||||||||| 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 18, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits on the divan. ||||||||| "8:00 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Rufus_T_Firetween, who then runs out through the french doors and down through the flowerbeds. ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween bounds in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 9pmET this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 8:40pmET 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 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 7:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, August 18, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" -- then he looks around at the empty room, looks at his watch, and mumbles "...am I early?" ||||||||| Catherwood leads Tweeny in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Rufus_T_Firetween should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Rufus_T_Firetween enters and sits on the couch. ||||||||| 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.. ||||||||| llandmyne waltzes in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. llandmyne: howdy ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" ||||||||| 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)' Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey llan llandmyne: whatsthe musical opening before the show tonight? ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "DJTweeny should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as DJTweeny enters and sits on the couch. llandmyne: theres two of everybody except me Tweeny: The Byrds llandmyne: cool! ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music THE BYRDS 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: I didn't know until I check Wiki today the Chris Hillman was one of the founding members DJTweeny: Love his work with Manassas and The Desert Rose Band DJTweeny: *checked llandmyne: not familiar with him or them Tweeny: Stephen Stills Manassas llandmyne: I think I recognize some of the lyrics andI think this used to be a bob dylan song Tweeny: Manassas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manassas_(album) Tweeny: saw them twice live, amazing band Tweeny: The Desert Rose Band - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Rose_Band ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Cease into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs. llandmyne: I could probably count on one hand the rock concerts I have attended llandmyne: Hi Cease Tweeny: The second side of the 4 sided Manassas album is all country/bluegrass. Now I know where the influence came from (Hillman) Tweeny: allo Cease ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving johan amadeus myjetski coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Cease: aha. got sound DJTweeny: Hey johan johan amadeus myjetski: hey ev'rybody! llandmyne: Hey JAM johan amadeus myjetski: this smacks a bit of Hwy 61 by Dylan DJTweeny: yeah I can hear that johan amadeus myjetski: hello llan! llandmyne: you just mentioned one of my very favorite albums, jammy johan amadeus myjetski: Hi cease! Cease: hi all Cease: does inhdeed, johan DJTweeny: on one computer, cease? Cease: i was reading something redcently about the vasrt number of tunes dylan stole. johan amadeus myjetski: i actually lived on Hwy 61 in Memphis many yaers ago. I'll tell yoiu where it can be easily done... Cease: is that where he wants this killing done? llandmyne: I can hear some similarity except that highway 61 has nobacking vocals Cease: and speaking of dylan ||||||||| Catherwood leads William in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. DJTweeny: iwti johan amadeus myjetski: in the early 60s folk movement, 'borrowing' was a backhanded compliment llandmyne: hi William DJTweeny: Hello William Cease: i read so much every day its hard to remember where anytihng is from William: Hey there Cease: HI William johan amadeus myjetski: hullo William William: Hey ggang. I'm probably not going to say much. I really just want to find some folks I can interview for my radio podcast. ||||||||| 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)' William: My fingers studder a bit, but I'm game. No shooting though. DJTweeny: Cease is a friend of FST, would have some stories to tell Cease: wiliam, are you a freind of Elayne? Cease: i know more about Firesign than is necessary. a big part of my life since 1967. ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Beet, just back from Funfun Town." Beet: Evening all. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. William: Actually im a friend of David Ossman. I met him at an MRTW workshop in 85 and have been friends. Cease: hey beet llandmyne: Hi Beet DJTweeny: Yo Beet johan amadeus myjetski: reet, beet, how's it going? Cease: you want to interview people about Firesign? Beet: Howdy, Dr Cease,llan,Dr Tween, JAM William: Yes. I was hoping to mine some gold here, or at least a bozo or two. