||||||||| 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 March 18, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Outside, the 2:32 PM crosstown bus from Funfun Town pulls away, leaving Rufus_T_Firetween coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and pipes up "Presenting 'DJTweeny', just granted probation at 8:07 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| 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 sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'llanwydd', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:37 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... llanwydd: well, you sure are early Rufus_T_Firetween: allo llan Rufus_T_Firetween: music in about 4 minutes llanwydd: everything back to normal in austin? Rufus_T_Firetween: Still repairing lots of damage from burst water pipes Rufus_T_Firetween: but the water and electric are fine here now ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! llanwydd: never had that problem when I lived in the frozen north Rufus_T_Firetween: back to 70s and even around 80 here, so yeah mor like normal llanwydd: but I suppose nobody expects snow in austin tx Rufus_T_Firetween: that's because people in the north insulate their water pipes ;) llanwydd: yeah, we have 70s and 80s here now Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl llanwydd: really looking forward to recording with cat. how about you? ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – The Police 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: Police! Cool llanwydd: funny I saw sting on jeopardy tonight llanwydd: he introduced a category but I dont remember what it was Rufus_T_Firetween: We're about on the same latitude as the FL Panhandle, and I guess they get some occasional freezes, but Austin winters are usually really mild Rufus_T_Firetween: Police for Police Street ;) llanwydd: same here llanwydd: very appropriate, tween llanwydd: the first time I heard the police I think it was this song llanwydd: no, it was When the World is Running Down Rufus_T_Firetween: great band llanwydd: and I thought sting sounded like donald fagen so I rushed out to buy Gaucho llanwydd: wrong band Rufus_T_Firetween: haha llanwydd: finally a song I dont recognize Rufus_T_Firetween: Voices Inside My Head ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'hi', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:51 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... llanwydd: hi hi DJTweeny: Hi hi DJTweeny: next is Invisible Sun ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:56 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. Beet: Hello everyone. How's your Thursday going? DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Hi Dr Tween DJTweeny: around 70 and sunny in Austin today, can't complain, how about you? llanwydd: Hey Beet Beet: Rainy in the hills Beet: Hi Mr Llan Beet: Always great to hear Sting & Co. ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:59 PM and Cease waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. DJTweeny: fine band Beet: There's Dr Cease. Howdy. DJTweeny: Hey Cease llanwydd: saw sting on jeopardy tonight llanwydd: Hey Cat Beet: Cool Cease: Hey my favourite Police song. Cease: Came in too late. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 18, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" DJTweeny: Did you get the email about my web site Cease? Cease: Samantha Bee had a good joke about this album on her show on Wednesday Beet: The sign of a great DJ is having the music end at just the right spot. Cease: I get an email from you today saying you could no longer get email Rufus_T_Firetween: not from the TXR address because the site is down llanwydd: from who? Rufus_T_Firetween: to restore my web site llanwydd: aha Cease: it's a bitch of a job, Beet Rufus_T_Firetween: Bambi's account went down because of lack of payment and lots of people are affected Cease: aha Rufus_T_Firetween: wired them some money today so hopefully all will be well tomorr Rufus_T_Firetween: tomorrow Beet: Doctech did a great job on Dear Friends 2. Cease: Just got off the phone with the cops. We have to return our guest cat tomorrow. Rufus_T_Firetween: or now, your archive page can't be accessed ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: That he did, Beet llanwydd: love this album ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s “IN THE NEXT WORLD YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out NEXT WORLD at http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=nextworld-rv' Rufus_T_Firetween: *for now llanwydd: very strange, cat. return it to where? Cease: his owner went crazy 2 weeks ago. our friend in the same apartment rescued her and we've been taking care of her since then. Cease: apparently we have to take the cat to the local animal shelter in that town. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Deputy Dang in through the front door at 9:06 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Cease: she's only getting really friendly towards me and we have to let her go tomorrow. Deputy Dang: Sorry I'm late--I forgot my password. Beet: Hey, Dang. DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Cease: Dang Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! llanwydd: Hey Dang ||||||||| Not Ed sashays in at 9:08 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Not Ed: Pork? Beet: Hi Not Not Ed: Hey Beet & C DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed Not Ed: DDang, llan yo llanwydd: very strange, cease. I see no reason why you wouldnt be allowed to tkeep it Not Ed:Tweeny how have you been Not Ed: H hi Not Ed: Yo Ruf DJTweeny: Good Not Ed, you? llanwydd: another mondegreen of mine. I left it running when I turned it off Cease: Not Not Ed: Not 2 bad, just keeping the fire going llanwydd: Hi NE Cease: we'll find out. the cop is going to call us tomorrow. Beet: I love he tortured make-out scenes. Not Ed: glad, Tween Cease: The poor cat had been fed with dog food and was terrified of men when we got her. Deputy Dang: I haven't had a gimlet in decades. Do people still make cocktails? Cease: i love cocktails. my cousin is one of the world's best mixologists. Beet: never had a gimlet DJTweeny: Glad the cat found some good humans, Cease Cease: one of the highlights of my trips to Vegas is the excellent cocktail culture down there. llanwydd: my favorite is a vodka martini Cease: for a couple of weeks, Tween. our cat Jazz died on Feb. 13, so we still had cat food and sand left for Bop. llanwydd: with a queen olive Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone a vodka gimlet ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a vodka gimlet. Beet: a friend of mine likes negronis llanwydd: thanks cathy Cease: the shelter will decide if the crazy person can get the cat back or not. if not, we will be on the list for potential new owners. Cease: austin has a wonderful joke about negronis in his Porcupines piece. Not Ed: Cat 2 rescue Cat llanwydd: that sounds sensible DJTweeny: fingers crossed the kitty gets to live with you folks Not Ed: yeah sounds good Cease: you'll hear it next week on my Zachariah collage. Cease: yes, it was difficult talking to the cop about "the cat" and my name. Cease: a kind of who's on first situation Not Ed: you'd be a good Cat daddy Cat llanwydd: LOL llanwydd: the Cat. no the cat Not Ed: Love this! Cease: cats have occupied a very large part of my life. Not Ed: been a while Cease: even larger than Firsigns Not Ed: ahh me to C Not Ed: too Not Ed: lol glass of hot meat Not Ed: classic llanwydd: meat and liquor ticket is just as funny DJTweeny: great line Not Ed: truly truly Beet: We always had dogs Cease: we've had dogs too. my wife really loves dogs. Beet: They can be lots of fun. Not Ed: have 1 doggie & 2 catz Beet: I'm using the m3u for the first time tonight. DJTweeny: Dogs are really popular in Austin. My apartments complex has 2 'dog parks' Not Ed: Mac/apple? Beet: Mac DJTweeny: glad it's working Beet Not Ed: Dog parks are a riot Not Ed: tx Beet DJTweeny: Yeah, frisbees everywhere :) Cease: Austin had cats and LOTS of dogs. Ossman and Proctor have cats. Bergman had a dog named Nurgi Not Ed: zactly DJTweeny: Dogs walking around with frisbees in their mouths with their humans Beet: Founder of Clockwork Films Cease: inh 2 weeks my collage about how wolves turned into dogs. Not Ed: on the street, they're ready to fight - at the dog park, they're all "buddies" ll DJTweeny: kewl ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: lol Cease: lots of Firesign dog lore interwoven in the tail, or tale. DJTweeny: yep ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Beet: Lots of canine references in Firesign which I never understood. Not Ed: Woof llanwydd: funny its only cops who can drink and drive. I knew a cop like that Cease: yes Beet. there are TONS of them. Cease: Ossman and Proctor actually make an artificial dog in one of the XM shows. Not Ed: Puttin on the doggie, eh? Cease: and speaking of dogs.... Not Ed: EFDFMP! Beet: America has been going to the dogs for 40 years now. Not Ed: We named one of our space combat games "Eat Electric Death" in homage DJTweeny: Only 40 Beet? I'd say since JFK Beet: My town is so small there is not room for a bad part. DJTweeny: since JFK was killed, that is Beet: You're right Dr Tween Not Ed: Darn it, I still dig America. What is wrong with me? DJTweeny: Eisenhower warned us Not Ed: Ike was a homo. Not Ed: Kidding Kidding Beet: People can't hear what Ike was saying these days. Not Ed: I Like Ike Not Ed: Great American Experience