Wastin' Away on the North Coast
Podcasting about Jimmy Buffett from the Great Lakes State
Detroit Thursday. Cleveland Friday. Be back soon…
Behind the Magic Bag, Ferndale MI. Thursday, October 4 2007
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Next door to the Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH. Friday, October 5 2007
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Update: the Detroit photos and Cleveland photos are now available in our Gallery
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 26 2007 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM), at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Greg and Scott are no-shows, but Mike joins Mickey and Schmoe via speakerphone to review Volcano and to pay tribute to Episode 11. Guests: Lee and, just barely, Jennifer.”
00:11 – Autumn 2007 began Sunday, September 23, 5:51 AM (EDT)
02:13 – not all of Canada, just the Canadians I deal with at work
02:21 – evidently, on the day of our recording, a US dollar was worth $1.0039 Canadian. And also on this day, the US dollar hit a new low against the Euro. One US dollar was worth 0.707 EUR.
02:44 – to hell with putting clips in context!
04:00 – you can read all the “Glory Days” complaints during the “live commenting” on BuffettNews
05:21 – here’s an image of what we’re talking about
05:49 – an RCPM related story best explained in the comments … right?
07:38 – as discussed in Episode 32
09:23 – nostalgia for LPs, I mean, not scratchy playback
09:28 – and no Buffett LPs, I mean. I’ve got plenty of LPs, believe me; just not any Buffett LPs
11:12 – I never knew Schmoe was so determined to talk about Mike’s cutoffs
12:10 – Gary is Greg’s older brother. (Should I have mentioned this?)
14:55 – I thought I saw this same Chet Flippo article online somewhere, but the best I can find is this reference to it in the Steve Eng book (via Google Books)
15:54 – Greg’s Word DOC [PDF]
17:15 – yep, One Particular Harbour in 1983. BuffettWorld confirms it
19:12 – well, you guys know the “Fins to the left, fins to the right” part. But the third step in the Fins Dane is to put your left fist in your right armpit and your fist over your left shoulder. Then move your elbows apart, like a giant shark mouth. (I really wish I could do technical drawings.) We’re not making this up either. Jimmy explained the Fins Dance back in the 70s
22:00 – link to Episode 11
22:11 – it just so happens Greg still possesses this cassette tape, and that we do shout a greeting between “Fins” and “Volcano”. Here is an excerpt from that actual cassette:
22:19 – link to Episode 11
22:56 – hey Greg, it’s “stylus” [stī’-ləs]
23:27 – Landshark listing in Wikipedia
24:49 – remora listing in Wikipedia
25:46 – no podcast next week, as most of us will be seeing Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers on Thursday, October 4 and in Cleveland on October 5. Look for other upcoming shows at the AZ Peacemakers site
25:57 – buy Roger Clyne’s “D-Back Swing” at the Peacemakers’ new Digital Downloads site. The WAOTNC boys also recommend The Whole Enchilada. Eight CDs for fifty bucks!
30:42 – James Taylor’s brothers are named Alex, Livingston, and Hugh. He also has a sister named Kate.
31:06 – “Treat Her Like a Lady” is available at the bottom of my my 2000 setlist page
31:45 – do most people think “Treat Her Like a Lady” is about a ship or about the ocean? Chime in in the comments
32:42 – Schmoe’s daughter Kate is infatuated with horses
33:56 – let’s see how long it takes Margaritaville.com to fix their Volcano track list
34:35 – “…respectively”
35:49 – a reference of course to our recent Caseville mini-podcasts
36:03 – yep the LP lyrics say “Princess Lia”
36:50 – once again, here’s an example of what Greg’s talking about, right off his cassette. Schmoe’s recording style really is a mood-killer:
38:29 – link to my 1998 setlist page
40:38 – Schmoe’s gone Hollywood. He’s talking about himself in the third person.
47:30 – link to Episode 11
48:40 – dang it, I forgot to add rimshots
49:49 – no, actually it’s Episode 41
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 12 2007 (8:00 PM – 11:30 PM), at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“A new show on Talk Like a Pirate Day? It’s like a dream come true! Well, dream on, because this was recorded a week ago and took a full seven days for post-production.
Then it must be great, right? Well, get somebody to pinch you because you’re dreaming too much! Back at Zodiac, for the start of Season 4, Greg, Scott, Schmoe, and Mickey continue
discussing the box set, with a closer look at Beaches. And Mike joins them, but only by phone. Guests include Jennifer and Lee.”
