||||||||| 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 May 28, 2015 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 6:19 PM, dragging James by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" James: hi ||||||||| James is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 6:59 PM. ||||||||| 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 James disembarks at 7:27 PM. ||||||||| At 7:35 PM, James vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 7:43 PM, dragging DJTweeny by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET - visit Firesign’s web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com **' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:04 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the vestibule. ||||||||| Catherwood leads Mudhead in through the front door at 8:20 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hey Mudhead :) ||||||||| Around 8:22 PM, Mudhead walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Mudhead in through the front door at 8:22 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Mudhead: ahhh, there ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET - you can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net) **' DJTweeny: Some Tangerine Dream coming up in couple of minutes ||||||||| 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 James disembarks at 8:28 PM. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! - currently playing - warm up music (Tangerine Dream) - listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net) **' Mudhead: Yay! Onion Rings DJTweeny: ** If you want to know where your fellow chatters live, ask Nino The Mindboggler by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page. DJTweeny: Nino has you in Shanghai, James, is that correct? James: nope. rome, ga Rufus_T_Firetween: pffft, Nino needs to polish his crystal ball ;) Rufus_T_Firetween: Well in any event, welcome :) ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." James: thanks Mudhead: He has crystal BALLS DJTweeny: ah yes, I forgot Mudhead: Shanghaied to Shanghai it appears ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Mudhead: Stop the crazy ads Mudhead: Once or twice an hour is enough Mudhead: I just got the Box of Danger ad in less than 5 minutes ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:43 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Mudhead by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:47 PM and late as usual, it's Mudhead, just back from Funfun Town." DJTweeny: Mud, that's just a bot. It throws up ads/announcements at random DJTweeny: It just happened to repeat that one ||||||||| 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 Cat gets out at 8:51 PM. DJTweeny: Hey Cat Cat: Hi chatters ||||||||| Catherwood escorts lily in through the front door at 8:54 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hi lily ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cat: Hi artist lily: Cat DJTweeny James lily Mudhead Rufus_T_Firetween hello all and thanks tween in advance for a laugh or twelve lily: Hi cat that is a great honor lily: oh I love this DJTweeny: ooooh, Jon Anderson singing with Tangerine Dream DJTweeny: didn't know about this one Cat: We spell it "honour" in Canada. DJTweeny: lily uses colours when she paints? ||||||||| Catherwood leads Johan Amadeus Myjetski inside, makes a note of the time (8:56 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. lily: you keepin the rain off your muclucks tween? DJTweeny: Hi Johan, glad you could make it early :) DJTweeny: barely lily, luckily this part of town is on high ground lily: I am lucky I can spell in americacn ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:57 PM, dragging DanM by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" DJTweeny: dowsntown is a mess DJTweeny: Hi DanM DanM: Howdy, partner! lily: oh sorry too bad ya can throw that at so cal tween lily: oh yeah Cat: Hot Danm DJTweeny: Yeah, the Californians really need to grab some buckets and get over here lol ||||||||| Captain Equinox flies in through the transom, landing on the bearskin rug. "Attention, solstice squad! After working a 12-hour day, I like to kick back and swill some juice out of a genuine Firesign coffee mug or Bear Whiz Beer stein!" ||||||||| EWeston bounds in at 8:59 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi DJT early w/ all the attendant worms. Love this Jon Anderson! lily: hey ew EWeston: Evenin Tweeney and folks ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "8:59 PM and late as usual, it's shoes for the dead, just back from Flint." lily: het johab Cat: EW DJTweeny: Jon w/Tangerine Dream, yes very cool DJTweeny: Hi EW shoes for the dead: Howdy ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 28, 2015 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cat: Shoes DJTweeny: Hi shoes shoes for the dead: too much rain, Tween? Mudhead: Woohoo, we're official! lily: lol EWeston: Hey shoes Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi lily! DJTweeny: a tad, shoes DJTweeny: just a tad Mudhead: Hi all Mudhead: Im back home finally Cat: Hey mud. haven't seen you here in awhile. lily: yeah how it mud? shoes for the dead: all isn't here yet DJTweeny: as in Texas has never in history received this much rain in such a short time DJTweeny: and it isn't over ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Beet in through the front door at 9:01 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Beet: Evening all DJTweeny: Hi Beet shoes for the dead: healed up, Mud? Cat: Beet ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:02 PM, dragging Nabby by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" shoes for the dead: hey Beet EWeston: Put down that 18" duble action repeating mauwitster. No It belonged to my mother! Cat: nab Mudhead: Im recuperating fine, thanks for all the good wishes, thank you all Nabby: Is this simulated do you suppose? DJTweeny: Hi Nabby Cat: keep on recovering, mud Beet: Hi Cat EW Johan lily Mud Bab shoes et al shoes for the dead: Nabby! lily: hi nab EWeston: No this is reel ||||||||| Catherwood escorts SidFudd inside, makes a note of the time (9:02 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Beet: Nab not Bab ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cat: I think I used this in my Billville the Mountain piece. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! shoes for the dead: hey Fudd DJTweeny: Hi Sid lily: it could have been a corigi reunion Beet: Hi Sid Nabby: Thanks goodness EW it's been such a long exposition... Cat: HI Fudd. I just you an email a few minutes ago. SidFudd: Hey fellow kids, I can only hang out for a few minutes, but I had a question: Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Mud, Nabs. Alltrailing clouds 'o glory, I see Nabby: Bab, Nab, all is Fab Nabby: Hi all! shoes for the dead: the answer is yes EWeston: Did the question runoff? SidFudd: Ossman told me tonight about a zine published in the 1970s by Robert "Bob Bunny" Wollard. I don't have this. Anyone know the details? lily: go for sid Nabby: Uh uh Nabby: Helooooo lily: helllol ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." Mudhead: is there still a Jack Poet Volkswagen? ||||||||| llanwydd steals in around 9:04 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: evening folks ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Beet: Evening Tween Nabby: Tweejay Deeny! DanM: So where does this "Eat or Be Eaten" fit into the timeline of FS? Can't say I've heard it before. Beet: Hi llan lily: yeh shoes for the dead: hey llan EWeston: Illan howdy Cat: During their 1968 KMET sunday morning radio free oz show, they first started playing these ads. I think Poet was their sponsor. I recall taping an ad featuring Bergman as the Pshaw of Armenia. I've never seen that Poet ad anywhere. Nabby: Hi llan Cat: Hey llan ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" shoes for the dead: he moved to Mt. Mud EWeston: I Know nothing of the zine Siddley lily: great butter DanM: I know Dwarf, Bozos, Electrician and one other (what was last week's). SidFudd: Cat - we've got a decent copy of the "Pshaw of Iran" ad. Hopefully we can get enough ads together to fill a record. Record would contain all the A-1 Slacks ads, all the Jack Poet ads, and more Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Greets, llan! Nabby: Mud Butter> Nabby: ? SidFudd: DanM: You should get "Eat or Be Eaten" CD from Laugh.com. Full original album, new liner notes, lotsa extras EWeston: Brazillion mud butter ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! - currently playing - “EAT OR BE EATEN” - listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u - YOU CAN PURCHASE THIS ALBUM AT >> http://laugh.com/product/firesign-theatre-eat-or-be-eaten-cd/ **' DJTweeny: Hi Llan Nabby: Oops my fingerslippt lily: still in durham well its as good a place as any Cat: Good to hear, Fudd. I emailed you about a break-in at the Firesign archives someone mentioned on facebook yesterday. llanwydd: I bought this on vinyl when it came out. I was baffled that ossman wasn't on it Mudhead: I'd prefer some Peruvian Marching Powder ||||||||| ansai sneaks in around 9:07 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Cat: Is that YOUR archive? Nabby: Crummy news that break-in Nabby: Hey ansai SidFudd: Full press release about the break-in available here: http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/PressReleases/ DJTweeny: Hi ansai Nabby: Wormhole 2 sucked ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" Cat: ansai Nabby: boing!! ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Ansai! SidFudd: It is absolutely unfathomably stupid what the thieves stole from the storage unit versus what they left behind. Stole SCRAPBOOKS, left behind MERCH. ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." lily: should be right up your game nab Nabby: would you care to rephrase that lily ||||||||| DanM departs at 9:09 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" lily: nope Nabby: drat DJTweeny: That's horrible, Sid :( ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." lily: who knew shoes for the dead: Jackie Stupid Nabby: I want to make a Firesign VR roguelike Cat: Wow. Hideous news, Taylor. Nabby: new who? ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Stupid seems to go with thief quite often, Fudd lily: keep it sloppy silly Beet: Who was author of notebooks? SidFudd: Good news is, the EYKIW DVD is coming along swimmingly. Currently designing artwork, about to author DVD llanwydd: I think it was the same author of The Big Book of Matches Cat: I hope that doesn't interfere with Proctor's autobiography. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Then i'm in with a chance there , lily Beet: fab news, Sid DJTweeny: Cool, Sid :) Cat: the more Firesign product, the better. Nabby:http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/PressReleases/PressRelease2015-05-25.pdf ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" shoes for the dead: neato, Fudd lily: don't date herrings Cat: I neither eat them nor date them, lily James: any chance the quad mix might be on the etykiw dvd? SidFudd: There are a few Firesign "International House of Pancakes" ads on bittorrent - anybody know the source for these? I don't know if we have that source reel in our archive. Would love to score higher-quality audio EWeston: Cold fish are the worst kind shoes for the dead: or dare them ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Nabby:http://www.footnoteconspiracy.com/PressReleases/TFTStolenItemList2015-05-22.pdf SidFudd: I gotta fly, but I do have some Eat or Be Eaten news, which is that this was ALMOST a game, and we MIGHT have all the archival materials necessary to start reconstructing it...anyway, it's on our to-do list SidFudd: I gotta go split infinitives now - cheers everyone, be well Nabby: There's a Ft. Hawkmoth in the game, Morrowind http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Hawkmoth_Legion_Garrison EWeston: How do you feel about figs and herring? shoes for the dead: keep 'em flying, Sid Beet: Nice to see you, Sid, and thanks for the news. Nabby: take care Sid ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and