||||||||| 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 September 21, 2023 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 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?" ||||||||| Rufus_T_Firetween sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last week's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW FIRESIGN CHAT TIME ** ** THE FIRESIGN CHAT HAS MOVED TO 7PM -9PM EASTERN ** The Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starts at 7pm Eastern this evening. Warm-up music now begins around 6:40pm Eastern. 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 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| New notice: '** There will be a Firesign Theatre/US Plus Stimulcast starting at 7pm Eastern this evening. ** Warm-up music begins around 6:40pm Eastern 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)' ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and DJTweeny bounds out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Currently playing: warm up music – ERIC CLAPTON-COMPLETE CLAPTON 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)' ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Cease waltzes out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. Cease: I think I got all the fucks out of today's Firesign offerings. It's quite a challenge. DJTweeny: Allo Cease Cease: Saw him do I shot the Sheriff on a TV show in Tokyo in the mid 80s. One of the best guitar solos I've ever heard. Rufus_T_Firetween: I'll bet Rufus_T_Firetween: He recently did a small show as a fundraiser for RFK, Jr. ||||||||| Catherwood escorts johan amadeus myjetski into the room, accepts a $3 bill as a gratuity, mumbles something about 8:00 PM, then departs. DJTweeny: Yo johan Cease: Jammy johan amadeus myjetski: oh, hi there! Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: I think I got all the fucks out of today's Firesign offerings. It's quite a challenge. << The RFD Program Director thanks you :) Cease: I'm back from Delightful Denver and can chat and listen at the same time again johan amadeus myjetski: 'allo, 'allo, cease! Rufus_T_Firetween: That Beastie Boys song beachbarb requested Tuesday was wayyyy over the top lol Cease: Don't think I heard it. Rufus_T_Firetween: I stopped it pretty quickly johan amadeus myjetski: some would say over the top & in the futter Rufus_T_Firetween: some seriously offensive rap johan amadeus myjetski: gutter Cease: The Firesigns REALLY loved saying 'fuck" Rufus_T_Firetween: indeed Rufus_T_Firetween: @ gutter Cease: Part of it may have been an attack on censorship ||||||||| Merlyn sneaks in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Cease: Not surprised that Denver was quite a Firesign-firendly town. A Lot of freaks, at least in the part of town I stayed in. Cease: Hi Merl Cease: They recorded the live parts of Lawyer's Hospital there. Merlyn: Hey all Cease: Will blend LH with the story of my trip in a collage next week. Cease: You been to Denver, Merl? johan amadeus myjetski: i listened to a travelogue about ireland. they said just makr your mind up to not be offended ny the f-bomb, because everybody there uses the term all day every say DJTweeny: hah Merlyn: no 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) ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: If you can't visit Vancouver, Denver is a good facsimile. Rufus_T_Firetween: nice, will have to remember that ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** Now playing: From Firesign Theatre's RADIO NOW LIVE “Nick Danger, Third Eye” 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 RADIO NOW LIVE at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-rv' Cease: I was impressed. johan amadeus myjetski: out of the fog & into the grog... DJTweeny: Hey Merlyn johan amadeus myjetski: greets, Merl Merlyn: Hry JAM Merlyn: and dj Rufus_T_Firetween: What a wonderful live rendition of Nick Danger :) Cease: where is this from, Tween? Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Read about RADIO NOW LIVE! at >> https://www.firesigntheatrelegacy.com/media/media.php?item=rnl-ln Rufus_T_Firetween: ^^ Cease: Merl and I were at Radio LIve Now in Seattle, I guess this is the Portland show. Were you at that show, Merl? johan amadeus myjetski: are the tickets in the audience-participation section more expensive? Rufus_T_Firetween: Yeah, they open the album saying it's Portland Cease: A Big Firesign city. Cease: Their last work, Talking Over Each Other, was at a Portland radio station. Cease: The whole KBOO crew showed up for Bergman's memorial in Kirkland, as Merl can attest. ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks 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 vestibule... Cease: Hi Not Merlyn: What? johan amadeus myjetski: hiyas, not! Not Ed: greetings from the united snakes! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "They had to come from small towns with strange names." Not Ed: Hi C Merlyn: Hi Not Not Ed: Hey JAM Not Ed:Tweeny! DJTweeny: Evenin' Not Ed Cease: Back from Denver. It's almost a Canadian city Not Ed: Rufus, Merl Cease: Actually it's cleaner and more less threatening than Vancouver. Rufus_T_Firetween: wow, I would have thought the opposite Cease: I was going to type more polite, but it's hard to estimate that in such a short visit Cease: Even though my hotel was in what locals told me was the scarriest part of town, I always felt safe. DJTweeny: kewl Cease: Can't say that about downtown Vancouver anymore. DJTweeny: :/ ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I have proof I've been to ancient Greece, look at this grape!" ||||||||| New notice: '*** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Currently Playing — from Firesign Theatre's new FOOLS IN SPACE “Jokes that Flush in the Opposite Direction” 128k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny.m3u or 16k at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/tweeny16k.m3u Check out FOOLS IN SPACE at >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space' Cease: I'm thankful for the picture quality of phones now. If I took one of my serious cameras downtown, I'd be terrified. johan amadeus myjetski: flushes that joke in the direction oppsite' Cease: Still getting used to new phone. Bought it for the Denver trip, but unfortunately I had it in live mode most of the tinme, which means it shoots video instead of still pix. Cease: This makes pix harder to upload here and there. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Gee Mom, isn't that bridge built yet?" DJTweeny: always a learning curve with a new gadget Cease: indeed Not Ed: hahaha this is great ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM uptown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving Beet coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Beet: Evening, everyone. ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Don't worry about the flies, we won't weigh 'em!" Cease: Beet johan amadeus myjetski: hi beet! Beet: Het, Cat, j.a.m.. Beet: Hey johan amadeus myjetski: LOL! johan amadeus myjetski: snickers Not Ed: Evenin Beet Not Ed: yeah lol Beet: Hi, Not Beet: Hello, Merl. Merlyn: hey Beet Cease: Denver is called the Mile High City. I was supposed to be affected by that but never was. Cease: If one is suitably intoxicated, nothing really bothers you. johan amadeus myjetski: you could have been, if you were doing any running, jogging, or such physical exertion Not Ed: paper bag fantasy lol Cease: did a lot of walking. no prob Cease: it is certainly a High city. johan amadeus myjetski: also if you're not acclimated to the altitude Rufus_T_Firetween: Cease: If one is suitably intoxicated, nothing really bothers you. << I take it they had good weed stores? Not Ed: applause Cease: a few blocks from my hotel. but, alas, they required my passport as a visiting foreigner. Cease:https://goodchem.org/locations/denver/ Cease:https://goodchem.org/online-reservation/online-reservation-colfax/?dtche%5Bproduct%5D=wana-quick-sativa-gummies-peach-bellini ||||||||| llanwydd tiptoes in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last year's "unpleasant incident." llanwydd: namaste johan amadeus myjetski: security in cheap? did i catch that right? Cease: hi llan Merlyn: Gi Llab johan amadeus myjetski: hi llan Merlyn: llanwydd ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "You guys are nothing but a pack of cards." Beet: Hi, Llan llanwydd: palm me ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Not to be torturing me!" DJTweeny: Evenin' llan, Beet Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "What you don't mean won't hurt you." Beet: Greetings, DJ. Cease: Unedited llanwydd: catherwood are we a pack of tarot cards or are we pinochle? ||||||||| Catherwood rushes up to llanwydd and asks "Someone mention my name?" Not Ed: evenin llan Not Ed: catherwood give everyone a bowl of very tender baby worms ||||||||| Catherwood brings everyone a bowl of very tender baby worms. llanwydd: thanks catherwood, have creeper ||||||||| Catherwood ignores llanwydd Not Ed: mmm Not Ed: creepy! llanwydd:tween, wha was the bomp bompa bomp bompa bomper music before the show tonight? llanwydd: not tell me itwas blue moon DJTweeny: Eric Clapton Not Ed: ohhh ||||||||| 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.. Cease: Krassner had a great joke about drug czars I stole for my play Neal Amid. ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, llanwydd walks off into the sunset... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Be sure to join me (Kurt in Austin) for my live RADIO FREE ROADKILL show from 7-9pm Eastern every Tuesday at www.dishnuts.net where I play Firesign Theatre and take your music requests - RFR Archives at www.kurtericson.net/txroadkill/roadkillshow ||||||||| Outside, the 8:00 PM downtown bus from Hellmouth pulls away, leaving llanwydd coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. Not Ed: don't break the station johan amadeus myjetski: keep ur hands off that dial! 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 Not Ed: lol llanwydd: II missed you replycat sorry. would you please repea Not Ed: hey llanagain llanwydd: sounds like a family album. cool! Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Check out CAT'S COLLAGE ARCHIVE at >> http://kurtericson.net/cat/ Not Ed: it's trenchant Not Ed: that's why we didn't get the grammy lol johan amadeus myjetski: play foreplay! johan amadeus myjetski: or pay fore[play Not Ed: Lord of the Kachings lol Not Ed: I'll play if I don't have to stand up Not Ed: haha indeed JAM Cease: i did a collage riffing on this riff on kiwi friut, one of myh vegas pieces. Cease: i had some infused kiwi in vegas. Very powerfully infused. llanwydd: I would have done a report on the confused kiwis in new zealand Not Ed: that's not funny! lol Beet: Gotta go. See everyone next week. G'Nite all. Not Ed: these guys are/were nutz, you know that llanwydd: nite beet Not Ed: Hey Bett take good care johan amadeus myjetski: niyr, not! Not Ed: BEET johan amadeus myjetski: g'nite beet! Not Ed: squeek squeek Cease: Ossman most loves being a poet Not Ed: what a show Merlyn: ok johan amadeus myjetski: wouldn't remembering the news be the olds? Cease: by beet Cease: auistin has a wondrous tale called Yesterday's News. Cease: may be one of his best. johan amadeus myjetski: brb Cease: too far away from Canada Cease: i have a mickey rooney story. will be in my new play, starring LLan. Rufus_T_Firetween: ** NEW FIRESIGN RELEASE!! ** - FOOLS IN SPACE – Digital Download >> https://firesigntheatre.com/store/brucesnyderdesignandtime-mk6dl?rq=fools%20in%20space Rufus_T_Firetween: kewl Cease: more non editing llanwydd: Am I playing mickey or andy or puck? Cease: none of them Cease: in act one, george harrison does a riff on mickey rooney. not you llanwydd: I do an excellent scouse liverpudlian Cease: aha Cease: you're already Einstain and a Russian soldier. You don't want to take on George too llanwydd: an you have the lions part, give it me. I will roar so the ladies will say Let him roar again Let him roar afgaih llanwydd: didnt mean afghan Cease: Ossman loved doing this bit Cease: confidence in the system Not Ed: great Not Ed: taking off Not Ed: y'all take good care Not Ed: great 2 C U Merlyn: ME DJTweeny: later gator Not Ed: thanks crew! ||||||||| New notice: '** NEW REVAMPED FIRESIGN WEB SITE!! – WWW.FIRESIGNTHEATRE.COM ** Now playing: from Firesign Theatre's BEFORE THEY CHANGED THE WATER “Drug Symposium (Live at Yale 3/1/1970)” 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' Merlyn: Brian Westlry DJTweeny: So Merlyn, did Bonnie Raitt sing to you? Merlyn: yes Rufus_T_Firetween: nice :-) ||||||||| 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' Cease: bye Merlyn: byr all ||||||||| Around 8:00 PM, Merlyn walks off into the sunset... Rufus_T_Firetween: ** Thanks for listening, everybody… See you next week, same Firetime, same Firestation… ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 1:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Not Ed - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| johan amadeus myjetski - dead from the fiddlers ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood says "8:00 PM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs DJTweeny by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Rufus_T_Firetween hurries out the door saying "Hey, mister ice-cream man, I've got a nickel, wait for meeeee..." ||||||||| It's 1:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Cease - dead from pneumonia ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 1:45 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Beet - dead from The Plague ||||||||| 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 2 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 2:15 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| 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
johan amadeus myjetski
llanwydd
Merlyn
Not Ed
Rufus_T_Firetween
