||||||||| 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 November 07, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 6:34 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 6:35 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rufus_T_Firetween into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mutters something about 6:36 PM, then departs. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 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 visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 7:50 PM, dragging DJTweeny by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Rufus_T_Firetween: test ||||||||| At 8:30 PM, Rufus_T_Firetween runs out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." : test ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween steals in around 8:31 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| 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 (Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell) 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 leads Kelraith in through the front door at 8:45 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood leads llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (8:46 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. DJTweeny: Hi Kelraith llanwydd: hi tween DJTweeny: Hey llan llanwydd: hi Kelraith llanwydd: jonis birthday? Cool! ||||||||| Catherwood escorts kharmachanic in through the front door at 8:48 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: Hi khar ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: love this song kharmachanic: Aloha DJT llanwydd: Hi kharmachanic DJTweeny: Joni Mitchell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitchell kharmachanic: Alohowdeedoo everyone DJTweeny: haha llanwydd: one of my very favorite female singers along with annie haslam and barbra streisand DJTweeny: Haslam is also amazing DJTweeny: Love the version of Tuen Of The Century she did with Yes. Better than Jon on that tune imho DJTweeny: *Turn llanwydd: havent heard that llanwydd: heard of it DJTweeny: Oh wow... Rufus_T_Firetween: Steve Howe & Annie Haslam Turn Of The Century - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQdgvowFH5g DJTweeny: She an an operatic-level control of her voice llanwydd: thanks tween DJTweeny: yw llanwydd: yes she does. five octaves, in fact llanwydd: I saw renaissance on the mike douglas show back in the 70s. mike said she had a five octave voice DJTweeny: Really great band llanwydd: yeah, I was impressed to see them on television. they played Day of the Dreamer ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| 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 Beet plummets into the garden at 8:59 PM. Beet: And a glorious good Thursday Firesign evening to all. llanwydd: Hey Beet ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Cease into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:59 PM, then departs. Beet: Howdy Llan. Rufus_T_Firetween: *FIRESIGN CHAT SHOW TONIGHT* - Every Thursday evening at 9pm Eastern, fans of the FIRESIGN THEATRE hold a LIVE CHAT at: https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/chat/ - listen to a LIVE INTERNET RADIO SHOW of Firesign albums and skits - Listen at 128k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u - Listen at 16k >> http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u – Warm-up Music Starting around 8:40pm Eastern - JOIN US FOR THE FUN!! DJTweeny: Beet, Cease ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 07, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Evening Dr. Cease, Dr. Tween Cease: Just in time for the fun. llanwydd: Hey Cat ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| 9:00 PM: Naxos jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" llanwydd: hi naxos DJTweeny: Hi Naxos Beet: 'llo Naxos Cease: Can Crete be far behind? Naxos: hello everyone :) Naxos: I was here so long ago, I don't even know where I am :) Cease: Welcome back. llanwydd: I remember naxos as a record label for discount classical music ||||||||| topcat sneaks in around 9:03 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: Hi topcat llanwydd: hi topcat topcat: greetings Beet: Howdy top Cease: Newcomers tonight. Naxos: I'm listening to an audio stream about cats and dogs... is that what I should be listening to? :) DJTweeny: Yes DJTweeny: Firesign Theatre's "The Case Of The Missing General" ||||||||| 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." topcat: that's what I am hearing as well Naxos DJTweeny: FST did lots and lots of 'faux commercials' Beet: This is none other than Nick Danger, Third Eye. Naxos: is this a modern version of the radio shows from the '50s ? llanwydd: 40s I think Beet: Yup llanwydd: johnny dollar, sam spade... DJTweeny: Yeah, Nick Danger is a parody of the old 'noir detective' radio shows DJTweeny: Phillip Marlowe Cease: Firesigns are big fan of the genre. llanwydd: especially austin DJTweeny: Nick Danger is probably their most famous character llanwydd: certainly topcat: love Nick Danger Naxos: lol @ the link for "16k for dial-up users" :) Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv llanwydd: I havent had dial-up in about 15 years DJTweeny: believe it or not, there are lots of people who still need to conserve bandwidth Cease: Ossman's wondrous poem about the day of his birth is written as if a Raymond Chander tale. Naxos: how long is the show ? DJTweeny: 2 hours llanwydd: at least until 11 Cease: I love this album ||||||||| New notice: ' ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign’s - “THE TALE OF THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check Out GIANT RAT at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-rv' DJTweeny: Me too Cease: But that's true of most of their albums Beet: Great Album DJTweeny: Amzingly good parody of Sherlock Holmes Naxos: is there a podcast of this show? DJTweeny: There's an archive >> www.kurtericson.com/firesign llanwydd: catherwood, get everybody a Bear Whiz Beer ||||||||| Catherwood gets everybody a bear whiz beer. topcat: I discovered Firesign Theatre on one of the local FM stations that used to play them back in the '70's. That would never happen today. DJTweeny: I haven't set it up as a podcast yet DJTweeny: Very different times ;) ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'robb', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:15 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... llanwydd: I read this in the Big Book of Plays long before I ever heard Firesign llanwydd: Hi robb robb: hi Ilanwydd llanwydd: or was it the big mystery joke book llanwydd: I had both Cease: Mystery Joke Book. You read it before hearing this? ||||||||| "9:17 PM? I'm late!" exclaims robb, who then rushes out through the french doors and down through the garden. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Marching To Shibboleth: The Collected Plays of the Firesign Theatre now available at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?books Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi robb llanwydd: yeah. I saw it in a college book store before I ever actually heard FST Rufus_T_Firetween: "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH reproduces both of Firesign's Big Books, originally published in 1972 and 1974 by Straight Arrow. Packed with photos, explanatory prefaces, collages, and the weirdly cool typography typical of High Seventies Style, these must-have script collections at one stroke put to rest any question of just what these guys were saying on all those records and stoked new, unending arguments about just What It All Meant (and simultaneously deployed a hysterical, historical motherlode of theatrical lore guaranteed to trump anyone at a Booth or Barrymore family picnic)." Cease: Wow. Cease: Hi newcomers llanwydd: I used to do most of my reading in bookstores Beet: Hello torobb Cease: Has karmachanic left? Cease: what a great nick. DJTweeny: We'll know at the next reaping ;) Cease: Ossman said this act is the Firesign's version of an underground comic. DJTweeny: Oh yeah, from R. Crumb even Cease: I discovered R. Crumb in a bookstore in Ottawa. Cease: Fritz the Cat Beet: Mr. Natural the guru Cease: Remember the episode of Hour Hour where they try and read some underground comix but find they can't even describe the action on the public airways DJTweeny: Yeah, might have been unacceptable even in those days Cease: "Oh those dwarves!" DJTweeny: Maybe we should try to fit in a couple of Hour Hour shows sometime Cease: Fine idea. I get a LOT of the material for my collages from Hour Hour. Cease: Are you new here, topcat? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE TALE OF THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-ln llanwydd: pack of yapping newshounds! lol llanwydd: we had an electoral crisis a few years ago llanwydd: wonder what they meant by electoral crisis Cease: "drag every wobbly red" The Palmer Raids. DJTweeny: ah, didn't know that ||||||||| It's 9:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| topcat - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: topcat, we barely knew ye... Cease:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/when-america-tried-to-deport-its-radicals?utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Magazine_Daily_110419&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9d28b3f92a40469e1fcd7&cndid=18995395&esrc=auto_auth_de&mbid=CRMNYR062419&utm_term=TNY_Daily Beet: Short shelf life. Cease: thre is a song tite, top hat, something and tales. Cease: what is that something. Beet: white tie Cease: 20s tune as I recall DJTweeny: Wow, trying to reverse the 14th Amendment even back then DJTweeny: "For these officials, the most worrisome left-wing group was the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies." << Haha, so that's where they got it from :) DJTweeny: I think I'd heard that term before, but