||||||||| 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 July 02, 2009 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Firebroiled gets out at 7:20 AM. Firebroiled:
We’re goin’ back to the Shadows again! Out where an Indian’s your friend! Where the vegetables are green, And you can pee right into the stream! (And that’s important!) We’re back from the Shadows again!
Doors close in five seconds. Firebroiled: Yet now, as inevitable as dawn, the Sun, arching on its axis, rises to meet the East -- chariot-racing across the high noon desert sky, only to plummit, like bald Icarus, into the sensual, fermenting seas of the South Pacific And even now, yet, as scary night decends upon us, we could appreciate the Wonders of Nature as stimulating as Man’s Own Triumphs!
Let us pause . . . ||||||||| Firebroiled leaves to catch the 7:21 AM train to Funfun Town. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'bynum', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 5:53 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 6:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| bynum - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with ah,clem close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:31 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room. ||||||||| New CNI streaming notice: '"a few minutes with FireSign Theatre" at about 9 eastern time, welcome to Hollywood' ||||||||| ah,clem is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 8:34 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'SirCumferenceOfATweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:37 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Who's movie _is_ this, anyway? ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies llanddfylle inside, makes a note of the time (9:04 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llanddfylle: good evening! llanddfylle: very strange that there is no one else here yet ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'cease', just granted probation at 9:07 PM", then leaves hurriedly. cease: hey llanddfylle: good evening mr ishikawa cease: i was elsewhere involved cease: perhaps the others are as well llanddfylle: do you think there is a major story on the news tonight that everybody else heard about but us? cease: this is the hollywood nighthsit if menitoned llanddfylle: perhaps the chinese have dropped the h-bomb on hollywood cease: you listening to cni? ||||||||| It's 9:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| SirCumferenceOfATweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanddfylle: I don't get cni cease: clem has to play this again when more are here cease: alas llanddfylle: last week everybody but me knew about michael jackson llanddfylle: I didn't know until after I had logged out of chat cease: austihn is doing his duck character llanddfylle: then I remembered the "billy jean" reference cease: you can go to the website and hear it yourself, llan. ||||||||| Outside, the 9:12 PM downtown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving SirCumferenceOfATweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. llanddfylle: that's what I keep hearing llanddfylle: I get an error message every time cease: odd llanddfylle: wb, tween cease: jsut google hollywood nightshift cease: thats what i did cease: hi tween llanddfylle: ok, I'll do that. brb llanddfylle: guess I don't know what I'm doing SirCumferenceOfATweeny: hewwo cease: trial and error works for most people cease: are you drinking wine, tween? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: What the _hell_ is this (on the radio)? llanddfylle: I'll bet a giant sinkhole swallowed the white house and everbody is watching the news instead of joining us tonight cease: hollywood nightshift SirCumferenceOfATweeny: More of a Lone Star sort of guy cease: just google it. this is what you get cease: just pancho and me drinking the wine SirCumferenceOfATweeny: But I bet I'd like Sangria llanddfylle: well, I don't have much patience with trial and error SirCumferenceOfATweeny: A place in LA? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Must mean something to a person who grew up in LA SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Not released, obviously llanddfylle: I've got to see california someday llanddfylle: ever since I got into the firesign theatre I've been fascinated with california SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Lot's Brits like Cal & FL SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Lot's of cease: a fruit punch. heavy on the punch SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Considering what they say about English weather, I can understand cease: you never been there, llan? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol cease llanddfylle: the way I became fascinated with england after I started listening to Yes llanddfylle: but I got a chance to visit england SirCumferenceOfATweeny: If SF wasn't so expensive, I'd consider it llanddfylle: I've never been west of san antonio llanddfylle: unless witchita is further west SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Only been through San Antonio going to Corpus, but RiverWalk looked pretty nice llanddfylle: I was in witchita when I was just a kid llanddfylle: I walked along the river walk SirCumferenceOfATweeny: You really have to vist the American West some time cease: was it kerouacian? cease: did ginzberg write it a sutra? llanddfylle: poor cease doesn't have anyone of his own IQ to talk to tonight SirCumferenceOfATweeny: That would be a good use for a VW camper llanddfylle: just us subgeniuses SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Just to travel for the heck of it cease: sounds like a church llanddfylle: or would it be subgenii SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol LL
