||||||||| 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 October 11, 2018 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "7:11 PM? 7:11 PM!!" says Catherwood, "DJTweeny should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as DJTweeny enters and sits in front of the fireplace. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:33 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Jackson Browne) 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)' ||||||||| 8:44 PM: Notnerb jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" DJTweeny: Hi Notnerb Notnerb: No work tomorrow so thought I'd make a rare visit ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:51 PM and The Real Dr. Pederman steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: Hi Pederman The Real Dr. Pederman: These grapes are awesome! DJTweeny: Glad you could make it Notnerb :) The Real Dr. Pederman: Hello Mr. DJ DJTweeny: back from ancient Greece, are you? The Real Dr. Pederman: Ah, the wine-dark seas ... The Real Dr. Pederman: Senor Nino sez I am in Clarksville, Merry-land. Close enough! ||||||||| Cease steals in around 8:55 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: Hi Cease Cease: I did a collage based on Jackson's Lawyers in Love a while ago DJTweeny: Love that album Cease: Hey Tween et al. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:57 PM and late as usual, it's Beet, just back from Funfun Town." Beet: Evening fellow chatters. DJTweeny: Hi Beet DJTweeny: How'd the move go? Beet: Hi Dr Tween Cease: El Cease: the Beet goes on Beet: Very smoothly but too brief a time in Tejas. The Real Dr. Pederman: Hii fellow seekers Beet: Howdy Dr Cease Cease: He was performing at the Magic Mushroom when the Firesigns were doing their shows from that club in 67 Beet: Palm trees and cactuses ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, October 11, 2018 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Notnerb: Huzzah! The Real Dr. Pederman: Gesundheidt! Cease: I'll definitely use this piece in next week's collage, DJTweeny: kewl Cease: I'm going to celebrate legalization day (next Wed) with a whole show with Firesigns (Krassner, others) dope humour The Real Dr. Pederman: A collage man, eh? Huxley or Darwin? ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Very scary bunch DJTweeny: Good on Canada for getting smart about MJ Beet: I like these. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Now playing: Firesign Theatre's KBOO Radio Show “TALKING OVER EACH OTHER” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out the FIRESIGN THEATRE RADIO HOUR at KBOO Radio >> https://kboo.fm/program/firesign-theatre-radio-hour' Cease: Baby steps, but still, steps The Real Dr. Pederman: Baby steps, but I am envious ;) ||||||||| 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." Beet: Being so stoned you can't move is wonderful. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:05 PM and late as usual, it's Merlyn, just back from Minneapolis." Beet: Evening Merlyn Notnerb: I can almost remember Cease: Merl The Real Dr. Pederman: Mr. LeRoy ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Merlyn: Hey, I got my Ogle award from David Ossman and Judith today: https://www.facebook.com/david.ossman.3/posts/10156309958638551 Cease: saw the pic on facebook. good work, merl Merlyn: Non-facebook link here: https://i.imgur.com/QlazvUp.jpg The Real Dr. Pederman: Cool! Cease: my submission, was alas, not a winner. Notnerb: Thnx for non FB Merlyn: This was an honorary award, DocTech and Taylor Jessen also got 'em Merlyn: It's really for our work with FT Cease: inspite of briliant work by Tween and other chatters. Cease: oh wow. that's great Cease: taylor should be giving out, not getting an award. he's the 5th crazy guy Beet: I don't hear the birds. Cease: you and doc have contributed mightily to the lads the last couple of decades Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about The Firesign Theatre radio Hour at KBOO Radio at >> https://kboo.fm/program/firesign-theatre-radio-hour ||||||||| Catherwood leads JFolks in through the front door at 9:11 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Beet: hi j Cease: High J DJTweeny: Hi JFolks, Merlyn ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'NancyKat', just granted probation at 9:13 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cease: Hi Nancy Cease: my fellow feline DJTweeny: Hi NancyKat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html ||||||||| Catherwood enters with llanwydd close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:14 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the Aviary. llanwydd: howdy NancyKat: Meows to all... Beet: Hi Miss Nan ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" DJTweeny: Hi llan Beet: Howdy Llan Rufus_T_Firetween: ** THE PROCTOR PODCAST - From the mind, and life, of comedy great Phil Proctor >> http://theproctorpodcast.podbean.com/ Cease: LLan! llanwydd: what warm-up music did I miss tonight, tween? DJTweeny: Jackson Browne llanwydd: I liked his first album Cease: all of their brains firing together is a wonder to behold llanwydd: sure is NancyKat: can't get the audio to work on comp. or phone..grrr. Notnerb: yup DJTweeny: ehhh NancyKat DJTweeny: Win 10? DJTweeny: Try copying the link directly into your player Cease: Pete's daughter Lily told me was seriously affected by Asperger's Cease: Pete was Notnerb: Wow that riff! DJTweeny: Asperger syndrome - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome DJTweeny: Pete really hung in there, doing his shows until the very end DJTweeny: Must have taken tremndous efort DJTweeny: *effort Cease: indeed Cease: this is only 4 monthes before his death. DJTweeny: so by this time, he knew he had cancer, but hadn't told the other guys yet Cease: right ||||||||| Outside, the 9:27 PM downtown bus from Washington pulls away, leaving Not Ed coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. DJTweeny: Hi Note Ed Cease: hi not Not Ed: Porque? Not Ed: Hey Tweeny ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Beet: Hello Not Cease: i can see his point. the guys probably would not have worked with him in the same way if they knew he'd be dead imminently. Cease: he needed their ignorance to continue to do This. DJTweeny: probably true Not Ed: Best, Beet Not Ed: Cease, waz real Cease: pete is keepin it real Not Ed: Hey JF & Notn & TRDP Cease: even if he's lieing. Not Ed: Cheers llan, NancyK, Rufus and Herman Notnerb: work