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Episode 92: Nectar Far From Home

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Show Notes:

Recorded Wednesday, December 10 2008 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Scott, Hud, and Mike show up to help ring out the year with a look back at 2008.
(Special guests: Joe, Jennifer, and Lee.)”

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  This week’s episode is brought to you by the makers of Breaded Gravy™ — the perfect side dish for your holiday dinners!
    00:55 – as seen in the show notes for Episode 89
    01:19 – confirmed by Australia’s ABC News
    01:30 – Spike TV’s Manswers
    01:52 – Yep.  Sure enough.  I knew they wouldn’t be able to resist creating some stupid slang portmanteau
    04:29 – Buffett News points out Nadirah’s December 8 appearance with the
A1A band is viewable online
    04:57 – the fan story on Buffett News.com
    05:09 – the charity story on Buffett World.com
    05:38 – New York Daily News on Buffett at the Obama rally
    07:06 – as heard at the end of Episode 90
    07:42 – that little magical noise is from my Cyber-shot camera, from when I my some behind-the-scenes photos from our year-end show: 1 | 2
    07:52 – December 4 1980
    09:48 – Christmas Island was reviewed in Episode 26
    10:54 – Mike mentions “Ragtop Day” but he’s confusing Always with The Slugger’s
Wife
    11:39 – Scott previously discussed 21 Jump Street in Episode 19
    11:55 – Joe actually offered a lot more questions, but we only include the ones that engendered the most interesting conversations — despite some of this stuff having been covered before
    12:18 – “Waiting on a Sunny Day” is available on Springsteen’s The Rising
    12:59 – Wikipedia’s page on “mind maps”
    13:15 – Schmoe’s Schmoeonade recipe
    13:43 – Wikipedia on “agave nectar”
    13:49 – once again, the Westborn Fruit Market link, as mentioned in our previous episode
    14:34 – another reference to the end of our previous episode
    14:56 – as a matter of fact, we started getting Landsharks at Zodiac in March 2008, as heard in Episode 62
    15:10 – Cheeseburger in Caseville link
    15:49 – Mike and Schmoe’s Mexican adventures were discussed in Episode 69A
    18:15 – this year’s Buffett concert was discussed in Episode 72

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Episode 91: The Garden Fresh Gourmet Interview

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 3 2008 (9:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “We interview Jack Aronson, the CEO of Garden Fresh Gourmet and the man behind Margaritaville chips & salsa; followed by a discussion of our favorite food-related Buffett songs.  (Special Guest: Jack Aronson.  Also appearing: Cindy.)”

    00:18 – our recording coincided with the airing of CBS’s 2008 Victoria’s Secret
Fashion Show.  Obviously our attentions were divided.
    01:24 – Schmoe and Mike will be seeing Grace Potter on December 11 at The Magic Bag in Ferndale
    02:02 – Cindy’s back.  But more importantly, she had my next beer with her
    03:07 – I don’t want to tell tales out of school, but Hud can be one gassy sonofabitch
    05:09 – Jimmy’s Outer Banks Diary
    05:41 – Realkiteboarding.com
    05:58 – a reference to the auto industry bailout.  Specifically, the second appearance before Congress of the Big 3 CEOs (December 4th and 5th), when, bending to public will, they eschewed their corporate jets and caravaned to Washington DC in hybrid vehicles
    06:26 – Schmoe’s first overtures for an interview date back to February 20 2008
    06:40 – Garden Fresh Gourmet
    06:43 – Margaritaville Foods | Margaritaville Salsa
    07:14 – the interview was recorded on Tuesday, November 25 at 4:30 PM (EST)
    16:44 – Westborn Fruit Market
    18:51 – our, arguably, first coolest interview is contained in Episode 37
    22:22 – Podschmoe.com
    22:59 – our iTunes link
    23:36 – Dickens Village, from Department 56
    23:48 – and it’s at this point right here that Garden Fresh Gourmet starts rethinking about dealing with us ever again
    27:12 – see 26:48 of Episode 90
    28:55 – Detroit Hoedown, sponsored by WYCD 99.5 FM
    31:01 – Seinfeld: “The Junior Mint” Season 4 Episode 20 (or try this Wikipedia link)
    31:13 – Schmoe would like to point out how it was Johnny Carson who used to joke there is only one fruitcake in the world, which people have been re-gifting for years
    31:30 – blah blah blah Episode 78 blah blah
    33:08 – James played wallyball with the guys but did not stay for the podcast.  He and Schmoe were late in arriving to the recording room, causing Hud to joke that James was giving Schmoe a towel-down and powder.
    33:59 – Greg is referring to the song from 30:40, not the song from 32:11
    34:55 – Tomorrow Never Dies was released December 19 1997 in the US
    35:19 – an inside joke.  Greg had been bragging about getting tickets to the Rose Bowl, but unbeknownst to him Hud, Schmoe, and Mike also went — and didn’t let Greg know until afterward. For the record, U of M beat Washington St: 21-16.
    35:45 – I was mouthing “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger” to prompt Cindy
    37:04 – Schmoe has mentioned this Lone Palm story before (midway through Episode 61) but we left it in just for Hud’s punchline
    38:54 – Cracker Barrel
    39:27 – this sentence will be replaced when I remember in which episode we dogged Schmoe

