llanwydd: geschlossen das fenstern Dr. Headphones: i remember data buffers from my programming days. a nuisance for sure cease: apres vous, le deluge, klok? ||||||||| "9:50 PM? 9:50 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Mudhead should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Mudhead enters and sits at the bar. Mudhead: hello all AmadeusTweenzart: Ja, gåarn harfårfen... Dr. Headphones: hey, muddy AmadeusTweenzart: Hey Mud... cease: we said the word deluge and Mudhead appears cease: its like Magic llanwydd: howdy mud Merlyn: The price of gas here is now π Elayne: Hey Mudhead! AmadeusTweenzart: My kingdom for a Prius. Dr. Headphones: speaking of magic, anyone here read "jonathan strange and mr. norrell"? it's a novel about 19th century british magicians llanwydd: LOL merl ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Hemlock Stones close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:52 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the anteroom. Dr. Headphones: merlyn, ours is less, but only nominally. $3.05 Dr. Headphones: hi, stones ||||||||| El Diablo Yamamoto sashays in at 9:52 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Merlyn: I liked it better when gas was e Hemlock Stones: Greetings from the Paranoid Kingdom AmadeusTweenzart: Cheapest I've seen here is $2.82 at Walmart Elayne: Hey HS! klokwkdog: oh, wow, just looked at the nexrad loop; this sucker is movin' fast. nothing behind it to NY line, though. Elayne's much bigger deluge is cruising off into LI sound at same rate llanwydd: why not C? the speed of light AmadeusTweenzart: It's the great Japanese detective! Dr. Headphones: stones, you guise are doing great against those rotten islamofascists Merlyn:http://www.jonathanstrange.com llanwydd: never bought gas at a wal-mart llanwydd: didn't know they sold it Elayne: Yep, Klok, that sounds a bit like the one that caught the end of my commute. Dr. Headphones: yes, merlyn, i got the black one. didn't see the sporty red model AmadeusTweenzart: Heck, you'll be banking at Walmart before long the way things are going... Hemlock Stones: TY Dr. but it fear its all bollocks as usual, designed to keep us afraid and unable to organise against the real forces of oppression Dr. Headphones: stones, you have got it, by jove! keep us in the dark, run our lives for us klokwkdog: Hemlock -- we're getting colored alerts again. Just like before the last election AmadeusTweenzart: 1984 is here folks. Constant war. cease: stones, keep rolling El Diablo Yamamoto: I've seen Wal Mart petrol stations Hemlock Stones: the War to end all Peaces cease: dont worry klok. you wont have any more elections soon AmadeusTweenzart: I love meeses to peaces... Dr. Headphones: tween: big difference, i don't expect tomorrow that we will be at war against the christofascists with history changed to read that we've always been at war with them.... llanwydd: wal-mart ought to have a church AmadeusTweenzart: lol Cat Merlyn: the trouble is, I can't depend on my government to tell me the true OR consistently lie to me llanwydd: with a confessional and a priest Dr. Headphones: llan: that's a scary thought. Merlyn: if they lied all the time like those natives in logic puzzles, I could at least figure things out Elayne: Llan, I thought Wal-Mart WAS a church... Dr. Headphones: /me sings: "praise sam from whom all blessings flow....." llanwydd: Church of the Blue Light AmadeusTweenzart: Either I always tell the truth, or I'm lying. Which one do you choose? Dr. Headphones: well, the "/me" doesn't work, but you get the idea El Diablo Yamamoto: Goddam ppl in CT weren't listening. They weren't supposed to vote for who they wanted... Merlyn: 'phones, just start with : Merlyn: /me is for warcraft Dr. Headphones: yam: isn't that just the pits? give them the vote and they actually USE it
Elayne thought it was a "colon" rather than a "/me"... Dr. Headphones: /me worked in IRC. reverting to old habits AmadeusTweenzart: This _is_ the pits... Dr. Headphones: i have a colon ;) Mudhead: keep it clean
Elayne doubts Dr. H has a colon as he has not yet proven it. Mudhead: sorry Yama Merlyn: his semi has a semicolon Dr. Headphones: e: this line should prove it to everyone's satisfaction (of which i can't get any) AmadeusTweenzart: BTW, everybody catch the interview with Bergman? http://www.quakeradio.com/pages/waw_guests.html?feed=124199&article=618879 Hemlock Stones: can you get a colostomy at Walmart ? AmadeusTweenzart: Powell is working for Walmart? Dr. Headphones: stones: yes, and it's at a new lower price, direct from china Hemlock Stones: kewl Elayne: "It's a typhoon of a sale!" llanwydd: I got a pair of contact lenses at wal-mart today Dr. Headphones: i'm not sure i will trust surgery to those minimum wage people, though. Mudhead: they got those lil plastic bags for em at the checkout klokwkdog: pretty funny Tweeny, thanks llanwydd: just a matter of time before I can get eye surgery AmadeusTweenzart: If the Chinese will for for $1/hr, the Vietnamese will work for $.50... cease: u just put on bergmans interview on the quake. cease: pretty good ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dr. Headphones: well, i just wanted to stop in and say "hi" to you guise. got to hit the sheets so i can work tomorrow. later, dear friends klokwkdog: nite Ken! Merlyn: quakeradio.com is down again - I posted it a bit late because I wanted it to be up when I sent it out Mudhead: nite doc Merlyn: cya phones klokwkdog: happy trucking, even if it is Detroit ||||||||| At 10:01 PM, Dr. Headphones dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." llanwydd: nite kend AmadeusTweenzart: A GMC Typhoon? I'll be happy to take that off your hands :-) (a GMC Jimmy w/turbo 6-cyl that'll rivall a Corvette for acceleration) cease: kend El Diablo Yamamoto: ? ||||||||| "Hey El Diablo Yamamoto!" ... El Diablo Yamamoto turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:03 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:03 PM and El Diablo Yamamoto sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. El Diablo Yamamoto: weird klokwkdog: WB, Yam! llanwydd: speak of the devil El Diablo Yamamoto: What? klokwkdog: softly AmadeusTweenzart: Speaking of the devo... cease: yammy klokwkdog: we are all Elayne: Hi Yam!