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Monday, October 25 2010

Mexican Moonshine

    Scott just had his first shot of Roger Clyne’s Mexican Moonshine, just arrived direct from Arizona by way of Ohio.

Scott’s report: “Mmm.  Good.”

    It’s surreal, sublime, man-made, and divine
    It’s the moonshine….

The front label

A word from Roger

    Let your heart and your cup overflow
    Under the glow of the moonshine!

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Episode 137: Sacked!

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 20 2010 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The boys review Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give, recap the Chicago and Jones Beach concerts, and discuss the recent RCPM show in Lansing.  (Cameos by Dino, Lee, and assorted FSGL’ers.  The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 59:12.)”

    Apologies for the delay.  Thursday and Saturday were busier than expected at the old production house.
    Chad Heckler and Jim Dalton’s performance of “Hellbound Party Train” can be heard here.

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Sunday, September 26 2010

Episode 136: Mustard & Ketchup

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 22 2010 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “It’s our last podcast of the Summer.  And it might sound like a rerun since we talk about album covers again, but it’s not.  Really.  And anyway there are two concert roundups too (Camden and Pittsburgh).  (Guest appearance by Joe Maj.  Cameos by Jennifer.)”

    02:23 - the You Get What You Give Deluxe Editions from iTunes, Amazon, Target, Walmart, and the official site
    04:17 - “Jimmy Buffett visits campus”, from The Student Printz
    04:42 - “Trump Marina Hotel deal in Atlantic City off again”, from Buffet News | “Margaritaville Casino in Atlantic City now ‘Out of the Picture’”, from Buffett World
    06:01 - Robert Greenidge’s A Coral Reefer Christmas, to be released on October 26 and available for pre-order
    06:10 - see 7:18
    07:18 - concert montage from Tuesday, August 10; the second show of the fourth leg of the tour, and the second of two shows from Camden NJ
    19:46 - hear that, Mike?  I bet Jimmy played that final chord just for you.
    21:22 - I meant to repeat how I’m always giving License to Chill short shrift by always forgetting about it –- and, ironically, it slipped my mind!
    23:20 - yes, I admit it, despite Schmoe’s admonition to ignore songs performed live, we still based our selections on concert setlists
    24:52 - reviewed in Episode 104
    27:15 - already covered in Episode 10
    28:23 - Margaritaville Orlando has a cool t-shirt based on the Changes cover: Buy it here | View it here
    31:51 - all this was previously discussed in Episode 10, including my photo of the original Feeding Frenzy packaging
    33:33 - it appears the Songs You Know By Heart MasterDisc is out of print, so here’s the album cover just to prove my point (and to show all you youngsters what you’ve been missing):

Hey, MCA! THIS should be the cover!

    38:45 - concert montage from Thursday, August 12, at Pittsburgh, the second to last show of the fourth leg of the 2010 tour
    45:13 - transmission problems caused us to miss a song, to lose the beginning of “Volcano”, and for the rest of the concert to be broadcast in mono
    50:21 - the “hillbilly shit” comment actually followed “Gypsies in the Palace”

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Monday, September 6 2010

Episode 135B: The Other Half

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 1 2010 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Listener Ed’s 2010 Alpine Valley review plus a concert roundup from Bristow VA.  (Cameo by Jennifer.)”

    Feel free to read along with us:

And clips from the concert are part of our concert roundup in Episode 132B.
    01:20 - for more on “shadows tall”, consult Episode 98
    02:20 - Listener Ed’s blog
    03:33 - here’s Listener Ed’s proof:

“Just wanted to show that the cell network could not process calls even though I had 5 bars.”

    04:12 - I had the same thing happen at our Pine Knob show.  As the intermission started, I tried sending one of my photos to TwitPic.  A song and a half into the second set I finally gave up.
    09:14 - our own concert roundup is part of Episode 132B as well
    19:55 - here’s the photo I refer to
    22:40 - “stopped mentioning”.  I meant to say “stopped mentioning”.  The exact opposite.  What a dumbass.
    22:50 - this was brought up in Episode 131.  The mistake has been corrected, but here’s our screen-grab of it.
    23:20 - “Margaritaville (Live) - Single” by Bret Michaels & Jimmy Buffett [iTunes link]
    35:50 - the change in audio is because I moved the mics for the joke.  The “We’re back” was in case the joke immediately followed the concert roundup.

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Thursday, September 2 2010

Episode 135A: The First Half

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 1 2010 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The boys discuss how they spent their Summer vacations, with stories about Caseville, Parrothead Night with the Detroit Tigers, finding Margaritaville Rum, and uncovering a Landshark bottling mystery.  Plus Scott reviews Tom Corcoran’s Key West book.  (Cameo by Jennifer.)”

