A Firesign Chat
03/10/2022




Archive

||||||||| 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 10, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule...
||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 3:00 PM, dragging Jimmy Driscoll by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yahoo?"
||||||||| It's 9:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Jimmy Driscoll - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 3:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the Aviary.
||||||||| 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 3:45 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 johan amadeus myjetski disembarks at 3:00 PM.
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's Rufus_T_Firetween, just back from Elmertown."
||||||||| 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
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Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey johan, back in a bit
||||||||| 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."
||||||||| A time machine materializes at 3:00 PM and DJTweeny steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece.
||||||||| It's 8:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| 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)
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Rufus_T_Firetween: music coming up in a few minutes
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: warm up music – GEORGE HARRISON-ALL THINGS MUST PASS
Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
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||||||||| "3:00 PM? 3:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "morlog should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as morlog enters and sits in the comfy chair.
DJTweeny: allo morlog
morlog: hey thete
DJTweeny: good old Harrison album for warm up music
DJTweeny: album was produced by Phil Spector
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's Harold, just back from Nacogdoches."
morlog: hey thete
DJTweeny: Hey llan
morlog: this web page is really buggy on a smartphone
DJTweeny: Hi Harold
morlog: keeps changing size and scrolling on its own
||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'other computer', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 3:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule...
DJTweeny: Hi other
other computer: cat on other computer.
DJTweeny: It's a custom web chat, but shouldn't change on its own
other computer: recording live event from city lights bookstore at 6.
DJTweeny: Hi other cat
morlog: yeah, its probably just android being android
other computer: keroauc's 100th birthday bash
morlog: works better when you open it as a desktop site
||||||||| Catherwood ushers Tweeny into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 3:00 PM, then departs.
other computer: aha. george. just ready really funny book about him
Tweeny: Jack Kerouac - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac
morlog: got a slingshot today, now im shooting stuff with pinto beans
Tweeny: "Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac[1] (/ˈkɛruæk/;[2] March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet[3] of French Canadian ancestry,[4][5] who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation."
||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD!
Tweeny: lol morlog
morlog: i think i stopped maturing around the age of 12
morlog: im 45
Tweeny: morlog is doing his own Kerouac thing, heading from Austin to Colorado on a recumbent bicycle
morlog: yep
Tweeny: you're welcome to post the link to your blog here morlog
morlog: heading out on sunday if everything goes as planned
morlog: https://morlog42.wordpress.com/
||||||||| 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 llanwydd falls out at 3:00 PM.
llanwydd: good evening dear friends
other computer: hi llan
morlog: hey there
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's Lili, just back from California."
other computer: hi lili
llanwydd: the only george harrison album I ever bought was his self-titled in 1979
Lili: Hiyas
llanwydd: hi Lili
other computer: this is pretty good
DJTweeny: Phil Spector's 'Wall Of Sound'
DJTweeny: Hey Lili
||||||||| Outside, the 3:00 PM bus from Leesburg pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes.
Lili: Yes
Beet: Hi, all!
DJTweeny: Yo Beet
llanwydd: I thouhgt that was owsleys invention
other computer: beet
morlog: hey there
Beet: Evening, Dr Tween
morlog: pinto beans explode on impact
llanwydd: hi beet
Beet: Hi, other
DJTweeny: That was a sound system the Grateful Dead used
llanwydd: yes it was
Beet: Hi morlog
DJTweeny: saw it in D.C. at RFK stadium
morlog: hey there
Beet: How I do dig George.
Lili: Phil Spector used the phrase first for his huge recording sound
morlog: i almost went to the last show the greatfull dead played in las vegas
llanwydd: only a beaner would know that, morlog
||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, March 10, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!"
morlog: glad i didnt, the roof collapsed
DJTweeny: yipes
Beet: I'm thinking this will be fun.
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s
“DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES”
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
check out Firesign's new release DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES at https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl
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llanwydd: I think their last show with jerry was in vermont
other computer: you'll be right, beet
Beet: feral fourpiece. I like that.
Tweeny: Owsley invention (he made other than acid ;) >> Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound_(Grateful_Dead)
llanwydd: you could do a woodstock size concert in most any area of vermont
||||||||| "3:00 PM? 3:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Deputy Dang should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Deputy Dang enters and sits at the bar.
other computer: maybe specter as a sound. certainly distinct
Tweeny: Was a really cool idea. There were no monitor speakers, instead they used twin vocal mics 180 degrees off center and the stack itself was the monitor
Tweeny: each member of the band had his own part of the stack
llanwydd: did not know that tween
Tweeny: Wall of Sound - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound << Phil Spector
llanwydd: sounds like a great idea
Tweeny: Yeah was a neat idea llan
||||||||| Catherwood leads johan amadeus myjetski in through the front door at 3:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room.