@ El Diablo Yamamoto: Allo Allo klokwkdog: is it, like, hot there? El Diablo Yamamoto: Hello El Diablo Yamamoto: No, not really AmadeusTweenzart: Welcome to side 5... Merlyn: came in the back door, yam? Mudhead: what side is this? klokwkdog: nino puts you in the Bronx, Yam. Certainly you can do better than that... Rotonoto: .. klokwkdog: wb, Roto AmadeusTweenzart: No CNI :( Mudhead: Im onna wrong side Hemlock Stones: sorry chaps but seem to he having probs tonight, cannot get CNI stream on winamp Rotonoto: yo Yamamoto El Diablo Yamamoto: I'm not in the Bronx. a bit north Rotonoto: yo Klok klokwkdog: Hemlock -- see chat title Hemlock Stones: and also IE is dropping me AmadeusTweenzart: Need to exorcise those gremlins! AmadeusTweenzart: Newfoundland, Yam? El Diablo Yamamoto: Nino's doing better. For awhile I was in Bridgeport klokwkdog: hemlock -- make IE an offer to surf for 15% less ;-) El Diablo Yamamoto: At least I'm in the right state now Hemlock Stones: it may yet come to that llanwydd: I understand he has me in RI klokwkdog: n.b. -- Hemlock has AOL UK (lots of press about AOL's pressure tactics to keep subscribers from leaving) Hemlock Stones: it seems i am in Yonkers tonight, can i get a cab from here AmadeusTweenzart: Ah, Florida... Mudhead: IE 7.03 is not liking this El Diablo Yamamoto: Firefox AmadeusTweenzart: For Grid's sake use Firefox Mud. Hemlock Stones: yes Klok, i circulated the piece about the strong arm tactics AOL use Elayne: Well, this is interesting: http://zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html klokwkdog: Hemlock -- you have to be aggressive. Check with Elayne about NYC taxi hailing tactics El Diablo Yamamoto: Hemlock: You don't want to be in Yonnkers at this time of nite Elayne: Portraits of a family over a period of 30 years, one row per year. Merlyn: is the chat not working well for you mudhead? Elayne: Klok, I don't do cabs, sorry. Mudhead: Im one of the few, the stoopid, the testers for M$ Hemlock Stones: ok, i have distress rockets, will they help do you think ? cease: an intellecutaul future comic, bergman calls himself Mudhead: I'll throw you a rope, but dont start smokin it Hemlock Stones: is it true they are making you pay for testing Mud ? El Diablo Yamamoto: Hope you brought enough for everybody klokwkdog: Mudhead -- just get a ball-peen hammer and whack yourself on the head with it. Hurts just as much and it's a lot less effort! Mudhead: I pay whether I want to or not El Diablo Yamamoto: cheaper, too Hemlock Stones: seen, i guess we all do Mud El Diablo Yamamoto: Whaty sort of mess is that? llanwydd: well, I have to send an email. be back in about 30 klokwkdog: weird, Elayne Rotonoto: is cni radio not streaming 2nite? AmadeusTweenzart: lol Klok Hemlock Stones: not here Roto Mudhead: I am having a computer/Mirc problem tho, anyone wish to hear my travails? klokwkdog: Roto -- Re CNI: see chat title AmadeusTweenzart: Sure, tell us the whole sad story... El Diablo Yamamoto: Happy Travails to you Elayne: Klok, just goes ta show ya, some folks will put anything up on line. cease: travels are better than travails Hemlock Stones: pulls up chair next to Mudhead and gets out notebook and pencil Mudhead: I shut off Mirc, it errors with a msvcr71.dll not found error AmadeusTweenzart: lol Stones Rotonoto: yeah, you must mean the homeland insecurity comment, I guess... AmadeusTweenzart: The public must never know... El Diablo Yamamoto: Reinstall it I guess klokwkdog: notice CNI server is broken for the time being they are trying to get it restarted Hemlock Stones: have you tried the Warmart Dll department Mud ? Merlyn: also see http://digg.com/videos_people/Girl_takes_pic_of_herself_every_day_for_three_years Mudhead: Ive placed a copy in the Mircfolder Mudhead: still does it Elayne: Ugh, can't keep splitting attention. Back to bloggies. ||||||||| Elayne is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:12 PM. Rotonoto: ahhh, the 'real' story- t'anks klok! klokwkdog: nite E cease: bye el Mudhead: bye el klokwkdog: Roto -- full details see chat log early on AmadeusTweenzart: That's gotta hurt... Rotonoto: ok... Hemlock Stones: someone put that in You Tube as well Merlyn but since my latest Microsoft update it wont play vids and wont even play AOL vids though i am a subscriber, i think i must be crazy Mudhead: not if theyre lubed up right AmadeusTweenzart: Ready for a Linux box a' la JL yet, Stones? El Diablo Yamamoto: I'm running SUSE. No worries Hemlock Stones: am beginning to think along those lines yes Tween Hemlock Stones: but i dont want to be more of a geek than i am already though Hemlock Stones: and as the song says, "Every OS sucks!" AmadeusTweenzart: Linux isn't there yet, but it's getting close to real competition from what I've read about software availability. Rotonoto: it's inevitable- geek or M$ cash cow
