||||||||| 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 14, 2019 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 6:10 PM and Rufus_T_Firetween steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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 visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:13 PM, dragging DJTweeny by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:26 PM, dragging joham amaseus myjetski by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" DJTweeny: Hi Johan ||||||||| 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 (Music About Friends) 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)' joham amaseus myjetski: never feed onions to dogs! joham amaseus myjetski: Hey DJT! DJTweeny: A bit of problem with stench? joham amaseus myjetski: Hi DJT! DJTweeny: allo ||||||||| Catherwood enters with llanwydd close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:44 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule. llanwydd: good evening DJTweeny: Hi llan joham amaseus myjetski: Hi Alan! DJTweeny: I really liked that idea we had for 'English Night'. llan's play fit perfectly with Giant Rat llanwydd: missed you last week, JAM llanwydd: this voice sounds like something between richie havens and dave cousins DJTweeny: Eric Clapton, supposedly llanwydd: aha llanwydd: gd ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: If you want to hear llan's play Johan, last week's show is in the archives at www.kurterison.com/firesign ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| "8:50 PM? 8:50 PM!!" says Catherwood, "johan amadeus myjetski should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as johan amadeus myjetski enters and sits in the comfy chair. DJTweeny: There's two of him! johan amadeus myjetski: Testing one, 2, three... johan amadeus myjetski: There’s two of everybody except me. Wait a minute! Who are you? DJTweeny: If you want to hear llan's play Johan, last week's show is in the archives at www.kurterison.com/firesign ||||||||| 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." johan amadeus myjetski: For some reason, my comments made through my desktop aren’t getting through, so I’m talking on my iPad ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Mr. Bark Bark close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:53 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the sitting room. DJTweeny: allo Mr. Bark llanwydd: good evening mr bb johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Barky! Mr. Bark Bark: Aloha! ||||||||| 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 Cease disembarks at 8:54 PM. DJTweeny: allo Cease llanwydd: Hey Cat Mr. Bark Bark: Hello Mr. Cease Cease: HI folkls ||||||||| 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!" johan amadeus myjetski: Jola, Cease! Mr. Bark Bark: I wish I could get "Dear Friends" on iTunes. johan amadeus myjetski: Thanks for that link to Llan’s play; i will make time for it! Cease: You'll hear it here tonight, Bark. Cease: Hopefullly, Dear Friends Too next week. Mr. Bark Bark: That's why I'm so excited! Mr. Bark Bark: Mr. Foster Freeze, Boom Boom Vietnam, I'm remembering them all... llanwydd: lol Cease: A Doc Technical/Firezine production from 20 years ago, plucking other bits from the Dear Friends radio series and creating a new Disc. Cease: Great Beatles tune Cease: My daughter's fave. DJTweeny: Yeah, looking forward to the links you sent me Cat Mr. Bark Bark: Have you seen the video for "Bob's Berserko Lounge" on YouTube? It's pretty great. ||||||||| 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)' Cease: I'll have to check that out, Bark DJTweeny: No I haven't seen that johan amadeus myjetski: Looking forward to the Atlantis Carpet Reclaimers spot! ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, November 14, 2019 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| 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 falls out at 9:00 PM. Beet: Hello, Dear Friends. Happy Chat Thursday. DJTweeny: Hey Beet Mr. Bark Bark: Joe Beet!! Cease: HI Beet Beet: Hi Dr Tween ||||||||| 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!" johan amadeus myjetski: Beet beet! Beet: Howdy Bark, Dr Cease Beet: Greetings JAM johan amadeus myjetski: How did you all celebrate national kindness day? Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Beef ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently 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' Beet: Was that today? johan amadeus myjetski: Yes. You didn’t get the memo? Mr. Bark Bark: National Kidneys Day? Gimme two! Beet: I wasn't notified. johan amadeus myjetski: Stand up! Hats off! ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Mr. Bark Bark: How rude. johan amadeus myjetski: Toad away llanwydd: national kidneys day? anything to do with steak and kidney pie? I could celebrate that Cease: I thought they were being sarcastic with the term Dear Friends, a jibe at the use of the term by televangelists, but upon meeting the lads, I discovered they actually use it with their friends. johan amadeus myjetski: Kindness day llanwydd: I had a similar impression, cat Mr. Bark Bark: But also, televangelists. Wasn't religion more of a radio thing back in the 60's? ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Mr. Bark Bark: Oops, that chinchilla is getting away. llanwydd: probably was before tv, bark johan amadeus myjetski: Everything was more of a radio thing in the 60s Mr. Bark Bark: Thank god. ||||||||| "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!" Cease: The opening of Dwarf is based on an LA televangelist named Katherine Kuhlman Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Kuhlman Mr. Bark Bark: She was weird, man. Cease: She was a big thing in LA when they were writing Dwarf. llanwydd: I remember her llanwydd: I Believe in Miracles Mr. Bark Bark: I believe in Temptations. johan amadeus myjetski: Didn’t she move underground to await the bitter end? llanwydd: lol bark Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln Mr. Bark Bark: She moved heaven and earth, I think. Cease: We talked about here when Braddock was here when we played his podcast about Firesign in Vietnam a few weeks ago. johan amadeus myjetski: A recent Leonard Cohen song: “i fought against temptation, but I didn’t fight to win” Mr. Bark Bark: LOL llanwydd: I remember she died about 1982 or 83 Cease: good lyric llanwydd: and I heard people saying things like Why didnt she heal herself DJTweeny: Great Cohen lyrics :) Mr. Bark Bark: Jesus was her heel. Cease: Wikipedia says in 1976, same age as I am now. johan amadeus myjetski: “A guy like just hates to see temptation giving in” llanwydd: shows you how good my memory is DJTweeny: :) Cease: I've been watching a lot of Python stuff the past few days. Very depressing to see Terry Jones lose his memory. DJTweeny: "If it's good enough for Walt Disney, it's good enough for my John." ~ Proctor johan amadeus myjetski: Memories from the late 70s & early 80s are a lot of baggage to drag into this present DJTweeny: Which is pretty ironic when you think of how much work he's done for Disney ;) llanwydd: didnt know that about terry. sorry to hear that DJTweeny: Yeah, sad about Terry Jones :/ Mr. Bark Bark: I drank to forget in the 80's, so Muzak now is really interesting to me. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! DJTweeny: They did some great stuff Cease: Diseny died a few weeks after the Firesign Theatre was born, in 1966. Coincidence? llanwydd: my own memory isnt what it used to be DJTweeny: lol Mr.B Mr. Bark Bark: Are you sure? DJTweeny: heheh Cease Mr. Bark Bark: Sexy boars. Cease: There's that bit, Walts Dead Now, from How Time Flys Mr. Bark Bark: I haven't heard that! DJTweeny: I missed that 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 Beet: It's amazing how perfectly these segments were chosen. A perfect introductory collection. DJTweeny: Ossman did a great job putting this together, you bet Mr. Bark Bark: Yup Mr. Bark Bark: And just in time. johan amadeus myjetski: brb. Gotta follow some balls making the street Beet: Careful of the traffic, JAM. llanwydd: enjoy the war Beet: traffic jam, get it? llanwydd: rimshot DJTweeny: lol Cease: the low spark of high heel Firesigns Beet: Lynchings for polluters. Bring 'em back! DJTweeny: As I recall there is a certain collage to that effect ;) Cease: yep Mr. Bark Bark: There's so much that goes flying by in this double album, I just get lost in the verbiage! Cease: That's true of all their work, Bark llanwydd: best thing on the album Mr. Bark Bark: Here in the City of Fine Music. Cease: always liked his pronounciation "steerio" Beet: Bidet's The Fountain Cease: When I first heard this, I had not idea what a bidet was. Cease: Now I live in a house with two of them. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Beet: Me neither llanwydd: waltz for three people is hilarious from a musical perspective ||||||||| 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!" Mr. Bark Bark: Are they "bi", or just experimenting? Cease: In the documentary about their last concert in London, Terry Gilliam says of Pythons, we want to expand your mind, make you think more. Just like Firesigns johan amadeus myjetski: Chinchilla farming! I’ve been looking for something to fill the time up since i retired! Where’s my credir card? DJTweeny: haha Cease: My uncle used to raise chinchillas. DJTweeny: Chiinchillas and Toilet-Raised Snook Cease: See the collage called Death takes a holiday johan amadeus myjetski: Remember what frank zappa said: minds are like parachutes. They only work when they’re open. DJTweeny: great quote Mr. Bark Bark: I thought that was Charlie Chan. Cease: someone posted that on facebook recently. fine quote johan amadeus myjetski: I have been watching Charlie Chans on YouTube the last few days ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "9:34 PM and late as usual, it's not ed, just back from Hellmouth." Mr. Bark Bark: There's a movie series Netflix hasn't got to yet. DJTweeny: Hello Not Ed Beet: When is the VA going to prescribe cannabis. Can't wait. not ed: Pork? not ed: Hey Tweeny Mr. Bark Bark: Mr. Not Ed! Beet: Hi Not. Cease: HI Not not ed: uh oh, let's try this again Mr. Bark Bark: Port and cigars in the War RooM! ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Not Ed inside, makes a note of the time (9:36 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln Not Ed: Ahh that's better ||||||||| 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." Beet: Hello again, Not. Mr. Bark Bark: Hello Not Hello Not Ed! Not Ed: Beet, Cease, BBark, JAM, llan, jello! Beet: I love Dr Whiplash Not Ed: me too johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Not! 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 johan amadeus myjetski: Unafraid to waste the little time I’ve scheduled for you... johan amadeus myjetski: Two it, or not two it... Beet: The guys laughing in the background is hilarious Cease: This is one of my favouorite Firebits. Not Ed: mm hmm good stuff Beet: And the extinction goes on and on. llanwydd: I dont remember this one Not Ed: it's good llanwydd: okay. this is coming back to me Not Ed: what? ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" johan amadeus myjetski: Stayed up all night watching myself on the late late movies... Beet: Starring Broderick Crawford Cease: TV a major theme in Firesign work, but they rarely did TV, unlike Python johan amadeus myjetski: Lol, beet! Beet: This always makes me want to go listen to the Spartacus soundtrack. Mr. Bark Bark: All this authoritarianism is coming back-- you can't stop it! llanwydd: python began as tv. firesign began as radio johan amadeus myjetski: Love their malaprops! ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:52 PM and Deputy Danger Mouse waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cease: Hi Mouse llanwydd: hey DDM Beet: Yo Deputy Cease: No cats here. DJTweeny: Hi Mouse johan amadeus myjetski: Hi DePuty Danger Cease: just dog upon dog upon dog Mr. Bark Bark: I shot the sharif! ||||||||| 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!" Deputy Danger Mouse: Howdy Pardners! How are things happening on the Fun Way? ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: I'm definitely an idiot Not Ed: Hey Dep Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln Mr. Bark Bark: I was asked to leave the future immediately. DJTweeny: Listening to the Dear Friends compilation Deputy Danger Mouse: Wecome back! johan amadeus myjetski: Welcome front! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the FIRESIGN THEATRE FUNWAY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/funway Mr. Bark Bark: Compendium. Not Ed: Welcome black! Mr. Bark Bark: You talkin' about coal? Not Ed: Power Power Power johan amadeus myjetski: It’s real coal here! Beet: No, the world is flat. Deputy Danger Mouse: I forgot where I was, until I got there! Mr. Bark Bark: You may already be there! ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: there there ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Deputy Danger Mouse: I forgot where I was, until I got here! Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a largish sack of hemp cookies ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a largish sack of hemp cookies. Cease: Hear Hear Mr. Bark Bark: There There Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show – http://dishnuts.net Mr. Bark Bark: Yay! Deputy Danger Mouse: Hear! Hear! Not Ed: Who Who Not Ed: Thanks RFD Beet: Always looking forward to loud static. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “HEARING WAYS OF SEEING – PART 2” 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 the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: Good Not Ed: Right on cue Not Ed: Right on Not Ed: Right? DJTweeny: Solid, man Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “HEARING WAYS OF SEEING – PART 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#hearing Deputy Danger Mouse: that was intense llanwydd: dr downey. lol Cease: put the pup tent over there. DJTweeny: Where did that bit come from, Cat? ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: I don't recall hearing it before Deputy Danger Mouse: (arf! arf) Mr. Bark Bark: This is excellent Cease: which bit? Cease: Dr Downey is from Immortality DJTweeny: The Proctor Dr. Downey commercial DJTweeny: Really? I don't remember it Mr. Bark Bark: Only use the pillow at night, man. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Sara Cwynar at New York's Museum of Modern Art >> https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/102?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bitly&utm_campaign=Magazine&utm_content=Photography%20Commission%20Cwynar Cease: You're right, Tween. I thought it was Immortality. Must have got it fromsomewhere else. Cease: There are oceans of it. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “HEARING WAYS OF SEEING – PART 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#hearing DJTweeny: lol @ the Danger insert ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Mutt', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:13 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Cease: HI Mutt DJTweeny: Hi Mutt Mr. Bark Bark: Hey Mutt! Beet: Where's Smutt? Mutt: What jackass put the mushroom and pepperoni ice cream next to the irradiated fish? Its a ice cream lagoon back there! DJTweeny: haha Mutt: Pull up a wolf stool and sit down. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “HEARING WAYS OF SEEING – PART 2” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#hearing Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Sara Cwynar at New York's Museum of Modern Art >> https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/102?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bitly&utm_campaign=Magazine&utm_content=Photography%20Commission%20Cwynar Cease: Sara's MOMA piece, which you just heard a piece of, is based on this Berger TV series Mr. Bark Bark: Cool Not Ed: I love this Cat Mutt: I got Phil Proctor's autograph on my 45 rpm single of "Communist Love Song" at the SPERDVAC Convention last weekend. Cease: good for you, mutt DJTweeny: Nice :) Not Ed: Hey Mutt Mr. Bark Bark: Excellent Mutt: I told Phil he has a nice set of pipes. Or at least he used to. He insisted that he still does! Cease: Phil loves to sing. Not Ed: Proctor wow full steam ahead! that guy just doesn't quit which is great johan amadeus myjetski: FrankenDeurer Cease: Ossman too. Not Ed: Indeed Not Ed: Always something going on on the island johan amadeus myjetski: When the Firesigns sing, they harmonize quite well Mr. Bark Bark: There's something about Ralph Spoilsport, he is like a god of consumerism. Not Ed: for sure JAM Mutt: I was at the Martian Space Party. Probably the only black kid there! Not Ed: lol BBark Cease: Are you in the flick, Mutt? Not Ed: cool Mutt Mr. Bark Bark: Mutt, has that happened before? Cease: They said making that flick marked a significant point in their life Mutt: I'm in the book, right in the middle of the book's centerpiece photo. But the movie never got any good shots of the audience.. Too dark. Not Ed: super neato Mutt: But Phil did sing "Communist Love Song" at the Space Party. Not Ed: lol this is great Cease: He loves that song. Mutt: Its a great song. Not Ed: it's a fun song and he just nails Not Ed: it Cease: Do you know if it's based on a Mutt: The flip side is "Nasi Goring" which is not so great! Cease: Russian song? Not Ed: yeah Mutt: But Communist Love Song is a true autobiographical story. Mr. Bark Bark: I didn't know that! Cease: He mentions that in his autobiography Mutt: Yes he went to Moscow as part of a Yale Glee Club and fell for a Red head communist who barely spoke English. He spoke Russian though. Mr. Bark Bark: The Russian comes out a bit in "Electrician" Cease: indeed, bark johan amadeus myjetski: Claude Nein! Deputy Danger Mouse: Wow, this really brings it all back. Mutt: So what's your favorite obscure Firesign recording? Mr. Bark Bark: LOL JAM Mutt: I like "Joey's House" Deputy Danger Mouse: lol nice! Cease: A Shadow Moves Upon a Land, Mutt. Cease: Austin's piece from the Mushroom Plays Mutt: Yeah, but isn't that on the first album? Mutt: Or something similar? Cease: Temporarily Humboldt County deals with the same material, but Shadow is much darker. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Cease: Do you know Shadow, Mutt? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Sara Cwynar at New York's Museum of Modern Art >> https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/102?utm_source=social&utm_medium=bitly&utm_campaign=Magazine&utm_content=Photography%20Commission%20Cwynar Mutt: I also like "Pink Hotel Burns Down". That would have been so good if it had been fully produced. DJTweeny: Pink Hotel has some great cuts Cease: Maybe the money ran out. DJTweeny: "Over The Edge" is a favorite FST bit of mine Mutt: I think I have the script for Shadow, and if its a Magic Mushroom play I have it somewhere. Mutt: Yes "Over the Edge" is great. johan amadeus myjetski: Maybe the money followed that escaping chinchilla Cease: Have you heard it? Cease: lol, jam llanwydd: cdevfbghnymj Not Ed: Having worked in the game biz, pink hsa a special place in my heart Mutt: Pink Hotel presages "Ready Player One". Not Ed: indeed johan amadeus myjetski: Next World doesn’t really qualify as obscure, does it? Not Ed: not to a firehead type person Mutt: I guess, but I'm not crazy about Next World. I do like "Bride of Firesign" though. Not Ed: bergman's last bit on RFO 2 Mutt: That was sad. But probably better he didn't live to see President Trump. Not Ed: I hear you Mutt johan amadeus myjetski: I admit Next World has a dark bent that is peculiar, disquieting at a profound level Not Ed: (Next World) Not Ed: I dig the cover Cease: I agree, Mutt johan amadeus myjetski: I don’t know quite why, but i think that’s what i like about it Not Ed: Bergman could have handled Trump Not Ed: I wish he'd had the chance Cease: they were always dark. electrician on Not Ed: Carlin and Zappa too Beet: I appreciated Eat Or Be Eaten especially when it was hard to find a copy. DJTweeny: Another fine collage, Cat johan amadeus myjetski: I would have enjoyed watching him handle it, Not Not Ed: yeah I like it a lot C Mr. Bark Bark: Excellent Not Ed: for sure JAM Cease: Thank you. Mutt: I just wish TFT had recognized their greatest strength was in creating surreal audio worlds. Instead they turned more towards stage and film things as they pursued Hollywood. Beet: Another stellar creation. Mr. Bark Bark: There's something stultifying about a recording studio. Not Ed: Oh I think they knew that - they loved the