Summerzcool Art Projects

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    We’re used to seeing Buffett references in “Arlo & Janis”, but we never expected him to show up in, of all things, “Blondie”!
    This is the strip from Friday, June 12.

What makes Blondie stranger?

    Also, Buffett World calls attention to an iPhone app designed for Jimmy Buffett fans and concertgoers. It’s called iEncore and is available in the iTunes App Store [link opens iTunes].

FIns to the future

    We’ve tried to keep tabs on other Buffett-inspired and -related apps, check out the ever-growing list here.
    Update: here’s another multimedia mention, from one podcast to another. The guys of the 24 Cast are now doing a podcast called The Complete Guide to Everything*. Their latest episode is about “Hamburgers” which leads to an extended segment on Jimmy Buffett. The clip is too long to include in one of our shows, so we’ll just link to the episode. The Buffett segment is 7:10 in and runs over four minutes (with a callback at 13:15). [Added 6/16]

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

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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
    02:25 – revised 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

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    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

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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.
    03:06 – Buffett 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.
    04:17 – Buffett News’s write-up on Miami Dolphins announcement
    05:35 – Steve 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.)
    36:33 – Mad Money (2008).  (IMdb listing.)
    40:54 – Circus Mexicus 2009 video
    44:18 – the tweet in question
    49:05 – an uncredited Lee cameo
    53:30 – the photo in question

Episode 101: An Anemone in the Space/Time Continuum

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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
    04:18 – the 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
    10:56 – purchase 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
    31:59 – iPickupLines iPhone app [iTunes Store link]
    34:45 – Barney Stinson’s Barney’s Blog

Episode 100: La Vie Don King

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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.
    04:26 – Buffett World’s Twitter story
    05:34 – twitter.com/buffettworld | twitter.com/buffettnews | twitter.com/WAOTNC
    06:43 – Buffett 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.
    08:31 – thepiratebay.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.
    33:35 – see Clement Freud tell the joke himself, at Boing Boing.net.  (And I guess that should be Boing Boing “readers” rather than “listeners”.)

Episode 99: Tiki Barber is Open

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 15 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Greg is back, and the boys help Jimmy build his empire by suggesting new items for the Margaritaville label. (Special guests: Joe and Jacob. Cameos by Schmoe’s and Mike’s kids and Jennifer.)”

    01:42 – Greg reviewed this Frozen Concoction Maker review back in Episode 75
    03:07 – front page to the Adrienne Shelly auctions
    03:12 – the Adrienne Shelly Foundation
    03:22 – Waitress on IMDb and on Amazon
    03:51 – link to JB’s auction
    04:12 – Margaritaville Myrtle Beach: Poker Set, from Google
    04:58 – call-in story on Buffett World
    05:24 – call-in audio on Margaritaville.com
    06:03 – ping pong story on Buffett News
    06:39 – Tiki Barber, in Wikipedia
    07:11 – Jimmy Buffett tribute cruise
    07:28 – what is now the Windjammer link
    10:02 – follow us on Twitter
    12:00 – Sammy Hagar’s got Cabo Wabo, Vince Neil’s got Tres Rios, Roger Clyne’s got Mexican Moonshine, and Justin Timberlake’s got 901.  Know of any others?
    13:52 – look for the /Filmcast at slashfilm.com
    14:16 – Note: the message code has been doctored to protect the guilty. The recipient’s name has not.
    18:57 – Margaritaville beach chairs (at the Key West store)
    19:42 – Close.   It’s nagsheadhammocks.com in Kitty Hawk NC.  Recommended by Mickey’s sister-in-law.

    20:12 – the Fantome succumbed to Hurricane Mitch in autumn of 1998.  To learn more, we recommend Jim Carrier’s The Ship and the Storm, available at Amazon.

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Episode 98: A Big Gecko Casting Tall Shadows

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 25 2009 (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The guys talk about the new theme song and take a closer listen to the Hawaii concerts recently broadcast on Sirius XM. (Special guest: Joe. Cameos by Lee and Jennifer.)”

    It’s here! It’s here! It only took eight days, but it’s here!
    00:00 – recorded off Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, March 10
    00:38 – you can watch the South Park episode “Margaritaville” at South Park Studios
    02:42 – a reference to Episode 78
    04:42 – here’s the brand-new behind-the-scenes documentary of our theme song recording session…

    (The video at Viddler includes pop-up notes. Video is also available at at Vimeo, at our Facebook group, and was originally posted on youTube in two parts.)
    04:57 – featuring the talents of Jim Auquier (The Jimmy Show) and Rob Norum of, together, Acoustic Rewind.
    05:30 – we had to whip up a final verse on the spot. I think Scott offered the “Shadows tall” line, about which I was skeptical. I doubted the tilt of the Earth was substantial enough to change shadows in Autumn and the rhyme smacked of desperation. The following morning Scott “took me to school”, offering the following information in an e-mail.

