Not very good, but it does sort'a bring the quote full circle. By way of Tierra del Fuego and back into Armenia through the City of Emphysema.
Am a bit surprised Elayne didn't mention this. . .NPR : Firesign Theatre, Now Playing on NPR
For those whose dorm rooms rang with the voices on those albums through the late '60s and early '70s, Firesign Theatre needs no introduction. But for the uninitiated (and the younger): Meet Firesign Theatre, which isn't a theater at all. It's the four-man comedy troupe of Phil Austin, Phil Proctor, Peter Bergman and David Ossman (all of them born under astrological "fire signs").
Playing "Spot the Firesign Reference" was a drinking game for Milestone Comics. No, really.
Want to know more, or at least what the title refers to? See, Buddy Holly's mom was upset about him and The Crickets getting booked as a Black band, and. . . you know what? Look it up your damn self.
We're all bozos on this bus?
Dossett Dorm, University of Tennessee, 1970, I was tuned in and turned on to 'The Firesign Theatre'.
Susan, you haven't heard any of their recent cds, then? "Give Me Immortality Or Give Me Death" ranks slightly higher than "Boom Dot Bust", for me at least, but it's all good.
And weirdly cool.
Pretty sure I heard they took the title from the quote "we're all niggers on this bus," but am coffee-deficient at the moment, and should be ignored in factual matters.
Keep your hands to yourself and stay on the yellow rubber line...
xo
Nick Danger, Third Eye
Ok, Danger, where's the fire?
--Lieutenant Bradshaw
In your eyes, lieutenant Bradshaw!
--Nick Danger
What about my pickle??!
--Rocky Rococo
And, spookily appropriate for these warmongering times:
"We're marching, marching to Shibboleth..."
Don't crush that dwarf--hand me the pliers!
No, I've not listened to anything of theirs since college. Have been nostalgic for everything from back then lately...