00:43 – Episode 17, Schmoe, Episode 17
01:40 – the Detroit Shock won the WNBA Championship September 9 2006, Saturday, defeating the Sacramento Monarchs 80-75.
02:28 – all this was already put to rest by Larry himself, three minutes into Episode 24
03:40 – Buffett World didn’t forget the anniversary though
04:07 – Jimmy’s CMA Live Event nomination (right column, middle)
04:15 – Mac’s CMA Musician of the Year nomination (right column, bottom)
04:43 – Mac’s Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
09:07 – during the pre-show, Savannah Jane interviewed rock writer Bill Flanagan who had this to say about Elo Ferrier…
10:43 – Scott doesn’t know what’s good for him. Pay no mind to his hesitations and go out and buy Firefly ASAP.
10:50 – thanks to The Daily Show, “douchebag” has become the It word of 2007
11:02 – no, Schmoe did not have an incredibly fast eighteen-second pee. We just cut out all the boring stuff where we waited for him to return
12:11 – regrettably, we are not at liberty to discuss our dealings with PodSchmoe.com at this time
12:30 – this is what I researched
15:21 – possibly another instance of Schmoe’s unique pronunciation style. Most people pronounce “Crowell” to rhyme with “cowl”. And since we brought it up, here’s the link for Rodney Crowell’s official site
15:54 – Amazon link for Texas Troubadours
16:35 – and that is where we got the idea to review Volcano for Episode 51
19:14 – one mention of “The parties are all over” in the first verse, which seems more like Beaches than specifically Bars to me; and one mention of “the joint begins to jumpin” in the last verse. So I guess it’s a tie.
25:54 – that little noise is Greg checking his phone messages
27:19 – for the record, in an August 21 e-mail (discussing a review of “Boats”) Schmoe suggested we:
1) Review the new songs
2) What songs would you take off that CD
3) What songs would you put in its place
4) What songs released SINCE the boxed set would you put on that disc.
I guess it’s the vagueness of point 3) that has us confused. I saw it as meaning what songs on the box set fit better, but I guess Schmoe meant which songs not on the box set would fit better.
29:55 – Schmoe is quick to point out this song, made famous by the Muppets, actually originated in an Italian softcore porno
30:17 – the fourth track, of course
33:28 – “ashphalt” is so frequently used you’d think it might be an alternate pronunciation. But no, a check of online dictionaries suggest it’s just a wrong pronunciation. Thus, you’d think Schmoe said it rather than Greg.
33:39 – another word from our sponsor
34:36 – yep, that’s me when I’m drunk. ‘Cept I babble a lot more.
35:11 – Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine
35:59 – I was aiming for “The Stranger” from The Big Lebowski, but it sounds more like a combination of John Wayne and Yosemite Sam
37:43 – you’ll have to forgive the dodgy audio levels and the occasional “mosquito noise”. I was trying to set up the phone and the speaker and move the mics around while the call was already ongoing
40:55 – as heard in Episode 37
41:02 – which, as mentioned before, I recorded off radio
44:54 – nope, that was on October 18
45:21 – either Buffett is justified in ignoring us, since his concerts are apparently so forgettable; or, it proves we need him to show up here more than ever in order to remember him better
45:59 – which you can hear below
46:37 – actually, the Southeast Michigan Singles aren’t meeting at Zodiac this season. As of September 29 they’ve chosen instead to meet at the Coliseum in Taylor every Wednesday for wallyball.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 12 2007 (11:00 PM – 11:30 PM), at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
As mentioned at the end of Episode 50, Scott had an entertaining anecdote for us about recent troubles buying a gadget from Best Buy. It was too long to include within the show, so we offer it here instead as a separate sound file and blog page exclusive:
Listen now…
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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 29 2007 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM), at Joe’s Prime Time Pub, Gibraltar MI
“Season 3 finishes with our look at 1999’s Beach House on the Moon. Guests include Rob, Brooke, Christina, and Elise.”
Rob is with us almost every week, for FSGL golf and for dinner, but this is the first time he’s hung around to join us in the back room.
Milky the Clown was the spokesclown for Twin Pines Dairy, back in the ’50s.
Pay no attention to the discrepancies with Amazon’s Live in Anguilla listing. It’s all been settled since then.
Link for Voodoo Café.
Link for Moses Horowitz, pending.
