||||||||| 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 June 13, 2024 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| A time machine materializes at 8:00 PM and Tweeny steps out, carrying a grape from ancient Greece. ||||||||| New notice: '** WE'RE GLAD YOU MADE IT!! ** The Firesign Chat & Show starts at 7pm Eastern/6pm Central/5pm Mountain/4pm Pacific Tonight: ANYTOWN USA: LIVE 1974 “Firesign World (Wizardo)” and “Firesign interview—Triad Radio Chicago” https://firesigntheatre.com/store/anytownusa?rq=anytown plus Cat’s new collage “Old” and cuts from Firesign’s PINK HOTEL BURNS DOWN Listen to the 320k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd2 or the 16k stream at: http://listen.ehhh.us:8000/rfd1 This show is archived at www.kurtericson.net/firesign / Cat’s collage archive is at www.kurtericson.net/cat' ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 6 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. ||||||||| It's 6:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Tweeny - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 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?" ||||||||| Cease enters at 8:00 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and hurries off to the Hat Pack Annex. ||||||||| 8:00 PM: Deputy Dang jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past half hour!" Deputy Dang: Howdy Cat! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Cease: Hi Dng ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 8:00 PM, dragging Beet by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Firehead?" Beet: Howdy Pardners. Cease: It's great to be back on chat. New colage tronigth. Hi beet Deputy Dang: Howdy, Beet! Beet: Hi, Deputy, Cease. Cease: We do our best Cease: I couldn't join chat when I was in Spain so very happy to be back here Beet: Nice to be with you again. Cease: I boughtg this album in a Tokyo record store in the fall of 74, not lnog after it was recorded Cease: you too, beet Cease: i hope i got enough experience out of the Spain trip to justify its existence Beet: Looks like Tween is on automatic again. Deputy Dang: I'm generally glad Spain exists, but am happy you were able to visit it also. Cease: my wife and I were in Spain in 02. she went back and walked accross the coutrnry but she's not into food. i went there last month specifcialy for the food, not successfully ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Direct readout - Doctor Memory." ||||||||| Tweeny steals in around 8:00 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Tweeny: Hey folks Cease: it's the tweenster Deputy Dang: I think I would enjoy a vacation focused on food. Beet: Hey, Mr Tween. Good evening. Tweeny: Yeah Beet, the show playback is all automated now in case there's a schedule conflict with work Cease: it was not a success, mr dang. but it was not a failure either. one always learns from ones experiences Beet: It's great that you can organize the show that way. Deputy Dang: Just not as wonderful as Las Vegas? Cease: it will tske me many weeks to convert my spain trip into a collage Cease: oh fuck no. vegas food vastly superior, to my surprise. i thougtt spanish food would be better Cease: it may be a matter of knowing where to go. Tweeny: wow, what a disappointment :/ Beet: The tapas bars didn't live up to the hype? Tweeny: Did you visit any interesting places otherwise? Cease: Nope Tweeny: any historical sites or such? Cease: i invested a vast amount of time and and concsoiusness in finding the best tigs to eat there, but with very, very, limited success Cease: i can deduce from that, food there is not as good as it pretends to be Cease: i'm glad i know that now Deputy Dang: I know that dishes like pizza and spaghetti are very unlike what we're used to in the US. Cease: i could have died, afraid that i had not had the great food of the basque country. Tweeny: You hear about French cuisine being superior more than Spanish, I guess Tweeny: Was the Basque country scenic? Cease: now, i can downgrade spain to fsr below vegas Cease: yes tween, very much so Tweeny: Well at least you got to see some cool countryside ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I see you are a sailor." Cease: french cooking is about sauce. spanish, not so much. i'm a big fan of sauce Cease: yeah, spain is really pretty Cease: vegas, not so much Deputy Dang: i wonder what this show was like to watch. Tweeny: Did you get any sense of the political/cultural differences between Basque and Spain proper? Cease: only subtly, tween. Cease: in the sense of pride at being able to use the basque language Cease: very proud of that, everyone I met Cease: i felt proud to be among them Cease: people were really nice to me. i did not expect that Cease: you are playing an un-edited version of this, tween. Cease: time