||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:32 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for February 11, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "4:09 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Billville." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 5:15 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... ||||||||| "7:53 PM? 7:53 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits on the couch. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| DJTweeny sneaks in around 7:54 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Commando Cody enters at 8:18 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger. Commando Cody: Evening Rufus. ||||||||| Catherwood leads llanwydd into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:34 PM, then departs. llanwydd: good evening filks llanwydd: I mean folks ||||||||| 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)' DJTweeny: Hi Cody, llan Rufus_T_Firetween: Not Insane and a new Cat Collage are the fare for the evening Rufus_T_Firetween: filks being the Norwegian spelling llanwydd: lol Commando Cody: Howdy IIan Commando Cody: I'll be running in and out to the BBQ. DJTweeny: mmmmmm BBQ DJTweeny: freezing rain down here DJTweeny: nobody in TX doing BBQ today llanwydd: I am going to run out real fast to pck up a beverage. anybody want anytning? llanwydd: or aanythin g your wont tu DJTweeny: just some blue moss ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Songs About Insanity 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)' Commando Cody: Thanks llan. I'm good. I've got a barley pop working. Commando Cody: I guess it was bad up in Fort Worth. Cars all over the highway....... Commando Cody: Fill it in yourself. ||||||||| 8:45 PM: Rink Shrimpclaw jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Commando Cody: Howdy Rink. Rink Shrimpclaw: Good Hello, Dear Friends! ||||||||| Outside, the 8:46 PM bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving topazPants coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Commando Cody: What is this playing Rufus? DJTweeny: They're saying 133 cars involved Rink Shrimpclaw: How many blue drinks can you have, ok I'll have another! DJTweeny: 6 dead and dozens to the hospital, some with critical injuries Commando Cody: Hidy Ho Tpants DJTweeny: Hi Topaz DJTweeny: That last song was Little Feat Rink Shrimpclaw: Gumstone chaser. Poor texas, they don't have the skills of driving on ice, or the sand/salt trucks to stop that kind of thing DJTweeny: This is Clapton Commando Cody: Hmm, I don't recalll ever hearing that one. DJTweeny: Hi Rink, and yeah exactly DJTweeny: a 26 car pile-up in Austin Commando Cody: Jeez. Commando Cody: You Texans are having a bad day. Rink Shrimpclaw: I recognize Slowhand's voice on this DJTweeny: There's probably one salt truck in Austin lol DJTweeny: this shite doesn't happen Commando Cody: I think I remember how to drive in that weird weaather but it has been awhile. DJTweeny: and the best part is that the weather is only getting colder over the weekend and next week DJTweeny: going to be a real mess DJTweeny: lots of homeless flock here because of the mild weather DJTweeny: people are going to die :( DJTweeny: This The Band DJTweeny: *is Commando Cody: What's the low temp supposed to be there in Austin? ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Cease close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:52 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the sitting room. Commando Cody: Hellooo Cease! DJTweeny: 32 at the moment DJTweeny: Hey Cease Cease: Hi chatters DJTweeny: feels like 23 Rink Shrimpclaw: Hiya Cease, topazPants: that's Austin, Texas, right? that's really cold for texas Cease: People move to Vancouver to escape the cold in the rest of Canada. Now the cold has followed them here. DJTweeny: high of 26 Monday, going to 7 Monday night DJTweeny: ridiculous for this part of the country DJTweeny: insanely cold for Austin, yeah ||||||||| 8:54 PM: DangerousTommy jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" DJTweeny: Hi Tommy topazPants: I don't know my ferenheight too well as a kanuck, but 32 is the freezing point ||||||||| "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!" DJTweeny: *Tommy DJTweeny: yeah 32 is freezing Commando Cody: Oh holy crap. Commando Cody: s cold for you guys. Cease: Tommy Douglas? The premier of Saskatchewan when I was born there? DangerousTommy: New here. Commando Cody: *That's Rink Shrimpclaw: Welcome Tommy Cease: He was called crazy by the rest of Canada, but now he's considered the greatest Canadian of all time. Commando Cody: Hi there DT. DJTweeny: -7F is -21.667C Cease: Is this still the Band? Rink Shrimpclaw: -20 is -20! Rink Shrimpclaw: this is Queen now DJTweeny: This is Queen, Cat ;) Cease: that makes more sense. DJTweeny: This is The Moody Blues (really early) Rink Shrimpclaw: this early moody blues makes me think of Philly band (now in LA) Man Man!? ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Beet in through the front door at 8:59 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: This is Doug Sahm Beet: Evening chatters. Happy chilly Thursday Night. DJTweeny: Yo Beet DJTweeny: chilly indeed Beet: Howdy Dr Tween ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, February 11, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Cease: Hey Beet Beet: Hi Dr Cease Commando Cody: Hey there Beet. Beet: Nice strolling tune. ||||||||| 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)' Beet: Evening Commando DJTweeny: At least 6 dead in 133-car pile-up in Fort Worth after freezing rain ices over roads - https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2021/02/11/winter-weather-causes-hazardous-conditions-on-north-texas-roads/ Beet: Terrible. Cease: That was news even here in Vancouver, Tween. DangerousTommy: Radio Prison lol Rink Shrimpclaw: internal rhyme: Earth girdling DJTweeny: They had to use hydraulics to pry out some people trapped in their cars ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! *** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “NOT INSANE” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out NOT INSANE at https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=ni-rv' Cease: To the best of my knowledge, this is the only one of their albums the Firesigns appologized for. Commando Cody: Really? Why Cease? Beet: Why? Cease: You can figure it out by listening to it. DangerousTommy: Really, @Cease? I'm a relatively new Firesign listener so there's a lot of trivia I'm not hip to. I would love it if you would share. Rufus_T_Firetween: It's got some good bits :) Cease: Different reasons by different guys at different times, but overall they were embarrassed by it. Cease: Good bits as opposed to a good album. REally killed the momentum they had built up with the quadrology and then DF Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease has been a fan since their live broadcasts in L.A., and has been a friend of FST for decades :) DangerousTommy: Oh sheesh! Well, @Cease at least now I know that EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG! ;-) lol Beet: Maybe so much going on there is hardly anything to grab on to? Rink Shrimpclaw: Speaking of Dope Humor, that's a new official release of radio cuts now, eh? Commando Cody: I'm guessing it's not as tight as most everything else. Cease: There were personal problems at the time and they couldn't get an actual album together, so they just threw some bits together for contractual reasons. ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and pipes up "Presenting 'Woodrow Stoole', just granted probation at 9:06 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Cease: That's as good a reason as any, Beet Rufus_T_Firetween: hello Woodrow Cease: Hi Woody Beet: Hello Mr. Stoole Woodrow Stoole: Gee Whiz I like it here. Commando Cody: Hello Woody. Rufus_T_Firetween: new new release is on vinyl, no less Rufus_T_Firetween: we do this every Thursday Woodrow :) Rink Shrimpclaw: Oh dope humor is slabs? That should be good for DJ folks.... Cease: Thankfully they got it together again the following year and their next 2 albums were classics, Giant Rat and EYKIW Rink Shrimpclaw: Ah I forgot Not Insane is kinda Anythynge I Cease: It is one version of Anythynge. There were MANY Beet: Excellent both of them ||||||||| 9:09 PM: Not Ed jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" Cease: Hey Not Beet: Hi Not Not Ed: Pork? Rufus_T_Firetween: Not Insane (Or Anything You Want To) Rufus_T_Firetween: hello Ed ||||||||| 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." Commando Cody: Not ed, Welcome. Cease: Hey Not, did you listen to my collage of the tape from the future you gave me? Woodrow Stoole: Can he ever be