Between 1967 and 1975, the Firesign Theatre put out nine albums that carved out a new space somewhere between comedy, sound art, literature, and rock and roll. The music critic Robert Christgau called ...

Ralph Spoilsport Motors, George Leroy Tirebiter, Ersatz Brothers, Nick Danger, Rebus Canebus and, “uh, Clem” are among the Bozos back on the bus as the Firesign Theatre comedy troupe re-creates its ...

The sign on the door of Room 203 should read “Shhh, Dangerous Minds at Work,” but “Do Not Disturb” will suffice. Inside are Phil Proctor, David Ossman, Peter Bergman and Phil Austin, otherwise known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phil Austin, a co-founder of the influential Firesign Theatre comedy troupe, died Thursday of complications from cancer at his ...

In dorm rooms across the country in the late 1960s and early 1970s, sometimes through a haze of pot smoke, a recording could be heard that sounded like an old-time radio detective show mixed with ...

It's high school graduation time, and a world of possibilities stretches ahead. But Porgy and his pal Mudhead talk about their futures in simple, immediate terms. "I thought I'd find a bunch of guys ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the Firesign Theatre’s first comedy album, “Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him,” was released in 1968, Rolling ...

Played by a brass band augmented by accordion, fiddle and assorted percussion, the overture for "Let's Eat!," Hal Wilner's tribute to the Firesign Theater, sounded like something one might hear at an ...

They say that if you remember the ‘60s you weren’t there. But, like everything else about the Firesign Theatre’s batty world, there are exceptions. Over and over again during “Let’s Eat: Feasting on ...

If you are a graying Baby Boomer like me, you might remember a comedy troupe from the 1970s called “Firesign Theater.” They had their origin in FM “progressive” radio (KPFK-Los Angeles, 1966). The ...

Phil Austin, a co-founder of the influential Firesign Theatre comedy troupe, died Thursday of complications from cancer at his home on Fox Island in Washington state. He was 74. Austin was dubbed the ...