||||||||| 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 July 01, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 2:27 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 visit Firesign's web site at www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com' ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| It's 4:30 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 fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 7:33 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Hat Pack Annex. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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 DJTweeny plummets into the garden at 8:01 PM. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 4TH OF JULIE!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – Music About Freedom 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 enters with Cat the Canuck close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:48 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. DJTweeny: Hey Cat, glad you're not roasting anymore Cat the Canuck: it's a real relief Cat the Canuck: we've never seen heat like this here before DJTweeny: no doubt Rufus_T_Firetween: the Jet Stream went way north, like it went way south when Texas froze in February Cat the Canuck: so ive seen on the relentless weather reports DJTweeny: crazy stuff ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'llanwydd', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:54 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... llanwydd: how do DJTweeny: Hey llan Rufus_T_Firetween: 'How Do' is a great Mary Chapin Carpenter tune ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" llanwydd: its pretty hot here in florida but we are usually prepared for that ||||||||| Deputy Dang sneaks in around 8:57 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: We're getting Florida/Houston humidity at the moment ||||||||| Beet tiptoes in around 8:57 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Beet: Hello Fireheads. Good Thursday evening. llanwydd: hey dang DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: Howdy, all llanwydd: howdy beet DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Hi Mr. Llan. Cat the Canuck: Beet! Dang! Beet: Hi Dr Tween llanwydd: elton is a genius DJTweeny: He made some great tunes ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 4TH OF JULIE!! ** 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: Hey Dr Cat the Canuck. Happy Canada Day. Beet: Hi Deputy Dang. Deputy Dang: Howdy folks! ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, July 01, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" DJTweeny: This is from Doc's DEAR FRIENDS TOO llanwydd: you do backtiming very well, tween. I introduced it once to my radio collegues back in the 90s. they never caught on Cat the Canuck: A very muted Canada Day is being observed llanwydd: they would play an instrumental up to the top of the hour DJTweeny: FST is not 'easy to get' a lot of the time ;) Beet: Listening to Firesign is the most appropriate way to celebrate National Independence Deputy Dang: I don't think I got any FST since Eat Or Be Eaten. llanwydd: or did they call it backtiming in your time? Beet: Hitting the post llanwydd: I bought shoes for industry and all things firesign DJTweeny: both great collections llanwydd: indeed Cat the Canuck: hi llan llanwydd: hey cat! Beet: I have often noted how good Dr Tween is at very precise riming at our beginning. llanwydd: exactly beet. there is an art to that llanwydd: I never hear it on my local station Beet: What was Dagwood's boss's name? ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 4TH OF JULIE!! ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's “BOOM DOT BUST” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out BOOM DOT BUST at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bdb-rv' llanwydd: just an instrmental up to tthe top of the hour llanwydd: my sister gave me boom dot bust for christmas Beet: This is a good one. I guess they all are, eh? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "9:08 PM and late as usual, it's Not Ed, just back from Arizona." DJTweeny: My favorite of the Trilogy Not Ed: Porque? Beet: Hi Not llanwydd: hi Not DJTweeny: but then, I used to live in Indiana DJTweeny: Hello Ed llanwydd: lol, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about BOOM DOT BUST at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bdb-ln llanwydd: all I have seen of indiana is route 80 llanwydd: thanks for the link, tween DJTweeny: They said that it's about Bloomington, IN. My old stomping grounds Not Ed: sound issssues but it's ok now Not Ed: hi all! DJTweeny: I lived in Brown County, IN, way far south llanwydd: interesting, tween. proctor is from IN isnt he? DJTweeny: 'Hill Country' DJTweeny: Yeah, Proc is from Goshen :) DJTweeny: Which way's Goshen? Cat the Canuck: yeah this was based on that Not Ed: land o' goshen llanwydd: one of my favorite albums of he 80s was recorded in bloomington