Episode 106B: Concert Concerto

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 15 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “We finally get around to highlighting the last three June concerts.

    Notes: Voice-over was recorded on a cheap USB headset in a very noisy room. Hopefully audio levels aren’t too bad; but considering all those clips, it was tough to keep the levels consistent. Music beds are usually from the song Jimmy is in the process of introducing. Song clips are quite often edited to fit in all the good bits in as short a time as possible.
    According to my Midomi phone app, the version of “One Love” played on the PA is from Playing for Change [Amazon link]. Sally Taylor is the daughter of James Taylor, and I should’ve known that seeing as she has her own career as a singer/songwriter. I mixed up the “A Lot to Drink About” lyric: “Haven’t got a clue” is Jimmy’s new ad lib in “We are the Parents”. No wi-fi at Prime Time yet but we can still use our phones for research. And we can never stop teasing Greg over his old medley/melody confusion.
    The little postscript is from the Bungie podcast [RSS link].

Episode 106A: Boat Thinks

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 15 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Inspired by a recent Detroit Free Press article, the boys consider Buffetty boat names.
(Guest starring AC/DC, Aerosmit, Bob Marley, and Bob Seger.)

    02:28Lance Armstrong’s tweet about Buffett
    02:37Buffett interview video
    04:24Magaritaville in Calgary
    05:27 – “How the Miami Dolphins Landed a Shark”, South Florida Business Journal
    08:23 – to illustrate what we’re talking about, I whipped up this quick little Riverbend road trip video:

    10:33Will Kimbrough’s blog entry
    13:23 – “Naming a Boat is Serious Business”, Detroit Free Press
    15:13the listener photo I was trying to find

Episode 105: Fore-Skins on Tour

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 8 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Fresh from visiting Key West Coffee & Cafe, the boys return to an old favorite haunt. Includes a look at the two Camden shows, ‘This Week in Buffett’, and Mike using ‘decor’ and ‘ambience’ in a sentence. (Special guests: Larry and Rachel. Cameos by Jacob and Nathan.)

    Don’t be put off by the show title. Fore-Skins is the name of our golf league.
    00:00 – the sponsorship announcement comes from the 7/10 “NPR: Most E-Mailed Stories” podcast
    02:02 – the new and improved Key West Coffee & Café site
    04:01 – not sure where I saw the first set of reviews now, but here are several for your perusal
    09:41 – way back in high school I helped Mike write a poem. I now can only recall the opening verse:

Insects
always make terrible pets
If you take them for walks
they’ll go for your necks.

You can’t put them in cages,
they’ll go through the bars
and get themselves smashed
on the windshields of cars.

    11:16 – …but we’ll link to Cutter Advanced anyway
    13:25 – well, here’s a web ad for Landshark:


…but I still haven’t seen a poster or a TV commercial.
    14:54Google street view for Key West Coffee & Cafe
    16:15 – the Shark Invitational is our own little mini-Olympics wherein Larry tries to endanger and maim us every year. Here’s an old Shark Invitational video from 2006
    16:32 – a reference to Guys’ Shopping Night, December 2000, where I got completely wasted at Ruby Tuesday’s, was found passed out in a bathroom stall, and had to be deposited at Larry’s house for the night. Admittedly, I had had a lot to drink, but since it was all beer it seemed incongruous I would become that comatose. I later discovered that it was actually a reaction to sesame seeds — in particular, while rotating through the South Beach diet meal plan, the sesame chicken dinner, which includes a double dose of sesame seeds and sesame oil. All of this was cut out of the recording since it was so tangential, but I include it here for the sake of transparency
    16:45 – some more stuff from the archives. Here are my two photos from the big cheeseburger eating contest…

    17:51Buffett World post on the London show
    18:24Radio Margaritaville’s Summerzcool Contest
    18:43Buffett News’s write-up on the ESPN doc
    20:51 – it might sound like we’re repeating the drunk chick’s love call, but each one is different — and there was more where that came from. Those are just the screams from between songs.
    23:48 – Summer 2009 started at 1:45 AM (Eastern) that night (June 21)
    26:36Boston Globe interview
    26:41Buffett News’s Men’s Journal scans
    27:08 – the clip comes from the 7/01 Daily Show, during an interview with TIME columnist and author of The Myth of the Rational Market, Justin Fox.
    28:01 – from MacBreak Weekly #143. Voices are Alex Lindsey, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko, and Leo Laporte. Lost in the editing is that Alex Lindsey is discarding pants because he’s losing weight. (…And what the heck, here’s a Boone’s Farm link.)
    29:44here’s a link to the SModcast podcast but I’ve listened to far too many of them too quickly to identify the particular episode I’m talking about. Besides, I’ve heard “Cheeseburger” and “WDWGDAS” since then too.
    30:16 – Larry was about to bring up Roger Clyne

