||||||||| 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 April 22, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "1:36 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| 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 5:30 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... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween sashays in at 8:35 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET You can join the streams now (NO AUDIO YET - just a chance for everybody to get connected) 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood leads DJTweeny inside, makes a note of the time (8:37 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| coda steps in at 8:39 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: Hey coda, great to see ya here :) DJTweeny: music in a few minutes coda: hi all, i'm really missing the 24-7 firesign stream DJTweeny: yeah, hope they have it back soon DJTweeny: some of the material is probably from new releases, so they need to reprogram the show ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Bonnie Raitt 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 tiptoes in around 8:49 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: the lady can play slide guitar DJTweeny: Evenin' llan llanwydd: evening folks llanwydd: did you do your recording with cat, tween? llanwydd: I sent him mine DJTweeny: not yet DJTweeny: haven't received the part yet llanwydd: my character was the french foodie, alain ducasse, who I found to be a fascinating personality DJTweeny: does he eat watches? llanwydd: haha DJTweeny: :) llanwydd: no, he actually owns restaurants in paris and japan DJTweeny: btw coda, using the ':' character here is the same as /me in IRC, so you want to leave a space if you start a sentence with an emoticon llanwydd: he sleeps in transit while he is travelling between the two countries ||||||||| "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: lol DJTweeny: coda is from the Radio Free Dishnuts crowd llanwydd: cool! llanwydd: thought he was a led zeppelin album DJTweeny: a DJ on occasion ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Beet', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:56 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... DJTweeny: heheh Beet: Good Evening, Friends! llanwydd: no, I know what a coda is coda: that is a good album, lol DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Howdy Dr Tween llanwydd: Hi Beet Beet: Hi Llan. Beet: Some fine music here. DJTweeny: sure is coda: bonny rate, her and susan tedeschi are good bluse singers ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "8:57 PM and late as usual, it's Cease, just back from British Columbia." DJTweeny: allo Cease eh Beet: Here's Dr Cease. Greetings Cease: HI chatters ||||||||| 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, April 22, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" Beet: Bonnie's father was also a great singer. Oklahoma, Carousel. DJTweeny: I've read that John Raitt was a very good blues singer ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Beet: I have never had a topless nurse. llanwydd: Hey Cat! Cease: Hey llan llanwydd: that was a great chat last week and a great ossman interview ||||||||| New notice: '** WE’RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Jason Klamm’s “VINYL OSSMAN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Jeff's Klamm's Podcasts at >> http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/episode-353-david-ossman-of-the-firesign-theatre/' Cease: this one's good too. ken referrred to it last week DJTweeny: Is that like San Clameroon? llanwydd: ken is not that guy from the who is he? Cease: Last week's guest was Ken Jones from KBOO. We listened to his interview with DO llanwydd: yeah we were all here except for coda llanwydd: I had a nurse with some low cleavage Cease: Jason Klamm, not Jeff, Tween Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Jason Klamm's INTERVIEW WITH DAVID OSSMAN at >> http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/episode-353-david-ossman-of-the-firesign-theatre/ llanwydd: but her name was not judy Rufus_T_Firetween: oops Cease Beet: Low cleavage would be all right. Lucky man. Cease: Judy has gone out of fashion as a name. Rufus_T_Firetween: apologies to Mr. Klamm llanwydd: true llanwydd: what dope humor of the 70s was there besides cheech and chong? DJTweeny: Carlin? llanwydd: oh yes 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 llanwydd: I guess we all know about old king cole Rufus_T_Firetween: even a couple of Williams bits Beet: FST was largely fueled by substance. DJTweeny: I played A Child's Garden Of Grass on my Tuesday show, since it was 4/20 llanwydd: lol DJTweeny:www.kurtericson.com/txroadkill/roadkillshow << lots of pot songs on 4/20 Beet: Our family favorite Was "John and Martha". DJTweeny: great bit ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! llanwydd: his school paper was a daily?!!! llanwydd: mine was an annual Cease: He went to manual arts high school. They had a printing press. DJTweeny: that would be quite an effort Cease: I think they printed papers for the whole area in LA DJTweeny: I was editor-in-chief of my HS newspaper. It was a weekly llanwydd: cool, tween llanwydd: my memory is coming back to me. we had Tiger Times which was a little more frequent Cease: we can't see "this" dave llanwydd: Lyric was an annual which I wrote for llanwydd: wish I could have heard wbai llanwydd: I certainly could have because I grew up in new jersey