||||||||| 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 September 28, 2017 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| 6:56 PM: RedPillTweeny jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 7:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 7:16 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the anteroom. ||||||||| At 7:16 PM, DJTweeny vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 7:17 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room. ||||||||| Outside, the 7:17 PM crosstown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| 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) 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Santana) 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)' ||||||||| PrincipalPoop bounds in at 8:57 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| Beet waltzes in at 8:58 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Evening fellow Fireheads! PrincipalPoop: hey beet DJTweeny: Hey Beet, Poop PrincipalPoop: did time change? Beet: Hi Poop, Tween ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:58 PM and late as usual, it's cease, just back from British Columbia." PrincipalPoop: hi cat Beet: It always does DJTweeny: Time changes us all, Poop ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! DJTweeny: Hi cease cease: HI all Beet: Howdy Mr Cease ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT 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)' PrincipalPoop: oh the zones, I forgot all about the zones Beet: Nice to hear Carlos ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 28, 2017 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" PrincipalPoop: last week I had to take a nap PrincipalPoop: oyo como va cease: A week long nap? Have you turned into a cat? ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 9:01 PM, dragging rebozoette by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" Beet: Ralph always drives me crazy in a good way ||||||||| "9:01 PM? 9:01 PM!!" says Catherwood, "llanwydd should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as llanwydd enters and sits on the divan. cease: HI rebo rebozoette: Beet cease DJTweeny PrincipalPoop hello all Beet: Hi rebo cease: Llan too Beet: Hi llan DJTweeny: Hi Llan, Rebozoette PrincipalPoop: hi rebozoette, no cease just a few hours of snooze rebozoette: how is it cease: Ive been listening to the great Proc voice all day on his 3-hour interview he just posted yesterday PrincipalPoop: given what I could lick if I was a cat, I probably would need week long naps cease: a "radio" programme called Fade to Black rebozoette: cool I been getting my internet back ugh ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: it ran away, rebo? PrincipalPoop: you were incommunicado? who is the mayor of communicado now? PrincipalPoop: I know this album rebozoette: it just quit and then I had to find workers lol cease:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYse660lCbo llanwydd: my computer froze as soon as I logged in and I had to reboot PrincipalPoop: welcome back, and you too llan llanwydd: thats not the first time that has happened rebozoette: I am back but had to take the dog out for dinner DJTweeny: that sux Beet: Gotta see that one, Cease PrincipalPoop: a real dog or an actual dog? cease: he reveals that tonights Library of Congress show will be available to see on their website PrincipalPoop: cool super cool DJTweeny: excellent ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and announces "Presenting 'Elmer Ho', just granted probation at 9:06 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Elmer Ho: hello is this the internet? DJTweeny: Hi Elmer cease: Our chatters and old Firesign friends Doc Tech and Airship Al drove down and must be in the audience laughing away right now. PrincipalPoop: antelope freeway, give me the tropical paradise cease: Elmer ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: hey ho Elmer Ho: howdy y'all Beet: Hi Elmer Beet: Space to Earth. Hello down there. PrincipalPoop: no no, you took the wrong onramp, this is part of the dark net, shadow net or something rebozoette: cool cat Elmer Ho: ah, that explains it ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" PrincipalPoop: 68 to 75, oh oh oh llanwydd: 7 hours!! cease: I'm holding back my Airship Al collage until next week when Al and Doc will be home from DC and hopefully joining us here. ||||||||| Catherwood leads DoctorDog inside, makes a note of the time (9:09 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Beet: hey dog PrincipalPoop: how was dinner doc? Elmer Ho: howdy DD cease: Non-cat ||||||||| New notice: '** IT'S MADNESS I TELL YOU!! ** Now playing: from the DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS Radio Hour Hour broadcast