||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for December 14, 2017 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood ushers RedPillTweeny into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 9:19 AM, then departs. ||||||||| It's 9:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Telok into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, mutters something about 10:40 AM, then departs. ||||||||| It's 10:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Telok - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with RedPillTweeny close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 11:24 AM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the sitting room. ||||||||| It's 11:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and announces "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:01 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Music About Games) 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 8:39 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'EWeston', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:49 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:50 PM and late as usual, it's llanwydd, just back from Florida." EWeston: Hi Tweeny, wild times and a new star wars film today DJTweeny: Hi EW DJTweeny: Hi llan llanwydd: howdy DJTweeny: any good, EW? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:51 PM and late as usual, it's Johan Amadeus Myjetski, just back from Funfun Town." DJTweeny: Hi Johan llanwydd: hey jam EWeston: Lians early Such reviews as I've seen are mixed. EWeston: Hi JAM Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi EW! Johan Amadeus Myjetski: This is making me think of Tonto's Expanding Headband DJTweeny: I have one of their albums on vinyl from the old days llanwydd: what is this, tween? DJTweeny: this is Patrick Moraz (Yes, The Moody Blues) EWeston: One interesting thing out of Alabama. That vote would have put one democratic HR and at least 9 GOP HR's in office llanwydd: cool llanwydd: you and I seem to have the same taste in music, tween llanwydd: or very similar DJTweeny: from his Future Memories I & II album Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Had Moraz's Out In the Sun, & "I". Good stuff! EWeston: Bass vocaliser? llanwydd: the first moraz album was by far his best DJTweeny: I was into prog rock and electronic music big time back in the 70s DJTweeny: both of those excellent as well llanwydd: I grew up on Yes ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: Oh yeah, huge Yes fan here Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Saw Moraz with Yes on the Relayer tour llanwydd: I have seen Yes four times ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:57 PM and late as usual, it's cease, just back from Vancouver." llanwydd: hey cat EWeston: Ello Cat DJTweeny: never caught them with Wakeman, unfortunately, but saw the Relayer tour with Moraz 3 times DJTweeny: Hi cease cease: High all ||||||||| 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)' Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Greets, cat! cease: just listened to my back pages by nice ||||||||| Beet enters at 8:59 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. Beet: Evening fellow chatters. llanwydd: I saw them twice with wakeman, once with downes and once with the other wakeman EWeston: Proco Harem imprinted somewhere for me llanwydd: never saw moraz EWeston: Beester Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I did see Wakeman twice solo. Journey to the Center of the Earth, & Arthur & the Knights of the Round table. Awesome performances! Beet: Howdy Mr EW ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, December 14, 2017 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Beet! Beet: Greetings JAM EWeston: Pats Beet on head. Wonders about skin cream and its uses cease: this Time was brought to you. think about that. are there other times brough to you by others. ||||||||| "9:00 PM? 9:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "redbozoette should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as redbozoette enters and sits on the couch. DJTweeny: Hi Beet Beet: Howdy Dr Yween Beet:Tween Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Reboz! cease: hi bozo redbozoette: Beet cease DJTweeny EWeston Johan Amadeus Myjetski llanwydd hey I made it llanwydd: hey redbo DJTweeny: Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I did see Wakeman twice solo. Journey to the Center of the Earth, & Arthur & the Knights of the Round table. Awesome performances! << wow, too cool :-) Beet: Hi rebo EWeston: Ambusing time and tackling it may be the way