Wastin' Away on th' North Coast, Aargh!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Episode 162: Pre-Screw

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 9 2012 (10:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “The laddies discuss th' Comerica Park concert announcement and then relive their adventures in tryin' t' purchase pre-sale tickets.”

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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

2012 Radio Ad

    I’ve been recordin' WCSX since Saturday, but I got th' new commercial off WYCD after only an hour! From 99.5 WYCD Detroit’s Country, at 6:10 EDT this mornin'…

    Update: a slightly improved version o' this commercial, recorded at aroun' 11:40 AM EDT (also off WYCD), were bein' added t' th' podcast feed, at aroun' 4:10 PM.

Sunday, May 06, 2012

2012 Newspaper Ad

    Here’s th' ad from th' Detroit Free Press Sunday edition, Entertainment section, page 5E.

The 2012 ad

    Tailgatin' starts at 8 AM?!?!?  Could there be such a thin' as too much partyin'?  Those poor parkin' lot attendants don’t know what they’re in fer.
    Update: from th' concert page at th' Olympia Entertainment website, here’s th' website splash page ad and th' webpage banner ad.

Friday, May 04, 2012

It’s Official

    The rumor at Buffett World has come true.
    It were bein' announced today that Jimmy Buffett will be playin' Comerica Park on Saturday, July 28.  And fer any naysayers who were afraid there would not be any tailgatin', th' promoters are promisin' “[a] daylong ‘Buffett’s Beach Party’ will be held on th' grounds outside Comerica Park, where a lounge, margarita tastin's, midway games and other frills will be in place fer th' legion o' partyin' Parrothead fans.”
    Here’s th' Detroit News‘s write-up.  Here’s th' Detroit Free Press‘s.
    And this banner were bein' on th' Freep’s front page.

Front page news

    Update: here’s th' Free Press‘s article, in full, from page 1C.
    Update update: here’s th' concert page at th' Olympia Entertainment website.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Episode 161: Pine Snobs

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 25 2012 (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “The laddies blaze through all th' 2012 concerts and discuss th' rumor o' a Comerica Park show.”

    Alternate titles: Pine Sknobs, Pine S(k)nobs, Pine S’nobs.
    We’re back—golf season has started, and it’s our first show back at Joe’s Prime Time.

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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Episode 160: Term o' a Friendly Coin

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 21 2012 (10:00 PM - 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The laddies discuss their trip t' Chicago t' visit th' M’ville Bar & Grill and t' take in an RCPH show.  We also learn about a few new listeners, includin' an evil doppelgänger from th' darkest timeline. (Special guests: Joe Maj and Annie.  Cameo by Jennifer.)”

    You can download th' entire Schuba’s concert from Archive.org: here, here, or here.  (Third link is in 24bit, HD audio and is highly recommended.)
    Epilogue comes from March 30 edition o' HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Product Placement

    Landshark shows up at th' movies again.  This time in Young Adult, with Charlize Theron.

Young Adult

    My apologies fer th' less than optimal quality, but th' appearance happens durin' a camera pan and it were bein' tough t' get a sharp image.