Episode 104: Wednesdays, Sundays, Hearing Aids

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 24 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The deaf are leading the deaf as the guys review Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. (Cameos by Nathan, Jennifer, and Lee.)

    00:20 – the prolonged giggling is because I came very close to doing a spit-take right here
    00:27Key West Coffee & Café’s not exactly up-to-date website and a photo from our eventual visit on July 1.

    02:43 – apparently this is the theme music for Facebook’s Farm Club from Scott’s MacBook (and, 02:58: that’s a tiny snippet of “Rock Me Amadeus”, requested by Jennifer, avoided by me).
    03:53Tiki Bar TV
    04:21 – Mike is referring to something Greg said to Jennifer before we recorded. That something is repeated by Schmoe at 04:25
    05:23Jimmy sings the Dolphins “Fins” song on YouTube
    05:34the Miami New Times contest
    05:46Dol-Family’s “Dol-Fans 4 Life” MP3
    06:07Margaritaville Montana?, via Buffett News
    07:08Estefans Expected to be Minority Owners, via Buffett News
    07:41 – Sirius XM iPhone app: web page link, iTunes App Store link
    09:46iEncore iTunes App Store link. For more Buffett-related iPhone apps, check out our list under Episode 94.
    10:02Buffett News write-up on Bonaroo
    10:47Buffett News write-up on Will Kimbrough post
    11:07Buffett News’s write-up on Tommy Womack tweet
    11:25Christmas in the Caribbean Jimmy Buffett Tribute Cruise
    17:27Buffett World’s Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays page
    18:02 – Greg is complaining about the poor Photoshop cloning on the CD’s back cover
    19:24 – Scott is possibly confusing this 1999 “Beach House” tour with 1994’s “Fruitcakes on Tour”, seeing as “Fruitcakes” was not the show opener in 1999
    38:38 – this was printed on the LP’s inner sleeve
    45:35 – and that was entirely improv’d, too!

Episode 103: Hud Don’t Know and Hud Don’t Care

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 3 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The latest headlines, highlights from the last two May concerts, and not much change in attitude.  (Cameo appearance by Jennifer.)

    00:09 – Scott recorded this special message on his way out (before we had a chance to turn the TV down) … and then decided to stick around after all
    01:41 – “Prospective Buyer Says Trump Marina Sale is Off”, New Jersey Star Ledger, via Buffett News
    02:25revised Fall dates at Margaritaville.com, via Buffett News
    04:18 – Buffett News’s The BOSS Act Rewrites Rules for Concert Ticket Sales”, NJ.com
    15:59 – the dodgy sound is as I recorded it
    18:30 – drum rolls are because Roger Guth was expecting to start “Fins”

Someone at TRMS is a Parrothead

    When worlds collide. All three “Weak in Review” stories from Friday’s Rachel Maddow Show have a remarkable connection to our podcast.

    They used Buffett music for the first two stories and then, for good measure, wrapped up with a Jonas story just for Scott and Schmoe! Could Kent Jones be one of our listeners? (Or would that mean he’s weak?)
    Actually, this is not the first time Buffett music has appeared in The Rachel Maddow Show
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Episode 102: Peacemakers of the Lost Ark

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 20 2009 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “In the wake of the recent concert at The Ark, the Roger Clyne podcast takes over at 24:08 and doesn’t let up till morning; but before that, the boys rehash the first two of May’s Summerzcool concerts.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)

