||||||||| 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 February 21, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Rufus_T_Firetween disembarks at 8:08 PM. ||||||||| 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 ushers DJTweeny in through the front door at 8:26 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| 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 (Dan Fogelberg) 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 sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Cease', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:53 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Cease: HI Tween DJTweeny: Hi Cease Cease: What did you play last week? DJTweeny: A Valentine's Day show with Bride, Further Adventures, School For Actors Cease: good stuff DJTweeny: Yeah, people really enjoyed Bride DJTweeny: Their 'swan song', as it were Cease: i forgot it was valentine's day. the restaurant I was at when I tried to enter chat had changed their menu and it was terrible Rufus_T_Firetween: sorry to hear Cease: Valentine's Day special. Now I know never to go to Vegas on Valentine's ||||||||| Outside, the 8:57 PM uptown bus from Virginia pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Evening fellow chatters. Cease: Hi Beet DJTweeny: Hi Beet Cease: Most of the things I ate were really good, which is why I go there. Beet: Hey, Dr.s Cease and Tween DJTweeny: I assume you will write a scathing review for your blog? Beet: It was nice to see you pop up last week Cease. Cease: It takes a while but I promised the restaurants I'd have the blog done by March 1st. DJTweeny: Do you generally visit the same places when you go to Vegas? Cease: Firesign simulcast at 6? What's this? Cease: Some old, some new. ||||||||| 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, February 21, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: New places always opening. DJTweeny: Yeah, I'll bet Cease: They hope you do. Beet: Are there one-armed bandits in the restaurants? Cease: Most restaurants are in hotels, which are full of slots Cease: Yeah, I'll have to buy that from the download store. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with piercedwater close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:02 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. Beet: Ever see anyone win anything? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Now playing: Firesign Theatre's “ALL THINGS FIRESIGN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out ATF at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=atf-rv' Beet: Hello pierced Cease: Great to hear this whole album at once. DJTweeny: Hi piercedwater Cease: Hi pierce piercedwater: hey Cease: I used this in last year's Vegas collage trilogy. DJTweeny: I thought people would lik to hear the whole thing. It's been very long timew since I played it in its entirety piercedwater: internet radio is cool DJTweeny: yes it is :) Cease: Their most food centric piece DJTweeny: first time here, piercedwater? piercedwater: yes! :) Beet: This album is a great collection and display of a variety of creations. DJTweeny: That it is Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “ALL THINGS FIRESIGN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=atf-ln Cease: welcome DJTweeny: We do this every Thursday... DJTweeny: Are you a Firesign fan from the old days, piercedwater? piercedwater: ok, i saved the stream url in my player Cease: My feast festival began with a tiny piece of duck. piercedwater: i have no idea what firesign is, about to click the about link Beet: Nice to have you, pierced. Welcome. ||||||||| 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!" piercedwater: man, i love these old time shows. one of my favs is on a local station about cars. they mix comedy with questions Cease: Firesign has been making people laugh on the radio since the 60s piercedwater: hehehee "eminem STUPID" Beet: Bill Maher is too rich to be a progressive these days. DJTweeny: NPR's Car Talk, piercedwater? piercedwater: i agree piercedwater: DJ, no, its an AM station locally piercedwater: D/FW area DJTweeny: The Firesign Theatre - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firesign_Theatre DJTweeny: Here's their web site - http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/ Beet: "Cheese" equals Limbaugh piercedwater: this is comedy when you didn't have to worry about what feelings were involved piercedwater: just laugh have a good time Beet: Hardly ever a more creative group of four people anywhere. My humble opinion. piercedwater: whats the diff between the stream link in chat and the one on their website piercedwater: diff content i know, but just curious Cease: this is life, website is set Cease: live DJTweeny: The one on their web site is a 24/7 pre-recorded show piercedwater: ah ok cool ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Ur O'Boorus gets out at 9:14 PM. DJTweeny: Yeah, this is a live simulcast for the chat every Thursday night DJTweeny: Hi Ur Cease: DJ Tween is actually being a DJ now Cease: Ur piercedwater: lol Beet: Hey Ur Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new live concert collection “THE FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Ur O'Boorus: Hi all DJTweeny: Firesign fan, Ur? Ur O'Boorus: Let me check -- did I remember to carry the bum? Good! The answer -- DJTweeny: I'll take it hat's a yes lol DJTweeny: *that's Beet: You have stated the secret phrase. Congratulations. Ur O'Boorus: As long as I'm Not Responsible sounds great ||||||||| "9:20 PM? 9:20 PM!!" says Catherwood, "SidFudd should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as SidFudd enters and sits on the divan. SidFudd: Hi everyone - I hope everyone's bought the new thing Beet: Hey sid DJTweeny: Hi Sid DJTweeny: Just posted a link Cease: Will soon, Sid. DJTweeny: Just downloaded what you sent me yesterday. Will be doing promos starting next week Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new live concert collection “THE FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases SidFudd: I just have 44 more reissues to do, or something DJTweeny: Is that all... Cease: Thankfully, you're still young, Fudd SidFudd: Just curious, what out-of-print or never-released Firesign goodies would you buy if only they were available to buy? DJTweeny: Pink Hotel comes to mind as something people would like to have Beet: I love the product descriptions. Infinite strings of adjectives. SidFudd: ah, interesting - Pink Hotel is a wonderful thing but it's an odds-and-sods collection and... SidFudd: ...we're slowly picking it apart as the bits and pieces on it are being incorporated into other reissues Cease: You mean the whole group or solos? I'd love to hear Peter's solo shows Ur O'Boorus: Forward into the past dear friends! Must I now to ye freeway, which is already in progress SidFudd: ...like for instance this year we want to put out a 7" record with all 8 of the Jack Poet radio commercials on it Cease: Come again, UR ||||||||| 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: See ya Ur Cease: i think they've been released sufficiently, fudd. SidFudd: Regarding Peter's solo shows, we do have a video copy of "Get Me Out Of This Head" now - you can bet that'll end up on a DVD at some point Cease: great Cease: krassner told me he had a vhs copy of the show he did with bergman and harry shearer. would love to see that Beet: I just found a newspaper clipping from when Ossman had his NPR radio show based in D. C. Cease: There are a lot of iterations of Radio Free Oz DJTweeny: Don't know that I've ever heard that Beet Cease: Not me Beet: It was very odd hearing a Firesign with a conventional radio show. Cease: I think Austin had that Hollywood Nightshift show for at least 2 years SidFudd: If you want a Hollywood Nite Shift box set, ladies & gents, you've got to make a list of any and all airchecks you have and send it to me...I've got a lot, but I'd hate to miss anything Cease: You have all of mine, Sid. I got them from Packer on reels Beet: I recently heard (I think it was here) that it was Ossman's leaving to do that show that brought the quartet to an end. Cease: Used this on my vegas trilogy too. Cease: you should buy his book, beet. he talks about his life in Great Detail Cease: the book that is the companion to the new download thing Beet: Good idea. Got a link? SidFudd:http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman?search=ossman Beet: Thanks Cease:https://www.amazon.ca/Fighting-Clowns-Hollywood-FIRESIGN-THEATRE-ebook/dp/B07C2NTRG1?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duc12-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07C2NTRG1 ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Merlyn inside, makes a note of the time (9:40 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Merlyn: hey SidFudd: yo Merlyn: daylight come and me wanna go home Beet: Hey Merlyn Cease: Meryl DJTweeny: Yo Merlyn Beet: Emotional Monster + Drumpf Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html Rufus_T_Firetween: ** THE PROCTOR PODCAST - From the mind, and life, of comedy great Phil Proctor >> http://theproctorpodcast.podbean.com/ Beet: Remember Blockbuster? Merlyn: Do you mean Shoplifers? "Shoplifters, you're getting away with value..." SidFudd: Sportsfans please note that on yesterday's edition of his WFMU show, Irwin Chusid interviewed DP Carlson about his Joe Frank Documentary: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84254 Beet: This banned from being broadcast DJTweeny: SidFudd, what would you think about putting up a smal ad for the Firesign Chat at the new store? We've been trying to figure out ways to get more people into the chat. Cease: Not to mention my 14-part collage collection of Phil's autobiography Plus Cease: now the podcast is an audiobook, right? SidFudd:DJTweeny - you mean at FiresignTheatre.com or at BandCamp? Rufus_T_Firetween: Well both maybe. A small ad on the FST home page could be useful. Merlyn: Doc has been absent, I have to figure out how to add an ad Cease: He must be busy with work. Beet: Santa with throat cancer? Merlyn: Doc hasn't been answering email for like 3+ weeks Merlyn: I don't know what's up ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: Last time he was in here, he was talking about working 12-16 hour days DJTweeny: Must be caught up in some project Beet: Fun Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY HARLAN Part 1” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' Beet: I have actually done this. Cease: You walked in Selma? Beet: Read all of Sherlock stories. Cease: Definitely worth doing Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY HARLAN Part 1” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#ellison_land Beet: Great stuff Cease: It was a natural combining Harland with Firesign but I had to wait until his death to do it. Merlyn: Technical error in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" -- snakes are deaf Cease: I thought they hear with their tongues Beet: They sense the heat given off by their prey. Rufus_T_Firetween: snakes make very bad musicians Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Beet: I just checked about snakes' tongues. It's sort of smelling where it collects chemicals then deposits them in receptors which tell the snake many things about its environment. Beet: Did I just suck all of the air out of the room? Rufus_T_Firetween: lol Cease: i'm dealing with a different brand of air. Merlyn: No, the snakes did Rufus_T_Firetween: heh Rufus_T_Firetween: Fun stuff, Cat :) Beet: I don't know this song. DJTweeny: I don't recognize this Beatles tune Cease: when not being assaulted by rain and snow, i occasaionally smelled something i didnt expect to smell walking down streets and hotel corridors in vegas Beet: Very unusual. Cease: htis was what was played on KRLA as an intermission for the Firesign's By the Light of the Silvery. Shitty song, but historial Rufus_T_Firetween: Snow in Vegas? Cease: you can see it noted in the script in the plays book. Cease: so played intentionally Beet: Hey that was great. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Let's Eat broadcasts “HEY, BANANA NOSE!” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' Cease: yes Cease: lots of snow today. snow in la too Cease: thakns beet Rufus_T_Firetween: wow 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 Cease: Part two next week. Rufus_T_Firetween: Light Of The Silvery has always been a favorite Rufus_T_Firetween: Pink Hotel has some great cuts Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new live concert collection “THE FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Beet: lol Beet: tri cholic area Beet: follow the cheese Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Watch the Firesign Theatre Youtube Channel at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdhVqpbttKSvBWGWHSBkgw/videos?shelf_id=0&view=0&sort=dd Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also a couple of other unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ Beet: Can't get no ||||||||| 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' Merlyn: tx tween ||||||||| Merlyn rushes off, saying "10:54 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: By Merl and all Beet: This was the best way to spend a Thursday night. It was nice to see some new folks. Of course big thanks to our special regulars. Can't beat a new collage from Cat Man. Thanks as ever to Dr Tween for M. C.-ing. G'Nite all. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: Great to be back making collages, instead of just eating great food. ||||||||| Cease leaves at 10:58 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| SidFudd - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Ur O'Boorus - 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| piercedwater - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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 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
Cease
DJTweeny
Merlyn
piercedwater
Rufus_T_Firetween
SidFudd
Ur O'Boorus
