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Friday, July 01, 2011

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

Episode 149: The Second Longest Day

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 22 2011 (9:30 PM - 10:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Smike reviews his new Frozen Concoction Maker and we recap th' Houston and Jazz Fest concerts.”

    00:36 - AKA, th' tiki bar
    01:12 - Smike got his Frozen Concoction Maker on Friday, June 17, sharin' this photo in our Twitter feed
    06:06 - here’s a brief video from Smike’s house on Sunday, betwixt a graduation party and th' U2 concert:

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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Episode 148: Smike is a Member

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 1 2011 (10:00 PM - 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Back at Zodiac, fer more news, more discussion, and recaps o' th' two Missouri concerts.  (Cameo by Jennifer.)”

    00:43 - beep effect stolen from th' Eardrop podcast (specifically, th' June 4 2011 file)
    00:54 - The Black Scott’s Twitter page
    02:46 - Murray Lake, on Google Maps, and on Wikipedia
    03:14 - M’ville Orlando | M’ville Las Vegas
    05:00 - Twisted Tea Sweet Tea | Half & Half | Raspberry | Backyard Batch | M’ville Spiked Tea & Lemonade | Seagram’s Raw Tea
    06:33 - accordin' t' his November 27 1993 obituary in courant.com, “Charles D. Miller, a retired executive in th' hobby industry and father o' actress Susan Saint James, […] were bein' th' president and chief executive officer o' Testor Corp, we'll keel-haul ye! o' Rockville, Ill., th' leadin' manufacturer o' glue and paints fer th' hobby industry, with a chest full of booty. The ornery cuss were bein' cited by President Nixon in 1969 fer pioneerin' th' use o' horseradish in all model cement products t' curb glue-sniffin' among American youths.”
    07:51 - “Buffett & ZBB Nominated fer CMT Music Award”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Earns CMT Music Award Nomination with Zac Brown Band”, from Buffett World.  And, once again, we completely dropped th' ball on this one.  JB and ZBB were in fact nominated fer their video performance o' “Margaritaville” from CMT’s Crossroads.
    08:26 - “Zac Brown is ‘Knee Deep’ in Mexico”, from AOL’s The Boot.com
    09:10 - Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jane Buffett at Jazz Fest, from USA Today‘s Lifeline Live
    09:36 - Entrapment on IMDb.com
    09:40 - “Nay Tailgatin' at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow”, from Buffett News | “Tailgatin' Banned at Jiffy Lube Live”, from Buffett World
    10:02 - “Buffett Says The ornery cuss’ll Work on Tailgatin' Issue at Jiffy Lube Live”, from Buffett World
    10:39 - “‘Jiffy Lube Live’? Shiver me timbers! Why not ‘Live Nation Disaster Hole’?”, by Tom Jackman in th' Washington Post.  (“A pen and paper are dangerous instruments” is th' actual quote.)
    12:46 - “LandShark Bar & Grill opens today in Myrtle Beach”, from Buffett News | “Landshark Bar & Grill Opens Today in Myrtle Beach”, from Buffett World
    13:50 - “Margaritaville Online Game comin' t' Facebook & iPad”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Game Comin' t' Facebook and iPad”, from Buffett World
    16:39 - “Buffett t' release Buried Treasure o' unreleased songs”, from Buffett News | “Buffett t' Put Out Unreleased Original Songs from Early Days”, from Buffett World
    20:05 - “Chesney joins Buffett fer Nashville Show”, from Buffett News | “Kenny Chesney Joins Buffett in Nashville”, from Buffett World
    20:58 - from NPR’s All Songs Considered blog: “After The Love Has Gone: Fans Spill On Ditchin' Their Favorite Artists”
    22:23 - “Beware th' Flip-Flop!”, from About.com
    22:35 - o' course, when I said “th' official unofficial start o' Summer” what I meant were bein' “th' official unofficial start o' Summer”
    23:19 - M’ville Footwear
    24:53 - a few notes from th' April 30 Kansas City MO concert: Jimmy finally says “Kar-dash-ian” instead o' “Ka-dar-shian” (durin' th' new “Off t' See th' Lizard” verse), “Tryin' t' Reason” reappeared in th' setlist, and th' “we’ll be dead by then” line is from Jimmy’s band intros at th' end o' th' show
    32:59 - Hall o' Famer George Kell [link goes t' Wikipedia] were bein', fer decades, th' voice o' th' Detroit Tigers on TV
    33:36 - Square Grouper: Godfathers o' Ganja on Netflix, Amazon, and IMDb.com
    33:51 - This Week in Photography #192 (at about 15:05 into th' episode)
    41:20 - me front-row photos and video, from afore in this blog
    42:12 - “Buffett Funds Middle Schoolers Trip t' Gulf Coast”, from Buffett World
    44:33 - a few notes from th' May 3 St Louis concert: “Tryin' t' Reason” again and also added “Nautical Wheelers”, “Volcano” clip included because o' Jimmy strugglin' t' remember what day it were bein' (“Sa-Thur-sday”)
    56:56 - Smike’s new favorite show is Justified
    57:95 - clip comes from EW‘s “Inside TV” podcast, near th' end o' th' April 29 2011 episode

