Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 20 2010 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“The boys review Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give, recap the Chicago and Jones Beach concerts, and discuss the recent RCPM show in Lansing. (Cameos by Dino, Lee, and assorted FSGL’ers. The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 59:12.)”
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Recorded Monday, December 7 2009 (8:00 PM – 1:30 AM) at Schmoe’s Cantina II, Dearborn MI
“Mike, Schmoe, Scott, and Mickey give their first impressions on the newly released Buffet Hotel, in the first episode from the new Schmoe’s Cantina.”
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Recorded Wednesday, February 25 2009 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“On the agenda: reviewing Jimmy’s new digital download EP. What we really talked about: more bitching about Ticketmaster. (Special guests: Jennifer and Joe.)”
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Recorded Wednesday, January 21 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“A big crowd tonight, as the boys gather to discuss Nadirah’s album Nod to the Storyteller. (Special guests: Joe and Jennifer.)”
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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!”).
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…
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 17 2008 (9:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“The gang finally sits down for their Last Mango in Paris review. With his Houston hotel flooded following Hurricane Ike, Mike is still in town and was able to join us in person. Greg and Scott join Schmoe and Mickey as well, for a raucous and rambling discussion just like old times. (Special guest: Jennifer.)”
Sorry about all the rattling, evident throughout the background of this episode. I think it’s coming from the overhead heating register. 00:57 – three YouTube videos of Buffett at the Herman Wouk tribute 01:28 – Surfer’s Healing benefit 02:34 – Nod to the Storyteller, from Mailboat Records 04:30 – as mentioned in Episode 19 05:33 – originating in Episode 20 08:04 – I am incorrect. All the lyrics and liner notes are duplicated, but one side of the inner sleeve has a black and white photo which is not included with the CD. And, courtesy of Buffett World, here’s the back cover I’m talking about. 09:28 – I meant to add that CDs came in “longboxes” so that store owners could re-purpose their cassette racks to display them 11:53 – thanks to TV’s David Simon, I believe the word I was trying to come up with is “epigram” 13:07 – sorry about the crosstalk, but, if I may make a suggestion, the conversation on the right is more interesting 14:07 – make note of this. I can guarantee we’ll be referring to it a lot. 14:45 – it’s almost as if…wait for it…”Math Suks”. Oh, the irony 18:10 – the Steve Goodman: Facing the Music book, at Amazon 22:53 – I believe we are confused here. Buffett played the Palace twice, and I think Scott is referring to Buffett’s second appearance (July 1 1990) while the rest of us are thinking of the first (June 30 1989). 24:08 – here’s a chance for my own North Coast Flip Flop™; and since no one called me on it, I’ll state it here. I made my pronouncement before giving the album a full and proper listen, and, now having done so, I can say that “If the Phone Doesn’t Ring It’s Me” sounds a heck of a lot more dated that I remember. It’s those danged 80s drums. However, two songs which do manage to still sound contemporary are “Last Mango in Paris” and “Jolly Mon Sing”. So I take back what I said. 35:39 – Jonathan Edwards 38:33 – normally I excise these conversations that spiral into nowhere. But this one fascinates me. It’s such a cluster, with everybody agreeing yet still stating contradictory things. And I thought I was the one who drank the most. 42:08 – that is, the part of the song where they sing “Pennsylvania six five oh-oh-oh” 42:13 – yikes, what an edit. And what a song choice. Maybe the bar patrons are brushing up on their CPR skills
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, February 13 2008 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Hud stays for most of the episode, Greg communicates via e-mail, and Mike actually
shows up in person. This week’s album under review is 1994’s Fruitcakes. And, by popular demand, we present another chapter of Hud’s Hooker Korner. (Guests: Jennifer and Jacob. Occasional yawning and fidgeting: Mike’s and Schmoe’s kids.)”