Beet: I have the sticker from the album cover of Dwarf proudly displayed on my front window for all the world to see. Beet: Just put it on there. llanwydd: R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant DJTweeny: Bloomington is a pretty cool town. Where Firehead Richard Fish lives DJTweeny: Indiana University has a music school that is comparable to Juliard Not Ed: interesting Cat the Canuck: Is that where the Dalai Lama's brother lives? DJTweeny: and a Tibetan cultural center llanwydd: I have only passed through the very north part of IN llanwydd: on my way to deerfield, IL DJTweeny: The Dali Lama's brother taught at IU Not Ed: North Texas State's music program is top notch down there Tweeny DJTweeny: Yeah, the south is really different llan llanwydd: borders on KY, doesnt it? Deputy Dang: Don't slam the phone! Not Ed: ring ring ring DJTweeny: Yes, really beautiful country, and near the KY border Beet: I went to a small school (Sam Houston State) that had an outstanding music program. DJTweeny: William Shatner has a horse farm in KY Not Ed: cool Beet llanwydd: dont tell me captain kirk is running a glue factory Not Ed: lol llanwydd: I cant believe it!! Cat the Canuck: heard him on cbc this morning promoting his new flick llanwydd: yes he is a canuck too, isnt he? llanwydd: does he divide his time between montreal and kentucky Deputy Dang: doesn't everyone? llanwydd: lol Cat the Canuck: just celebrating his 90th. he's the betty white of canadian male actors llanwydd: couldnt believe he was 90. he says it sucks ||||||||| 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." llanwydd: I will have to remember not to turn 90 Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat the Canuck: just celebrating his 90th. he's the betty white of canadian male actors << cool llanwydd: not really. I plan to go past 100 DJTweeny: getting a fast car, llan? Cat the Canuck: i'd just like to get past 70 ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: lol llanwydd: just found out on the internet a little while ago that you can be ticketed for driving 5 mph under the speed limit in some parts of the world llanwydd: I was amazed llanwydd: I dont have long to be in my 50s, cat DJTweeny: You can be ticketed for driving too slow on some US highways, but not 5mph llanwydd: you might look it up on youtube tween. its viral DJTweeny: Sounds like the same thing as the red light camera scam DJTweeny: $$ for the government llanwydd: yeah, we had the red light thing in FL, tween ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Judge Poop', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 9:26 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... llanwydd: I got caught once DJTweeny: Hi Judge Cat the Canuck: hi judge Deputy Dang: Howdy Judge! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about BOOM DOT BUST at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=bdb-ln Beet: Howdy judge 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 Not Ed: I like this goofy album it's nutz ||||||||| At 9:28 PM, Judge Poop hurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| Judge Poop enters at 9:28 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and rushes off to the Haberdashery Barn. Cat the Canuck: tiz Cat the Canuck: hi not ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:34 PM, dragging InTheWood by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" DJTweeny: Hi Wood Cat the Canuck: In Beet: Hi Wood 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 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new FIRESIGN THEATRE DOWNLOAD STORE at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases InTheWood: Hi all! Not Ed: hey ITW Not Ed: this album is great I'm sorry but I'm laffing very much Rufus_T_Firetween: his is one my favorite bits Rufus_T_Firetween: great parody of 'infomercials' Not Ed: yeah mine tooo Rufus_T_Firetween: *this Not Ed: ooo Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone some pickled ginks ||||||||| Catherwood gets everyone some pickled ginks. Beet: Wow what delicious ginks! Not Ed: m'god they're still warm Rufus_T_Firetween: The Good, The Fat and The Ugly Not Ed: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: They're on Whoopie Goldberg's shitlist for sure lol ||||||||| 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!" Not Ed: too many J cups ||||||||| 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: "She work really cheap too!" Rufus_T_Firetween: but then they managed to piss of Lily Tomlin, or so I've heard Rufus_T_Firetween: never were 'politically correct' Not Ed: ahh fishing sfx Cat the Canuck: yes Rufus_T_Firetween: *off Cat the Canuck: theyh did a menstruation joke at one of their shows. she got pissed off at that Cat the Canuck: blew their chance for working on her show Not Ed: "correctness" stinks, sorry but it does in all of its nasty forms Cat the Canuck: proc tells that tale Not Ed: perhaps it should be put to music ||||||||| 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!"
