||||||||| 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 March 28, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Merlyn close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 5:57 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the sitting room. Merlyn: Hey ||||||||| Catherwood says "5:58 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:18 PM and Rufus_T_Firetween steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| 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 walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'DJTweeny', just granted probation at 8:25 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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 (Monday Music) 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 stumbles in and announces "Presenting 'nativetexan', just granted probation at 8:55 PM", then leaves hurriedly. nativetexan: hello DJTweeny: Hi nativetexan ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| Cease steals in around 8:56 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: aha, another appropriate tune Cease: Next week, you can play Ruby Tuesday Cease: Hello native DJTweeny: probably will :) nativetexan: hello cease DJTweeny: Cease is a long-time friend of the Firesign Theatre and a contributor to the show ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:59 PM, dragging Thunderbird2319 by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" Cease: Thunderbird DJTweeny: Hi Thunderbird nativetexan: nice to meet you 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 28, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" nativetexan: ok i got it Cease: Always nice to see newcomers here. nativetexan: im using vlc Rufus_T_Firetween: I use VLC a lot Rufus_T_Firetween: great program nativetexan: yes it is ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT! ** Now playing: Firesign Theatre's “DEAR FRIENDS” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-rv' Thunderbird2319: ok I'm having trouble with the audio, can anyone help? DJTweeny: Sure, what's the problem? nativetexan: d/l the m3u then open it using vlc DJTweeny: The links should be clicakable nativetexan: 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u DJTweeny: But you can also try copying the link and pasting it directly into your player Thunderbird2319: bear with me i have no idea what vlc is DJTweeny: Just use what you usually use to play internet streams DJTweeny: VLC is a audio/video player, you shouldn't need it though DJTweeny: I use iTunes Cease: i'm using windows media player Thunderbird2319: yeah you see i guess i dont have it or dont know how to use it. my computer wants me to use this thing called groove and i have no idea how to use it DJTweeny: Right, WMP should work as well DJTweeny: Groove is Win 10, right? nativetexan: later Thunderbird2319: yeah DJTweeny: So is Groove trying to open the link? ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:07 PM, dragging Betty Jo by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" Thunderbird2319: its saying i need to "add this music to my playlist collection DJTweeny: Hi Betty Jo Cease: Hi Betty Thunderbird2319: i got it on my phone thankfully sorry for the fuss DJTweeny: OK DJTweeny: kewl Cease: How are things in Bialosky-land? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “DEAR FRIENDS” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln Thunderbird2319: "Dear Friends" is one of my favorites. I made a shirt of it DJTweeny: nice :) DJTweeny: You put the album cover on a t-shirt? Thunderbird2319: yea Cease: what a great idea! Thunderbird2319: ive made 2. i put the backside of "bozos" on another Cease: Did you ever see the Firesigns live? They would really have loved to see that shirt Thunderbird2319: no, I'm really young and i found them not too long ago. i wish i could see them DJTweeny: Great that some young folks have discovered FST :) Cease: If you're in the Seattle area, the remaining Firesigns are going to perform there soon. Thunderbird2319: it was pure chance that i stumbled upon them, thanks to proctor. Cease: That is wonderful. DJTweeny: Nino has him in Texas DJTweeny: You met Proctor? Thunderbird2319: No, I'm just a late 90s/early 2000s kid who found his filmography. He had a lot of cool roles in disney/early pixar movies Cease: Phil is amazingly social. He was my intro into the group Thunderbird2319: so i googled him and found the firesigns and fell in love Cease: Wow. Cease: How about you, nativetexan. you're new here too, right? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! ||||||||| Not Ed sashays in at 9:20 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cease: Hi Not. Not Ed: Is this where it's happening? Cease: Thunder, Phil has a book out. Give him the link, Tween. It's a great read Thunderbird2319: I want to introduce more young people the the fst, i don't want it to be forgotten Cease: You might want to email him about how you discovered Firesigns from his film roles. Thunderbird2319: does anyone read Planet Proctor? Not Ed: Hey Cease, Hey Tweeny Not Ed: Absolutely T-bird Cease: I think he's much prouder of his film/stage work than his Firesign work. Acting is very much his life. Not Ed: By email Cease: Yes Thunderbird2319: oh yes. You can tell he is a true-to-heart thespian Not Ed: Hey Betty, nativetex Not Ed: from the Isle of Thespos Cease: HIs book is also an audiobook. You can hear him read it. It's like a new Firesign album Not Ed: Yeah it's great Thunderbird2319: Yeah its really cool DJTweeny: Hi Note Ed Betty Jo: Wasn't there going to be a Cheese Log Throw? Or did I miss it? DJTweeny: *Not Cease: Here, Betty. Have some cheese. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil Proctor's new book is out! “WHERE’S MY FORTUNE COOKIE?” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/pressrel/20171009.html Cease: Some guy has started building a wall accross the border out of cheese. Not Ed: NOT Not Ed: heheh Cease: Everyone who likes Firesign would enjoy the book. DJTweeny: Ah, for got about all the Pixar stuff he did. He was a character in Rug Rats Not Ed: Ruf Ruf Thunderbird2319: I was late to Rug Rats so it wasn't my thing but i love his pixar characters Not Ed: Isn't Phil P's audiobook being rereleased or....? DJTweeny: nativetexan is from a Music IRC channel I frequent Not Ed: Can't find it except for the SueMedia link Thunderbird2319: they even named one of his characters after him DJTweeny: Yes Ed, soon Not Ed: Oh cool thanks T Rufus_T_Firetween: ** THE PROCTOR PODCAST - From the mind, and life, of comedy great Phil Proctor >> http://theproctorpodcast.podbean.com/ Not Ed: Blue mutants! I love that group Cease: I bought the book and then bought the podcasts, a buck an episode. And now they're all together! Not Ed: Sweet C Thunderbird2319: nice Cease: Also made a series of collages based on the podcasts. Tween will give you the address Not Ed: Brad Not Ed: Ken Thunderbird2319: thanks! Cease: "Like I Know I have" Cease: one of my favourite lines. Thunderbird2319: "entirely synthetic" Not Ed: Haha Cease: My uncle used to raise chinchillas Not Ed: Chinchilla farms - you could order chinchillas from magazines Not Ed: or am I thinking of blue mutant sea monkeys? Not Ed: marijuana is very bad for you so send it all to me Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Phil On Facebook: EXCITING NEWS!!! - From my producer Sue Zizza, regarding my book “Where’s my Fortune Cookie?” - The audiobook will be coming out 5/7/2019 through Spoken Realms/ Blackstone -- and we will have physical product as well as digital downloads.... Meantime, if your fans can't wait: They can download it from us directly here: http://www.suemediaproductions.com/wheres-my-fortune-cookie.html?fbclid=IwAR2PMEYG1J7meBLupsCqKfDXBdRzQzkD_8dI6Al-19Lp7pxWF2LWqMvCxzU ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" DJTweeny: hahaha Ed Thunderbird2319: Have y'all told Siri "this is worker speaking, hello"? try it DJTweeny: A FST easter egg in there? Thunderbird2319: Oh yes its wonderful Cease: Proctor brags about that A LOT Thunderbird2319: Steve Jobs was a fst fan and put that in there ||||||||| Betty Jo departs at 9:37 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Not Ed: My nuncle lives in Flotsam's Mistake.... Thunderbird2319: shortness of pants
Not Ed likes funny spores. Cease: one of my favourite of all their bits Cease: i got to play this on the national radio station of japan. DJTweeny: Did the Japanese talk with you about FST? Cease: indeed DJTweeny: cool Cease: you have to have a very high english ability to get them, and a few of them do. particualry those who;'ve lived in english speaking countries for awhile DJTweeny: yeah, that would be true Cease: a guy i knew who owned a record companyh wanted all his engineers to listen to dwarf. Thunderbird2319: It's hard for any newbie to understand them DJTweeny: You'd have to know the words they were twisting ;) Cease: to learn from its production Cease: none of them spoke more than rudimentary english. Thunderbird2319: I was struggling and then I started to get it with "Dear Friends" DJTweeny: Hey, I started listening to the in the early 70s, and to this day I'm still discovering things in their recordings Cease: yes, df is a good introduction. DJTweeny: Dear Friends is a little more accessable than some of their albums Thunderbird2319: Thats the cool thing, i feel like it will always have something new in store for me DJTweeny: The Shoes For Industry collection is also a good intro Thunderbird2319: No one else has the patience to learn to love them like i did and thats a shame Cease: ive been listening to them since they started, and keep finding new stuff Thunderbird2319: nowadays at theast Thunderbird2319: *least DJTweeny: It's not 'light comedy' Cease: i hear the young generation is having trouble with that, all this instant stuff you have now. Cease: lol tween. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the video of David Ossman and Phil Proctor at the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS >> http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=8134&loclr=eanw Cease: but it rewards your attention. Thunderbird2319: yeah. Oversaturated in obvious stuff. DJTweeny: that it does Thunderbird2319: that it does. I'm glad i didn't get frustrated and give up Cease: good for you, thunder. literally DJTweeny: Also, the production is very high quality, and it's great to listen on a set of headphones as you would a good rock album Thunderbird2319: thats good too Thunderbird2319: an unpopular opinion in popular times 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 Thunderbird2319: *populous DJTweeny: right Cease: they considered themselves the beatles of comedy, and certainly competed for use of production techniques with what george martin was doing DJTweeny: Unlike anything that was being done with comedy at the time Thunderbird2319: or has been done since DJTweeny: Weird Al's production value is excellent, but I haven't across any radio theatre that comes close in terms of complexity DJTweeny: *haven't come across Cease: now have i, tween. Thunderbird2319: It's certainly a special kind of art Cease: nor Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the New Live Concert Collection “FIGHTING CLOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD” at Firesign's new Download Store >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Thunderbird2319: "i think you're leaking" Thunderbird2319: one of my favorites Thunderbird2319: anyone wanna share how they found the FST? Cease: i was in high school. a friend told me to listen to a popular rock station, KRLA on Sunday nght. I tuned in and there they were. DJTweeny: I had a friend in High School who had several of their albums because his