||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for December 06, 2012 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "8:29 PM? 8:29 PM!!" says Catherwood, "DJTween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as DJTween enters and sits in the comfy chair. ||||||||| New notice: 'There will be a Firesign Theatre/OssmanFest simulcast starting at 8pm CST this evening. Listen at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u' ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Thwenny in through the front door at 8:33 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Merlyn into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:58 PM, then departs. Merlyn: doh! I forgot DJTween: Hi Merlyn Merlyn: hey DJTween: I downloaded all the Mark Time and Barnstormer stuff :) Merlyn: ok Merlyn: fuse of doom is also downloadable, I forgot to assemble it Merlyn: is the fidelity good enough? ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, December 06, 2012 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" DJTween: Sure, high quality Real files DJTween: From the XM and FST pages ||||||||| New notice: 'currently playing - Rick Wakeman - listen at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u' DJTween: Did you send some stuff via mail? Merlyn: no I forgot DJTween: OK, no big Merlyn: I'm old DJTween: Have plenty of material DJTween: Cat sent some poetry readings DJTween: Aren't we all ;) ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and announces "Presenting 'cs', just granted probation at 9:02 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Merlyn: hi cat DJTween: Evenin' cease cs: hi all cs: you see ossman cs: post to facebook just now? DJTween: nope Merlyn: nope DJTween: I saw one earlier cs: wonderfuly directing the attention he's getting to his son's projects cs: go look DJTween: kewl DJTween: maybe later Merlyn: cat, where? on the firesign page, or his page? I don't see anything at either from him cs: facebook, merl cs: i'm tapping into consciousness now Merlyn: I KNOW facebook, but there's both a firesign page, and a david ossman page Merlyn: and I don't see anything on either one Thwenny: How Time Flys at Firesign Media - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=htf Merlyn: that resembles what you've said ||||||||| New notice: 'currently playing - How Time Flys - listen at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u' Merlyn: CAAAAT!!!!! Thwenny: lol Thwenny: Got a URL, cease? cs: i just found it on ossman's page but i read it on facebook a few minutes ago. Thwenny: BTW - Dex said he wouldn't be able to make it his evening cs:http://www.facebook.com/david.ossman.3 cs: too bad DJTween: *this DJTween: Got the poetry downloaded cs: i wish htis were better known. DJTween: It really is a fine album cs: production quality, or maybe age of cassette not so good for the video but audio is fine cs: did you check out his 75th birthday bash/poetry reading on youtube? 45 minutes of his latest poems, most he read on rfo DJTween: No, didn't know about that one cs:http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmptOV192XMY&ei=lFHBUMWtDYeGiQKL2oHADA&usg=AFQjCNEvNV5PHkhqdvL8xuaQ_DvvHfyJeQ DJTween: Cool that the log keeps a list of URLs that get posted. Nice feature, Merlyn cs: volume know just fell of new speaker. not a good sign DJTween: Technical problems? DJTween: Output's fine here cs: cheap computer speakers DJTween: ah, OK ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Pitts-Rheumy inside, makes a note of the time (9:20 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. cs: cant complain. i didnt pay for them cs: knob DJTween: Hi Pitts cs: hi pitts Pitts-Rheumy: Howdy, folks Pitts-Rheumy: Hey Tween, cat Merlyn: hi ||||||||| New notice: 'Happy Birthday David Ossman - currently playing - How Time Flys - listen at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u' Pitts-Rheumy: Doing B-day wishes to the Big O? cs: you should post it to facebook, tween DJTween: yes indeed, an OssmanFest this evening :) cs: yes, its an ossfest Pitts-Rheumy: Slightly older than dirt? DJTween: I did, cease cs: do it now its on. facebook needs repetition DJTween: I'm thinking maybe maybe FST will give me permission to post the chat announcements in their name? cs: you'd have to get permission from them DJTween: That would reach a whole lot more people than my small 'friend' collection Merlyn: I think permission would be easy to get cs: yes, but folks would show up expecting to see them here, and be very dissappointed that they're not DJTween: I'll ask Proc Merlyn: good point cat, announcements should be like "Tweeny here, next firesign chat blah blah" DJTween: I could make it clear that they can talk to 'other fans' cs: yes that should be clarified DJTween: "Join other fans in the chat and listen to Firesign albums and rare unrealsed material." or something like that