llanwydd: just dont rememnber ever hearing it llanwydd: I used to listen to wor llanwydd: I have heard wbai referred to as underground radio Cease: i was on underground radio. broadcast from a tunnel in ottawa llanwydd: cool, cat llanwydd: never knew you were in that part of canada Cease: just one year. i'm basically a westerner Cease: the east is too cold llanwydd: I knew that llanwydd: vancouver and los angeles Cease: yes llanwydd: not my part of the east llanwydd: I am in central florida llanwydd: but I grew up in new jersey Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about Jason Klamm's INTERVIEW WITH DAVID OSSMAN at >> http://stolendress.com/comedyonvinyl/episode-353-david-ossman-of-the-firesign-theatre/ llanwydd: thanks tween Rufus_T_Firetween: yw Beet: I listened to Dave when he was at NPR and I was also in D. C. llanwydd: cool, beet Cease: i would have loved to hear that Cease: he has a wonderful voice, whatever he does with it. llanwydd: I love npr but never heard ossman except on ALL THINGS FIRESIGN Beet: Much more "serious" radio. llanwydd: fst had a stint on npr back in the 90s Beet: Really amazing stuff during that time. Cease: they were on all things considered in, what, 2002? ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: they covered the 1980 election for NPR llanwydd: oh whas that it, cat. I knew it was about the 90s or very early 21st century Cease: maybe others things I don't know about Cease: it's a new record every time. llanwydd: I was hooked on npr before I had youtube Cease: cbc up here is very good llanwydd: or apr it was for some time Cease: speaking of holes in the middle, their EOBE does the best riff on that. llanwydd: maybe I will try to get a cbc feed sometime llanwydd: but it sounds familiar. I think I have heard it Cease: there are lots of cbc links in the intros to my collages on tween's archive page llanwydd: cool, cat. thanks Cease: at least a dozenn of my collages have emerged from cbc's nightly Ideas programme, which has been on since the 60s ||||||||| 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: very hungry at the moment. need to go out for a few minutes. see you all again in a little while. ||||||||| llanwydd rushes off, saying "9:40 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| It's 9:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| coda - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: small crowd tonight ||||||||| 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." Cease: too bad, this is a wonderful interview. and my new collage is coming up in the next hour ||||||||| "9:46 PM? 9:46 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Notnerb should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Notnerb enters and sits on the divan. Beet: assuage away Beet: Hello Notnerb. Cease: hi not Notnerb: Rarely up Cease: you picked a good time to be up ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| Merlynn sneaks in around 9:48 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Around 9:48 PM, Merlynn walks off into the sunset... Cease: hey merl ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Merlyn close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 9:48 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the Aviary. Notnerb: This late Merlyn: I'm Type O Beet: Oh to be a fly on the wall during one of those sessions! Beet: Hi, Merlyn. Merlyn: hey all Notnerb: Rarely up Notnerb: This late Cease: are you on the east coast? Merlyn: Midwest Merlyn: Nino knows fairly well Notnerb: Nino boggles the mind Cease: i meant notnerb Merlyn: Nino sez NC Cease: that's east Notnerb: So I’ve heard Cease: old firesign fan, notnerb? Beet: That was fun Cease: both proctor and ossman love to talk Notnerb: True story. Old. And long time fan ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: I have always wanted to have a personal incounter with an actual whale. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “HUMPBACK FIRESIGN” 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/' DJTweeny: Hi Notnerb ||||||||| Notnerb is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 10:01 PM. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks to RADIO FREE DISHNUTS for providing the streaming server for this show. If you'd like to make a small contribution to help with the server fees, there's a PayPal link to donate here >> http://dishnuts.net Cease: I've been whale watching twice. Wondrous Rufus_T_Firetween: bet it's cool ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “HUMPBACK FIRESIGN” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and intones "Announcing 'llanwydd', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:06 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... llanwydd: any mail for me while I was gone? ||||||||| "10:06 PM? 10:06 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Not Ed should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Not Ed enters and sits on the couch. Cease: welcome back. Cease: hi not Not Ed: Pork? Not Ed: Hey Cease Cease: no, whale Not Ed: Hey llan Not Ed: Beet Merl Ruf Tweeny! Cease: after i recorded this, i was unable to find it again on youtube so can't give you the address DJTweeny: Hey Not Not Ed: Space whales Rufus_T_Firetween: ** CBC's Doc Project about Humpback Whales: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/how-artists-are-making-new-music-inspired-by-the-mysteries-of-whalesong-1.5961102 DJTweeny: ^^ link works Not Ed: Cool Ruf tx Cease: that was the earlier stuff. i lost the address for this piece.
