||||||||| 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 September 10, 2020 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Outside, the 4:21 PM downtown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| It's 4:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 7:05 PM: Rufus_T_Firetween jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DJTweeny close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 7:06 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the anteroom. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Merlyn tiptoes in around 8:33 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Merlyn ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and intones "Presenting 'Jaundice', just granted probation at 8:39 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Jaundice Jaundice: Jaundice it is! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music (Blackmore's Night) 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 escorts Rotonoto into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:41 PM, then departs. Rotonoto: Jaundice it is! Give him the antidote... Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Rotonoto Rotonoto: hey tweeny Rotonoto: oh wait- there's two oy you Rotonoto: of Rotonoto: I know DJ but I bet I have chatted with Rufus, too Jaundice: It's ok-- they're speaking Chinese. DJTweeny: There are indeed :) DJTweeny: Rufus helps out with the announcements, I do the show ;) DJTweeny: So did you guys come here because I advertised on David's and Phil's pages? DJTweeny: on Facebook Rotonoto: it's been too long, finally I remembered about Thu nites Rotonoto: I've been around, on and off, going back to the pre-chatroom days Rufus_T_Firetween: Glad you could make it Rufus_T_Firetween: Oh yeah, I know :) Rufus_T_Firetween: a very old chat name Rotonoto: what- we were using some sort of 'messenger' back in the day Rufus_T_Firetween: IRC chat maybe? Rotonoto: you guys took pix down, but I used to be in that rogues gallery at the bottom of the log page Rotonoto: IRC yeah that sounds right ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Merlyn, Rotonoto wants his pic back in the Rogue Gallery Rotonoto: heh! Rotonoto: no, not really ||||||||| Catherwood leads llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (8:48 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llanwydd: good evening folks Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi llan Rotonoto: No more nice guy! Got two ticked to Forbidden City... Rotonoto: ticket Rotonoto: this dang laptop can't spell llanwydd: not very familiar with blackmore ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Captain Equinox', just granted probation at 8:50 PM", then leaves hurriedly. llanwydd: Roto! You have been absent for a while. Captain Equinox: HIYA, Kiddos! Rufus_T_Firetween: defective keyboard, obviously llanwydd: hey cappy Captain Equinox: haody, all! Rufus_T_Firetween: Aye Captain Captain Equinox: howdy (new glasses) Rotonoto: yeah, well Bozoette passed away spring 2019, it's been real... ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Captain Equinox: Ahoy! Rotonoto: just me and the two cats now llanwydd: very sorry to hear, roto Captain Equinox: SO it;s the Fakespeare tonight? Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Tis ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" llanwydd: oh, yes. thats right Rufus_T_Firetween: Condolences, Roto Captain Equinox: I have to explain it that way to my wife. She used to work for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and takes her Bard straight, no chaser. llanwydd: first thing I thought when I saw Blackmores Night was Ritchie Blackmore llanwydd: but obviously it is not Rufus_T_Firetween: It is Captain Equinox: Roto, I'm sorry for your loss. llanwydd: and welcome back Rufus_T_Firetween: and his new music is nothing likt Deep Purple Rotonoto: have thought about this merry troupe often Rufus_T_Firetween: absolutely it is Richie Blackmore :) Rufus_T_Firetween: *like llanwydd: we have your picture below llanwydd: sounds more like a woman to me Rufus_T_Firetween: His lady Captain Equinox: Blackmore's doing pseudo midaevel stuff the past decade. Rufus_T_Firetween: but it's his band Captain Equinox: Blackmore's Night Rufus_T_Firetween: Seemed appropriate for Anythynge :) Captain Equinox: Stupid me - I forgot to plug in to the audio! Dombass. ||||||||| Cease enters at 8:58 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Cease Captain Equinox: Cease! Cease: HI gang Rotonoto: hi Cease ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' llanwydd: I bought Dylans version of this on cassette along with a cassette of his first relase which was mostly covers Cease: Haven't seen you here in a while, roto Rufus_T_Firetween: I love this cover llanwydd: hey cat! Rotonoto: yeah, I was telling the guys I lost Bozoette back in spring 2019 ||||||||| 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!" Rotonoto: just me and the two cats now ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: Oh no, Roto! Cease: Terrible news. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 10, 2020 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Rotonoto: and a bunch of crows (I diodn't know he raised crows) Rotonoto: oh, I'm basically OK, a hard adjustment Cease: Of course. Captain Equinox: *HONK HONK* Rotonoto: did somebody squeeze the wheeze? ||||||||| 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 disembarks at 9:03 PM. Beet: Hello, Dear Friends! ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! *** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “ANYTHYNGE YOU WANT TO” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out ANYTHYNGE at http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=aywt-rv' Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Beet Beet: Hi Dr Tween Cease: Glad you could join us here tonight Beet: I feel bad if I miss it. Cease: Part one of my Ginsberg collage set tonight. Captain Equinox: I found that Ben Wright was the voice of Grimsby in Disney's Little Mermaid. Beet: Nice to see you too, Dr Cease. Cease: I saw the best minds of the 38th of Cunnegonde destroyed by hysterical.... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about ANYTHYNGE YOU WANT TO at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=aywt-ln Beet: Ginsberg a fascinating subject. llanwydd: I bought a copy of the original version of this play from The Young Tom Edison Club back sometime in the mid 70s ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" llanwydd: anybody remember the ytec? Cease: Bergman ended one of his shows by quoting Ginsberg, "If you dig LA, you ARE LA" Cease: i might have some of those issues, llan. llanwydd: nice thought Cease: a good city, state, coast to avoid now. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! llanwydd: cool! Cease: that was pre-tom gedwillo, right? llanwydd: I got a sort of autographe from Elmo Firesign llanwydd: dont remember tom gedwillo Cease: he was/is Chromium Switch Cease: 70s llanwydd: I remember the chromium switch llanwydd: If my memory serves, I think I got at least one or two issues of that from ytec llanwydd: I dont know when this came out but I bought it in 1981 llanwydd: wax as king? Cease: can't find YTEC online ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: amazing, cat llanwydd: I got stuff from them for at least a year Cease: I met Tom and Phil Fountain at the Bregman memorial in 2012 Cease: Phil is the Firesign's official artist and they have a semi-regular podcast mixing Firesign with music. llanwydd: ask david ossman if you have his contact info Cease: who? llanwydd: I was talking to you cat. you said you couldnt find info about ytec on the internet Captain Equinox: Tom Gedwillo and Phil Fountain are both on Facebook. llanwydd: I meant you know david better than any of us. It would be worth asking him Cease:https://chromiumswitch.blogspot.com/ llanwydd: cool, cat Cease: Tom and certainly Elayne would know about YTEC. I have file cabinets full of old Firesign stuff, hard to wade through llanwydd: lol 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 Cease: I met El when I first got online in 93. She opened up the whole Firesign world for me. 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 Cease: She was doing Falafal in those days. llanwydd: anybody ever heard the name Elmo Firesign before? Rufus_T_Firetween: How did you find her Cat? Rufus_T_Firetween: not I llan ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: alt.comedy firesign newsgroup llanwydd: doing falafel? what was that? Cease: one of the first things i looked up when i went online llanwydd: well elmo was answering mail for young tom edison llanwydd: david ossman hates this album. Cease:https://elayneriggs.blogspot.com/ llanwydd: I dont llanwydd: hold on... sorry llanwydd: I was thinking of Not insane or anything.... Cease:http://firezine.net/faq/falafal/falafal30.html Cease: Austin credits her for keeping the Firesign audience alive in the years they didn't exist llanwydd: thanks for the link, cat ||||||||| 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!" Cease: She gave me Proctor's address and we began to correspond. Then when El and her then husband came to visit me in Vancouver, we drove down to hang out at Ossman's house. llanwydd: thats a long way for elayne to travel llanwydd: I have never been further west than san antonio Cease: Proc invited me over to his house when i was in LA later that year (95) Cease: Melinda and Phil suggested I start writing radio plays, and starred in 2 of them. Cease: Elayne in 3. Cease: YOu shared Firesign stories with Elayne in my recent Ossman Project, whatever it's called now. llanwydd: Reeeely cool, Cat, llanwydd: I mean about your meeting with proctor and melinda Cease: the guys and their promoters have been wonderful to me, and i suspect all of their fans. llanwydd: cool, cat. elayne heard what I recorded? Cease: you heard her story about meeting ossman a couple of times in the eighties. llanwydd: I am sure they would be good to you. you have certainly been good to them Cease: all of you heard all of it. though i suspect 2-yearold Lincoln didn't really get into it, llanwydd: yes, cat. I do remember Cease: ive been promoting them almost as lnog as there's been a "them" Cease: its only a few months ago, llan. Cease: dont get all alzheimers on me. llanwydd: he he. who is Lincoln? your great nephew? Cease: "grandson" llanwydd: Great! Cease: All 4 grand kids got back from their summer cottage yesterday and began school (not lincoln) today and my wife Fumiyo is over at their house now. Beet: To have been able to hang out with these guys and know them so well. Truly a rare opportunity, Cat. llanwydd: yes, I am into a mild alzheimers moment I suppose Cease: I was gardening in the back yard yesterday morning and Fumiyo locked the door and closed the garage door. Cease: I was stuck outside for 2 hours in our city's hottest day. no fun at all. Rotonoto: I am overjoyed just to know the guys