||||||||| 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 August 06, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood leads Rufus_T_Firetween in through the front door at 4:20 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| DJTweeny waltzes in at 7:17 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| It's 7:40 PM, 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... ||||||||| 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 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:40 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (75th ANNIVERSARY OF HIROSHIMA BOMBING) 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 steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Cease', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:51 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... DJTweeny: allo Cease Cease: This doesn't sound like the Beatles. Rufus_T_Firetween: Nope Rufus_T_Firetween: Didn't know you requested it Rufus_T_Firetween: It's the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Cease: We'll hear enough Beatles in the 2nd hour. Cease: ah yes. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:58 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule. Beet: Happy Thursday chatters. How is everybody? ||||||||| 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: Hi Beet Beet: Howdy Dr.Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: Yo Beet Beet: Hi, Dr Tween ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 06, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Rufus_T_Firetween: doing well except for the heat, howz by you? Beet: Has cooled off here in the mountains of West Virginia Rufus_T_Firetween: Got my scooter back after it was vandalized back in June, so I'm otherwise a happy camper Beet: Actually turned my AC off earlier. Rufus_T_Firetween: cool is good Cease: Our first cool, rainy day in a while here. Beet: Did they mess with the scooter/ ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Dear Friends broadcast collection “HOUR OF ECSTASY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' Beet: In other words, did they hurt it? Rufus_T_Firetween: Took apart the electronics trying to hot-wire it Rufus_T_Firetween: Could have been worse Beet: As long as you can still use it OK. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, the shop brought it back to life Beet: Did he say, "put on your masks?" Rufus_T_Firetween: just does 30-40mph, but great for getting around the city Beet: A fun ride. Rufus_T_Firetween: heh, I wear a mask under my MC helmet with full visor Beet: A friend of mine forgot his mask so just wore his helmet into the store. Rufus_T_Firetween: mine is white - https://wolfbrandscooters.com/scooters/wolf-rx-50/ Cease: they just made masks required on transit in vancouver today Rufus_T_Firetween: Beet: A friend of mine forgot his mask so just wore his helmet into the store << Walmart let me do that, yeah Beet: It looks nice. Rufus_T_Firetween: w/o a mask Rufus_T_Firetween: Not much power, but it's a fun ride and you dodn't need a MC license Rufus_T_Firetween: Lots of underseat storage, and I have a large trunk mounted on the back to haul groceries Beet: I actually remember Stevenson at the Democratic convention. Early television. Rufus_T_Firetween: 110mpg is also not terrible ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "9:12 PM and late as usual, it's llanwydd, just back from Funfun Town." Beet: Maybe it's time for me to buy a scooter. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey llan llanwydd: good evening dear friends Beet: Hi Llan. Cease: llan Beet: Communist Junior High School teachers. Beet: I mostly remember Fascism from high school. Cease: Edgar is in the Ossman project llanwydd: why so few of us tonight? Cease: don't know Rufus_T_Firetween: I sent out the announcements per usual Rufus_T_Firetween: 6 listeners llanwydd: yeah we had some new people last week Beet: I just requested pricing on your scooter, Dr Tween. DJTweeny: Base price is $1200, with all the accessories, title/taxes etc it cost a little over $1800 Beet: I see. Beet: That's not too bad. DJTweeny: That's with a helmet w/retractable visor, gloves, and the trunk DJTweeny: No, not bad at all for a sturdy little scooter DJTweeny: oh, and $30 for a rain cover Beet: We have a little shed here where guys keep theirs. DJTweeny: After the vandalism, I've also spent $60 on an alarm/wheel lock so it can't be moved easily llanwydd: I'm looking for a car. I've been driving a 2005 aveo for 8 1/2 years and that model is not known to last long ||||||||| Ralph Spoilsport drives in through the door and says "Buy a new or used T-shirt from the Firesign Theatre Cafepress store! Hurry before this sentence ends!" Beet: I live in a little remote - even rural town. DJTweeny: Wish I had an enclosed place for it, but I have to just put it in the complex parking lot llanwydd: lol llanwydd: nino has you in leesburg, beet DJTweeny: It's not great on steep hills, but again a tiny engine that gets 110mpg DJTweeny: trade-offs ||||||||| "9:25 PM? 9:25 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Deputy Dang should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Deputy Dang enters and sits on the couch. Beet: Nino can't find me. llanwydd: is that near danville DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Beet: Hi Deputy. Beet: I don't know where Danville is. llanwydd: well he has me in daytona which is not far off Deputy Dang: What a coincidence! I just got back from Billville! llanwydd: Hey llanwydd: ang llanwydd: I mean Deputy Dang: Howdy, pardners! ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 9:26 PM and Not Ed sashays out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. llanwydd: ng llanwydd: I mean Dang Deputy Dang: Close enough lol llanwydd: Hey Not Beet: I'm just off of Rt 50 which runs through West Virginia and Virginia. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Hey Ed, we've got your head!' llanwydd: I see llanwydd: I can picture it llanwydd: danville is on the NC border Rufus_T_Firetween: I lived near Rt 50 in MD. Was the main road to get into D.C. Cease: Hi Ed, Dang Beet: It's a 2 lane where you do 55mph. Beet: This Rt 50 also goes all the way to D.C. Deputy Dang: heya Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: 50 goes across the country, as I recall. A main highway pre-interstates ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" llanwydd: I got to VA through NC on a road like that Rufus_T_Firetween: This route goes to 11 Beet: I think that's right, Dr Tween Deputy Dang: That's good, so you can take the same thing back. 11 one way, 11 the other. Deputy Dang: It's the same, going and coming. Beet: Just for fun I just followed my Rt 50 and it stops in Dodge city. How about that? Beet: I have had kisses like that. Rufus_T_Firetween: Yep, coast to coast >> U.S. Route 50 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_50 Beet: cool ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cease: I barely remember cig ads. ||||||||| It's 9:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: I just saw that 400 turns back into 50 after Dodge City Rufus_T_Firetween: Rod Serling did cigarette commercials for The Twilight Zone Rufus_T_Firetween: he died of lung cancer :/ Cease: i'm having an ear test tuesday. Rufus_T_Firetween: You'll notice in TZ that in his intros he often has a cigarette in his hand Rufus_T_Firetween: may it go well, Cease Cease: hope so Deputy Dang:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0654512/ Beet: I have a constant problem with wax in my ears. Have to do something every day. Cease: people used to smoke in the old days Beet: I smoked a lot in my day Deputy Dang: I've read that marihuana is much stronger these days. But the Firesign folks seem to get by. Rufus_T_Firetween: FST did a faux cigarette commercial 'for the smile of health, for the smile of success' Cease: true, dang. Rufus_T_Firetween: forget where it's from Deputy Dang: loosners Deputy Dang: luceners? ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah, and whatever they called the cigarette Rufus_T_Firetween: Fantastic Cigarettes Deputy Dang: i think it's from don;t crush thast dwarf Rufus_T_Firetween: I recall now Cease: right Deputy Dang: ah, yes, that's it! Rufus_T_Firetween: "Long in the leaf, and short in the can..." ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and intones "Presenting 'Merlyn', just granted probation at 9:48 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Cease: hi merl Merlyn: hey cat Beet: Hello Mr Merlyn. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Merl Merlyn: there's also El Primo cigars Rufus_T_Firetween: t's actually from Nick Danger Rufus_T_Firetween: *and I think it's actually from The Future Adventures Of Nick Danger Beet: Without the trailer parks, whwere would the aliens land? Merlyn: where would they park? Beet: They also attract tornadoes. Beet: Didn't think it was possible for Bergman to have nothing to say. ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! 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 Beet: Anybody know who this is singing? ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. DJTweeny: I do not... ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “A BEE ROAD, SIDE ONE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' Beet: This'll be good. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Johan Amadeus Myjetski close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 10:03 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the vestibule. Cease: Just in time Jammy Beet: Hi JAM Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hey Cease, beet, et al! What a day! Rufus_T_Firetween: allo Johan Johan Amadeus Myjetski : ‘Allo, mr. Rufus! ||||||||| 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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “A BEE ROAD, PART ONE” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#PLAYS Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber Johan Amadeus Myjetski : This is one of the best FST noir monologues Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Cease: and speaking of videos, i just got the DVD or Yesterday out of the library. Cease: Any of you seen that? About a World without the Beatles? Beet: Very strange movie. Rufus_T_Firetween: No I haven't Cease: I've been immersed in the Bealtes making these collages over the past 2 montghs so i look forward to it. Cease: i dont think my grandkids will know or care who the beatles were. Beet: I hear that some young folks are quite insane about the Beatles. Rufus_T_Firetween: The darned well should. The Beatles changed 'popular msuic' Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Even the idea of a world without the beatles is so disquieting I may waiting a while before i watch it Rufus_T_Firetween: *music Cease: i know nothing of modern music. on the news i heard that some canuck singer named Drake has now set the record for most #1 singles. Cease: never heard a song by him and probably never will. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : You & me both cease Rufus_T_Firetween: me either Beet: I'm pretty clueles about moderm music myself. llanwydd: I used to have abbey rod llanwydd: road Cease: john philip sousa changed the music of his era too. who's heard of him? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Anybody remember when ‘modern’ music was the 2nd half of the 20th century? Cease: i was a dj in ottawa when a.b. road came out. it was wonderful to play Rufus_T_Firetween: Abbey Road is where Alan Parsons got his start llanwydd: I knew about him. we played some of his stuff in the high school marching band Rufus_T_Firetween: as a teenager, 2nd Engineer to George Martin llanwydd: sousas I mean Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Same here Llan Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Sousa’s phone wasn’t a cell, ya know? llanwydd: what did you play, jam? Rufus_T_Firetween: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: I was lead drummer (snare) for the marching band at mt military school llanwydd: cool Rufus_T_Firetween: *at my Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Clarinet. Sousa thought the clarinet should double the piccolo parts, for some reason llanwydd: cool, jam. Rufus_T_Firetween: interesting, didn't know that llanwydd: I played trumpet for eight years of school. did not care for it much Cease: my point being, music changes all the time. Rufus_T_Firetween: true llanwydd: when I was in 4th grade, the middle school brass band came to our school Beet: very cute girls played piccolo in our high school llanwydd: a group called the dixie kids Rufus_T_Firetween: dixie? they'd have to change their name now llanwydd: I was really impressed with the trombone and I came home and said I wanted to play trombone in school the next year Rufus_T_Firetween: I can't believe the Dixie Chicks changed their name lol Rufus_T_Firetween: this PC stuff is getting a bit out of hand Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I enjoy a good sliphorn player Beet: Apparently their new album is pretty good. llanwydd: but my mother already had a trumpet from her school band days so I ended up playing that for eight years llanwydd: 9-12 Rufus_T_Firetween: Apparently, teaching music theory is now racist - https://campusreform.org/?id=15378 llanwydd: hilarious, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: indeed llanwydd: hemp seed fuel Johan Amadeus Myjetski : That really pisses me off. I wish i could see it as hilarious but that means we can’t dissect music, figure out how it’s put together. Beet: I have PC fatigue. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : North Texas used to be an excellent music school Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I have PC fatigue, PC backlash fatigue, too Merlyn: campusreform is a rightwing site that is against atheists llanwydd: this is funny about the poppies Cease: from dear friends llanwydd: you cant smoke those Cease: you can't smoke your friends? llanwydd: lol Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Smoked smoats? Cease: this is from the "new" firesign album Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hard to keep them lit... Cease: we heard cuts from it from doc tech a few weeks ago Cease: lennon was on heroin at the time they recorded this album Beet: He was also on Yoko. Cease: i figured the "you" he wants so bad is actrually heroin. Rufus_T_Firetween: lol Beet Cease: i think yoko was better for him. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Rumor has it he turned to heroin when Paul’s replacement, Billy Shears, insisted on keeping the band together. Rufus_T_Firetween: Dear Friends Too, Cat? Cease: no, brand new, yet released. forget the title. Rufus_T_Firetween: hmmm Cease: i think it'll be available as a download from the firesign store Cease: you know, merl? ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Merlyn: dunno cat Merlyn: Taylor might know Cease: a collection of live recordings from their early days Cease: he would indeed Rufus_T_Firetween: Nice work, Cat Beet: Great, Cat. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: a DOMM Extras “ANARCHIST ARMY” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out DUKE OF MADNESS MOTORS at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio#DUKEOFPFTFTJ' llanwydd: really cool , cat Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Thought provoking, Cease, very well done, very enjoyable! Thanks! Rufus_T_Firetween: This is pretty cool, Austin talking about his stint in the Army Cease: it's only natural to mix the beatles with the beatles of comedy Deputy Dang: brb Beet: I went through my entire Navy career without doing any KP. Beet: Common knowledge that you can't be a happy sailor if you're not bitching. Beet: I did my share. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : What did you do in the navy, beet? Beet: Air Traffic Control. ||||||||| 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' Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Thanks, all! Beet: Had fun tonight. Small but very refined crowd. Thanks to all. Great collage as usual, Dr Cease. Thanks for navigating, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Cease: Side 2 Next week 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. ||||||||| It's 11:10 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Deputy Dang - 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 says "12:01 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| It's 12:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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 fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Cease - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
llanwydd
Merlyn
Rufus_T_Firetween