father was a music reviewer for the NYT Cease: This was April, 1967 Thunderbird2319: wow Cease: i htink they targeted high school/university students. DJTweeny: We listened on headphones, and it was of course quite surreal. I'd never heard anything like it before DJTweeny: circa 1972 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Thunderbird2319: yeah the counterculture was their audience DJTweeny: Yeah, that's great that you heard the original radio broadcasts Cease :) DJTweeny: Cat's early recordings have been used in some of FST's compilations DJTweeny: because no one else had the tapes from that era ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: My parents had a tape recorder before I was born so I grew up with them. Cease: So did Proctor, as he relates in his book. DJTweeny: that's great Cease: i think they were very much creators of the counterculture. Thunderbird2319: they helped throw gas on that flame Cease: that they did DJTweeny: Hope you can become a regular here, Thunderbird, and do tell your friends DJTweeny: Small crowd tonight but we usually get more people Thunderbird2319: I will be. I leave for basic military training on april 16th and will be gone for about two months but i plan to be back as sson as i can Thunderbird2319: *soon Thunderbird2319: I'll also try to see if i can get more people here ;) Cease: have you heard phil austin and peter bergman's tales of their days in the army? Thunderbird2319: no but I'll definitely check it out Cease: the firesigns became quite popular in vietnam. DJTweeny: for some strange reason, Hoover didn't like them ;) Cease: lol Cease: You still here, Not? Thunderbird2319: lets invite over a bunch of immigrants Rufus_T_Firetween: ** FIRESIGN THEATRE and OZ PODCASTS are available for the price of your firstborn chinchilla (free) from the iTunes Store, and online: FST podcasts at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/podcasting/indexx.html - and RADIO FREE OZ podcasts at >> http://rfo.chromiumswitch.org/?p=archive ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “VEGAS ATE, MONDAY” 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/' ||||||||| Catherwood enters with NancyKat close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 10:19 PM tree-stunting plans, and scurries off to the vestibule. NancyKat: Ahiyhoy all! Cease: Hi Nancy. Welcome to Vegas NancyKat: Cease-New Vegas? I'll get my bottlecaps... Cease: That was a letter from our daughter when she visited Vegas in 1993. My wife found it a couple weeks after my recent trip. Cease: Oddly synchronistic. DJTweeny: Hey NancyKat, Happy Birthday! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “VEGAS ATE, MONDAY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#vegas_ate Cease: Oh, you're That Nancy Kat? Happiest of birthdays. ||||||||| Catherwood leads Nancykat into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, grumbles something about 10:23 PM, then departs. Cease: Last year it was infused kiwi slices. This year, dried apricots. Lower dosage but still pleasent NancyKat: Fangz, Sir Cease! NancyKat: *kicks phone* NancyKat: Fangs, Tweeny! Been fairly uneventful. DJTweeny: Mr. Phone not being cooperative? NancyKat: It used to be able to play the audio links, but I think something went buggy. I'm on a Chromebook, and the files aren't compatible, it seems...i'm going to just see if I can get my old laptop fixed... DJTweeny: That's a drag :/ NancyKat: Rupaul... ||||||||| Thunderbird2319 rushes off, saying "10:37 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Cease: By Thunder. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “VEGAS ATE, MONDAY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#vegas_ate ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing – from the Box Of Danger collection “THE CASE OF THE MISSING GENERAL” 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: It was, Tween 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' Cease: How are things in Ill, Nancy? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... DJTweeny: Small crowd, but it was fun :) Cease: All is an exageration. Cease: Nice to see new folks DJTweeny: always Not Ed: Y'all take care! Not Ed: Yepsk great to see all! Cease: See you here again, Not Not Ed: U 2 Cease for another DJTweeny: Be well, all... Cease: 3 more episodes of my Vegas journey Cease: Then William Burroughs hangs out with the Firesign Theatre Not Ed: Later Tweeny & Rufus & Merlyn Not Ed: Cool Cat Not Ed: Adios! Cease: Off we float DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Cease departs at 10:55 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Outside, the 11:06 PM bus from Billville pulls away, leaving Bo coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bo - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:40 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... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Sir Sidney Fudd into the room, accepts an I.O.U. as a gratuity, mumbles something about 1:46 AM, then departs. Sir Sidney Fudd: I never know whether I'm too late or too early. Sir Sidney Fudd: 1:46 AM Eats Coast time, I suppose. Up here in sector R it's 2 hours earlier. :-) ||||||||| It's 1:55 AM, 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... Sir Sidney Fudd: Well, OK, time for me to go push something hard enough. ||||||||| Catherwood says "1:59 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Sir Sidney Fudd by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| NancyKat - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| nativetexan - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:40 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... ||||||||| 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:
Betty Jo
Cease
DJTweeny
Merlyn
NancyKat
nativetexan
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Sir Sidney Fudd
Thunderbird2319
