||||||||| 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 November 24, 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. ||||||||| 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, November 24, 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 The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood enters with Rufus T Firetween close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary. ||||||||| Tweeny sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| 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)' ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'DJTweeny', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** Currently playing: warm up music – CAT STEVENS-TEASER AND THE FIRECAT Listen to the stream at 128k at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k for dial-up users at http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and snorts derisively "Presenting 'Bottles ', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. DJTweeny: Hey Bottles ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Bottles can't chat should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Bottles can't chat enters and sits at the bar. Rufus T Firetween: ehhh ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Bottles has phone difficulty 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.
Rufus T Firetween slaps Bottles' phone with a large trout ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Cease coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." DJTweeny: allo Cease DJTweeny: Hey johan ||||||||| "8:00 PM? 8:00 PM!!" says Catherwood, "Zen Cosmos should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Zen Cosmos enters and sits on the couch. DJTweeny: Hi Zen Zen Cosmos: hey Cease: Hi folk. I was afraid it would just be me and Tweeny toninght Cease: That has happened on American Thanksgiving before. johan amadeus myjetski: hey djt, cease bottles can't chat! johan amadeus myjetski: Zen Cosmos! Cease: hope she recovers DJTweeny: Small crowd or large, we'll keep doing it :) Cease: I remember hitching in Northern Japan in the winter and being up by a car and hearing this song. Cease: I've was here on Day one and will always be here3, untlil there's no me Cease: picked up. car of young guys around my age (I was 20) DJTweeny: Rick Wakeman played on this album Cease: Moonshadow johan amadeus myjetski: awesome album from mr. stevens / muhommed Cease: it's so a guitar heavy. DJTweeny: Yuseph Islam, right? Cease: yes tea for the tillerman was a great album. then he kinda dissappeared Cease: Greek dude. Original name was Greek. johan amadeus myjetski: Islam - couldn't recall his 'new' surname ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** 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)' johan amadeus myjetski: movie line occurrs to me: "His Mama called him Casius, i'm gonna call him Casius" Zen Cosmos: Is there life before death?- Zen saying ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Bottles has phone difficulty - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: This is the NPR version Cease: my mother called me "son." you don't get to call me "son" DJTweeny: from All Things Firesign Cease: which npr refused to air, as i recall johan amadeus myjetski: heheheh! DJTweeny: right, they thought it was 'confusing' lol ||||||||| 8:00 PM: futbolref jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past hour!" DJTweeny: Hi futbolref Cease: hii fut ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Bottles again 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. DJTweeny: wb Bottles Cease: my favourite liquid container futbolref: they sent my bags on ahead, but they don't know where i'm staying Cease: is this your bar of soap? Bottles again: hi. my new computer won't load the audio DJTweeny: That's par for the course in Spireless DJTweeny: ehhh, try pasting the link into your player Bottles again: i hate hate hate Windows. johan amadeus myjetski: i've been thrown out of better bars of soap than this ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Beet bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Beet: Happy Thanksgiving! DJTweeny: this is why I buy old cheap Macs :/ DJTweeny: Yo Beet Cease: Hi Beet Beet: Howdy, Dr Cease, Dr Tween ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** Now playing: Firesign Theatre's WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICIAN OR SOMEONE LIKE HIM 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out ELECTRICIAN at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=wfte-rv' Bottles again: paste into my player - maybe...does this HP piece of slime have a player? Beet: Sorry I'm late. The time got away from