Link for Danica McKellar.
For some reason Schmoe bases his entire “Spending Money” review on the one “It’s a dang fool husband doesn’t spring for his wife” line.
“Breathe the air that we’ve blown you” is a quote from The Who’s “The Punk & The Godfather” from Quadrophenia.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 22 2007 (9:30 PM – 10:30 PM), at Joe’s Prime Time Pub, Gibraltar MI
“In which the gang reminisces about visiting Cheeseburger in Paradise, Schmoe & Mickey must defend their clandestine love of stargazing, and the gang is duty-bound to take a closer look at disc one of JB’s Boxed Set. Guests: DJ, Jacob, and Christina.”
I was getting tired of all the audible thumping every time someone emphatically taps the table. I switched to different mics, and now they pick rumblings and thumpings every time someone shifts in their chair! I tried to EQ the sound to lessen the bass, but you’ll probably still hear of thumping and rumbling regardless. My apologies if it gets on your nerves (as it does mine). Hopefully we can get this sorted out next time. And now, on to the show notes:
00:00 – get your podcast on the PodSchmoe Podcasting Network
00:21 – Scott’s podcast is called “Southgate Tech Tip of the Week”
01:27 – the high was 80°F. The high temperature Monday was 67°F.
02:38 – too lazy to look up our first mention of the Cheeseburger in Paradise restaurant, but I know it was back at Zodiac
02:49 – map to Cheeseburger in Paradise
03:51 – pineapple was a popular ingredient in he Cheeseburger in Caseville contest; hence the comment.
04:21 – play the home game with a Cheeseburger in Paradise menu
06:54 – Sailor Jerry rum
07:17 – Voodoo Café
08:09 – WAOTNC Photo Gallery
08:31 – Christina had trouble opening my beer bottle, when she brought it. She couldn’t get a grip on the cap, since Buds are notoriously painful to open. Instead, she bent down to try using the hem of her skirt. This piqued everyone’s attention, and, feeling suddenly bashful, she turned her back to us — now facing DJ — as she continued to twist the cap off with her skirt
09:10 – Is Schmoe going to hell? What about you?
09:40 – this just in: the Amazon pre-order page now shows only a DVD instead of a CD/DVD combo!
09:53 – Mailboat Records
10:15 – Buffett News’s Swine Not? page
11:15 – another running gag, which I’m told originated from earlier in the day. Greg was talking about softball feats from his youth, to impress Jacob, and allegedly likened himself to baseball great Rod Carew. This led to comments such as “When I think of Rod Carew, I think of Greg” (or vice versa?), which inevitably got extrapolated to all sorts of ridiculous extremes
11:22 – Ross School
11:33 – Stephen Talkhouse
12:04 – no, he did not show up
12:12 – Show Notes blog (but you already knew that … right?!)
13:40 – the mini podcasts from our Caseville visit
13:48 – apparently Hud greatly enjoy finding out Schmoe had brought out a pillow and blankets during our stargazing tryst
14:06 – Wikipedia’s Perseid link
16:25 – Amazon says Bob Marley’s Songs of Freedom box set came out October 6 1992
16:33 – Amazon says James Brown’s Star Time box set came out May 7 1991
18:34 – Amazon says Before the Beach came out May 25 1993
19:13 – Evangeline at Answers.com
19:45 – Greg’s top ten
19:48 – Wikipedia’s Dennis Connor page
20:03 – still looking for a video clip
20:41 – such as “Turning Around” from Summer Rental or “Purple People Eater” from Contact
24:07 – perhaps I was overly polite in keeping my silence, but I feel compelled to point out here I completely disagree
25:46 – track from the Planete Zouk compilation
30:03 – Scott’s excuse has already been used in Episodes 46 and 47
30:33 – of course the lyric Schmoe wanted to recite is “I’ve got to head this boat south pretty soon”
32:25 – nice try with Greg trying to escape from discussing Ballads, but clearly, after Episode 40, there’s no way we’d let him get away with it
33:00 – Christina loses her cool when noticing Greg videoing her on his LG phone
36:05 – it was Greg, it was Greg, it was all Greg
36:17 – cf. 11:15
The gang met up last Saturday (August 18) to finally visit Cheeseburger in Paradise, in Sterling Heights (by Lakeside Mall). Not only did we get a chance to dine on cheeseburgers and popcorn shrimp, and sample the house brand Island Lager, but we got to see Mike’s brother’s side project Voodoo Café. You know, Mike’s brother Jimmy, right? He sings our theme song.