collection, “THERE'S A FRANCISCAN FRIAR OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WHO'S DYIN'” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?' DJTweeny: Hi DrDog DoctorDog: Hi Tweeny DoctorDog: Hiya Beet DoctorDog: and Ho cease: Beet Beet: An eternal record of a hip, stoner community. rebozoette: kiddley doo cease: Speaking of stoners, in the interview mentioned above, Proc says Bergman played long songs on his first radio show so they could go outside and get stoned during the song. Beet: A genuine laugh if I ever heard one. PrincipalPoop: the causal source of album rock radio stations llanwydd: usually if you hear a really long song on am radio its because the dj is busy with something Beet: What a relief PrincipalPoop: inagodadivda baby llanwydd: I used to play hey jude if I had to leave the studio Beet: Is that long enough for an entire joint? llanwydd: we had a Supremes medley that was 12 minutes long llanwydd: well I didnt get high at work PrincipalPoop: i don't recall ever hearing the song hey jude on the radio... cease: Proc said Bergman played regae. Are regae tunes that long? Marley's aren't. Elmer Ho: seriously, PP? Beet: A Purist PrincipalPoop: radio stations never played the same songs over and over and over and over cease: This is one of the shows that I taped. DJTweeny: You must not have been listening to many pop radio stations back then, P DJTweeny: cool, cease :) Beet: Heavy rotation DJTweeny: so we have cease to thanks for this historical archive Elmer Ho: my memory is that Hey Jude was played almost constantly PrincipalPoop: i am teasing, hey jude is ingrained in my consciousness somewhere DJTweeny: mine too, Elmer Beet: That is very cool, Cease Elmer Ho: cease, that's really cool DJTweeny: Yeah, P, you forgot to mention that you were living in a cave lol PrincipalPoop: were you stoned when you recorded this? what year? Beet: I'm getting stoned just listening to it now. Elmer Ho: everybody must get stoned ||||||||| 9:21 PM: Not Ed jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Not Ed: Pork? cease: June or July, 1970. No I wasn't stoned. I was staying with my parents that summer between universities in Ottawa and Saskatoon. Beet: Yo Not cease: HI not PrincipalPoop: give not ed a reefer catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood gets not ed a reefer. Not Ed: Cheers, Fireheadz DJTweeny: Hi NeD rebozoette: say that with an an accent Not Ed: Ty Cath & PPoop Elmer Ho: cease, so this was actually played outside of LA? was it syndicated? Beet: Don't Bogart Not Ed: Hey Beet Not Ed: Hi cease cease: No, just in LA. My parents lived in LA.
Not Ed passes the tuna boat to Beet rebozoette: cicaboom DoctorDog: Pass that muggle Beet: Thanks Ed Elmer Ho: ah, I misread - thought you lived somewhere between Ottawa and Saskatoon, but get it now cease: This show wasn't syndicated, as far as I know. The other series, Lets Eat and Dear Friends, were syndicated. Elmer Ho: need new bifocals cease: I was at Carleton University from 69-70 in Ottawa and the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon from 70-71. Spent 3 monthes in LA from end of May til end of August in 1970. DJTweeny: This isn't marked as Syndicated Beet: All cars have an emotional need to be sold PrincipalPoop: what are they talking about? PrincipalPoop: Syndi is kept busy. DJTweeny: The Let's Eat and Dear Friends shows have both Original and Syndicated versions on the disc cease: This was broadcast from a station owned by a Presbytyrian church in Pasadena called KPPC. Beet: Anybody watch The Night Of? Great show DJTweeny: Wonder if the Presbyterians had any idea about the FST DJTweeny: haven't heard of it, Beet Beet: I first heard of it on the Emmys show cease: They must have, Tween PrincipalPoop: ppc was pig tranqualizers, oops pcp, now primary care physician llanwydd: whats night of, beet? Beet: HBO miniseries llanwydd: aha llanwydd: I dont have hbo ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:28 PM, dragging Beorn by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" PrincipalPoop: it is not tv, it is hbo llanwydd: Hi Beorn ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: Hello Beorn DJTweeny: several of my Macs are PPC< but I've never tried to use them to sedate a pig PrincipalPoop: beorn rebozoette: side 5 cease: Beorn. DJTweeny: Hi Beorn Elmer Ho: hullo Beorn Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ PrincipalPoop: have proc explain this episode :D Beet: Chicken Fryer? ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" rebozoette: drag on dragon PrincipalPoop: sparkling prose rebozoette: a silhouette Beorn: There we are. ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" PrincipalPoop: origamic ||||||||| Beorn says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Beorn exits at 9:34 PM. ||||||||| Beorn sneaks in around 9:34 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Beet: Mickey Mouse theme in the background Beorn: Ahhh there we are PrincipalPoop: wb beorn PrincipalPoop: its madness I tell you Beet: Why not Bjorn, Beorn? Elmer Ho: from LOTR, right? ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 9:36 PM, dragging no, not blurb by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" no, not blurb: Just in case nobody's mentioned it recently... Phil's new book is out! http://www.blurb.com/b/8121448-where-s-my-fortune-cookie Beet: yes no cease: Hi no ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" PrincipalPoop: no he is from philly ||||||||| no, not blurb is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 9:37 PM. Elmer Ho: hi from ho no Beorn: Is it better to habe lost and aloned then too never have frost in tweezers? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! DJTweeny: Hi blurb, thanks for the link :) ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Johan Amadeus Myjetski into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 9:38 PM, then departs. PrincipalPoop: I think Socrates answered that but I can't read Greek Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> http://www.blurb.com/b/8121448-where-s-my-fortune-cookie PrincipalPoop: JAM knows ||||||||| 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!" Elmer Ho: so has anyone read Procmer's book? Elmer Ho: it is available on Amazon DJTweeny: Hi Johan Elmer Ho: howdy Johan how are you hows it been nice to see you cease: My copy is theoretically In the Mail Johan Amadeus Myjetski: evening' all! Beorn: Are cheese curds merely groat clusters for the masses? cease: Have a grape. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi DJT, & Elmer! How are ya? cease: Hi Jam Johan Amadeus Myjetski: P.Poop! Everybody okay? Beorn: They eating cheese curds in green bay tonight ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" PrincipalPoop: oh oh I know that one. yes. Elmer Ho: Beorn, if by "cheese curds" you mean "groat clusters", then "yes" Elmer Ho: life is good, JAM Beet: I just purchased Proc's book from Amazon. Beorn: So do ho's have elmers? PrincipalPoop: fine as far as I know, rebozoette lost her net :( but got it back :) Elmer Ho: that's how they glue their artificial nails Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Good evening, cease! Beorn: Dibloominginwhup mudskewer Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hiyas Beet, & greets Beorn!' PrincipalPoop: I am still not entirely sure what they are talking about. Beet: Hi JAM Beorn: Racine obsterbeen four Elmer Ho: Fort Bragg cease: Proc is going to do some major publicity for the book. Heard him on a show he recorded tuesday, almost 3 hours long. see link above. Beorn: Course of the sity clug Beorn: Stirring sity in thr cky PrincipalPoop: an electric sitar Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> http://tinyurl.com/y75ntl7j Beorn: Source paternal confided by cussin fredward Beet: it's amazing sometimes just talking with folks what people have done to feed themselves. Elmer Ho: my worst job was working in a mom-and-pop foundry that was an OSHA inspector's nightmare PrincipalPoop: spoons, forks, sticks, sporks, amazing Beet: Mine was unloading freight cars for Ford Motor Company cease: i had manuel labour jobs outside in la in the summer. no one should be outsided in la in the summer, and certainly not washing cars or trying to sweep rice out of flagstones. Elmer Ho: Woodstock in the background Beorn: Real hullagamushings fot the beansack ringwold PrincipalPoop: oh, I thought you were talking about jobs near the bus station Beet: Stacks of bumpers that would cut into your fingers when you lifted them. Beorn: i filtered air for trees for free Elmer Ho: they would melt scrap aluminum in this big crucible thing that was NOT VENTILATED outside the building Beet: ouch Elmer Ho: you'd breathe this stuff - it was like breathing vinegar Elmer Ho: i can still taste it 40+ years later Johan Amadeus Myjetski: My worse job was resoling & heeling used shoes for a guy that sold them as 'good as new' for $3 in 1970. The lacquer I had to spray them with, to make them look polished, gave me a raging headache, everyday. Beorn: Free yes free, like an anciant Gnotty pine we are free ||||||||| "9:50 PM? 9:50 PM!!" says Catherwood, "The electrcian should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as The electrcian enters and sits in the comfy chair. cease: ah.our wait is over! Beet: electrician PrincipalPoop: ahhh, we were waiting for you, or someone like you Johan Amadeus Myjetski: But does someone like him? PrincipalPoop: just a headache, no fun first? Beet: Can't do without him The electrcian: I am here. Moving positive to negative DJTweeny: It's The Electrician! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Welcome, electrician! Elmer Ho: that's very moving elec PrincipalPoop: Shocking ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Beet: The alternating alternative Beorn: Free to eat cheese curds, cheese sandwiches and cheese whiz, ghee wiz toe Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Heard the word power & reacted? Elmer Ho: cal worthington Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS - Every Firesign Theatre radio broadcast from the "Dear Friends" era (1970-1972) >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ The electrcian: Very alternating Elmer Ho: chick lambert commercial that didn't make the cut - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkr5SOxjihI Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Oh, you got to plug in the AC... Beet: I confess I am interested in consumption. rebozoette: no flats for the tall PrincipalPoop: She had the jack ||||||||| "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!" Elmer Ho: consumption be done about the high cost of limping? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: You know, what the guys are discussing is still right on the mark. NO salesmen will talk about total of payments on an automobile. Beet: One of the best filmed performances in history PrincipalPoop: exactly cease: True, Beet Elmer Ho: indeed Johan Amadeus Myjetski: True, beet, another is Ravi Shankar at the end of the Monterey Pop movie. PrincipalPoop: negro music, wrong music Beet: That one is surprisingly moving. Beorn: No fugs will be considered redundant PrincipalPoop: whaaat? cease: Joni Mitchell singing Coyote on Last Waltz llanwydd: I love Coyote PrincipalPoop: there was smog on the solstice last year ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." cease: Scorsese did a good job there. llanwydd: I saw the last waltz in a motel room. joni was rivetting Beet: I have been telling myself I have to watch Last Waltz again soon. llanwydd: I will never forget that night. there was a lunar eclipse rebozoette: bat her Beorn: No rugs will be considered confident PrincipalPoop: buddhabuddhabuddha ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: I have often said that joni mitchell is the greatest canadian genius Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Last Waltz, along with Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads) are some of the finest concert film performances ever... There are others I'm sure.... cease: I have hitched on the road she's talking about, out of Saskatoon. By far the best song I know to mention our home province. Elmer Ho: parts of Concert for Bangladesh were good PrincipalPoop: that is the first time I heard you say that tonight llanwydd: the dylan parts Beet: One of the best concerts I ever saw was Joni in Memphis Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Right you are, Elmer! Beorn: The robitics in this room are fantastic i adore neon taupe Elmer Ho: the double drumming with Ringo and Keltner(?) was visually striking llanwydd: were you a prisoner of the white lines on the freeway, cease? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Leonard Cohen in Memphis a few years ago was astonishingly great! DJTweeny: PBS did a wonderful documentary on Joni for their American Masters series DJTweeny: few people are more deserving Beet: Must've been great cease: First saw her at USC in 68, Lighting my Chip Monck, who did Woodstock. Made it look like she was on a cloud. Beorn: Is that for me? DJTweeny: nice, cease Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out David Ossman’s new book “MARSHMALLOWS AND DESPAIR” at www.davidossman.com Elmer Ho: cease, you have some great memories... ||||||||| 10:04 PM: Elayne jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" llanwydd: and coyote has the only performance by jaco pastorius that I really like. I thought he was overrated Elayne: Evenin' all! Sorry, forgot what day it was... ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Elayne! DJTweeny: Hi Elayne Beet: Evening Miss Elayne llanwydd: hi Elayne Elmer Ho: Elayne! We're glad you made it Elayne: Robin reminded me, he said TCM is doing another counterculture movie night. cease: Hi El llanwydd: dont we all have great memories? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: He doesn't know what time it is either. And he has the stopwatch. llanwydd: wish I still had tcm DJTweeny: Wow, I really liked Jaco with weather Report Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> http://tinyurl.com/y75ntl7j llanwydd: I had a weather report album but I couldnt really get into it Johan Amadeus Myjetski: MEMORY! Beorn: Confound it pluto, they are on to us, to the vehicle.....away! Elmer Ho: wish I had cable - looks like an interesting night http://www.tcm.com/schedule/ Elayne: Thanks Tween, just put it in my Amazon cart. cease: llan, it was a highway. and hitching in winter in saskatchewan is a bitch. i think she wrote freeway cuz she'd moved to la, or maybe cuz it ounded better. DJTweeny: yw :) llanwydd: I bet Ive seen all the films though Beorn: Blast off into the amazing year tomorrow! cease: Metheney's song Jaco is a fave. llanwydd: hadnt thought of that cease Beet: Hitch hike er Johan Amadeus Myjetski: The sound of Jaco's bass was SO unique... rebozoette: cash bash Elmer Ho: a bass player's signature is his tone cease: no freeways in saskatchewan. la has suburbs with more people than in all of sasktchewan llanwydd: I have a fond memory of hitchhiking at night with my first walkman PrincipalPoop: did sas ever catch ewan? llanwydd: along route 87 in the north of NYS PrincipalPoop: hello? Beorn: I like it when hitchikers climb in the trunk and take a nap. Best lift ever! Elmer Ho: sound is too flat - needs more echo llanwydd: I was listening to Murmur by REM rebozoette: how many dougs llanwydd: it was like the music was coming down from the stars cease: i hitched from saskatoon to montreal in the summer of 71. when i got to montreal, my friend lived on the road up to mount royal so i followed the road to the top, and there were two guys reciting 2 places to each other. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Judy Carne - I always thought she was really cute llanwydd: quite an adventure, cease PrincipalPoop: her and goldie on laugh-in oh my Elmer Ho: was married to Burt Reynolds - by all accounts she was a nightmare - cute, but a nightmare DJTweeny: that's wild, cease :) llanwydd: I liked her on Laugh In DJTweeny: The movies she did with Chevy Chase were fun PrincipalPoop: firehead fever cease: when i had to wait a long time between rides, i'd recite the first 3 albums. Beet: I was wrong. The song wasn't Hitch Hike Er. It was Hip Hug E. sorryr DJTweeny: and of course, one of the highlights of Laugh-In Beet: Hip Hug Er llanwydd: yeah, I saw Foul Play. That was great Beorn: so long Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I hitched from Memphis to Key West in 74 with only $0.69 in my pocket & nothing to eat except a bag of Canada mints PrincipalPoop: so far DJTweeny: wow JAM Beet: Did you find a job JAM? cease: symbolic coinage, like the i ching. PrincipalPoop: a bag of mints or just happy to see them? llanwydd: incredible, johan cease: that really has to be the first lyric to a really good song. llanwydd: did you forage for food? Elmer Ho: and in the south, no less - that's the spirit of adventure Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I made it back up to Davie FL & got a job painting ceramic animals for a home decor 2-man fir, Johan Amadeus Myjetski: firm PrincipalPoop: key west 74, you would be fine Beet: cool Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Forage? Bumming, more like PrincipalPoop: pink flamingos and dwarfs? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Met some friends in Key West, that saved me PrincipalPoop: I think florida is longer than the trip from memphis to florida DJTweeny: kewl Elmer Ho: was in key west for my kid's wedding a few months ago - looked like it would have been a great place before it got all tourist trappy Elmer Ho: yes, florida is a loooong state to drive Johan Amadeus Myjetski: One of the guys I met there sang with me at my high school talent show. We won it, but they took the prize away when some teacher told them it was a war protest song. We sang Draft Dodger Rag by Phil Ochs.... PrincipalPoop: the echo has worn me out PrincipalPoop: gd pinko commies Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Constant echo requires drugs to acclimate to... Elmer Ho: constant drugs require echo PrincipalPoop: its madness I tell you Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Tim Buckley? DJTweeny: Elmer Ho: yes, florida is a loooong state to drive < try Texas sometime ;) Elmer Ho: John Sebastian llanwydd: Ive been in floridea for six years and Ive never been to the keys Elmer Ho: i have - my wife's brother lives there PrincipalPoop: florida does not claim to be a country lol Johan Amadeus Myjetski: FL is over 400 mi long. It's a whole days drive, almost DJTweeny: might want to wait until they get things cleaned up a bit, Llan Elmer Ho: armadillos have a remarkably maladapted response to the existence of the automobile DJTweeny: they got hit pretty hard llanwydd: true tween cease: I was there in 54. Not exactly something I remember. Beet: I wonder if this ad resulted in any sales for Bob cease: i wonder if bob and the lads ever hung out. PrincipalPoop: book recommendations cease: bergman used to play dylan tunes on his 67. to quote bergman, if you dont like a dylan song, wait