SirCumferenceOfATweeny dreams of subgenii llanddfylle: lol cease: anyone who can follow the firesign theatre can follow anybody llanddfylle: actually this is very strange that there is no one else here llanddfylle: just give them a light cease: you aint got no freinds on your light cease: i wonder where clem and bambi are? i hope clem is well cease: are yuou cahtting with them now, tween? ||||||||| Catherwood leads Elayne in through the front door at 9:29 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Elayne: Evenin' all! Wow, quiet tonight. cease: here comes the mother of the chat llanddfylle: well here is someone Elayne: Hey, who you callin' a mother? Elayne: I cut you, man, I CUT YOU! llanddfylle: Hi Elayne! cease: yuo u think one night will occur when no one will come here at all? llanddfylle: not likely Elayne: So I was watching the Rocky & Bullwinkle movie on TV yesterday. I'd forgotten Phil P was in that. It was pretty good, very much a tribute to Jay Ward. cease: i hope new people are discovering firesign. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hey E Elayne: Robin says hello to all my "Firesign'y friends." llanddfylle: don't know much about that. is it animated? cease: really, el? Elayne: Llan, partly. Mostly CGI combined with live action. cease: hi robin! get work soon! Elayne: Rob says thanks, he's working on it. llanddfylle: I'd watch it just for proctor cease: proc is in hundreds of flicks cease: or jhis voice is SirCumferenceOfATweeny: >>So I was watching the Rocky & Bullwinkle movie on TV yesterday. I'd forgotten Phil P was in that<< no joke? llanddfylle: he's such a good actor I've never recognized him Elayne: Yes Tween, he has a featured role in it. He's "Fearless Leader's stage director" or somesuch. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: wow Elayne: It was fun seeing him interact with the other players, he was always moving, always doing stuff. llanddfylle: except just once. I noticed him in an episode of All in the Family Elayne: He body-acts very well, where other actors will just say their lines. Elayne: He's a good physical actor. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:34 PM and Principalpoop steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanddfylle: it wasn't even a comic role in All in the Family so it took me a while before I knew it was him cease: indeed, el cease: hi poop Elayne: It was pre-Proctor beard, made about 10 years ago. There are scenes shot outdoors in NYC and you can see the World Trade Center towers. llanddfylle: Hi Prin SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I'm so sorry they lost the XM gig. Was great to watch them work ||||||||| 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 Bambi gets out at 9:34 PM. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hey P cease: heil deer Bambi: hello dear friends :-) Elayne: Hey PrinPoop! llanddfylle: Hi Bambi Elayne: Evenin' Fran!! Principalpoop: hi bambi all Bambi: Howdy folks ... hey Elayne!! SirCumferenceOfATweeny: No puede! Elayne: So my office gave us a day off tomorrow 'cause July 4 falls on a Saturday, so I have a nice 3-day weekend ahead of me. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Oops - no dispare Bambi: how's it going Cat, Elayne, llanwydd, Princep, Tween? llanddfylle: I think Proctor is the best actor of the four and Ossman is the best writer Elayne: Maybe it won't rain any more. cease: good for you, el Bambi: very nice Elayne! SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Lived in TX almost 15 years, and I still can't speak Spanish cease: wheee as austin and bergman are... cease: is it a problem, tween? Elayne: Austin's the most musical, Cat. cease: aha, el cease: yes he often says that cease: and bergman is the meastro? Principalpoop: i lived in LA and miami and still cannot speak spanish llanddfylle: yes, austin is the best musician Bambi: all of them fit together like a hand in glove and they all have talents that complement each other so well llanddfylle: and bergman is the best mudhead cease: exactly, bambi SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Roller Maidens is great for the music llanddfylle: very true, bambi SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Talented bunch of folks
Bambi :-) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Exactly, Bambi - all 'fire signs' :-) Principalpoop: I work better in a mitten cease: its a musical llanddfylle: but they are all incredible actors