Not Ed wishes everyone a Happy Earth Day! Cease: this is very earth dayish, coincidentally Beet: Hi, Not Not Ed: A Hmm Not Ed: A hum Not Ed: It's gone now I think it was in my head Not Ed: A negro whale with a good city job LOL DJTweeny: Politically correct, they were not... Cease: true Not Ed: And loving it Not Ed: And I love it too Not Ed: More relaxed times then in many ways Not Ed: this is great C Cease: my 2nd collage about whales. the first was in my marine trilogy a few years back. you can find it in the archive. this is basically just humpbacks, and ossman's poetry Cease: Fumiyo's friend recorded this. Cease: this too Not Ed: Tell me they aren't talking Not Ed: So cool Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “HUMPBACK FIRESIGN” at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** CBC's Doc Project about Humpback Whales: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/how-artists-are-making-new-music-inspired-by-the-mysteries-of-whalesong-1.5961102 Beet: mariah carey llanwydd: sounds like my ancestors from whales llanwydd: the whelsh language is very complex DJTweeny: beautiful harmonies Beet: Fabulous ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: David Ossman's “EAT OR BE EATEN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out EOBE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe-rv' DJTweeny: Thanks Cat, good topic for a collage Cease: i just follow my interests Beet: I like this album a lot. DJTweeny: It's fun :) Cease: worked out well with earth day DJTweeny: indeed Cat Not Ed: Wimpy's LOL Not Ed: I make computer games - all of this is true DJTweeny: yeah lol ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: I definitely want to play Hugo's Mystical Head ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 10:31 PM and Zen Cosmos steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Zen Cosmos: soooooooooo late sept thru beginning Beet: Hey Zen Zen Cosmos: Namaste to all Fireheads! DJTweeny: Hi Cosmos Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about EAT OR BE EATEN at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe-ln 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 DJTweeny: Namaste Y'all Cease: Hi Zen Not Ed: Hey ZC Cease: their best hole in the record riff Cease: hey anyone see the simpsons last sunday? Cease: a lot of limey lingo, and suddenly a firesign line or ref DJTweeny: nope DJTweeny: haven't watched TV for many years Cease: pratt. just learned the meaning of that recently from a firesign fan who is is making a website of firesign refs. Cease: a word i didn't know that i didn't know. DJTweeny: hahahaha did I screw up the topic or what? Cease: ossman is the only firesign Not on this album. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “EAT OR BE EATEN” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out EOBE at >> https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=eobe-rv' Cease: this is a parody of a tv show from the 80s, i'm barely aware of DJTweeny: yeah, now there's an ironic faux pas :P DJTweeny: Hill Street Blues Cease: that's it DJTweeny: Good and popular show, actually Cease: i saw afew episodes when i was in japan. Cease: this is funny Not Ed: Funny Cease: great commercials in this Not Ed: lol yep Cease: i love that, abandon the game, a band in the game Zen Cosmos: I think of FST as a perfect example of prescience ala Heinlein's The Crazy years. Cease: i don't know that Heinlein Zen Cosmos: The Past Through tomorrow anthology- from the Future History timeline that labels OUR time NOW as The Crazy Years Cease: aha ||||||||| 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' Merlyn: thanks tween ||||||||| Catherwood says "10:54 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Merlyn by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Cease: by merl Zen Cosmos: gotta jump in waaaay earlier... Rufus_T_Firetween: 9pm Eastern every week Rufus_T_Firetween: and warm-up music before that Cease: you can catch up on the archive, and tween has a link for the whole show on the chat page Rufus_T_Firetween: Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.com/firesign Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: This was great. Thanks everyone. Fabulous collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for leading, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: next week, all DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Cease runs out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Cease?! It's 11:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Beet - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 11:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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 12:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| 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 enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - 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
coda
DJTweeny
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Notnerb
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
