Episode 161: Pine Snobs

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 25 2012 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “The boys blaze through all the 2012 concerts and discuss the rumor of a Comerica Park show.

    Alternate titles: Pine Sknobs, Pine S(k)nobs, Pine S’nobs.
    We’re back — golf season has started, and it’s our first show back at Joe’s Prime Time.
    04:45 – as heard in Episode 159
    08:45 – he didn’t
    09:42 – “Swingin’ Hula Girl” by the Blue Hawaiians, from MySpace
    13:19 – get Lionel Richie’s Tuskegee from Amazon or on iTunes
    23:37 – but taking over a year to do these notes!
    24:19 – tour name reveal at Buffett News
    24:22 – “Rumor: Buffett to Play Comerica Park in Detroit”, from Buffett World
    25:52Buffett World on Facebook
    26:16 – the “Buffett Rule” according to Wikipedia
    27:22 – recorded April 14
    27:42 – recorded Wednesday, April 18
    27:42 – “Update: Showbiz Tonight interview with Buffett”, from Buffett News | “Watch Buffett on Showbiz Tonight”, from Buffett World
    33:37 – as heard in Episode 159.
    34:01 – mentioned in our last episode
    40:27Stepping Stone
    40:34 – the one-man guy turned out to be one of the performers in Air Margaritaville
    41:15Flat Rock Elks Club

Episode 160: Term of a Friendly Coin

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
    07:31Margaritaville 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”
    22:43Papcito’s Mexican Grille, perhaps?
    24:30Southport Lanes, maybe?
    24:11Schubas 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?
    38:37SpringHill 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:

M’ville Casino Biloxi

    48:53 – epilogue comes from March 30 edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher

Episode 159: Elements in the Wallpaper

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 7 2012 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Headlines, Clyne talk, a podquest, and at long last we say goodbye to 2011 with four, count ’em, four concert montages. (Special guests: Joe Maj and Annie. Cameo by Jennifer.)

    Not sure what happened with the audio levels. Nothing was changed since the last recording, yet the entire recording is over-modulated. Thankfully there are only a few brief instances where it might be considered a problem.
    00:26 – a close-up of Schmoe’s basement wallpaper (shot on May 28)

Mad Schmoes, Sundays on AMC

    00:39 – “Cocktail Wienies” was in the running for episode title
    07:54 – just a reminder, these are clips from Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, and Vegas again.
    09:53 – me too!
    45:35 – the album under discussion is Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball. The “Scott” Joe Maj mentions is someone other than Podcaster Scott.
    48:47 – “Buffett recommended for license by Nevada gaming regulators”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Answers Questions at Nevada Gaming License Hearing”, from Buffett World
    49:00 – “Buffett appears at groundbreaking for Margaritaville Casino”, from Buffett News | “Video from Margaritaville Groundbreaking in Louisiana”, from Buffett World
    49:55 – not much suspense in regards to our first podquest. The answer was already posted below.
    50:14Matt Hoggatt
    50:28 – during our many tangents, Joe Maj repeated the Gone with the Wind quote “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” And I felt compelled to point that this is differs from what was originally written in the book. (“My dear, I don’t give a damn.”)
    50:43 – that concert roundup doesn’t appear till Episode 161.
    50:57 – “Margaritaville Mobile Companion App for iPhone”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Mobile Brings the Buffett Experience to the iPhone”, from Buffett World
    53:19the complete opening monologue is viewable on YouTube
    56:19 – “Top 11 Music Tumble and Falls of 11” at Antimusic.com
    57:29 – “Concussion Led to Stage Dive” at Contact Music.com.
    58:30 – “Discover Jimmy Buffett’s lost musical treasures” at Jacksonville.com.
    62:22 – actually we won’t get to it till Episode 161
    65:10 – Season 37, episode 14. Aired February 11.

Episode 158: All I Need’s a Hut

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 11 2011 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Mike is amazed by a four-year-old book, Schmoe remembers to bring a joke, and we look back at the Noblesville and Bristow concerts. (Special guests: Patti and Michele. Cameo by Jennifer.)

    Return of the three-week turnaround!
    01:13 – Mike has evidently forgotten we discussed The Jimmy Buffett Concert Handbook: The Unauthorized Guide back in Episode 55
    03:54 – sorry, the contest is closed now. Schmoe has yet to be contacted about winning, which he finds frustrating.
    07:14 – the January 28 show in Miami (the concert roundup of which is in Episode 161)
    07:29 – because of the predictions regarding the Mayan calendar, for those of you who’ve forgotten
    09:07 – we’re referring to the events depicted here … yet again
    11:12 – the bullet points from Schmoe’s January 31 email:

• M’ville Online Discussion.
• Gospel from the Coast
• A couple Concert Roundups
• A joke! In have one I think!
• Michele’s Poetry (a new segment)
• Ummmm, what else? We need homework.
• How about Super Bowl discussions? What kind of Buffetty Food and Buffetty Drink shall we make for Mike’s dog Bo to eat on Sunday?