Bambi -) yeah lol cease: sometimes like fire Bambi: they know their strong 'suits' and work them to advantage llanddfylle: as an actor and writer I have learned an enormous amount from them cease: knowledge free for us all cease: this is radio. broadcast genius SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I didn't know until a couple of months ago that that was where the name came from cease: and this is austin with 2 other guys SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Arrrnold Mmmmm strong suits llanddfylle: what name, tween? Principalpoop: what months tween? llanddfylle: testing Principalpoop: I'll have a pink tuel catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood rushes alongside Principalpoop and mumbles "My ears are burning..." SirCumferenceOfATweeny: You have to put the balls on the other side, P llanddfylle: catherwood, you might want to try lanacaine ||||||||| Catherwood gives to try lanacaine. llanddfylle: lol llanddfylle: I said that to one guy and he thought I told him to lay in a cave Elayne: So, anyone have a silly site for me to put on my blog today? Bambi: Catherwood, please pour me a double toasted almond ||||||||| Catherwood gets Bambi a double toasted almond. cease: lol llan Principalpoop: asking him was an after thought cease: i only learn of them from you, el
Bambi says after the County Board of Supervisor meeting, I need one LOL
SirCumferenceOfATweeny plays "Bungle In The Jungle" llanddfylle: that's alright by me SirCumferenceOfATweeny: How very Plutonic of you, LL SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Sorry, Socratic ;) Principalpoop: does Senator Franken have a website E? llanddfylle: well, I didn't think it was very cratic Elayne: He does, Prinpoop, but it's not terribly silly. cease: i love that, poop. Senator Franken Elayne: Remember, the "Me, Al Franken Decade" was almost 30 years ago. llanddfylle: that does have a funny sound to it Principalpoop: It is Senator Al Franken, that is not silly enough? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: You've been trying to have a rational conversation with insane people again, Bambi? cease: i loved his radio show, el. thjought it was the best on air america at the ttime Bambi: Elayne have you had a chance to read any of my blog postings of late? Principalpoop: He has calmed down, and you can see him trying not to be a clown Elayne: Hang on Fran, I want to make sure your RSS feed is working. Bambi:http://bambismusings.wordpress.com SirCumferenceOfATweeny: "I'm good, I'm nice, people really like me, and I'm your Senator" llanddfylle: so, why so few of us tonight? Bambi: holiday weekend coming up? Bambi: LOL llanddfylle: well, I guess most of the others log in later than 9 anyway cease: dex is off celebrating his mother's century SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Stewart Smalley in Congress. Who would have thunk it Bambi: yeah, Dex said he would not be here tonight Principalpoop: Librarian humor at http://community.livejournal.com/lolbrarians/ Elayne: Wow, you've moved! No wonder I wasn't seeing your blog posts... cease: i wonder how honey and stones are llanddfylle: no kidding! 100? Bambi: there ya go Elayne :-) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: The 4th of Julie? Bambi: yeah, easier to keep up on the software updates this way ... WordPress takes care of it lol llanddfylle: my parents are in their 70s Elayne: Fran, should I "file" you under News or Kultcha? Elayne: I've had you under "Kultcha" 'cause I know you from here. Bambi: my mother is too llan, and my dad would have been SirCumferenceOfATweeny: My mom was 36 when she had me llanddfylle: kulcha is indian llanddfylle: I'm getting hungry SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Quite old for the early 50's Principalpoop: kulcha chan kulcha chan Bambi: little of both Elayne ... wherever you will find me best :-) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Catherwood, please give LL a groat cluster ||||||||| Catherwood hands ll a groat cluster. cease: this is primo austin SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Ka-Chacha Chan? Elayne: Thanks Fran, let me fix your link from my blog and I'll be all set to start catching up. Bambi: kewl Elayne :-) cease: el, you can use the website for this as your silly site, if you havent already Elayne: Hmm, Bloglines is still loading the feed... weird... Elayne: The website for what, Cat? The chat? No, I use the chat site as my referrer, not the silly site itself. Bambi: from my blog Elayne? Bambi: there's a lot there lol SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Cetchup or Katsup, your choice cease: no,m this cni thing on now. austin in the hollywood nightshift. Elayne: Yeah, Bambi. Bloglines is acting up. I just got a 500 Internal Server Error. Principalpoop: mayo Bambi: hmmm cease: i menitoned it before. its on now. i had to send the file to clem but its a public site llanddfylle: well, I must break for dinner. believe it or not I haven't eaten all day Elayne: Ever since Bloglines was sold to the Chinese, it hasn't been the same. llanddfylle: probably be back later Principalpoop: velbekomme llan Bambi: the blog loads right up when I pull it up ... hmmm cease: i doubt it was taken off Bambi: enjoy dinner llan! Elayne: Yeah, it appears to have crashed. Oh well, so much for catching up on blog reading! Elayne: Now I really do need to find a silly site, most of my sites are bookmarked via Bloglines. Bambi: lol Bambi: what OS are you using? cease: eaqt well, llan Elayne: Fran, I can get to your blog just fine. I can't add your feed to Bloglines, because Bloglines has crashed temporarily, that's all. cease: are you listening to cni now, el? Bambi: ah, ok Elayne: No Cat, I'm in the living room with Robin, watching TV. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. cease: aha cease: even bettter Bambi: I thought Ask owned bloglines? Bambi: is Ask owned by the Chinese now? Elayne: Fran, I believe the Chinese now own Ask, or Ask sold Bloglines to them, or something. Hang on, I'll find the link... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: "I say, long hair, short hair, what's the difference once the heads blowed off?" ~ farmer Yassir Bambi: ok cease: is that from Easy Rider? Elayne: Ah, here it is. They didn't sell it, but they've outsourced its operation to China: http://workbench.cadenhead.org/news/3517/bloglines-offline-hours-and-outsourced
SirCumferenceOfATweeny is a big fan of "Lemmings" ;) cease: Lemmons are great too SirCumferenceOfATweeny: in sangria? cease: nah, orange cease: unless a sweeter wine were used, in which case lemon would be essential cease: i love hearingf austin having this much fun Bambi: not good Elayne ... might want to export the OPML when you can get back in ... just in case you need to change readers Bambi: Lemmings ... love the Lemmings games Elayne: OPML? Not sure how to do that... Principalpoop: the voice of ahhh, clem Bambi: that's the format when you export your RSS links Bambi: check for a place to Export cease: faithful indeed, clem SirCumferenceOfATweeny: National Lampoon - they were quite good making fun of Woodstock Elayne: Okay, YouTube comes through again with my Silly Site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg&feature=rec-HM-r2 Elayne: Hang on, need to post... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Which it richly deserved, but the USA would be the same without it ||||||||| Outside, the 10:08 PM crosstown bus from Seattle pulls away, leaving Bunnyboy coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Bunnyboy: Greets! cease: hey bunny SirCumferenceOfATweeny: (thanks for "Love-In", Proc :) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hey Bunny Elayne: Hey Bunnyboy! Bambi:http://www.bloglines.com/help/faq#OPML ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanddfylle - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Bambi: it's the one just above that item on the page Elayne Bunnyboy: Tweeny: The LEMMINGS album is delightful. The video that they got around to making, less so. There's a palpable distance between the performers and the audience. Bambi: hey bunny SirCumferenceOfATweeny: What's next? Live from the Mars Hotel? lol guys Principalpoop: hip hop bunny SirCumferenceOfATweeny: need to restart, brb Bunnyboy: You can readily find clips of the LEMMINGS video online, on YouTube, et. al. ||||||||| SirCumferenceOfATweeny is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 10:11 PM. Elayne: Fran, I'm in the Edit window and I don't see any exporting mechanism. Bunnyboy: I finally saw MARTIAN SPACE PARTY, online, last night. cease: ok ik just got the live from mars Elayne: Never mind, I see it now, all the way at the bottom. Exporting now! Bunnyboy: Dumb me, I never realized that there were 3 Walters on NOT INSANE! Bambi: Yea!!! now you won't lose your feeds Bambi: and you can import that into any reader you use ... have you looked into RSSOwl? cease: you will never stop learning new stuff from firesign, bun Bunnyboy: I always got the impression that Ossman was WALTER, the somewhat-automated news voice. Bunnyboy: And that WALTER = Wholly Artificial Living Thing, Enunciating Resonantly. Bambi:http://www.rssowl.org (open source) Elayne: Okay, all caught up. Thanks Fran! Bambi: You're welcome! :-) Bambi: you are a quick reader! LOL Elayne: Fran, I need something I don't have to download. I use my RSS reader extensively at work, and my company doesn't allow downloads. Bambi: ah, ok Elayne: I'll probably wind up going with Google Reader, I don't think they block that site the way they block Gmail. Bambi: will look for another web based one for ya Elayne: Thanks! Bunnyboy: Anybody got the Big Book of Plays, at arm's length? Elayne: I do, Bunnyboyd. What do you need? cease: in my paws bim Bunnyboy: I've been editing WikiRococo, and have no clue what Bergman's W.C. FIELDS FOREVER character's name is. Principalpoop: how's your old wahzoo? Elayne: I think it's "Bill," but let me see. Bunnyboy: He never mentions it, nor does anyone else. Bambi:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feed_aggregators#Web-based_services ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'SirCumferenceOfATweeny', just granted probation at 10:20 PM", then leaves hurriedly. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: The small but expectant crowd Bunnyboy: It was fun to see the full-boat version of O BLINDING LIGHT, in MARTIAN SPACE PARTY. Elayne: Bunnyboy, I don't know where the W.C. Fields Forever script is, all they have in Big Book of Plays is the title piece from Waiting for the Electrician. Elayne: Hang on, I'll look in the Big Mystery Joke Book. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Krassner sent a video - http://www.youtube.com/user/CityLightsBooks Bunnyboy: I know they have HUMBOLDT and CUNEGONDE in the Joke Book.... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Haven't watched it yet, but PK can get my attention anytime ;) cease: i justr consulted it. no wc Elayne: What piece did you want, Bunnyboy? Electrician? Bunnyboy: Poo! cease: jsut when you need to pee