governor? Not Ed: waz real Rink Shrimpclaw: LOL pork! Commando Cody: Welcome Ed. Woodrow Stoole: US Plus. Rink Shrimpclaw: wazzREEEEEEL Rink Shrimpclaw: whatgate? ||||||||| "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: ** 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 Not Ed: Beet & Cease yo Cease: this was originally a parody of the count of monte cristo Not Ed: CCody hiho Not Ed: There's Rufus ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Rink Shrimpclaw: Break, wind, break (laughter in audience... is that the notorious laugher?) Woodrow Stoole: If you don't have 'em, but 'em. Not Ed: Rink, Wood, DT jello Not Ed: Looking fwd to it Cat Rink Shrimpclaw: I have been Declassified! Valuable reference! Not Ed: post the URL ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: if you're famiiiar with Firesign chronology, you'll notice that this album was followed by group atomizing itself. the 3 "solo" albums followede this Cease: Not, Tweenplayed it here 2 weeks ago and thus it's inthe archives, as well as on my Facebook page. Not Ed: ohhh ok cool Cease: also, their radio career had just ended when this came out. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Archives For The FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS can be found at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign Rink Shrimpclaw: Declassified has the Jack Poet ads, those are great! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Not Ed: Tx Ruf Woodrow Stoole: This could be another yellow jacket epidemic. Rink Shrimpclaw: And the lovely William Stout cover Commando Cody: I don't know why but the various Ralph Spoilsprt and other car lot references remind me of the movie Used Cars. Rink Shrimpclaw: Kurt Russell "vehicle!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Used Cars is a really fun movie Commando Cody: Yep. Filmed up in Mesa AZ if I remember correctly. Woodrow Stoole: Port and Cigars in the War Room! Cease: i'll have to check it out. Rufus_T_Firetween: Used Cars - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081698/ ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rink Shrimpclaw: I wanna smoke Cuban and drink Euro! Woodrow Stoole: Yucatan Blue Rink Shrimpclaw: How about a Johnnycup? Cease: Panama Red Rink Shrimpclaw: NRPS! sweet sweet panama red... Woodrow Stoole: Roadapple Red 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 Commando Cody: Cease, were some of these bits taken from live events and then mixed with a some studio stuff? Rink Shrimpclaw: be he goat or ghost or ghost of goat or both!??! Cease: White as Terror Cease: yep, CC ||||||||| 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." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about NOT INSANE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=ni-ln << liner notes Cody Commando Cody: NRPS! One of my favorites and maybe the second concert I ever went to. Rink Shrimpclaw: This is some great shakespeare. I can't believe old bill stole all this shit from the original FST Rufus_T_Firetween: heh Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Billy The Shake' Woodrow Stoole: Bend boys bend. Cease: lol rink ||||||||| The TV flickers on, and Ralph Spoilsport appears: "How can you drive in two places at once when you don't have a genuine Ralph Spoilsport license plate frame? Get one for your car and one for the plate in your head!" Cease: Dope Humour of the 70s has a good version of this. Woodrow Stoole: Paws that refreshes... Not Ed: Sleepy Joe? wtf? lol Cease: i think trump stole that line ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: coincidence is cool ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a hot cheese log ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a hot cheese log. Woodrow Stoole: Ask the cop in the woodpile. Beet: just what I needed. Commando Cody: That has a Screamin Jay Hawkins feel to it. ||||||||| 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!" DangerousTommy: Thanks Ed Rufus_T_Firetween: catherwood, ask the cop in the woodpile ||||||||| Catherwood walks right past Rufus_T_Firetween Not Ed: It does--did--CCody Not Ed: 10-4 DTom llanwydd: anybody want a blue moss? Not Ed: You know these Firesign guys are nutz Not Ed: would love some Rink Shrimpclaw: my Bear Whiz is empty... Cease: gettin off at our F-stop llanwydd: how about a blueberry bc? Rink Shrimpclaw: NOT INSANE Commando Cody: Where does the Blue Moss reference come from iilan? Not Ed: Golden Hind Rufus_T_Firetween: EYKIW Commando Cody: *llan Rink Shrimpclaw: Blue Moss is the alien drink in EYKIW Woodrow Stoole: Wonderful clearing in the jungle, Not Ed: hey llan Commando Cody: I can't say I've ever noticed it before. llanwydd: yep Cease: llan ||||||||| 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!" Rink Shrimpclaw: oh yeah and on Golden Hind, Buzz pretends to eat the moss to please the aliens Beet: Didn't see you come in Llan. Howdy. Commando Cody: Hey Rufus, what is the bit that plays at the end of this every week? ||||||||| Outside, the 9:25 PM crosstown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Dang coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Rink Shrimpclaw: Bunny mentions their son Buddy who is in Mexico at medical school for a couple of weeks Commando Cody: Is it from this? Cease: Dang llanwydd: it tastes awful Rufus_T_Firetween: Howdy Dang Beet: Hi Dang Not Ed: Hiho Dang Commando Cody: Hi Dang. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cody, it's "Give Up This Day" from the P&B album What This Country Needs Not Ed: Golden Hind https://youtu.be/4bFm8FUjkkw Woodrow Stoole: Hanwydd! Just awful. Ha! Rink Shrimpclaw: Blue Moss is also the name of the cocktail they're drinking in the party trailer when "happy" harry cox comes investigating and gets pulled in Dang: Howdy Pardners! Commando Cody: Thanks everybody. I'll pay closer attention the next time I listen to it. llanwydd: we got dangs name 5 times on the board at the same time Rink Shrimpclaw: Dang! Rufus_T_Firetween: EYKIW is my fav of all the FST albums Cease: the drink that turns you blue. Dang: Hey Cody, our underwear matches! Not Ed: Dang that's a lot Rink Shrimpclaw: an Urn of Churning Burgundy <- another internal rhyme. I love those llanwydd: in other words, who is john galt, but it is easier to say dang DangerousTommy: Nuts! Oh wait, sorry, I mean "DANG!" Oh I'm too late anyway. Hi Dang. I'm new 'round here. Rufus_T_Firetween: haha Cease: WElcome, DT Cease: We never know who's new and who has just changed nicks Rink Shrimpclaw: Dr Benway can help you with those Galtstones Dang: Okay... So one week I don't wear the badge, and see what happens? Not Ed: great nick rink DangerousTommy: Rufus, love that one too. I like Don't Crush That Dwarf... too. Darn good one. Rink Shrimpclaw: Thanks Not Insane Ed Commando Cody: Good to know Dang Rink Shrimpclaw: I've been digging into Doom Bot Dust Woodrow Stoole: I think I used to be Bottles in a former form, and then Woodrow stepped into my life. Not Ed: fun album Cease: much fun in it ||||||||| Catherwood enters with DeputyDang close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 9:30 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the sitting room. Not Ed: DDang! Commando Cody: Boom Dot Bust got me listening again. Cease: another Dang Beet: Hey Deputy. Rink Shrimpclaw: haveatyou! Geshuntheit! DeputyDang: Okay, dammit, up against the wall! Not Ed: Wall of Science! DeputyDang: Lead me to the funway! Rink Shrimpclaw: Deputy Dang Dang a'ding Dang Dingadang! Cease: There is an IMMENSE amount of Firesign material to enjoy llanwydd: very true, cat Not Ed: IMMENSELY IMMENSE Commando Cody: Wow, you got that one in the Nick of time Rick. Rink Shrimpclaw: it is totally whelming! Not Ed: lol sorry Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the FIRESIGN THEATRE FUNWAY at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/funway DeputyDang: What??? Not Ed: I'm whelmed generally most of the time Woodrow Stoole: Don't follow the ballz when they make the streets. Not Ed: What? llanwydd: good place to get whelmed Not Ed: true dat Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about NOT INSANE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=ni-ln DangerousTommy: Rufus, that link is dead. DangerousTommy: * the "funway" link, I mean. Not Ed: Well there's a funway and a notfunway I suppose.... Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks DT, I'll inform Merlyn ||||||||| 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: lol DeputyDang: Deputy Dang isn't dangerous. Why do the children run away? Rink Shrimpclaw: why would ANY bird lay his egg anywhere? Woodrow Stoole: Thanks pardoners, I've gotta ride off into the sunset. Deputy Dan has no friends, ||||||||| 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." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new FIRESIGN THEATRE DOWNLOAD STORE at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases DeputyDang: Something about when spinning??? Rink Shrimpclaw: later Woody Rufus_T_Firetween: See you next time Woodrow
