||||||||| 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 25, 2022 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Rufus_T_Firetween inside, makes a note of the time (8:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 7 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| 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, August 25, 2022 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| It's 9:00 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Tweeny bounds in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus_T_Firetween close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and runs off to the Aviary. ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and DJTweeny bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: warm up music JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-BARK Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and announces "Announcing 'Cease', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the anteroom... Cease: aha, i have sound. Rufus_T_Firetween: allo Cease Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: the first song sounded like ReJoyce, an airplane tune I really like. Unfortunately it wasn't. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers llanwydd inside, makes a note of the time (8:00 PM), then fades off into the distance going on about the waiting room or the sitting room or something. llanwydd: hey there DJTweeny: Hey llan Cease: Hi llan ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in at 8:00 PM, dragging Beet by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this web surfer?" Beet: Evening, folks. ||||||||| 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)' Rufus_T_Firetween: Yo Beet Beet: Howdy, Dr Tween Cease: Beet llanwydd: hey beet Beet: Hi, Dr Cease Beet: Hi, llan Cease: Got another voice recorded yesterday, the piano player you may remember from my last play CAST appears as the server Jennifer in Act 5 of new play. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: I line i'd been waiting to cast for a long time.character, not line DJTweeny: I've toned-down the reverb on my voice a tad Cease: One of my faves ||||||||| 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!" ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM “BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY” 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' Beet: Oh, Rats! Just kidding. DJTweeny: heh Cease: I remember Charlie Brown saying that a lot. llanwydd: do you have a title for your new play, cat Cease: Vegas/Egypt. Beet: I do love Giant Rat llanwydd: cool! Cease: Most direct title yet. it's a play set in Vegas AND Egypt during the feb 2011 revolution Cease: You may recall the line from Doom dot Bust. the interviewer asks sprawl is it's Egypt? and Sprawl says, no, Vegas. The pyramid is opening. Cease: I stayed in the pyramid-shaped Luxor my last trip to Vegas in 2019. a trip DJTweeny: btw, sorry about the ending of the show last week, but my internet crapped out DJTweeny: luckily that doesn't affect the archive Beet: Probably the NSA DJTweeny: doubtless ;) DJTweeny: The Ghost Of Hoover Beet: btw, hello to the NSA guy. Rufus_T_Firetween: very Goon Show Cease: very ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:00 PM, dragging Elayne by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" Elayne: Evenin' all! Just dropped out to see how everyone's doing. DJTweeny: Hey Elayne 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: Hi, Miss E. Cease: my last collage was about the moon. i used a chunk of this. Cease: Hi El DJTweeny: Finally got a deluge of rain Monday here in South Central TX, but that's about it. Still in drought mode. Elayne: Way too tired to stay. Hello, I must be going. I cannot stay, I came to say I must be going. Cease: Tried to conact William but the email address bounced back. ||||||||| 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!" Elayne: I'm glad I came, but all the same I must be going... DJTweeny: How are things in NYC? DJTweeny: later E, rest well... Elayne: I'll stay a week or two, I'll stay the whole year through, but I am telling you I... must...be..... GOOOING.... DJTweeny: lol Elayne: NYC is way too hot Kurt, thanks for asking. Bye! ||||||||| Elayne is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 8:00 PM. DJTweeny: She's no fun, she fell right over ||||||||| 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!" Beet: See you later, Elayne. ||||||||| 8:00 PM: Bottles jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Cease: Ah. It's Bottles ||||||||| 8:00 PM: morlog jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past five minutes!" Cease: Morlog DJTweeny: Hey Bottles DJTweeny: Yo morlog ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" Beet: Hi, 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 llanwydd: new york is too hot? imagine my situation Beet: Howdy, Morlog. Cease: you're in florida, right? llanwydd: at least I have a/c but it is somewhat costly these days llanwydd: right, cease llanwydd: I will be very happy when the heat wave is over llanwydd: too hot to even go to the beach ||||||||| Not Ed tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| More Bottles steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: hi Not Not Ed: Waz real Cease: not Not Ed: Hey llan Beet: Hey, Not llanwydd: more bottles? how maby bottles do you have? Not Ed: Hey C llanwydd: any rags any bones any bottles today More Bottles: Again with my computer shit... DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed llanwydd: I did not get that rock joke for the longest time DJTweeny: remember, computers make your life easier Not Ed: Hey Tweeny llanwydd: I had to ask about it here Not Ed: Hey More Bot Not Ed: Or Bot More Bottles: Gots to get a new one. Someday. llanwydd: the myoon Cease: my favourite container ||||||||| Mark Time invites you to watch and listen to Firesign’s XM Radio Performances Watch The Firesign Theatre In Action! 