SirCumferenceOfATweeny recommends Krassner's "Irony Lives" SirCumferenceOfATweeny: LOL cease Elayne: "W.C. Fields Forever" was a line on the cover of, I think, How Can You Be. I believe that may be the play you want. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Ve also vant piece SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Of Langella Elayne: In the "Land of the Pharoahs" thing, the character's name was Bill, and he was called by that name. cease: that was wc fields real name cease: a great influence on th4 firesign SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Catherwood, please invite Elayne to dinner ||||||||| Catherwood ignores SirCumferenceOfATweeny Bunnyboy: El: That would probably be Proc-as-Fields, "Bill", doncha know... Elayne: Sorry, I misremembered. It's Band Two of Electrician. Hang on... Bunnyboy: WIlliam Dukenfeld, yeah... cease: yes el thats the missing script from big obok of plays Elayne: Yes Cat, it's also missing from Big Mystery Joke Book. Sorry Bunnyboy! Looks like you'll have to hit the sauce - I mean, go to the source. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Where's Klok when you need him... cease: lol el cease: alas, tween cease: they're all groovy cease: klok sent forth a vast grooviness that still resonates Elayne: Okay, that wore me out. I'm outta here... cease: all the best to you and robin SirCumferenceOfATweeny: hello again Principalpoop: groovy E Bunnyboy: nite El! SirCumferenceOfATweeny: DSL carped Elayne: Night! ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:31 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Elayne by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
SirCumferenceOfATweeny hopes there's a Linux section of Heaven ;) cease: there must be, tween SirCumferenceOfATweeny: God, I love the smell of Tweeny in the morning cease: i think most people today are unaware of the 60s ref, "putting down in NIgeria" cease: thats long vanished slang Bunnyboy: Y'know, I've never seen a cellphone as anything but a convenience, but the new iPhone 3GS is pretty damn cool. cease: i dont need a phone and dont have one. cease: but almsot everyone else does Bambi: night Elayne! Principalpoop: that was a strong toasted almond bambi cease: i wonder if austin wrote this?
SirCumferenceOfATweeny wants people watching television in the street Bunnyboy: The pieces on ELECTRICIAN are easily the most dated commercial Firesign material. cease: indeed, bun SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Putting on makeup at 80mph Bunnyboy: cat, I hear ya. I was a cellphone hater for many years. Still think there's plenty of bad etiquette associated with them...and the tippy-tappers, too. Bunnyboy: If the house lights are coming down, TURN IT OFF!!! cease: it means i have to carry quarters and search for a public phone when i have to phone fumiyo though. only inconvenince i can see cease: quarters arent that heavy Bunnyboy: cat: Their groovy...in BC and USA. Bunnyboy: Just feel the sides! ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:41 PM and ah,clem bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Bunnyboy: oops, "They're" Principalpoop: hi ahhh, clem Bunnyboy: And me, a college graduate. Bunnyboy: hiya clem
SirCumferenceOfATweeny gives cease a card which says he's groovy cease: thanks tween Principalpoop: far out tween SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol ah,clem: what sort of a chump do you take me for? Principalpoop: first class ah,clem: hi all SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Always be sure to carry the 'Groovie Card' - what will you do.... Principalpoop: you sounded much better ah,clem Principalpoop: except for interrupting yourself cease: hey clem SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Darn the COBOL reference cease: all hale and hearty? ah,clem: not bad Principalpoop: gets under your fortran tween? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Eat or Be Eaten.... ||||||||| Dave tiptoes in around 10:46 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Principalpoop: hi dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Katie! ah,clem: hi Dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol - nice to have you here, Denver cease: great dodgers ref SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Want to cook something? Phoenix has come early to Austin this year cease: hey dave Bunnyboy: Hiya, Dave! Dave: well sir, it's nearing 11:00 as we enter the crazy loony bin hal up the next apartement building, and in it we find the usual cast of misfits, listen. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hmm, the usual suspects... Principalpoop: miss fits is there? tell her to call me... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Been to Aspen. Very cool place Dave: katie isn't here, still in New York but her training is going well, god I miss my labradore Principalpoop: graduate school for dogs? cool cease: are you listening to cni now, dave? Dave: heyya bunnyboy SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I can't begin to imagine doing the streets of NYC with a guide dog
