||||||||| 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 May 18, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:00 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this bozo?" ||||||||| 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. ||||||||| It's 8:45 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Chapeau Manger. ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 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... ||||||||| Catherwood trudges in at 8:00 PM, dragging Rufus_T_Firetween by one foot and asks "Can anyone vouch for this yo-yo?" ||||||||| 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 ushers Tweeny 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 with johan amadeus myjetski close behind, mumbles something about disrupting his 8:00 PM tree-stunting plans, and dashes off to the Aviary. ||||||||| DJTweeny waltzes in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. DJTweeny: allo johan Rufus_T_Firetween: music in about 30 minutes Rufus_T_Firetween: The Who ||||||||| 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) Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – THE WHO-MY GENERATION Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' ||||||||| Zen Cosmos enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. ||||||||| Catherwood ushers cat 2 in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. johan amadeus myjetski: hello DJT, Zen C; cat2 ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood intones: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's Cease, just back from Hellmouth." Cease: Hi all DJTweeny: allo Cease eh DJTweeny: Hi Zen ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I take your hat and goat?" johan amadeus myjetski: Entwhistle's bass sounds a little like a B-17 ||||||||| Bottles enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Haberdashery Barn. johan amadeus myjetski: hiya Bottles! Cease: Bottles Bottles: Hi yall DJTweeny: Hi Bottles Bottles: No audio again *sigh* Rufus_T_Firetween: The audio is working :/ Rufus_T_Firetween: what player are you using? cat 2: it is on this computer Bottles: The link just doesn't wanna open - says it's a security risk. Cease: I had that problem on this computer with vlc or whatever that things is called. Rufus_T_Firetween: are you trying the 320k stream? (/tweeny) Bottles: Windows and realplayer both -neither works. Cease: "i can see for tiles and tiles" quoth the Firesign Mushroom play, Tile it like it is ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!" Bottles: Yep 32ok stream. Should I try them all? ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and announces "Presenting 'Merlyn', just granted probation at 8:00 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Bottles: My Ipad usually worksl.l I'll switch. DJTweeny: Happy Birthday Merlyn :) Cease: Happy birthdya, Merl johan amadeus myjetski: 'appy boithdey, Merl! Merlyn: i am 66 today Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl :) johan amadeus myjetski: congrats! Cease: good for you Rufus_T_Firetween: ** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** — WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT— Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u — 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u — 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u — (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net) Merlyn: thanks ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** WELCOME TO THE FIRESIGN CHAT Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u (streaming server graciously provided by Radio Free Dishnuts - www.dishnuts.net)' Bottles: Got it. johan amadeus myjetski: Who am I? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I hate rich people. I hate them and their stupid problems." Cease: good Bottles: Magic Bush ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. johan amadeus myjetski: Passing on the pellets ||||||||| 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 Deputy Dang plummets into the garden at 8:00 PM. Cease: Dang johan amadeus myjetski: HowdyDoo, DePuty Dang! DJTweeny: Howdy Deputy Deputy Dang: Howdy pardners! Pass me some of them pellets! Bottles: Happy Birthday Merlyn! ||||||||| New notice: '** HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERLYN! ** Currently playing: DAVID OSSMAN'S THE REVEREND BILL BARNSTORMER Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u visit Firesign's *NEW* web site at www.firesigntheatre.com' johan amadeus myjetski: passin' 'em riht now, Deputy! Merlyn: yay ||||||||| Elayne steps in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Elayne: Evenin' all, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Merlyn!!! johan amadeus myjetski: hi Elayne! Cease: Hi El Bottles: Hello Elayne~ Elayne: Don't mind me, I'm just here for the mints. (/Brett Goldstein) Elayne: So good to see YOU, Bottles!! johan amadeus myjetski: i thought it was reds that were supposed to be under our beds... Merlyn: h.bb elayne Elayne: *mwa* Merlyn Bottles: Who, ME Elayne? Gosh all hemlock ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Train's comin' through - right now!"