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Episode 90: The Review and We Do

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 19 2008 (9:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “It’s our review of Living and Dying in 3/4 Time. (Cameos by Jennifer and Lee.)”

    00:00 – Schmoe usually handles the Skype duties, but Scott volunteered this week (but Schmoe took over again about halfway through)
    02:13 – Real Kiteboarding.com
    02:17 – this week’s cellphone interference brought to you by Hud
    02:40 – Mac’s CMA win
    02:53 – Jimmy at Gators game, from the Miami Herald
    04:03 – ajimmybuffettfan.com
    04:55 – yes, you heard right. We’re only now reading a letter from October 6.  We suck.
    06:37 – I know, I know! New South Wales — what do I win?
    09:53 – the gatefold, courtesy of Buffett World
    09:58 – mentioned in Episode 60
    12:45 – perhaps because the back cover credits list the “Second Coral Reefer Band”
    15:11 – I beg to differ.  People still know who Ricky Ricardo is, right?  He’s the I in I Love Lucy.
    15:42 – Andy Devine‘s IMDb page
    19:31 – my 1999 setlist page
    19:52 – Ringling, Montana, on Wikipedia
    20:16 – a range expander to boost the wireless signal (first discussed in Episode 82) and a deadbolt to more firmly close the back-room door and keep it from always coming ajar and letting in jukebox noise
    20:41 – we finally confronted Jennifer tonight about why they play the same half-dozen songs every Wednesday.  We were under the impression she and Lee have no imagination; but she blamed it on some other Wednesday regulars
    23:29 – another reference to the Episode 27
    24:07 – see 23:29
    24:25 – No.  It’s a “coincidence”.
    26:48 – editor’s note: the recording was accidentally stopped during the “Brand New Country Star” review and not noticed till a song or two later.  We made up for it by redoing those songs, hence all the coy comments about having rehearsed
    29:10 – Scott is not kidding. Because of the above mentioned mistake, he is able to quote Greg’s review.
    29:30 – see 23:29
    34:31 – “in the window” is a reference to dating age (in relation to ours, that is); not to, as some might think, European red light districts
    39:02 – Schmoe continued to wax rhapsodic over Willis Alan Ramsey’s first album, as he did in Episode 35, but all that has been cut out
    39:58 – former Detroit Piston John “Spider” Salley, on Wikipedia
    40:30 – I presume a reference to the medical marijuana proposition (Prop. 1) we voted for last Election Day
    41:51 – I read it on Buffett World’s lyrics page
    44:36 – the boys are yelling at Lee while trying to watch the Central Michigan Chippewas lose 31-24 to the Ball State Cardinals (“the fiercest robin-sized bird in the world!”).

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Episode 89: Argue, Laugh, and Cheer

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 12 2008 (9:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “We see out ihe tour with more concert clips and tip our hats to Election Day with
playlists for the candidates. (Special guest: Jennifer.)”

    00:08 – without going into details, Mike refers to some comments Schmoe was making about some of Scott’s pin-up images, prior to the start of the show
    00:41 – Central won 33-30, in overtime
    01:04 – Country Music Awards
    01:40 – three videos of Jimmy and Mac at Google headquarters
    02:04 – I really don’t know what I’m talking about.  There was no intermission that night.
    02:19 – I failed to capture the second half of the concert, so thanks to SunLover, of the Buffett News discussion board, for filling in the blanks and empty spaces
    05:08 – Tony Terracino, in the Miami Herald
    05:34 – two videos from the Obama rally
    05:50 – Madelyn Dunham, in Wikipedia
    06:05 – lots of Mohegan Sun videos on YouTube.  Greg is giggling because my nickname in high school was “Unk”.
    06:36 – a reference to the hologram effect CNN used as their Election Night gimmick
    08:07 – what we’d like to think is a reference to the joke at the end of Episode 54
    09:24 – Radio Margaritaville | Sirius | XM Radio
    10:22 – you can hear me muttering about whether we had a done a show after Halloween.  I thought we had, but at this point we had not.  Our discussion and my subsequent research were all edited out
    10:35 – have we mentioned Greg likes monkeys?
    11:07 – yay, it’s the Landshark I ordered!
    11:16 – first introduced in Episode 72, the sound denotes an edit so bad there’s no point in hiding it.  Can you name the song whence it originates?
    11:29 – our videos: here, on Vimeo, Viddler, or on YouTube
    12:30 – the Metropolitan Musicafé video
    13:26 – monkeys in space, according to Wikipedia.  Have we mentioned Greg likes monkeys?
    14:00 – I probably should’ve put the cricket noise there
    16:08 – Jennifer is reacting to the iSight camera on Scott’s MacBook and the Photo Booth software he was showing off
    16:18 – Scott didn’t share that exact photo, but the top one is similar:

Our waitress Jennifer

Our waitress Jennifer

Aw, what the heck. Here’s a picture of Lee too.

Scott saved a Jennifer’s roller-coaster video too. It’s similar to the video of Mike from Episode 77.

    16:35 – a perhaps intentional reference to the webchat scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall?
    16:51 – this went on a heck of a lot longer than included here
    17:21 – see 11:16
    18:00 – sadly, this is what passes for political discourse in our crowd.  Jeez, what a pathetic display of forensics.  We make the guys on Fox News look smart.
    This too went on a heck of a lot longer than included here.
    23:57 – recorded in 2004, “Taking My Country Back” was available at takingmycountryback.com, but that site is now defunct.  You can at least hear the song in mono in this YouTube video.
    27:54 – something for all you shippers out there

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Beer Bath

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    Listener Ed calls our attention to another Landshark sighting, this time in the latest Diggnation podcast (#176).  A Digger sent in a photo of herself in a Diggnation t-shirt, and the photo also includes a bottle of our official unofficial sponsor (and my one and only true friend) Landshark Lager.

An optical illusion. If you stare long enough, you can see a bottle of beer.

    It’s a crying shame a Landshark had to be sacrificed for this photo, but at least its loss was not in vain.
    P.S.: Ohhhh, laaaadies … we’ve got t-shirts too!  And Scott will be more than happy to sell you one.

Diamond as Big as My Drinks

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    Mexican scientists have discovered they can turn tequila into diamonds.  As reported in Physorg.com, “The key to the surprising discovery is tequila’s ratio of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, which lies within the ‘diamond growth region.’”
    See?  Who says tequila can’t help your marriage.

Our VHS Tape Library

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    Sadly, we did not record a show last night.  It wasn’t due to low attendance, it wasn’t due to technical problems.  We even had an agenda, not least of which was to say goodbye to Captain Tony, who passed away on November 1.  Despite all this, it became apparent that are plans would be a no-go and we ended up not recording.
    We’re very sorry about letting another week go by without a new episode, and Schmoe had spent the morning sending out e-mails detailing new plans and projects.  I have plans for new content too, and since I couldn’t announce it in the podcast I might as well announce it here.  Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the

Wastin’ Away On the North Coast VHS Tape Library

   

It’s a collection of Jimmy’s TV appearances we have archived on our old VHS tapes, dating back to 1984, dating back to Jimmy’s mustache.  This is stuff that not even Buffett World and Buffett News have.
    You can access the videos at our own page: http://www.wastinaway.net/videos
    or our page at Vimeo (though the collection is not complete)
    or at Viddler (even less complete)
    or even at YouTube (albeit in lesser quality, and excepting any videos over ten minutes long).
    This has been some weeks in the offing and I hope it makes up for the lack of a new episode.  If I may make a recommendation, why not check out how young we look in this 1989 video.  It’s almost like watching our first podcast.  You can see we haven’t changed much, except maybe for the giant glasses.
    Enjoy!

Episode 88: We are the Podcast Your Parents Warned You About

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Show Notes:

Recorded Wednesday, October 22 2008 (9:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Scott is back, making up for lost time by supplying his tailgate playlist and ‘Margaritaville’ verse; and the boys get back to album reviews, with a look at One Particular Harbour.  Special guest: Hud.  Cameo by Jennifer.”

    00:47 – a new wrinkle: audio notes for previous episodes!
    02:30 – a reference to Episode 56
    03:06 – not a real word
    06:38 – U of M would lose to MSU, 35-21.  Two weeks prior, U of M lost 13-10 to Toledo.
    07:10 – the genius playlist
    15:44 – Radio Margaritaville
    16:01 – Buffett News’s report on Capt Tony’s ailing health
    16:05 – Life Lessons of a Legend, at Amazon
    17:37 – Amazon states the release date as August 31 1983 (which, curiously, was a Wednesday)
    19:24 – The Bounty, at IMDb
    23:58 – “When It’s Love” by Van Halen, I believe.  A reference to Episode 67
    25:26 – Somewhere Over China was reviewed in Episode 15
    27:44 – Bobby Holcomb, in Wikipedia
    29:12 – Nod to the Storyteller, at Amazon
    29:34 – there’s lots more good stuff in this pre-show interview (from the first of two Las Vegas concerts).  It was quite entertaining, so why not listen to the whole thing…

   

30:41 – Yellow Moon, at Amazon

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Episode 87: Everything’s Better With Bacon!   (*Bacon Not Included)

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 15 2008 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Schmoe & Mike’s concert-going adventures continue and Greg & Mike have new ‘Margaritaville’ verses.  Special guest: Joda.  Cameo by Jennifer.”