SirCumferenceOfATweeny respects Dave: unfortunately I can't listen to cni and listen to my reader at the same time, too much input there to try and follow the chat and the fst stuff cease: that makes sense, dave cease: ah clem played the hollywood nightshift show earlier Dave: i did manhatton with katie, actually, and if I go to NJ for school we'll be doing it quite a bit I imagine cease: now he's playing waht is this, weirdly cool? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Last time I was in NYC was in '78 with a band cease: you going to nh for shcool? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: That's something to be proud of, Dave ah,clem: yes cat weirdly cool SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Not many people could do that cease: new jersey? cease: now you can do berlin, dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: joisey, cease - pronounce it correctly cease: thats sitll hilarious SirCumferenceOfATweeny: They need to do something like Weirdly Cool again cease: i watched too many sopranos episodes SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Never had any interest - Brando was enough for me cease: they may, tween. if someone offers to fund it SirCumferenceOfATweeny: So how do we do that? cease: not our league, tween SirCumferenceOfATweeny: 20,000 _hundred_ dollars SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I'm still trying to get them to a theater in Austin SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Paramount's pretty good cease: if you can convince a rich austinite to fund that, it could happen, tween SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Will keep my ears open to such a possibility Principalpoop: ahh these high finances SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Maybe NPR/PBS Austin ||||||||| It's 11:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dave - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: With recording rights cease: firesign came out of cheap radio. but tv aint cheap Principalpoop: it is all digital now SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Nor is the Paramount cease: what i get from reading proc's planet, if money were available, they could go anywhere ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Dave bounds in at 11:01 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Perhaps have to work on that :) Principalpoop: welcome back dave ||||||||| Bunnyboy rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Bunnyboy?! It's 11:01 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bunnyboy into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mutters something about 11:01 PM, then departs. Dave: well whatever anyone said I missed, comp froze, or the reader did Bunnyboy: whoops Principalpoop: wb bun cease: are you in or out, bun? cease: nothing important, dave Bunnyboy: I fell out! SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Will keep the iron in the fire cease: are you still in school or on "vacation" dave? Bunnyboy: I was just saying, maybe that's the trick: SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Mmmmmm trix are for kids Bunnyboy: Put the guys back behind studio glass...and film it! Principalpoop: do they give you replacement dog dave? a dachshund or poodle? cease: whno would pay, bun? Bunnyboy: If it's in 3-D, everyone will pay! Bunnyboy: Oh, they'll pay... Dave: lol cat no replacement, and off for summer
Bunnyboy grinds his teeth. cease: you goota produce it first.
SirCumferenceOfATweeny offers beads and wampum to Bunny cease: moneyh would not come upfront Principalpoop: not even a guide cat? haha SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Catherwood, give me a Manhattan ||||||||| Catherwood gives SirCumferenceOfATweeny a manhattan. cease: waht does "off" mean to you, dave? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol cease Dave: it means that I can do things at my leisure, like my ellington analysis paper and I don't have to rush around in a set schedule, and I eat decently, and I try to improve myself, that's what off means to me SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Kudos, Dave cease: indeed SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I'm more Return To Forever, but I know where it comes from ;) cease: merl is not here but i['m sure he'd tell you, if large sums of money were waved in front of the lads, they'd do a show, or radio, or whatever Dave: I sped past forever, never to return to that chick again cease: you mean the chick corea group? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: FST in Aspen? Hmmmm cease: i dont know why they were never invited there. cease: makes no sense SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Yeah Corea is on my top 10 list keys cease: i saw the group in van in the 70s. great show Bunnyboy: I better go tend to that family of mine. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: They like Python in Aspen. Might not be a stretch Dave: yeah, did corea ever tour korea? ha I coudln't resist cease: indeed, bun Bunnyboy: Nitey, folks. Happy Holiday! Principalpoop: hip hop bunny Bunnyboy: Belated Happy Canada Day, cat! Principalpoop: have a fifth on the fourth cease: more so to you, bun. ours was yesterday cease: thanks bun Bunnyboy: Oh, and Happy 12th X-Day!