Beet: It's JAM> Howdy!
Lili: Unfortunately it was too huge to use permanently.
johan amadeus myjetski: hey beet
Beet: I love this.
Tweeny: combining the two vocal mics cancelled anything other than the vocal
Tweeny: Lili: Unfortunately it was too huge to use permanently. << hard to haul around and maintain, yeah
Tweeny: but I saw them use it at RFK stadium with the Allman Bros back in the day
Lili: Not cost effective.
Tweeny: like ELP trying to haul around an orchestra yeah
Tweeny: for the Works tour
||||||||| 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!"
llanwydd: good comparison with elp, tween
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl
llanwydd: they just about went broke on that tour
llanwydd: sometines a budget breaker is springboard to success, sometines not
llanwydd: Pluto Water LOL
||||||||| 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 Elayne disembarks at 3:00 PM.
llanwydd: Hi Elayne
Elayne: Evenin' all! Can't stay for long, tendinitis making typing painful and I have a full day of typing at work tomorrow.
||||||||| 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!"
johan amadeus myjetski: hi E!
llanwydd: how ya been?
Beet: Hi, Elayne.
Elayne: Llan, aside from By My Body Betrayed, I can't really complain.
other computer: Hi El
llanwydd: lol, elayne
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Elayne
Elayne: Tween, my darlin'! Good to "see" you!
Rufus_T_Firetween: You're looking at my 3rd eye, Elayne?
Deputy Dang: o.O
Rufus_T_Firetween: thought I had it covered with the lunch counter man cap
Elayne: I would NEVER! Well!
Elayne: The very thought! (looks for fainting couch)
Rufus_T_Firetween: (see the TZ episode 'Will The Real Martian Please Stand Up'
johan amadeus myjetski: lol, E!
Rufus_T_Firetween: one of my favorite Serling stories :)
Rufus_T_Firetween: 'This is a really great place to colonize' - Sounds like what's happening in Austin these days lol
johan amadeus myjetski: it is a great episode
Elayne: Ah, I guess you all have audio on. Not for me tonight. Aaaaand there goes the hand. Sorry all, next week...
||||||||| Elayne rushes off, saying "3:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?"
Rufus_T_Firetween: be well E
other computer: by el
Beet: Nice to see you, Elayne. Rest well.
johan amadeus myjetski: Rufus, you might want to organize some neighborhood watches to check in the Austin basementsfor pods...
johan amadeus myjetski: i preder sam & ella's deli...
||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!"
johan amadeus myjetski: prefer
Rufus_T_Firetween: which brings us to Serling's 'The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street', another favorite
johan amadeus myjetski: just remember - TSM is a cookbook
Rufus_T_Firetween: another classic
llanwydd: I think my fav twilight zone is the one where the woman is living by herself and she gets a tine flying saucer in her attic
llanwydd: tine means tiny
Rufus_T_Firetween: Oh yeah, Morehead
Rufus_T_Firetween: not a line in the story
other computer: mine fave is 100 years over the rim.
llanwydd: I think I remember that one, oc
Rufus_T_Firetween: "He thought gold was worth something."
Rufus_T_Firetween: Unfortunately for people with such an attitude, it is :/
Rufus_T_Firetween: but a fitting end for theives
johan amadeus myjetski: my fave TZ is called 'The Hunt" about aman who drowns with his dog during a coon hunt
other computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hundred_Yards_Over_the_Rim
Rufus_T_Firetween: or are you thinking of the one with the guy with the rifle looking for medicine for his kid Cat?
johan amadeus myjetski: the dog's name was 'Rip'
other computer: right, tween
Tweeny: A Hundred Yards Over the Rim - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hundred_Yards_Over_the_Rim
johan amadeus myjetski: fave line: "Why man, that's Eternity Roadout there, you could wander around out there forever"
Tweeny: yeah, that's a great episode
johan amadeus myjetski: no Rufus, thius one starred Arthur Honicut, the one one you are tralking about starred Montgomery Clift
Rufus_T_Firetween: johan amadeus myjetski: no Rufus, thius one starred Arthur Honicut, the one one you are tralking about starred Montgomery Clift << right
||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!"
Rufus_T_Firetween: I was thinking of the one where theives go into cryo chambers in a cave
johan amadeus myjetski: another fave is "Passage for Trumpet"m about an alchoholic trumpet player that tries to commit suicide by stepping off a curb in front of a truck
Rufus_T_Firetween: there are so many good ones
johan amadeus myjetski: stars jack klugman
Rufus_T_Firetween: for circa 1960, TZ was incredibly prescient
Rufus_T_Firetween: another is "Nick Of Time' with a young William Shatner
johan amadeus myjetski: so right you are,episode after episode
||||||||| 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!"