the moment as the moment Not Ed: Be here then Notnerb: xactamundo Notnerb: A land of imagination Cease: you got sound yet, nancy? Not Ed: I'm so confused Not Ed: Naga Raja Ding Dong Not Ed: Bruce Bickford explains new Zappa artwork collection https://youtu.be/qCy1vrzSmNY Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about The Firesign Theatre radio Hour at KBOO Radio at >> https://kboo.fm/program/firesign-theatre-radio-hour Cease: let's hope austin is right here. an age of optimism Cease: the two dead firesigns were the most optimisitic. Beet: I don't see the signs Cease: monetizing my snottiness. a great american tradition Cease: maybe you have to be near death to see them, beret Cease: beet ||||||||| 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." Notnerb: OMG ||||||||| 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: Could be. Not Ed: we could use our collective firepsych to conjure them but mistakes can be difficult to....rectify Beet: There was hope with Obama but then . . . DJTweeny: Just another corporate shill Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about The Firesign Theatre radio Hour at KBOO Radio at >> https://kboo.fm/program/firesign-theatre-radio-hour Beet: yup Rufus_T_Firetween: They play stuff from the DOMM collection on that show Cease: indeed, not Not Ed: This is a good one Tweeny thanks Not Ed: KBOO! DJTweeny: Thank Cease, his idea :) Notnerb: bravo indeed ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Not Ed: Tanx Cease! Not Ed: Good pick Beet: Their comments are so topical it's almost like they are all still here. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Not Ed: Yea B ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “TALKING OVER GLEN GOULD” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's New Collage at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS' Cease: actually, this one ISNT based on Phil's podcasts. DJTweeny: Ah, did not know that llanwydd: kfhyjughifolkd;s Cease: i heard anIdeas show about Gould a couple of monthes ago and turned it into this. Beet: well said llan Cease: i remember this Gould show. it was very popular among the folks i hung out with in Japan in the early 70s llanwydd: was starting to go grey. cant do that Cease: i could see the parallel with Firesign in those days ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: I see Gould and Firesign as a kind of yin yang symbol Beet: love bob and doug Cease: me too Cease: these poems are from a performance by ossman called An Autobozographical Evening, from the late 80s Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Glen Gould's IDEAS show: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/revisiting-glenn-gould-s-revolutionary-radio-documentary-the-idea-of-north-1.4460709 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s new collage “TALKING OVER GLEN GOULD” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS Cease: No, Tween, I think this should go in the general list of collages, not the Feling Footnotes collection. this isn't from his podcasts Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, I'll fix that later. Thought it was part of the series Rufus_T_Firetween: Have made a note Cease: Next week's dope collage will use Many minutes from the podcasts so it should go into that series. Cease: i can think of maybe half an hour of dope stories in the podcasts, and much, much more from their work. Cease: i want to add some krassner tales and probably cheech and chong, who began as a vancouver act. Rufus_T_Firetween: really... didn't know about C&C Cease: it's a tight deadline to do for next week but it's a worthwhile goal. Rufus_T_Firetween: fun concept Cease: yes, chong's bro had a strip joint here in the 60-s and asked tommy to work there, mc. he developted a patter, between strippers, and then met cheech who was here doding the draft, and they worke3d out an act, between stripers Cease: as i recall. Beet: I've tried to work out an act between strippers but was not successful. Cease: it worked for lenny bruce Rufus_T_Firetween: Lenny's material was a bit different ;) Cease: ooo, that was a nice transition Cease: since they were 4 voices, the lads have always cultivated combining their voices to greatest effect Rufus_T_Firetween: They really did 'blend' well together, esp when all 4 are riffing off each other Cease: by the time of these last shows, they had honed it to a frighteningly fine point Rufus_T_Firetween: an artform, to be sure Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Glen Gould's IDEAS show: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/revisiting-glenn-gould-s-revolutionary-radio-documentary-the-idea-of-north-1.4460709 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Cease: it's never been easier to do stuff like this. Cease: the firesign also did their art cuz they had something to say Beet: Definitely Beet: If you really listened, the impact of their message was quite powerful. DJTweeny: Wonder what happened to Lily :/ Beet: Great ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “SNAKEHEAD SYMPHONY (LIVE)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOX OF DANGER at >> https://www.shoutfactory.com/music/spoken-word/the-firesign-theatre-s-box-of-danger-the-complete-nick-danger-casebook' Cease: glad you liked it, beet ||||||||| Notnerb rushes off, saying "10:38 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Cease: by nerb Beet: See ya Nerb Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv ||||||||| 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 the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' DJTweeny: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: By folks ||||||||| At 10:55 PM, Cease dashes out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." Beet: Enjoyed the evening. Thanks to all participants. Great collage Dr Cease. Thanks Dr tween. G'Nite. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Merlyn: thanks tween ||||||||| Merlyn dashes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 10:57 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| NancyKat - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| The Real Dr. Pederman - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| JFolks - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from measles ||||||||| 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
Cease
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Merlyn
NancyKat
Not Ed
Notnerb
Rufus_T_Firetween
The Real Dr. Pederman