No podcast was recorded, but Mickey (as always) documented the event, and the photos are online in our WAOTNC Photo Gallery.
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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 8 2007 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM), at Joe’s Prime Time Pub, Gibraltar MI
“It might not be our longest, but, boy, does it feel like it! Belated, long-awaited, jam-packed, if not over-stuffed, with goodness, we discuss the last two concerts and some recent online Buffett mentions, and we review Riddles in the Sand. Guests: DJ, Listener Ed, and Christina.”
04:58 – Usher’s wedding
05:23 – the actual lyric is “And you may tell yourself / This is not my beautiful wife!” as well as “And you may tell yourself / My God!…What have I done?”
06:21 – Greetings to the Brysnicki family!
10:34 – A lesson for the kids: Don’t drink and orbit
12:28 – Listener Ed’s website
12:59 – third song, actually
15:07 – hear the entire Fresh Air interview on NPR.org. [Link to her album on iTunes]
22:51 – Scott is evidently too young to remember that this was a calculated marketing ploy by MCA to attract a country western audience
22:31 – Urban Cowboy was released in 1980
24:09 – Jane Slagsvol
26:31 – I have a couple clips in my old TV Room
26:48 – iTunes link to “Who’s the Blonde Stranger?” video
35:06 – I have evidence that proves otherwise
35:30 – I vaguely recall seeing the “One Particular Harbour” video between movies on some cable pay channels, but this still might have been after we saw the “Who’s the Blonde Stranger” video. I really thought I was uncovering gold reminiscing about those old videos. Too bad I didn’t remember they’re all on the Tales from Margaritavision VHS tape
40:23 – Rhonda Coullet
45:05 – an Oliver Hardy quote from Way Out West
Episode 47 was recorded last Wednesday, but it might not be uploaded till Sunday or Monday.
The boys are a bit pre-occupied right now, seeing as they’ve gone up to Caseville again for this year’s Cheeseburger Festival!
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As we said, we had the same waitress on our return visit. You can compare this picture with last year’s.
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And a Show Notes Blog exclusive. We were too busy eating and drinking to shoot a proper video documentary, so here’s a bonus podcast featuring Schmoe and me watching the Perseid meteor shower:
Day 2: we head back into town, go to the official store for souvenirs, get gumbo for brunch, meet Mike at the Riverside Roadhouse for lunch, spend some time at the beach, go to Lefty’s Diner & Drive-In for this year’s winning cheeseburger, and then go to the amphitheater to watch Air Margaritaville. Unlike yesterday, I mainly shot video…and I think I need to buy another hard drive before I can start importing the footage for editing.
Until then, here’s another Show Notes Blog exclusive podcast…
P.S.: we’ve returned from our Caseville weekend, but I’m still not sure when Episode 47 will be ready to go up.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 25 2007 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM), at Prime Time Joe’s, Gibraltar MI
“Our marathon review of A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean continues, this time with Scott and Greg getting their two cents in. They and Mickey and Schmoe discuss the Indy concert and reveal their pathetic ignorance of the BBBB box set. Guests include DJ, Carol & The Serb, and Elise.”
00:00 – this podcast is now a member of the PodSchmoe Network
00:31 – already discussed in the Episode 45A show notes (at 8:46)
02:10 – according to Google Earth, our longitude and latitude is 42 06’23 N 83 13’05 W
02:34 – also already discussed in the Episode 45A show notes (at 6:54)
03:09 – a quick check shows six songs “Grapefruit – Juicy Fruit”, “I Have Found Me a Home” (Beaches), “Cuban Crime of Passion”, “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”, “They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More” (Bars), and “He Went to Paris” (Ballads). I am vindicated!
05:33 – as you probably already know, “Tinsley” should be Tinley
08:13 – WCSX morning’s are hosted by Jim Johnson and Lynne Woodison
11:10 – no, actually from http://www.buffettworld.com/lyrics/whitesportcoat.php. (And Buffett News’s song archive too.)