Elayne jumps out of the way of the train, again DJTweeny: Hey Elayne Bottles: It does seem like a men's room here sometimes. I mean a men's CHAT room! Bottles: Present company excepted. Elayne: Indeed. On the otrher hand, no queues for us gals to get into those stalls! :) Elayne: By the way, does anyone need one of these stamps David advertised on FB a few days ago? https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160069619353551&set=a.10155824731078551 ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Beet into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs. Beet: Good evening, friends. Bottles: Hi Beet Elayne: I still have a veritable ton. Five bucks each, no payment up front. Cease: Beet Elayne: Beeeet! DJTweeny: yo Beet Beet: Hey, Bottles, Dr Cease, Elayne. Beet: Hi, Dr Tween. Elayne: Okay now, so the guys get the "Dr" honorific and me and Bottles are just us? Hmm, not sure about that... Beet: Hello also to j.a.m., Merl, Zen, Deputy. Elayne: I think the two of us are heading off to the ladies' room to discuss this DJTweeny: Nurse Bottles? Nurse Elayne? Beet: Excuse me, Doctors all. Elayne: Yikes Tween, hate to break it to you but lady brains can be doctors too Elayne: Much better, Beeter! DJTweeny: hahaha, k Elayne: Most of my docs are female at this point Elayne: Ophthalmologist and podiatrist the only guys I see Elayne: Especially the ophtho, since the point is to see DJTweeny: and welcome to the Thursday edition of M.A.S.H. Elayne: Well, certainly a mashup, at any rate ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Hello, we're glad you made it!" Bottles: I think my last 3 GPs have been women. Elayne: And sometimes a mishmash Bottles: Ha Tweeny Cease: i'm reading a Tom Robbins novel B is for Beer and Tom says the US has more podiatrists than the rest of the world put together Elayne: Chick docs are the bestest! Elayne: I don't doubt it, Cat. There's gold in them thar toesies. Cease: A friend I went to Jr High with became a podiatrist. Elayne: Robin says hi to all. Poor dead cat, not in dead cat coap, does not say hi because, well, he's gone. :( Elayne: "soap" not "coup" Cease: Very sorry to hear that, El. DJTweeny: sorry about the kitty :( Elayne: That gallows humor would have worked much better if I'd spelt it right Elayne: Well, here's one of the things about Zed, he would always, ALWAYS, interrupt me while I was typing at this desktop, so it's weird not to be interrupted any more Bottles: Oh NO! That's so sad Elayne Elayne: We only had him for half a dozen years, but due to the pandemic it felt more like a decade Elayne: I've lost so many cats, Bottles, and it never gets easier Cease: I'm sure every year with Zed was a great year. Cats do that Elayne: I still remember Gypsy Doctor, my first kitty Bottles: I'd love to have a kitty, but I have so many things to knock off shelves Elayne: LOL, Botttles! Elayne: I had Gypey and then Phredd back in Apartment Third Eye Merlyn: im back Bottles: My sweet little hula dancer was broken by my last feline housemate. Cease: My fat cat broke my scanner and the view piece in my camera by knocking them over Elayne: Then Datsa, Mitsa (who only lasted 3 weeks due to FIV), and Amy in both Brooklyn and da Bronx Beet: Great naming, Elayne. DJTweeny: Merlyn's back! and he's beautiful.... Elayne: Phredd's actual name at the shelter was Phredd, but we liked the alternate spelling Merlyn: yep Elayne: I always wanted to name cats after Fleetwood Mac songs, but never got the chance Elayne: Zed had been Felix, he came to us with his half-brother Oscar (who got a blood clot on the trip that traveled to his brain, and he only lasted 3 days) Elayne: He never anwered to "Felix" but came right away when he heard "Zed" DJTweeny: ehhh :( Elayne: Next kitties, probably in 2024, maybe I'll get to name Rhiannon and Tusk Bottles: Or maybe Rattlesnake Shake? Elayne: Gypsy was kind of both a Fleetwood Mac and Firesign ref Bottles: Very early Fleetwood Mac song Cease: Gypsy doctor Elayne: Oh, there are so many good Fleetwood Mac songs after which I could name cats johan amadeus myjetski: i wouldn't fancy going to the backdoor to call in the cat by calling out "Golddust Woman! C'mon Golddust Woman..." Bottles: I had a cat named Squash, so named because he was so small he risked being squashed underfoot Bottles: Also a cat named Butt Face, because he was always sticking his butt in your face ||||||||| morlog enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and runs off to the Hat Pack Annex. ||||||||| New notice: ' ** HAPPY BIRTHDAY MERLYN! ** Currently playing — Cat Simril Ishikawa’s “BOZOS BOARD THE WRONG BUS” Listen to the stream at 320k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u 128k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny128k.m3u 16k at: http://gamebird.