El Diablo Yamamoto is not a geek. Just got tired of Windoze cease: more greeks, less geeks El Diablo Yamamoto: SUSE is damn close, I manage to do all right with it AmadeusTweenzart: Well, there's the rub. Buy and old Mac that'll run OS X. A couple hundred $US. No worries. Rotonoto: even Roto going to graduate from 'blasst from the past' 98SE to Linux 'some day soon' Rotonoto: yeah, geeks don't serve baklava Hemlock Stones: i got along fine with 98SE and XP has not really been an improvement Rotonoto: you are correct, Mr. Stones AmadeusTweenzart: When they can do real MIDI/audio programs on Linux, I might be interested. Mudhead: Vistas gonna flop just for that reason AmadeusTweenzart: Mmmmmm baklava..... Rotonoto: well, that's why you keep a windoze machine or two- but offline Mudhead: now i want some Hemlock Stones: thats what concerns me too Tween, i just installed a whole bunch of synths and programs and Linux cannot yet handle them at all Rotonoto: Mmmmm- MIDI! El Diablo Yamamoto: I have a few things I use under windoze off line AmadeusTweenzart: Vista's gonna look like a fish on the Great Salt Lake when Apple releases Leopard (OS X 10.5) Hemlock Stones: its gonna need a salt lake to fit it in Mudhead: what'd that look like, i dun understand AmadeusTweenzart: Thar be the rub, Stones. Of course you can boot XP on an Intel Mac. ||||||||| It's 10:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rotonoto: will be amazed if Vista flops- enough willing 'victims' out there to keep the game going a while... klokwkdog: was listening to the latest Security Now about Vista's TCP/IP stack. They re-did if. From scratch. Hemlock Stones: i hear you can now run OS X on a PC too klokwkdog: remember the Star Trek episode where some nut case in the crew turns the engines off? Completely off? AmadeusTweenzart: Of course, Roto. It's a Windows world. klokwkdog: that's the world of hurt MS is in now with Vista's stack Hemlock Stones: if i can rip off Gates and Jobbs at the same time, i will be a happy bunny ||||||||| Catherwood enters with principalpoop close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 10:21 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule. El Diablo Yamamoto: ow klokwkdog: hey, poop Mudhead: hiya prin principalpoop: howdy klokwkdog: only way is to go Linux, Hemlock Rotonoto: hey, man- help me push this starship- we'll jump start it El Diablo Yamamoto: Thanx, I'll stick w/not ready for primetime here Hemlock Stones: Hi PP AmadeusTweenzart: There are hacks out there, but I wouldn't rely on it. You can boot OS X, Linux and XP concurrently on an Intel Mac w/3rd party software. AmadeusTweenzart: Class is now in session... cease: poop Hemlock Stones: lol Rotonoto: what is reality?! Mudhead: /me hides in the tree klokwkdog: yeah, that was the climax of the episode, Roto. jump-starting an anti-matter warp engine principalpoop: is everybody happy? klokwkdog: and we're not afraid of it, either! Hemlock Stones: only if i dont watch the news PP klokwkdog: happy, happy, joy, joy ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bunnyboy inside, makes a note of the time (10:22 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. principalpoop: don't forget to cut the soles off your shoes mud Bunnyboy: lo dere klokwkdog: 'lo Bun Hemlock Stones: Hi Bunny principalpoop: lo bo Rotonoto: Bunster in da house Mudhead: Ive got no sole, Im white AmadeusTweenzart: And now the boyz in the band vill play a little number from the led Zeppelin... anna one, anna two... AmadeusTweenzart: Hey Bun... cease: bun Rotonoto: can't jump, either... cease: hows life in seattle? Hemlock Stones: can you give me more volume on foldback please Tween ? principalpoop: compared to what cat? ||||||||| Around 10:24 PM, El Diablo Yamamoto walks off into the sunset... Bunnyboy: Oh, I thought the "homeland insecurity" link was a joke. Imagine my befuddlement! principalpoop: or which cat Bunnyboy: Life...is...present... cease: death? AmadeusTweenzart:www.apple.com Stones cease: cake? principalpoop: i was befuddled also Hemlock Stones: lol Rotonoto: refuddlement available, easy payments, no money down AmadeusTweenzart: Monitor this, Merrimack... principalpoop: death arizona or death north carolina? klokwkdog: plane crashed into the server, Bunny Rotonoto: yas, I got fuddled also principalpoop: my mom caught me fuddling once AmadeusTweenzart: Oh, she be hauling a mule team... Bunnyboy: Title and feature specs were announced today for Volume 4 of the LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION DVD set, due in November. Rotonoto: but I'm at least gruntled... AmadeusTweenzart: The Elmers are fuddled! cease: is izzard still doing standup? Bunnyboy: Titles listed at www.tvshowsondvd.com Hemlock Stones: i told Clem they would not let him take that server on a plane principalpoop: huddled and fuddled, well be scuttled Bunnyboy: Special features enumerated at www.cartoonbrew.com Hemlock Stones: hand luggage... indeed ! principalpoop: i'll klokwkdog: he's just trying to resurrect it... AmadeusTweenzart: If only it were funny... Rotonoto: not until they squeeze all the liquid out of it klokwkdog: no more "hand lotion", I guess Mudhead: they wont let ya bring licquor on board now, hows a 15 year old supposed to get a drink? Bunnyboy: THE ARISTO-CRAT will finally be digital. Rotonoto: zip lock baggies in jacket pocket? Hemlock Stones: the next step is to not let you take people on a plane, that will cure the problem principalpoop: smooth and moisten yourself before you get to the security area next time Bunnyboy: "Meadows? Meadows?" Rotonoto: (that's an ol' Al Coholic trick) cease: but the aristocrop will remain undigitized? Mudhead: nah, paper suits and bread and water principalpoop: what about busses and trains? principalpoop: no tunnels are safe, cease: crap Hemlock Stones: its already illegal to take them on a plane PP Mudhead: yur luggage gets automatically lost Rotonoto: no stone is untruned... cease: holes cease: make themselves principalpoop: i take my tunnels with me, everywhere Hemlock Stones: a tunnel is only a hole on its side, cant see what the fuss is about Mudhead: and as you get off the plane they let you keep the paper suit AmadeusTweenzart: I thought Cobain made the hole... Mudhead: A Hole Bunnyboy: Randy Quaid's character in THE LAST DETAIL is also named Meadows. I always thought it would be fun to splice together Mel Blanc and Jack Nicholson from ARISTO-CRAT and DETAIL. Hemlock Stones: yes Mud but only if you put it in a see through bag Bunnyboy: "Meadows?" "Meadows!" "Meadows?" "Meadows! Come back here, goddammit!" AmadeusTweenzart: But, is it a holy hole, Cat? principalpoop: colosto me Mudhead: Bag it!
