Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 1 2011 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Back at Zodiac, for more news, more discussion, and recaps of the two Missouri concerts. (Cameo by Jennifer.)”
00:43 – beep effect stolen from the Eardrop podcast (specifically, the June 4 2011 file)
00:54 – 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 – according to his November 27 1993 obituary in courant.com, “Charles D. Miller, a retired executive in the hobby industry and father of actress Susan Saint James, […] was the president and chief executive officer of Testor Corp. of Rockville, Ill., the leading manufacturer of glue and paints for the hobby industry. He was cited by President Nixon in 1969 for pioneering the use of horseradish in all model cement products to curb glue-sniffing among American youths.”
07:51 – “Buffett & ZBB Nominated for 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 the ball on this one. JB and ZBB were in fact nominated for their video performance of “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 – “No Tailgating at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow“, from Buffett News | “Tailgating Banned at Jiffy Lube Live“, from Buffett World
10:02 – “Buffett Says He’ll Work on Tailgating Issue at Jiffy Lube Live“, from Buffett World
10:39 – “‘Jiffy Lube Live’? Why not ‘Live Nation Disaster Hole’?“, by Tom Jackman in the Washington Post. (“A pen and paper are dangerous instruments” is the 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 coming to Facebook & iPad“, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Game Coming to Facebook and iPad“, from Buffett World
16:39 – “Buffett to release Buried Treasure of unreleased songs“, from Buffett News | “Buffett to Put Out Unreleased Original Songs from Early Days“, from Buffett World
20:05 – “Chesney joins Buffett for 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 Ditching Their Favorite Artists”
22:23 – “Beware the Flip-Flop!“, from About.com
22:35 – of course, when I said “the official unofficial start of Summer” what I meant was “the official unofficial start of Summer”
23:19 – M’ville Footwear
24:53 – a few notes from the April 30 Kansas City MO concert: Jimmy finally says “Kar-dash-ian” instead of “Ka-dar-shian” (during the new “Off to See the Lizard” verse), “Trying to Reason” reappeared in the setlist, and the “we’ll be dead by then” line is from Jimmy’s band intros at the end of the show
32:59 – Hall of Famer George Kell [link goes to Wikipedia] was, for decades, the voice of the Detroit Tigers on TV
33:36 – Square Grouper: Godfathers of Ganja on Netflix, Amazon
33:51 – This Week in Photography #192 (at about 15:05 into the episode)
41:20 – my front-row photos and video, from earlier in this blog
42:12 – “Buffett Funds Middle Schoolers Trip to Gulf Coast“, from Buffett World
44:33 – a few notes from the May 3 St Louis concert: “Trying to Reason” again and also added “Nautical Wheelers”, “Volcano” clip included because of Jimmy struggling to remember what day it was (“Sa-Thur-sday”)
56:56 – Mike’s new favorite show is Justified
57:95 – clip comes from EW‘s “Inside TV” podcast, near the end of the April 29 2011 episode
Jimmy did show up at E3. Buffett World has a couple interviews from the expo.