Not Ed is trying to cook a dream monster egg. DeputyDang: Good night, Mr Lynwood. DangerousTommy: I wonder how Dave and Philip A. feel about the Asian stereotypes these days. Attitudes have certainly changed. 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/ Commando Cody: Bye Woody. Beet: 'Bye Woodrow Not Ed: Adios DangerousTommy: Not insane, Woody! Cease: by woody DeputyDang: omfg! P&T! Heroes all around! Cease: Male birds don't lay eggs Commando Cody: I was hoping for two tickets to prardise. Commando Cody: *paradise DangerousTommy: Babboon for President! Cease: this is from their final radio show of that era, which was also filmed as the Martian Space Party. Not Ed: RIP, Chick Corea Cease: The last time the 4 would appear together on radio until thier 2001 XM satelite show 29 years later. Cease: indeed, not. a great loss. Rufus_T_Firetween: another music great leaves us :/ Commando Cody: Oh No. Make it stop. I hadn't heard about Corea. Cease: discoveed his Sometimes He Sings, Sometimes he Sobs when I was living in Japan in 71. Not Ed: Light as a Feather Cease: i saw him live a couple of times. Rufus_T_Firetween: My favorite is Romantic Warrior with Return To Forever Beet: I liked Chick Corea's music. Not Ed: Return to Forever with Stanley was a damn hot band Rufus_T_Firetween: cool, Cease Commando Cody: Freakin Cancer got him. Not Ed: Me too Ruf Not Ed: Aww that's awful Cease: i'm watching a bunch of sea lions sail the seas on tv news now. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'twas indeed Ed Not Ed: He was selling a book on Facebook Cease: good prep for my collage Peter Bergman meets Hello Kitty Not Ed: Pretty slick recorded ads too Rufus_T_Firetween: Got a bit from Dear Friends Too first, Cease ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Doc Technical’s “DEAR FRIENDS TOO” 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/media/media.php?item=domm-ln' Cease: doc tech deserves much credit for doing this. Beet: unusual album Cease: he pitched it to the guys as an actual album, but alas Rufus_T_Firetween: I think they're going to include some of it in a release at the Download Store, Cat Cease: great news, tween Cease: havent heard from doc in a while ||||||||| "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: ** Check out the new FIRESIGN THEATRE DOWNLOAD STORE at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases Rufus_T_Firetween: Hope they're doing OK Cease: the Anythynge script goes back to 67. they performed it live, but it was still the count of montre cristo then DangerousTommy: Well now, I can't very well read transcripts without a nice cold Blue Moss. But, hell, I'll have a Bear Wiz just the same if ya' got one. Rufus_T_Firetween: Catherwood, give Tommy a Bear Whiz ||||||||| Catherwood gets tommy a bear whiz. DangerousTommy: Thanks Rufus. Cheers! llanwydd: my computer crashed again DangerousTommy: Catherwood, give Rufus a Blue Moss ||||||||| Catherwood brings rufus a blue moss. Rufus_T_Firetween: llan's computer is 'unsafe at any clock speed' llanwydd: anybody know the recipe fo a monte crisco? llanwydd: lol DangerousTommy: llanwydd, what are you doing trying to take your computer out on the highway for anyway? I don't think that's what a "hard drive" is for, you silly person. No wonder you crashed. llanwydd: well since nadir we know hava air bags on our PCs llanwydd: have Rink Shrimpclaw: that shopping list was over the top there llanwydd: that kind of takes the curse off of it bu I would not want to br thrown from the wreck of a hewlett packard Cease: they loved making funny lists llanwydd: at any speed 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 Rink Shrimpclaw: Squirrel Squares, Road Ready Flat Snacks... Glow in the dark duck hats from Guam... Not Ed: lists yeah Beet: cool llanwydd: fascinating that you can crash without moving Not Ed: like Austin's school lunch menus Commando Cody: A Monte Cristo sandwich is an egg-dipped ham and cheese sandwich that is pan or deep fried, a variation of the French croque monsieur. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” 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/' Cease: exactly, not llanwydd: thank you cody Rink Shrimpclaw: old Ralph Spoilsport was a meta-list bit from the locations to the content Rink Shrimpclaw: cute Commando Cody: I could never figure out why it has the egg dip. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a Monte Cristo sandwich ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone a monte cristo sandwich. Cease: i've had croque monsieurs in france but never a monte cristo. llanwydd: thank you cathy Not Ed: MC's are delish ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Woodrow Stoole - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Not Ed: haven't had one in years llanwydd: one of my very favorite sandwiches is the Grilled Vermonter Commando Cody: I'm thinking the French croque monsieur might be better. Cease: i assume cheese is involved, llan llanwydd: slice of turkey, slice of ham, slice of sharp white cheddar, several slices of granny smith, smear of maple mustard of the bottom smear of apple butter on the top, all between two slices of raisin bread, dipped in egg and fried llanwydd: classic Cease: wow DangerousTommy: I'm boring. I enjoy a simple, straight-forward, submarine sandwich. Commando Cody: Wow, Indeed. I'm copying that combo. Rufus_T_Firetween: hold the periscope llanwydd: lol Cease: Next week, The Giant Rat of Sumatra and my new collage Ratsign Theatre Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl DangerousTommy: Oddly, though, I eat them on dry land and in situations that in no way require stealth naval power. I dunno, I'm just hungry is all. LET'S EAT! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Complexity of Cuteness - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15810357-the-complexity-cuteness?subscribe=true DangerousTommy: Cease, Giant Rat of Sumatra is the one with the Sherlock Holmes parody, right? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: Yes, Tommy Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Beet: Hot Dog! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Rink Shrimpclaw: Ester Woodrosin! llanwydd: but I think my very favorite sandwich is tomato and miracle whip on white toast with salt and pepper Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl Rink Shrimpclaw: hahahah "I think that's Asphodel coming out her orifices!" llanwydd: No Kidding! llanwydd: is this new or is it a rerelease? Cease: both Llan Not Ed: good collage I like it Cease: CBC's Ideas programme has been the source of many of my collages, including next week's about rats Rufus_T_Firetween: Dope Humor is a new compilation Rink Shrimpclaw: cuspidor Rufus_T_Firetween: not a re-release Cease: After the rat collage, I'm going to take the netflix Fran Lebowitz series and marry it with Firesign. Commando Cody: OK, had to add to the sandwhich conversation. Rufus_T_Firetween: will there be a wedding ceremony? llanwydd: zsxdcfvghbnjmkl,;./ Commando Cody: Local place called the Sausage Deli has 'THE LEGENDARY' BISMARK SUB Roast Beef, Pastrami & Swiss with Mustard, Horseradish & Kraut Rufus_T_Firetween: gesundheit llan llanwydd: bismark is a long way from me Cease: had a really good pork sandwich recently. Rink Shrimpclaw: sped up laura hawkmoth Rink Shrimpclaw: Laura goes with the genderless porridge bird Commando Cody: Fried tenderloin Cease? Rink Shrimpclaw: Kawaii or Kawaii not? Cease: yes, Laura was a good friend of Firesigns. She produced Phil Austin's radio show Hollywood Niteshift Cease: Kawai-i Commando Cody: No kidding. Commando Cody: What were thosse little electronic toys that came out a number of years ago. DangerousTommy: Cody, I just came back to the chat window and read your post about that local sandwich place. Uh! Jealous. Commando Cody: Tamagotchi! Cease: Firesigns loved toys Commando Cody: Yes, that place is one of my favorite local joints. Commando Cody: I do my best to avoid chain places as much as possible. DangerousTommy: Good for you, Cody. ||||||||| 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 Piss Fest disembarks at 10:20 PM. llanwydd: nex week I will have some sandwch recipes for you but needs now be getting to bed ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Rink Shrimpclaw: this past year, I've avoided places! Cease: HI piss Rink Shrimpclaw: "enjoy every sandwich" Piss Fest: Eggs, beetle, sandman, border. llanwydd: lol. and dont avoide this place Commando Cody: I can't say that I've been there lately. Beet: Rest well, Llan. llanwydd: nite everybody Piss Fest: Hey, Cesium! Commando Cody: Adios llan ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:21 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs llanwydd by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door DangerousTommy: So long, llanwydd. Commando Cody: Hello Piss Fest. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Fest Rink Shrimpclaw: llater! DangerousTommy: Hi there, Piss. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Piss Fest: Hi, everybody! Cease: We do our best, Piss Piss Fest: ah, the Slitheen! Commando Cody: Hmm, can't say the Slitheen are very cute. Cease: KPFK as a top 40 station remains hilarious. Piss Fest: The Slitheen. Are they zips? Commando Cody: Zips? Rink Shrimpclaw: Zips put the Z in Bozo! Commando Cody: Of course they do Rick. ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dang - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Commando Cody: The Slitheen I know about are form Dr. Who. Commando Cody: *from Piss Fest: Remember how they shed their skin? That's cute. Commando Cody: LOL! DangerousTommy: Hey it was great chatting with you all. I have to go. I'm not insane because everything I know is wrong, people. Commando Cody: Adios DT. Rink Shrimpclaw: Damp Sand (internal rhyme!) Cease: Visit us again, Tommy. We'rfe here every thurs Commando Cody: We had a pretty good crowd this evening. Cease: good mix of new and old DangerousTommy: (climbing aboard that bus full of Bozos) ||||||||| 10:32 PM -- DangerousTommy left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Rink Shrimpclaw: is artie choke a furry? Cease: more a spikey Commando Cody: Nope. He's a Thistle. Piss Fest: He has big friendly eyes Rink Shrimpclaw: if you hug a hologram, can it squeeze back? Commando Cody: John Oliver is a favorite of mine. Cease: me too Rink Shrimpclaw: If a furry wears a mask, does the mask go over the big rabbit ears or the little "real ears" on the side... and if the second choice, what are the bunny ears for? Rink Shrimpclaw: Mmm eyes Rink Shrimpclaw: like the lesser lake snook. such nice eyes Commando Cody: I don't get the whole furry thing. Cease: "look at this" doesn't work on audio Commando Cody: Too weird for me. Piss Fest: What about look hear? Cease: good one, piss Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Complexity of Cuteness - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15810357-the-complexity-cuteness?subscribe=true Rink Shrimpclaw: was I perceiving reality correctly in the 1980's when I thought Ivan Lendl (pro tennis player) had one big forearm like a crab? I may have been altering my perceptions at that time... Cease: a bigger claw than you? Rink Shrimpclaw: REAL PORK! Rink Shrimpclaw: I didn't "do the claw" until later, when Tortelvis blew my mind with Zeppelin Music In A Reggae Style Rufus_T_Firetween: heh, I'd like to hear that Not Ed: Pork? Rink Shrimpclaw: Claw https://youtu.be/3R063_gBcEY Piss Fest: Mothman's little baby loves claw bake claw bake Rufus_T_Firetween: 'and she's buying a stairway to rastland, mon' Rink Shrimpclaw: not very good audio on the YT link I posted there but it seems to be official video from early 1990s Commando Cody: Looks like he has normal arms. Can't see any claws. Rink Shrimpclaw: DZ is still going and has a new album on bandcamp https://goldenalnezeppelin.bandcamp.com Rufus_T_Firetween: Ah, Dread Zeppelin yeah I've heard of them :) Rink Shrimpclaw: Yes Dread Zeppelin. Sorry, didn't mean to obfuscate or tease ||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| DeputyDang - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Commando Cody: It's so nice out I think I'll leave it out. Rink Shrimpclaw: I really like Fighting Clowns. The cover art blows my mind that it was created by the genius Phil Hartman!! Rufus_T_Firetween: Indeed it was Rufus_T_Firetween: e most musical of their albums, with Jeff Baxter of the Doobies on guitar Rufus_T_Firetween: *The Rink Shrimpclaw: I recognize that it's not even close to FST's best but it's a thing from its time, and has fantastic parts. Defense advisor Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter on guitar in the background of the hot tub scenes... aw man Rink Shrimpclaw: oh yeah sure doobies too Rink Shrimpclaw: SIAMESE SEAWEED, AW MAN Rufus_T_Firetween: the Hey Reagan doo-wop seems very much inspired by The Mothers Of Invention Piss Fest: I don't even have that album. Is that where the punk song came from? Phil Hartman? I swan. Rufus_T_Firetween: liner notes >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=fc-ln Rink Shrimpclaw: old MoI was very classically doo-wop influenced. I would say that they have the same influences but I'm willing to follow threads! Cease: how can she have a gift for english is she has no mouth? Rink Shrimpclaw: This Bus Won't Go To War is from Fighting Clowns (1980) the other punk number was Violent Juvenile Freaks which is also from fighting clowns and also Fighting Clowns of Hollywood, which is the Bandcamp special and WELL worth the money! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rink Shrimpclaw: "hello kitty has no mouth" ~ Z the P Commando Cody: Cat woman for me. Rink Shrimpclaw:https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/track/violent-juvenile-freaks ||||||||| 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 have no mouth but I must scream, HarlanEllison story Piss Fest: Hello Kitty is Henry's incestuous sister. DJTweeny: Join me on Tuesday evenings for some more Firesign and your music requests :-) Commando Cody: Oh no, our time here is almost over. ||||||||| 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!" Piss Fest: Henry is big in the privates, she loves that! Rink Shrimpclaw: This has been a blast. I think I'll go before a hilariously ancient bot kicks my butt outta here. I'll mark some time with y'all later! So long, and thanks for all the fish! BIG BIG BIG, right Coach? Shiny shiny water... You MADE me do it!?! Commando Cody: Thanks again Rufus/DJT. ||||||||| "10:54 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Rink Shrimpclaw, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the brambles. Beet: See ya, Rink. Commando Cody: See ya later Rick. Cease: see you again, rink Commando Cody: Great collage Cease. Cease: thanks, CC Commando Cody: Ryan Reynolds doing Picacchu was pretty funny. Piss Fest: Cesium, this is yours? I love it! Cease: Yes, Piss. Cease: Next week, the Ratsign Theatre ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 10:57 PM, dragging rick by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?" Rufus_T_Firetween: Piss Fest >> ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “PETER BERGMAN MEETS HELLO KITTY” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Rufus_T_Firetween: it's over rick Beet: Had fun tonight. Nice to see everyone. Very interesting collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding us Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Rufus_T_Firetween: see you at 9pm Eastern next week Commando Cody: Later gators. Piss Fest: Seth Meyers asks, is My Pillow a bag full of rats? Cease: off we flit Commando Cody: I'll try tpo make it on Tues. I was too tired thisa past one. Rufus_T_Firetween: lol PF Cease: bye all ||||||||| "Hey Cease!" ... Cease turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:59 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Commando Cody: Obviously I'm pretty tired this evening. Can't type for crap. Rufus_T_Firetween: au revoir cease Commando Cody: Bye Cease. 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. ||||||||| Commando Cody says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Commando Cody exits at 11:00 PM. Not Ed: Whoops away! Piss Fest: I haven't been here for years. I haven't heard this song for years. If my GF lets me I'll be back next week. Thanks, bozos! ||||||||| Piss Fest leaves at 11:11 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..." ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| rick - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| topazPants - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Beet - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Piss Fest sneaks in around 11:18 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Piss Fest: Kawaii come, kawaii go. ||||||||| Piss Fest is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 11:18 PM. ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, 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... ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:31 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
Commando Cody
Dang
DangerousTommy
DeputyDang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Not Ed
Piss Fest
Rink Shrimpclaw
Rufus_T_Firetween
topazPants
Woodrow Stoole