DJTweeny: allo rebo redbozoette: hi cat redbozoette: hi tweeny hows it going EWeston: RBZ Yow DJTweeny: don't worry rebozoette, I'm not playing any National Lampoon tonight ;) DJTweeny: doin' good, thanks llanwydd: I have read that the Arthur tour bankrupted wakeman redbozoette: haha tweeny DJTweeny: I read an interview where he kept talking about plowing whatever money he made into new projects ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'DadSir2U', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:03 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Beet: Hadn't said hello to Dr Cease and llan yet. Howdy. DJTweeny: Hi DadSir Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hi Dad! DadSir2U: helloo Beet: Greetings Dad EWeston: How's Sonny Dadsir2U? cease: Dad cease: How D Beet DadSir2U: Sonny had a problem at the tollbooth Beet: Saying "yes without knowing at all". Sound familiar? EWeston: I never know were to put my tollbooths either cease: lol beet Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Yes it does, beet! cease: my father was drafted into the canadian army to fight hitler. he didn't want to go. he agreed with hitler. Beet: This who;e essay is about how dictators gain their power. ||||||||| Outside, the 9:09 PM crosstown bus from Washington pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Hi Not EWeston: Where's Not Joe Ed? cease: anti-semitism was (to me) surprisingly prevalent in those days in north america. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: good to see ya, NotEd Not Ed: Good evening Tweeny cease: hence the refusal to allow jewish refugees from hitler lands. cease: hi not EWeston: My dad had some racism in him. He grew out of it. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! Now playing: THE PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN from Firesign's “PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN” ** 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u PINK HOTEL >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-ln' Not Ed: Phil's book is weirdly cool! DJTweeny: Hey ≠Ed llanwydd: I have this cd somewhere Not Ed: Hi Beet, EW Beet: EOBE a real sleeper that has become one of my favorites. Not Ed: Hey JAM Not Ed: Cheers cease cease: my father only overcame his racism after his daughter in law was benevolent towards him for many years Not Ed: llan & redboz hi ho DJTweeny: that's cool, cease redbozoette: hi not ed Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “THE PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-ln ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" llanwydd: I bought EOBE on vynil when it came out. I was disappointed that ossman wasn't on it cease: Fumiyho is to benevolence as a kind of gravity. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Good to know love still trumps prejudice, cease Not Ed: GET LAMP cease: I only heard it many years after it came out. DJTweeny: so to speak, Johan? ;) DJTweeny: EOBE was one of the first CDs I bought Not Ed: XYZZY cease: interesting point, jam EWeston: Good for her, Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Yeah, I could've chosen a better verb, could I not? cease: not often in my experience. DJTweeny: haha llanwydd: the very first cd I ever ought was give me immortality. I started late Not Ed: GNUSTO OZMOO llanwydd: bought EWeston: I have it on vynil cease: boner city? are we approaching the end of sexual harrasment? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: First FST I heard was Electrician. First one I bought was Two Places at Once Beet: I envy people who still have some of Firesign as a first discovery. i only wish more would discover. cease: i was a firesign fan before they existed cease: or at the beginning. EWeston: Tx AG aid latest victim of, the ladies DJTweeny: since before the beginning? cease: the play i am writing is inspired by this kind of name foolery ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! cease: names are fun! Beet: That was cool ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign’s - “EAT OR BE EATEN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check Out EAT OR BE EATEN At >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe' Beet: The video is lots of fun Johan Amadeus Myjetski: two things experts agree you should never do in bed: point & laugh... Beet: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html EWeston: Two common lies, Alcohol doesn't effectme, I understand the Russians.s Johan Amadeus Myjetski: lol Not Ed: Hugo's Mystical Head should be a real game Beet: I just realized that the snake on the cover is doing exactly what the title says. cease: I had a very strange experience downtown about 3 hours ago. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: plastic brakes? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! DJTweeny: do tell, cease... EWeston: Bonzo twist, Lord Snuuty's Giant Poisoned Electric Head Beet: I enjoy strange experiences cease: did i mention last week that i'd just had the best grilled cheese sandwich of my life earlier that day? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: I grew up around kudzu. Strange stuff! ||||||||| doctecazoid sashays in at 9:24 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. doctecazoid: mmmkay? Beet: What was different about it? DJTweeny: I do not recall your saying that, cease Johan Amadeus Myjetski: HiYa, Doc! DJTweeny: Hey Doc EWeston: Docazoid! cease: i asked for the porcini but they said i'd have to wait half an hour but the chanterelle was available so i had that. best sanwich ever cease: hey doc. doctecazoid: cease: glad to hear that! a good grilled cheese sandwich is like gold cease: so i went later today to get the porcini sandwich and wolfed it down. doctecazoid: hello subscribers cease: also a mulled wine and later a hot cidre. doctecazoid: my job is to keep things lookin' real ... even if we are on the internet Not Ed: Yo doct EWeston: Enscribers, against the wall/ cease: after i left the christmas fair, i was walkng down the street and was suddenly filed with pain. cease: like i had to puke. and it was a busy street, ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: is dis a system? Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Going to have to drop out... out the chat. Will be listening... cease: il leaned against a column until i could walk, but only a few meteres Beet: Hi Doctec doctecazoid: i am three steets to the wind, and i gotta say, the threadcount of these sheets is quite luxurious ||||||||| 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!" EWeston: No but a disk can be Not Ed: All power to nobody! cease: i was reclining against a piller in vast pain when a young woman said sir are you ok? redbozoette: yum' Beet: See ya, JAM ||||||||| "9:28 PM? 9:28 PM!!" says Catherwood, "PrincipalPoop should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as PrincipalPoop enters and sits on the divan. doctecazoid: r u o k? EWeston: Poopsie Not Ed: Hi PPoop Beet: Poop is here! doctecazoid: what is virtual reality? DJTweeny: Hi PrincP PrincipalPoop: 3 sheets to the wind eh? cheers, hi all doctecazoid: and when will it get to a point where it can be monetized? EWeston: A fashion acessory PrincipalPoop: and were you ok cat? cease: i was not and barely capable of speech without barfing Not Ed: Three tokes to the left doctecazoid: pardon me while i acquire a fourth sheet - brb PrincipalPoop: one line over the line cease: but suddenly i could speak again walk 2 blocks to the ferry, and eventualy walk home. EWeston: The three D interface is still limited. For creation. Not Ed: sorry Cat dang PrincipalPoop: ahh a 2nd wind, those are nice Beet: How can shoplifting be fun if you get busted? PrincipalPoop: mister natural came in sheets as I recall cease: because of this young woman's concern or just overcoming the harm the grilled cheese wolfed down too quickly, it was to me a miracle. Not Ed: drafty pants PrincipalPoop: maybe it was orange sunshine EWeston: A digestive system hiccup Cat? cease: eating fried food quickly is not a good idea. PrincipalPoop: unavoidable if you have not had kfc in awhile EWeston: An12 cans of diet coke a day Not Ed: use invisibility and fly across the inverted ziggurat cease: but in all my decades of fumbling through survival, this is the first time anyone has shown concern PrincipalPoop: does diet coke have aspertime or the other stuff? Not Ed: brown water EWeston: Donno Diet drinks were never my thing PrincipalPoop: the terrorsac, tetrasect, tangaset, testheract, testertack, something like that PrincipalPoop: tazerack EWeston: I was a fan of cyclamates in Fresca though now that I think of it. Not Ed: terrorsac yeah that's what it is Not Ed: lol PrincipalPoop: fresca and tab, give me a tab lol Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html ** 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 EWeston: It was never the same when they replaced it Not Ed: I yahoo'd for mountain dew but I really miss moxie PrincipalPoop: is there is still tabs of stuff available? Not Ed: I was so into Tab PrincipalPoop: mister pibb and the other one, vernons Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone tabs of it. ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone tabs of it. cease:https://www.vancouverchristmasmarket.com/vendor/taste-the-wild/ EWeston: The accursed is remanded to his malted battery acid of choice DJTweeny: Wow, the chatroom is getting all melty... redbozoette: la la la la cease: must be the drugs, tween EWeston: Bout time sheesh PrincipalPoop: I have not clicked the link but I see the problem, taste the wild huh? Not Ed: I'm having a hot flashback! DJTweeny: it's the tab I got from Catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood rushes up to DJTweeny and mumbles "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?" Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Hello. You've reached the Bad Samaritan. Sorry there no one here to take your call personally, but we understand how you've travelled life's highway with your smile on upside down... redbozoette: its pickled in pickles doctecazoid: put down that pickle! PrincipalPoop: taste the wild mushrooms, you first...I will drink your urine.... EWeston: Sure but try and find green lipstick cease: Fumiyo suggested it was because I looked like an old man. doctecazoid: old is a relative term EWeston: Old mongol tradition eh Pooper. Beet: Only my relatives are old doctecazoid: cf eddie izzard: "this building was constructed over fifty years ago..." Not Ed: Hawkmoth.... http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Hawkmoth_Legion_Garrison doctecazoid: everyone in earshot: "Noooooo - no one was alive back then!" PrincipalPoop: we have been through this before, i turn around to see who they are talking to when they call me Sir. DJTweeny: Cat inspired me to make a grilled cheese sandwich :) redbozoette: its in a sealed something cease: taling of toast, Not Ed: A good grilled cheese is a beauty thing Beet: I have at least one a week cease: ok i am thinknig about my near death experience with grilled cheese 3 hours ago, EWeston: And a Vulcan Patty Melt is... PrincipalPoop: one what? Beet: Near death is a small price to pay for a goog grillied cheese EWeston: Juan Tu PrincipalPoop: name anything grilled that is not beautiful.... Not Ed: this sphinx stinx cease: the sandwich wasnt hot enough, thus i ate it too quickly before it decended into inedibilty? cease: fuck you, beet doctecazoid: did you know you can vulcanize your shoes for only pennies per shoe? EWeston: Grilled jellyfish Beet: goodTongue in ckeek, cease DJTweeny: they get pointy ears, Doc? PrincipalPoop: the grill marks on a squid are pretty cease: and then i drank a couple of hot drinks far too quickly, before they cooled. Beet: Typing is weird tonight doctecazoid: i used to think fighting was out of style... Not Ed: Jelled grillyfish Not Ed: mmmm doctecazoid: now i think it's just overrated. PrincipalPoop: sounds like an age related incident as your better half already observed EWeston: Grilled squid. When you want to eat a long time doctecazoid: does anybody really know what time it is? does anybody really care - about time? redbozoette: with mayo on the side cease: so, do you all think i became healthy suddenly becuase the food induced nausea had passed or because of rthe sudden intervention of concern? Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone time. ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone time. PrincipalPoop: preparing for a job with the airline industry there doc? doctecazoid:https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chicagos-terry-kath-inside-guitarists-life-tragic-death-w513689 EWeston: Our brains live outside of time. But it seems to snap back to the present at any time Not Ed: kath was genius material doctecazoid: poop: i'll take any job that pays a decent wage at this point. cease: it was kind of like a christmas miracle story. i thought i would fall down into a busy street and die instead, im chstttomng with yall PrincipalPoop: picky picky picky cease: lol poop doctecazoid: not not not EWeston: Empathy does affect the receiver Cat ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Not Ed: whatevah cease: indeed, ew doctecazoid: there is not enough empathy in the world Not Ed: ribbah ribbah! doctecazoid: kinda like slack PrincipalPoop: who cares if there is not enough empathy? Not Ed: and too much synthacy ||||||||| 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: We'll never be short of apathy though cease: would i have enough empathy to do that for another? PrincipalPoop: that is one of those sentences you can read both ways lol Beet: lol poop Not Ed: oh goody more synth! Not Ed: lol Not Ed: PPoop PrincipalPoop: i should do something about apathy. EWeston: There is a phyisiological reaction. The concern must be preceived though doctecazoid: you can never have enough synths ... https://www.arturia.com/products/cmi-v/overview Not