klokwkdog repairs to make sub #1 AmadeusTweenzart: part of an old stonewall Rotonoto: (Audry Meaadows appears, with quizzical look) principalpoop: put a finger in that dyke dutch boy Bunnyboy: One of these days, Alice.... AmadeusTweenzart: Someone stole the Mune! Hemlock Stones: (wanders off to make Tea) Rotonoto: yeah- an' draw back a stump Bunnyboy: poop: But only if Paul Verhoven is directing. Rotonoto: they call that one "Muadeen" principalpoop: verhoven? I thought he did gingerbread story AmadeusTweenzart: Stones will be gone for a while. Only the English know how to make tea. Rotonoto: Muadib? AmadeusTweenzart: Pull my string.... principalpoop: ahh muab, the worms that make the spice that make the world go round Rotonoto: the Indians also know, but are much farther away principalpoop: i thought he was seeing a man about a dog Bunnyboy: Hey, The 'orrible 'oo (THE WHO) are playing KeyArena in Seattle on October 11th. Guess how much for tickets? AmadeusTweenzart: What Yes can do with three chords... jeeze... principalpoop: who? Rotonoto: hunnert bux an' up? principalpoop: or guess who? cease: your first born, bun? AmadeusTweenzart: Starship Trooper - Wurm Bunnyboy: $202.00 a shot, BEFORE Ticketmaster service charges. principalpoop: i got that amadeax, don't mozart us around principalpoop: hehehehe principalpoop: super Merlyn: how much is that in quatluus? Rotonoto: obscene! (and only rarely heard) principalpoop: do you get to go backstage and taste their sweat? Mudhead: g'nite all, cya next week Rotonoto: how many ducats? ||||||||| Around 10:35 PM, Mudhead walks off into the sunset... Bunnyboy: nite Richard! Rotonoto: nite Mudster cease: mud principalpoop: have a super week mud Rotonoto: he closed the door to his mud hut and walked away into the moonset... principalpoop: he will be clay soon in the sunlight Rotonoto: well, Roto must also.. bye for now... Bunnyboy: I remember Pete Townshend's wisecrack when The Who played the late, unlamented Kingdome in 1982: "I'd like to thank you all for coming to this fish-tank!" cease: roto principalpoop: night roto Rotonoto: an' Bozoette sez bye, too AmadeusTweenzart: Bye cyborgman principalpoop: night better half cease: you saw the who, bun? Rotonoto: catch you next week... Bunnyboy: late RN Bunnyboy: erhm LATER ||||||||| Rotonoto is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 10:37 PM. cease: ette AmadeusTweenzart: Thank you for the little plastic castle... principalpoop: catherwood is right on time ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 10:37 PM" cease: listening to harry shearer on climate porn Bunnyboy: cease: Mais oui. I was going to WSU in Pullman, but I snuck over to see the show. Bunnyboy: The Clash opened (ehh!) and the pre-opening act...T-Bone Burnett, with guest Mick Ronson. principalpoop: WSU, what smatter you? AmadeusTweenzart: that would be loud Bunnyboy: Sadly, T-Bone, Mick and the boys were booed mercilessly. They'd been announced probably a week before the show, and nobody knew or gave a damn. cease: should have gone with the filet mignon Bunnyboy: Wotsamatta U....Yay! Oooh! ||||||||| llanwydd steps in at 10:40 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Bunnyboy: llo llan principalpoop: surf and turf llanwydd: hey kids, turn off the computer and go to bed principalpoop: wb llan cease: kids? Bunnyboy: Aw, but Dad! principalpoop: ahh come on dad, it is just getting fun Bunnyboy: "Meadows?" AmadeusTweenzart: The one imbedded in their arms? principalpoop: i got one of the earlier versions that did not fit in an arm Bunnyboy: ah, clem and Bambi are fading, due to snoogled tech. cease: weather. celebrities. what more do you need? principalpoop: i miss cni :( Bunnyboy: And Moosylvania U! principalpoop: commercials cat Bunnyboy: (sings) Pick your chin off the ground, Moosylvania! Hemlock Stones: back again llanwydd: having a ham sandwich with redeye gravy AmadeusTweenzart: You had to wear it around your neck so the dogs would play with you, P? principalpoop: ahh bonne tea, or whatever they say llanwydd: and cheese and onion Hemlock Stones: ty PP principalpoop: no, that was my porkchop, my other pc, is installed in a cave Bunnyboy: (sings) I have always thought in the back of my mind, CHEESE AND ONIONS. Hemlock Stones: its about five hours since my last caffein hit AmadeusTweenzart: So, you caved? cease: liseing to Le Show principalpoop: one piece of onion? llanwydd: yeah AmadeusTweenzart: Shearer's really good. llanwydd: five hours, stones? you're likely to get a headache principalpoop: coffee sounds good, brb Bunnyboy: Didja all know that Neil Innes has to share credit with Lennon and McCartney for THE RUTLES songs? principalpoop: you need more onion if you want to grow up big and strong llanwydd: you ought to try redeye gravy. plenty of caffeine AmadeusTweenzart: That's a fun movie. cease: has to? wouldnt he Want to? principalpoop: back principalpoop: I hyphen that, hyphen ated the red-eye