    11:21 – “Margaritaville Online Officially Launched”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Online Game Launches Today!”, from Buffett World
    14:34 – she didn’t
    14:51 – it’s twenty-eight miles between Zodiac and Mike’s house
    15:25 – or you can watch the video on YouTube
    16:12 – “IA Tribute to Ralph MacDonald”, from Buffett News | “Watch Jimmy Sing at Ralph MacDonald Tribute”, from Buffett World
    17:12 – “Impromptu Show / Rehearsal for upcoming tour dates”, from Buffett News | “Buffett and Coral Reefers Warm Up for Tour”, from Buffett World
    18:06Hoagy Carmichael, from Wikipedia
    29:44 – from “Idiots Are People Two!”, episode 2 of season 6, which aired January 19. Mike is reading from the email he sent us. Part two, “Idiots Are People Three!”, aired January 26.
    44:22Little Drunken Schmoe on YouTube
    45:36 – Jennifer is inquiring about the Bashara case, where Bob Bashara allegedly hired handyman Joseph Gentz to kill wife Jane Bashara

Episode 157: Tiptoe to Tipitina’s

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 11 2011 (10:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The guys discuss their trip to New Orleans and the NOLA Margaritaville, and look back at the Jones Beach and Cincinnati concerts. (Special guest: Joe Maj. Cameo by Jennifer.)

    Podcast record for longest post-production? Broken!
    00:29 – we talk about Sully’s in greater detail in Episode 170, and even include a clip from the 1992 Buckwheat Zydeco show
    04:45Mother’s Restaurant, in New Orleans
    07:09Rooster and the Chickenhawks
    12:13Café du Monde
    13:17 – ‘Elephant ears at the Gibraltar Trade Center.’ Translation: fried dough sold at a local indoor flea market
    14:44M’ville New Orleans
    33:37 – as explained in the previous entry, the purpose of the NOLA trip was to see U of M play Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl
    39:46Pat O’Brien’s, New Orleans
    58:13M’ville Liquor Chiller
    59:57 – another link for M’ville coffee
    60:23 – and another link for M’ville coffee at Walmart
    63:47 – “Mac McAnally Wins CMA Musician of the Year Again”, from Buffett World
    64:10 – “Buffett Performs at Child Mind Gala in NYC”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Performs at Child Mind Gala”, from Buffett World
    64:48 – “Buffett says new album out in 2013”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Working on New Album”, from Buffett World
    65:12 – “Ralph MacDonald passes away”, from Buffett News | “Coral Reefer Ralph MacDonald Dies”, from Buffett World
    65:57 – “Memorial Service Celebrates Ralph MacDonald’s Life”, from Buffett World
    66:16 – four clips edited together, recorded Thursday, December 22 2011
    67:35 – “Buffetts purchase new home in Palm Beach”, from Buffett News | “Jimmy and Jane Purchase New Palm Beach Property”, from Buffett World
    67:56 – “Buffett Performs on St Barts”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Performs at Baz Bar in St. Barts”, from Buffett World
    68:08 – “Tailgating Ban lifted at Jiffy Lube Live”, from Buffett News | “Jiffy Lube Live Lifts Tailgating Ban”, from Buffett World
    68:24 – recorded Wednesday, January 4
    69:19 – “Margaritaville Online Public Release Coming Soon”, from Buffett World
    69:33 – gameplay on iPad, yes, but a separate iPhone app would not be released till February (discussed in Episode 159)

Episode 156: How Do Shrimp Do It?

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 7 2011 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Discussions of Margaritaville Online and Jimmy’s appearance on Hawaii Five-0 and recaps of the Pine Knob and Chicago shows. (Cameos by Jennifer and Lee.)