episode on Ike DJTweeny: Ike was a flaming homosapien Not Ed: lol! llanwydd: if I knew he was a homosapien I never would have voted for him Not Ed: A great episode I mean heh Beet: Ike played around. Did you ever see Amie? Not Ed: Billy Jack lol Not Ed: this record is killing 2 nite lol Not Ed: killing me llanwydd: the dog food that billy jack likes Not Ed: you have to stop it Not Ed: lol Not Ed: right llan lol llanwydd: all these homosapiens and lebanese out to be banished from society Not Ed: I agree they should be outed Not Ed: and cancelled 2! Not Ed: lol llanwydd: I'm a marsupial Beet: Back to Deirut Not Ed: As I suspected llan Beet: Beirut llanwydd: LOL Not Ed: haha Beet: What's in your pouch? Not Ed: Wow I hate to admit I haven't listened to this in quite a while - I've forgotten half of and I'm aging fast llanwydd: I meant ought Not Ed: outh? Not Ed: outh? llanwydd: outher ourher ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "9:35 PM and late as usual, it's Weirdly Ed, just back from Hellmouth." Cease: Hi Weirdly Beet: Hi Ed Weirdly Ed: Oops I think the server burpt Weirdly Ed: Not here Weirdly Ed: Not there llanwydd: at least we know whos ed and whos not
Weirdly Ed admonishes Not Ed, whatever that means. Cease: 2, 2, 2 Eds in Chat DJTweeny: So what do you guyz thinks about the Dr. Seuss book burnings? DJTweeny: Hi Weirdly Ed llanwydd: didnt hear about that tween. what happened? Weirdly Ed: Boo! Cuz my fave Seuss book was McElligot's Pool!! llanwydd: first one I ever read was green eggs and ham llanwydd: I liked that one Rufus_T_Firetween: 6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images - https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513 llanwydd: good god Weirdly Ed: Seuss company dropped six books because they are, they claim, culturally/racially insensitive Rufus_T_Firetween: they got hot on eBay, but I heard they banned sales Weirdly Ed: Just happened to be the six worst sellers but... Weirdly Ed: Creepy Rufus_T_Firetween: seems silly to me llanwydd: what race do the characters resemble?
Rufus_T_Firetween shrugs Weirdly Ed: Ban it and it because 4x more popular Weirdly Ed: in McElligot's Pool it shows, among other silly fish, "eskimo fish" Weirdly Ed: becomes not because llanwydd: greed goof! Weirdly Ed: it's nutty Cease: are you new here, Ed? Weirdly Ed: it's not cancelling - it's correcting ahem - how culturally naive Cease: is there someone here named hi? Weirdly Ed: I'm Not Ed - the server burped Weirdly Ed: Bounced me off though my ghost remains Cease: aha Weirdly Ed: people want to fix/correct history by hiding it Weirdly Ed: silly, naive Rufus_T_Firetween: 1984 was not meant to be a manual Weirdly Ed: there ya go Deputy Dang: Is I liked the artwork on this album cover. Rufus_T_Firetween: 'Un-Books' Weirdly Ed: heh Rufus indeed Beet: Make Orwell fiction again. Rufus_T_Firetween: yy Weirdly Ed: Aerica doesn't ban books Deputy Dang: I hear the bells of Bozoes in the background Rufus_T_Firetween: might have to make a T-Shirt :) ||||||||| 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' Deputy Dang: I see, you are... a sailor. Weirdly Ed: great LP Tweeny Tanx! Beet: Interesting album Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat's suggestion, Weirdly Ed
Weirdly Ed is tending the fire. Cease: I use a chunk of it in my new Franticle for Lebowitz collage, coming up in the next hour Cease: actually, we;ve been listening to the Firesign albums in chronological order since Jan 1 Cease: every year we listen to the first 4 albums as the year begins. Cease: i've just extended it to this album. Rufus_T_Firetween: so what's on deck for next week Cat? Weirdly Ed: The fire is crackling and roaring Cease: this was their last Columbia album, and the end of an era Weirdly Ed: was it Cease: Next week we explore Firesign's flick Zachariah. Weirdly Ed: it was ||||||||| 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: yes it was, cat llanwydd: then one album on Butterfly which I have never heard of or seen since ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Weirdly Ed: DFII DJTweeny: Too ;) llanwydd: DAMFINO Cease: OK, next week Zachariah Porcupine. The following week, not titled yet but the story of how wolves became dogs. Weirdly Ed: PU Cease: Last week I began watching this series: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56071189 ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! llanwydd: I had an uncle who had a wolf that he thought was a dog Weirdly Ed: Cool C what a theme llanwydd: strayed from the woods Cease: Will get at least one collage out of this 6-part BBC series. Weirdly Ed: nteresting llan Weirdly Ed: oh wait I thought you meant your uncle thought he was a dog llanwydd: LOLOLOLOL Weirdly Ed: I should stop skimming Weirdly Ed: GREAT song Beet: Sexy