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A Pleasure and a Hell of an Evening (2019): Tailgate

By Mickey on Thursday, July 18 2019 | 2:44 PMWednesday, August 18 2021 | 3:43 PMLeave a Comment

Construction on Sashabaw Rd

Pine Knob Entrance

Party on the hill

Like a country road

Mike, Debra, Amber, Schmoe, Listener Wally, Patti

Patti, Debra, Amber, Mike, Schmoe

A shot from Schmoe

Patti, Mickey, Amber, Mike, Schmoe, Debra, Wally, Cate. (Courtesy of Patti’s Facebook page.)

Bubbles

Jimmy’s opening act

Patti, Mike, Amber in line

Concert at the end of the rainbow

Merch

Note: it took us long enough but we finally posted Part Two of this entry, our concert photos, two years later.

We’re Back!

By Mickey on Monday, July 1 2019 | 10:26 AMTuesday, July 2 2019 | 10:11 AMLeave a Comment

Hey! It’s us! Together! With microphones! Recording a new episode! Maybe two!

Photo courtesy of Schmoe

Facebook Ad

By Mickey on Thursday, January 17 2019 | 12:10 AMWednesday, July 3 2019 | 8:23 AMLeave a Comment

From the Event page created on Facebook

Ticketed

By Mickey on Thursday, January 10 2019 | 7:35 PMWednesday, July 3 2019 | 8:23 AMLeave a Comment

Today was the presale for Pine Knob tickets.
I guess having everyone queue up in an online line is no different than lining up at a Ticketmaster location, like in the old days. It would’ve been nice though if someone had told me I needed to enter Ticketmaster’s “Waiting Room” prior to today’s 10 AM presale…

Twenty-two minutes to get to the front of the line

Pacific Rim: Uprising

By Mickey on Monday, September 17 2018 | 1:39 PMTuesday, July 2 2019 | 10:17 AMLeave a Comment

Some Margaritaville product placement in Pacific Rim: Uprising, from the aftermath of a Jake Pentecost party (at the beginning of the movie)…

The battle effects look a lot cooler on a bigger screen

Where’s the WAOTNC Crew?

By Mickey on Wednesday, July 19 2017 | 10:46 PMWednesday, July 3 2019 | 8:24 AMLeave a Comment

Thanks to some dedicated Buffett fans who captured and uploaded the M’ville TV feed, we can confirm that, yes, we were on the big screens during the Pine Knob show!

Mike, Amber, Patti, and Mickey

And yeah, Mickey looks less than thrilled at hearing “Pencil Thin Mustache” again.
(Schmoe is not pictured. He was one section over, screen right.)

A Pleasure and a Hell of an Evening (2017)

By Mickey on Friday, July 14 2017 | 11:10 AMSunday, June 17 2018 | 9:36 PMLeave a Comment

Summer is over, since our annual visit from Jimmy has come and gone. Presumably we’ll record a concert recap episode, but no date has been set yet. In the meantime, some of our photos are up on Flickr.

https://flic.kr/s/aHskZguJdn
And here’s a brief montage from our day.

Greetings from Margaritaville

By Mickey on Sunday, April 2 2017 | 3:44 PMTuesday, June 19 2018 | 3:44 PMLeave a Comment

Mike’s send this dispatch from the M’ville resort in Hollywood FL…

¡Salud from Margaritaville!

Balcony view

5 O Clock Somewhere Bar and Grill

Update:

(Mike remembered to give us a photo of the actual hotel.)

BONUS: 2017 TV Ad

By Mickey on Friday, March 24 2017 | 11:26 PMSunday, June 17 2018 | 9:28 PMLeave a Comment

Recorded off WDIV, our Detroit NBC affiliate, during Thursday’s Tonight Show…

What happened to the 2016 TV commercial? Funny you should ask. This is all I managed to catch, recorded February 26 2016 (also during The Tonight Show). It’s been sitting on my DVR for over a year.

BONUS: 2017 Radio Ad

By Mickey on Wednesday, March 22 2017 | 2:52 PMSunday, December 30 2018 | 12:09 AMLeave a Comment

I caught the “standard” radio commercial today.
Once again I was monitoring WCSX 94.7 FM, and it aired at around 10:50 AM.

Notice the change in sound quality? This recording is a bit cleaner, without any booming bass. I bought myself a new boombox last Christmas, with a cool Bluetooth feature where I can send it music off my phone. I was looking forward to seeing how it work in recording these commercials — especially since my old boombox didn’t have a working antenna! I was hoping I’d get a clearer signal, with less hiss, but instead I got the booming bass heard in the pre-sale commercial, below. I thought WCSX was overdoing it with the compression, but it turns out I unknowingly had had the boombox’s “Mega Bass” feature activated! So it was all my fault. Today’s recording was done without any augmentation.