gravy AmadeusTweenzart: Love the part where people are carrying office equipment out of Apple Corps during the interview. cease: cant have be a bonzo without banding some dogs Hemlock Stones: Rats deserting the sinking shit eh Tween Bunnyboy: cease: Well, ya see, Mr. Innes probably THOUGHT he was covered by fair use, seeing as how the Rutles are a PARODY band. But some saber-rattlers put a quick end to that notion. llanwydd: so sweet to be an idiot AmadeusTweenzart: And fill, my heart with joy... principalpoop: ahh bunnyboy, the innocence of the naive klokwkdog: where the heck is everyone tonite? cease: i think the stil remaing beatles want to be their own parody band Merlyn: A friend of mine and I decided Neil Innes probably didn't mind putting up credits of "Innes & Lennon & McCartney" Merlyn: but the songs aren't the same, I think the ruling is wrong. Hemlock Stones: i think Macca has always been a self parody not to say a travesty cease: anyone read Paperback Writer, parody of bealtes? cease: funniest thing i ever read Bunnyboy: Well, yes, the money and artistic freedom is somewhat offset by the huge cachet... AmadeusTweenzart: Speaking of dessert, I must be leaving on the tray that's just arrived. Health (if not mental) and happiness to all... principalpoop: like a village drunk, all potheads are harmless ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:50 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs AmadeusTweenzart by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door principalpoop: night tween Hemlock Stones: goes to show you cannot buy talent klokwkdog: mostly harmless cease: only the unarmed, poop llanwydd: Piggyback Rider? Hemlock Stones: ok byeee Tween Bunnyboy: Or Chris Miller's National Lampoon interview spoof, BEAT THE MEATLES. klokwkdog: no, Talent you can only rent... Hemlock Stones: lol klok cease: nat lamp's sunday newspaper paroyd just as funny Merlyn: some of them are even funny variations, like the parody of Lennon's "musical orgasm" (whatever the song is that has the big long buildup of an orchestra on a discordant rising note), vs. the Rutles version that had a single note at one point principalpoop: i was thinking of andy griffin, not a hardcore psycho inner city village drunk Bunnyboy: Where John and Paul laugh about the awful names they used to call each other... Hemlock Stones: anyone remeber the Lampoon parody of John Lennon Bunnyboy: oh, nite TWeen! principalpoop: that newspaper was wonderful Hemlock Stones: i'ms senstive as shit, i throw up before i go on stage etc etc Merlyn: speak of the devil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLIL5U7QVjM&search=submarine llanwydd: national lampoon was just a name used to sell products Bunnyboy: And the High School Yearbook parody, home of COACH Vernon Wormer, and the Mad Crapper! principalpoop: you are a natural actor stones, better than doing that onstage Hemlock Stones: dammit Merlyn, i cannot play vids in you tube since last Microsoft update llanwydd: there was the magazine, the albums, the stage shows, the movies and none of them had anyone in common Bunnyboy: "The time has come for someone to put their foot down. That foot is me. Sincerely, Vernon Wormer" Hemlock Stones: tells me i need latest Macromedia Flash player but if i load it it makes no difference principalpoop: they were all funny Bunnyboy: Hem - re: MAGICAL MISERY TOUR - Yes! Tony Hendra, in a penultimate performance. principalpoop: change your settings, restart your pc, slap your pc while sobbing helplessly, that helps me Hemlock Stones: i did all that a couple of times PP but thanks, good to know i am not alone in my misery klokwkdog: hemlock is running Windows and AOL, so... Hemlock Stones: say no more Klok principalpoop: omg, throw in a couple of wails Hemlock Stones: cant even play AOL vids Merlyn: just the "yellow submarine sandwich" video segment from the Rutles Bunnyboy: llan: Well, unless you count Belushi, Chase, Guest, et. al., then yeah. cease: i saw rutles too long ago to remember it klokwkdog: well, I was going to suggest flaming sacrifice of a low-level employee, Stones Hemlock Stones: i am the low level employee Klok Bunnyboy: Waitaminnit! It was those darn writers! At least, to begin with... cease: a limbo of death? principalpoop: I tried the new national lampoon, nope, I waited too long, as the big bad wolf said, you can't go home no more klokwkdog: yeah, I realized that. same here klokwkdog: ...but I've often looked at the flagpole out front... Bunnyboy: And radio! Don't forget THE NATIONAL LAMPOON RADIO HOUR. cease: i didnt hear enough of that principalpoop: i was so stoopid, I kept waiting for the 2nd half hour llanwydd: never liked any of it principalpoop: stinko pinko commie, give that sandwich, redeye gravy is too good for the likes of you Bunnyboy: I saw Rodger Bumpass in the "THAT'S NOT FUNNY, THAT'S SICK!" touring show, in the late 70's. Now, he's the voice of Squidworth on SPONGEBOB.
