Episode 171: The Sinking of Chef Buoy-an-cy

Show Notes:
Recorded February 23 & 25 2013
    “A mini-episode covering the last three concerts of the 2013 winter tour and a first-hand account of the new Margaritaville in Sydney Australia. (Special guest: Listener Mat.)

    Visit Margaritaville Australia at Margaritaville Australia.com
    00:41 – for the record, we added in all the background noise, using every single royalty-free diner sound in GarageBand
    06:59 – photos!

Photo Collage

    10:10 – I’m hardly an expert but it seemed to me Beyoncé was singing live to a pre-recorded orchestra. The choir that sang the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” did so too, but nobody seemed scandalized by them.

Episode 170: Absolute Shmertainty

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 23 2013 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Discussions of Buckwheat Zydeco, Zachary Richard, Grace Potter; Buffett mentions in the media; and the last four concert roundups of 2012. (Guests: Annie, Patti, and Lee.)

    02:32 – the date is for Ash Wednesday.
    02:46 – we get overly confused talking about two different concerts. The Buckwheat Zydeco show at Sully’s Roadhouse (22331 Newman, Dearborn MI) was on Tuesday, March 3 1992 (Mardi Gras). The Zachary Richard show was in 1993 but I have no idea when. I attended both shows with Mike and his wife. Mr & Mrs Schmoe showed up Buckwheat and I only vaguely recall them leaving early. They did not show up at all for Zachary.
    04:36 – audio from the archives, recorded on the antiquated “cassette tape” format, and heavily edited for time. Buckwheat enjoyed saying “this morning” throughout the show, even though the concert was at night. Sadly, my Zachary Richard bootleg did not come out, presumably from my usual ineptitude.
    06:04 – now that I mention it, I could possibly have participated in the Buckwheat interview that same day in 1992, prior to the concert. I really don’t recall. All I remember was I shot it in the basement, where we were continually interrupted by the sound of beer bottles being dumped down a chute.
    06:51Snake Bite Love
    07:14 – page 40, first edition.
    07:27Zachary Richard’s website and on Wikipedia. Get your autographed copy of Le Fou from Zachary’s website.
    09:27Grace Potter
    11:24Buckwheat Zydeco
    11:29Blackberry Smoke
    12:50How I Met Your Mother, Season 8 Episode 13: “Band or DJ?”. Voices of Cobie Smulders and Ray Wise. Two scenes edited into one.
    15:06Paul Shaffer’s Day in Rock podcast. I took a shot at it and said “January 19th”. I was wrong. And, as suspected, this year’s joke was originally from 2010 (and can be heard in Episode 119).
    15:33The Smartest Man in the World podcast. I stupidly failed to mark in which episode, spent far too long relistening to recent episodes, and finally gave up. If you find it, let us know.
    15:39Harmontown podcast. Episode 26. Voices of Dan Harmon and Jeff Davis.
    17:45 – the “Interesting, interesting” comments amuse me since Mike and Schmoe never know what the clips will be. (Of course they might if they did the slightest bit of research …but I digress.)
    18:37M’ville sunglasses
    22:13M’ville coffee
    26:39Lash LaRue, on Wikipedia
    30:34 – okay, technically it’s “Lounging at the Lagoon”, but it’s a hell of a lot closer than what Mike said. And wasn’t I just saying how forgettable the tour name is, back in Episode 168 (at the 45:35 mark)? The guys couldn’t even remember that!
    33:17 – I am mortified to admit I actually said “Jane Pauley” instead of Katie Couric! Missed it by only twenty-four years! I even wrote it that way in my notes. What an idiot.
    33:53 – Jimmy mentions Indiana Jones knowing the producer of those movies, Frank Marshall, was in attendance
    36:35 – Jimmy did not do a solo encore for Detroit. These resumed for the next leg of the tour.
    40:21 – “Paint the House, Paint the Floor” was in the running for show title. “Talking to Mike?” is a reference to the many times Lee would shout into the speaker thinking he was communicating with Mike in Houston.