for a while. you willl later. ||||||||| It's 10:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Johan Amadeus Myjetski: FL doesn't claim to be a country, but Key West has. In the past they declared their independence as the Conch Republic. They issued passports, minted their on money, etc. ||||||||| 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." rebozoette: mousey cease: 67 radio free oz, the iteration after he left kpft in march, 67 PrincipalPoop: you are right cheeseburger in paradise breath Elmer Ho: time to run - thanks for another evening of snails and adventure ||||||||| Elmer Ho rushes off, saying "10:27 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Nite & pleasant dreams, Elmer! DJTweeny: Seems like I heard about the Conch Republic PrincipalPoop: the golden hind bids you adieu Beet: Nite Elmer cease: the reason i know this is my recording, apart from others taylor may have had access to, is that the pattern of the static is familiar from that particular recording an an inexpensive sony tape recorder on a hill just below mulholland. cease: by elmer Beet: Elf supremacy Johan Amadeus Myjetski: They actually blocked the A1A highway into Key West, changing I think it was $2 or 3 for a passport,their money is still honored at businesses even today cease: i was having reception problems at the time. Beet: Gandalph smoked Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I am floored, cease, that you can recognize your recording from the hiss... ;-) cease: is that liked smoked ham? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Dr. Happy Harry Cox says “I was right about the comet! Check out my new DVD set EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE DECLASSIFIED FIRESIGN THEATRE 1968-1975 before it’s too late!!” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php cease: i'll have 100 grams of smoked salmon and 200 grams of smoked gandalf please Beet: ham doesn't stay lit Johan Amadeus Myjetski: How is an actor different from a ham? DJTweeny: haha Johan Amadeus Myjetski: A: you can always cure a ham... PrincipalPoop: where is stretch legs? Beet: benevolent hipsters Johan Amadeus Myjetski: toast to better times? what, no jelly? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Mmmm... making me hungry.... Beet: I never heard a moustache before DJTweeny: Johan Amadeus Myjetski: How is an actor different from a ham? << one can run a radio? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hahaha. Yes, but which? Beet: The cured one cease: this is one of my favourite firesign pieces. i have been affected by this since 1970 DJTweeny: good question ;) rebozoette: pea nut llanwydd: I am an actor and I can tell you the word ham is not well defined cease: the combination of voice and information is so awesome, it enters its own dimension. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: so true, cease llanwydd: I had a drama coach who told us once that he would never accuse anyone of overacting and did exactly that to an actor a few days later cease: i found it odd that my parents ate ham at easter and bacon occaionally but avoided pork. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Rebozoetee & Llan - HAHA! cease: japan, where i lived a long time, has a divine pork dish called Ton Katsu, for which you need the best possible pork, as its great beef dishes require the highest qualtiy beef, which outside of japan, is quite rare. llanwydd: whats the difference, cease? DJTweeny: some great bits in here for sure, cease cease: notices how ossman puts music-like influence on words to increase your subliminal apprecation of the information llanwydd: well, cease, my favorite japanee food is sukyaki (sic?) and some is not made from the best quality beef Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I really thought I was the only one picking up on that cease Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> http://tinyurl.com/y75ntl7 cease: i had sukiyaki in la before i went to japan and you can get minor league beef, still very good in chain resaurants in japan too. DJTweeny: Kobe Beef is insanely expensive, isn't it cease? Beet: One definition of "ham": http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%20ham ||||||||| Outside, the 10:42 PM crosstown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving lurkingnomore coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. cease: but when i was exposed to the good stuff, i really noticed the difference. it just tasted vastly better. DJTweeny: Hi lurker lurkingnomore: That last URL doesn't work... Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hiya, Lurking! cease: however, liike french food, a lot has to do with the sauce, which is idiosynchratic. DJTweeny: end of the show, unfortunately :/ cease: the best restaurants guard their best sauces. llanwydd: Hi , lurking lurkingnomore: But this one does: http://www.blurb.com/b/8121448-where-s-my-fortune-cookie lurkingnomore: It came! ||||||||| 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: my link doesn't work? cease: kobe is famous in the west but in japan there are higher levels. one i love is called Ohmi beef. lurkingnomore: It was in my mailbox! cease: ohimi is near kyoto. llanwydd: yeah, the sauce is usually good but the beef is sometimes far from kobe quality cease: hi lurk. lurkingnomore: IT HAS PICTURES!!!!! lurkingnomore: AND WORDS!!!!!! DJTweeny: Yeah, something with the URL changed lurker, thanks cease: when you have great beef or pork with some awesome sauce, you enter into a new realm. DJTweeny: worked before I made the post Beet: This is pretty cool DJTweeny: will have to fix that for next week cease: our copies are alas, still in the mail. lurkingnomore: It has it all! Everything that's EVER HAPPENED! Rufus_T_Firetween: Here's the Amazon link - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/138970503X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ff04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=138970503X&linkId=f4f926787d57bf1868b442aea81697b1 cease: i am on quest to find vegetarian food that tastes as good as the great meat dishes of japan. Rufus_T_Firetween: I was trying to shorten it lurkingnomore: go away. i have to read now ||||||||| At 10:46 PM, lurkingnomore hurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> http://tinyurl.com/y75ntl7j llanwydd: not hard to do cease Beet: I have a feeling there is going to be a spike in purchases of Proc's book. llanwydd: seitan Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I just tried a meat substitute tonight that was new for me, a fruit from India called jackfruit. Was pretty good! Rufus_T_Firetween: oops, didn't copy the entire link, sorry ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, 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 Listen to my show archives and ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow' cease: i had an uncle who used to invent fruit. llanwydd: a botanist? cease: that would be an interesting job. cease: he worked for a rich guy who wanted his own fruit. llanwydd: another luther burbank, sounds like Beet: I had the hots for Teusday cease: he went to tibet, when that wasnt possible, to steal its fruit. he returned with a monk. PrincipalPoop: no, thank you cease: the monk followed him to his orchard in california and, though not quite converting him to bhuddism, got him to stop eating meat. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Luther Burbank & George Washington Carver were outstanding in their field... cease: my mother went to live with him in the 30s and became a vegetarian, so i was raised a vegetarian, until the cuban missile crisis. ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." llanwydd: like I said cease, quality meat is not hard to simulate Johan Amadeus Myjetski: You mean these buys be talking SMACK? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: boys, not buys cease: that is increasingly true, llan. there is an increasing market for it. llanwydd: I used do it often. Vital Wheat Gluten. PrincipalPoop: I did enjoy myself, thank you and all Beet: This, of course, was fun. I love the chats. Thanks to all of you. I look forward to the return of the collages, Mr Cease. Thanks Dr Tween. G'nite. rebozoette: Beet cease DJTweeny Johan Amadeus Myjetski llanwydd PrincipalPoop Rufus_T_Firetween thanks you all cease: glad you had a good time, poop Johan Amadeus Myjetski: G'night all! Love, love, love to all! Thanks DJT & everybody!! same time next week! PrincipalPoop: sugar smacks or I'll smack you back cease: next week, more new york worlds fair. DJTweeny: Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... llanwydd: nite, JAM ||||||||| 10:52 PM -- PrincipalPoop left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). llanwydd: nite everybody ||||||||| llanwydd is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 10:52 PM. cease: off we go. ||||||||| cease leaves to catch the 10:54 PM train to Vancouver. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| The electrcian - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:55 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| It's 12:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beorn - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| rebozoette - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DoctorDog - 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
Beorn
cease
DJTweeny
DoctorDog
Elayne
Elmer Ho
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
llanwydd
lurkingnomore
no, not blurb
Not Ed
PrincipalPoop
rebozoette
Rufus_T_Firetween
The electrcian