Rufus_T_Firetween: asking a restaurant entertainment machine questions
johan amadeus myjetski: what about the one with jonathan winter as a pool player
Rufus_T_Firetween: "Can we leave now?"
Rufus_T_Firetween: Oh yeah, "A Game Of Pool" with WInters and Krugman
Rufus_T_Firetween: *Winters
Rufus_T_Firetween: another classic
johan amadeus myjetski: shatner's character succumbs to obssive compulsive behavior with that machine
Rufus_T_Firetween: but his wife gets him away from it
Rufus_T_Firetween: the end of the skit is another couple who can't leave
||||||||| 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."
johan amadeus myjetski: love triumphs
Rufus_T_Firetween: These guys were not exactly 'politically correct' lol
other computer: no
johan amadeus myjetski: Travelers for parts unknown would be well advised to take the family pet along. He could just stop you from going through the wrong door. at least it happened that way once - in the Twilight Zone"
other computer: i'm the every brothers
johan amadeus myjetski: both of them?!? Wow!
other computer: hilarious
Rufus_T_Firetween: Met The Everly Brothers in Indiana. They were excellent
johan amadeus myjetski: impeccable harmonies., can't argue with that
Beet: I'm having a little difficulty following the logic.
johan amadeus myjetski: they played those big gibson J-200 guitars
other computer: this is what proc did at yale radio
other computer: cut the "uhs" out of famous people talking at yale.
||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood announces: "3:00 PM and late as usual, it's Bunnyboy, just back from Arizona."
other computer: his scholarship job.
Bunnyboy: Lo dere
other computer: hi bunny
Beet: Hey, Bunny
johan amadeus myjetski: Hi BB!
johan amadeus myjetski: sounds like they were swallowed up by their own pomposity
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Bunny
Bunnyboy: RIP Emilio Delgado,
johan amadeus myjetski: either that or i've just gone deaf
||||||||| "3:00 PM? 3:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Zen Cosmos should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Zen Cosmos enters and sits in front of the fireplace.
Beet: Greetings, Zen
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Zen
Bunnyboy: Hiya, Zen.
Zen Cosmos: missed 1st hour, will catch up in a few days in archive
other computer: hi zen
johan amadeus myjetski: hi Zen
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
Beet: Good stuff
Rufus_T_Firetween: 'tis
||||||||| Catherwood enters with gdab close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 3:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the anteroom.
Bunnyboy: Lo grab
DJTweeny: Hi gdab
other computer: gdab
Bunnyboy: Oops autocorrect
Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM!! ** - DOPE HUMOR OF THE SEVENTIES >> https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl
johan amadeus myjetski: bunnyboy - i have also got autoincorrect on my computer
Beet: Hi gdab
johan amadeus myjetski: gdab!
Bunnyboy: Gesundheit!
DJTweeny: it's not a bug, it's a 'feature'
||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits.
other computer: tis
||||||||| It's 10:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the yaws
||||||||| morlog - dead from the fiddlers
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Bunnyboy: Started watching MILLION DOLLAR LEGS.
||||||||| 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."
other computer: monroe flick?
Bunnyboy: Jack Oakie and WC Fields. 1931.
other computer: ah
Bunnyboy: No cat tonight?
other computer: i'm reading rebeka solnit's newest, orwell's roses,
other computer: her usual brilliance.
other computer: i bunny. new name tonight as i'm on a diffferent machine
Lili: Gotta go move my car - road repairs.
other computer: bummer, lili
Bunnyboy: Ah
johan amadeus myjetski: i just watched to miniseries from the syfy channel of Childhood's End (a.c.clark novel) a few years ago
Rufus_T_Firetween: Bunnyboy: No cat tonight? << So sorry, only Kung Pao Dog
Bunnyboy: I do not eat dog.
Rufus_T_Firetween: yy
other computer: i saw it too and have the book in my library. i'll read it soon. im reading a lot these days
johan amadeus myjetski: i am a fan of Clark's books, but i had not seen this - it was good hard hitting as they say
other computer: i want to see how faithful it was to the novel which i read long ago
Beet: Come back soon, Lili.
||||||||| 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 llanwydd gets out at 3:00 PM.
johan amadeus myjetski: rest in pices, political correctness...
||||||||| "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!"
johan amadeus myjetski: pieces
Rufus_T_Firetween: sounds fishy to me
johan amadeus myjetski: well, i *was* working for scale
Rufus_T_Firetween: :)
johan amadeus myjetski: pop rocks, too?
||||||||| It's 10:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| gdab - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
Bunnyboy: Oh, I gotta go. Cheers!
johan amadeus myjetski: bye, bunnyboy
||||||||| Catherwood says "3:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Bunnyboy by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door
Beet: Nite, Bunny
||||||||| Not Ed tiptoes in around 3:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident."