me. Cease: Ossman said in some interview that some professor or unversity was very interested in this piece. said it aptly summed up what was happening with the "indians" in those days. 68 johan amadeus myjetski: hey beet! Cease: i hope to get more info from him about this. Beet: Hi, Bottles, futbol, j.a.m., Zen. johan amadeus myjetski: this thankgiving, i am thankful to be a Vasputian! Beet: I'm glad to see everyone - especially on a Thankgiving evening. Cease: yes this is a big crowd by thanksgiving standards DJTweeny: Does anybody know what the defualt media player for Windows is? Bottles again: I've heard Electrician a hundred times so I have time to putter. DJTweeny: Bottles, what version of Win are you using? Bottles again: i found it Tweeny, but can't seem to "copy" the link. Bottles again: Windows 11. Bottles again: whaddya expect for $400? Tweeny: OK, so you have the player. Right click on the link in the chat, and paste that Cease: somehitng that works. Bottles again: I've had 3 turkey dinners sofar, tho one was chicken and steak. Tweeny: Right click should give you a Copy Link option johan amadeus myjetski: dropping out of chat for a bit, to look for some reheated groat clusters. back in a bit... johan amadeus myjetski: will keep listening.... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies BettyJoB 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. Cease: ok jammy Tweeny: Hi BettyJoB Cease: Well, it's Nancy Beet: Hi, Betty Bottles again: yay, that works! thanks Tweeny. DJTweeny: :-) ||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bottles - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Rufus T Firetween: ** Read about WAITING FOR THE ELECTRICIAN at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=wfte-ln Cease: We should listen to Still Waiting for the Electrician soon. It's the show Ossman did about the creation of the album. Beet: That would be great! Cease: Anything Firesign you'd like to hear, Betty? fut? DJTweeny: Yeah, we could start the new year with that Beet: Nice idea. DJTweeny: when we do the quadrilogy Cease: we always begin the year by playing their albums in order Cease: good idea. DJTweeny: The first four albums all tie together Bottles again: Oh, we're in the bar, gimme a shot of redeye, Red Eye. Cease: they do DJTweeny: be sure to bookmark this link in your player Bottles Bottles again: I was once in a band called Road Apple Red. DJTweeny: What did you play? Bottles again: .. Named after this LP. Bottles again: Bass, Tweeny. DJTweeny: kewl Beet: Catherwood give everyone a shot of Red Eye ||||||||| Catherwood gives everyone a shot of red eye. Bottles again: I was a folkie, till I met a guy who was in a band, and got offered a bass for $100. DJTweeny: "All spades are groovy..." lol Imagine if a modern comedian did that DJTweeny: David Chappelle might get away with it :P Bottles again: It's OK if you mean spades playing cards DJTweeny: yes, that must be it DJTweeny: FST was never interested in being 'politically correct', which is why I also like people like Carlin and Chappelle Cease: lol bottles Bottles again: This was before Politically Correct was ever heard of DJTweeny: What model of bass do you play Bottles? Zen Cosmos: I woud like to re-groove the entire GOP believing demographic, NOT to get too political...he, he... DJTweeny: indeed, Bottles Bottles again: Back then I had a Gibson EBO, and then got a Fender Precision for $75, Tweeny, still have it. DJTweeny: Wow, a Precision for $75 Bottles again: Wish I wouls have kept the EBO. The Fender neck is a little long for me. johan amadeus myjetski: love gibby ebo bass's sound! Bottles again: Yeah, some want ad, the guy said it was just an old Fender. Beet: Getting hit by a hardbound book wouldf hurt. Bottles again: The EBO neck was perfect. ||||||||| It's 2:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bottles can't chat - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: did we lose futbalref? you still with us, Betty? ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's LIVE AT THE MAGIC MUSHROOM “A SHADOW MOVES UPON THE LAND” 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: you'll notice people laughing. Cease: they areexpecting comedy Bottles again: Anyone here use Linux? Rufus T Firetween: I used Ubuntu years ago johan amadeus myjetski: i repest myself when under pressure, i repeat myself when under pressure, i repeat myself when under pressure, i repeat myself... Bottles again: That's what I just downloaded, Rufus. Windows doesn't like it. Rufus T Firetween: lol johan Bottles again: I need to take a class in coding I guess. Cease: what wwas that audio glitch, tween? Rufus T Firetween: Bottles, at least the last time I used