    00:44 – with Government Honey being disbanded, Mike’s brother Jimmy (the singer of our theme song) has joined a new band called Mr Fabulous.  A name he’s not too crazy about.  Jimmy also still does his solo act, called The Jimmy Show.
    01:00 – it sounds like Schmoe says “Flagellant Monkey” but the name I came up with was “Flatulent Monkey”.
    I mean, come on.  “Flagellant Monkey” is just plain silly.
    01:07 – did we mention Greg likes monkeys?
    01:35 – Old 97’s
    01:43 – be like Mike: get the new Old 97’s album on iTunes.  Or order if from Amazon.
    02:17 – Silky’s, at Kiernan’s Steakhouse
    02:37 – St Andrew’s Hall, in Detroit
    04:36 – famed luthier Chad Heckler
    05:03 – Mason Jennings
    06:14 – singer Doug Fieger, attorney Geoffrey Fieger, and “Dr Death” Jack Kevorkian
    06:43 – lest we forget, Mike, Schnmoe, and Greg worked security for The Knack, as mentioned in Episode 61B
    07:16 – Sunspots, sunspots, sunspots
    09:08 – contest at Radio Margaritaville
    09:23 – contest at Cheeseburger in Paradise
    09:32 – CIP contest runs from October 15 to November 15
    09:58 – order Nod to the Storyteller from Amazon | or order it from Mailboat Records
    10:30 – a callback to Episode 65 (specifically, 40:40 in)
    11:06 – a callback to the end of Episode 84
    12:24 – a callback to our previous episode
    14:37 – all these bacon references stem from a tangential conversation which, unfortunately for our purposes here, was deleted from Episode 78.  But to make up for it, I present links to Bacon Salt, the item which started it all, and, your source for all things bacon, Bacon Today
    15:46 – Mike quotes a comment from the RCPM discussion board, a comment first mentioned in Episode 38
    15:51 – Mike comes dangerously close to plagiarizing a line from my lyric (from last week’s episode).  I protested at the time, but I vainly deleted it from the show since I sounded so pissy

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Episode 86: In One Way or the Other, We’re All Referees

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 8 2008 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Schmoe’s playlist project better end soon because I’m running out of football puns.  This week, it’s Greg’s turn. Plus, the guys show off their lyric writing skills.”

    00:58 – Bob-lo boats, which would take us to Bob-lo Island
    02:25 – Sufjan Stevens’ Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State album, at Amazon
    05:46 – Gene Kranz and Chris Craft, courtesy of Wikipedia
    09:23 – Schmoe’s blog – link coming soon
    13:55 – this “melody/medley” confluence will come up a lot, I’m sure
    16:22 – told you
    16:50 – what a bizarre, unintentional “shave-and-a-haircut” laugh
    17:28 – a heck of a lot was edited out of Greg’s playlist
    17:54 – Greg’s complete playlist, as e-mailed to us [PDF]; also exhibited below:

Greg's Toledo Reference by WAOTNC on Scribd

    19:44 – Jennifer’s Halloween-themed t-shirt read “I’m the treat”
    20:05 – an obvious edit, caused by my taking a bathroom-break before starting the newscast
    20:20 – Roy Orbison: A Black & White Night on Blu-Ray, at Amazon
    20:39 – Nod to the Storyteller, at Amazon
    20:44 – Radio Margaritaville and Sirius Radio
    21:44 – USA Weekend‘s “Margaritaville” verse contest winner
    24:39 – that part of the conversation was cut for time (following Schmoe’s mention of a gorilla that looked like Greg), but the first mention of a cave occurs at 11:17 … and, yes, it came from Greg
    25:13 – yet another reference to Episode 53
    29:46 – a reference to Barney Stinson’s Chain Circle Pyramid of Screaming (look for the April 14 2008 entry)
    29:04 – Schmoe was not present for the start of the recording
    30:47 – a digression cut from before the Gospel from the Coast.  I’m still fascinated how Greg could hear a song which has absolutely no horns in it and think it’s Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass.  Incidentally, this recording of the Zorba the Greek is from the Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels soundtrack.
    31:11 – oops, the correct titles are “Spanish Flea” and “Tijuana Taxi”

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