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 Not Ed: Beet! Not Ed: Rufuzzzz llanwydd: always loved this play llanwydd: if only I could have heard this ash grove stuff back in the 70s Cease: the moons and the goons, together. More Bottles: ...next whiskey bar... ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – www.firesigntheatre.com ** Currently playing: Firesign Theatre's THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out GIANT RAT at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-rv' More Bottles: Can't seem to listen and chat at the same time. Audio keeps crapping out. llanwydd: oh, how embarrassing. I thought this was an ash grove play Cease: bummer More Bottles: Ow well, I've heard Giant Rat lotsa times. llanwydd: I bet the magic mushroom was pretty close to the ash grove Cease: not that i know of, llan. ||||||||| Deputy Dang bounds in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. llanwydd: Hey Dang Deputy Dang: It took me a few listens before I came to enjoy this one. DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: Howdy Pardners! Not Ed: DDang More Bottles: Really Dang? I love it - love Holmes. Beet: Howdy Deputy. DJTweeny: fantastic Holmes parody Cease: Hi Dang DJTweeny: and Proctor & Ossman featured together More Bottles: I even had a cat named Watson. ||||||||| Bill Sprawl pokes his head in through the window and shouts "MARCHING TO SHIBBOLETH! Click to order!" DJTweeny: kewl Bottles llanwydd: possibly the first holmes parody Deputy Dang: Oh, that was decades ago. I quite like it now. llanwydd: oh, of course. I forgot Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about GIANT RAT at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-ln Not Ed: You reminded me of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution which is great More Bottles: Oh, the chep whore.. llanwydd: I have read everything doyle ever wrote about holmes More Bottles: Cheap even llanwydd: and some of his other stuff as well ||||||||| Chick Lambert fades in and says: "I have no idea who this Friedstein Theatre is, but they 're honing in on my territory over at Duke of Madness Motors. Give 'em the what for, Storm!" "RUFF! RUFF!" Cease: that was supposed to "show her up" Not Ed: monkey pox oo oo ee ee llanwydd: I read this play in the Big Mystery Joke Book before I ever heard fst llanwydd: it was in a college book store in teaneck, nj Cease: wow, llan Not Ed: interesting llanwydd: so before I ever heard firesign, I was familiar with them Beet: I am also a huge Doyle fan. llanwydd: loved their album covers which I also saw in a teaneck record store ||||||||| 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." More Bottles: Keeps crashing...well I guess I'll just listen. See you all later. Cease: some of their most intense word play at speed ||||||||| More Bottles departs at 8:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Cease: have fun, More Beet: Sorry to hear that, Bottles. llanwydd: I have been having the same trouble as bottles llanwydd: but sometimes my computer wont crash for days Rufus_T_Firetween: the 128k feed is working fine Beet: Crashing computer? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about GIANT RAT at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=gros-ln llanwydd: no question I am going to have to replace my hp2000 laptop before long llanwydd: thanks tween Cease: hole in the water. a magritte-like idea. llanwydd: love magritte llanwydd: the purist form of surrealism. purer than dali llanwydd: blew my mind when I first saw magrittes paintings llanwydd: did I say purist? far from what I meant Cease: different visons. both awesome Not Ed: Nice big Zachariah poster https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2RhMWQ2ZTgtYmZkYy00Mjk2LTk2NDYtMGNjNjc2MGYzZGNiL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5MjA3OA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg llanwydd: sure Not Ed: (safe link) llanwydd: I know you would not post an unsafe link but it looks like a virus from here Not Ed: It's just an imdb internal link (I know stuff) llanwydd: lol Not Ed: But trust your instincts! always! Not Ed: I wouldn't post anything malicious here - folks wouldn't like me no more
