||||||||| 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 June 30, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides up and intones "Presenting 'Rufus_T_Firetween', just granted probation at 8:00 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 *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 8 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 30, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." johan amadeus myjetski: I've put the batteries in backwards on this time machine. Again! ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Tweeny close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the vestibule. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'DJTweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... DJTweeny: Hi johan, music in about 30 minutes ||||||||| 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: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music – JOE WALSH-THE CONFESSOR 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)' ||||||||| 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 llanddlline gets out at 8:00 PM. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Zen Cosmos close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the anteroom. llanddlline: good morning, good afternoon or good evening DJTweeny: Hi Zen DJTweeny: allo llanddline llanddlline: I dont get audio since we came to the new site llanddlline: dont know if that has anything to do with it Rufus_T_Firetween: nope Rufus_T_Firetween: the links to RFD are the same Rufus_T_Firetween: try copying and pasting the link into your player llanddlline: I click on both links above and nothing happens Rufus_T_Firetween: same server I use for my Tuesday shows Rufus_T_Firetween: try copying and pasting Rufus_T_Firetween: when I click on it here it opens in iTunes llanddlline: It worked! LOL. now I remember the same thing happened last week Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah Rufus_T_Firetween: just your OS not know what to do with it llanddlline: hmm Rufus_T_Firetween: *knowing llanddlline: thanks for your patience, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey, glad you got it to work :) Rufus_T_Firetween: bookmark it in your player for next time llanddlline: good idea ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Cease close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and hurries off to the anteroom. llanddlline: Hi Cease DJTweeny: allo Cease ehh llanddlline: this sounds a little like steely dan to me Rufus_T_Firetween: Joe Walsh DJTweeny: but of course he might have been influenced llanddlline: certainly Cease: I knew it was Joe from the first notes. Very distinct llanddlline: like mark knofler might have been influenced by bob dylan Rufus_T_Firetween: sure llanddlline: geddy lee might have been influenced by robert plant llanddlline: lot of other similarities out there llanddlline: first time I heard phil collins I thought he sounded like cat stevens Cease: musicians influence each other. otherwise, there'd be no music Rufus_T_Firetween: of course llanddlline: thats for sure Rufus_T_Firetween: like literature or poetry Rufus_T_Firetween: or science even llanddlline: Catherwood get everybody and Airhead Lite ||||||||| Catherwood gets everybody and airhead lite. ||||||||| Rob Smegma enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and dashes off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** 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)' DJTweeny: Hi Smegma Cease: hi rob Rob Smegma: hello Cease: Barnstorm is one of my fave albums Rufus_T_Firetween: I love it too ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: Welcome ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Beet steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Beet: Howdy, folks. DJTweeny: Yo Beet Beet: Greetings, Dr Tween Cease: Beet Beet: Hi, Dr Cease. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM “TILE IT LIKE IT IS” 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 >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc' Cease: This may be my recording. Beet: Hi, llan, Smegma, Zen and jam. Cease: I borrowed a friends' very good tape recorder and taped the Christmas Eve show, 1967. Thius is from that. Cease: Having a good tape recorder is/was always a good idea. DJTweeny: Wow, cool Cease: Really good show. It was where Bergman explained his dream of the coming of the electrician. very important dream to firesign history llanddlline: did you keep a reel to reel in your car? Cease: they reprinted the whole dream in one of their books, The Appocalypse Papers Cease: you'd make cassettes from them to play in the car. llanddlline: cool Cease: i was living at my parents house then. I was in 11th grade. llanddlline: didnt know they had cassette decks in cars back in 67 Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc llanddlline: but that so long ago llanddlline: qA ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Bottles close behind, mutters something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the vestibule. llanddlline: SHHESH llanddlline: hI bOTTLES DJTweeny: Hi Bottles Cease: I thought I could drink anytihng Bottles: Hi yall. Beet: Hi, Bottles. Cease: my dad was a ford dealer (competitior with ralph spoilsport) so we anytihng we wanted in the car. llanddlline: I would have been sex years old in 1967 llanddlline: six llanddlline: sheesh llanddlline: yeah that sounds like a good deal, cat Beet: I (being an old fart) was in my second year of college. llanddlline: did your dad know ralph schpielbergerber? Beet: I didn't know anything of FST until two years later. Cease: no, 12th grade. and also in my first year at Valley State college. you could do that in LA in those days. dont know about now Cease: graduated in 68 and went to USC to study radio production (etc) llanddlline: If you were in 12th grade today you would have cops in your school Bottles: Problem hearing the show, either listen or chat... llanddlline: I think we had it better in school than kids have it today Cease: probably. at least in LA. Tweeny: omg yes llan llanddlline: one of those few things in life that dont get better Beet: Compared to today, we actually lived in a peaceful environment (except for Vietnem of course). llanddlline: except that corporal punishment has been outlawed, at least nominally ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rob Smegma - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: By Rob ||||||||| 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 Boggles plummets into the garden at 8:00 PM. Beet: Segma hit the wall. Cease: There were dope jokes in all their old plays wihch i did not get at the time. Rufus_T_Firetween: Hi Boggles Cease: Boggles, meet Bottles Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc Beet: Howdy Boggles. ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! Boggles: I'm in and out, trying to chat and listen and eat and ghee gun at the same time. It's hopeless. Boggles: Chew him even Rufus_T_Firetween: poly-unsaturated ghee? llanddlline: ghee gun? Boggles: Damn! Chew gum. llanddlline: Ive heard of a water pistol but... Rufus_T_Firetween: "Chewing gum and chatting at the same time? I don't know how they do it." ~ Gerald Ford Cease: i'm working on a video now about the colour blue. you'll hear some of the soundtrack from it in the next collage, Mutant Blue Octopus llanddlline: LOL Cease: Proc has a bit called How to Sing the Blues from his Planet Proctor album which you'll hear. Boggles: Typing on an Amazon tablet...grr. Cease: lol, tween Boggles: Saw a great doc on Scoth ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Pep Pills! Pep Pills!', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Boggles: Saw a great doc on making Scotch whisky last night. Made me thirsty. Cease: hi Pep DJTweeny: Hi Pills llanddlline: well I would never have guessed that this skit was this old Boggles: Distilleries on the Isle of Islay. Beet: Hi, Pills. Cease: The Monterey Pop festival of that year was also called The Gathering of the Tribes Pep Pills! Pep Pills!: Howdy! Cease: Great animals song about that, Byrds too. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc Boggles: I loved the movie of that, Cease. Cease: Indeed llanddlline: do I have time to go out to mcdonalds before the collage starts or should I raid the fridge Boggles: I remember the song Monterey too. llanddlline: its only a two minute drive but Zen Cosmos: just liastening, to tired to comment been a wringer of week and its only humpp day... Cease: Friends in high school went to that. Proctor too, reporting for Radio Freee Oz and his gig for the NY paper Cease: sorry to hear that,zen llanddlline: Ill pick up a quarter pounder for everybody. see ya soon Cease: collage starts in a couple of minutes. Cease: you can hear in the archives ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and snorts derisively "Announcing 'Elayne', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the sitting room... Cease: Hey El Elayne: Evenin' all! Won't be here long, very tired. Hope to make it longer next week as I'm off work (the whole company shuts down all week). DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Elayne: What's new Kurt? I feel like I've been missing stuff. DJTweeny: a little vacation? Cease: On vacation, El? Elayne: Well, the firm makes everyone shut down (at least in the US) so I guess yeah, it's a big vacay week for all. Cease: Firesign have a new release. Some of thier live stuff from 69-71 ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s BLUE MUTANT OCTOPUS 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/' Elayne: I know Cat, I haven't downloaded it from Bandcamp yet Elayne: One of my "next week" things. Beet: Hi, Elayne. Rufus_T_Firetween: the last bit was from ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - THE FIRESIGN THEATRE LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM - Paperback Book + DVD-ROM Disc >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/firesign-theatre-the-firesign-theatre-live-at-the-magic-mushroom-paperback-book-dvd-rom-disc Boggles: I have a 30 minute music mi on air at 8 tonight. Old R&B. Cease: we'll be playing part of it here tonight. ||||||||| It's 1:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bottles - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood tiptoes into the room, and pipes up "Announcing 'Not Ed', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Boggles: Mix that is. Not Ed: Pork? Cease: what is a mi? Rufus_T_Firetween: last week we played some ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Cease: ah Cease: hi not DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed Not Ed: Hey Tweeny Rufus_T_Firetween: and later in the show we'll have a bit from ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER– Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/beforetheychangedthewater?rq=before%20they%20changed%20the%20water Boggles: It's the 3rd note of the scale, Cease. Beet: Evening, Not Rufus_T_Firetween: lots of new releases at the new Firesign web site - www.firesigntheatre.com - They've completely redone the site Cease: lol, beet Cease: i mean bobbles Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “BLUE MUTANT OCTOPUS” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Not Ed: Hey Beet, zup Rufus, yo C, hi Elayne, cheers Zen, best llan Cease: this is me reading solnit, one of my favourite new writers Elayne: Evenin' NotEd! Not Ed: Bog, Pep hey Not Ed: good 2 C you all Elayne: Oh dear, the fireworks are going off again. People around here are confused as to when July 4 is. I keep telling 'em it falls on JULY 4. DJTweeny: lol Boggles: My split pea soup is finally done cooking after 4 hours. Sheesh. Elayne: To be fair, this has become one of those neighborhoods where fireworks are set off like every evening in the summer. DJTweeny: and it isn't even July yet Cease: Here's Maria, my 2nd favourite human. Elayne: Wow Boggles, you know you can buy that at the grocery store, right? :) DJTweeny: Sure those aren't gun battles, Elayne? ||||||||| 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!" DJTweeny: I mean, it is NYC... Elayne: Really Kurt. :( Not happy about the gun sitch in NY now. Not Ed: good stuff C, liking it Elayne: Seriously, freewheeling guns and a NY attitude don't really mix. Boggles: Yup, Elayne. I just had an old bag of them in the larder to use up DJTweeny: I cook my own split peas too Boggles, ever since they stopped stocking Campbells Split Pea w/Ham & Bacon soup Elayne: At least pot is legal here now, that helps a bit. Cease: you court is wrecking your country, as if the congress invaders had gotten in and killed all the congresspeople. DJTweeny: can't get it any more since the COVID supply crisis Cease: trump had pulled off his coup Boggles: Right Cease, news now makes my blood boil. ||||||||| "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!" Elayne: The beginning of the end was Moscow Mitch's refusal to even give Garland a hearing back in the Obama years. And Obama not appointing him anyway. Not Ed: I always like M Mull's Not Ed: I always like M Mull's Elayne: You can't play by the rules when the other side is playing Calvinball. Cease: good point, El, to the extent I follow US politics Elayne: Vancouver is looking better and better to us, Cat. Cease: mull has a riff on tis, not? I seem to recall that. Elayne: But of course now you have heat waves there, and no AC. Not Ed: Weird Cease: yes, El. It is a welcoming city. expensive, but welcoming Not Ed: My whole screen went nuts Not Ed: O' course it could have been me.... ; ) Cease: we just have fans and spend most of our time downstairs, where it's always cool Not Ed: meant to say I loved Martin Mull's "Middle Class Blues" bit Cease: is it online? Boggles: Mull was awesome. Rufus_T_Firetween: Not Ed >> "Whoke up this morning, both cars were gone..." ? Cease: i'm collecting blues riffs for my vid. Rufus_T_Firetween: *Woke Not Ed: isn't everything? https://youtu.be/mhymcCYC3jk johan amadeus myjetski: hola, fireheads! Not Ed: evenin' JAM Cease: my first visit to a vegas dispensory, feb 2018. johan amadeus myjetski: hi Mot! Boggles: HeyJohan johan amadeus myjetski: Not! johan amadeus myjetski: Hi Boggles! Beet: Hi JAM johan amadeus myjetski: hi Beet Not Ed: live & learn from Cat & Fireness Beet: Fascinating story. ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Pep Pills! Pep Pills! - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Elayne: Outta here. Next week all. Cease: i remember eating chinese gooseberries. ||||||||| Elayne says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Elayne exits at 8:00 PM. Cease: by pep Cease: by El johan amadeus myjetski: nite E! Beet: See you next time, Elayne. johan amadeus myjetski: i like ginger beer Not Ed: lol Cat llanddlline: l,kjuhygtrfdes ||||||||| Babe Boomer says “We’re Live On PBS!” in the video WEIRDLY COOL Catch Firesign’s Live TV Studio Performance On DVD! Cease: militers? yeah, i thought that was funny Not Ed: cuttlefish and octopi are aMaZiNG Cease: there's Tweeny johan amadeus myjetski: octopi are also quite imtelligent, iq-wise Cease: indeed Not Ed: aha Cease: i used to eat them,but the more I learned about them, the less appetizing they became johan amadeus myjetski: quite the problem-solvers Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play CAST at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#PLAYS Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “BLUE MUTANT OCTOPUS” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** You Tube video for kids about the amazing octopus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmcdhDUQzik Rufus_T_Firetween: ** The Age of the Possible - https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/02/octopus-poem/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Under the Influence by Terry O'Reilly - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence Not Ed: might be naturals at deep space navigation in the future Not Ed: plus they have their own natural cloaking device johan amadeus myjetski: anybody whipping off blueies this evening? Cease: indeed Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone a cloaking device ||||||||| Catherwood hands everyone a cloaking device. Boggles: Lisa Simpson adopted an octopus. Not Ed: Awww Not Ed: I do like to eat them, I must admit 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: yes boggles, thatg episode prompted me to make this collage Boggles: I won't even signify myself with an answer to that, Johan. Not Ed: haha ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Proctor & Bergman’s “TV OR NOT TV” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out TV at >> http://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-rv' Beet: Enjoyed the collage, Cease. johan amadeus myjetski: i do not eat blue octopus with squids, I will not eat them when on the skids... Not Ed: My cat Steve sez hi (in his special way) llanddlline: great collage Not Ed: lol JAM Rufus_T_Firetween: haha johan Not Ed: hang on here we go again Great Choice Tweeny Beet: Back at ya, Steve. Rufus_T_Firetween: Cat's choice :) Not Ed: lol he's purring ||||||||| 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!" Boggles: TV or nut TV is my very fave. Not Ed: it's great johan amadeus myjetski: tip of the topper. cat, great informative & funny collage. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about TV OR NOT TV at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln Cease: thanks, jam Boggles: Seen the video of it? It's howlarious Cease: i make these collages to entertain and educate myself. Cease: i have it, yes, boggles Boggles: We used to listen to this L.P. on acid. Boggles: In 1974 Rufus_T_Firetween: Didn't know there was a video of TV Cease: you can hear part of it in The 6tth Album in the archives. Beet: I feel a connection to Steve. Give him a rub for me. Cease: Ossman asked me put all the solo albums together Boggles: On YouTube Rufus Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl, will have to look for it ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Beet: Wrong again, Catherwood. ||||||||| Catherwood strides alongside Beet and inquires "Would you like something?" Beet: Yes, the correct time. Not Ed: lol Rufus_T_Firetween: Catherwood where are you? ||||||||| Catherwood walks up to Rufus_T_Firetween and says "Someone mention my name?" Rufus_T_Firetween: Catherwood do you have a watch? ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's precisely 8:00 PM!" Rufus_T_Firetween: closer anyway Not Ed: lol Beet: I guess it's 8 O'Clock somewhere. Not Ed: Bergman! johan amadeus myjetski: and his Wookies, did he say? Not Ed: hazzawhatny? Boggles: Yay, we're on Police Street! Not Ed: Values have changed alright phew johan amadeus myjetski: "my husband's a cop, & you wouldn't believe how dirty he gets... Boggles: Never get into a car with.. johan amadeus myjetski: don't follow the balls when they make the street... Cease: i've actually had many cop friends over the years, but also some scary expereinces inh the early 70s Not Ed: I love the phaser effect on the voices wonder what they used to make it Boggles: Ha! Yes great advice! Not Ed: phaser? flanger? who knows Not Ed: was this 80's? I forget johan amadeus myjetski: do you wonder how they make their voices sound like that? Boggles: They could do phasing by dragging the reel whenst recording. Not Ed: oh cool Bog Not Ed: could Boggles: It was 1973 or 1974 johan amadeus myjetski: reference "Hichikoo Park" by the Turtles Beet: I'm going to get even with all those cops by turning in my badge. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about TV OR NOT TV at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln Boggles: The Small Faces used it in the late 60s Not Ed: yes, Glyn Johns, itchykoo - Beatles and Stones engineer among other groups Cease: the animals and cannibals eat each other- see Quin's Shanghai Circus by Edward Whittemore. one of my fave books about japan. Boggles: And the Byrds Cease: almost firesonian in its weirdness. Cease: read it if yuou can find it. Not Ed: Glyn John discovered flanging that way --but it was his assistant who actually figured it out by goofing around - Johns used in on Itchykoo first - then he said everyone else copied it Not Ed: Glyn Johns Boggles: Is this bit supposed to rep kids pirating TV I guess johan amadeus myjetski: call it flanging but they could have called it digiting Not Ed: Lots of Glyn Johns in Jackson's Get Back film, which is neat Tweeny: Glyn Johns - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyn_Johns Not Ed: neat that we meet and see Johns interacting and mixing Cease:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362212.Quin_s_Shanghai_Circus Not Ed: love Proctor here Boggles: Flanges being the edges of tape reels Not Ed: I'mn still hoping for a Firesign music album johan amadeus myjetski: or the flanges = fingers that brushed the reel... Boggles: Read a great book called Moscow Farewell Not Ed: Eventide made great flanger units VERY expensive in the day but VERY worth it Boggles: That would be phylanges Not Ed: Now you by a stomp box for $100 and it has all of the vintage flanger and phaser effects (and more o' course) Not Ed: lol Bog johan amadeus myjetski: i remember it. there also was a combined flanger / panner unit that ran about $1400. Yes used it to make Howe's guitar fly over our hrads Not Ed: Nice JAM Cease: not, i talked abvout that with ossman. he said there already is one, Fightng Clowns Cease: there is barely a market for that, or actually any firesign stuff. Boggles: Clowns has a lot of music, true johan amadeus myjetski: in this world, it's hard to laugh, even at funny stuff Boggles: But I didn't think of it as a music album per se Cease: what is happening here, tween? Rufus_T_Firetween: oops, looks like the stream stopped ||||||||| 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!" Beet: Good point, jam. Not Ed: they should put it out anyway --like the bandcamp stuff --here's me saying what they should do - sorry ; ) Rufus_T_Firetween: I'm still streaming, so it must be the server in Cal Boggles: Naw it's still running here Cease: they're diving for dollars, as it were Cease: i hear nothing now Beet: No sound here. Not Ed: true dat, so....? Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah, the RFD server is down Boggles: Reset the url Rufus_T_Firetween: give it a couple of minutes johan amadeus myjetski: sound gone - reconnecting here still no sound, clowns nor downs, only frowns Not Ed: I wish I could put it together but I don't really have decent enough stuff to do it Boggles: I still Ms. Information Not Ed: np Rufus Cease: lucky boggles Boggles: Am I the only one who still years it? Rufus_T_Firetween: Nothing I can do, it's the server in California Not Ed: I have it - need to restart it Not Ed: restart your listening app Beet: Mine just returned. Boggles: I'm in Ca heading it. Weird. Not Ed: cool Rufus_T_Firetween: Yep, it's back now :) Not Ed: thanks for the shout out Bog Cease: it's back. Not Ed: yay johan amadeus myjetski: hears to it! Not Ed: speaking of blueberry - I'm smoking blueberry (pot strain) popcorn buds even as I type thifgdsw Not Ed: jy576d\ Not Ed: ! Rufus_T_Firetween: 'popcorn buds'? Cease: good for you, not. i know blueberry Not Ed: yeah the little bitty ones Not Ed: it's not real strong but it smells n tastes nice Boggles: I think they did that effect by bumping the throat whilst talking. Boggles: Tapping the chest maybe Not Ed: well bump my throat! Not Ed: well tap my chest! johan amadeus myjetski: i knew a woman once who enjoyed having her chest tapped....... Not Ed: really? Not Ed: lol ; ) Boggles: iff you wiggle your throat talking it works. Try it - it's fun! ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: hey it does work Not Ed: there's more phaser/flangerness Not Ed: definitely Bog Cease: this is inspired by I Claudius Not Ed: catherwood bring everyone meatless hot creatures and a cigar ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone meatless hot creatures and a cigar. Cease: the song recylced from Tile, which is why I put them together johan amadeus myjetski: one of the finest PBS miniseries ever Not Ed: truly Cease: i was thinking of it when i watched the last congtressional hearings Cease: tgrump attacking his security guard is right out of I Claudius Not Ed: I've seen all of them a couple of amazingf ones for sure johan amadeus myjetski: "who brought these mushrooms, Agripina? Not Ed: right Cease? ||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, 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 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Boggles: Brown rice. seaweed and a dirty old hotdog Cease: by zen Not Ed: whoops cya Zen Boggles: Guess what song that was from? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about TV OR NOT TV at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=tont-ln Cease: dothe hun? Boggles: Dylan. Cease: reallyu familiar, boggles Boggles: I think it was called On The Road Again. About 1966 Boggles: On Bringing It All Back Home, great album. Not Ed: this is great Proctor wrote that I spose Cease: love that album Not Ed: Haven't listened to it in a few years great to hear it now johan amadeus myjetski: insertion after insertion Not Ed: InSeRt HeRe Beet: Good album ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER “The Firesign Theatre Radio Hour (Live at the Pilgrimage 6/6/1969)” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/beforetheychangedthewater?rq=before%20they%20changed%20the%20water' Boggles: They must written that on acid. Cease: not necessarily, boggles Cease: some brains do that without any chemical influence Cease: i dont think It's Allright Ma was drug inspired. Maybe by Bosch, but not chemically Cease: bergman had bad exp[ericnes with acid, and beig too stoned in general Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER– Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/beforetheychangedthewater?rq=before%20they%20changed%20the%20water Not Ed: folks say similar about Zappa but he was not a "drug" user Cease: lkght drugs lke pot and booze, but acid, i'd say no johan amadeus myjetski: which general was he in, cease? Not Ed: Acid is neat like Once - today kids take it like a recreational drug - how sad! Boggles: I meant Tv or not Tv on acid. Or maybe it was just my perception. Not Ed: lol Cease: oh i see, bottles Boggles: I had a few bad trips toooo Not Ed: there was so much "snow" around in the 80's Cease: bergman was WAY fucked up during a show once and it fucked him uip so badly he left the show and went to turkeyu for a while. the other firesigns had to take over johan amadeus myjetski: i don'r know about creating it, but listening while on acid was a treat like few others in life Boggles: My housemates got so tripped out they fled to mexico. Not Ed: ohhh that's terrible C I feel bad for him Beet: I had one trip that started out paranoid but ended in profound expansion. johan amadeus myjetski: listening to FST, that is Cease: my only expereince with hallucinogens have been mild and not reallyh hallucinogenic ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and snorts derisively "Presenting 'llanwydd', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. johan amadeus myjetski: Hi llan! Not Ed: I looked up at the night sky and Immediately understood how everything is conncted but I forgot it by morning dang! Beet: wb llan Not Ed: llan Cease: hi llan llanwydd: howdy Cease: he said acid just like us. synchronicity Beet: Working my way through Karma. Rufus_T_Firetween: Not Ed: I looked up at the night sky and Immediately understood how everything is conncted but I forgot it by morning dang! << Sounds like on of the bits in A Child's Garden Of Grass about having profound revelations that turn out to be not so profound Rufus_T_Firetween: *one of Not Ed: lol zactly Rufus Cease: michael pollan has written well about psychedelic drugs Cease: how to change your mind and tghe othrer one, read this year. johan amadeus myjetski: this is a hilarious routine Cease: jam, it is firesign. llanwydd: did he write where to get them? Cease: your library, llan. Not Ed: my mom did acid a few times (she was pretty hip) - she described the experience as "taking a shower on the inside." I thought that was pretty accurate Beet: What a cool mom. Not Ed: truly Cease: check out Michale Pollan. he has many books. the last 2 about psychedelics. he had a good time Cease: wow ned. you had an interesting mom. Cease: my parents were nazis. Not Ed: see she went back to college to get her degree in the late 60's so she encountered the counterculture in full bloom - my dad was not pleased ; ) Not Ed: lol C I'm sorry Cease: my mom went back to school to get her degree and become a speech therapist in her 60s. she did a lot of good in that job. Not Ed: cooool Beet: I liked that little song. Not