klokwkdog thought Lemmings was from an actual tour principalpoop: i had a friend who went into spasms at the mention of the legless frog ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:59 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... cease: de la tour? cease: one of my faves HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Howdy do folks
klokwkdog gives up principalpoop: click klok HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Yep, Cease Bunnyboy: "Hey, flight-girl, where's the "key" joke. I mean, the Firesign Theatre always has some off-the-wall joke about the "key" , or the "lid", or the "mike" ? Drug reference?" klokwkdog: Nat. Lampoon had a few good magazine covers llanwydd: this guy look familiar klokwkdog: the parody of the Concert for Bangladesh poster was great principalpoop: that was part of the 60s and 70s HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: The NL, done as Norman Rockwell's style, covers were most cool. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Bunnyboy: klok: They incorporated elements of LEMMINGS into other tours, but no tour of the show, AFAIK. principalpoop: buy this magazine or we will shot this dog worked for me klokwkdog: the other good one was the '50s style Chinese MIG pilot shouting anti-Imperialist slogans as he shot up Santa's sled HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Yawn Lemmings????????? principalpoop: shoot HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: & parodies klokwkdog: well, I thought the Dylan parody was funny llanwydd: yeah, lemmings is a great song by van der graaf generator HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Well, I guess everyone just can't wéight to hear moi's latest parody "Oh, Osama" http://www.indyreview.net/jamroom/bands/239/ klokwkdog: the Deteriorata parody on Radio Dinner was funny cease: fiesign did some fine dylan parodies principalpoop: parodys would not work for me today, i have not watched enough tv for years Bunnyboy: klok: ZIMMERMAN? Or OUT BEHIND THE BARN? HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Sorry, 'bout that web site but moi knew it had room for an upload. Hemlock Stones: you show considerable discrimination PP klokwkdog: dunno, Bunny. the one where he won't sing the old songs and the crowd gets rowdy principalpoop: people think I am kidding when I confuse mulder for ahh, the other one lol Bunnyboy: klok: Right, ZIMMERMAN. Although, they touch on that behavior in LEMMINGS, as well. Bunnyboy: "He's not coming up! Bob, look...all this bread is for you..." HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Bob Dylan parody.....to the tune of "The Times They Are A Changing" ----- "Pretend you're a sweet Christian, pretend you're a hurt Jew, pretend you're a Buddhist or Satanist, too / at end you ain't nothin' but DNA goo / llanwydd: I saw a clip from a dylan concert from back in the 60s on tv klokwkdog: all I remember, Bun, is "Play the music, Bob!" HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: the times they ain't a changin' llanwydd: he walks out on stage and somebody in the crowd yells "JUDAS!" HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Hey, (REALLY) has everyone here viewed the FIRST TV gig by Frank Zappa at YouTube? Hemlock Stones: that was in my home town LLan Hemlock Stones: Manchester HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: He plays the bicycle with Steve Allen klokwkdog: it's only good when they get a round going and one half of the crowd shouts, "Iscariot" principalpoop: folk music versus popular music, it was almost as bad as iraq today, viscious cease: no stones what is it? Bunnyboy: The moment I grin about from ZIMMERMAN is the childhood Bob, at a family gathering. Everyone is singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to some family member, and kid Bob is sitting, folding his arms: "Listen. I get PAID to sing!" Hemlock Stones: what they didnt like was the band was very loud and it over powered an accoustic venue and on top of that most of the audience were folk music fans and not ready for the Band cease: i saw his interview on some right wing show from the 80s cease: kinda boring klokwkdog: Hemlock -- sounds like Newport, '65 Hemlock Stones: theya re a tough audience in Manchester though, they sit on their hands so they dont inadvertently applaud HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw:http://youtube.com/watch?v=dEmgyM9rWLA that's the URL for the Zappa/Steve Allen gig klokwkdog: Pete Seeger cursing a blue streak principalpoop: I love andy capp, I was surprised his author confronted john and yoko in their paris bed HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Hey, John should've smacked him, but, that's what Capp wanted Bunnyboy: I gotta stir a pasta pot. Have fun, guys. llanwydd: all I know about manchester is what I see on "Prime Suspect" klokwkdog: nite, Bunny HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Not CApp klokwkdog: happy spag HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: What was that Lill' Abner guys name principalpoop: hip hop bunny Hemlock Stones: see ya Bunny cease: is manchester stereotypic in that sense, stones? HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Al CApp llanwydd: they talk pretty funny HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: ???? Bunnyboy: pp: That's AL Capp (the cartoonist), creator of L'IL ABNER. HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Right Bunnyboy: Andy Capp was drawn by Reg Smythe. Hemlock Stones: yes cease i guess it is principalpoop: same as philadelphia here, they boo the kids that cannot find easter eggs klokwkdog: yeah, Al got a little bit off kilter later on cease: aside from our lovely geography, i dont think vancouver can be so easily defined HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Anywho, "Get back up on the hill, Hippie People" so spakeith Yoko principalpoop: wait, all these years, i had the wrong guy in my mind? principalpoop: who was it then? klokwkdog: isn't Nic Harcourt from Manchester? cease: is a person from manchester different enough from a person from say, liverpool, that it could be parodied on tv and such? cease: i woudl say that is true with people from the "south" in the states Hemlock Stones: not sure Klok but everyone else seems to be HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw: Hey, I am ye and ye are ye and we are we and me are gonna say nite, nite. Stay on Groovin' Safari, TOR Bunnyboy: poop: Don't worry. I thought Reagan was in charge for most of the '80's. Boy! klokwkdog: AL Capp -- but WTF was he doing in Paris? Can't imaging Capp in Paris Hemlock Stones: there is always a big feud between Liverpool and manchester though they are only forty miles apart Hemlock Stones: totally different accents too cease: isnt everyone in Paris? llanwydd: if you want to see what manchester is like just catch an episode of "Prime Suspect" principalpoop: night TOR cease: yeah but england is really small, compared to canada ||||||||| Bunnyboy is kicked out just as the clock strikes 