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre’s RADIO NOW LIVE! 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out RADIO NOW at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-rv' ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Elayne close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the anteroom. Cease: you can hear one of my collages about proctor. i turned his autobiography into a 14-part series of collags. one of which you'll hear here tonigth Beet: We're all Bozos DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Elayne: Evenin' all! Ah, I see the reclusive William has arrived! Cease: Hey El. Is this your guy? Elayne: It is indeed! Beet: Hey, Elayne. William: I'm a bozo on my mother's side. Elayne: Have you all been playing nice, introducing yourselves to him, etc.? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ johan amadeus myjetski: do ahead Will'm, sqeeze that wheeze Elayne: Trust me William, you're in good hands here. Cat remembers all sorts of things, and Tween is a veritable repository. Cease: what would you like to know? Elayne: (Cat="cease") William: well, I have my squeeeky pickle here Cease: Cease= Cat Simril Ishikawa Elayne: Do some pushups, William, maybe it'll go away Beet: It's nice to have a journalist among us. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about RADIO NOW LIVE! at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Cease: The Firesign need more recognition Elayne: Is William our first fifth columnist? DJTweeny: to put it mildly, Cease William: I want to know when and how you got interested in Firesign. Elayne: My buddy Jill (who still posts on Facebook and has an occasional blog called Brilliant at Breakfast) introduced me to them when I was in my early '20s, in the early '80s. Cease: I was there at almost the beginning, their first KRLA show in spring, 67. Cease: don't remember the KPFK OZ but friends tell me we had heard it. DJTweeny: I was in high school and one of my room mates' father was a music reviewer for NYT so his son got lots of promotional albums. He turned me on to FST Elayne: I remember the first time I listened to HCYB was also the first time pot actually affected me. William: I'll go first, I got interested in it in college in the mid 70's. we had a table in the lunchroom that was all geeks, and we did firesign routines. Elayne: Gotta be quicker than that if you're going to go first, William. You have to start young if you're going to stick it out! Cease: i think there were a lot of tables like that in a lot of airports, uh, colleges Beet: For me, a fellow stoner in a Colorado summer resort introduced me to FST. Cease: it was thanks to Elayne that I met Proctor and Ossman. Cease: Thank you, 1993 Internet. Elayne: See, William, it's stuff like that whicih I don't remember but which Cat does. Cease: They encouraged me to create radio plays and then starred in them in the 90s. Cease:http://seemreal.com/ Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Elayne: Whereas I was DIScouraged from doing Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal by Bergman, who insisted I do stuff on my own, even though INSIDE JOKE was still going strong and had predated FAlaFal. Rufus_T_Firetween: ^^ FST members in some of those plays Elayne: Like you can't do your own thing and tribute other people at the same time... llandmyne: when I was in high school one of my english teachers played the Nick Danger side of 2 Places for the class on the last day of school. Cease: yeah, bergman and indeed all of them always encouraged us to create our own stuff, not just riff on their stuff Rufus_T_Firetween: nice, llandmyne Elayne: William, the Log (see the blue link on the bottom) of this chat is always available in case you can't follow all of the convo ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" Cease: true, El. Elayne: It's like worms out of a hot cheese Log... Cease: One of my collages is about my history with the Firesigns. Elayne: DocTech of course has all my INSIDE JOKE issues in his archives: https://doctechnical.com/insidejoke/ llandmyne: the teacher had to stay longer than the students so I asked him to loan me the album for a few days and he lent me that and Electrician Cease:https://s3.amazonaws.com/rfd-firesign/cat/history_and_firesigns.mp3 William: At the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop in 85 David was one of the presenters. There were about 4 or 5 guys in the elevator, then in steps Ossman. No one made a sound, then David said "I smell anchovies" to which we all laughted. David was not some unapproachable guy, but let us know he was just a person. I had classes from him, and we have been friends since. In 2017 I met Procter as well, he and david