Beet: Hi Not
johan amadeus myjetski: hi not!
Not Ed: Hey Beet!
Not Ed: Cheers JAM
Not Ed: Hey all
other computer: hi not
other computer: by bun
Not Ed: Hey OC
Not Ed: missed BunnyB heck
other computer: time doesnt stop just cuz marijuana stretches it out
other computer: a great slogan
Not Ed: lol
Not Ed: Tweeny waz real
Rufus_T_Firetween: hemp is now legal in Texas
Rufus_T_Firetween: Willie's Reserve is not :/
Not Ed: Yay!
Not Ed: Ohhh
Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Ed
Not Ed: Hi ho
Not Ed: Hiyo!
||||||||| Catherwood leads Nick d into the room, accepts a grimy quarter as a gratuity, grumbles something about 3:00 PM, then departs.
other computer: nick D
Beet: Hello Nick
Not Ed: K'nick
DJTweeny: Hi Nick d
Not Ed: Catherwood is one gone cat
||||||||| Catherwood snubs Not Ed
Not Ed: harumph!
Not Ed moons Catherwood--again!
||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Not Ed and mumbles "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?"
Nick d: Looks like I showed up in the K’nick of time. Where is the door?
Not Ed: Catherwood give everyone vegetables and insects
||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone vegetables and insects.
other computer: o knincky knicky knicky
DJTweeny: yum yum
other computer: not gone, not, just different name on different machine
Not Ed: Nevermore! lol
Not Ed: stop the machine!!!
||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! **
Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - “THE ARMENIAN'S PAW”
128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
Check out THE MUSHROOM PLAYS at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio
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||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Harold - dead from the yaws
||||||||| llanwydd - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
johan amadeus myjetski: or when the buffaalo chips are down...
johan amadeus myjetski: Monty Crisco - wasn't he a gameshow host in the 70s?
Beet: Let's Make A Dope Deal
johan amadeus myjetski: and his sidekick Lo Viscosity
johan amadeus myjetski: i was up til 4am this morning, & i'm fading fast. c u next firetime!
Beet: Have a good one, JAM. See ya.
other computer: sleep well, jammy
Beet: Nice bass
||||||||| It's 10:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| Nick d - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| 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
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other computer: this is the mushroom play i know the least
DJTweeny: See you guys Tuesday
Not Ed: Hey you groovy fireheads - have a great weekend!
Not Ed: Wazzup on Tues?
Not Ed: Thanks Tweeny
DJTweeny: My request show on RFD (see the banner)
Not Ed: groovy, tanx!
DJTweeny: I take requests :)
Beet: Enjoyed it tonight. Thanks to everyone. Looking forward to more from Dr Cease. Thanks for piloting Dr Tween. G'Nite all.
Not Ed: best Rufus
||||||||| Lili rushes off, saying "3:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?"
Deputy Dang: That was wonderful! Thanks all!
Not Ed: Hey DDang be groovy
||||||||| At 3:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Deputy Dang!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on...
Not Ed: Later!
other computer: i'm wokring on a new collage about liminal space.
other computer: will have it a few weeks along with KBOO new interview with DO and PP
other computer: bye
DJTweeny: Until last time, again...
||||||||| other computer is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 3:00 PM.
||||||||| Catherwood leads CliveBeatle into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mutters something about 3:00 PM, then departs.
Rufus_T_Firetween: 2 hours too late Clive, see you next week...
||||||||| 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!"
||||||||| 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:
||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from jaundice
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| It's 11:15 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did:
||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from The Plague
||||||||| Beet - dead from pneumonia
||||||||| Not Ed - dead from The Plague
||||||||| CliveBeatle - dead from Globner's disease
||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress...
||||||||| "Hey Tweeny!" ... Tweeny turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 3:00 PM, I don't have to go yet!"...
||||||||| 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 dengue fever
||||||||| 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
Bunnyboy
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
johan amadeus myjetski
Lili
llanwydd
morlog
Nick d
Not Ed
other computer
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
Zen Cosmos
URL References:
http://dishnuts.net
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u
http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u
www.dishnuts.net
http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/firesale/firesale.php?audio
www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com
www.kurtericson.net/firesign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hundred_Yards_Over_the_Rim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kerouac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound_(Grateful_Dead
https://morlog42.wordpress.com/
https://standuprecords.com/products/the-firesign-theatre-dope-humor-of-the-seventies-double-vinyl



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Rest In Peace, Dear Friend

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