SirCumferenceOfATweeny will not comment about American blood on Korean soil Dave: happy carrots bun SirCumferenceOfATweeny: It's police in action Bunnyboy:http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/fun/devivals/12XDay/12X-Day.html ||||||||| Bunnyboy says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Bunnyboy exits at 11:12 PM. Principalpoop: E could have used that link, hehe ||||||||| ah,clem rushes off, saying "11:15 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Bambi: hey Dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: thrank you, ah, clem Bambi: thanks Clem! Principalpoop: thank, you ahhh, clem cease: hey, its ah clem cease: thakns again, clem Principalpoop: toad away Principalpoop: happy 4th, have a super week, ciaoooo ||||||||| At 11:20 PM, Principalpoop dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Dave: quiet night here, cease: indeed, dave cease: did you listen to hollywood nightshift? cease: clem played it from 6 cease: there is a vast treasure trove of that show. austin at his best Dave: no haven't yet cat, trying to remember where I put it actually, and still need to find those records you asked for cease: whenever, dave. cease: the file is on that site for a monthl as long as you got it cease: dont know if you like crosby, stills, nash and later young but they wree very important to me in their era cease: i didnt know this music was rare until looking it up on google SirCumferenceOfATweeny: CSNY should be framed in Cleveland SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Great album art cease: bergman's home town SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I Stills wants someone to play "Carry On" keys, he could probably find it in Austin SirCumferenceOfATweeny: How long since Goshen? cease: i heard nash on air america recently. sounds the same. stilll sounds like his vocal chords had died SirCumferenceOfATweeny: If Stills cease: too many cigarettesw? cease: or old age SirCumferenceOfATweeny: CSN was excellent here SirCumferenceOfATweeny: It's been 10 years, but I assure you people will remember that concert SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Age is in your mind SirCumferenceOfATweeny: These poor 'soft machines' not withstanding ;) cease: i saw them when they first started, at the greek theatre in la with joni mitchell. she forgot her lyrics and they soiunded terrible open air like that cease: no tween, his voice sucked. cease: it used to be pristine. now it sounds pissed on SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Mmmmm Joni SirCumferenceOfATweeny: For The Roses cease: "i could drink a case of you, and still be on my feet" her great canuck anthem cease: should be our national anthem Dave: man, I never have gotten into soft machine, I tried, I relaly did. and csny has been to DCO a few times but never have seen them, too expensive SirCumferenceOfATweeny: People with an acoustic guitar in Austin _wish_ they could do For The Roses cease: you cant get into everything, dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Yeah, Dave tickets we $80 cease: wandering through my old collection is like wandering through a forrest SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Heard that cease: sonny rollins on radio interview this morning. very articulate, but not inb the way the interviewer expected Dave: I know, but I like to try new things out, SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Now let's talk about $80 for a ticket in Aspen lol cease: you should, dave. and so should we all
SirCumferenceOfATweeny likes to §eta test in Texas cease: when i stop wanting to hear new things, i've probably died Dave: sonny rollins, wow, I wish I could have heard that, and how not in the way the interviewere expected? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Mmmmm The Diet of DC cease: yeah, the interviewer, a musician himself in what i guess was a famous band, iranian dude, gian something, wanted to talk about how terrible heroino was. rollins said not at all cease: was very useful in narrowing his concentration, getting rid of outside distraction, kept him focussed on the music. if thst were false, why would bird, trane et al been on it? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hero and Heroine is a pretty good Strawbs - Moog & Mellotron SirCumferenceOfATweeny: False Canadian? Dave: talk about what? confused cease: the show is called Q. its on every morning on cbc cease: the interviewer, this gian guy, asked him about his heroin addiction. like he was supposed to say, never use heroin everyboyd. cease: but he didnt say that. SirCumferenceOfATweeny: A trillion here, a trillion there, Dave - pretty son you're talking real money SirCumferenceOfATweeny: pretty soon SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Bush handed Obama a printing press. It's likely to get uguly SirCumferenceOfATweeny: ugggggly cease: he didnt say it exactly, but he said in general, if musicians and other crewtive people did not have drugs to take them to another place, their creattions would not have happened Dave: oh heroin, ok gotcha now, and yes the dollar will be toilet paper soon enough ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bambi - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... SirCumferenceOfATweeny: You know something about it, Dave? cease: or thats what they felt at the time. and we're to tell them they're wrong? cease: by bambu SirCumferenceOfATweeny: If WalChina quits buying our IOUs, yeah, it's gonna get uggggly SirCumferenceOfATweeny: lol cease cease: i'm sure you will create the best music you are capable of without any drug, dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: (Treasury Notes) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Eric Clapton's "Journeyman" might suit your taste, Dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Clapton is just as dangerous sober ;) Dave: I don't even touch pot