||||||||| 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 August 12, 2021 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Outside, the 11:39 AM downtown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving RedPillTweeny coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| It's 12:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| RedPillTweeny - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 Rufus_T_Firetween falls out at 2:20 PM. ||||||||| 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 Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 4:31 PM and Rufus_T_Firetween waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 5 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 5:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 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 Rufus_T_Firetween disembarks at 7:48 PM. ||||||||| 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' ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "7:53 PM and late as usual, it's DJTweeny, just back from Billville." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '* WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – SONGS ABOUT FIRE 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 stumbles in at 8:41 PM, dragging Zen Cosmos by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" Zen Cosmos: I can...namaste' Zen Cosmos: my gawd, actually early this time... DJTweeny: Hey Cosmos Zen Cosmos: You guys are competing with a new Star trek Lower decks episode and a live Zoom discussing Cuomo from The Daily Poster... Rufus_T_Firetween: wow, we don't have a chance in Hades Rufus_T_Firetween: you mean the usual 50 people won't show up? ;) Zen Cosmos: I always FB post and encourage my baby boomer followers to join in... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Cease', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:51 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Cease:Tween, Zen DJTweeny: Hey Cease DJTweeny: good deal Cosmos Cease: this song is a great match for my collage DJTweeny: kewl DJTweeny: One of my favorite Joel tunes Cease: my fave is an oldie: billly the kid DJTweeny: Also great, from his first solo album DJTweeny: Piano Man DJTweeny: "He came from Oyster Bay with a 6-pack in his hand." DJTweeny: Also on of my fav GD tunes here, from Shakedown Street DJTweeny: Fire On The Mountain Cease: the dead covered billy the kid? DJTweeny: they did not DJTweeny: to the best of my knowledge Cease: doesnt sound like a dead tune DJTweeny: They did however do a great cover of Dancing In The Streets on the Terrapin Station album DJTweeny: Don't know what you're listening to, I'm I'm playing Grateful Dead at the moment ;) Zen Cosmos: Ooooooooooooommmmmm... ||||||||| 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, August 12, 2021 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" DJTweeny: Can we hold back the crowd? DJTweeny: Oh well... DJTweeny: 3 of us anyway Cease: sometimes its just tween and me. Cease: i think others will drift in DJTweeny: There have been occasions DJTweeny: but we'll keep doing it as long as a few of us keep showing up Cease: i dont think we've ever made more than 20 Rufus_T_Firetween: Someone pointed out that while 9pm is a good time for the East Coast, it's dinner time in The Pacific Rufus_T_Firetween: another suggested maybe Saturday afternoon instead ||||||||| 9:04 PM: Deputy Dang jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" Cease: Hi Dang Rufus_T_Firetween: but those are the only two responses I've received so far about the change for the day/time ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Beet close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:05 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the sitting room. Beet: Hey, folks. Cease: any time is good for me. DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy, Beet Beet: Hello, Dr Tween Cease: Beet Beet: Howdy Dr Cease. Cease: this is like electrician in its circular form Beet: How you is Deputy?. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “FIREHEADS” 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.net/cat/' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage FIRESIGNS at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Beet: Amen and amen ||||||||| 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 llandloched falls out at 9:11 PM. llandloched: everybody ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Hi Llan llandloched: I know that voice Cease: llan DJTweeny: Hey llan DJTweeny: Are you 'ready for Freddie', llan? Rufus_T_Firetween: (topical storm coming Florida's way) llandloched: freddie, tween? llandloched: oh, one of those storms Rufus_T_Firetween: Fred Rufus_T_Firetween: coming your way llandloched: that sounds like michael palin Cease: its adam curtis. he narrates his flicks. llandloched: deosnt he sound like palin? Rufus_T_Firetween: Tropical storm watch imminent for Florida as Fred forecast to strengthen - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/tropical-storm-watch-imminent-florida-fred-forecast-strengthen-n1276659 ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies residualecho into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:16 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Hi echo Cease: a little, llan Cease: hey ken! residualecho: hiya cat residualecho:tween residualecho: just trying to tune in the stream Rufus_T_Firetween: The links should be 'clickable' Beet: Hey, residual Rufus_T_Firetween: If clicking doesn't work, copy and paste them into your player manually residualecho: Hiya Mr. Beat! llandloched: lol residualecho: Yeah, I just needed to specify my preferred player Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: this is george mombiot in a recent Idea programme. I should have mentioned that in the intro. Cease: we can update that for the archive pate, tween? I'll find the url of the show. llandloched: is that a japanese accent, cat? Rufus_T_Firetween: of course, the info in the archive can always be modified Zen Cosmos: did not know cafepress was doing firsign stuff, any chance other links mentioned here like FST radio might reactivate? Rufus_T_Firetween: FST Radio might not be coming back for a while :/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Firesign T-shirts, coffee mugs and other goodies now available at >> http://www.cafepress.com/firesign Cease: if at all Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out the new FIRESIGN THEATRE DOWNLOAD STORE at >> https://firesigntheatre.bandcamp.com/releases llandloched: wonder who that is on guitar 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 residualecho: Wasn't PA the music sampler who always had the right cut for the right music bed? ||||||||| It's 9:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Deputy Dang - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... llandloched: havent heard that voice in too long Cease: dylan used to write some really funny songs residualecho: Oh dear, it's my turn to make the meal here on the left coast. Cease: i wouldn't know, echo. i thiink they all encylopedic memories llandloched: you must tell us about the meal on the right coast, echo Zen Cosmos: biggest comet ever may soon graze ou solar system- Zen Cosmos, amateur astronomer is TUNED IN and dropped out... llandloched: paranoyer Beet: I heard about a comet last night. Beet: poor/rich Barney Zen Cosmos:https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/bright-comet-c-2021-a1-leonard-2021-2022/ llandloched: its going to rip our spacetime apart and cause devastation Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Can't Get You Out of my Head: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13973190/ Zen Cosmos: Comet Leonard... Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat's link to the show this is based on ^^ Rufus_T_Firetween: Sorry I didn't post it earlier Cat Zen Cosmos: wow, this intercut of brit doc and FST snippets is really trppy... llandloched: I could swear this was michael palin in his 60s Cease: thanks, zen. 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 Zen Cosmos: as an ASD sufferer, all i need is a tripwire word or phrase and lots of trivia spills right outre' llandloched: this I did not know ||||||||| 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!" llandloched: I read the fountainhead and atlas shrugged llandloched: sounds like the work of doug and dinsdale Zen Cosmos: beer whiz beer stein does not appear to offered any longer... Rufus_T_Firetween: nor the eyeball hats Rufus_T_Firetween: Austin was so good at country parodies ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: pretty sure this was a parody of Hot Rod Lincoln Cease: a ciouhntry western dj when he was inj the army. Cease: hig sgt loved him for it. Rufus_T_Firetween: ah, didn't know that Rufus_T_Firetween: This is from the unreleased 2005 London show 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: that led him to record the single Duckmen with army buddies and that, a few years later, led to Firesign getting a record Rufus_T_Firetween: cool Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage FIREHEADS at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Firesale Store - https://firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: I highly recommend the Illluminatas Trilopgy by RA Willson Cease: Very surreal Cease: we talked about it on chat before residualecho: I got to meet RAW at a book signing with Timothy Leary at an East LA bookstore, Amok Books, in the late 80s Cease: do you talk? residualecho: I do. residualecho: We did Cease: did. Cease: i attended a very well attended talk he gave in the 90s? in vancouver. Cease: he was very entertaining residualecho: I'd already met Tim at a SIGGRAPH event in 1987, although he hadn't yet exorcised Nixon at his library before he died, at the big Jurassic Park party of 1993 ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Cease: do you know this, echo? adam curtis';s latest series Cease: like firesign,his ultimate theme is power residualecho: Tim was very accessible during his stand up philosophy tour Zen Cosmos: so neat to occasionally see/har Ossman do voice work locally for local vintage radio plays at winter holiday time ||||||||| Zen Cosmos dashes out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Zen Cosmos?! It's 10:23 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Yes, there are real conspiracies Cease: i rarelyu enteract with folks howse talks i attend residualecho: Late 80s, after FST or Peter, anyway, had already been pioneering CDROM, and I told Tim his novel written in prison would make a great CD ROM Cease: by