Back cover of Buckwheat’s On a Night Like This
Back cover of Zachary’s Snake Bite Love

Episode 169: Beyond the End

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 19 2012 (11:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “It’s Doomsday +1 and we made it through to bring you some holiday cheer, three more concert round-ups, and our best wishes for happy 2013. (Special guest: Joe Maj. Cameos by Kate and Jennifer.)

    Yes, we know, the show title is close to the same as Episode 80. We couldn’t resist. But really, can you blame us?
    01:42 – No, that’s not Kate laughing. It’s probably JoeMaj, off mic.
    01:51 – we refer of course to the big $550 million Powerball drawing, of November 28. Schmoe labels his ticket bogus because he was tricked into purchasing after ten:thirty and thus the ticket was only valid for the next drawing.
    03:00 – “Buffett Sells Cheeseburger in Paradise Chain”, from BuffettNews.
    06:27 – The Margaritaville Mixed Drink Maker is available from M’ville Cargo and at Bed Bath & Beyond
    08:20 – “Buffett narrates new PSA for Manatee Awareness”. from BuffettNews | “Buffett narrates new PSA for Manatee Awareness”. from Buffett World
    08:35 – “Buffett visits the White House”, from BuffettNews | “ Buffett Makes Rounds in Washington DC”, from Buffett World
    08:55 – footage of “God Bless America” from YouTube
    09:05Get the “All Night Long” video from the US iTunes Store
    11:46 – Jimmy also joked he was going to put on the best show the audience ever saw — if only because the location (the Botanical Gardens) had never hosted a concert before
    21:34Singing for Change
    24:20 – Jimmy also played a lovely solo acoustic medley of “Banana Republics” and “Cowboy in the Jungle”, but it was too long to include here
    24:42Jimmy and Mac, photographed by the Margarillas on Facebook (November 26) | or try this non-Facebook link
    25:06 – Thanksgiving dinner from M’ville Foods Direct is no longer offered.

Here’s the ad, as emailed back on October 25

    27:47Robert Greenidge’s Coral Reefer Christmas, from Amazon. Schmoe & Mike also recommend the Tennessee Christmas compilation (whence comes “Christmas in the Caribbean”), but their discussion of it was cut from the episode.
    27:54 – that noise sounding like an old man blowing his nose is actually Zodiac’s new P.A. system

Episode 168: A Four Story Slide

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 7 2012 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Listener Ed’s in-depth Alpine Valley review plus concert roundups from the other three shows from this leg of the tour (Camden, Jones Beach, Bristow). (Guests: JoeMaj and Annie.)

    00:00Daily Show clip from November 6.
    01:17 – the title track (courtesy of someone’s home movies):

[the original video went offline some time ago. I’ve replaced it with something similar. (Sorry about the ad.)]
    08:06 – Want to read along with us? Here’s the document he sent us…

Listener Ed’s 2012 Alpine Valley Review by WAOTNC on Scribd

    13:00 – ummm, no (…as you can hear at 27:34)
    14:16 – due to a conversion glitch in going from a DOC file to a TXT file, double quotation marks showed up as ì or î, apostrophes showed up as í, and ellipses showed up Ö. Mike and I are reading off the DOC on my iPad; but Schmoe is stuck reading the plain text version emailed to his phone.
    14:49 – actually this is due to the 12-string guitar change for “Son of a Son of a Sailor”
    23:14 – It was the same day as the concert. “Armstrong died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 25, 2012, at the age of 82, after complications from coronary artery bypass surgery.” (From Wikipedia.)
    30:29 – “shows”; not “songs”, “shows
    45:55 – as heard at 05:21
    47:30 – First 30 Rock clip, featuring Bryan Cranston, from “Governor Dunstan”, broadcast October 11.
    48:34 – Second 30 Rock clip from “Unwindulax”, broadcast October 25. The song is not the best quality, but it was ripped from the rear surround channels.

Episode 167: Avast Conspiracy

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 19 2012 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Back at Zodiac for Talk Like a Pirate Day and the boys share pirate jokes and discuss the Indy, Cincy, and AC concerts. (Cameos by Scott and Todd. Special guests: Joe Maj, Annie, and Jennifer.)