announces "Presenting 'pinholeF200', just granted probation at 9:15 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: Take care, Sid Cat: by fudd DJTweeny: Hi pinhole Cat: Pin shoes for the dead: hey pin EWeston: Hi pinhole, by Fudd Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “EAT OR BE EATEN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe-ln pinholeF200: Evenin Tween, Cat, shoes and all Beet: Hi Pin pinholeF200: you too, EW Nabby: Hi pin lily: ware it will keep your warm pinholeF200: Hey Beet, Nabby llanwydd: asdfvgbnm, Nabby: Ham *sigh* EWeston: I wanna stupid belguim hat waffle lily: and don't forget shoes for the dead: Hey NSA guy llanwydd: I've seen that spelled Stewpid somewhere lily: recalculating llanwydd: I think that's how jackie spells it too Nabby: No Science Administration? EWeston: That's the guy sneaking up on the NSA guy, er, oops. ||||||||| Outside, the 9:19 PM uptown bus from Burlington pulls away, leaving Zooky Fogg coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| Catherwood leads Clem into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, grumbles something about 9:19 PM, then departs. llanwydd: hi Clem shoes for the dead: Fogg! ||||||||| Springhead Riddle steals in around 9:19 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Nabby: Hi Zooky DJTweeny: Hi Zooky, Clem shoes for the dead: and Clem Nabby: Hey Clem lily: in your sites EWeston: Hey Springhead llanwydd: zppk llanwydd: having some trouble Johan Amadeus Myjetski:Uh, Clem! Nabby: Hi Spring EWeston: Lo sprung Zooky Fogg: Broad stroke hello, Fire Heads. Clem: Hi fellow Bozos Cat: Clem, Zook, Spring Nabby: awesome record ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and announces "Presenting 'squeeze_the_wheeze', just granted probation at 9:20 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cat: I didn't hear this until several years after it was released. shoes for the dead: hey Spring Zooky Fogg: Thanks Tween DJTweeny: Hi wheeze Nabby: Hi squeeze_the Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “EAT OR BE EATEN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe-ln Nabby: Me either Cat Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Mid-sprang! Beet: Never a dull m omentHi Spring, squeeze shoes for the dead: wheeze Zooky Fogg: Y'all to all pinholeF200: Hi Zook, squeeze, JAM EWeston: Springed spleen alert DJTweeny: Hi Springhead Beet: Hi Zooky lily: false teeth chatter Zooky Fogg: Aye, pin llanwydd: no pause between side one and side two. interesting squeeze_the_wheeze: hi all, I am back from the shadows again DJTweeny: not on the CD, Llan Cat: I heard a few cuts on Armed Forces Radio in Tokyo but not the whole disc until I moved back to Canada in 1988. EWeston: enamelled tp please Zooky Fogg: Yo Beet Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi pin! lily: lol tween DJTweeny: the like Brain Salad Surgery, the sound blends from one side to the other lily: splice of life Nabby: you mean CD's aren't two-sided? wtf? DJTweeny: was news to me, Nabby lily: what a waste of space Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Or the tale of the hare who lost his spectales? Nabby: this is why I come Nabby: tech stuff lily: what Zooky Fogg: Anybody know where I can get a player for my cylinders? shoes for the dead: three sides if you count the hole lily: blush ||||||||| It's 9:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| SidFudd - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: I heard you play ELP the other day, tween. I've never heard a dj stop a song in the middle to play another version before Springhead Riddle: I owned the LP & CD, but even my computer savvy friends kept telling me there was no video info on the disc. In the late 90s, I stuck it in my neices kareoke machine and well you all know what happened then. lily: always count the hole for each side Zooky Fogg: How about the cut out records on the back of cereal boxes that worked. Nabby: those Edison phonographs were cranky llanwydd: I thought the recording was pretty good DJTweeny: Yeah, I didn't know about that Springhead Nabby: get it? cranky? shoes for the dead: that makes four Nabby: ... Springhead Riddle: I bought a kareoke machine just to be able to watch the CDG of EOBE. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Lol, Nabby! Zooky Fogg: I like that audio for itself. James: i did see the graphics on a philips CDi player DJTweeny: That's a dedicated fan, Springhead llanwydd: I had never heard of botchco before I heard this record llanwydd: I think he became famous later Nabby: Cool Spring Springhead Riddle: Sorry guys, I'm very slow & will mostly reading. Nabby: Oh god not the Bob Dylan bit - Love it llanwydd: this is the funniest gag on the album shoes for the dead: B-Day Cat: agreed, llan Nabby: could be llan EWeston: I'm voting for Jym Nabby: oh it just goes on lily: its all good DJTweeny: Up there with 40 Unclaimed Melodies, for sure ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Nabby: zactly Nabby: for sure Tweeny ||||||||| Lil bounds in at 9:28 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Springhead Riddle: I'm about as dedicated as they come. 45 years and they still knock me out. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Want some menzies, Bob? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! shoes for the dead: orphans roasting hobos DJTweeny: Perfect for your patio, or under your car - lol lily: never backstab the monkey EWeston: Sad eyed tigers eating clowns DJTweeny: lots of great parodies on this album Nabby: never Nabby: crazy great record Zooky Fogg: My impression of Dylan - MMMphpmbbrrbbrrmdwoo Lil: Oh snap just in time for the Betty Jo-inspired song Johan Amadeus Myjetski: They're sad eyed cos clown taste so funny... Nabby:http://www.theonion.com/article/rock-fans-outraged-as-bob-dylan-goes-electronica-17699 Lil: Each painting is signed--by someone DJTweeny: lol Zooky lily: no nose EWeston: We used to have good tasing clowns, thanks Obama! Nabby: Honk honk! DJTweeny: lol EW pinholeF200: Did Al Kooper crash that session too, Nabby? llanwydd: tazing clowns? that's nasty! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: A clown with good taste, E? shoes for the dead: thats Fun tasing clowns DJTweeny: Michelle says you can't have tasty clowns any more because they're bad for you? Springhead Riddle: I understand the Laugh.com EOBE CD has the vid on it. Is it a CD-ROM or what? Cat: only the fighting clowns taste good. Nabby: Taze me! Taze me! EWeston: Never shake hands with one Lil: Hi all ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" Cat: Lil EWeston: Hi Lil lily: hi lil Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Better than just squeezing their wheeze, eh, what? Beet: Hi Lil shoes for the dead: hey Lil Zooky Fogg: Greatest poet since Ugh. Lil: Hope everyone is good Zooky Fogg: Hey yay Lil EWeston: Stand by your wheeze Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Lil! DJTweeny: Not sure from the description, Springhead Cat: speaking of poetry, there will be an hour of Firesign poetry coming up next. Nabby: A Kooper crash? Nabby: Hi Lil ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" squeeze_the_wheeze: we all have fun in our own special ways Lil: Love the video of this too llanwydd: amerindian nonsense Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Taze them right in their wheeze, says east clintwood. Nabby: well put squeeze_the lily: you all need a diarama or two Lil: lol JAM squeeze_the_wheeze: i think I'll stand over here now EWeston: Catherwood give everyone a habitrail ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone a habitrail. Nabby: but...this IS a diaramma, isn't it?! lily: filthy delfia Cat: diaramas beat diarrhia any day lily: no you took a right when I said wrong Nabby: Cat's got a point there lily: great echo EWeston: Just stand there till security finds you Zooky Fogg: I stick out my tongue for a poet's dispensation of old rain. Nabby: echo Springhead Riddle: How do I get the audio? Let me just get the safety off here. shoes for the dead: echo ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." EWeston: Dopler away! lily: my eyeballs fell out Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Wight , weft, & wong Nabby: lol EW Zooky Fogg: You ever try passing a diarama? Nabby: are those your eyeballs? EWeston: I keep mine on springs shoes for the dead: no use looking for them, lily Nabby: crafty, EW Johan Amadeus Myjetski: The eyes floow you, E Beet: lol shoes Nabby: Yes indeeeed EWeston: No that were the leather appliances lily: boiing Nabby: Bergman!! pinholeF200: Hi, Pete Beet: Hi, Peter Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Follow Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Peter Bergman’s “TRUE CONFESSIONS OF THE REAL WORLD” Here >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tcotrw-rv Nabby: leather appliances? count me in DJTweeny: lol Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Greets, petes! lily: get that man a sporon EWeston: They never seemed to last very long Nabby: I think I better look that up first Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Pour on the sporon! Springhead Riddle: You guys are a pack of cards. Zooky Fogg: Who wants to take part in a namaste blast that's old enough to. Nabby: half spore, half moron? Cat: lol Nabby: yikes Nabby: It's Cat time! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: That's about right, Nabs! Zooky Fogg: I'm thinking seven of spades. Beet: And where is Cat? EWeston: I got a high prestess up my sleeve Beet: Pentacles wild lily: hey techno bi Nabby: Skype is your friend. pinholeF200: Stick the pliers in the board shoes for the dead: Ah! Canadian!!! Nabby: Hi Cat! Zooky Fogg: Pick a number and tell me what it is. EWeston: Dip it in the quince Beet: Hand me the pliers shoes for the dead: 23 ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Don't crush that Cat... Nabby: Tree of Spades lily: wow Springhead Riddle: Is this ... icrophone ..orking? ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Zooky Fogg: I have a shoe store that specializes any size. EWeston: Oarking? Zooky Fogg: Thanks shoes. That was it. shoes for the dead: I knew that Nabby: one foot is size 5 and the other is size 26 Nabby: quite a challenge Beet: qalk with a limp Zooky Fogg: We can work it Nab. EWeston: Very popular on the dance floor I'm thinking shoes for the dead: one foot is 12 inches Zooky Fogg: 3D shoe maker tech. ||||||||| Lil is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 9:46 PM. lily: that would be great ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Lil close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:46 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the sitting room. Springhead Riddle: This is a little like having bees in your head, ... but there they are. llanwydd: not necessarily. my foot is only 9 1/2 inches EWeston: One foot has 5 twinkies Lil: Do you have shoes for 2 left feet? ||||||||| James says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, James exits at 9:46 PM. Beet: It's cool to hear one of our Chatters live. lily: oh ew llanwydd: Hi James Zooky Fogg: every pair is special. EWeston: Its a horder from way back Lil: It very much is Beet Zooky Fogg: Just need a scan. Nabby: Bbye Cat! ||||||||| New notice: ' currently playing - Cat Simril Ishakawa’s – “FIRESIGN POETRY SHOW” Firesign/Zappa Collage - listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u - CHECK OUT CAT’S PLAYS AT >> http://seemreal.com/' shoes for the dead: the Cat's meow Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Well, horders are horders... Zooky Fogg: no more expensive than any others and maybe cheaper. Beet: Thanks for this and every contribution, Cat. Nabby: (Skype is your fnord.) EWeston: Secure our horders! Cat: this sounds odd. llanwydd: fnord? Beet: Dear Fnords EWeston: Parrot in scandahouvian shoes for the dead: no thanks lily: hamberg Zooky Fogg: I can make shoes for an octopus or horse or whatever you want shoes for. lily: chicklet teeth EWeston: I've got an ant with the gymp? pinholeF200: Jujubes, my favorite artificially-colored candy from childhood DJTweeny: oops, no Zappa on this one lol lily: more sugar Beet: Can Catherwood give me a Chiclet? ||||||||| Catherwood gives Beet a chiclet. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Zooky Fogg: we can adapt, EW ||||||||| New notice: ' currently playing - Cat Simril Ishakawa’s – “FIRESIGN POETRY SHOW” - listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u - CHECK OUT CAT’S PLAYS AT >> http://seemreal.com/' Nabby: meatless hot creatures! yum yum! EWeston: He's been very faithful over the years lily: beet share llanwydd: I've read this before shoes for the dead: milk ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Zooky Fogg: Stuffed boneless olives EWeston: Big carton lily: this is priceless llanwydd: this was in a newspaper parody written by phil austin that I got in the mail from the young tom edison club Beet: just ask Catherwood for one, lily ||||||||| Catherwood snubs Beet shoes for the dead: pack of camels Cat: I hope Austin re-releases this on CD. I bought it on cassette Beet: Consider me snubbed EWeston: Lyion of fat lily: catherwood can I have a chicklet ||||||||| Catherwood rushes alongside lily and says "Did you want something?" Cat: they performed it live in the last concert I saw them do on Whidbey Island shoes for the dead: milk Nabby: I loves me some turbo skeletons Lil: Boy I'd have a tough choice with all those delectable items Zooky Fogg: My sister wants some of those special tissues she says you have. DJTweeny: hat w/cheese lol Nabby: *sigh* Cat EWeston: Wallet an rasin salade llanwydd: I believe he mentions "remorse salad" at some point EWeston: YUp Illan Springhead Riddle: I can't get any audio, & I spent all day tuning up the amzination system. EWeston: Hemp wheels Nabby: meltdown on a bun --just makes your mouth glow with anticipation Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hemp wheels? llanwydd: I read something very similar to that in The Post Dispatch Intelligencer which was a newspaper parody written by austin back in the seventies Nabby: hemp wheels, yes EW *sigh* DJTweeny: Lil had requested Bride for next week. Ask, and ye shall receive :) Zooky Fogg: Buck wanted to put a dome over winooski, vermont. ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cat: Not EXACTLY poetry, the menus, but like this, a kind of found poetry of which they are all fond ||||||||| It's 9:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| ansai - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Clem - dead from The Plague ||||||||| squeeze_the_wheeze - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: Bride is fun fun Beet: I really would like to walk into Mutt and Smutt's store. llanwydd: why, zook? too keep it fresh? EWeston: Yah dip em in your favorite heated liquid llanwydd: I mean to Nabby: Me too Beet shoes for the dead: good choice, Lil Lil: You're just more sugar Tweeny, thanks!!! Cat: they'd love to swindle you, beet Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Would have only improved it, Zooks! llanwydd: can't write and listen at the sam tim Nabby: More sugar! Lil: Thanks shoesie buddy Zooky Fogg: He was a many of many ideas and that was one. Springhead Riddle: He did some of it on the "Tales Of The Old Detective & other big fat lies". ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" DJTweeny: yw, Lil :) Johan Amadeus Myjetski: We can't talk in here, llan! Nabby: I'm injecting sugar directly into my eye Cat: spring, that's where those menus are from Zooky Fogg: He's had his mistakes, too Nabby: kidding. kidding. llanwydd: at least we ca typ DJTweeny: lol Llan ||||||||| Catherwood leads Deputy Dang in through the front door at 9:57 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. EWeston: Yah a nice magic mushroom infusion is what you need Lil: What was that Llan LOL shoes for the dead: Dang! Beet: Yo Dang Zooky Fogg: It would be sweet for the homeless. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I'm just glad the future ain't here yet lily: what is sheep dip? alex Zooky Fogg: Think massive football stadium. Springhead Riddle: I'm standing here like an idiot talking to myself. Might as well stand over here like an ideot talking to myself Nabby: typo ia eAWY Zooky Fogg: Those have collapsed Deputy Dang: Better Nate than lever! DJTweeny: Would love for Austin to come on and talk about some of the less well-known material in Box Of Danger Nabby: he was a born lever puller Johan Amadeus Myjetski: There must be fifty ways to love your lever... Cat: we would all love that, tween Zooky Fogg: Out of sight, out of mind equals blind idiot as it translated from Sen Leahy to some foeigner. EWeston: Fulcrum for phun and profit Lil: I hope we'll have enough non-sequiters Nabby: the word fulcrum strikes me as being a very silly arrangement of letters ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Nabby: i think the mushrooms are kicking in pinholeF200: looking for a cookbook on 50 ways to love your liver Zooky Fogg: Going to the store and never coming back is one way to leave your lover. lily: watch out for thunder snakes Springhead Riddle: I'll be back Fuge, suffering torment of radio prison. Lil: Catherwood is precisely correct ||||||||| Catherwood rushes over to Lil and queries "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?" DJTweeny: some cool segues, Cat Deputy Dang: Is this a remix? EWeston: Barking spiders Beet: Wolfman ||||||||| Mayor P'nisnose strides up to the podium and speaks: "My fellow Armenians, if you have questions about exorcism, buy the new book "EXORCISM IN YOUR DAILY LIFE", now on sale. Incidentally, so is my vote." Nabby: things are getting wiggly ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" pinholeF200: they're in everybody's eggs Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Me, too! shoes for the dead: harsh browns Deputy Dang: I hate when my thing gets wiggly Cat: thanks, tween. i probably spent 100 hours in production for each of these 1-hour shows. DJTweeny: harsh browns lol EWeston: Harsh browns is the toughest DJTweeny: wow, Cat shoes for the dead: echo in here Zooky Fogg: Barking Spyder Cyder is a favorite, E.W. Lil: Would love to create a list of all the foods they mention on this set Nabby: let's all howl like wolves Deputy Dang: A stoat that bloats? Awesome! lily: mirror eats your food Nabby: echo lily: woof Zooky Fogg: Good job, Cat. shoes for the dead: what? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Or let's just wolf it down like owls EWeston: Will you settle for a cup of angry cat? DJTweeny: This is a 1411 copy of the show, Cat. Sounds cleen Zooky Fogg: Arooooooooo pinholeF200: suppositions or suppositories? Cat: 1411? Nabby: Shiny Cat. Beet: Wuf Deputy Dang: I'm holding out for the 420 copy of the show... EWeston: Chose foolishly pilgrim DJTweeny: Would love for you to use lossless (like this) when you send them to me, Cat. I've got plenty of disk space Cat: i remember when ossman first read this on rfo in 67. i was stunned by its beauty then and remain stunned now Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Superimposed suppositories in supine sunshines ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cat: i think bergman had just returned from turkey at that time DJTweeny: I broadcast and archive my Sunday show at 320k MP3, Deputy Deputy Dang: Eat em, wipe em off... eat em again! EWeston: Oh hiding your light on the inside eh? Nabby: Bergman was a turkey? Whoa DJTweeny: I'm sure it made an impression on him, Cat ;) Cat: this is from Hour Hour Beet: A short story of introductions Cat: yeah, they were all very poetic, and appreciative of that DJTweeny: Yeah, I need to play some Hour Hour shows instead of an album on occasion Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Like the new rattan furniture at the nudist colony, DJT? Cat: they're long pinholeF200: guaranteed hourly hour Zooky Fogg: 4 skitso's is bleachers full DJTweeny: Funny you should mention Johan, I just watched A Shot In The Dark (Pink Panther series) recently. The nudist camp scene is rofl funny Cat: here's me intruding. DJTweeny: good intrusion llanwydd: my menky? DJTweeny: nothing wrong with a good narrator EWeston: A Jurasic intrusion, great beauty Beet: I wonder if Humphrey would be honored by the use of his name as a cultural icon llanwydd: I kneau wut I sed yu fuule Zooky Fogg: We, I mean they, are never alone when nobody's home. Lil: Would like that too, some hour hours Cat: there are two versions of Firesign reading this poem, one live on their east coast tour 1970, and another in the studio ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: DJT, I recently watched Sellars' Being There. Mind bending! shoes for the dead: schist! ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Lil: Yep there's nothing like a guitar as an underwear replacement Cat: i loved that flick, johan. vastly superior to the book ||||||||| Catherwood enters and asks "Is there anythynge you want? By that I mean Anythynge You Want To, Shakespeare's Lost paperback Comedie in pre-electronic book form!" DJTweeny: Yeah Llan, Sellers' Cleauseau character is classic comedy :) DJTweeny: I know that one, Johan Cat: this is the studio version. EWeston: Metamorphise over there in the corner Zooky Fogg: And you and you and you were there. ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Zooky Fogg: Profound, Johan. DJTweeny: Stanley Gardner. He died during the making of the movie, but they were able to use some photographic tricks to finish it anyway Nabby:http://www.digital-eel.com/blog/files/A_500_at_F2.mp3 Zooky Fogg: And think about it. pinholeF200: great cast in Being There EWeston: concurrent incarnation can give you a headache Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Cat, that's rare when the film beats the book, but Sellers' genius was in full bloom ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Springhead Riddle - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Nabby: Sellers. Ursula. DJTweeny: as well as the Pink Panther movies pinhole llanwydd: I saw Being There. I wasn't ready for it. I was hoping for some typical Sellers slapstick Cat: did you see the biopic about sellers? Nabby: (save for later) lily: he loved her Zooky Fogg: A little flight on the flourish between, EW? DJTweeny: biopic? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Concurrent incarnation is being in two places at once, isn't it? EWeston: Was there much on the Goon Show init? Cat: search for it online. it's very good, but it will greatly diminish your appreciation of sellers llanwydd: I've been checking out old british stand-up comics on youtube lately. you wouldn't believe what us americans missed out on EWeston: At least two DJTweeny: Being There isn't comedy lily: sat in the tire Zooky Fogg: I love the Britcom, llan EWeston: Oh he wasn't easy to get into. Spike Milligan did though DJTweeny: Cat, I can't imagine what runs through your mind when you make all the associations to put this stuff together. It must be like Data searching a database Cat: this is from the youtube celebration of Dave's 75th birthday. check it out llanwydd: I've been watching two comic geniuses I'll bet you have never heard of. I highly recommend Ken Dodd and Tommy Cooper Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Though humorous in places, it's largely a mind bending cautionary tale. Or maybe not. Zooky Fogg: Didn't all in the family rise out of British Sitcoms? DJTweeny: Yeah, I need to check out all that great rare stuff on Youtube and download/record some of it Cat: i hope so, tween. my brain is so saturated with Firesign since 67 it's hard to not think of a Firesign line for almost everything Nabby:https://youtu.be/ZFKJuzrCGj4 DJTweeny: It's addictive, isn't it Cat? pinholeF200: Nikola Tesla lily: thanks llan EWeston: Hal Roach llanwydd: well, dodd and cooper aren't rare, they are just nearly unheard of in the U.S. Zooky Fogg: If your stoned anything can be a comedy. Cat: indeed. but in a very therapeutic way. like gravity is addictive llanwydd: I mean rarely heard of pinholeF200: for a scientist and inventor, Tesla was extremely surreal llanwydd: I can hardly type and listen at the same time. I'm going to have to shut off the audio Cat: i've been stoned most of my life, fogg. i still have to search for comedy llanwydd: I'm not as coordinated as the rest of you ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Zooky Fogg: The Little Rascals are to blame for my childhood Cat: that's not saying much, llan llanwydd: lol Zooky Fogg: I alughed like hell at War and Peace. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Co-ordained, llan, co-ordained. Cat: this is from a flick made by old firesign archivist Michael Packer in the 80s, of an ossman concert ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and doctec plummets into the garden at 10:17 PM. DJTweeny: Hey Doc, good to see ya :) llanwydd: laughed at war and peace doctec: don't get up on my acct llanwydd: ? Cat: wow, it's doctec! shoes for the dead: I was going to ask, Cat pinholeF200: hey doc Cat: i wont get down either, doc doctec: listen i just wanted to clue you all in - i am in burlington nc with my ailing father Beet: hi doc shoes for the dead: hey doctec Cat: all the best to him, doc llanwydd: war and peace is my alltime favorite novel but it's about as funny as a dose of clap EWeston: I love the way you wear a grape vine Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hey doc - i got this funny pain... doctec: lili and i are pitching in with my bro and his wife to take care of him Zooky Fogg: Yes, llan. Anything can be funny stoned including my own foibles. Lil: Yes all the best to you and yours Doc Cat: your job allows you to do that, doc? DJTweeny: Was going to ask what you're doing in NC pinholeF200: roll up your arm and bend over doctec: it was tricky pulling off a two week break from work - which is why i have my work laptop here, to deal with office stuff DJTweeny: Best wishes to your brother, Doc doctec: it took about 2 hrs to get dad prepped for sleep and get him comfortable lily: say his stick three times fast giggle doctec: lili and i will be here thru june 8 Cat: that's the day Fumiyo returns from Spain. doctec: gotta head back to greensboro now, hotel 30 mins away Lil: So sorry to hear Doc, how are you holding up? llanwydd: they spain is pretty though I've never been EWeston: Best to all there Doc doctec: ll the rooms locally were booked - there are 14 colleges in the research triangle Cat: I'll take the computer to the store tomorrow to see if they can install a place to plug in the vid cams. Zooky Fogg: Just in that if I don't laugh I'll overeat rice instead. Lil: Please be in touch with us when you can doctec: hanging in there - the degree to which he has declined took me by surprise doctec: i will lily: and they all get out at the same time right doc Zooky Fogg: Okay. Maybe not everything. Cat: my parents declined slowly, then very fast. doctec: cat i'll get back to you about your pc issue tomorrow - gotta try and get to the hotel and get some sleep, have to be back here at 8:30am tomorrow doctec: ttfn ttyl byyyeeeeeeeeee and thanks for all the good wishes ||||||||| doctec leaves at 10:22 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..." Cat: you need sleep, doc Lil: Take care of yourself until then Doc Cat: allthe best, doc llanwydd: goodnight doc Beet: Nite, doc and best of luck Nabby: Must exit suddenly - have a groovy eve, all! - thanks Cat & Tweeny! pinholeF200: see ya Nab EWeston: By Nabbster Cat: by nab ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Beet: Nite Nab shoes for the dead: see ya Nab Lil: By Nab llanwydd: nite nabby Zooky Fogg: Walking into a wall isn't funny at the time of walking into the wall. Well, I can't say that either. lily: bye bye nabby Zooky Fogg: Take care Doc. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Nite Nabs! Zooky Fogg: Be well Nab Beet: Click here now DJTweeny: Jave a great week, Nabby llanwydd: I gotta head out too. probably see you on the 4th EWeston: Reality can be a bother DJTweeny: Take care, Llan Beet: Nite llan EWeston: NiteLian shoes for the dead: by Llan DJTweeny: a nuisance really, EW Cat: by llan. get well soon Zooky Fogg: Be well llan. ||||||||| Around 10:25 PM, llanwydd walks off into the sunset... pinholeF200: later llan DJTweeny: There are some great skitss on All Things Firesign EWeston: I can never keep all nine dimensions straight DJTweeny: *skits Cat: true, tween. shoes for the dead: just ignore it, EW Cat: speaking of other dimensions, i just saw interstellar. much better than i expected Zooky Fogg: Name them, EW. EWeston: I get all bruised up then Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I fading fast too. Hope to see you in the next world! Zooky Fogg: I have trouble remebering order of planets. lily: follow the light Cat: ok, johan. Beet: G'Nite Johan shoes for the dead: like a moth.......... Mudhead: g'nite all EWeston: George henry liz, Jennifer, Alan, Joe, Karen, Hector, and Ecles DJTweeny: Until next time, Johan... Zooky Fogg: Keep playing Majets pinholeF200: au revoir JAH lily: nite johan Cat: by mud pinholeF200: sorry JAM lily: nite mud take care Zooky Fogg: That may be so, lily. pinholeF200: Nite Mud DJTweeny: Nite Mud, heal quickly shoes for the dead: snap snap lily: if yer jello juggles you are doin it right Zooky Fogg: That's nine. DJTweeny: not exactly Edgar Allen lol EWeston: Canasta be mine Cat: not only poetic on their own right, but very influenced by other poets. DJTweeny: Poe Meets Ginsberg Zooky Fogg: I thought it was John and not Joe. Cat: this again is from An Autobozographical Evening, Ossman in "concert" in I think, Michigan, mid 80s EWeston: Revisionist be darned! Zooky Fogg: Everything I write is preceded by an influence. Cat: since ossman was first on the radio in nyc in 1959, he and then the rest of the Firesigns have used radio to promote poetry. EWeston: Initial conditions slip away so easy, to nearly disappear Cat: meaning, hey listen to this, you too can use words poetically, not just "poets" lily: witha soup son of majesty Zooky Fogg: Use trellis poeticcally. Cat: ossman read some of these on the rfo podcast with bergman in the last years of pete'slife. EWeston: Nonesence strap it down and run 220 volts through the earlobes Beet: I always enjoyed the simulcast Pete and Dave on rfo Cat: so did we all, beet ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Zooky