||||||||| 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 April 23, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (10:48 AM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| 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 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Outside, the 4:03 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| DJTweeny sashays in at 8:19 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| 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 (Mahavishnu Orchestra) 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 trudges in at 8:41 PM, dragging Kel by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" DJTweeny: Hi Kel Kel: Ello DJTweeny: music in just a few seconds ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Cease inside, makes a note of the time (8:50 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. Kel: Great music so far Cease: I saw McLaughlin once in Vancouver, mid 70s. Cease: With Jean Luc Ponty and Billy Cobham Amazing concert Cease: Are you new here, Kel? Kel: It's been a while Cease: Welcome back. Cease: I'm pretty much always here. Kel: I used to come around when I worked midnights Cease: Fish tells me you and him are getting it together on BDB, Tweeny Cease: Proctor wants me to redo Immortaltiy so Doc is going to do some new stuff for it. Cease: You'll have to put up the new iteration on the archive. DJTweeny: Hey Cease DJTweeny: wow @ concert, I'll bet it was Cease: Loved McLaughlin's work on Jack Johnson. DJTweeny: Yeah, I haven't done any recording yet but I've picked out what I want to read Cease: A good start. ||||||||| Beet steals in around 8:57 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Cease: It took me a long time to get people to pick lines for Immortality. I ended up having to assign lines to people. Beet: Hello Firesigners. Happy Covid Thursday. Cease: HI Beet DJTweeny: Hi Beet DJTweeny: lol Beet: Howdy Dr Cease Beet: Hi Dr Tween Cease: I just read of the "c generation" today. Neologism Cease: I assume it refers to young people who are living through this Beet: Never heard the term before. Cease: shlocky vocals, but good musicianship Kel: I liked the earlier stuff. More like If Zappa as a little more normal sound DJTweeny: McLaughlin's playing a guitar synth Cease: lol kel DJTweeny: from 1976 ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| llanwydd waltzes in at 9:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, April 23, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" llanwydd: howdy DJTweeny: Hi llan Cease: llan Beet: Greetings, Llan llanwydd: fell asleep in chat last week but I managed to hear The Ossman Project later on ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: “IN THE NEXT WORLD YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out NEXT WORLD at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=nextworld-rv' Cease: hope you enjoyed it, llan. you did your lines really well llanwydd: love this album ||||||||| 9:02 PM: Stranger jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Cease: there's going to be a new iteration of it. llanwydd: loved it cat. thanks llanwydd: howdy stranger DJTweeny: Howdy thar Stranger Cease: welcome, stranger Beet: Just heard an interview with Chris Hedges. He tells the truth but banishes any hope for sustaining anything truly good and positive.r Beet: Hi Stranger Cease: I've read a lot of Hedges Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “IN THE NEXT WORLD YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-ln Beet: I ordered Ossman's book. Looking forward to reading it. DJTweeny: kewl llanwydd: Ive clipped a few Beet: Hedges really is brilliant Cease:https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1610393597?tag=duc12-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1 Beet: The last of a breed. A true reporter. Cease: i would call greg palast a true reporter Beet: Absolutely. I love listening to this guy. llanwydd: I read that as the last true reporter llanwydd: got to get my reading glasses on ||||||||| Not Ed steals in around 9:10 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Cease: 2/3 of all covid cases are older men. llanwydd: hi ed Beet: Makes me want to wear a fedora. Cease: that's not good, particularly for the firesign demographic. Cease: hi not. Beet: Howdy Not. Not Ed: Porque? DJTweeny: Evenin' Not Ed Not Ed: Hey llan Not Ed: Cheers C & Beet Not Ed: Evenin Tweeny Beet: She can't get over the dead cat. llanwydd: I never had that impression beet. I thought she just wanted attention from everybody Beet: Sure. Not Ed: They're made of meat Cease: 7th cirlce of health sounds like our future post covid llanwydd: interesting, cat Not Ed: lol right? llanwydd: the first circle was prehistory Cease: you still here, kel? Not Ed: They're Made Out of Meat by Terry Bisson / short audioplay (it's good) https://www.wnyc.org/story/168264-theyre-made-out-of-meat/ ||||||||| "9:24 PM? 9:24 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Notnerb should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Notnerb enters and sits in front of the fireplace. llanwydd: would somebody refresh my memory? we didnt have audio in the early days, did we? llanwydd: howdy notnerb ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: Hello Notnerb Notnerb: just poking my head in Cease: notnerb DJTweeny: Hi Notnerb Beet: Familiar with Firesign, Notnerb? DJTweeny: Glad you could make it, however briefly :) Notnerb: Been thinking about Beat the Reaper Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Visit the FIRESIGN THEATRE Web Site at >> www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com Notnerb: "give me the plague" DJTweeny: Yeah, BTR would seem to be a good anthem for the times llanwydd: very funny sketch, nerb Beet: I wonder if CaronaVirus would qualify for the Really Big Disease? Notnerb: funny decades ago. Spooky now llanwydd: yeah, I wonder why the cab driver was willing to pick somebody up during the plague llanwydd: you would think he would be at home waiting for his stimulus check Notnerb: If only we had a topless nurse to deliver the antidote Beet: That would take care of everything. llanwydd: lol Cease: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “IN THE NEXT WORLD YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gmiogmd-ln 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** “Fighting Clowns Of Hollywood: A Memoir” by David Ossman - http://www.bearmanormedia.com/fighting-clowns-of-hollywood-a-memoir-softcover-edition-by-david-ossman Beet: Lacootie siuox Beet: sioux llanwydd: lol ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Deputy Dang in through the front door at 9:36 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. llanwydd: hey dep Cease: hi dang Beet: Hey deputy Notnerb: yo dang Notnerb: you DO have friends Deputy Dang: Howdy partners! DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: howdy Tweeny! Not Ed: Anudder Not Not Ed: Hey DDang Beet: Can't have too many nots. Not Ed: true true Notnerb: lol Cease: or as frank zappa would say, cant have too many notes Cease: this will be our baseball season this year Beet: Anybody remember Zappa's appearance on Saturday Night Live? Truly bizarre and spectacular. Not Ed: zappa was oh sure Not Ed: he did I'm the Slime one time - do you mean that Dan Aykroyd hippies in the castle skit? Beet: What I remember was an actual musical performance. Deputy Dang: I liked that one. strange and dark. Not Ed: Yeah it was just after Overnite S. and Apostrophe prolly did Yellow Snow too - can't do the rique stuff ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “WADE (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/' Not Ed: risque Beet: Besides all of his weirdness, he was a consummate musician. Notnerb: cosmic debris Cease: it sounded like a train was going by in the back ground when i recorded that yesterday. Cease: and there is no train track near my house Beet: Phantom trains. Not Ed: One of the top 5 American 20th century composers --easily Cease: still, that train rythym works well with the music behind this Beet: Became Groucho's theme song Not Ed: cool C Not Ed: listening Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net Cease: i was a language teacher. trying to increase linguistic knowledge. but the world is going the other way. Not Ed: Yay Rufus Yay RFD llanwydd: funny I was just thinking about capt spalding today. the first time I heard that song was a very early version from the broadway play that was recorded before the film was made Beet: Loved Groucho. llanwydd: I heard it on the dr demento show when I was a kid llanwydd: it had some different words llanwydd: I cant even find it on youtube ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: Hungadunga, Hungadunga, Hungadunga, and McCormack llanwydd: there is one line I remember from that version that wasnt in the film. Groucho sings: I had a guide named Peter. He lent me his repeater. I shot down a mosquiter. Hey Hey!! Cease: I learned what a shnorer was many many years after i first heard that song llanwydd: cool. what is a shnorer, cat? Beet: Hey, Llan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BMtqqHRvB8 ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorrer Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “WADE (Part 1)” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: in the song, groucho sings, "did someone call me schnorrer?" llanwydd: thanks for the link beet llanwydd: I remember that cat but do you know what a shnorer is? llanwydd: I always assume it was somebodys last name Cease: i trust wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnorrer Beet: Cease's link above says what it is. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: oh, I didnt see the link. thanks. I will take a look Cease: this is a long clip from my play Red Shift ||||||||| 10:01 PM -- Notnerb left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Cease: starring phil austin, david and orson ossman, phil and melinda llanwydd: they begged for the doweries of poor women. thats hilarious Cease: and a whole bunch of chatters Cease: the ossman projectr is the firstr time i've reached out to chatters to lend their voices to my project Cease: that;s 22 years ago. llanwydd: that old, cat! that would make neal amid even older Beet: That was a fun project to take part in. Thinking of maybe doing any morre? llanwydd: were you in red shift, beet? Beet: No the last one. llanwydd: I remember this from pink hotel Cease: yes. i wrote and created neal amid in 97 but it came out in 98. i was hard at work on red shift then and wanted to begin recording but something happened. Cease:http://www.moniqueishikawa.com/ Beet: It seems that Communism was always a force in France. Cease: back to the middle ages llanwydd: charlemagne was no leftist llanwydd: not implying he was a rightist either Not Ed: this is great Cat thanks llanwydd: the reign of terror was an early version of pol pot though Cease:https://www.britannica.com/place/France/Economy-society-and-culture-in-the-14th-and-15th-centuries Kel: gnight ||||||||| It's 10:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llanwydd: but the spectre was always haunting europe Cease: yes wade has long been one of my heroes Cease: this is his latest radio show. a few weeks ago Beet: Was Monique a relation, Cat? Cease: my daughter Beet: Sorry for your loss. Cease: when you hear a young voice singing, "one little two little...BOYS" after Elayne reads Ossman talking about having two young boys, that's my daughter, age 6, jsut getting into the english language" in 1984 Cease: sothat's why red shift was postponed. Cease: still here, kel? Beet: He signed off Cease: stranger? still strange? Cease: yes more go than come Cease: this was one of most important events in ossman's life Cease: maybe THE most important Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “WADE (Part 1)” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: the music of the spheres. Not Ed: Excellent C ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: from the Box Of Danger collection “THE THREE FACES OF AL” 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' : That was really cool! Beet: Nice one, Cat ||||||||| Deputy Dang steals in around 10:20 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." Cease: I strive for excellence DJTweeny: Ossman is quite the poet Deputy Dang: That was really cool! I'm looking forward to next week! DJTweeny: wb Deputy Cease: I think the first thing DO would want in his obituary, would be, david ossman, poet.... ||||||||| 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: i owould like mine to be, cat simril ishikawa, creator of Neal Amid..... Beet: I would like - Had A Good Time Cease: well, we all and do that, beet Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE THREE FACES OF AL at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tfoa-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Deputy Dang: That was really cool! I'm looking forward to next week! Not Ed: Mine: "Why not?" Cease: the more you get into this, the better it gets. Beet: Never was fond of anchovies. ||||||||| doubleyou enters at 10:38 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Haberdashery Barn. Cease: you 2? Cease: me too beet Cease: until i discovered a kind of spaghettic sauce with anchovies. Cease: amazing Cease: firesign fan, doubleyou? Beet: I'll take your word for it. doubleyou: I was zooming by and found this somewhere, so dropped in :) DJTweeny: Hi doubleyou Beet: Welcome, double. ||||||||| 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: welcome, doubleyou doubleyou: ty ty Not Ed: doub DJTweeny: "There's two of everybody but me!" ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about THE THREE FACES OF AL at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tfoa-ln Cease:https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/02/spaghetti-puttanesca-pasta-week-capers-olives-anchovies-recipe.html Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about “BOX OF DANGER: The Complete Nick Danger Casebook” at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bod-rv Cease: this is amazing theatre Beet: I wish I had my own kitchen so i could try making interesting dishes. Cease: i had to learn how to cook when i was very young. my wife as well Beet: Rewarding skill. ||||||||| 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 6-9pm EST every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign' Cease: mix ingredients, mix firesign clips, same trajectory Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: later, all Beet: This was fun. Nice to see everyone. Great new creation, Dr Cat. Thanks for steering the ship, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with sectchange close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 10:55 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi sectchange Rufus_T_Firetween: hope you can join us 2 hours earlier next week ;) Cease: sect Cease: welcome to the end DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Cease rushes off, saying "10:57 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" llanwydd: nite everybody ||||||||| 10:59 PM -- llanwydd left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 3:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:40 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:55 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 4:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| - dead from ||||||||| 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 Dang
DJTweeny
doubleyou
Kel
llanwydd
Not Ed
Notnerb
Rufus_T_Firetween