    00:00 – the baseball game capturing everyone else’s attention is the Detroit vs Oakland. (The Tigers won, 6-2.)
    01:41 – it’s the “m’north” that really sells it
    02:14 – JoeMaj sounds more like Popeye, which would make him a sailor man instead of a pirate
    02:25 – obligatory Wikipedia link to scurvy
    05:10 – “Margaritaville” with Jimmy Buffett and The BaHa Brothers, from YouTube
    05:23 – “Buffett Performs in Newport RI”, from Buffett News
    05:35 – “The Richest Lead Singers in the World”, from CelebrityNetWorth.com
    14:42 – we didn’t see word about a video till Buffett World mentioned it in April 2013
    23:42 – you’d think Jennifer would know better than to have an intimate conversation with a recording device at the other end of the table. I tried to edit around the more personal details, but you can probably still make out what she’s saying – even though you shouldn’t be listening to that side of the recording anyway! It’s personal!
    25:19 – the “Raiders of the Lost Ark controversy”: I can understand Annie’s never having seen Raiders, but she says she’s never even heard of it
    26:59 – oh, but that movie she’s seen

Episode 166: All Night Long

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 22 2012 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “More stories from Comerica Park, an in-depth discussion of the Detroit setlist, and this year’s (brief) tailgate podcast. (Cameo by Annie [and Sarah].)

    03:51track one on Pat Benatar’s Seven the Hard Way
    04:12 – Mike’s off-key “Fire away” is deliberate. He’s making fun of an old and tone-deaf college room mate.
    06:30 – again, my concert and tailgate photos are at Flickr
    10:00 – and again, the concert and tailgate video was posted earlier
    20:33 – it’s not from our concert, but here’s “CILCIA” video roll from Cincinnati
    20:48 – I guess I bored Annie enough that she put her head down and took a nap
    23:15check for yourself
    26:22 – not sure why I never noticed that before since this was not the first time they’d done it
    29:54Little Caesar’s (a non-paid non-commercial non-endorsement)
    32:49 – my videos of both performances were posted below: Lionel’s and Jimmy’s. An official video from that night is also available at iTunes.
    36:15 – oh me of little faith. The Tigers did get into the World Series this year …and got shutout in four games
    36:57 – he did it three shows later, in Atlantic City (August 4 2012)
    43:50 – as seen on the Margarillas Facebook page:

Me want!

    44:18Cheli’s Chili, Detroit
    48:46 – using the Stream to Me app, which has been obsoleted now that iCloud is available (so they say)
    54:18 – no, why would Schmoe have seen it. It was only posted on his own website two weeks ago!

Episode 165: A Lot Off

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 8 2012 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Our big Detroit concert podcast! So big it had to be split into two parts! (Cameo by Hud.)

    Photos of the day are at Flickr.
    My video of the tailgating is at YouTube.
    06:35 – “second lowest”: second highest of course. Maybe I meant to say “next lowest”
    07:48my tweet (previously posted below). By the way, Jimmy, the baseball stadium is “Co-mer-ica” Park (named after Comerica bank) and the football stadium is Ford Field.
    19:37 – now I’m showing my own ignorance (…again). I never put steak sauce on a burger so I have always assumed, till just this moment, that Jimmy’s mention of “Heinz 57” had to be as ketchup for those “french fried potatoes” of his. (And despite Jimmy talking about it at length during the Episode 153 concert roundup that I edited.)
    21:44 – from Listener Wally’s Facebook page:

Parrotwrist

    27:29 – NERD! (It’s a reference to the Doctor Who Series 6 episode “The Wedding of River Song”.)
    27:29ex-or-bi-tant … not, “sorbet”
    37:50 – Google says the distance is 37 minutes (at 30.7 miles)
    39:20here’s the link to the Flickr set again; and here’s a photo of the limo gang and a photo of the infamous pitcher (and ice balls)
    40:05Arthur and the limo
    40:43 – here’s the tailgate video link again
    42:28 – Annie is convinced tapping one’s fingertips together is a “Smithers” rather than a “Mr Burns”
    52:31 – I heard this part first, thinking he’d only barely noticed my tweet. It wasn’t till watching my recording later on that I found out he’d seen it twice.