    00:36 - looks like Scott last joined us back in Episode 129!  Sheesh!
    01:26 - our tenth season, right?  But Season 9 feels like a writers’ strike season, since we did so few episodes.  Or maybe an AMC season.
    01:31 - watch the documentary and get the lowdown on that “shadows tall” line in the show notes for Episode 98
    03:32 - apparently Schmoe thinks Caseville is like Brigadoon
    03:47 - Cheeseburger in Caseville (and another link to our 2006 videos)
    03:56 - No.  In 2006 and 2007.
    06:15 - a callback to Mike and Schmoe’s Mexican vacation, which was discussed in Episode 69A
    09:12 - which would be August 14
    10:07 - the Freep‘s Cheeseburger in Caseville article, from August 5
    10:44 - the article as sent to Mickey by Mike, in PDF format
    11:29 - yes, all this time Scott has been absorbed in reading the Tom Corcoran book Mike brought for show-and-tell
    12:07 - Jimmy Buffett: The Key West Years (2006) by Tom Corcoran
    12:50 - Air Dance Iguana (2005) by Tom Corcoran
    15:39 - Life Lessons of a Legend by Brad Manard | Steve Goodman: Facing the Music by Clay Eals | Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life by Erin McKenna & Scott L Pratt
    25:41 - here’s Schmoe’s photo, sent way back on the morning of July 31.  We saved it for the podcast rather than posting it on Twitter; little did we know how long it would take till we got around to discussing it.

Schmoe’s Momentous Discovery (the St Louis bottle is on the right)

    And here’s what Schmoe wrote to accompany the photo.  We assume he was drunk.

Where is YOUR Landshark From?

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To my fellow Shark lovers,
When Mick enlightened me this week that I had Landshark at Nate’s party that was from St Louis, I realized I look numerously at the ‘Jacksonville’ on the label and never saw another city.  I checked it out and, YES, I had Sharks from both cities in the Cantina Icebox.  Not only that, but the St Louis bottle is a shorter longneck.  The St Louis brew was a full case I purchased.  The Jacksonville lager was personally delivered inside a 12 pack per usual.  (Still, Zodiac considers our beer an ‘import’, but I digress…)
I conducted a taste test last night.  They both rated the same: wet, cold, smooth, lime-friendly, relaxing, and an excellent finish with a high chill factor.
I provided a photo for reference.
End of report…for now…....

    29:01 - Caribbean Blue
    30:51 - here’s some of Mike’s video footage from Comerica Park (uploaded September 6 but then revised and re-uploaded on the 7^th)

All the mentions of Brian are explained in Episode 128.
    31:35 - the Tigers lost to the Angels, 4-2 (from the Detroit Tigers.com scoreboard)
    31:44 - some clips of the dust-up from MLB.com
    32:42 - Park Colony Club
    35:52 - ...still waiting…
    36:24 - Air Margaritaville‘s song “Whatever It Was I Didn’t Do It” is off their Cayo Hueso CD.
    37:46 - the obligatory Commonwealth Displays link
    40:03 - this was just mentioned in the previous entry, but here’s a link to it anyway
    43:18 - will Scott find Margaritaville Rum at Meijer’s?  Stay tuned…

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Friday, August 20 2010

Mon Soon Come

    Scott’s prayers have been answered.  Margaritaville Rum has been sighted in our area—but it was Mike who spotted it.
    Here’s Mike’s slightly live report from his neighborhood Meijer’s…

“M’ville Rum at Meijer!!”

“My Meijer M’ville shopping spree.  Notice the new ‘Extra Thick Restaurant Style’ chips.”

Saturday, August 7 2010

Episode 134: Dinner for Schmoes

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 4 2010 (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “We’re on Schmoecation, with a special appearance by Jennifer and a cameo by Nate.  (The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 6:21.)”

    01:56 - a pre-order link for the Margaritaville Liquor Chiller from The Green Head, with some nice large images
    06:03 - Greg’s Concoction Maker video review, from Episode 75
    06:48 - This July 27 RCPM concert was streamed live, via XERS.  (Guitarist Brian Blush was with Roger Clyne in The Refreshments, from 1994 to 1998.)
    10:36 - “Surprise Show at the Margaritaville Niagara Falls”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Playing Surprise Show at Margaritaville Niagara Falls”, from Buffett World
    12:20 - Margaritaville Cargo contest submissions, on YouTube
    13:13 - Margaritaville Beach Hotel contest
    13:43 - Sammy’s fighting words
    14:10 - YouTube video of Greg “Fingers” Taylor for NuHart.  At the time, we did not notice the video is from 2007 (which explains why he’s still listed as a resident of Oxford MI).
    15:40 - 2008 lawsuit
    17:07 - The Persian Jimmy Buffett, from the Mysterious Glow blog
    17:57 - scene from The Music Man (1962), with Hermione Gingold and Shirley Jones
    19:19 - as we mentioned on Twitter, here’s more information about the Detroit Tigers’s Parrothead Night at Comerica Park
    26:34 - “Mississippi Missing from Buffett & Friends Tee Shirt”, from Buffett News
    29:17 - M’ville footwear
    30:13 - Orange21’s Margaritaville eyewear, as discussed in Episode 123

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