11:15 – instead of the usual hard plastic table, we were sitting at wooden table with a central but loose post
11:44 – that’s DJ filling in, obviously
12:03 – Dwight’s “Blah, blah, little comment” comment is from the “Product Recall” episode of The Office
13:04 – KATG.com, of course
13:27 – for your urban legend needs
13:33 – as he record clearly shows, that was not me bellowing
14:23 – my math is probably very bad, but I think 50¢ nowadays gets you sixty-four ounces of gas
14:32 – “Was she in the window?”? well, Gregspeak scholars can interpret this as “No, if she to stay in the ‘shade’.” But “Yes, if she wanted a ‘good look’.” Otherwise, we have no idea what the hell brought that up.
16:22 – Armed Robbery is commonly defined as “taking property by putting the victim in fear by displaying a weapon”.
16:49 – “[S]creeners at four United States airports had discovered suspicious, but benign, assemblies of wire attached to cheese-like substances in carry-on bag” [Link]
17:50 – the benefit of doing show notes late: Greg follows Scott’s instructions at the end of Episode 48
22:00 – Hialeah
24:12 – oh yeah? Go back to 24:02, then. Right there! I am vindicated!
25:01 – in Greg’s defense, it was a “hook song” for me too, when they would play it loudly in bars at college
25:49 – with all the underlying homoeroticism, it’s inevitable we’d start making Friend of Dorothy references
26:51 – Shandy
27:12 – Greg’s “Unknown Poet” is clearly inspired by Murray Langston’s Unknown Comic
27:42 – since I brought it up, I might as well explain. I stole baseball cards at Cunningham’s; but, in my defense, the bag of baseball cards had already been ripped open
28:46 – uh-oh Scott set off the Greg 2.0 double entendre alarm again
29:29 – Greg’s predilection for using ballads as driving music was explained in Episode 40
29:59 – apparently a unique mixture of Bahamian and Bohemian, by the sound of it
30:32 – yes, on Ballads
33:12 – Good God, we have no idea what we’re talking about
34:50 – Greg will use this same excuse in Episode 47
36:35 – despite all the product placement to follow, we have yet to get free booze sent to us
38:22 – Scott will use this same excuse in Episode 48
38:29 – Good Hart MI is located here
38:51 – it’s easy to find out where to find Landshark Lager. Just use the “Locate a Retailer” app on the Landshark Lager homepage.
Show Notes:
Recorded Sunday, July 21 2007 (12:00 AM – 1:30 AM), at Silver Sands Resort, Mears MI
“Mike, Schmoe, and Mickey wrap up their Pink Crustacean review and their vacation at Silver Lake. Topics include the Chicago concert, peeing skies, HP7, and shooting stars. Catering by Chefs Jacob and Brian of the Northern Hemisphere Firewood Pizza Co.”
Note: the file first uploaded Friday morning (July 27) is incomplete. Unfortunately I was kept from correcting this for several hours. The file was re-uploaded as soon as I got home this evening (also July 27), and I encourage you to redownload Episode 45B to get the entire show. (The complete show is 25MBs. If you’ve got the 16MB file, it’s the incomplete one.) Sorry about the inconvenience, but a redownload is the only way you can hear my gadget story, Schmoe’s HP7 story, and our latest hilarious joke.
01:37 – seeing as the book went on sale at 12:01 AM, it could be argued that Sunday is the first full day for the seventh Harry Potter book.
04:13 – whose theme song, by the way, can be sung to the melody of the Itchy & Scratchy Show theme
04:33 – the cooker is like a clamshell, with a handle on each half; I probably should’ve just said that and saved everyone some time
18:08 – due to signing their non-disclosure statement, I cannot discuss the details of Mike & Schmoe’s Krazy Tahco stand
21:55 – growing up on the North Coast I had the hunch the forgotten poet was Stephen Foster. I had this feeling because Foster’s house now resides at Greenfield Village and a dog house is prominently positioned by the front porch. However, the Unpopular Poet’s dog is named Spooner and Foster’s dog is named Tray. And with songs such as “Oh! Susanna”, “Camptown Races”, “Beautiful Dreamer” and “Old Folks at Home”, Foster is hardly forgotten … so I’m not sure why I even brought this up.
26:37 – the noise they’re talking about is barely discernible on the extreme right
27:13 – yes, that is a real last name
27:43 – “The Sky is Peeing” came very close to being the episode title
32:27 – after coming home the following day, Sunday, I discovered Borders had a “Buy 3, Get the 4th for Free” sale, so Schmoe could’ve spent the same amount there without needing any luck. I think I broke his heart a little when I told him.
33:35 – learn more about the Summer Triangle here and here
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