Episode 164: Gavin Finaggles a Baggel

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 18 2012 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “More planning for Comerica Park, a brief look at the new Blu-ray, and highlights from the second leg of the summer tour. (Cameo by Tori. The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 29:56.)

    I’ll admit it, this episode’s title is probably our lamest and least inspired.
    00:38 – Mike means no music playing on the Prime Time jukebox
    02:02 – lots of links to choose from, but let’s choose the one brave enough to be cornhole.com
    02:20 – no surprise, read about Baggo at Baggo.com
    03:11 – tonight’s pronunciation of “fingale” is brought to you by Britta Perry
    03:46 – looking back, it’s remarkable how often Schmoe will bring up tailgate-napping over the next few episodes
    20:17 – “Margaritaville no longer holds world record for Largest Margarita”, from Buffett News
    20:46 – Amazon link for the Welcome to Fin City DVD/CD or Blu-ray/CD
    25:04 – NO!
    25:58 – as heard in Episode 35 (back in April 2007)
    33:30 – still waiting for someone to pass along those photos…
    35:39 – the Perseid meteor shower usually peaks around early/mid August
    35:50 – “Chasing Jimmy doc to premiere in Caseville”, from M Live.com. “Chasing Jimmy follows Thumb resident Bob Brown as he tracks Buffet [sic] in hopes of inviting the musician to the Cheeseburger in Caseville festival. The movie premiere is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Caseville’s Bay Theatre, 6850 Main. Tickets cost $15.”
    36:22 – as heard waaaaay back in Episode 13
    37:29 – get all your Cheesebuger in Caseville info at Cheeseburger in Caseville Fest.com
    39:27 – no, this isn’t the new theme song. I was just trying to keep the beat of the jukebox music

Episode 163: Scusies

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 6 2012 (10:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
Recorded Wednesday, June 13 2012 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “The gang discusses the setlist for the 2012 concert tour, look at the four shows of the tour’s first leg, and hash out plans for the Comerica Park show. (Guest starring: Annie. Cameos by Hud & Patti.).

    05:03 – I had mistyped the link in emailing it to the panelists. There should’ve been an underscore in the link but there was also a space – which was hard to see since, being a link, it was already, automatically underscored.
    05:50 – when was the name change? Back in late 2006, I guess (while we were away at Zodiac).
    05:50 – “Ultimate Jimmy Buffett fan gets sneak peek at rehearsal”, from Chron.com
    12:57 – first mentioned in Episode 113B
    14:18 – M’ville barbecue sauce | M’ville sun sauce
    15:07 – if somehow you’re as clueless as Mike and Schmoe — who really should remember the “Hot Tub” skit — you can see a clip of it on YouTube
    15:18 – my apologies
    39:40 – “Jimmy Buffett To Record New Album This Year”. from Billboard
    41:50 – Jimmy’s Welcome to Fin City Blu-ray/CD combo at Amazon.com (or the DVD/CD combo, if you must)
    43:47 – get the latest Detroit Hoedown information from 99.5 WYCD

Episode 162: Pre-Screw

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 9 2012 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “The boys discuss the Comerica Park concert announcement and then relive their adventures in trying to purchase pre-sale tickets.

    02:12Free Press article, as seen below
    02:19full page ad, as seen below
    15:10 – from this Bob Euchre commercial
    16:29 – the zoom capability (not to be confused with “pinch to zoom”) is located under “Accessibility” in System Preferences
    21:48the radio ad, as posted below
    26:13 – from Olympia Entertainment’s website:

Seating chart

    26:41 – now you can hear why I needed to record the commercial more than once
    27:07 – get Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee from Amazon or on iTunes
    29:39 – our VHS Tape Library page
    33:09 – “Serpentine”, from the New Orleans Jazz Fest. My audio was taken from YouTube’s live feed; this video is from someone’s cellphone.
    33:53 – achieved through some slight editing
    35:08 – “Videos of Buffett in New Orleans”, from Buffett News | “Watch Buffett’s Surprise Performance at Margaritaville New Orleans”, from Buffett World
    35:36M’ville Online on Facebook | M’ville Online webpage
    36:37 – and, on May 14:

Mr Mayor