Not Ed figures just about everything should be put to music 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 Not Ed: great record Beet: Incredible Cat the Canuck: one of their most beautiful endings ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY 4TH OF JULIE!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “A CONEY OSSMAN OF THE MIND” 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/' Not Ed: Awesome Cat listening........... Beet: I have been looking forward to this one. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage CONEY OSSMAN OF THE MIND at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Never been to Coney Island. ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Judge Poop - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: There goes the Judge
Not Ed ) Not Ed: Oops Cat the Canuck: by judge Cat the Canuck: this is krassner reading his autobio. if haven't read, please do Cat the Canuck: confessions of a raving, unconfined nut. unbelievably funny Rufus_T_Firetween: My idea of a Judge ;) - https://tinyurl.com/x4rw6sej Beet: Very exciting Cat the Canuck: how about we hear Bride next week, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: You're the producer Cat, I'm just the engineer :) Rufus_T_Firetween: would it fit with a new collage? Cat the Canuck: i have a bunch of these Nightshifts. austin and others Rufus_T_Firetween: Does Taylor have them? Cat the Canuck: dont have new collage made yet, just today conceptualized Cat the Canuck: he got a bunch ffrom me Rufus_T_Firetween: k, just wanting to make sure that Taylor has what you have Rufus_T_Firetween: since he's the official archivist Rufus_T_Firetween: *official llanwydd: b Rufus_T_Firetween: c ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" llanwydd: the producer and the engineer. good name for a noir style new stage play Cat the Canuck: i've been to city lights. bought a book of gary snyder essays. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage CONEY OSSMAN OF THE MIND at >> http://kurtericson.com/cat/#COLLAGES llanwydd: was that the ferlingetti place? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Ideas programme about Lawrence Ferlinghetti: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/15845543-the-last-bohemian-lawrence-ferlinghetti llanwydd: how I long to see california. someday I swear Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com llanwydd: even if I see it on tv Cat the Canuck: yes 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/ llanwydd: Love this album! llanwydd: I bought it when I was in high school and listened to it with one of my english teachers who loved fst llanwydd: he laught historicly InTheWood: rrrrrip Beet: This is very funny. llanwydd: hey ITW. you new here or, new name? Cat the Canuck: i love her voice Cat the Canuck: this is ossman and ginsberg Beet: Is everybody getting hip? I wish. Deputy Dang: I'm not gonna make it to the end tonight. Thank you for your work, Cat. Tween and everyone, I'll see you here next week! Night night Cat the Canuck: this is 1960 Beet: Have a good rest, Deputy. ||||||||| "10:36 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Deputy Dang, who then scurries out through the french doors and down through the garden. Cat the Canuck: listenn to end on the archives llanwydd: coney ossman is a cool name llanwydd: smelss like a dead cat llanwydd: nite nite dang Cat the Canuck: yeah i think lawrence would approve Cat the Canuck: i'm the cat Beet: We all owe a debt to those great musicians. llanwydd: I remember how I loved the artwork on this album llanwydd: but I have not owned the album in several years Beet: I bet City Lights was a wonderful place. llanwydd: I love bookstores llanwydd: sitting in a small privately owned bookstore with a rare book is like being in heaven Beet: With a few exceptions, gone like Atlantis. Cat the Canuck: great place llanwydd: I have done that from NJ to london llanwydd: there are not many bookstores in between I suppose but i have been in small bookstores all over the eastern seaboard Beet: Like Cheney shooting his friend. llanwydd: my favorite is Mandala in daytona beach, FL Cat the Canuck: good catch, beet InTheWood: In the face.
Beet ) Cat the Canuck: ferlinghtetti was a nut case, krassner a nut. Cat the Canuck: firesign were on hoover's list of greatest threats to amercia. llanwydd: that went over my head, beet. llanwydd: serious, cat? Cat the Canuck: we won against hoover in the sense that we have acces, almost everyone does, of info we need Cat the Canuck: yes llan Beet: If so, they should have been very proud. llanwydd: how could any body consider fst a hreat to anybody but monty python Cat the Canuck: lol llan Cat the Canuck: they had some serious anti hoove routines Beet: Hoover didn't like anyone who thought for themselves. Cat the Canuck: he mujst have beeen Really pissed off at that llanwydd: aha llanwydd: praise the hoove Cat the Canuck: they did a thing about lavender hoove in 1970 Beet: I miss hashpipes. llanwydd: oooohhhh. lavender hoove? I can imagine he might take that personally Cat the Canuck: you can make your own Rufus_T_Firetween: hahaha InTheWood: Dangerous, dangerous... Beet: reminds me of my time in Morrocco llanwydd: went to morocco, beet. lucky dog. Rufus_T_Firetween: Thanks Cat llanwydd: did you meet rick? InTheWood: Thanks, Tween! Beet: The hash was really good there. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: This was a nice session. Thanks everyone. Great collage, Cat the Canuck. Thanks for guiding the ship, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. llanwydd: happy birthday uncle sam. and your nephew cohan. llanwydd: nitey nite beet DJTweeny: Until last time, again... llanwydd: peace out ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| llanwydd leaves to catch the 10:58 PM train to Funfun Town. Cat the Canuck: hope you enjoyed ||||||||| Cat the Canuck departs at 10:59 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 11:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| mbandercoot waltzes in at 11:01 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| mbandercoot - dead from jaundice ||||||||| InTheWood - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Beet - dead from jaundice ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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
Cat the Canuck
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
InTheWood
llanwydd
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