DJTween: *unreleased DJTween: Like I said, I'll email Proc and see what he thinks Pitts-Rheumy: This sounds like a plan , , , , ? cs: good plan Pitts-Rheumy: Keep the heart and spirit in it. DJTween: Sure would like to get a bunch of new people in here cs: i was watching ossman's vid, An Autobiographical Evening from 1986, hopefully tweeny will be playing some of later DJTween: I just happened to stumble across the chat a few years ago. I'm sure most fans have no idea we're doing this cs: so many dope references in his poetry, and the great line about, i wish i had some company and some good dope in this one DJTween: Yes, I have those cs: how perfect is it for marijuana to be legalized on his birthday in washington DJTween: Really? Takes effect today? Pitts-Rheumy: Has to be something from the Dear Friends broadcast, Ossman's poetry ?? cs: since 1995 cs: no, a firesign friend, michael packer, recorded ossman in grand rapids in 1986. it was a show Pitts-Rheumy: Or, a blessing from the Church of Science Friction, maybe? cs: ossman played a bunch of clips from firesign clips, did some of his wrirting, than later read a bunch of his poems cs: osman was living in boston then, i think he had just got together with judith DJTween: I have some Barnstormer to play, Pitts :) Pitts-Rheumy: 1976 Big Broadcast, with Phil Austin? DJTween: The Barnstormer stuff is from XM and the FST site Pitts-Rheumy: Anything you find, Tween, is fine with me DJTween: Will be playing the Mark Time episodes from XM next cs: i mentioned to my facebook friends that you'd be playing some of the poems DJTween: kewl cs: my favourite 2 poems are among them cs: the best poem i ever heard was ossman's poem about the day of his birth cs: 2nd best was a poem about bergman in turkey Pitts-Rheumy: Surprised he never did anything about Mark Twain, with the resemblance being so close cs: i think he did, not sure Pitts-Rheumy: Seems like a natural, with the passion, independence and spirit cs: have you seen micahel kupperman's graphic novel about twain? Pitts-Rheumy: a few years ago, one man show about M. T., but not kupperman cs: the funniest comic writer i know. his snake n'bacon is the funniest book i've ever read cs: doc tech was visiting north van and we were doing a walking tour of its bookstores when he found this book. cs: he had a tv show briefly but all i saw was the first episode on youtube DJTween: Twain is a favorite ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Principalpoop', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:43 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Pitts-Rheumy: Hey Poop DJTween: Hey P Principalpoop: hey all cs: hi poop cs: happy ossman's birthday Merlyn: hi pp Principalpoop: as twain said "my solution is perfect, anyone who disagrees is insane" cs: snakenbacon's cartoon cabaret Principalpoop: wauk wauk wauk and wohl Thwenny: Mark Time XM Radio Broadcasts - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/xmradio/marktime.html Principalpoop: tap tap, is this thing still on? cs: you animated this, didnt you merl Merlyn: yes Merlyn: well, not there Merlyn: these* cs: i have a disc of it Merlyn: I animated the pre-XM ones Merlyn: I did titles for the XM shows tho Merlyn: If I had a few free months, I could animate the XM ones too cs: did you write this, merl? Merlyn: not this one cs: i thought that programming joke was you Merlyn: if tweeny does them in order, it's the last 2 episodes on the time pirates DJTween: Merlyn is a buddhist writer? Merlyn: honorary buddhist writer
DJTween ) cs: i'm glad they were able to develop this as much as they did Principalpoop: oh mah padme humper DJTween: 6 episodes on XM cs: buddha would be honoured, and/or amused DJTween: hehe Merlyn: proctor didn't know they were on Principalpoop: did you know he was jewish? Sid Arthur... cs: proctor was jewish? only his funny bone Principalpoop: buddha cs: in my play red shift, he's a martian microbe. ossman and proc did a great job as father and son cs: merl's on it, among many chatters Merlyn: playing a microbe is a tiny part cs: actually austin, the dalai lama, had a pretty big part DJTween: do they get scale? Principalpoop: there are no small parts, only small prophets ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTween: So Merlyn, why didn't you guys splice Part A and Part B together to one file? The noises they were making sure presented the opportunity Merlyn: was it a different show? Thwenny:https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/xmradio/marktime.html Merlyn: I don't recall why, there might have been a break in there Thwenny: Could be, but they used the same noises at the end of the first and beginning of the second segments Thwenny: It's two parts of the same story, pretty sure Merlyn: or it could be I had to cut it into shorter segments for some old realaudio reason Thwenny: I considered that as well Principalpoop: i recall .rm, what were realplayer audio files called? DJTween: .ram cs: isnt the woman who started real audio the senator for washington? DJTween: .ram is video also DJTween: The Mark Time stuff is video. I'm playing it in VLC DJTween: oops, actually not DJTween: I tried VLC earlier but it wouldn't do the video codec Principalpoop: ahh yes ram, don't confuse with RAM DJTween: I installed RealPlayer this afternoon cs: i'm listening to this on vlc DJTween: VLC's a great program Merlyn: T. McVeigh Principalpoop: the bomber? cs: did he creat vlc? DJTween: I am using really old Macs, so old VLC. I'm sure the newest version could handle it Principalpoop: Joe Maclaughlin did it Principalpoop: the creator of mcafee is from the roanoke area, and so the local paper Principalpoop: is covering him being on the run from the murder of his neighbor in belize... DJTween: didn't he play guitar for the Mahavisnews? Principalpoop: yes and no, there is more than one cs: great guitar player cs: i saw his with jean-luc ponty in vancouver in mid 70s cs: i had no idea instruments could be played that fast, and that well Principalpoop: wow DJTween: Yes, an amazing talent cs: they must have REALLY STRONG fingers DJTween: Stanley Clarke falls into that category as well cs: yes ive seen him a couple times DJTween: I played a Return To Forever set on my radio show last Sunday - http://kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow/ cs: great band DJTween: One of my favorite American cs: i was a chick corea fan from his first album, sometimes he sings, sometimes not or whatever it was called cs: piano one of my fave instruments. used to play, long ago cs: fumiyo plays guitar and has kept it up, just played at a party today Principalpoop: i got lost at chopsticks Thwenny: getting any stuttering? DJTween:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Corea cs: that would cause you problems in japan, poop Principalpoop: i am not listening, sinus giving me an earache. sorry DJTween: maxed out the proc for a bit there Principalpoop: what do they do about soup? cs: it you can't drink it, it shouldnt be in soup cs: they loved saying fuck on air,particularly bergman Principalpoop: colbert got a fuck in the other night, some name, joe fuqueman lol cs: autoBOZOgraphical evening, tween Principalpoop: they bleeped the subsequent times cs: yes i heard that. great DJTween: I have Utopia Or Oblivion, as well as I Seem To Be A Verb DJTween: This like Echo Poem Principalpoop: i call your utopia or oblivion and raise you one nirvana and one vahalla cs: the other version i have of this is other people, kids in partic doing these DJTween: Hope you feel better soon, P Principalpoop: a hot shower did not work, I may take medicine soon, thanks cs: BOZOgraphical, tween, pay attention Principalpoop: in fact I will, brb DJTween: Yes, please to excuse misread cs: this is as good as words get DJTween: Gonna be a long night, but some great material :) cs: this really gets into ossman's head, where he's coming from cs: i think in his obit, he would want to be known as david ossman, poet, also firesign theatre guy ||||||||| New notice: 'Happy Birthday David Ossman - currently playing - OssmanFest - listen at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u' DJTween: I have his Dr. Firesign book DJTween: an extremely literate fellow, in the best sense DJTween: he knows how to use words DJTween: I'll bet he loves the Elizabethan acting side of their plays DJTween: 1986, interesting DJTween: about the time of EoBE, the old album he wasn't involved in DJTween: *the only DJTween: Guess he was on a different path for a while cs: not only DJTween: Oh? cs: he wasnt on 3 faces of al DJTween: Was that released? cs: was he? DJTween: Is Lawyer's Hospital included in Duke? cs: this gives you some background for the shadow moves piece tween played a coujple of weeks ago cs: they were very much into the "indians", kind of bonded through that on kpfk radio shows Merlyn: no, ossman wasn't on 3 faces DJTween: I like their respect for 'native americans' cs: yes i just consulted my copy cs: only as a character originator, not actor Pitts-Rheumy: Fading quickly, if it ain't obvious, take care all . . . ||||||||| At 10:50 PM, Pitts-Rheumy rushes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." cs: by pitts cs: that was exquisite DJTween: really good, yeah cs: his voice and his words go together as well as any musician cs: more people should be here to hear this stuff Thwenny: WELCOME to the First Reformed Church of Science Fiction. - http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/bvhtml/church/index.html Principalpoop: ciao pitts cs: i thinkossie had a lot of fun with this character DJTween: I'm sure Merlyn: "There's a Methodist lab in the kitchen" DJTween: lol Merlyn: I think that's from Bride of Firesign Merlyn: so I put a version of it in a Barnstormer bit ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTween: Don't remember that from Bride Merlyn: I think it's Bergman when he's going after Rocky R cs: great line, pre breaking bad DJTween: Gingrich The Newt is a very fun song from the Austin Lounge Lizards cs: newt oil is austin cs: phil DJTween: President Bush Light lol cs: kind of like obama DJTween: lol David DJTween: Don't get me started cs: i think he will, tween. he likes the character and isnt dependent on bergman for it to succeed DJTween: Would be very cool :) cs: yes that was their goal. great to hear he say it here so expliciitly. cs: get our brains operating on more than one level at once cs: they guys will keep creating stuff till they die, like bergman did DJTween: I surely hope so cs: when elayne and i went to visit ossman in 96, he told us he'd never retire cs: only death will retire the rest of the fireguys. DJTween: "Ah, retirement, what a sweet word..." cs: isnt that true for every creative person? cs: i think dave brubeck was thinking of a new song when he died cs: hash smoking in the park in seattle today cs: firesign predicted it. DJTween: kewl DJTween: and yes, art isn't a job, it's a passion cs: colorado too. ex chatter dave bahr can partake legally, if he so desires cs: well i dont know. i think of art as being something i do as much as appreciate but dont think that's a common belief Principalpoop: 123 4 5 123 4 5 123 4 5 DJTween: Frankly, I would have expected California before Colorado cs: in the "indian" tribe he mentions earlier, that was not the case. everyone was equally supposed to be artistic, out of necessity cs: if it happens in cal, its all over for prohibtion DJTween: probably cs: the anti monsanto bill was 90% in favour of labeling gmo food until ads by monsanto et all poured in and the bill lost DJTween: with the exception of Aspen (like Austin TX), my impression of CO is a fairly conservative state cs: that could happen in cal with a vengeance if there was a thought of a legal dope bill actually happening DJTween: If WA and CO state government starting making money from legalization, it could catch on DJTween: *governments cs: maybe DJTween: The States are having huge budget problems DJTween: and MJ is seen by many as on par with alcohol DJTween: if not a better choice DJTween: but Austin is an island in Texas cs: if mexicans become a majority, will it change? DJTween: Would be hard to convince Dallas, the largest publisher of conservative Christian materials in the world, to legalize MJ DJTween: CA and TX are majority Hispanic Principalpoop: i thought the 700 club guy called for decriminialization... DJTween: Pat Robertson?? DJTween: That would be a YouTube video I'd watch Principalpoop: i guess so Principalpoop: let me google cs: i saw a guy on the news tonight, drivng around florida nursing homes, preaching legal dope there. if the seniors want it there, it would happen for sure cs: ok this is my favourite poem. ossman's birth tale Principalpoop:http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/03/08/pat_robertson_marijuana_700_club_hosts_calls_for_government_to_legalize_pot.html Principalpoop: stewart had him last night DJTween: Pretty amazing Principalpoop: astounded me too Principalpoop: reduces pains, for many conditions and few if any side effects, unlike pills... cs: robertson was on stewart last night? i thought it was senator simpson Principalpoop: the senior pot guy in floriida Principalpoop: maybe the night before, with madrigal cs: thats the best thing ever done by anybody cs: by tween, thanks for the show Principalpoop: the voice of tween ,you have a great week too, thanks Merlyn: thanks tweeny Principalpoop: yes happy bday ossman DJTween: bbbbbb that's all folks :-) DJTween: Until last time, again... ||||||||| "11:37 PM? I'm late!" exclaims DJTween, who then hurries out through the french doors and down through the bushes. Principalpoop: what pat robertsons says does not cut any cheese with me anyway hehe cs: isnt he the one who said homosexuality caused katrina? Merlyn: cya all ||||||||| At 11:39 PM, Merlyn vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Principalpoop: yes, or some hurricaine cs: hope you enjoyed ossman poems. he sure enjoyed writing them Principalpoop: poetry is difficult Principalpoop: half of me just wants to experience it and the other half wants to analyze it Principalpoop: same a firesign cs: see you here next week Principalpoop: have a super week, ciaooo ||||||||| At 11:41 PM, Principalpoop dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| cs leaves at 11:41 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..." ||||||||| "11:46 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Thwenny, who then scurries out through the french doors and down through the brambles. ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants:
cs
DJTween
Merlyn
Pitts-Rheumy
Principalpoop
Thwenny