    This episode is almost an hour which can only mean the guys are rhapsodizing about Roger Clyne again, fresh from seeing him in Ann Arbor on May 16.
    Not sure how The Ark is “lost”, but it seemed a better parody title than “Ark of the Contraband”.
    Audio levels are quite bad at the start of the episode but even out after a while.  This was an unforeseen effect of using the same recorder for the Clyne concert and stupidly (oh all right, drunkenly) forgetting to re-adjust the levels before starting our podcast session.
    03:06Buffett News’s write-up on tour date changes.  The October/November tour dates which disappeared from Margaritaville.com have already been reinstated, with slight emendation.
    04:17Buffett News’s write-up on Miami Dolphins announcement
    05:35Steve Bruton
    05:54 – “Jimmy Buffett Killed Vacationing”, Phoenix New Times
    06:11 – “Pascrell Condemns TicketsNow for Gouging Fans, Overselling Show”, Trading Markets.com
    07:02 – “Fans Throw Away a Giveaway”, Philadelphia Inquirer
    08:03 – “Unless the deal gets extended, the LandShark name will come down before the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl are played in the stadium in 2010”, according to McClatchy.com
    08:44 – “Outback’s Parent to Sell Buffett-Inspired Burger Chain”, Brandon News and Tribune
    10:09 – it appears the PDF of Memorial Day shows is no longer available.
    18:35 – special thanks to SunLover, at the Buffett News discussion board, for providing a copy of the Las Vegas concert, as the RCPM concert was that same night.
    25:45 – our Ann Arbor photo album can be viewed here in our Photo Gallery.  Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/WAOTNC
    31:51 – the two Ark recordings mentioned can be downloaded here or here.  (The first link was the source of this episode’s sound clips.)
    36:33Mad Money (2008).  (IMdb listing.)
    40:54Circus Mexicus 2009 video
    44:18the tweet in question
    49:05 – an uncredited Lee cameo
    53:30the photo in question

Episode 101: An Anemone in the Space/Time Continuum

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 6 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The gang tries to rescue Schmoe from imprisonment in a temporal wormhole while also discussing the ‘Summerzcool’ single, a Landshark Stadium, and the last three April concerts.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)

    02:55 – oops.  I say Buffett World but I was actually reading off Buffett News
    02:57 – “Possible St Barth’s Show in November“, “Rumor: Newport Folk Festival“, “Buffett’s Today Show Appearance Canceled
    03:28 – gotta give Buffett News credit for that.  Still haven’t bought Swine Not?  Get it from Amazon.
    03:58 – as expected, it’s official as of Friday, May 8
    04:18the new logo
    04:35 – okay, now I’m reading off Buffett World
    09:40 – “Buffett will help pay for the deal by playing two shows at the stadium at little or no cost“, from South Florida Business Journal, via Buffett World
    10:56purchase it in iTunes or purchase it at Amazon
    16:50 – try “pattern”
    21:09 – oh what the heck, here’s the obligatory link to Susan Boyle’s performance
    31:59iPickupLines iPhone app [iTunes Store link]
    34:45 – Barney Stinson’s Barney’s Blog

Episode 100: La Vie Don King

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 22 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Our big hundredth episode coincides with the start of Summerzcool.  We take a look at the first two nights of the new tour.  (Cameo appearances by Jennifer and Lee.  Special yawn effects by Jacob.)  (The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 29:33.)

    02:17 – it was decided, a few weeks ago, in a FSGL team meeting, that we would continue podcasting at Zodiac year-round since the pizza is better and it’s more centrally located.
    04:26Buffett World’s Twitter story
    05:34twitter.com/buffettworld | twitter.com/buffettnews | twitter.com/WAOTNC
    06:43Buffett News’s Bob Dylan story.  The full interview can be downloaded in PDF from Bob Dylan’s official site.
    07:38 – for the record, Greg’s comment is really about Savannah Jane.  I confused Savannah Jane’s Thursday interview with Kristin’s Saturday interview during the news segment, but this mistaken attribution was edited out.
    08:31thepiratebay.org
    12:24 – a reference to how Greg is incapable of downloading any kind of audio file on his work laptop
    14:28 – the boys mock me because I had to redo this announcement.
    18:43 – that would be Episode 70
    20:41 – as you probably already know, it’s the beach ball that’s purple
    23:57 – a reference to the giant cluster that ends Episode 84
    26:25 – I wish now that I’d said “schooled” instead of “scolded”
    29:54 – in our area, Roger Clyne and Peacemakers are playing Chicago on Friday, May 15; Ann Arbor on Saturday, May 16; and Cleveland on Sunday, May 17.
    33:35see Clement Freud tell the joke himself, at Boing Boing.net.  (And I guess that should be Boing Boing “readers” rather than “listeners”.)