Ed: EOBE is funnn redbozoette: great bites Beet: Amazing creation EWeston: Plant a flower for it Pooper Not Ed: throw a towel over it doctecazoid: i'm the bug! Not Ed: don't panic doctecazoid: i either tell the truth, or i lie.... heh just lyin' EWeston: Synder sense is tingling PrincipalPoop: omg why not panic? Beet: Have the book only started to read it. EWeston: I prefer scheeching muself doctecazoid: earth: mostly harmless EWeston: A Chesterfield just flew by doctecazoid: jesus was nailed to a cross for suggesting that people be nice to one another for a change. Not Ed: 2 3 4 ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s - “PHIL, PHIL AND PHILIP K. DICK” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' Beet: Must have been an interesting dude Not Ed: zactly doc Not Ed: ya cease: I am proud of this, y'all. EWeston: He did the Eygptian Dying Man trick really well cease: I've been thinking about how Firesing and PKD combine since my wife turned me on to PKD in 75 EWeston: Not Insane! ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and pipes up "Presenting 'Uncle Glen', just granted probation at 9:54 PM", then leaves hurriedly. PrincipalPoop: pkd, is that like pcp? cease: Or Anyone like h im Rufus_T_Firetween: ** BBC series Arena show about Philip K. Dick >>. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cK2MPgAHRk EWeston: Oh, its Uncle DJTweeny: Hi Glen Beet: hello uncle cease: Hey Glen. Just in time for my new collage. Are you a PKD fan? ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" PrincipalPoop: lead me to my own machine uncle glen Uncle Glen: Yo, kids! doctecazoid: cry uncle EWeston: Let loose the Gerbals of Heck! Uncle Glen: SUGAR! cease: My producer at tje time, Peter Stenshoel gave me this Arena PKD show. DJTweeny: lol EW doctecazoid:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crying_of_Lot_49 PrincipalPoop: the candyman can... redbozoette: panda dander EWeston: They've been filing their fangs PrincipalPoop: that is old, the bleeding edge is new EWeston: Nor can they depreciate for five years DJTweeny: someone on FB wants to know why Ossman wasn't on EOBE, anybody know? cease: i should have done more noise reduction on this. doctecazoid:http://swornfriends.com/Common/ueditor/net/upload/51/2013-06-25/58E22EC9BFFED2BF.pdf cease: yes. he left the group to do other things Uncle Glen: He was back east doing stuff for NPR officially. llanwydd: sxcdrfvgbyhnujmik Uncle Glen: I think. cease: i think so too glen cease: are any of you fans of philip k dick? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. doctecazoid: he left the group also because he wasn't making enough money to keep hs personal situation afloat ||||||||| ''Bob'' steals in around 10:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." EWeston: I read many of his works bout four decades ago cease:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o1aZlFYK8Y ||||||||| 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!" EWeston: High Bob Beet: I heard Ossman on NPR in D.C. during that time. I tried to get in touch with him as a Firesign fan but I didn't get a response. DJTweeny: never read his book, cease, but I am a huge fan of the original Bladerunner movie cease: i did not know that, doc. but the firesign never made enough money to coast on . PrincipalPoop: hey steve ''Bob'': I'm not high. Cuz I'm not low. When I get low, I get high. ''Bob'': Hi, all. :) EWeston: Nice suit Steve llanwydd: when I saw fst at Town Hall in NYC back in 81, they broke character for a while to talk to the audience. Somebody yelled More sugar! and Ossman replied "There'll BE more sugar". His tone of voice said he wasn't happy aoub doctecazoid: ossman produced this post-Firesign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIeYnoutthU DJTweeny: Hi Bob llanwydd: about something Uncle Glen: They were always connected. They broke up and reformed more than anybody. EWeston: The group had stress's over the years. Disagreements, and apologises. llanwydd: the reason I mention it is somebody just asked why Ossman left and I have always thought that comment indicated he was not happy being in the group Uncle Glen: Not true. PrincipalPoop: no no, let me enjoy my dream of perfect firesign harmony DJTweeny: lol P cease: lol poop ||||||||| 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." doctecazoid: i think there were tow things in play: (1) there was a schism between proc/bergman and austin/ossman, and (b) ossman needed to make a living Beet: They were, after all, all FIREsigns. PrincipalPoop: exactly Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Cat’s new collage “Phil, Phil and Philip K. Dick” is