being the only suviving members. Elayne: Both gentlemen are extremely approachable Cease: Great story, William. And yes, they are very approchable. Elayne: Haven't seen David in a few decades, but saw Proctor a few months back William: Phil was great, and I had my picture taken between them. llandmyne: I met the two Phils. I never met David or Peter Cease: Elayne, her then husband and I drove down from Vancouver to Whidbey to visit them in 95. Also met Dave's mother on the trip. I remember our conversations vividly. Elayne: Lucky you, Cat. DJTweeny: In case you haven't visited yet William, the FST web site has been totally revamped - www.firesigntheatre.com johan amadeus myjetski: well, MY interest in FST began when I had run away from home, waiting for the revolution to erupt in '71. i was staying with some college buddies of my older brother, they were cramming for exams while listening to Don't Crush. & it bent me widdle mind... Cease: Shared a joint with both Phils before they went on at the Ash Grove on New Year's Eve, 1969. Elayne: My favorfite connection was introducing David to Doug Smith, aka Ivan Stang, the founder of the Church of the SubGenius. They'd only ever corresponded previously. The first SubGenius mailing list was an offshoot of Campoon '76. llandmyne: cool, cat! DJTweeny: wow, nice William: I knew David as a teacher, and he never mentioned Firesign, but afterwards told us all manner of stories. DJTweeny: and we just happen to have some Ash Grove this evening :) Elayne: Shared a joint with David in my old Apartment Third Eye whilst listening to Don't Crush That Dwarf. That was pretty mind-blowing. :) Cease: Indeed, Tween. Cease: As it would be, El. William: I never got to smoke out with David, I wished I had. Elayne: I think that's the end of my Firesign stories, at least the ones I remember. I commend William to your capable anecdotage, fellow fireheads! ||||||||| Elayne says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Elayne exits at 8:00 PM. johan amadeus myjetski: nite, Elayne! Beet: See you next time, Elayne. Cease: Sleep well, El. William: How about this- if any of you would be willing to be in my audio podcast, write me at fanalley@yahoo.com. Cease: I can do that. William: Thankyou Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease is the one with the stories DJTweeny: They've used some of the recording he made in the old days for Firesign releases Cease: I have a metric ton of them, but I had to split them with the sound effects guy. DJTweeny: *recordings William: My podcast in audio only, as I am an old radio man. I use an Atwater-Kent. Old radio, old man. Though not as old as Ossman Rufus_T_Firetween: Video is overrated William: I'd like to get 3 or 4 of you on a Zoom call and we all could just chat. Cease: That can be done. Cease: You on Zoom yet, Tween? William: Ossman even said he's willing to join us. Rufus_T_Firetween: nope Cease Cease: fantastic Cease: count me in. Cease: or far out. Rufus_T_Firetween: but I'll look into it if people want it Rufus_T_Firetween: let me check out the system requirements William: It is my humble opinion that radios should have sight and pictures shouldn't have sound. Silent movies and audio podcasts. johan amadeus myjetski: zoom's dead easy RTF, you'll love it! Cease: kind of what firesign did on their radio show. told peoplte to turn on their tvs and then firesign would adlib from the pix. Rufus_T_Firetween: sorry, won't work on my old Mac system :/ William: I can do recordings on Skype where the other end is your phone. If that would help. Rufus_T_Firetween: Might try a test OS upgrade johan amadeus myjetski: tv glide says "7:30 - people solving problems with guns" Rufus_T_Firetween: Skype I can do Cease: this was originally the count of monte cristo. we'll hear that next, from the ashgrove, 1979? William: I'll have to bone up on Skype, but I know it has that capability. Cease: 1970? Rufus_T_Firetween: Monte Christo is 11/10/70 William: Why don't we work out the details on good old fashioned email? Rufus_T_Firetween: don't think they were doing Ash Grove in 1979 ;) Cease: can do Cease: those 9s look so much like 0's William: I'm going to go, but this has been a blast. Thanks for inviting me in Cease: I was in Saskatoon then. Playing Firesign on the University radio station. Cease: Blast off, William Beet: Come again sometime, William. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about RADIO NOW LIVE! at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Cease: we get new people often but they rarely return, or for very long. ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| William - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: lili, aka bottles the most recent chatter to stick around. Cease: but not tonight Beet: I see Covid 19 was added to our causes of death. Rufus_T_Firetween: Unfortunately, that was Merlyn's addition before he had a stroke Rufus_T_Firetween: which I'm pretty sure was from the COVID shot, but I'm going to leave it there Beet: Any further news from him? Rufus_T_Firetween: no, but Doc has taken over maintenance of the chat so I'm pretty sure he's gone or so debilitated that he can't run a computer Cease: and doc as always has too much on his plate. we speak on the phone occasionally, but cannot reach him by email Cease: i did a bunch of recoridngs for my play this week and wil be doing more soon. Cease: llan and Tween are in it. Rufus_T_Firetween: looking forward to it :) Cease: i'm planning to go to Vegas in March so it needs to be finished long in advance of that. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: i swas able to use pepole who had been in previous plays so it was easy to write for their voices. ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Rufus_T_Firetween: hope they still have water Cease: yeah. ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Cease: this is almost the same show as the one we saw in seattle a few days after this. Cease: doc, merl, fred, allan gross, tiny dr tim and many others, some chatters lke Bunnyboy Cease: it was a wondrous weekend. Rufus_T_Firetween: Such a fantastic live recording Cease: indeed Cease: the one we did (doc, merl, me, maybe others) of the seattle shows only exist on a Firezinbe disc. Cease: mayve we should play that soon, tween. Rufus_T_Firetween: Sounds good Cat 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: it's 2 discs so we can split it like this Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER “Live at the Ash Grove 11/10/1970—The Count of Monte Christo” 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' Cease: are there just 4 of us here now? Rufus_T_Firetween: a small but appreciative crowd Cease: i'm using tghat line in a new collage. that ghost he took my watch johan amadeus myjetski: nite all! Cease: by jam Beet: See ya jam. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s CUMMINGS, MOTHER 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/' Beet: Love that Bob. Cease: you have to be old to remember that show. Beet: I'm old. Cease: a go go women ||||||||| Nick Danger sneaks in and whispers "Get the scuttlebutt on Box of Danger here, whatever that means..." Cease: sounds like Laugh In ||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, 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... Beet: I'm going through a collection I puchased of all the Laugh In shows. Loving it. Beet: purchased ||||||||| 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!" Cease: go go women sounds like laugh in. Cease: sounds like twiggy, Blow Up ||||||||| Catherwood steals 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 Aviary... Rufus_T_Firetween: Laugh-In was classic 60's comedy, for sure Rufus_T_Firetween: Lots of social/political commentary, like The Smothers Brothers Rufus_T_Firetween: Hey Not Not Ed: Sorry to eat and runnnn Just wanted to say HEY and wish y'all a groovy weekend! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “CUMMINGS, MOTHER” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS Cease: Hi Not Not Ed: Adios heads o' fire! Cease: Thanks, Not Beet: Hi, Not. Rufus_T_Firetween: He's groovy... Cease: All diamonds are groovy ||||||||| It's 2:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llandmyne - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Beet: Belated 'bye 'bye llan. Beet: Sound just went out. Cease: my sound has dissappered.i think i should as well Cease: am woking on a collage about penn gillette. proc interviewed him for over 2 hours on proc's sexy boomer show podcast. Cease: will have it done sometime in sept. Beet: If you are leaving, have a good one, Cat. Cease: sound back on? Beet: No Cease: bumer Beet: Hey, Tween, you still here? Cease: i here that. Beet: I bid $5 Cease: 5 is 2 and 1 is no thing Beet: It's very odd that Tween has dropped out. Never happened before. Cease: tis Cease: maybe dishnuts? Cease: we did go over his allotted time with this show so, i can see why it ended abruptly Cease: i have to make shorter shows. Beet: Well, I guess if there's no Tween and no Firesign, I guess that's the cue to end. Enjoyed being with you tonight Dr Cease. Great collage. I'll see you and everyone else next week. Good night to you. Cease: and you ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Cease by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 3:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Net went down, sorry folks DJTweeny: The archive will be complete though DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| It's 3:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| DJTweeny - 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
Elayne
johan amadeus myjetski
llandmyne
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
William