Fogg: I'm still catching lines and sifting the difference on jost and jest and other fess. lily: its still gonna dance ew EWeston: I'm telling Pat Robertson then Zooky Fogg: Reality is yours to determine. I wresteled and it pinned me to the floor until I said Uncle. pinholeF200: Pat Robertson--now that guy's funny! shoes for the dead: you can allways tell pat robertson........... Cat: i think ossman was inspired to write some of this from reading all those chinese poems on the podcast. Beet: you can't tell Pat Robertson anythong EWeston: They just applied a fresh layer of shalac to him Cat: that's just my guess. lily: don't play checkers with yourseld you will always win EWeston: Point Beet Cat: dont play chubby checkers with yourself unless you want to get twisted. lily: pat in a thong shoes for the dead: only half the time,lily Beet: lol Cat lily: fuuny cat Zooky Fogg: How does he rtain his show? Does he have the ratings or is he being carried? pinholeF200: the thong is ended but the malady lingers on EWeston: With snakes and ladders up and down his nylons DJTweeny: Cartherwood, please give Cat a rimshot DJTweeny: oops EWeston: Oh Pinhole DJTweeny: Catherwood, please give Cat a rimshot ||||||||| Catherwood gives cat a rimshot. lily: pat owns it all Cat: thanks catherwood, i'm always just a shot away. ||||||||| Catherwood steps up to Cat and yells "Stop typing gibberish, Cat!" Zooky Fogg: I miss Swaggert for the sheer entertainment. ||||||||| It's 10:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mudhead - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Nabby - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... EWeston: An he don't allow no dancin lily: he is still around lily: speak Beet: Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin shoes for the dead: or trombone playin in here DJTweeny: Plenty have taken up his torch, Zooky EWeston: I see him as an item on Raw Story on him spouting some absurdity or other DJTweeny: and Mickey Gilley, Beet DJTweeny: all cousins Cat: this is austin's obit for Tiny Dr. Tim. Tiny was our guide at the Firesign shows in Seattle in 1999 DJTweeny: nice Zooky Fogg: Thank you Tween and all Fireheads. It's been a pleasure again. Back to the other world. Ad Astra. Great balls of fire to warm you. EWeston: Very good Lil: I'm off, keep well all Cat: Doc Tec had flown into Vancouver and we drove down to Seattle to see the shows. We didn't know what Tiny looked like when we to meet him, so doctec walked through the mall calling "Tiny Dr. Tim?" lily: byee zook lily: bye lil shoes for the dead: nitey, Lil Cat: by zook DJTweeny: Take care, Zooky Beet: Nite Zook and Lil EWeston: See yah Lil and Zooky Cat: By lil pinholeF200: nite zook, lil Cat: This is the greatest poem i've ever encountered. shoes for the dead: see ya zook lily: wow cat Cat: in 2nd place would be ossman's poem for bergman returning from turkey Cat: i am never not stunned to hear this. ||||||||| New notice: 'Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, that’s www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast. Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 6-8pm EST every Sunday at www.dishnuts.net, and listen to my show archives and ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow' Lil: Night Zook. Later everyone DJTweeny: Be good, Lil EWeston: Fair evening Lil Cat: i remember those incinerators. when i moved to la in 56 they were a blight upon the sky, our lungs Lil: No guarantees Tweeny LOL DJTweeny: another reason why L.A. air isn't so great? EWeston: Lotta images nicely layered pinholeF200: amazing symphony without music Lil: Thanks EW shoes for the dead: tee pee burners here, Cat Cat: i think they banned them in late 50s. the air still sucked EWeston: Pulp mills were aromatic up in Montana shoes for the dead: Thanks Cat!!! Beet: I enjoyed this one. Great job, Cat. Thanks to everyone. Thanks, Tween. G'Nite. lily: Beet Cat DJTweeny EWeston Lil lily pinholeF200 shoes for the dead Zooky Fogg nite all and thanks tween and cat it was great shoes for the dead: and Tween!! EWeston: Good show thanks Tweeny and Cat and you other bums pinholeF200: Awesome work Cat, I believe it took 100 hours, and thanks as always to Tweeny Cat: my pleasure Deputy Dang: Hail Horus Aday! ||||||||| EWeston leaves at 10:50 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..." shoes for the dead: Park it and Lock it! DJTweeny: Thanks for listening everybody, and have a great week :-) See you next time, same FireTime, same FireStation... Cat: see y'all next week. ||||||||| pinholeF200 rushes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's pinholeF200?! It's 10:50 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" DJTweeny: Thanks Cat ||||||||| "10:51 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Cat, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the flowerbeds. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "10:51 PM and late as usual, it's Johan Amadeus Myjetski, just back from Tennessee." Deputy Dang: Yo Johan! DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween departs at 10:52 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| "Hey DJTweeny!" ... DJTweeny turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:52 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Deputy Dang: lol Deputy Dang: night all ||||||||| 10:53 PM -- Deputy Dang left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from measles ||||||||| Zooky Fogg - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| shoes for the dead - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| lily - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Lil - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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 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:
Beet
Cat
Clem
DanM
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
doctec
EWeston
James
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
Lil
lily
llanwydd
Mudhead
Nabby
pinholeF200
Rufus_T_Firetween
shoes for the dead
SidFudd
Springhead Riddle
squeeze_the_wheeze
Zooky Fogg