Not Ed blushes. Beet: Very cool poster. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| morlog - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Bottles - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Not Ed: Yeah! just right click and "save as" (etc) Rufus_T_Firetween: Save Image As Rufus_T_Firetween: is what I get on Mac with a right click Not Ed: yes thanks! Not Ed: you're way ahead of me Not Ed: so you can rename the file from a bunch of letters and numbers to poster #10 : ) Rufus_T_Firetween: yeah Not Ed: right Not Ed: so glad u played this tonight Tweeny Not Ed: keep cracking up Not Ed: I keep cracking up I mean Not Ed: those 4 or 5 are crazy nuts I tell yaz Deputy Dang: My ambien is kicking in. G'night all! llanwydd: night dang Cease: nite, dang Beet: "Bye Dang ||||||||| "8:00 PM? I'm late!" exclaims Deputy Dang, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the garden. Rufus_T_Firetween: It's been a while since we heard it, and Silvery together as well Not Ed: uh oh there goes DDang Not Ed: it's great to hear them Cease: also, their other Acme play from Fools. Not Ed: Proc said he still has the violin 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 ||||||||| Catherwood tosses another cheese log on the fire and intones, "If you want to keep the cornstarch off your mukluks this season, buy a hoodie or a sweatshirt at the Firesign corner Cafepress store." llanwydd: great Cease: and probably still plays it. Not Ed: totally! Not Ed: hey guys take good care! Not Ed: good to see hear read u all ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s POWER TO THE PUPIL, ER, PEOPLE 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: See ya, Not Not Ed: I may drop back in in a few minutes but just in case bbye 4 now Cease: By Not ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s POWER TO THE PUPIL, ER, PEOPLE 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Collages at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/' Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “POWER TO THE PUPIL, ER, PEOPLE” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FELINE_FOOTNOTES_FOR_PHILS_PODCASTS Cease: proc has made a liftime of tales of a few weeks in the ussr in 1959 Beet: Who is doing this version of All You Need? Cease: that was the beatles from youtube Beet: Oh! ||||||||| It's 2:30 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... Cease: firesign stuff is mostly from my collection. much else from youtube Tweeny: YouTube is a great source for rare materials Beet: I am a devoted user of the great YouTube. Cease: we live in an age of wonders Cease: and we get Firesign too. llanwydd: right, cat llanwydd: I wonder when the price of gas is going to come down ||||||||| 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!" llanwydd: I wonder what we are in for in 2024 Cease: it's come down here Beet: Scary to think about. llanwydd: it made a slight jump here in fl Rufus_T_Firetween: llanwydd: I wonder when the price of gas is going to come down << Didn't you hear Joe Biden? Buy a $50,000 electric car and you'll never have to worry about high gas prices again! ||||||||| Bebop Lobo reminds all you hep cats to listen to Firesign’s NEW 24/7 RADIO STATION Click to listen anytime!" Rufus_T_Firetween: Rufus_T_Firetween: *giggle* llanwydd: biden is a nice guy, he is just in the wrong place at the wrong time llanwydd: but somebody had to do it Rufus_T_Firetween: hahaha, OK Rufus_T_Firetween: not the place to argue politics :) Cease: one of my favret tunes. Rufus_T_Firetween: We can have that discussion Tuesday ;) Beet: Nice rocker. Rufus_T_Firetween: Little Feat is such a great band ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** now playing: Firezine's “A VISIT TO PLANET PROCTOR” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out VISIT at >> http://www.firezine.net/issue5/fz5_04.htm' Cease: this was perfhaps the most free form of my proctor bio collages. Beet: Fabulous Cease: yeah its geat for me to listen to them again. Cease: I smoke too soon . Cease: this is a cut from his first flick, A Safe Place. Cease: very depressing. Cease: unlike the rest of this Cease: proc can burst into a song at any minute. this is very proc Cease: this is a section of proc's commercials, firesign and real. well, hgits ia a lot of things Beet: Very interesting. llanwydd: what is a horse leech? Cease: a leech that shouts too much llanwydd: lol llanwydd: do you like hoarses? Cease: do you like sea horses? Cease: i actually bought this at a cd store llanwydd: I would rather bet them than... Cease: immortality. this collection is from proctors's album put out by Firezine. ||||||||| 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' llanwydd: somehow I missed firezine ||||||||| 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." Beet: I did too. Rufus_T_Firetween: A VISIT TO PLANET PROCTOR - http://www.firezine.net/issue5/fz5_04.htm llanwydd: thanks tween Beet: Lots of fun tonoght. Thanks to everyone. Fabulous collages, Dr Cease. Thanks ever for the guidance, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... llanwydd: thanks to tween and cat. great show. nite everybody. ||||||||| Catherwood stops by and announces "While you bozos sit here in the Waiting Room, why not shop at the Firesale store?" ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, llanwydd!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 3 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: they'll all be good. ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Cease scurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| 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 Plague ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Tweeny vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
llanwydd
More Bottles
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Tweeny