11:11 PM. klokwkdog: nite TH llanwydd: that's really all I know about the place principalpoop: he was hoping to upset john and make him pull the sheet away from naked yoko klokwkdog: Cat -- Canada just has more land... Hemlock Stones: its smaller than New England for sure klokwkdog: Really? klokwkdog: never thought about that principalpoop: well maine is big Hemlock Stones: both cities have punched well above their weight when it comes to world chart success though cease: i was on an island it took me hours to get to and its still in mylittlel part of the province llanwydd: we've got manchesters over here, just no jane tennysons klokwkdog: yeah, but like Canada, there's nothing there klokwkdog: 'cept trees ;-) klokwkdog: lots and lots of trees Hemlock Stones: lol klok cease: it was too a differetnworld. too many artists for one species to suppport principalpoop: i like trees klokwkdog: heck, at the radar base I was at, there weren't even any trees cease: outside of the citeies that's true, klok. only where i come, we dont even have many trees cease: just miles and miles of geography principalpoop: england used to have trees, made all those ships, same thing happened to denmark klokwkdog: big story in W$J this week about Port Rupert, BC or something cease: took all the trees and put em in a parkkng lot llanwydd: is vancouver above the tundra? cease: Prince Rupert, yes klokwkdog: US ports all clogged or on strike, so they're going to set up a "port" there and railroad all the stuff to Chicago cease: we 120 miles north of seattle. principalpoop: you still have a prince? cease: rupert is another 3-4 hundred north of here cease: we keep him in a can llanwydd: just joking cat principalpoop: I know stones does, 3 of them klokwkdog: vancouver is in the maritime axis from Aleutians-Anchorage-Vancouver-Victoria-Seattle-Portland-SF llanwydd: I can't imagine a city without trees. not even NYC klokwkdog: there is monsoon season and then a brief outbreak of summer sun... ;-) cease: any axis that inlcudes the aleutians cant be serious principalpoop: quite an axis that klokwkdog: never gets too hot, never gets too cold llanwydd: maybe the capital of antarctica klokwkdog: llan -- try Phoenix klokwkdog: Taos klokwkdog: Flagstaff cease: penguinopolis? klokwkdog: La Paz llanwydd: LOL principalpoop: ever played flagstaff llan? klokwkdog: Easter Island cease: only half a staff. had to split it with the sound effects shepherd Merlyn: La Paz is Spanish for "The Pez" llanwydd: that south american cuisine is sweet cease: the peso dispenser Hemlock Stones: ok guys i am knackered now so its time to say farewell for another week Bambi: LOL ... gotta love that title Merlyn: nickname for a mexican dad, cat klokwkdog: Someone who lived there told me to give him a call if I was ever in La Paz. I asked what his number was. He said, '5' Merlyn: "Hey, stop kid, I'm not a machine" Hemlock Stones: good to see you all again, have a good week klokwkdog: good luck with that computer problem, Hemlock! cease: stones Merlyn: see ya stones ||||||||| It's 11:20 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: nite stones! klokwkdog: ggreat you could visit with us at your ungodly hour Hemlock Stones: take it easy all Hemlock Stones: goodnight klokwkdog: it's caused sincere confusion, Bambi
Hemlock Stones -) klokwkdog: I think the papers should call the bluff klokwkdog: New York Times tomorrow with huge 30 point type -- RED ALERT! llanwydd: the Bluff Papers Bambi: night Stones ||||||||| Around 11:22 PM, Hemlock Stones walks off into the sunset... klokwkdog: OSAMA IS TRYING TO PUT A BOMB IN YOUR SOUP! Bambi: LOL principalpoop: oops cease: i grew up thru endless red scares cease: drop drills, all that eviel shit principalpoop: i guess I have not fix my pc completely yet principalpoop: hi bambi :D llanwydd: I grew up in the vietnam war cease: this is just such minor league shit compared to what we feared and expectred when i was a kid llanwydd: I was born during the kennedy administration cease: i was nearly drafted into said war. thankfullyu relocated here principalpoop: indeed cat klokwkdog: Cat -- thing is, I was in a place so poor that they couldn't afford to teach everyone to duck and cover cease: lol klok Bambi: hi Princep klokwkdog: all we had were Ground Observer Corps. watchers on platforms in the schoolyard, looking at the sky with binoculars for Russian bombers principalpoop: i was rich, we had urchins who ducked and covered for us klokwkdog: LOL Poop Bambi: sea urchins? Bambi: or were they blind? llanwydd: I had air raid drills in first grade klokwkdog: no, no Bambi -- they used those only on Cape Cod, Nantucket, Vineyard and Fire Island cease: i dont inow exactly how my dad avoided getting killed in ww2 but being ill allot kept him out of front lines principalpoop: I did not see if they were blind, servants are invisible klokwkdog: my dad had to keep learning to fly new planes until the war was over cease: at 10 am every friday the alarm would sound and we all had to duck under our desks in la 50s principalpoop: mine was just lucky klokwkdog: but they were gonna send him to fight Japan principalpoop: we had the alarms every week, but we did not have to duck in the 60s klokwkdog: ...they were going to send everybody to fight the Japanese llanwydd: we were done with air raid drills by second grade principalpoop: folks grew victory gardens, had ration cards for gasoline and sugar, we could tell we were at war without using colors llanwydd: for me that was 1968 principalpoop: RFK and MLK shot and killed, a different kind of war principalpoop: how is root bambi? and you and ahh, clem? klokwkdog: my HS classmates were coming back in bags in '68 klokwkdog: different kind of war indeed Bambi: LOL Klok klokwkdog: bringin' the war back home Bambi: Root is doing great ... comes and goes from the camper ... sleeps all day and prowls all night ... principalpoop: ahhh good cat klokwkdog: better than howling all night ;-) Bambi: we are doing well too :-) principalpoop: we have a mountain lion here my part of virginia Bambi: very true Klok klokwkdog: no joy with server, I take it
principalpoop D good bambi and Ah, Clem principalpoop: our cat knew to drag his paw down a metal venetian blind, that will wake anybody Bambi: yes, he's a great cat ... how could he not be, part dog, part cat, part monkey ... Somalia and Bombay mix klokwkdog: poop -- it's when you have, like, 20 of them that they stop becoming a spectacle and start becoming a nuisance to hikers llanwydd: you live in virginia princep? llanwydd: I have a lot of relatives there principalpoop: you have 20 in your neck of the woods? run Bambi: lol princep principalpoop: yes, just outside roanoke llanwydd: my relatives are near danville principalpoop: somalia and bombay, he could open a restaurant