Ed: yeah johan amadeus myjetski: the four hoarsemen? Cease: but she remained a die-hsard nazi until she died at 96. hated jews. odd Not Ed: wow C ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: we lived in LA in a largely jewish neighbourhood. most of my friends and neighbourws were jews. Not Ed: the southern crowd in my family are all racists - almost all of them - the kids less so or not at all ||||||||| 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." Not Ed: Ohhh I see C Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: but she remained a die-hsard nazi until she died at 96. hated jews << why? Cease: leeny bruce has a wonderful routine aobvut racism. Beet: Both my peeps were extremely conservative with temperaments to match. Not Ed: that can be pretty rough Beet ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: who the fuck knows, tween. bogth my parents were. my dad tried to get out of ww2 cuz he agredd with hitler. they both useed to complain that the worst thing about hitler was that he didnt kill All the jews Beet: At least there was little boredom. Rufus_T_Firetween: YIKES Cease johan amadeus myjetski: Wow, cease! Not Ed: right well good Beet Cease: scary folks. but life was scary (stil is). nuclear bombs nearby, et al Beet: I heard my mother utter the same sentiment, Cease. Not Ed: I mean I know what you mean (braindead) Not Ed: I said on Facebook that we should have psychedelic nukes that explode in magic mushroom clouds. Cease: in her 90d after many years of dementia, she could stil summon a rage agaisnt the Other Cease: it seemed like some perverse genetic problem Not Ed: And dose everyone, spreading laughter for 15 miles in every direction Cease: yet it is as wide in north american society now as then. Beet: It was the most cruel statement imaginable. I couldn't believe my ears. johan amadeus myjetski: i try to not be surprized by horror one human visits upon another. but getting it to make sense, never seems to really work. Not Ed: I asked my southern granny what she thought of Obama winning a second term. She said "Well I don't know. I just don't like the idea of a n*gg*r in the White House" Wow but dang it she was not a bad person at all, but there's that Cease: trump is a kind of hitler, jr. inspiring violent mobs. Not Ed: Yep C Cease: yes not, there's stil a Fuck of a lot of that. maybve more than in our childhood, with all the racist media now Boggles: Tune in to http://kkrn.org/broadcasts/4360 for great music with me. Boggles: at 8:00 Not Ed: Thanks Bog Beet: Trump is a scary phenomenon. Cease: if it's you, it'll be great music, boggy Not Ed: Great to hear this live johan amadeus myjetski: had some that here Cease. they were trying hard to provoke violent reactions to their actions. Boggles: See yaz ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| 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.net/firesign' Beet: This really is a treat to hear the origin of this part of the album. Cease: i just re-read my favourite book TheBlack Obelisk by Eric Maria Remarque, about the rise of nazism in 1920s germany and those who fought it. Not Ed: Hey groovy guys and gals I'm outta here - have a great and safe holiday! Don't blast your [bleep!] off ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: by not. see you here next week Beet: See ya Not Boggles: Or kkrn.org Beet: wow ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Cease: off you boggle johan amadeus myjetski: nite folks see you all next fireweek, same firetime, same fire station. thanks Cat! thanks everybody! DJTweeny: They Thought They Were Free by Milton Mayer is a great book about how average Germans were led to accept Nazism Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Beet: Good tidings tonight. Great o see everyone. Stellar collage, Dr Cease. Thanks for hosting, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Cease: some new next week ||||||||| Cease leaves at 8:00 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..." ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 3:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Boggles - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from jaundice ||||||||| llanddlline - dead from The Plague ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Tweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). ||||||||| It's 3:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the yaws ||||||||| 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 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 4:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| 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
Boggles
Bottles
Cease
DJTweeny
Elayne
johan amadeus myjetski
llanddlline
llanwydd
Not Ed
Pep Pills! Pep Pills!
Rob Smegma
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
Zen Cosmos