never associated it with the FST bit llanwydd: the wobbles was a union back in the early days of the 20th century ||||||||| 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." Cease: When Bergman appeared at Proctor's apartment in NYC after not seeeing him for some years, he serenaded phil and his girlfriend with Wobbly Tunes. Cease: He was a serious scholar of the Wobblies at Yale. DJTweeny: I'm no fan of Communism, but I don't it's Constitutional to deport someone for their political views. Rather against the 1st Amendment, one would think DJTweeny: * I don't think it's llanwydd: your are certainly right tween llanwydd: you Cease: Still here, Naxos? Naxos: Cease, yes :) Cease: Was that the last Beatles reference in a Firesign album? Naxos: I'm trying to figure out what this is all for :) llanwydd: what what is for? Beet: Cool Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net ||||||||| 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!" Cease: What is Firesign for? For us to enjoy. Naxos: all this, the audio show, the chat, everything Cease: Fun llanwydd: long long story DJTweeny: We're all fans of The Firesign Theatre ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: I do a simulcast for the fans :) ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Dave Pryce’s “THE ABBOTT” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u' Cease: Great beginnig music. DJTweeny:www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com << Naxos Cease: Chat started in 1995. Created by Firezine founder Elayne llanwydd: you have some of this music on your recordings, cat Beet: She occasionally drops in. Cease: do I? llanwydd: this is from a story which was also adapted into the film Night of the Demon starring Dana Andrews Naxos: see you all next time :) llanwydd: nite naxos. thanks for stopping in Cease: come again Beet: Dana Andrews' brother Harlan was the principal of my high school. llanwydd: cool DJTweeny: kewl Beet: G'Nite Naxos ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: this is not all the original text. I wrote about a third of the script DJTweeny: Cool that you riffed off the original DJTweeny: Like FST with The Goons, perhaps DJTweeny: By The Light Of The Silvery was almost certainly inspired by The Goons "The Moriarty Murder Mystery" Cease: This is wonderfully produced. llanwydd: thanks llanwydd: this is my voice llanwydd: the librarian DJTweeny: kewl DJTweeny: Very good quality production indeed DJTweeny: and considering that we're fans of FST albums, that's good praise ;) llanwydd: blush llanwydd: thanks very much Beet: Well done indeed. llanwydd: one of the actor, Jim Reid did most of the editing and provided the royalty-free music llanwydd: actors Cease: the whole thing is splendid. DJTweeny: A good compliment to Giant Rat :) ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" llanwydd: this is my voice again Cease: indeed, Tween. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." DJTweeny: So Cat, when are you going to make another play? ;) Cease: No idea. Cease: Gettinig more into visual things now. DJTweeny: k :) DJTweeny: You definitely have the soul of an Englishman, Llanwydd llanwydd: lol DJTweeny: perhaps you were Elizabethan English in another life llanwydd: my voice again llanwydd: the porter DJTweeny: yeah llanwydd: my voice again. Mr. Evans. ||||||||| 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 7-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' DJTweeny: Nice work, llanwydd llanwydd: thanks Beet: Fabulous Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: Wonderful, Llan Beet: This has been a very interestong presentation this evening. Great job, llan. Thanks to everyone. Looking forward to your next works, Dr. Cease. Thanks for guiding us tonight, Dr. Tween. G'Nite. llanwydd: glad you enjoyed it Cease: Part two of my Hearing Ways of Seeing next week DJTweeny: Until last time, again... llanwydd: cool llanwydd: thanks a million for putting this on tonight, tween DJTweeny: You are very welcome :) llanwydd: nite, everybody ||||||||| Around 10:58 PM, llanwydd walks off into the sunset... Cease: bye ||||||||| Cease leaves to catch the 10:58 PM train to Kailua. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Zen Cosmos inside, makes a note of the time (11:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Zen Cosmos: or seeing this too late and not having an archived show to listen to at convenience. THE TECH FOR THAT EXISTS. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Naxos - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from measles ||||||||| 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 pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| kharmachanic - 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: ||||||||| Kelraith - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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
kharmachanic
llanwydd
Naxos
robb
Rufus_T_Firetween
topcat
Zen Cosmos