This week’s show name was stolen from inspired by a parody title in an old Mad Magazine 00:03 – although the door squeak is gone, Hud compensates for it imitating the noise throughout the show 01:09 – it was my idea, in fact. It seemed funny at the time. 03:05 – …and an angel gets its wings… 04:09 – Schmoe refers to events at the end of Episode 55 06:01 – some conversation which was cut for time creates an awkward transition here. Schmoe now begins to talk about his plans for Good Friday which, juxtaposed to the previous talk about porn, make his mention of fish tacos particularly awkward. I left this segment in anyway, just because of my conversation with Hud. 06:53 – follow-up post on Thomas Crompton’s blog 07:40 – photos from the Nimitz concert can be found here, here, here, here, and here 07:47 – link to Jimmy’s interview on Bloomberg TV, via BuffettNews 07:57 – Margaritaville Salsa 08:20 – one of these days I’ll edit the video from that night and upload it 08:31 – check the tour date pages at BuffettNews and BuffettWorld 09:23 – link to “Oysters & Pearls” story, on BuffettWorld 09:52 – CILCIA on shuttle? 10:07 – news of the Asheville CIP closing. The BuffettNews message board provides the follow-up info 11:25 – photo album of our visit to the local CIP 11:56 – audio from the Monk episode “Mr Monk Paints His Masterpiece”, from Season 6 12:18 – note: audio clip slightly edited for time 14:19 – audio from This Week in Tech #131: “G’Night Dad”. 14:59 – Stephen Colbert is interviewing Rick Warren, author of A Purpose Driven Life, in this January 28 2008 installment of The Colbert Report 16:41 – another inside joke 17:33 – Drink of the Day was Amber Bock 17:58 – my 1993 tour setlists page 18:33 – information via the Google cache of alt.fan.jimmy-buffett 21:44 – I know, it sounds like I contradicted myself. I meant something more along the lines of “too much, all at once” 21:53 – you can play along at home with this PDF of Greg’s Fruitcakes review 24:17 – in January 1991, four Cuban refugees in wetsuits arrived at Jimmy’s Key West dock in an 18-foot boat. Before the Coast Guard took them, Jimmy gave them a copies of Song(s) You Know By Heart to show them there was more to American music than Julio Iglesias and Gloria Estefan. 29:31 – Here’s my little visual tribute to “Lone Palm”. It’s a tableau I discovered on the beaches of Antigua: pre-sunset | post-sunset 30:12 – “Apocalypso” is the song with the flute solo 31:53 – I intended to include an audio snippet of that, from the July 19 1994 concert, but there was so much talking going on during that song it was tough to make out Mike and Hud in particular 33:13 – and, through the magic of editing and pre-recording, Hud will do just that 33:33 – a reference to our great G.E. / C.E. Smith controversy of Episode 32 37:01 – a reference to the End Titles of our previous episode 37:28 – “The Booklovers”, on the Promenade album by The Divine Comedy, is another song that mentions Flaubert. As does “Living With Girls” from Doug Anthony Allstars. 39:09 – “Quietly Making Noise” recorded July 4 1993 41:23 – “In the Same Boat” recorded July 3 1993; the end was slightly edited for time 41:40 – in my limited experience, French people you meet on the street were quite nice and friendly; it was French people on the job (as in, for instance, restaurants, trains, or post offices) who were the rude ones 55:53 – RealName Jim and I refer to the “Homer Badman” episode of The Simpsons, Season 6 57:25 – i’ve tried to dig this site up, but I cannot find a working link to include here
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, February 13 2008 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM), at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
But wait, there’s more!
I guess having Mike in person again got us even more talkative. Not only did we record our second longest show (as of this writing) but we talked long enough to record a bonus show. Here are a few extras salvaged from the cutting room floor: Mike and Schmoe reminisce about being asked to work security for a recent concert by The Knack (they performed at Mike’s sister’s company Christmas party); and Schmoe continues our tradition of reviewing the Super Bowl halftime show.
(Show title suggested by Texas Mike. Other nominees include “Henchmen for the Night” and “With a Rebel Yell, He Mocked Schmoe, Schmoe, Schmoe”.)
Listen now…
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 23 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“This week, Mike, Schmoe, and Mickey return to reviewing albums, taking a look at Havaña Daydreamin’. Plus, we introduce a new segment to the podcast: Hud’s Hooker Korner, hosted by special guest Hud. (And the Roger Clyne podcast starts at 38:49.)”