klokwkdog well remembers the topo of Pinnacles of the Dan Bambi: pretty areas outside Roanoke principalpoop: ahhh south of me, as the poop walks principalpoop: we live a stones throw from the blue ridge parkway klokwkdog: just up from Mt. Airy principalpoop: the Dan or just Dan? klokwkdog: nee-"Mayberry" Bambi: we've likely been right past your place then! We've traveled from Charlottesville on down to the Smokies one year Merlyn: very slight Firesign related news - the Tick cartoon series season 1 should be out on DVD soon, minus one episode that apparently had legal problems llanwydd: the dan river? principalpoop: sure you did klokwkdog: yep cease: do the lads get royalites from that, merl principalpoop: same river
klokwkdog used to live in Charlottesville llanwydd: I was fascinated when I saw the dan river because the water was a dense red color Merlyn: I have no idea, cat Bambi: went to Grandfather Mountain and Mabrey Mill (sp?) etc. and camped in Cherokee country in a wonderful Cherokee owned campground llanwydd: it looked like blood cease: i wonder what judith and dave do to make money klokwkdog: Fran -- did you notice my picture on the CNI Frappr Map? cease: local theatre jwust isnt that lucrative Merlyn: I think only Proctor is on season 1 Bambi: the one you had up there before Klok or a new one? cease: i saw the on e with austin and i think bergman principalpoop: they are bulding a 4 lane highway to get the casino the indians have up in the mountains klokwkdog: only one, same one Merlyn: "The Tick vs. The Mole-Men" is the one episode that's missing Bambi: yes, I did see that one Klok :-) principalpoop: the mole--men are reneging? klokwkdog: lots of mills in the area, mabye llan klokwkdog: the river in Winston-Salem would run red, purple, green at times Merlyn: "The Tick vs. The Mole Men" features an unauthorized use of Cindy Crawford's likeness, according to one amazon.com review principalpoop: our local troop is building a new building, you should try it llan llanwydd: no, down in danville the soil is all red clay ||||||||| Catherwood ushers porgie in through the front door at 11:38 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. klokwkdog: Fran -- that was taken on G'father Mtn. right after it opened. '53 or '54, I think Bambi: we have family in danville klokwkdog: hey, Porgie Bambi: transplanted though cease: porge principalpoop: i remember the sign, I don't remember it being red Bambi: awesome! Klok ... we love that place principalpoop: hi porgie llanwydd: so do I bambi porgie: evening cease: danville? blocker, steely, rather porgie: No CNI? klokwkdog: at the time, I thought it was kinda boring llanwydd: more than a few in cascade as well klokwkdog: see chat topic, Porgie ah,clem: sorry, server down principalpoop: ahh, clem, howdy porgie: feeling insecure? cease: ah Bambi: that's a great picture Klok principalpoop: I miss you :( good luck! cease: bay ah,clem: hi all cease: say klokwkdog: llan -- half the damn soil in Piedmont NC is red clay, but the rivers aren't blood red! Bambi: I know that very spot porgie: who broke the president? llanwydd: in danville the dan flows the color of rust Bambi: ah, clem sent his clone to do that LOL llanwydd: you would think it was polluted but it's not klokwkdog: back to the shadows again Bambi: clem clone llanwydd: it's just the clay Merlyn: where are the gawking geeks? ah,clem: ah,clem, the clone took out Dr. Memory porgie: Where can I get a job? principalpoop: doing what? Bambi: yes, Dr. Memory and the President porgie: My wife is sleeping with the bees Bambi: ?? ah,clem: a flip flop, springhead porgie: do you always say yes? Bambi: no principalpoop: cassius clay klokwkdog: well, this head gotta spring off to make another sub and deal with Matters at Hand klokwkdog: was he red principalpoop: when you say no, do you really mean yes? llanwydd: do you remember the future? cease: the bees and spiders again? ah,clem: can't you answer my question, yes or no? Bambi: Mad Hatters? porgie: Do you remember the past? klokwkdog: so I will bid you all a good-night Bambi: have a great night Klok! principalpoop: no that as malcom klokwkdog: Mad Hatteras? principalpoop: night klok ah,clem: g/n Klok principalpoop: I double your bid klokwkdog: CU all Next Week or on Sat. nite for CNI live shows principalpoop: malcom in the middle porgie: forget it! cease: klok Bambi: see ya all on Saturday we hope ... don't forget there's a few more minutes with Firesign Theatre at 10PM ET Saturday after the JimmyLee and Bambi Show http://www.cniradio.com klokwkdog: nite Clem, Poop, Bambi, Porg, llan, Cat porgie: what do you bid for a good night? principalpoop: forget what? how can I know what you hear? Bambi: 50 cents? klokwkdog: how can there be more of what we didn't get? ;-)) :-( principalpoop: good luck Keepers of the Root :D ||||||||| klokwkdog rushes off, saying "11:45 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Bambi: thanks :-) porgie: not that good of a night llanwydd: nite klok Bambi: nytol everyone ... see ya on the flipside llanwydd: nite bambi principalpoop: wait, which side am I on now? porgie: say catherwood, roll a couple of bombers ||||||||| Catherwood says " roll a couple of bombers" principalpoop: I do not want to come back on the wrong side.... porgie: the other side? cease: here, have a REd Baron principalpoop: it is disconcerting him having the right time principalpoop: right, or left side porgie: don't bare that here. llanwydd: well, I'm going to go into suspended animation until tomorrow principalpoop: it's ok, their speaking chinese llanwydd: and I probably won't be seeing you tomorrow porgie: I don't care what color it is cease: i prefer chiankles principalpoop: sleep well sweet prince llanwydd: so I'll say shangri-la until next week porgie: suspended animamation? cease: llan principalpoop: fare thee well, say hi to your neighbors for me porgie: can they hold you up that long? cease: poop principalpoop: cat? porgie: dog principalpoop: you lost me with chiankles Merlyn: I'm going too, see you next week cease: i thoguht you were exiting cease: off we flow principalpoop: Night M, and thanks again cease: insteasd of chi-knees ||||||||| Catherwood says "11:50 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door cease: words exist to be recombined principalpoop: ahh, yes, the bus is here, I will toodle lol porgie: koo koo cachew principalpoop: ciaoo cease: off we go ||||||||| cease departs at 11:50 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" principalpoop: how do the ankles fit in? porgie: Well he's shuffled off to Buffalo ||||||||| principalpoop runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's principalpoop?! It's 11:51 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ah,clem: good night all porgie: night ||||||||| At 11:52 PM, ah,clem vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| porgie leaves at 11:52 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| It's 12:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bambi - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 5:32 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
AmadeusTweenzart
Bambi
Bunnyboy
cease
Dr. Headphones
El Diablo Yamamoto
Elayne
Firebroiled
HemKlokBamMerCeaAh,PriBunLLanw
Hemlock Stones
jackie
klokwkdog
llanwydd
Merlyn
Mudhead
porgie
principalpoop
Rotonoto
Tweeny