it, booting an Ubuntu installation will move your Win partition aside and make room for itself. Of course Win doesn't want it ;) Bottles again: Repeating yourself can be helpful when you start losing your memory, Johan! Rufus T Firetween: You need to boot from the Ubuntu installer Bottles again: It's all there Rufus, then partitioned the hard drive...maybe now I need to download it again. Cease: i remember cutting that Beatles song. Rufus T Firetween: Cease: what wwas that audio glitch, tween? << Not sure what you heard, did anyone else hear a glitch? Cease: just me? Bottles again: Which Beatles song, Cease? Bottles again: Oh I hear it now. Cease: getting better all the time johan amadeus myjetski: i got that glitching here Bottles again: "The Beetles miss you, Johnny." Beet: Not here ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "We own the idea of NOW." Bottles again: Remember what movie that was from? Bottles again: Lee Marvin said it to Brando in The Wild One. Bottles again: or something like it. Cease: this is the original of this piece ||||||||| It's 2:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| BettyJoB - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: bye betty 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 Zen Cosmos: Zen proverb: NOW is all you have... johan amadeus myjetski: this would be where a collab with the monty python would have been interesting Rufus T Firetween: Be Here Now Zen Cosmos: exactly... johan amadeus myjetski: or be there then Rufus T Firetween: no doubt johan Bottles again: Be where when? johan amadeus myjetski: exactly, bottles! Cease: idle and cleese are still active, as a phil and dave. 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 ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “BOX OF TIME” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or at 16k: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u check out Cat's Plays at >> http://www.seemreal.com' Beet: A Thanksgiving treat! Cease: that Cease: that's a good intro. i should have a copy of that. DJTweeny: You don't? Cease: no Rufus T Firetween: Wow, OK I'll send it ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| futbolref - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Cease: are we out of ketchup? Beet: I wonder if the Pharaohs knew they would be laid out as dusty museum exhibits in 5,000 years, would they have bothered? Cease: it's gone, like the Maya Zen Cosmos: Oswald Spengler believes all cultures, empires, civilizations follow a predictable bell curve- see re: The decline of the West written in 1917... Bottles again: Some day our graves will be robbed too. Beet: Now we can have a Tom Collins. johan amadeus myjetski: the experience of the graverobbers will be our resurrection? johan amadeus myjetski: i'd rather stand on a vibrating yellow line... Beet: I have thought about that myself, Bottles. Rufus T Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play “BOX OF TIME” at >> http://www.seemreal.com/inftril/index.html Cease: talk about far sighted Zen Cosmos: my history lesson brain prefers Doctor Who , soon to ahve its 60th anniversay special Rufus T Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s FST FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN broadcasts at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FREE_TIME Rufus T Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ Rufus T Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It goes in - it must come out." Rufus T Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S BLOG at >> http://seemrealland.blogspot.ca/ Rufus T Firetween: ** Check out Bottles' SCRATCHED UP RADIO THEATER at >> https://kkrn.org/shows/scratched-up-radio-theater Bottles again: Nothing's impossible. Rufus T Firetween: Zen Cosmos: my history lesson brain prefers Doctor Who , soon to ahve its 60th anniversay special << pretty amazing Bottles again: Anyone seen Wednesday on Netflix? It's pretty good. johan amadeus myjetski: what's it about bottles? Cease: as soon as i connect my computer i'll get netflix. a friend is coming for xmas so i want to have it by then. Bottles again: It's about teenaged Wednesday Addams Johan. In boarding school Rufus T Firetween: Addams Family Values is a fun movie Bottles again: Netflix has a lot of good stuff Cease. johan amadeus myjetski: i think i saw that was on Tubi, Rufus T Firetween: I can only imagine Wednesday as a teenager Bottles again: Tim Burton directed it, I believe. His name's in the credits. Bottles again: Wednesday wants to murder, it seems. johan amadeus myjetski: what a warped widdle mind Bottles again: "Thing" is her toadie. Bottles again: Too bad they waited till now to release it. There would Beet: Sounds interesting. Bottles again: There would have been thousands of Wednesdays on Halloween. Bottles again: Good play, Cease! ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Willpetis into the room, accepts a jar of pennies as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs. Cease: not over yet johan amadeus myjetski: hey Will! Beet: Hey, Willpetis. Cease: that's austin ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It goes in - it must come out." Willpetis: Mush abiged Bottles again: The Dad is Austin? DJTweeny: Evenin' Will Rufus T Firetween: sounds like it Willpetis: Is it polite to say 'chow', since it's thanksgiving? Rufus T Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s play “BOX OF TIME” at >> http://www.seemreal.com/inftril/index.html Bottles again: You can say Ciao johan amadeus myjetski: ciao, ill Willpetis: Even today?! That's beautiful. Cease: that's my daughter Willpetis: I always thought that giblets were tiny gibs? Bottles again: Wow~ DJTweeny: Very cool play, Cat Bottles again: I think I'm on delayed time. Cease: ends with a jazz flute my friend did. ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY THANKSGIVING OR, PASS THE INDIAN PLEASE... ** Currently playing: Cat Simril Ishikawa’s INDIAN COMICS 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/' johan amadeus myjetski: Cease, could this ever be produced on stage, do you think? Willpetis: That's the original daylight savings time. A lot of people don't know that. Cease: i dont know. with a lot of video, maybe johan amadeus myjetski: the box of time play Bottles again: Theaters use video screens now Cease: thre aren't that many actors. sets could be green screened in Willpetis: Yeah, in the big cities Cease: yeah Bottles again: I mean live theaters johan amadeus myjetski: in a domed imax theatre, maybe Cease: yeah it could be done. Rufus T Firetween: ** We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304279-we-had-a-little-real-estate-problem Bottles again: A local play house here has a big video screen they use ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Hello, we're glad you made it!" Cease: i can see my new play as theatre. it takes place in a few restaurants, and basicallly TV news from Egypt DJTweeny: This is great Cease lol johan amadeus myjetski: it'd be so avant garde, breaking 'new' ground in live theatre Cease: i can see that, jammy Willpetis: I'm feeling a little avant gardish. Bottles again: It's leftovers time. Rufus T Firetween: This is hilarious johan amadeus myjetski: yes Cease: there arfe a lot of funny natives. just read a great book about them, Beet: lol Willpetis: Had leftovers, I'm, now, gargling margaritas. Bottles again: Funny stuff! Cease:https://www.amazon.com/Had-Little-Real-Estate-Problem-ebook/dp/B08BZX1S3G Cease: that inspired me to make this Cease: i think this woman is hilarious Zen Cosmos: hybrid vigor is better than pure inbreds... Beet: This is very funny Cease: this is richarfd pryor's tv show Cease: i saw him on tv long ago Rufus T Firetween: ** We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304279-we-had-a-little-real-estate-problem Cease: dfamn, i thought i cut that out. we just heard that in an earlier piece Zen Cosmos:https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/abekwok/2017/07/13/why-isnt-indian-school-road-offensive-street-name/474596001/ Rufus T Firetween: This guy is damned near Stephen Wright Cease: he is. Larry Omaha Cease: good joke writer Rufus T Firetween: Thanks for putting this together Cat, it's rodl funny :) Rufus T Firetween: *rofl Beet: lol Cease: I'll find more. ||||||||| 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' Zen Cosmos: squaw peak in Phoenix renamed to Piestewa Peak- native gulf wars cet... Beet: This was fun. Happy Thanksgiving all. G'Nite. Rufus T Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... johan amadeus myjetski: nite all! great work, Cease! thank you! Cease: i do my best Bottles again: Good work, Cease, and Thank you guys! Cease: see you onfacebook, bottles ||||||||| Bottles again says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Bottles again exits at 8:00 PM. ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Cease left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 4 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 4:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| Rufus T Firetween - dead from jaundice ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Tweeny rushes off, saying "8:00 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" ||||||||| 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
Bottles again
Cease
DJTweeny
futbolref
johan amadeus myjetski
Rufus T Firetween
Tweeny
Willpetis
Zen Cosmos