anymore since I had a bad reaction with it and probably some painkillers I was on, and I prefer researching music to playing it relaly SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hemp was illegal in th 18th Century SirCumferenceOfATweeny: wasn't Dave: althought I am singing with Astral weeks now with the window open, and it's quiet outside, SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Probably why The Constitution has so many contradictions SirCumferenceOfATweeny: like the Bible - full of contradictions SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Guess you have to go with your heart SirCumferenceOfATweeny: and a good guide dog in NYC SirCumferenceOfATweeny: ;) cease: astrta; weels was great SirCumferenceOfATweeny: type much, Dave? cease: i just ate a great "tuna pot pie" though not pot inside cease: astrtal weeks SirCumferenceOfATweeny: My Dad was a GWU prof cease: yes i loved morrrison. long ago SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I didn't like living in DC Dave: she's doing well, they tell me, but god it's hard, we just had to put our yorky down the other day, 16.5 years is a good age for a little 3 lb dog SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Morrison was a waste of studio time (imho) cease: you think you would like firesign less if he had been a GWU janitor, tween> cease: indeed, dave
SirCumferenceOfATweeny sweeps the floor Dave: wow kurt I strongly disagree with you, but ok, to each their own SirCumferenceOfATweeny: yep cease: his music was really important to me, long ago Dave: keeps singing loudly! cease: his domino song was an anthem to my girlfriend and i SirCumferenceOfATweeny: TX builds tanks and airplanes. Not particularly useful in ElPaso Dave: his music has gotten me through a LOT of rough spots cease: its that knid of music, dave. or music is, suposed to be according to oliver sacks, yesterday pbs show on music on the btrain cease: when my father died, he was listenig to what i though hideous music but the care centre said it was the best for the dieing Dave: that what music cat/ cease: what a hideous thing to be determined by other people cease: bette midler's rose theme. shitty biopic of janis joplin. very melancholy tune SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Sorry I missed you in Austin, Dave cease: my father liked classical music and hymnns, but not really into music. growing plants and eatrng them was his thing SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Great place for music SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Please do visit again :-) cease: do you know Coltrane's Favourite Things, dave? Dave: yeah kurt no biggy it was a messy crazy sad week anyway long story cease: you survived it, dave cease: when bad things happen, know that you will soon see them in the rear view mirror, as it were SirCumferenceOfATweeny: So how do we get FST into the Paramount in Austin or a really nice theater in Aspen? cease: they will have receded from your concern cease: thats how life happens cease: hear them in your rear view ear, no that doestn work SirCumferenceOfATweeny: I'd love to be part of the tech crew SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Funny you should say that cease: thatsa the idea SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Just had a Hitchcock marathon on TBS SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Vertigo is genius ||||||||| 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.. Dave: lol yes cat, have several versions of it, including the ones that were done in Europe that last about 15 minutes, and one from japan in 67 that lasts an hour, and I can't listen to because he just goes nuts and while I see the idea behind what he does, I just can't play it, that concert would have been good live but after the fact...well what can ya doZ SirCumferenceOfATweeny: You think America can't make a brain implant? SirCumferenceOfATweeny: They're working on Jeordi LaForge, guy SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Good to know you SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Maybe like a coclear implant cease: i alsso have lots of versions but there is one primal one. i'm going to trasnfer it from tape to cd soonest as itw something i might stil l enjoy cease: one of the first jaz pieces i loved, thoug not the orignal tune cease: sound of music was garbage to me even when i loved musicals cease: 50s=60s SirCumferenceOfATweeny: What's the favorite car to steel, cease? cease: i woulndt know Dave: kurt I don't want a fucking brain implant, people don't seem to understand that I really have no desire to see cease: good for you, dave cease: you can do as well as you want withwhat you have SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Hi Dave SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Well, the sun shines just as well :) SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Whether you can see it or not SirCumferenceOfATweeny: There are many things that can't be seen SirCumferenceOfATweeny: Chi cease: ok i have to go water my tomatoes before it gets too dark, which is imminent. cease: hope to see you again soon, tween and dave ||||||||| cease departs at 12:15 AM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Dave: well I'll call it a night, night all keep singing and happy fourth of dependence day ||||||||| Dave leaves at 12:16 AM, 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 12:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| SirCumferenceOfATweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 Odadd Podadd Yomama plummets into the garden at 4:19 AM. Odadd Podadd Yomama: Two places to get the sounds YOU need when you need real radio waves from Jupiter. http://stardate.org/radio/program.php?f=detail&id=2009-07-02http://www.audiosparx.com/sa/ or click the following address to visit TheKid and his linkable midis http://www.wtv-zone.com/TheKid/index.html