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1.m3u CHECK OUT CAT’S COLLAGE ARCHIVE AT >> https://www.kurtericson.net/cat' Cease: Morlog johan amadeus myjetski: fastening my seltbelt - this might get bumpy Beet: Hi morlog johan amadeus myjetski: hi morlog johan amadeus myjetski: Hi beet! Zen Cosmos: this weekend is the University District Street Fair, Seattle returning in force post pandemic Beet: A Vert Happy Birthday, Merlyn! Elayne: It does my heart good to see Phil posting photos of Pepper and Redford. I'm in love with both of them. Redford is such a looker! Beet: Very Elayne: I could never have a Maine coon, though, not as an indoor cat. So hard to keep the house clean! Zen Cosmos: next weekend id the NW Folklife Festival Cease: Phil and Melinda are real cat lovers Bottles: I always Redford should have kept his Sundance moustache Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “BOZOS BOARD THE WRONG BUS” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Cease: Ossman too, I think. Elayne: So great to see them in NY on their way to Europe a few weeks ago! Cease: Pete and Austin were dog people. Elayne: Phil never runs out of anecdotes, he just holds court delightfully. Cease: Synchornisticity. As I was typing dog they said dog on this record Elayne: I met Austin's doggies once, they took the whole pack with them on a trip to NY back in the day as Phil A didn't like to fly Bottles: A pack of dogs in a car? That would be some ride Cease: A van Cease: I hope the chatter who requested this mix last week shows up tonight to hear it. Deputy Dang: Does anyone like to fly these days? Elayne: It was a van, Bottles, as I recall. And yeah, I couldn't believe they were all in there, I think they had four at the time Cease: I don't mind, if it's short flight. Bottles: Flying is OK with me, but it's the airports and customs that I hate. Cease: Flew to Vegas and back in March. Got 3 collages out of it. Elayne: Im working up the courage again, Deputy Dang. We would love to go back to England Deputy Dang: Good points, Bottles. Bottles: Air France and Air Japan were fantastic. Elayne: Indeed, Bottles. The last time we were at TSA the woman demanded to know why Robin hadn't applied for US citizenship. I mean, really. Merlyn: ya Bottles: A compimentary glass of cognac was nice. No sake in Japan tho. Elayne: I want to fly JetBlue to Gatwick Cease: you flew to Japan, Bottles Bottles: And I LOVE sake. Cease: I took Air France to Paris in 2017. Free wine and good food were appreciated Bottles: People say the French are rude, but not in my experience. Elayne: Flights are still pretty expensive, though. So many folks retired and never came back, or are calling out sick. Cease: some are, some aren't, just like everywhere else. Beet: Do you have a particular favorite maker of sake, Cat? Bottles: Start every conversation with Bonjour Mme, or Monsieur and they're fine. Elayne:https://www.axios.com/2023/04/19/summer-travel-2023-airline-flight Cease: My wfie's friend goes to Japan and brings me back a good bottle every year. Not sure what brands, but they've all been great. Bottles: No Beet, I haven't had that many brands, and can't read the names anyway Elayne: Air traffic "Controller staffing problems are partially a remnant of the COVID-19 pandemic, which slowed the hiring and training process." Bottles: Berkeley had a sake winery (brewery? distillery?), but no longer. Bottles: My last sake was from Fresno, but it was good. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It was hotter than Hooker in Heater today, and hotter than Heater in Hellmouth." Beet: I'm always on the lookout for a good bottle. Cease: i was going to insert "you have to put the balls on the other side" but it was out of sequence. Elayne: And I'll leave you with this message from DocTech via Facebook: https://suspiciousresidue.com Bottles: Great sound FX! Cease: his new song? Elayne: All the best on your birthday, Brian, and take care, all! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I hate rich people. I hate them and their stupid problems." ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Elayne vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Cease: by el Beet: G'Nite, Elayne. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Ersatz Brothers Coffee, the REAL one!" Merlyn: bye El johan amadeus myjetski: two of FST's most inter-mashable albums! Cease: you think so, jammy? Cease: as i was saying about balls out of sequence, what do you think, chatters? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Deputy Dan has no friends." Cease: should i just cut up bits from other albums and insert wherevever they work? ||||||||| llanwydd bounds in at 8:00 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Beet: Up to the creativity of the artist. llanwydd: good evening Cease: it might be interesting to intercut EOBE, album with the movie. Cease: hi llan Beet: Hi, Llan. johan amadeus myjetski: hi llan! Cease: another interesting project would be to intercut all the Firesign movies togehter. there really aren't very many Merlyn: hry llan llanwydd: you could intercut their television appearnces with thier films llanwydd: prodon my sperring Cease: you mean Weirdly Cool? Cease: i think that' llanwydd: weirdly cool or their interviews with bill boggs and david susskind and any others ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "He can shout, don't hear you." Cease: their only actual tv show. proc/berg had some tvstuff in the late 70s Cease: oh, counting interviews? yeah there's quite a bit of that. Cease: we should listen to that suskind interview. they were suitably weird Cease: and speaking of weird, did any of you catch American Masters on Tuesdday? Cease: About Nam June Paik, an artist I greaatly admire. Beet: Who was it? Cease: the father of video art Beet: cool Cease: check it out on their website Beet: Will do ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "And while we're on the subject..." Cease: I met the mother of video art. Paul Krassner's wife Nancy Cain. ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: I think Meow Wolf was greatly inspired by Paik, judging from the installation I saw in Vegas Beet: The whole episode is apparently available on their website. llanwydd: who is the father of art film? llanwydd: melies perhaps Cease: that french guy. Cease: yeah, that's him. llanwydd: lol Cease: available for You ontheire website. canucks not allowed entrance Beet: The USA apologizes. llanwydd: you must be kidding, cat. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Let the air out of your shoes and prepare yourself for a period of simulated relxation." Bottles: Melies was revolutionary. llanwydd: content not available in canada? Cease: did you see that movie about him? actually about the kid who worked for him. forgetr the name Cease: that's right, llan. Cease: Hugo, maybe? llanwydd: interesting 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 llanwydd: I will have to look for it on tubi ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "There's one crawling up my leg!" Cease:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_(film) Deputy Dang: I'm always amazed how these collages blend together so wonderfully. llanwydd: thanks cat llanwydd: You dont know what busy is, Cox. first time I ever heard that line clearly llanwydd: thought it was You dont know who this is, cox Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s collage “BOZOS BOARD THE WRONG BUS” at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#COLLAGES Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S PLAYS at >> http://www.seemreal.com Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Listen/Download Cat’s FST FREE TIME WITH THE CAT MAN broadcasts at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/#FREE_TIME ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "She's no fun, she fell right over." Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S VIDEOS at >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6zFfC24DuakAbRIRpbPnxQ?view_as=subscriber 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 llanwydd: thanks for the links, tween Rufus_T_Firetween: yw johan amadeus myjetski: serving the low desert area- they never come up into the hills Cease: the chatter who requested this mix is proc's friend named Laurence Budd, forget his chat name from last week Cease: not here to hear it. johan amadeus myjetski: bunny crumhunger? Cease: right johan amadeus myjetski: we,,.*I'm* immensely enjoying this mashup collage Beet: What's a record? johan amadeus myjetski: ! Cease: harry shearer played this on one of his Le Shows and I've listened to it incessantly every since johan amadeus myjetski: a second piece of string? ||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| morlog - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... johan amadeus myjetski: a re - cord? Bottles: Cool, Cease! Beet: The leader of the free world has a wonderful job? Cease: you know the guy's music, bottles. hearing him on Le Show was my first time. listenend to all the other tunes on the album and only liked that one. johan amadeus myjetski: i'd rather he *did* a wonderful job, know whay i mean? Bottles: Me? Which guy? Cease: Sonny Landreth Bottles: Oh yeah, I've heard OF him, great guitarist. Bottles: Not familiar with his work tho. Cease: love that tune. johan amadeus myjetski: your logic was impeccable. we are in great danger... Beet: I know what you mean, j.a.m. Bottles: Another great guitarist was Danny Gatton, RIP Bottles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qasZ6Sga8F8 Cease: A lettuce and a frog shall lead you. sounds a lot like a tom robbins line. Cease: just finished his Frog Pyjamas book. llanwydd: why have I never heard of these guitarists? I thought I knew them all Bottles: Gatton was from DC, and didn't make it really big before he committed suicide. Beet: medical school for a few weeks johan amadeus myjetski: i was never able to understand that line. now that you've translated it for me, I still can't understand it. Cease: we aren't supposed to understand it. johan amadeus myjetski: thanks that makes me feel better, Cease. Bottles: Gatton once did a live medley of Harlem Nocturne, Jackie Gleason's Melancholy Serenade and the Perry Mason theme. Ceck it outon YouTube Cease: much of Firesign is koan-like. Merlyn: hey Cease: will do, bottles. Cease: hey merl. Cease: hope you're enjoying the mix llanwydd: another great guitarist from DC is Robin Bullock. he plays a lot of other stringed instruments as well llanwydd: heard him on NPR and was so impressed I sent him an email Cease: Maybe I should send this mix to Sonny ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving n coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Cease: a consonant n: Jello! johan amadeus myjetski: hi n! llanwydd: hi n. I am l ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Not Ed into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mutters something about 8:00 PM, then departs. Not Ed: Try that again llanwydd: welcome, not Not Ed: Jello! johan amadeus myjetski: hiya Not! Cease: Hey Not. Just in time for the lasthalf hour of the mix Beet: Hi, Not. llanwydd: got to be going early tonight. see you all next week Not Ed: Hey C, JAM, Beet, Tween, llan, Ruf Not Ed: later llan Cease: thanks for stoppping by, llan. ||||||||| llanwydd is defenestrated just as the clock strikes 8:00 PM. Beet: See you next week, Llan. Good night. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Scene 3 - Take 600" DJTweeny: Hey Not Ed johan amadeus myjetski: nite beet! see ya! Not Ed: Yo waz real Tween Beet: I'm still here. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Deputy Dan has no friends." Deputy Dang: yo tambien Not Ed: Hey DDang Beet: He's using AI Not Ed: lol yeah Not Ed: we're not wearing undies! johan amadeus myjetski: they call it 'going commando' for some unknown reason... Not Ed: lol Not Ed: I don't think I want to know the reason Beet: They said, "No underwear will be worn by the year 2020." Bottles: I can't find that medley, but llan check this video out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyCocJ5KLf4 ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "She's no fun, she fell right over." Not Ed: zactly we already gave em up johan amadeus myjetski: never heard of years wearing underwear... Not Ed: hmm good pt Bottles: When you get tired of doing laundry, going without undies makes sense. johan amadeus myjetski: maybe 2020 had none, but 2021 kept her drawers up Beet: I confess to breaking the law - I still wear underwear. Sorry Not Ed: your secret is safe with me Bottles: What's with underwear, anyway? - good question for J Seinfeld Not Ed: I don't judge Cease: love that ending Beet: Diapers for adults. Bottles: I mean, we're not all Mormons on this bus. Cease: lol johan amadeus myjetski: LOL Bottles! Not Ed: Hi Bottles Bottles: Hey Not Ed Not Ed: they see in radio Deputy Dang: pork? Bottles: You can't see if someone is wearing a rubber nose on radio. Cease: there is a proctor/bergman tv thing called This is Great Radio to Watch johan amadeus myjetski: strap on your radio glasses & see into the future Deputy Dang: I'm not wearing a rubber nose on radio. Cease: ossman once had a series called Radio Movies, and the Firesign began by pretending to play movies on the radio Not Ed: look at the center of the milky way in radio https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2202/MwCenter_MeerKATMunoz_7530.jpg Not Ed: It's amazing Not Ed: from APOD https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220202.html johan amadeus myjetski: that is pretty amazinbg! Not Ed: it is! johan amadeus myjetski: i'd like to have a lrge pic of that framed on my livingroom wall ||||||||| Bottles again tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." Cease: that looks A Lot like some of the imagerfy from Nam June Paik. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Shoes for Industry! Shoes for the Dead!" Bottles again: Darn, Firefox crashed, and took down all my open tabs. Cease: watch him on American Masters on their website Not Ed: the image is pretty big if you expand it --or right click and dl it Bottles again: Cease, I don't see This is Great Radio to Watch online. Sounds great tho. I loved TV or not TV.4 Bottles again: - and their video version!~ Not Ed: it would look awesome framed I agreeJAM Cease: proc/berg were hanging out at an Ann Arbor radio station in I think 73. A woman named Bambi filmed them and it was on tv Cease: ok, my next collage will be a blend of the EOBE album and flick. they're very different, though the commercials are the same Not Ed: wait where's Ann Arbor johan amadeus myjetski: set sail on the sea of holes... Not Ed: Mich? Cease: are there other ann arbors? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I only lie, or I tell the truth. Heh - just lyin'." johan amadeus myjetski: Mitch - Miller? Beet: sing along johan amadeus myjetski: & follow the bouncing ball... Bottles again: Cease maybe that was what I saw, they were filming inside an art deco type house/ Cease: was the term "ultra attractive" common in 74? Beet: a million estimated people Cease: that would be TV or Not TV, the flick Bottles again: Is it common now? johan amadeus myjetski: No, Cease, it definately was not in vogue - or any of the other magazines Bottles again: Fred Flam and Clark Cable were great on camera Zen Cosmos: I mourn that we are 2 down, 2 to go; and no one is mentored to replace their unique satire/parody humaor IMO... johan amadeus myjetski: a million estimated people, & one estimated prophet... Bottles again: True Zen, no one like them Beet: More laughter in Heaven. Rufus_T_Firetween: It was a chemistry Zen, like any great rock band Not Ed: I've only been to the Mich penninsula (Marquette AFB) Rufus_T_Firetween: could you duplicate The Beatles? Not Ed: Hey Zen Bottles again: And the sum was greater than the individual parts. johan amadeus myjetski: you mean Badfinger? Cease: uniqueness is not to be mourned for not being duplicated Not Ed: aww Badfinger - Such. A. Fan. johan amadeus myjetski: great point, Cease! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "We own the idea of NOW." ||||||||| 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' Not Ed: One of the truly saddest rock band stories Cease: another of the 1978 rfos next week. Not Ed: great to see you all! Not Ed: Needed to be here even if late johan amadeus myjetski: thanks so much for this collage, Cease! great! thanks all! g'nite! Bottles again: This was great, Cease! One of their very best eras!~ Not Ed: You all rock muchly Merlyn: hey all Not Ed: Thanks Tween, Rufus, Merl, C, and Herman Zen Cosmos: looking forward this weekend to pretending to be a hippie again at the street fair I mentioned... Not Ed: Wait who's Herman? Deputy Dang: Outstanding! Beet: This was very enjoyable. Thanks to everyone. Very cool mashup, Dr Cease. Thanks for guiding, Dr Tween. G'Nite all. Bottles again: Happy birthday again Merlyn! For next year even! ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs cat 2 by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, all… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation... Bottles again: Ooh Deadism Deputy Dang: G'nite pardners! DJTweeny: great tune ||||||||| Bottles again departs at 8:00 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Merlyn: thans Bottnes ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Deputy Dang vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! Cease: see you here next week. Merlyn: ok ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Merlyn walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Cease vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Bottles - dead from The Plague ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... DJTweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood pipes up: "8:00 PM and late as usual, it's chat name , just back from Billville." ||||||||| 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 fiddlers ||||||||| Zen Cosmos - dead from the yaws ||||||||| DJTweeny - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| n - dead from jaundice ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| chat name - dead from intense demonic possession ||||||||| 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: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from Covid 19 ||||||||| 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
Bottles again
Bottles
cat 2
Cease
Deputy Dang
DJTweeny
Elayne
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Merlyn
n
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
Zen Cosmos