radio/studio setting and fit snugly there johan amadeus myjetski: Courting the yankee dollar. Mr. Bark Bark: Well, you got to go on tour, to sell the LP's Not Ed: but they obviously loved live performance too, thank goodness Cease: Austin was not into that. johan amadeus myjetski: And we gotta have some of those, i suppose ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently 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' Not Ed: hams every one of them lol Not Ed: DUKE Cease: of Earl DJTweeny: Which made their collaberation shine johan amadeus myjetski: GREAT collage, Cease! Wow! Mutt: I liked the Bebop Loco stuff too. Although the Y2K stuff doesn't age that well. Cease: I do my best Cease: Bebop is, it seems Phil's ideal DJ johan amadeus myjetski: Yep. & it pays off nicely, IMO DJTweeny: Boom Dot Bust is my favorite from the new series Not Ed: BDB is a hoot llanwydd: I liked Immortality best Not Ed: did you Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about DEAR FRIENDS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=df-ln johan amadeus myjetski: My fave mark Time! Cease: Best come back album ever, said someone recently llanwydd: great stuff, cat! Not Ed: I guess I did too llan ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: there are a lot of mark times. DJTweeny: Hope you have the chance to join us regularly, Mutt :) johan amadeus myjetski: Yes, but this was my first, you know? Not Ed: nice 2 meet you Mutt Cease: when i have something as wonderful as Ways of Seeing to work with, it would be hard not to do good work. Mutt: The live versions of "TV or Not TV" are good. Cease: after Bozos, jam? Cease: live? do you mean the flick? Beet: Always nice to have new voices. Mutt: My high school band was named Mutt: The Bozone johan amadeus myjetski: I think i failed to say hello Mutt. Yes, nice to have you here! DJTweeny: They also do it live on What This Country Needs llanwydd: klove that album llanwydd: love Mutt: Hello, I'll come back someday! Bye for now. llanwydd: and cloves johan amadeus myjetski: Cease I actually heard Dear Friends before Bozos llanwydd: nite mutt ||||||||| "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!" llanwydd: so did I JAM Cease: bye mutt Beet: G'nite, Mutt. johan amadeus myjetski: Bye mutt! Not Ed: later Mutt Not Ed: where's Walter llanwydd: this is walter llanwydd: I sometimes sign in as Walter Ego Not Ed: aha johan amadeus myjetski: Take on me, Not? ||||||||| 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' Cease: i think you have to be old to even know who walter cronkite was DJTweeny: Who? llanwydd: lol Not Ed: 20th Century! Not Ed: You Are There ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: I could never forget cronkite Not Ed: he was the guy johan amadeus myjetski: I remember Walter, & the feeling of trustworthiness he exuded through the tv set Cease: people in their 40s would have no idea Not Ed: yep ||||||||| 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." DJTweeny: indeed Beet: And that's the way it is. Not Ed: no llanwydd: I think they would, cat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Mr. Bark Bark: Yay! Not Ed: oh my it's over johan amadeus myjetski: There’s nobody a 40 yo could compare him to Not Ed: hey great to see you all! DJTweeny: 'tis :/ Beet: Great evening, folks. Nice to see everyone. Fabulous collage, Dr. Cease. Thanks to our guide and director, Dr Tween. G'Nite. Not Ed: ty merl and Rufus Cease: part 3 next week johan amadeus myjetski: Love love love to all! Thanks all! llanwydd: he retired in the 1980s didnt he? ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Deputy Danger Mouse: I keep inviting folks. Thqnk you Tweeny, et,.al! Not Ed: tanx Tweeny! Not Ed: outta here! Cease: Nexrt week then llanwydd: thanks tween. thanks cat. wee you all next week ||||||||| At 10:56 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... 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. ||||||||| Deputy Danger Mouse departs at 11:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| 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 Deputy Dang disembarks at 11:02 PM. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mutt - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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... ||||||||| Deputy Dang runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Deputy Dang?! It's 11:47 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| 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 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| not ed - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| joham amaseus myjetski - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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 The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Mr. Bark Bark - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:55 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 yaws ||||||||| 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
Deputy Danger Mouse
DJTweeny
joham amaseus myjetski
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Mr. Bark Bark
Mutt
not ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
