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Thursday, January 07 2010

And the winner is…

    The contest Scott began in Episode 115 is over.  A name has been drawn (during halftime of tonight’s GMAC Bowl game—Fire Up Chips!).  And that name is announced in the following video…

    The winner needs to submit their address information to us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and we’ll send the prize out immediately.
    P.S.: video is also viewable at YouTube and Facebook.

Sunday, January 03 2010

Episode 117: Aughts to Tweens

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 30 2009 (10:00 PM - 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “More news, another concert medley, and if you can figure out our rules for the next contest, you deserve a prize right there. (Special guests: Hud, Jennifer, Brian, Nathan, and Jocelyn.)”

    I’ve listened to our discussion of the next contest four or five times and still can’t figure out what the rules are.  This however is what Scott had to say, when I begged him for some clarification.  “Here is what I came away with….  Our listeners pick their top 5 songs of the decade….. we each pick 10…. which we will narrow to 5…........  The listener who matches our 5 will then receive the glass…....  In case of a tie we draw out of a hat.”
    Got it?
    Send your top five Jimmy Buffett songs of the decade to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
    And now the show notes: 
    00:46 - Scott was so hungry for popcorn tonight he gave Mike’s son money to go to the nearby party store for microwaveable popcorn and then had Dino heat it up for him.
    00:57 - Schmoe is discussing Zodiac’s New Year’s party.  You should’ve gone.
    01:51 - Guy Lombardo, in Wikipedia
    02:31 - Mike was quick to pick up his cue as this was our second take
    03:09 - that’s what they call foreshadowing
    07:53 - Billboard‘s End of Decade list
    09:50 - Buffett World’s story on PBI aviation departure procedures
    10:51 - Schou’s “Margaritaville Outdoor” page
    11:53 - Pollstar’s Top Acts of the Decade
    13:15 - WLUC’s story on the Island Grill.  The Detroit Free Press‘s article on the Island Grill.
    15:28 - Waking Ned Devine on IMDb
    15:40 - Key West on IMDb.  (You can’t Key West star Fisher Stevens hasn’t done much lately.  On March 7 2010 he won an Academy Award for producing the documentary The Cove.)
    23:39 - and it will look like this
    25:00 - NPR’s Most E-Mailed Stories podcast
    45:24 - as you might surmise, all this was recorded before we formally began the podcast

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Sunday, December 20 2009

Mike’s Guide to Shopping for Jimmy Buffett’s Birthday (and Christmas)

    P.S.: a few things from Schmoe (he meant to advertise Kindle editions, but those are not linkable):

    P.P.S.: and a few more, from Mickey:

Monday, December 14 2009

We’ll Be Back After This Commercial Break

Sunday, December 13 2009

Episode 116: Online Dickschmoenary

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 12 2009 (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Back to our ‘normal’ Wednesday schedule with more headlines and concert highlights from Toronto.  (Guest: Jennifer)”

    00:44 - CMT Crossroads Taping Tonight, at Buffett World
    03:40 - The Far Four’s Christmas CDs have been reconstituted into a single disc called Hark!.  Order it here—highly recommended!
    04:42 - I also pissed Mike off, back during our listening party, when I joked the intro to “Rhunba Man” sounds like the Barney Miller theme
    06:15 - right around the two-minute mark, in fact.  At last, it’s Mike’s chance to ruin a song for me.
    07:40 - MCV’s Gorilla Monkey Crunch article and the game itself: Gorilla Monkey Crunch and Gorilla Monkey Crunch Lite
    08:57 - IGN.com’s Top 10 Songs About Food
    10:52 - Jimmy on Mike & Mike Show, via Buffett News | Jimmy Talks to Al Roker”, via Buffett World | “Jimmy on the Today Show”, via Buffett News
    12:19 - Billboard‘s interview with Jimmy
    14:05 - my joke comes from Episode 2 I think; Schmoe’s joke comes from Episode 71
    Some sad news that didn’t make the podcast: Mark Malone Atchley, a Tennessee National Guardsman, working as an electrician on Buffett’s boat, dies in Caribbean plane crash.  From WBIR.com.

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Tuesday, December 08 2009

Episode 115: Hotel Reservations

Show Notes:
Recorded Monday, December 7 2009 (8:00 PM - 1:30 AM) at Schmoe’s Cantina II, Dearborn MI
    “Mike, Schmoe, Scott, and Mickey give their first impressions on the newly released Buffet Hotel, in the first episode from the new Schmoe’s Cantina.”