zen residualecho: RAW turned to Tim: "WTF is a CDROM? Rufus_T_Firetween: Interesting stuff, Cat Cease: this is the era of pyst? : I am HERE, therefor I am surreal... Cease: i'll make collages out of the other 5 episodes but it'll take some time. ||||||||| Outside, the 10:26 PM downtown bus from Washington pulls away, leaving Zen Cosmos coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: from Firesign's PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN album ”BREAKFAST WITH THE BRUNTS/BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY/CAPTAIN EQUINOX” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out PINK HOTEL at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-rv' Zen Cosmos: as a former traffic engineer I only ride in electric vehices... Rufus_T_Firetween: Good choice for the Pink Hotel cuts Cat Beet: That was really good, Cat. Cease: pete's parfents had a breakfast radio show called Breakfast wit the Bergmans Cease: thanks beer. Rufus_T_Firetween: I picked them, but great idea Cease: i try and make them all really good. Rufus_T_Firetween: hah, never knew that Cat Cease: it'll take me at least 2 weerks to do part 2 of the series. Beet: So, it was in the blood. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=phbd-ln Cease: when pete was in high school, maybe? not sure. residualecho: Pyst was later. Eat or Be Eaten had already happened, even the intended LD piece from Mike Nesmith was interactive residualecho: Tim had the best definition of a CD ROM ever Cease: i love blending adam curtis with firesign as they both seek to uncover systems of power and teach us how to resist them Cease: porc and less often ossie say it oftren in their interviews residualecho: "It's a storage device for a computer mediated experience enabling the author and a reader to create a unique performance of the work every time it's accessed." residualecho: (a CD ROM that is) Zen Cosmos: still trying to move cassettes to my mp3 transfer flash drive device... Cease: i have to listen to this old stuff more often residualecho: Fun to hear a Peter Sellers impersonation Cease: this was them at their most goonish Cease: nice moon segway residualecho: "Hound of the Bakersfield!" ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: a lolt of the jokes in their early work were california, or LA-centric Rufus_T_Firetween: residualecho: Fun to hear a Peter Sellers impersonation << Oh hell yeah, this is very Goon Show :) residualecho: As a Nation State of Disneyland lad who grew in that Nation State, the LA Media footprint made quite a splash in my mind residualecho: PJ Probe goes back quite a ways then? Rufus_T_Firetween: /me and family visited Disneyland after attending the 1964 World's Fair towing a camper from D.C. and crossing the country and back Rufus_T_Firetween: very different times ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: i did a riff on pb proby wine in one of my many collages Rufus_T_Firetween: before you needed a 'vaccine passport' to attend public events ;) Cease: if i ever leave vancouver again, i'd be delighted to have a vaccine passport Rufus_T_Firetween: 'May I see your papers please.." doesn't bother you? ||||||||| New notice: '** THANKS FOR LISTENING, ALL! ** Thanks to Radio Free Dishnuts, www.dishnuts.net, for providing the streaming server for the simulcast :) Listen to the ARCHIVES FOR FIRESIGN CHAT SHOWS at: www.kurtericson.net/firesign' Rufus_T_Firetween: this is great lol Cease: one of their first plays Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Zen Cosmos: will always remember with fondly the 1996 show at Bagley Wright at Seattle Center... Rufus_T_Firetween: May I see Beet: Enjoyed the proceedings tonight. Thanks to everyone. Great job on you creation, Dr Cease Thanks for guiding the ship Dr Tween. G'nite all. Rufus_T_Firetween: your passport ||||||||| 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!" residualecho: vaccine and passports for all. Stay safe! Masks are an opportunity to travel incognito Rufus_T_Firetween: pleeeeeeeaseeeee..... ||||||||| 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!" Cease: sounds very venetian, echo Rufus_T_Firetween: RIP Phil Austin Cease: he's been dead 6 years now. bergman 9 Rufus_T_Firetween: but they're still with us Cease: we willl all be eventually Rufus_T_Firetween: in Sterreio Hi-Fi Cease: yeah that's why incidents from my daughter's life are integral to my play. will be you your lines this month. Cease: i have the wrap arounds recorded now. residualecho: I love this song, and switchblade pitchforks. and I hate country western music Rufus_T_Firetween: great parody of Kris Kristofferson Cease: my too echo Rufus_T_Firetween: as he acknowledged in chat ||||||||| "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!" residualecho: The best parody is in all sincerity DJTweeny: Until last time, again... Cease: off we slide residualecho: It was all a dream ||||||||| Cease leaves at 10:59 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..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| At 11:01 PM, residualecho vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Beet - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| llandloched - 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
DJTweeny
llandloched
residualecho
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
