Cellphone footage from around Comerica Park, Detroit MI. From Saturday, July 28 2012. My apologies for the shakiness; I didn’t have a real camcorder with me.
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Lionel Richie returns the favor.
The second of two times we heard “All Night Long” last night.
Some cell phone video from last night.
The first of two times we heard “All Night Long” last night.
Yeah, I heard there’s some worldwide sporting event going on, but for me tonight’s opening ceremonies were for tomorrow’s Comerica Park show and involved watching Jimmy Buffett and Mike Utley broadcast a video chat from backstage, on StageIt.com.
Jimmy gave a spoiler about tomorrow’s setlist (about “All Night Long” specifically), played “Tin Cup Chalice” (by request) and “Boat Drinks” (for Hockeytown), and welcomed special guest Matt Hoggatt.
Jimmy also gave away a Landshark surfboard and Frozen Concoction Makers to the highest bidder. The show lasted about thirty-five minutes and was a very cool way to start this weekend’s festivities.
Fins Up!
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New information from the Olympia Entertainment site, regarding this Saturday’s shindig:
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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 21 2012 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“The boys discuss their trip to Chicago to visit the M’ville Bar & Grill and to take in an RCPH show. We also learn about a few new listeners, including an evil doppelgänger from the darkest timeline. (Special guests: Joe Maj and Annie. Cameo by Jennifer.)”
03:27 – “Summer Tour Announcement Coming”, from Buffett News | “Summer Tour Announcement Coming”, from Buffett World
07:31 – Margaritaville Chicago Restaurant | Landshark Navy Pier Beer Garden
12:28 – all based on which expression is more potent: “I’d wreck her” or “I’d ruin her”
22:43 – Papcito’s Mexican Grille, perhaps?
24:30 – Southport Lanes, maybe?
24:11 – Schubas Tavern
25:00 – You can download the entire Schubas concert from Archive.org: here, here, or here. (Third link is in 24bit, HD audio and is highly recommended.)
30:56 – as discussed in Episode 143
34:08 – referencing this YouTube video
35:48 – was it Harry Carey’s Tavern on Navy Pier?
38:37 – SpringHill Suites … not to be confused with the Springhill Mining Disaster
43:35 – “Buffett to perform at NCAA Men’s Final Four concert“, from Buffett News | “Buffett to Play at NCAA Final Four in New Orleans”, from Buffett World
45:12 – “Honolulu Pulse interview with Jimmy”, from Buffett News | “Buffett to Make Another Appearance on Hawaii Five-0”, from Buffett World
45:30 – the top of the M’ville email, sent on March 20:
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48:53 – epilogue comes from March 30 edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 21 2011 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“The boys are back with a month and a half of news, stories from RCPM’s show in Pontiac, Listener Ed’s Alpine Valley review, along with concert roundups of the Camden and, almost as if we planned it, Alpine Valley. (Cameos by Lee and Jennifer.)”
00:03 – Chad Heckler, luthier to the stars
07:49 – just to emphasize, she called the Labor Day Taste Summit the Memorial Day drinkathon
08:37 – but I do have a photo from the Taste Summit. From left: Michele, Schmoe, Hud, Annie, Jacob, Mike.
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12:39 – “Top Boat Songs”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Tops List of Favorite Boating Songs”, from Buffett World
13:04 – …and then wait a year…
13:23 – Discover Boating’s website and Facebook page
13:58 – “Worst Songs of Summer Countdown: #5. Zac Brown Band feat. Jimmy Buffett, ‘Knee Deep’”, from PopDust.com
14:54 – NPR’s Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, from the August 6 show
16:50 – “High Praise for Buffett from Zac Brown”, from Buffett World
17:21 – “Doctors rock out i the operating room”, from “The Chart” at CNN.com
17:51 – The Doctor (1991) with William Hurt, at IMDb
18:02 – “Billy Joel and Bon Jovi perform at Jane Buffett’s 60th”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Hosts 60th Birthday Party for Wife”, from Buffett World
18:55 – “Margaritaville Coffee Coming Soon”, from Buffett News | “Coming Soon: Margaritaville Coffee”, from Buffett World
19:03 – Burgerittoville
20:18 – “Buffett Attends Party by Chris Blackwell”, from Buffett News | “Buffett’s Been Partying in the Hamptons”, from Buffett World. I completely forgot to point out that Buffett was on Chris Blackwell’s label, Island, for a couple years.
“Jiffy Lube Live show in Virginia postponed until Sept 1st”, from Buffett News. “Hurricane, tailgate ban subdue Jimmy Buffett’s final summer show”, from USA Today. The Boycott Jiffy Lube Live Tailgating Policy page on Facebook.
22:12 – “Buffett saves Surfer off Montauk”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Rescues Surfer off Montauk”, from Buffett World
22:45 – “Buffett’s Surprise Appearance at Stephen Talkhouse”, from Buffett News | “Photos from Surprise Long Island Show”, from Buffett World
23:40 – “Margaritaville Coffee Now Available”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Coffee Officially Unveiled”, from Buffett World
23:48 – M’ville coffee
23:44 – “Volcano Live 2011 Release”, from Buffett News | “Live Volcano Album Now Available”, from Buffett World. And here’s the link to the album itself, on iTunes (US).