Summer sunlight is more direct. More energy per unit area is received by sun. Thin[k] of the longer shadows cast in winter. Also think of the beam of a flashlight illuminating a spot on a table: Direct illumination provides maximum light per unit area. Tilting the flashlight means that the beam is spread over more area but its is giving of the same energy per unit time. Thus the energy per unit time per area is smaller in the tilted case, and similarly as applies to the sun in the winter.

    10:21 – …that said, the acoustic guitar in the clip you heard was Jim Auquier
    16:39 – Live from Key West – EP on iTunes
    19:56 – Scott means the cellphone video on YouTube, as mentioned on Buffett News
    20:55 – Cyndi Lauper sang “iko Iko” on her 1986 album True Colors
    21:33 – hear that crackling in the left speaker? That’s not our usual cellphone interference. You are witnessing the start of the slow death of my beloved Core Sound mics.
    21:51 – Buffett News’s write-up of Jimmy at the Jim Clark & Kristy Hinze nuptials
    23:42 – “Buffett Looking at New Sea Plane”, as mentioned on Buffett World
    24:30 – “Jimmy Buffett Wants South Side Bar to Shut Down”, from WPXI.com
    26:20 – Buffett News’s write-up of the Key West Margaritaville Café fire | Buffett World’s write-up of the Key West Margaritaville Café fire. P.S.: it appears the San Carlos Institute re-opened in time.
    28:56 – the sneak peek photo, on Twitpic
    30:51 – the fabled Schmoeonade™ recipe

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Episode 97: Changes in Laxatives

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 4 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Some news, some banter, some making fun of Greg. You know, the usual. (Cameo by Jennifer.) (The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 15:46.)”

    01:35 – well…they’re not exactly new.  It’s the same design, but the material is now light gray instead of white, which we all agree looks better.
    03:00 – Mike is cruising for a lawsuit from North Coast Brewing Co
    03:41 – Ambassador Bridge
    04:10 – Senior Walking Club does more than boost the heart rate, from the North Andover Citizen
    04:45 – inspired by Hud’s playlist idea, here are some other song titles we came up with (the following day, via e-mails):

Mike’s Senior Citizen Playlist:
      Everybody’s Got a Grandson in Miami
      Far Side of the Room
      Fruitcups
      Growing Older But Not Up
      Hot Flash at Sunset
      If It All Falls Down
      My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I’m Really Old
      Off To See The Doctor
      Pirate Looks at 80
      Please Bypass This Heart
      Sending The Old Man Home
      Who’s The Grey Stranger
      Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Sleep

Schmoe’s Senior Citizen Playlist:
      If It All Falls Down (and I Can’t Get Up)
      Wonder Why We Ever Go To The Home
      A Salty Piece of Baked Fish
      Once In a Lifetime
      Ensure Blues
      Beyond the End
      Some Old People Can Dance
      Metamucil Si Agua No
      Livin’ It Up
      Doris Talks To Statues
      Son of a Son of a Son of a Sailor
      Last Man Standing
      Pre-Pre-You
      Survive
      Makin’ Music For Oatmeal

Mickey’s Senior Citizen Playlist:
      My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, My Back is Sore, My Arthritis is Acting Up, I’ve Got This Pain Running Up My Left Side, and What’s With the Kids These Days and All Those Piercings
      Stories We Can’t Remember
      The Captain and the Kidney Stone
      A Thousand Steps to Nowhere
      Incontinento
      Blue Haired Girl
      Sea of Hipbreak
      That’s What Living Was to Me
      Metamucilville

    05:56 – Newsday story on Richard Fields
    07:28 – Zachary Richard on MySpace and Zachary Richard’s official site
    08:27 – “Hearing Begins On Ticketmaster Live Nation Merger“, from FMBQ.com
    10:04 – for the record, the song had been peformed three times previously, according to the Buffett News song database
    12:04 – Live from Key West, available at Mailboat Records
    12:20 – my memory still fails me.  Buffett News states the song was last performed in 1992!

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Episode 96: The Information Supergoatpath

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, February 25 2009 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “On the agenda: reviewing Jimmy’s new digital download EP. What we really talked
about: more bitching about Ticketmaster. (Special guests: Jennifer and Joe.)”

    01:52 – Buffett News’s write-up on Jimmy’s participation with the latest Google Earth update. And information on Buffett’s Google Earth plug-in
    03:02 – an example of “Lover of Mine” from YouTube
    04:45 – Buffett News’s write-up on the South Carolina license plate
    06:43 – Ticketmaster Will Stop Linking Customers to Subsidiary, at NJ.com
    14:44 – Live from Key West, available at Mailboat Records
    22:50 – a reference to the joke which ended Episode 62
    23:29 – taken from The Colbert Report on Tuesday, February 10

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