song. DJTweeny: The Fresh Chef Beet: Proc is hillarious here. Weirdly Ed: groat frags! Weirdly Ed: lol thys is great llanwydd: reminds me of trumps ridiculous comment about lysol Weirdly Ed: haha Beet: Drink up! DJTweeny: I'm pretty sure we can do better than the Republocrats DJTweeny: This is Punter's Girls llanwydd: for sure, tweeny Weirdly Ed: I got busted on Facebook for saying Trump should be hung upside down in a pit of bees - true! DJTweeny: haha llanwydd: whoa Weirdly Ed: Well, he should Beet: I wish someone would start a second political party. Weirdly Ed: I nominate Beet Weirdly Ed: I'd vote for Beet ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." DJTweeny: I've voted Libertarian two Pres elections in a row Beet: If elected I REFUSE to serve! DJTweeny: There is also the Green Party, which the Dems shut out of the Texas election ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. llanwydd: interesting, tween. I as just about to say I think the libertarian party will eventually replace the GOP llanwydd: was Weirdly Ed: I've voted for different parties but never republican Cease: we have different parties in Canada. Weirdly Ed: Republicans are the current bad guys DJTweeny: There could be a split in the GOP Weirdly Ed: It switches back n forth lo DJTweeny: and if the Progressive Dems don't get their way, same could happen there Weirdly Ed: but these guys are truly dangerous Beet: Democrats are republicans of 20 years ago. DJTweeny: Trump could form a new party (would not be Libertarian) DJTweeny: that's about right Beet Weirdly Ed: Frankly I'm pretty sure republicans have always been lie this - Trump just removed the constraints alowing them to show everyone their true colors overtly, brazenly Weirdly Ed: like not lie Weirdly Ed: Trmp opened the barn door DJTweeny: Goldwater was pretty Libertarian, as opposed to Nixon 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 Weirdly Ed: Now we'e stuck with his spawn llanwydd: hardly remember goldwater Beet: I liked Goldwater. Weirdly Ed: Goldwater was a hawk Beet: Great stuff DJTweeny: Thanks Doc for the great selections :) DJTweeny: nope ||||||||| 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!" Weirdly Ed: Wanted to use the bomb DJTweeny: LBJ was the hawk llanwydd: but I remember seeing him in the capitol when I went to dc on my 8th grade class trip DJTweeny: but that's a conversation for another chat :) ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “A FRANTICLE FOR LEBOWITZ (Part 2)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/' llanwydd: my parents voted for goldwater Beet: I like these collages on Fran Weirdly Ed: Remember the famous Goldwater commercial that scared everybody Beet: Brilliant propaganda from Lyndon Weirdly Ed: Lyndon crashed and burned Weirdly Ed: Got sucked into Vietnam with lousy advice from "top men" Cease: i was at the ceremony where LBJ opened the LA airport DJTweeny: I remember this commercial >> Daisy (advertisement) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_(advertisement) Beet: Professional political operative though. Weirdly Ed: ReallYeah the Daisy one was great/classc Weirdly Ed: I couldn't vote yet but I marched with my mom against the war and LBJ Weirdly Ed: He did amazing things, truly, then threw it all away with his Vietnam obsession Weirdly Ed: And killed a lot of people Weirdly Ed: anyway...... Cease: Fran still drives the car they use for cabs Cease: i understand most new yorkers dont have cars, but our chat creator Elayne has one and ex-chatter Dexter Fond had 2. llanwydd: so it was LBJ who opened LAX? Weirdly Ed: McElligot's Pool is fetching $325 (paper) to $550 (hardcover) wow! ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: He worked for the state, his wife for the city so they both needed cars. Cease: yes llan. llanwydd: or was it the former LAX? ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" llanwydd: EXLAX Weirdly Ed: I have both Cease: i think what LBJ opened was the modernist terminal there. very early 60s Cease: lol llan llanwydd: the gentle airport Weirdly Ed: LBJ's admn created PBS and NPR Cease: Firesign are a product of his era. Cease: Used to make fun of him on the KRLA Oz, 67 Beet: I enjoyed the challenge of driving in Manhattan. Weirdly Ed: Moyer's was LBJ's speech writer - idolized him (warts and all) Cease: Moyers is wonderful Weirdly Ed: Bill Moyers Cease: I prefer as little driving as possible. Weirdly Ed: Yepsk I'm a big fan of Moyers Weirdly Ed: Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell was priceless Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat's archive is down for the moment, so you have to access it directly from Amazon until I get my web site back Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “A FRANTICLE FOR LEBOWITZ” at >> https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/s3/object/rfd-firesign?region=us-east-1&prefix=cat/franticle_lebowitz-2.mp3 llanwydd: I remember when bill moyers cracked up laughing in a television appearance and couldnt control himself llanwydd: dont remember why Weirdly Ed: this is wild cat Weirdly Ed: great Weirdly Ed: cool llan llanwydd: nothing was funny but he was laughing like hell Cease: she is a perfect combination for Firesign Weirdly Ed: seems like he had a great sense of humor Weirdly Ed: indeed C! llanwydd: lol ||||||||| 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!" Weirdly Ed: good call Rufus_T_Firetween: LBJ talked a good game, but he got bought off by the M/I Complex to make war in Vietnam in exchange for his social programs (and not dying like JFK ;) Weirdly Ed: It was McNamara too, pressing hard for action and military fund$ Weirdly Ed: LBJ was stupid to listen to those guys Rufus_T_Firetween: everything the Founding Fathers hated and were afraid would happen to the U.S. - just another empire like the European ones they had escaped Weirdly Ed: McNamara was a hack Rufus_T_Firetween: well again, being the VP and seeing the President get his head blown off might have provided some motivation ;) Beet: Onless he was in on it. Beet: Unless Rufus_T_Firetween: hey, they surely didn't like each other, but I'm not sure I'm with Oliver Stone on that one Weirdly Ed: It could have pitched America into a dark age - interesting that the counterculture flowered instead Rufus_T_Firetween: but Oliver Stone's (JFK movie) depicting it as a military coup is probably not far from the truth Weirdly Ed: (actually the dark age stuff was still going on) Beet: Jackie hated Lyndon. Weirdly Ed: Yeah that's what I heard too Weirdly Ed: LBJ was coarse to say these leastr Weirdly Ed: He was also a shrewd TX bred politician ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: Thom Hartman says it was the mafia. Beet: Conducting discussions while he was on the can. Weirdly Ed: one of the best once he hit his stride Rufus_T_Firetween: Lots of people wanted JFK dead Rufus_T_Firetween: it was like coordinated ||||||||| Merlyn waltzes in at 10:27 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: He pissed off a lot of the wrong people. Rufus_T_Firetween: * likely llanwydd: wsedrfgthyuji Beet: Hey, Merlyn. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Merlyn Merlyn: hey dere Rufus_T_Firetween: exactly Beet Cease:https://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2009/02/legacy-secrecy-long-shadow-jfk-assassination llanwydd: testing Rufus_T_Firetween: geseundheit llan llanwydd: lol Cease: hey merl ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" llanwydd: Hi Merlyn Weirdly Ed: there's a photo out there (I saw it in the American Experience presidents series LBJ episode) of LBJ and political good old boys grinning, standing a pickup truck bed with barrels literally stuffed with cash to pay off polling places Weirdly Ed: Hey Merl llanwydd: I am incredulous, ed Weirdly Ed: true - early in his career when this was common llanwydd: I have also heard that he was involved in the jfk assassination but I cannot believe it Weirdly Ed: if I can find it I'll post it I've got it somewhere Cease: asking someone to remember something from 50 years ago is not a good idea ||||||||| 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!" Weirdly Ed: it's hard to prove that stuff - there's info we'll never know llanwydd: especially asking someone who is 59 Weirdly Ed: I wouldn't trust my own answers Merlyn: Is this Annie Liebowitz? Cease: fran is 5 months older than me. Weirdly Ed: yeah Cease: Fran, Merl llanwydd: I dont trust my own memory Weirdly Ed: franticle llanwydd: but you would be amazed at what I can remember Merlyn: recognized her voice but not her name Cease: when i was in jr high, there was a very popular SF book called A Canticle for Lebowitz. Cease: I just assumed y'all knew that book. llanwydd: I do remember that title, cat Cease: i knew her only from Letterman Merlyn: I know it cat ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: never read her but want to. llanwydd: she appeared on late night several times Cease: read Canticle when I was like 13 or 14. There was a lot of nuclear paranoia in those days Weirdly Ed: absolutely Cat brilliant post-apocalypse book or books--I think there's more than one Weirdly Ed: brilliant series on PBS too Cease: llan, the youtube fran on letterman piece is 2 hours long. Beet: I so enjoyed getting high. llanwydd: prophecies of the future, cat? Cease: past tense? Weirdly Ed: mention on the Mark Time SF Audio Hall of Fame list Weirdly Ed: mentioned Beet: Yes. Cease: i continue floating on clouds llanwydd: I remember three such books. Unsafe At Any Speed, The Silent Spring and The