    00:08 – a paraphrase of Sam Malone’s line from the Cheers episode “Adventures in Housesitting”, season 7 episode 11.
    01:34 – and now I’m stealing material from Stan Laurel in Men o’War (1929)
    06:28 – and now The Jerk
    06:57 – and, of course, Mike references Airplane!
    10:32 – Charley’s Crab, in Troy MI, closed in September 2010
    13:39 – you can see the pirate ship in our 2011 tailgate video
    17:12Margaritaville Online, on Facebook
    21:25 – I swear we discussed A Salty Piece of Land but maybe I”m remembering an offline conversation
    29:46Margaritaville Online Neighbors, on Facebook
    31:15Unity
    43:03 – I let these songs play longer than usual since it was so novel to hear just the backing band with no vocals. Treat like a live karaoke version. (The performances have nevertheless been shortened, here, for time reasons.)
    48:26 – “Buffett family donates boat to USM Lab”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Donates Boat to USM”, from Buffett World
    49:06Hawaii Five-0, at CBS.com
    53:36Yosaffbridge, at IMDb.com
    55:35 – I meant “marionette”
    56:08 – and now I’m quoting “Blink” from Doctor Who
    56:25 – Mike is reacting to something on the TV
    57:07Darin McCarty, on Facebook. American Jewelry and Loan in Detroit.

    57:54Mike’s Christmas Wish List:
                  1) the Margaritaville Mixed Drink Maker
                  2) the Chillin’ Pour Liquor Chiller

    58:34 – actually that Google button says “I’m Feeling Lucky”
    60:25Margaritaville Lifestyle
    61:49Margaritaville Eyewear. And here’s Mike’s review of his pair of M’ville “Havana” sunglasses.

Episode 155: Rauseated

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 2 2011 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Hey, another episode! Does that mean rumors of our demise are greatly …ummm, what’s the word for when you are practically correct? Includes looks back at the Toronto and Cleveland concerts. (Guests: Annie, James, and Jennifer.)

    04:22 – “Las Vegas Margaritaville Casino to Open Oct 1st”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Casino Gaming Area Opens in Vegas TodayÝ, from Buffett World
    04:30 – “Margaritaville Reclaims Record for Largest Margarita”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Owns World Record Margarita Again”, from Buffett World. Watch the video here (where, despite what I say, you can plainly see the giant container has a lid).
    11:50M’ville coffee. Also available at Walmart.
    26:58Mark Twain: Words & Music, from Mailboat Records
    29:40J Geils Band on Facebook. (The song title is “(Ain’t Nothin’ But a) House Party”.)
    29:57Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
    30:07Brett Dennen. The album is Loverboy. Having not heard it, I can only assume Mike’s song is track three “Comeback Kid (That’s My Dog)” and Schmoe’s song is track five “Sydney (I’ll Come Running)”.
    44:30 – postscript taken from the September 30 episode of Majority Report with Sam Seder
    45:57 – the improved sound is courtesy of The Screaming Majority‘s website

Episode 154: What We Did On Our Summer Vacation

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.)

    00:03Chad 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.

Michele is either watching Friends or Scarface

    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
    17:51The 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
    19:03Burgerittoville
    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
    23:48M’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).
    25:06God’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.
    31:30Mill 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
    38:25Tiki 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.)

Episode 153: The August Ending Month of Summer Edition

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 3 2011 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Concert roundups from Mansfield and Burgettstown, and Annie joins us for a less-than-exhaustive report on her Florida vacation. (Guests: Annie and Nathan. Cameo by Lee.)

    What? Two episodes in the same week?! Three episodes in eight days?!
    01:26 – “Savannah Jane Buffett launches A1A apparel line&$8221;, from Buffett News | “Buffett’s Daughter Launches Clothing Line”, from Buffett World
    02:00Savannah Buffett’s website | the A1A clothing line
    02:53 – “Jimmy on the Bob Edwards Show”, from Buffett World. The Bob Edwards podcast was discontinued shortly after I subscribed to it. I wonder if it had anything to do with my downloading 4GBs of old shows from them in one night.
    04:17 – “Gulf Concert Earns ‘VH1 Do Something’ Nomination”, from Buffett World
    04:30 – “Knee Deep reaches #1 on Billboard’s Country Chart”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Scores Second #1 with ‘Knee Deep’”, from Buffett World
    05:03 – “Ralph MacDonald Honored in Stamford”, from Buffett News
    05:47 – have yet to receive those photos
    06:08Lulu’s Bait Shack in Ft Lauderdale
    09:24 – the Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks in seven games
    24:56 – I don’t recall what Lee gave us, but here’s the link for M’ville spiked tea and lemonade
    26:01Twisted Tea — WAOTNC-approved!
    31:13 – a slight edit, the sooner to get to Jimmy’s second mistake (of a song he’s done every show!)

Episode 152: Kings of Somewhere Hot

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…

Greg & Cathy. August 9 1997.

(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