work... Rotonoto: improved my funnybone considerably Rufus_T_Firetween: yipes Cease llanwydd: I went to school with a kid named Lincoln. His mother was french and he spoke both languages Cease: last month she locked the cat in the garage all night. i'm beginning to work about her short term memory, and she's younger (a few monts) than me. Rufus_T_Firetween: Joe Biden Memory Syndrome Cease: Was the guitaist Link Ray an abbreviation for Lincoln? Rotonoto: bide your time... Rufus_T_Firetween: I'm having problems with short-term memory myself Rufus_T_Firetween: all just a natural part of getting older :/ Cease: i'ts been a great pleasure getting to know the guys and working with them on various projects since the 90s Rufus_T_Firetween: One of those deals where you walk into a room and forget why you went in there ;) Cease: but they also have a tendency since the begininng to reach out to fans and bring them into their orbit, albums, etc etc Rotonoto: I thought everyone was that way (grin) Rufus_T_Firetween: :) Cease: oh that happens to me all the time, tween. but that's cannabis, not dementia Rufus_T_Firetween: hahaha Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes, cannabis can have that effect as well ;) Cease: first time i met the guys, we shared a joint. this was new year's eve show, 1969 Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Beet: Roitan used to be the name of a cigar brand. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Dr. Happy Harry Cox says “I was right about the comet! Check out my new video DVD set EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG: THE DECLASSIFIED FIRESIGN THEATRE 1968-1975 before it’s too late!!” >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php Captain Equinox: It is, Rufe Beet: Hey, Cease, when they were on their own, were they always funny or were they more business, or a combination? Cease: I was first introduced in cannabis only a few monthe before that. fall, 69 Cease: you mean hanging out with them? Beet: Yes Rotonoto: "Man to man, smoke a Roitan"? Cease: Proc tries to be on as often as possible. the other guys, not so much. Captain Equinox: Haha Beet: Interesting. Cease: but all 4 of them really nice people, and nice to people. Captain Equinox:https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m53253067405/ Beet: Very cool, Cap. Used to be my father's brand. Captain Equinox: Cool Captain Equinox: My old man smoked Wolf Bros Crooks. Beet: Panatelas Rotonoto: "Much Dasters", as Sid Caesar intentionally flubbed... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** If you're on Facebook, you can Like the official Firesign Fan Page here >> https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firesign-Theatre/282668140208 - and if you’re on Twitter and would like to get official Firesign tweets, follow @FiresignNews - there are also several unofficial Facebook fan pages at >> Chromium Switch - https://www.facebook.com/groups/50372982074/?ref=br_tf - and Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/21145641274/ - and Dear Friends of Firesign Theatre - https://www.facebook.com/groups/FiresignDearFriends/ Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Roto Cease:https://autobkiography.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/History+and+Firesigns.mp3 Captain Equinox:https://www.pinterest.com/pin/384002305700403519/ Cease: This is a collage I made of my history with Firesign up to 1999. ||||||||| "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!" Beet: Can't think of Ernie Kovacs without thinking about Dutch Masters Cease: Indeed, Beet Rotonoto: ahhh, the power of advertizing... Cease: it worked for Firesign. their jack poet ads were their main source of income, or at least free cars for a while. Merlyn: Hey folks, it looks like the "Best of Fools in Space" will be up on youtube soon -- it's the radio show with just the live parts and some short rare clips ||||||||| "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!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Din't know they got cars out of the deal, cool Rufus_T_Firetween: Excellent, Merlyn Cease: Great news, Merl. I saw one you posted on Facebook recently Beet: GREAT news, Merlyn! Merlyn: The first 2 hour show boils down to about 76 minutes of live material Merlyn: The stuff so far is before the first show, this is the show itself Merlyn: I wanted to put everything up, and just show the backstage studio stuff when it's prerecorded material, but FT wasn't crazy about that. Cease: i can understand that. Rufus_T_Firetween: Let me know the links for anything new Merlyn, so I can add it to the FB advertisements Merlyn: So you don't get Proctor offhandedly saying "My fart machine is out of batteries" or Warren Dewey, the studio owner, saying "Don't tell him about the gong!" (after someone did) Rufus_T_Firetween: just email me, if you would Merlyn: I've got the first chunk up, but I'm adjusting the brightness so I'll need to put it up again Merlyn: The preshow bits up now are way too yellow and iMovie insists on cropping them to 16:9 so I'm using DaVinci Resolve now Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks for all your efforts, Merlyn Beet: amen Merlyn: Here's where they realize they're being filmed: https://i.imgur.com/9Q9RtR1.png ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski enters at 9:57 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Chapeau Manger. Cease: HI Jammy Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Greetings, cease! Beet: Allo JAM Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Johan Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Hi beet, how’sit digging? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : RTR! Beet: coolness ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : How are our west coast friends? Anyone get toasted? Beet: Catherwood seems to have the stopwatch. ||||||||| Catherwood ignores Beet Cease: We got some serious smoke from the Washington fires this week. 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: Very entertaining. Cease: hard to breathe for a couple days. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “THE COSMIC SOCIAL WORKER (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/' Beet: All the skies are dark orange. Rufus_T_Firetween: "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is dark orange..." llanwydd: got to get the grey out Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I hope that’s the extent for you, cease! Many of my Oregon & Northern California friends say it’s Quite apocalyptic Cease: it's all over the news. hopefully not my lungs llanwydd: I was not here in 1960 Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I was here in 60. Though young, i remember the new feeling when the new president went in office. llanwydd: cool Cease: me too jammy llanwydd: the first president I remember was Johnson Beet: I was 13 Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Everybody went into a new mood. I didn’t understand why, so I just observed. llanwydd: I was born during the Kennedy administration llanwydd: I dont remember where I was Cease: my last collage was proctor as leary and ginsberg went to harvard to psychedelics with leary and huxley either the same time as this interview or shortly there after Cease: to DO llanwydd: no no no no hes outside looking in Beet: Hicks was amazing Cease: indeed Cease: only discovered work long after his death. i think through marc maron Johan Amadeus Myjetski : The moodies had it so right, didn’t they? Cease: so that's not long ago llanwydd: Beatles! Cool! Beet: Nice Cease: the first bealtes song i really liked Beet: I put Moodies before Beatles actually. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I bought the 45 of this llanwydd: very interesting, beet Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Saved up my allowance for a month llanwydd: I like the moodies too Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I am with beet on that point! Moodies had a depth that the Fab Four reached on only a couple of albums Beet: They did something to my soul llanwydd: if you ever get to see the beatles being interviewed with ken dodd llanwydd: very funny video, I dont have a link its on youtube Captain Equinox: Gotta run, folks. Keep 'em Flying! ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: sounds like learys voice here Cease: by cap Cease: it is Beet: See ya Cap Cease: this is a continuation of my prevoius collage about leary Captain Equinox: *whoosh*!!! llanwydd: I had two teeth out yesterday Cease: bummer, llan Beet: Which ones? llanwydd: supposed to eat soft food but Im having no trouble with vegetables Cease: pureed? llanwydd: numbers 15 and 16, cat Cease: i like soft food to begin with llanwydd: two back left molars Cease: this is neal cassady Cease: the main character in my play Neal Amid, featuring Phil Austin as Neal. llanwydd: I can eat a salad, ravioli and meatballs Cease: very different voice than Neal's, but Neal's son and wife both approved Beet: I'm missing those same teeth. llanwydd: I never refuse anything I am served Cease: salad? that Cease: a lot of chewing Rufus_T_Firetween: We should play that again sometime soon, Cat llanwydd: Neal Amid is a masterpiece, Cat Cease: na? indeed. Cease: my favourite play. Cease: but i've written 4 since then and am writing one now. llanwydd: would be happy to help out again, cat Cease: great, llan. Cease: some of the folks who worked on the ossman project want to do more work with me. Cease: i began recording last week. Beet: I'd do something no prob. Cease: great news. Rufus_T_Firetween: You have but to ask for my participation, Cat ||||||||| 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 : Love Kabir’s writings Cease: great! Cease: Fish was supposed to fly out in Feb and hang out with me here in Van and Ossman a couple hours south, but i dont know if anyone is flying now. Cease: so that gave me a deadline to have finished script finished and partly recorded by feb. Cease: strike while the iron's hot, to use an old saying. Cease: this is very hissy. Cease: should have noticed that when i was putting it together, and its from their CD Cease: this is ginsberg part 1. part 2 next week. am working on another 2 part collage series called Math and Science after that. Then I'm going to take break from doing collages and just work on the new play, starting in october. Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks Cat, nice work Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Staying busy, sounds like, cease! Beet: Reminds one of a very different era. Rufus_T_Firetween: some of this is actually very Libertarian Cease: yes, jammy. Cease: there's all kinds of werid stuff on youtube Rufus_T_Firetween: (anti-big government control, esp control of government by a corporatocracy, which is what we have now) Cease: should we put the link to this on the archive posting, tween? Beet: Whenever I think of Mr Ginsberg, I remember this huge mass of hair. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “THE COSMIC SOCIAL WORKER (Part 1)” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: done Beet: Didn't know that he sang. Cease: when i lived in ottawa, i spent a weekend in toronto with a freind and on our bus back to ottawa, gins was on the bus. Rufus_T_Firetween: me either Cease: he then gave a reading, chantng, singing at our university. this was late 69 or early 70 llanwydd: zips and beaners sittin nest to us ||||||||| 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!" Cease: good poet, shitty musician, at least then. Beet: cool 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 ||||||||| General Dysfunction enters at 10:34 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ llanwydd: ten hut Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Generalissimo! Rufus_T_Firetween: Tent Hut! General General Dysfunction: ten hut indeed! llanwydd: lol Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Nine huts would have been just fine... Cease: number 9, number 9 Rotonoto: you just missed General Confusion, he left five minutes ago Johan Amadeus Myjetski : “It’s like... you become naked...” Rotonoto: With General Gaotheart Rotonoto: Goatheart llanwydd: general tso heart Beet: Fabulous ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from the DOMM Extras collection “PLEDGE DRIVE SEGMENT” 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' General Dysfunction: Fortunate, General Confusion and I, well, there is troubling history Cease: you enjoyed that? Rotonoto: oh dear... Rotonoto: professional jealousy? Rotonoto: Audrey Farber? Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I enjoyed that, cease! llanwydd: betty jo blondie General Dysfunction: SO professonal! Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Melanie Haber? Cease: good,jammy. i tried to blend ginsberg talking about exploring inner and outer space with hicks advocating that at the beginning. General Dysfunction: Melanie Haber, Audrey Farber, oh I can't count the ways ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| Cease leaves at 10:39 PM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." Rufus_T_Firetween: RIP Bill Hicks Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I particularly appreciated the outer space segue! ||||||||| Cat bounds in at 10:39 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Cat: That was at the dawn of the space race. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : I recall that extremely well. I thought my future was being read every time an advance happened in the space race Rotonoto: yeah, I was a little inded after the race... Rotonoto: winded llanwydd: yeah send two dollars and so will millions of other americans General Dysfunction: triple grasshoppers? Rufus_T_Firetween: Excellent movie about the Space Race in the early days of NASA >> Hidden Figures - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ Beet: Living in Houston everything was happening just down the road. Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Loved that Rufus! Cat: great flick. thakns for turning me on to it, tween. Rufus_T_Firetween: I'll bet Beet Beet: I thought that was the best movie that year. llanwydd: two counterfeit ones General Dysfunction: as tall as I am Beet: Jeez Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Is he measuring in metric? General Dysfunction: extra large and so heavy, wow, no less than all the weight in the world Beet: lol General Dysfunction: oh, that mysterious 12th century Cat: take a load off Fanny Beet: Ten bucks for a weekend. What a bargain. General Dysfunction: take a load for Fea Beet: Proctor is the only one still funny here. ||||||||| 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 : Fundraising has its serious side... Cat: Proc is gentically funny Beet: Once again my Thursday evening is fulfilled. Thanks to everyone. Immensely enjoyed the collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding the ship, Dr Tween. G'Nite all.lol Rufus_T_Firetween: it would seem so Cat: He has to turn it off. The other lads have to turn it on. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Johan Amadeus Myjetski : Thanks, cease RTF, & everybody! Nite all! Beet: 'Bye! Merlyn: see ya tween, cat, etc ||||||||| Merlyn is forcibly ejected just as the clock strikes 10:55 PM. Rotonoto: nite all... Cat: etc llanwydd: yeah, thanks tween and cat Cat: more poetry next week General Dysfunction: Loved it, thanks tween and cat and everyone else ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:56 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Rotonoto by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| "Hey Cat!" ... Cat turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:58 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... ||||||||| llanwydd is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 10:59 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:25 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| General Dysfunction - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Johan Amadeus Myjetski - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts RedPillTweeny in through the front door at 1:43 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 2:25 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Captain Equinox - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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
Captain Equinox
Cat
Cease
DJTweeny
General Dysfunction
Jaundice
Johan Amadeus Myjetski
llanwydd
Merlyn
Rotonoto
Rufus_T_Firetween