25:06 – God’s Own Drunk (2011), from iTunes (US)
26:12 – “Buffett visits office of music company Spotify”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Visits Spotify’s New York Office”, from Buffett World
31:19 – no audio or photographs this time from the Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers show at the Crofoot Ballroom in Plymouth MI (September 17). But this guy took some photos.
31:30 – Mill Street Grille
35:41 – Scott was off by only 143 miles
37:14 – “Mayweather vs. Ortiz: Big Fight That Turned into a Big Spectacle”, from Fox News.com
38:25 – Tiki Bob’s Cantina, from Pontiac Bars.com
41:01 – as heard in the Burgettstown concert roundup, last episode
52:15 – feel free to read along…
Listener Ed’s 2011 Alpine Valley Review by WAOTNC on Scribd
58:13 – coincidental, maybe; not ironic
59:14 – Mr Utley mentioned this plant in the pre-show chat (which is included eight minutes from now)
80:29 – Jason Sudeikis on Late Show with David Letterman, recorded August 29
82:35 – from the Who Charted? podcast, episode #33. Hosts: Howard Kremer & Kulap Vilaysack, guest Marc Maron.
85:37 – “Strike three! Sit your ass down!” That’s Lee watching the baseball game. (Detroit lost to the Orioles, 6-5.)
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 27 2011 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
“You knew we couldn’t stop at just one. Mickey, Mike, and Schmoe continue recapping the 2011 Pine Knob show. (Cameos by Nathan and Tori.)”
00:40 – despite making fun of it I ended up joining Foursquare half a month later
01:16 – she’s referring to the Edirol R-09. Now we use the Zoom H2.
02:39 – Nate Dogg died March 15 2011
04:52 – as with the last episode, here’s Mike’s car thermometer (on Instagram)
07:10 – the footage I shot isn’t great, and I was planning on just using freeze-frames from it — but, what the heck, here’s a quickly edited tailgate video for you. It pretty much covers what we talk about: our arrival, the electric fan, the generator, the unremitting sun, the truck with the pool, the big empty space in front of the M’ville booths, the cheeseburger cookies, the hot tequila, the lighted fan, even Mike doing the shark jaws. Everything but the breast-glitter guy. (Sorry.)
08:19 – hey, why not — here’s something else from the archives…
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(Other 1997 photos are in our Photo Gallery.)
20:13 – photos of Schmoe with Len & Shelly — and the rest of our photos from the 2011 concert — are also in our Gallery
37:49 – a Nathan Fillion quote, from the Firefly gag reel
43:40 – we’ll get to that concert roundup in Episode 156, along with the full concert roundup for Pine Knob.
47:48 – “Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of Worms”® is a sponsor mentioned in WKRP in Cincinnati. (I made it harder on myself by calling them “Red Wriggler”.)
48:16 – “Shark jaws” is the seldom-performed third step in the Fins Dance. We discussed this back in Episode 63.
55:27 – on May 30 2001, the Elevation Tour, at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The U2.com website then made it worse by referring to us as “Detroit, IN”.
57:40 – both these concert roundups were (are) part of the previous episode
Show Notes:
Recorded Thursday, July 21 2011 (11:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at DTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston MI
“The tailgate podcast, where Mike, Schmoe, and Mickey discuss this year’s Pine Knob concert immediately after seeing it. Also recapped are shows from Virginia Beach and Nashville. (Guests: Robert, Cindy, and Wayne.)”
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18:50 – the first of many. many, many breast glitter mentions. Almost lost in the archives is this cellphone video from Mike:
(We don’t know those women, by the way. They’re just average customers.)
I also only recently re-discovered these photos Schmoe had sent me.
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25:25 – “kidding on the square”: to kid, but to actually mean it. Popularized in Al Franken’s Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
27:10 – celebrated on Instagram
29:39 – Wallace getting dressed, from Wallace & Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers
31:18 – Zumba Mexican Grille
It was the hottest day of the year!
I’m still worn out from this year’s concert, but here are few notes about the day…
Mike did a more elaborate tailgate than usual, hooking up an inverter to his car battery to power a fan and his Frozen Concoction Maker. The parking lot was definitely a Barometer Soup and I’m not ashamed to admit I drank a lot more water than Landsharks or margaritas. We didn’t do a lot of wandering around, clinging too much to the shade of our canopy, but I still plan on whipping up another tailgate video soon. Watch this space. Maybe.
The crowd rallied enough to be loud and appreciative by show time; but the people around me were lame and sat down way too often.
Even after sundown, it was still quite hot. We recorded a podcast from the parking lot, but we sound so beat that it makes for some less than exciting listening.
For now, here’s a batch of photos I took of the day, in our photo gallery. A far cry from last year’s front row seats, but oh well…
And, ultimately, as always, it was a pleasure and a hell of an evening.
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