    Firstly, Jimmy’s album is available at Amazon, as a CD or as MP3 download.  Also available at iTunes.
    Secondly…
    008:05 - it would be our very next episode, Episode 116
    013:18 - according to Wikipedia: “The theme was a short version of a Franz Schubert piece, Piano sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959, IV. Rondo. Allegretto.”
    020:37 - somehow I am able to quote the theme from Family Ties
    023:32 - as you’ll hear later, it was the first Bristow VA show, September 3^rd; and it was in the concert roundup for Episode 113A
    032:25 - the DRALS video, which we discussed in Episode 113B and which Buffett World highlighted
    038:57 - no, I was confusing it with “Bayou Boy”.  “RHumba Girl” [née “Man”] is track 8.
    040:25 - our updated iTunes iMix
    042:57 - one day turnaround, bitches!  Boo-yah!
    048:46 - Scott refers to Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford
    053:02 - have we mentioned our updated iTunes iMix
    059:03 - it also reminds me too much of “The Inner Light” by The Beatles
    1:04:00 - back in Episode 96
    1:07:59 - T.S.T.S.N.H.O.
    1:08:46 - link to The Fuckin’ Wiggles
    1:11:19 - here’s Scott’s listing for our WAOTNC shot glasses at eBay
    1:11:50 - here’s our podcast page at iTunes, just waiting for your comments…
    1:12:51 - our Facebook group page | our Facebook fan page
    P.S.: the contest is now closed.  Check our video to find out who won.

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Monday, November 23 2009

Episode 114: Ukes on Thursday

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 18 2009 (11:00 PM - 12:30AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The latest news, a new concert round-up for the first of the November shows, and a review of Jake Shimabukuro’s recent concert in Ann Arbor.  (Cameo appearances by Joe Maj, Lee, and Jennifer.)”

    (Not to be confused with Episode 20.)
    00:09 - the blog to which Schmoe and Mike refer is our sister site, Tales from the North Coast
    00:42 - the clips from the Bruce Springsteen concert (Friday, November 13) come from here and here
    01:44 - the U2 clip is from my own recording, made Wednesday, May 30 2001
    04:11 - a How I Met Your Mother reference
    04:53 - in Episode 59
    05:44 - link to Goodbye Hello at Little Flock Music
    06:55 - Baz’s Bar: Buffett World’s write-up | Buffett News’s write-up (with links to the videos)
    07:01 - Le Select: Buffett World’s write-up | Buffett News’s write-up
    07:10 - Buffett News’s link to the video
    07:39 - Mac McAnally website | CMA Awards website
    08:01 - curiously the Radio Margaritaville page at Sirius.com showed five concerts for November while the front page at Radio Margaritaville.com showed only four.  (The latter was correct.)
    Here’s the Link for The Zac Brown Band; and here’s Buffett News’s write-up.
    08:38 - Land Shark Stadium performance: Buffett World’s write-up
    09:08 - I got the song title right in Episode 112, but Buffett World tricked me into saying it wrong now—grrr!
    09:30 - once again, the link to Boo-fay Hotel on Amazon.  And the link to the poll on our WAOTNC fan page at Facebook
    10:49 - I don’t know when Mike first heard Jimmy talk about Buffet Hotel, but the clip from Late Night is in Episode 107
    11:14 - Margaritaville Rum: Buffett World’s write-up | Buffett News’s write-up (and, yes, my saying “boo-fay” here was pure simple-minded gaffe)
    12:28 - evidently there was some fine-turning to Radio Margaritaville’s Thanksgiving schedule.  The Paris show was scheduled for 7:15 at “press time” but since got moved to 8:40 PM.  If you missed the concert due to this mix-up, you can catch it Saturday (11/28) at 6 PM and Sunday (11/29) at 10 PM (EST).
    17:32 - presumably the “top secret gig” is Jake’s performance with Bette Midler, before Queen Elizabeth, for the Royal Variety Performance 2009, on Monday, December 7, in Blackpool.
    20:26 - after all the Springsteen talk I couldn’t help underscoring how Jimmy got the day wrong throughout the concert.  It was a Tuesday.
    22:28 - a lyric update for “A Lot to Drink About”
    23:08 - Jimmy might have mentioned this before, but it seemed a “Get it On Paper” reference out of nowhere was worth keeping.  I also liked Jimmy’s off-hand “argh” during “Pirate”.
    26:30 - we only decided that morning to go, not that we decided to go in the morning
    27:09 - Grizzly Peak Brewing Company, in Ann Arbor
    27:59 - The Ark, in Ann Arbor
    38:16 - I couldn’t find it while searching “Jake Shimabukuro”, but I found it while searching for “Annon”.  Here’s the link to “Annon” on iTunes.  And the link to “Annon” in the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.
    38:16 - the setlist for Jake’s November 12 concert in Ann Arbor:

    40:53 - Here’s a great video of Jake playing “Bohemian Rhapsody” (third video down), on The Adventure Life.org.
    43:08 - buy Jake Shimabukuro’s live album and other of his CDs at his online store
    44:05 - the interference is back, in the right channel, and it was caused by Jennifer’s phone
    44:59 - Shirley Temple: on Wikipedia and at her official site.  But I mean, come on, there are enough cable channels showing old movies that I can’t believe there’s still a need to explain who Shirley Temple or Henry Fonda or Jimmy Stewart are.  ...Kids these days.
    51:40 - Schmoe’s Cantina.com; no merch there, but the domain is ours

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