now available at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Uncle Glen: Creative differences existed since the beginning. So it was NEVER about that. doctecazoid: proc/berg were more in the "we're here to entertain" camp. austin/ossman were more in the "we're here to make a point" camp cease: the reason i wrote Neal Amid, my favourite play is because of a conversation I had with Phil Austin, mostly about how much he hated Bergman. PrincipalPoop: not a schism, more of a ahh, ahhh, what you call that when it almost but not a schism? llanwydd: that's shocking, cease Beet: Thtt's a revelation, cease. cease: well doc, that is simplistic. bergman was nevre not a teacher. Uncle Glen: If Bergman ever said he hated Austin, he would have been referring to "at the moment". PrincipalPoop: so he really cared, that shows love... EWeston: At one late performance ending Bergman put his hand on Austin's shoulder, and quickly removed it doctecazoid: read bergman's comments re bozos in the 'shoes for industry' release doctecazoid: bozos "left him cold" redbozoette: blow it out cease: also good point, glen. maybe austin's dope wasn't strong enough when we talked. but he was very stoned. doctecazoid: because there was not enough comedy in it doctecazoid: it was more of a head trip doctecazoid: there's also the fact that when the vietnam war ended, the group was at a loss as to where they needed to go from there ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Plays at >> http://www.seemreal.com cease: one of the fhirst things austin said to me, after volunteering to play Neal Cassidy in my play, was, about Bergman, HE STOLE MY WIFE. PrincipalPoop: meh meh meh, I can't hear you, they had uninterrupted cosmic synergism always meh meh meh ''Bob'': Economists can't get laid? Now you tell me... DJTweeny: lol P cease: now, that should be a good thing. phil and oona were a vast creative force like an earthquake for a better planet. doctecazoid: funny thing is that, after they broke up, it was the fans that helped them get back together Uncle Glen: I think I knew them well enough to know that their relationships ebbed and flowed, but their love for each other was constant. cease: none more than elayne, doc. doctecazoid: and if you really pay close attention to the three rhino albums, they really did reboot FT, brilliantly cease: austin told her that. PrincipalPoop: watch where you are putting your invisible hand there bob... DJTweeny: agreed Doc doctecazoid: doom bot dust cease: indeed, doc doctecazoid: they were always a head of their thyme Beet: They were individuals who were smart enough to realize that the chemistry of the four of them was real and potent and worth preserving. ''Bob'': Can't grope my way toward equilibrium without my invisible hand! cease: maybe i can reboot my play writing thing. doctecazoid: keep the conversation going! PrincipalPoop: yes, if only we could bottle them ||||||||| 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: Here use my invisible cattleprod Rufus_T_Firetween: ** BBC series Arena show about Philip K. Dick >>. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cK2MPgAHRk doctecazoid: btw, squirreled away on the radiofreeoz.com site is the serialized "last radio performance doctecazoid: of firesign - on KBOO radio Rufus_T_Firetween: cool, Doc Uncle Glen: That was a reference to a bootleg I gave Austin Uncle Glen: Of TFT doctecazoid:http://radiofreeoz.com/archive.php?pagetype=month&ym=201204 doctecazoid: look for the 'KBOO' entries there Beet: That's a great link, doc. Thanks. doctecazoid: sure Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out Cat’s Collage Archive at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Uncle Glen: Junkies! doctecazoid: for two years after peter passed away i toiled over getting contet posted to his site doctecazoid: there are some real gems in there if you dig around a bit Uncle Glen: I like these studio bits from Not Insane doctecazoid: i'm pleased that i was able to revive the archive cease: good work,doc ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" doctecazoid: re not insane: am i off base when i characterize it as their 'contractual obligation' album? EWeston: Pacing is much slower than the album, which is good PrincipalPoop: is that a french word? revive? cease: are you folks enjoying this? doctecazoid: or is it that they simply hit a wall and couldn't push their way past a self-imposed envelope? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" EWeston: Not Dear Friends? Beet: absolutely cease EWeston: The Rat was certainly different cease: thanks, beet. Uncle Glen: I don't think contractual obligation really applies. cease: yes doc, sam told me the same thing Uncle Glen: They did put effort into it. Weird effort, but effort. doctecazoid:https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/martian/index.html Beet: What I like about your collages, cease, is that you come at Firesign from a huge variety of contextual angles which adds depth to appreciating them. Plus presenting material with which I certainly have not been familiar previously. Uncle Glen: The notes are interesting. I know what I saw in the studio and on the stage. Uncle Glen: Corn Giant Stores! cease: n wew di this play? Uncle Glen: Que? Beet: The universe is a clever fake. Uncle Glen: THAT I knew. EWeston: For all your giant ear needs ||||||||| 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!" doctecazoid: hmm http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u doesn't seem to be working for me EWeston: We live in a three dimensional event horizon, per recent spectulation Uncle Glen: Hopper Cones! cease: Austin worked on the railroad and wrote great stories about it DJTweeny: works here, Doc cease: this among them DJTweeny: goes to the browser, and then opens in iTunes Beet: This is good Uncle Glen: I like the train talk. EWeston: Yaz DJTweeny: Try pasting the link directly into your player, Doc Beet: Too many optional bosoms around PrincipalPoop: optional ample bosom, did I spell bosom right? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE, COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html EWeston: Secret underwear America's fav doctecazoid: ok there we go PrincipalPoop: I like bosoms and boobies and tatas cease: Cats love to stretch EWeston: Dos esses Pooper Beet: Is that the same as magic underwear? doctecazoid: my situation is weird here - i'm on my mac laptop in the living room, teamviewered into my windows desktop upstairs in my 'studio' EWeston: Over my pay grade Beet cease: how is lily? doctecazoid: i tried getting the feed going on our raspberry pi (through which we stream kcrw into the house nearly 24/7) and it wouldn't play ... PrincipalPoop: ask siri to talk with cortana or whoever doctecazoid: i tried playing it on my mac via vlc and no go - but second time doctecazoid: second time was the charm cease: this is worker speaking PrincipalPoop: charm or chime? laheim Uncle Glen: Mystical Powers of the Written Word doctecazoid: chum :-) doctecazoid: difficult techniculties - you know i love 'em! PrincipalPoop: that reminds me champ, chomp chimp and chump, we need a meaning for chemp EWeston: Degrees of difficulty often remind you that you are alive doctecazoid: shemp? doctecazoid: first world problems cease: this is like my 2nd neal cassady story where he shrinks' PrincipalPoop: not shemp, but possibly ||||||||| 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: This is quite a fantasy Uncle Glen: Dangerous exposition doctecazoid: this is from tales of the old detective right? doctecazoid: or am i miss taken? EWeston: Times of great dexterity Beet: I loved that ||||||||| 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!" EWeston: Don't think so Doc ''Bob'': That was good, but I think I've had my phil. cease: Hope y'all enjoyed that. EWeston: Don't bogart thet Phil PrincipalPoop: don't be a dickbob cease: I think the Firesign/PKD connectionn is worth pursuing ||||||||| New notice: '** IT'S NICK DANGEROUS!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “BACK FROM THE SHADOWS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u BOX OF DANGER >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' doctecazoid: yes - there are some major synchroniticies between pkd and ft Uncle Glen: Houston Bogus and his lovely wife, Claire PrincipalPoop: Anita Drinque. redbozoette: catterly cease: the way they chase the what is reality question from various angles Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv PrincipalPoop: lady catterlys lover hehe doctecazoid: regnad fo xob PrincipalPoop: nicky nick nick PrincipalPoop: maybe yes, maybe no.... EWeston: What a sap she had Johan Amadeus Myjetski: What kind of fool? Why, is there more than one kind? ||||||||| "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!" PrincipalPoop: melanie haber? 