Friday, July 22 2011

Steambath and a Show

    It was the hottest day of the year!
    I’m still worn out from this year’s concert, but here are few notes about the day…
    Mike did a more elaborate tailgate than usual, hooking up an inverter to his car battery to power a fan and his Frozen Concoction Maker.  The parking lot was definitely a Barometer Soup and I’m not ashamed to admit I drank a lot more water than Landsharks or margaritas.  We didn’t do a lot of wandering around, clinging too much to the shade of our canopy, but I still plan on whipping up another tailgate video soon.  Watch this space.  Maybe.
    The crowd rallied enough to be loud and appreciative by show time; but the people around me were lame and sat down way too often.
    Even after sundown, it was still quite hot.  We recorded a podcast from the parking lot, but we sound so beat that it makes for some less than exciting listening.
    For now, here’s a batch of photos I took of the day, in our photo gallery.  A far cry from last year’s front row seats, but oh well…
    And, ultimately, as always, it was a pleasure and a hell of an evening.

Section RTC, Row MM, Seat 68

Monday, May 2 2011

There’s Nothing Soft About Hard Teas

    This just in, from our roving reporter Mike, vacationing in Florida.  “Breaking News!!  Margaritaville sells spiked tea and spiked lemonade!  Review to follow….”

Spiked Lemonade and Spiked Tea

Spiked Label

Thursday, April 14 2011

Number Eight

    Jimmy got another shout-out in the Late Show Top Ten List, Wednesday night, April 13.  (For all you completists, the other half of the Top Ten follows after the jump.)

Top Ten List, part 1

Top Ten List, part 2

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Sunday, March 13 2011

2011 Newspaper Ad

    Palacenet.com, the website for the Meadowbrook and Pine Knob (DTE Energy) amphitheaters and the Palace of Auburn Hills arena, had Buffett’s ad as the sole image for their front page.  This splash page is no more, but you can still see the image here.
    It took a few days, but the Detroit Free Press finally printed this year’s concert ad today, Sunday.  Presumably this is our first look at the “Fin Land” logo.

Detroit Free Press, “Entertainment + Travel”, page 3E. Sunday, March 13.

Saturday, January 29 2011

Episode 141: When It All Falls Down Under

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 26 2011 (10:30 PM - 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Our Australian correspondents fill us in on Jimmy’s tour Down Under, Mickey rounds up the Irvine CA show, and Schmoe provides the latest about his nipples.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)”

    Jimmy sure knows how to make an exit.  His return to Australia after twenty-two years made headlines, but probably not the way he would’ve wanted.
    Mike provides this week’s title.  Alternates include:

Gravity Storm
Last Man Standing
Stars Fell In Australia
Why the Things We Do
Survive
Beyond the End…Of the Stage
Face Plant For the Night
Sinko de Jimmyo
I Wish the Stage Could Last Forever
When the Stagefront Betrays Me
A Pirate Looks at Floory
Defining Gravity
Changes in Altitudes

    01:43 - The Criterion Collection’s Broadcast News Blu-ray
    05:39 - according to Time and Date.com
    06:35 - photo of Buffett on gurney, from Channel 9 in Sydney

    06:44 - TMZ’s write-up and their front-row video:

    06:53 - An alternate angle, on YouTube:

    08:19 - more video from TMZ.com: Steven Tyler fell off the stage in Toronto, in August 2010
    08:55 - Listener Brett guested in Episode 30
    09:07 - audio is off the video from 6:53
    09:54 - Listener Mat’s video, at the Sydney Opera House:

    12:25 - the Auckland show was scheduled for Saturday; I was confusing it with Radio M’ville’s broadcast of the second Opera House concert on Friday
    12:35 - Jim Mayer’s Twitter post
    15:01 - our partial research shows Hordern Pavilion is twice the capacity of the Opera House
    15:30 - Listener Fiona’s pictures, at our WAOTNC Photo Gallery
    18:15 - a couple hours after this recording, we got word the Auckland concert had been officially canceled
    18:57 - “Buffett to appear on Lionel Richie Album” from Buffett News
    30:28 - this quote followed “Creola”
    37:56 - sorry, the M’ville Liquor Chiller deal ended on January 28 2011
    38:37 - Mike bought us M’ville Spiced Rum for Christmas back on December 22
    39:06 - Molly Maid
    39:15 - Larry is the proprietor of Zodiac, and back on December 3 he hosted a poker party — at which Schmoe and Scott knocked out half of his outdoor Christmas decorations when they decided to cut across the front lawn rather than use the sidewalk like grown-ups.
    42:53 - to be honest, Mr T’s “thumb dance” has morphed over the years from him simply standing up and pointing to the back of his t-shirts into us doing these moves from Airplane!
    45:12 - this was pretty much confirmed in the video Jimmy recorded the next day:

    49:25 - nope, not “Katie”: it’s Leah Flanagan
    56:58 - Colin Hay will be at the Ark (in Ann Arbor MI) on April 28 and April 29
    57:12 - vegemite on Wikipedia
    58:31 - Vitameatavegamin
    58:40 - welcome to Schmoe’s second nipplecast.  The first one can be heard in Episode 126
    1:03:40 - Chafe Free
    1:05:22 - Good God, that was the longest lead-up ever!  I hope the joke is worth it…
    1:06:34 - …oh well…
    1:06:51 - more audio off the video from 6:53

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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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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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