So much for resolving to do a faster turnaround with the editing. This episode was recorded on Wednesday and didn’t get uploaded till late on the following Monday! For some reason Zodiac was very crowded on that Wednesday and we were thinking we might have to resort to the old empty haunted beauty parlor again (as we had done in Episode 34); but fortunately, the back room cleared out in time for us to set up and make our phone calls. Greg, who had suggested this week’s album review, was unexpectedly incommunicado; but we were able to reach Mike. 01:30 – Lucy’s cookbook at Amazon & Borders 01:53 – Lucy’s cookbook at Barnes & Noble 02:02 – Ralph MacDonald’s CD, Mixty Motions 02:19 – Ralph MacDonald’s site 02:39 – Paul Shaffer’s Day in Rock 03:49 – the decade and millennium too, but century sounds better 04:19 – no pun intended 04:48 – announcements not “announces” 05:22 – as you can see here, our last album review was Homemade Music in Episode 55 11:19 – no, it’s a tilde there, too. Here’s the Wikipedia source of my Havana information; and here it is at BuffettNews and at Buffett World 13:32 – no, I’m wrong. My dictionary defines “dapper” as “neat in appearance” (not just in attire) so I guess it can still apply 16:33 – the other song titles from this January 19 2008 episode of Car Talk were “Get Off the Stove, Grandma, You’re Too Old to Ride the Range”, “I Don’t Know Whether to Kill Myself or Go Bowling”, “One Day When You Swing that Skillet, My Face Ain’t Gonna Be There”, “If You Won’t Leave Me, I’ll Find Someone Who Will”, and “Billy Broke My Heart at Walgreen’s and I Cried All the Way to Sears” 20:34 – anyone else remember the old Radio Shack CB tribute LP All Ears? 20:51 – I don’t know why but I always pictured the narrator of “West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown” as a trucker. But, now having admitted it out loud, I went back to check the lyrics and there’s really nothing there to suggest that idea 22:52 – songs taken From the Vault at COBO.org. The first one was edited to save time 25:10 – also, edited to save time 26:45 – I really should not have been so quick to say that. Not having bought that CD, I don’t know what its liner notes might have been 28:58 – Schmoe sees “Defying Gravity” as being about getting high. I see “Defying Gravity” as being about death. 36:15 – speaking of carbonated beverages, it’s fairly well known we in the north call it “pop”, the coasts call it “soda”, and the south calls it “Coke”. This map is a good breakdown of usage 38:39 – Schmoe refers to our Changes review in Episode 34 38:55 – link to Turbo Ocho concert clip 39:11 – an unnamed person recommends the Download Helper add-on for Firefox 39:42 – hear “I Do”, “Mercy”, and the other Turbo Ocho songs at the RCPM audio player 40:15 – that would be Chad Heckler, who appeared in Episode 52 40:30 – more details about Mike’s custom guitar coming soon… 42:24 – “Jim” being, of course, Mike’s brother and the singer of our theme song 42:40 – Government Honey and Voodoo Cafe 42:56 – themes for Hud’s new Hooker Korner segment by Bernard Herrmann and Ira Newborn
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 5 2007 (9:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Just the core group of Schmoe, Mike, and Mickey this week, discussing the latest news, reminiscing about old concerts, and finally wrapping up their four-part review of the box
set. (Cameo by Lee.)”
The plan was to record Wednesday, November 28; but evidently we were still too sleepy and full from Thanksgiving. The recording was postponed till Wednesday, December 5, when we would finish up our review of the boxed set with a discussion of “Ballads”.
My apologies once again for taking so long to upload this. Not only are things typically busy at this time of year, but I spent two days just looking for my cassettes of the 1991 concert.
And now, the show notes: 01:10 – please tell me you all still know what Centipede is 01:52 – of couse, this is a reference to the Live in Anguilla review n our previous episode, of coure 02:51 – MTV’s blurb on Anguilla sales, via BuffettWorld. 03:08 – WSJ‘s story on Palm Beach water guzzling, via BuffettNews 05:07 – yes, we saw two concerts that tour 06:29 – this refers to the first Palace show, back on Friday, June 30 1989. I’m pretty sure we talked about this, and even featured some audio, but to be honest I can’t remember what episode it was. 08:17 – link to the ill-fated Journeyman, which Schmoe and I had just started really getting into…in time for its cancellation 08:51 – Keating’s comments, via BuffettWorld. 10:03 – Thomas Crompton’s blog post on the Chinese charity concert 12:04 – story on Pulaski County, via BuffettNews’s discussion board. 13:54 – Last Mango Stables 14:05 – a reference to The Sopranos episode “Whoever Did This” from Season 4 14:37 – I did not have access to a copy of Knocked Up so this audio comes from a clip YouTube. (And boy was I tempted to try editing around the phrase “her and her doctor”. What the hell kind of English is that?!) 15:26 – a reference to the Scrubs episode “My Identity Crisis” from Season 7 16:20 – you know, that joke never gets old. No…wait a moment…it does 18:30 – “Everlasting Moon” debuted during the “Jimmy’s Jump Up” tour of 1990 19:52 – our memories are not entirely correct. The shooting star occurred during Pirate Looks at 40 21:09 – with my luck they probably only performed “Money Back Guarantee”. I almost forgot: the notes for Episode 28 have a link to the DVD of this show, available on Amazon 23:14 – that rant sounded better in my head 32:17 – “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo” 33:59 – audio recorded Saturday, July 27 1991 35:10 – the preceding was provided by the good folks at PodSchmoe.com
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