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 PrincipalPoop: audrey farber? PrincipalPoop: Susan Underhill? EWeston: Well there's a damn fool Johan Amadeus Myjetski: But everyone knew her as Nancy doctecazoid: i was right - everything i knew *was* wrong! PrincipalPoop: yes jam, the fools on hills, old fools, and first class EWeston: Yer adinoidal Nick! cease: that just happened to me about ralph j gleason Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Sgt. Brad Shaw... doctecazoid: nothing is what it seems DJTweeny: the fires are indeed twinking in S Cal at the moment PrincipalPoop: sure, and something is what it seems too EWeston: Unseemly is unmiskable however llanwydd: sxedcrfvgbyhn EWeston: Easy for you to say Johan Amadeus Myjetski: hahahahohohohehehe doctecazoid: contents may have stifled during schlepping PrincipalPoop: however? how ever did those 2 words get permanently merged? EWeston: Rivits PrincipalPoop: Tony or Danny? Beet: this is funnier than the original because of the audience EWeston: Tami DJTweeny: agreed Beet doctecazoid: playing off an audience is always preferable PrincipalPoop: tami, tami,, tami is in love, or she used to be. cease: this is from the box set, tween? llanwydd: gotta be going. thanks for the audio, tween and cease. see you all thursdae nest. Johan Amadeus Myjetski: Nite everybody. Thanks & love, love, love to all! DJTweeny: Radio Now Live is often that way for the same reason PrincipalPoop: night night jam Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv cease: thats an invasion from the 50sm popo cease: by llan. DJTweeny: just like the topic says, cease :) EWeston: bye JAM ||||||||| 10:52 PM -- llanwydd left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Beet: g'nite, llan PrincipalPoop: i thought 60s, my mistake, flog me ||||||||| 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!" Beet: see ya JAM cease: by jam doctecazoid: chocolate malted falcons ||||||||| 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' PrincipalPoop: Put down that pickle!!! doctecazoid: box of danger, nuts of dish ... EWeston: Nerzt of bloom PrincipalPoop: fred nerzt and ethyl redbozoette: Beet cease DJTweeny doctecazoid EWeston Johan Amadeus Myjetski PrincipalPoop Rufus_T_Firetween great show thanks cat and tweeny oh so much better lol ||||||||| 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." EWeston: I thought she was regular Beet: nite rebo cease: did you hear my show about ethlyl? PrincipalPoop: smooch rebozoette for me red cease: by rebo ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! EWeston: Nities Redbozoette doctecazoid: inferior people should not be deployed redbozoette: only with prunes ew DJTweeny: Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: Sounds like a conservative manifesto EWeston: Trouble with the hinges? doctecazoid: ok all, it's time for me to fold my tent and slip slide away... PrincipalPoop: employed, deployed, recession, depression Beet: See ya doc doctecazoid: namaste, y'all (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... cease: i may not havd a colage for a week or two EWeston: Thank Cat engaging work thanks everother body ||||||||| doctecazoid leaves to catch the 10:57 PM train to Hellmouth. cease: by folks. PrincipalPoop: thanks for all you did and do doc and cease and tween and all Beet: That was a fast evening. Lotsa fun. Thanks everyone. Fantastic collage, Dr Cease. Thanks, Dr Tween. G'nite. ||||||||| At 10:58 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, cease!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... PrincipalPoop: beet and ew yes a fast night PrincipalPoop: ciaooo ||||||||| PrincipalPoop says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, PrincipalPoop exits at 10:58 PM. ''Bob'': Nite, Tweeny and y'all! Had to miss a bit while I rotated laundry. But nice to at least finally get a chance to pop in and say hi. :) DJTweeny: Good to see you here Bob :) ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 11:04 PM, dragging Uh, Howard by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" DJTweeny: just missed the show Howard, sorry Uh, Howard: But this is your doorknocker. Uh, Howard: Apparently, I did. DJTweeny: starts at 9pm, goes to 11pm Eastern Uh, Howard: Good night ||||||||| At 11:06 PM, Uh, Howard vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! DJTweeny: night ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| ''Bob'' - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Uncle Glen - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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 the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| EWeston - dead from measles ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DadSir2U - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| redbozoette - dead from measles ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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:
''Bob''
Beet
cease
DadSir2U
DJTweeny
doctecazoid
EWeston
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
llanwydd
Not Ed
PrincipalPoop
redbozoette
Rufus_T_Firetween
Uh, Howard
Uncle Glen