taking al the fucks out of this Tweeny: I dont' think the PD will mind too much Tweeny: Yeah, would be Tweeny: He'll let me know if there are complaints Tweeny: If you want to make a project of it sometime, that would be cool just to have edited versions Cease: yeah, folks. make requests Cease: have anh of you been to berekley? i have ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It was hotter than Hooker in Heater today, and hotter than Heater in Hellmouth." Cease: my friend taught marth there in 72 Tweeny: Probably visited with my family in the 60s when we were visiting relatives, but I don't remember it Tweeny: Quite the political hotbed back then Tweeny: maybe still is Cease: crashed in his office. i was kind of offered a job at stanford that summer to teach a class called understanding media through the fireisgn theatre Deputy Dang: I visited the campus once when I lived in San Jose and a friend from back east visited; she was considering going to Berkeley or Stanford. Beet: Always in the news. Cease: the firesign were always trying to educate us Cease: you lived in san jose? Cease: neal cassidy's son may or may not still live there. Cease: friend who then had show on the santa cruz station, wa overheard by neal cassaidy's son. Deputy Dang: Yes, in the late 80s/early 90s. I enjoyed the Loma Prieta earthquake. Cease: so the play i wrote about his dad was heard by him on the santa cruz station Cease: my first collages were playede on his santa cruz startion, 2015 Cease: nortrhern cali has been very important to m work Deputy Dang: I used to ride my motorcycle to Santa Cruz now and then. It always surprised me how cold it was in the mountains in the summer. I grew up in Florida. Cease: i grew up in la.van nuys ||||||||| Catherwood ushers Elayne in through the front door at 8:00 PM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Elayne: Evenin' all! Cease: hey el Cease: hosw wonderful to see you here Tweeny: Hey Elayne Beet: Hi, Elayne. Deputy Dang: Howdy, Elayne! Elayne: It's wonderful to be here, it's certainly a thrill, you're such a lovely audience... Cease: we do our best, elayne Elayne: Just opened a brand new pack of hybrid sativa/indica for the occasion. Elayne: Still find it hard to believe I can legally walk into a store anywhere in NYC and come out with an eighth for (checks receipt) like $50 including tax. Tweeny: Sounds yummy, whatever it is ;) Tweeny: nice :) Elayne: The Devil's Weed, Tween. :) Tweeny: Some of that thar loco weed, eh? Elayne: From a lovely place I visited for the first time yesterday, called Urban Leaf, on Second Ave btween 51st and 52nd Tweeny: 'Urban Leaf', cool ||||||||| 8:00 PM -- Tweeny left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Elayne: THC 25.09% and it sure smells like it ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Gee Mom, isn't that bridge built yet?" ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Tweeny', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:00 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Tweeny: Good for NYC :) Tweeny: Sure wish Texas would legalize Elayne: Smells kinda fruity. I tell you, I cannot understand all the nuances nowadays, with the sativa and the indica and the funny names. Back before it was legal you had like very few choices and you took what you go5. Cease: ounds strong Deputy Dang:https://urbnleaf.com "San Diego California's Best Cannabis Dispensary" Tweeny: I'll bet you can get Willie Nelson's 'Willie's Reserve' too Deputy Dang: I've been told you don't really need to hold it in long to get the effect. They're so potent just breathe in, pause, breathe out. Elayne: And the best part of all was that this 66-year-old got CARDED when I walked in! I love it. Beet: Very elaborate website, Deputy. Elayne:https://urbanleafny.com/ Cease: how are thing in nyc,el? Deputy Dang: Do you need a card in NY? You do in FL. :-( Elayne: This is the one I got. https://urbanleafny.com/categories/flower/?product=6643b3bd2946250001a160c0 Elayne: No Deputy, a card as in "they asked to see my ID to make sure I'm of age." Beet: That one is also cool looking, Elayne. Elayne: Yes, and the ladies who sold it to me complimented me on my outfit (my earrings always match my shirt) and noted how I matched the packaging too. :) Beet: Quite an array of choices. Tweeny: I can remember back in the 70s when $45 would buy you a really fine ounce Deputy Dang: Nice! Elayne: I know, I'm looking forward to trying more. It's a good 2-avenue walk from and back to my office but my Apple watch likes that, it keeps asking me if I want to track my steps... Deputy Dang: That's how they track you! ;-) Elayne:Tween, the last time I paid for anything like that prior to legalization it was well into the hundreds for that kind of quantity. I much prefer $50 for something that'll last me at least a month or two. Cease: are you in good health,el? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "Surrounded by a thin thin thin 16mm shell. And inside, it's delicious!" ||||||||| 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.. Tweeny: That's cool, Elayne Elayne: Ah, there we go, coughing fit on the second drag. Cease: i was surprised i could do span Deputy Dang: I recommend the hobby of microscopy. You can legally obtain mushroom spores. You can't spawn them of course. That would be illegal. Elayne: Cat, my A1C went up again but otherwise my endocrinologist is ecstatic over my other numbers. Elayne: Thanks for asking! Deputy Dang: Well, depending on the strain of mushroom. Elayne: Speaking of which: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/01/02/cannabis-marijuana-seniors-sleep-side-effects/ Tweeny: Maybe not in Colorado or Oregon, Deputy Elayne: The only strain of mushroom I'm absolutely eager to try is huitlacoche (and that's not really a mushroom). Elayne: Have you ever had that, Cat? You do like your fine dining. Cease: when I felt imperilled in spain, thoght, i am immorrtal in making these colages Cease: immortalized Cease: no, elayne, but i Cease: ill chekc it out Deputy Dang: The only time I've been in Oregon was on the trip from San Jose to somewhere in Washington and back. Deputy Dang: I'll read up on huitlacoche tomorrow. Beet: Time to fly. Enjoyed this. Nice to see everyone. See you next week. G'Nite. Elayne: Well, the product works as advertised, so I'm going to log off now. Next two weeks are Manhattan-Thursday weeks and I'll probably be in no shape to chat, but I'll see you on the 4th of July! Cease: hpoe to see you here again, el Tweeny: Bye Beet, Elayne Deputy Dang: Goodnight, Elayne! ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "It goes in - it must come out." Cease: i hoe we can mee again, el Deputy Dang: This collage has very varied music. Cease: i wasa last sober on aug 15, 1971, lnog ago Cease: is thar a good or bad thing, dang? Deputy Dang: not good or bad. i like it. Cease: do you like this? Deputy Dang: yes Cease: ossman wants an audience,eh? Deputy Dang: i noticed that too Deputy Dang: made me smile Deputy Dang: lmao Cease: talkng transplant blues is my only song. Deputy Dang: ah, bach ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I have proof I've been to ancient Greece, look at this grape!" Tweeny: fun M.A.S.H. episode Cease: there should have been another line there: painted picture of the sea Cease: loved mash Cease: i am slowl digesting my trip to spain. wil have a collage about it eventually ||||||||| It's 12:30 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Elayne - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Deputy Dang: i'm looking forward to it. Cease: by wonderful el Cease: i am always creating. Cease: i will create and then i will die. Cease: can't not create Tweeny: Makes life worth living :-) Cease: beauty invites interpretation. Deputy Dang: Is that a policeman knock knock knocking on your front door? Cease: te cops showed up at a bar i was in to take me back to my hotrel, a few blocks away Cease: you have to work out or you die Tweeny: Why? Deputy Dang: in Spain? ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "I see you are a sailor." Tweeny: Did the cops do that? Cease: my trip to spain was interesting, to say the least Cease: no the cops were cool, took me back to my hotel, a few blocks away.very cool Tweeny: nice Deputy Dang: I haven't heard this before. I'm tearing up. Cease: generaly spaalking, people were really nice Cease: he firesigns were wondrous in their eurlogies Deputy Dang: that was beautiful, Cat. Thank you so much. Cease: i do my best, dang Cease: it is our job here, as eleswhere, to do our best Cease: this is wonderful ||||||||| Catherwood interjects: "May I see your passport, please?" Deputy Dang: very wonderful Cease: is anyhone still here? Cease: anyone? Deputy Dang: i'm here Cease: good for you, dsng Tweeny: Je suis ici, monsieur... Deputy Dang: that was really great. so much new stuff to me. Cease: you are hereness iself,tween Tweeny: Thanks for being here folks. Everybody have a great week :) Cease: off we go Deputy Dang: thank you Tweeny and Cat! ||||||||| At 8:00 PM, Deputy Dang vanishes mysteriously -- just as Nino the Mind Boggler predicted! ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 1 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Tweeny: Until last time, again... ||||||||| Tweeny scurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Tweeny?! It's 8:00 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" ||||||||| 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 Covid 19 ||||||||| Beet - dead from the common cold ||||||||| 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
Deputy Dang
Elayne
Tweeny
