R.I.P. Phil Austin

Austin was one of the three surviving members of The Firesign Theater (Pete Bergman died in 2012). Austin died today. I spent many a night listening to their first four albums, trying to understand their surrealistic humor while ingesting substances which might have had an impact on that understanding.

His most famous role in the troupe was Nick Danger, Third Eye.

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  1. Ah yes! My copy of this album is lovingly worn and scratched. I didn’t stop with just 4 of their albums, however.

  2. “substances which might have had an impact on that understanding”
    Heh. You too?
    I will miss him terribly.

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