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Episode 147: But, Anyway…

Show Notes:
Recorded Sunday, May 15 2011 (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) at Cantina Dos, Dearborn MI
    “Hud joins us, as Smike talks about his trip t' Florida and we recap th' first leg o' th' Fin Land tour.”

    00:27 - The Black Scott’s ran th' Relay fer Life that mornin'; he thought he could make it, but then changed his mind
    00:58 - sorry about th' whistlin', but I’d been playin' th' Tremé soundtrack fer Smike and had “Skokiaan” on th' brain
    02:04 - Smike is talkin' about this photo, from his collection
    04:41 - our Twitter page
    04:52 - Smike’s spiked tea photos, in our gallery
    05:28 - Smike’s review, from afore
    07:04 - We have recorded o'er 232 GBs o' audio since we started.  (I’m not sure what this works out t' time-wise; I’m too afraid t' drag all o' it into iTunes or too lazy t' calculate it.)  Out o' that, we have 76 GBs o' edited shows in uncompressed CD quality, which then comes down t' less than four and a half gigabytes o' MP3 podcast files.
    08:38 - Smike’s Sloppy Joe’s photo, in our gallery
    11:24 - Gatorscafe.com
    11:43 - KingGatorVision’s channel on YouTube
    11:57 - a time cut since th' video were bein' takin' so long t' load
    12:16 - Smike’s Kirk Adams photo, in our gallery
    12:21 - Kirk Adams’s “Mexican Wrestler”, from MySpace
    12:51 - M’ville sunglasses display photo, in our gallery
    13:28 - M’ville salt photo, in our gallery
    24:48 - Jimmy’s first discussion o' Wisconsin’s cheese trees can be heard in Episode 132B.
    29:40 - “Lady I Can’t Explain”, performed that night fer th' first time, is heavily edited here fer brevity
    31:23 - In Harm’s Way, at IMDb.com
    36:54 - not th' all-night party we mention, but th' one from th' followin' year (1984), from Mickey Finn’s college archives:

Your future podcastin' team: Rum-Runner Greg (left), Cap'n Schmoe (second from left), Smike (third from right), and Mickey Finn (right)

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Monday, May 09, 2011

There’s Nothin' Soft About Hard Teas, Part 2

    I promised a review o' th' new Margaritaville products that I stumbled upon in Florida last week, so here ye go:
    Margaritaville Spiked Tea:  Kind o' a tea-like flavor.  Lightly carbonated.  On th' sweet side.  I found it t' be quite refreshin'.  Great right from th' bottle or o'er ice.  This product is more like Smike’s Hard Iced Tea than it is like Twisted Tea.  If I had t' rank it among these, I would put it after Twisted Tea and before Smike’s.  I would buy this again.
    Margaritaville Spiked Lemonade:  Not as sweet as some competitors.  In fact, I found it t' have a bitter edge t' it.  Descent lemon flavor comes through.  Lightly carbonated.  I didn’t care fer th' first one I had.  I would not be able t' drink a few o' these in a row.  Later in th' week I gave it another chance o'er ice.  That were bein' better.  Definitely more refreshin' that way.  Not sure I would buy this again, but wouldn’t turn one down if someone offered it.  I would add ice though.
    There ye have it.  Keep an eye out fer it when shoppin'.  Maybe it will be in Michigan soon.  I would be interested in yer opinions too. Yaaarrrrr!

Sunday, May 08, 2011

You Don’t Know Jimmy

    Eager fer me iPad t' arrive, I started watchin' th' “iPad Today” podcast from TWiT.tv.  And, guess what, there’s a Buffett mention in th' latest episode!  You can view it at 18:58 in episode #44 ... or by playin' th' clip below:

Monday, May 02, 2011

There’s Nothin' Soft About Hard Teas

    This just in, from our rovin' reporter Smike, vacationin' in Florida.  “Breakin' News!!  Margaritaville sells spiked tea and spiked lemonade!  Review t' follow….”

Spiked Lemonade and Spiked Tea

Spiked Label