Forward Into The Past

This is a sort-of Best of the Firesign Theatre recording containing some of their best bits from several of their recordings with Columbia.

I think I found the right spot for this cache to wait for you to come and find.

Take this link to hear a short bit from “Forward Into The Past”:
http://montywolf.tripod.com/cgi-bin/sounds/forwad.mp3

CACHE NOTES

This one took a while to figure out where I was going to stash it.  I finally just stuck the cache in my pocket and headed out for a dinner of Chinese food.  Success!

Bring an old square nail for the nearby monument if you want.

Keep in mind that you're in the desert when you're looking for this cache.  Rattlesnakes and scorpions are really quite fond of our climate.  Make sure you look where you're stepping before you step.  And as for reaching into places you can't see. . .  Well. . .
Do I need to spell it out for you?

The Firesign Theatre have won three Grammy nominations, two of them for Best Comedy CDs in 1998 and 2001. Both these works, "Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death" and "The Bride of Firesign," take place on-the-air, combining a mastery of audio production with the entertainment techniques of radio's historic "golden age."  

Firesign got its start on the surprise "underground" hit, "Radio Free Oz" in 1966. Within a few months, the "Oz" boys landed a record contract with Columbia and began writing, producing and performing a series of LP's (currently reissued on CD by laugh.com) that would strike the psychedelic funny bone of a generation. By the time they sold out Carnegie Hall in 1974, they had gone past cult status and were entering the language.  

Favorite bits from Firesign's 1970 radio series were collected on the best-selling LP (later CD), "Dear Friends." Collectors have scoured eBay for rare copies of the later "Let's Eat!" series and many other unreleased radio shows and broadcast performances. Long-time NPR listeners may remember Firesign's unconventional "Campoon Chronicles" coverage of the 1980 Presidential election for "Morning Edition."  

The quartet may be seen performing some of their classic sketches, including "Nick Danger" and "High School Madness," on the recent Rhino DVD, "Weirdly Cool." Some fifteen CDs, collecting their work from 1967 to 2001, are currently in print, several of them on labels from Australia and the U.K.

You can learn more about the Firesign Theatre at www.firesigntheatre.com.

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Monty Wolf