Road Ahead Beet: I can dig it. llanwydd: Nader, Carlson and Gates Cease: you want me to predict the future? Rufus_T_Firetween: You've seen them from both sides now, Cease? llanwydd: I leafed throught the first two and read the third in its entirety Rufus_T_Firetween: (clouds) Weirdly Ed: NPR's series, A Canticle for Leibowitz (entire series in 15 parts) here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_C85B2DyxpdrKRqV40znp2zOGHKsRl-4 (this is brilliant and wayyyyyy "out of print") Beet: One of my very favorite FST bits. Cease: wow. i didnt know that, ed Weirdly Ed: Share and enjoy! llanwydd: you predict the future every time you take a step, cat. wink wink Cease: speaking of my fellow saskatchewan person Joni Mitchell, she came to USC when I was a student there in 68. Weirdly Ed: And what a story! Rufus_T_Firetween: haha, good one llan Cease: chip monk did the lighting for her concert and made it look iike she was on a cloud Beet: Love Joni llanwydd: its one of cats, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: nice Cease: begininng of her career in LA Weirdly Ed: what's your favorite Joni recaord(s) cat Weirdly Ed: I love her stuff Weirdly Ed: I dig her guitar playing too Cease: i bought the first one when it came out and still love those early songs. ||||||||| "Happy" Harry Cox pops in and say "I was right! Everything I knew WAS wrong! You CAN get "Profiles in Barbecue Sauce", chock full of meaty Firesign scripts!" llanwydd: I have often called joni canadas greatest genius Cease: coyote may favourite of her tunes. Case of You a close 2nd. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hissing Of Summer Lawns is pretty awesome Weirdly Ed: for sure Beet: I saw her right after Court and Spark came out. Cease: indeed, Tween. Weirdly Ed: Oh wow great band
Weirdly Ed drools llanwydd: I think coyote is my favorite as well Weirdly Ed: Great record Cease: She contends that Dylan's song Tangled up in Blue is based on his mainlining her album Blue Weirdly Ed: Coyote is excellent, and Jaco! Weirdly Ed: I like Hissing of Summer Lawns Cease: i'm not sure whether I prefer the album version or her version from the Last Waltz Cease: Jaco! Weirdly Ed: yeah the early stuff is great Cease: loved her work with Mingus too. Weirdly Ed: truly a toss up they each have a good amount of energy Cease: Fran talks about her relationship with Mingus. Very entertaining llanwydd: I prefer the last waltz version Weirdly Ed: but different which is good Weirdly Ed: llan it is really good Cease: i thik what she is saying here is very profound. llanwydd: first time I saw that was in a motel room on the night of a lunar eclipse Cease: you need the right audience. Cease: Firesign mostr of all llanwydd: I learned coyote on guitar which is tricky because it is in a crazy tuning Weirdly Ed: she's a poet - most lyricists actually aren't - it's the words behind the words llanwydd: joni rarely if ever did standard guitar tuning Weirdly Ed: cool llan! Weirdly Ed: like learning Blackbird Weirdly Ed: tricky either with open or standard tunings Rufus_T_Firetween: I'll bet llanwydd: meat flavoring. lol ||||||||| 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 been face to face with more than a hundred picasso's paintings. maybve 200. Cease: liked half a dozen. Cease: not a good average. llanwydd: how stupid to leave 60 cents worth of merchandise on the dashboard llanwydd: joking Beet: Same for me with Van Goghs llanwydd: never have seen a very valuable painting up close llanwydd: wouldnt dare. Id get arrested Rufus_T_Firetween: and the siren to complete Police Street, nice Cease: Beet, yeah, same average for me but it wont prevent me from seeing this when it comes to Van. Cease:https://www.imagine-vangogh.com/ ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... llanwydd: great collage, cat! Cease: Zachariah Porcupine next week. Weirdly Ed: Good stuff cat! Cease: I try and make them all great Weirdly Ed: Ty Tween & Merl & Ruf & ALL OF YAZ! Beet: This was rich fun tonight. Great to see everyone. Fabulous collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding us, Dr Tween. G;Nite all. Merlyn: thanx cat and tween ||||||||| Merlyn is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 10:57 PM. DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: Off we flit. ||||||||| Cease rushes off, saying "10:59 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" llanwydd: see you next thursday ||||||||| At 10:59 PM, llanwydd scurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Weirdly Ed - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Deputy Dang - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Beet - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| hi - dead from the yaws ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Weirdly Ed
