Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 16 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
“Wherein our heroes talk about … umm … ehhh … stuff … kinda. And at least Mickey proves he can record and make phone calls at the same time. (Voices: Scott, Greg, Mickey, Mike, Schmoe and special guest Ashley.)”
Okay, okay. Now I can reveal why I didn’t upload a new episode last week. There was no “audio problem” [air quotes, please]. That was just our cover story.
Simply put, there was no new show because … how could we compete with this kind of Internet awesomeness?!
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, July 9 2008 (9:30 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
“Also know as the “Bzz, bzz-bzz-bzz, bzz, bzz” Episode. Schmoe, Greg, Scott, Mickey, DJ, and Mike engage in another fourcast, with disastrous results.”
Mike is back in Houston, and our return to using a speakerphone was our worst attempt ever. Maybe it’s because it’s the first time we’ve tried this at Joe’s Prime Time, maybe it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing, maybe I should set everything up before I start drinking; but, not only did we get GSM noise again, we got continual and constant GSM noise!
I tried playing around with the recording but there’s no way to salvage it. I tried turning it mono (using the side with slightly less buzz), I tried re-equalizing it, I tried various filters, but nothing worked well enough. The more I try to phase out the GSM noise the more I lose in overall audio quality; and the less tweaking I do the more annoyingly unlistenable it stays.
So here’s a compromise.
Instead of the usual MP3 in our podcast feed, I’ve typed up a transcript of the recording. Download the PDF here or read it below, and this way we can share what we recorded without your having to suffer through listening to it. Pretend it’s just like one of our other shows. Or get some friends together and act out all the parts. (Make sure to use some kind of effect for Mike, such as talking into a coffee can.)
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 25 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
“We’ve complained in the past about the prevalence of cover songs in Jimmy’s albums and on tour, but now, in a new North Coast fourcast, we choose what covers we do like. A big crowd tonight with Schmoe, Greg, Mike, Mickey, Scott, Patti, and Larry on the panel, with guest appearances by DJ, Nathan, and Rachel.”
We had a huge turnout for this one. Scott returned, Greg was back, and even past participants Patti and Larry showed up. All making for a lively and loud conversation. In fact, we had such a big crowd Scott and DJ sat at a different table, which explains why Scott sounds a bit off-mic.
The episode title obviously refers to the far superior Coverville podcast, at Coverville.com. (There was talk of maybe using “Coveritaville” instead.) 00:11 – it sounds like Schmoe says “Jew”. This isn’t an edit, so don’t blame me. That’s the way it sounds on the recording. 00:17 – Patti hasn’t been on a panel since Episode 55, and, before that, way back in Episode 2. Her homecoming might have been a bigger deal if she hadn’t just appeared in our tailgate recording two episodes ago. 00:51 – Greg was really hoping to get a picture of Rachel when she came back to our room, so it was particularly funny when it was Larry who brought us our round of beers instead (at 03:55). 01:21 – Margaritaville Rum, via Buffett News. Out in September. 02:24 – Nadirah Shakoor’s YouTube page. …Or is that iTube? …uTunes? (Don’t forget to click “More info” for the full write-up on this video and her album.) 03:22 – Join the Band info at Little Feat.net | Link to Amazon’s page | Link to iTunes’s soon-to-be-live page 04:24 – This is the chef, at the bar’s entrance, of which Schmoe speaks. And, as you can probably guess, Greg’s instruction to go left is deliberately incorrect (hence my comment). 05:22 – note to self: the pig’s name is Rumpy and the boy’s name is Barley. The book even states this on every chapter, but I still get them confused. 05:53 – Famous Dave’s 07:40 – Amazon link for Sonny Landreth’s From the Reach album 08:15 – Amazon link for Jake Shimabukuro’s Gently Weeps album 08:36 – the band is Pearl Jam, with their “2008 Bootleg Program“. The concerts actually are available on CD, if desired, but are also available in MP3 or FLAC. Little Feat sells their concerts too! Come on, Jimmy, start serving concerts at the Radio Margaritaville site! 08:52 – I think this is what Larry is talking about 09:34 – Commonwealth Displays 10:51 – Link to Zodiac Racquet Club … as soon as they join the 21st century and get a website 11:40 – Scott is of the opinion we’re repeating ourselves with this episode’s fourcast. He is part right. In Episode 23, Covers Charge, one question in our fourcast dealt with our favorite cover song. And now, all four parts of tonight’s fourcast deal with our favorite covers. 19:58 – actually, it’s written by Big Al Anderson, Stephen Bruton, and Sharon Vaughn; and has in fact been covered at least twice. Big Al Anderson’s version of “Trip Around the Sun” is on After Hours, available at Big Al Anderson.com; while Stephen Bruton‘s version is on Nothing But the Truth. 20:04 – a Goldmine writer’s opinion on Covers vs Remakes 23:08 – feel free to add your own cricket sound effect here 24:09 – a.k.a. Southgate Fireworks.com. (And if those commercial breaks aren’t enough, why not another one?) 26:03 – it irks me I studied the discography so carefully but I still forgot about the Margaritaville Café compilations. 28:42 – Will Kimbrough – and, hey, he’s got a podcast! 29:50 – Jesse Winchester 30:55 – “California Promises” is off the Steve Goodman album Affordable Art, available at Steve Goodman.net 31:04 – “Boats to Build”, written by Guy Clark, is the title track of his album and is also on Jerry Jeff Walker’s Cowboy Boots and Bathin’ Suits 31:13 – “She’s Going Out of My Mind” is off Mac McAnally’s 1989 album Simple Life; and, by the way, “It’s My Job” is off his 1980 album Cuttin’ Corners 33:46 – that’s Larry’s ringtone, which I guess, being written by Irving Szathmary, could be considered its own cover 34:23 – I know, we’re all thinking it, but she was referring to her fists 34:49 – the “U.P.” refers of course to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Did Rachel tell us she’s from St Ignace? I don’t remember. 35:57 – oops, I was supposed to edit that part out. Cue the evil, Dr Horrible-like laugh!
And finally, here’s another behind-the-scenes video from our recording session, with outtakes and deleted scenes.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 18 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub. Brownstown MI
“Another look at Jimmy’s Pine Knob show, along with the final dates of the tour’s second leg, Mickey monologues about Saturday Night Live, and Rachel helps out with three — count ’em, three — jokes.”
00:02 – for the record, Greg’s was the first hiccup, with Mike’s reenactment following. 00:29 – no, it won’t 00:46 – Thursday, July 17, at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati OH 00:57 – either Audacity or Vista. I blame Vista. 01:32 – courtesy of gingerbreadman at the Buffett News discussion board, here’s a WMV file of Jimmy and Mac doing “Coast of Carolina” 01:53 – gingerbreadman comes through again with the complete pre-show interview from Pine Knob 02:48 – chippewa, of the Buffett News board, offers a couple nice photos of Jimmy in the Red Wings jersey. And this is Schmoe’s idea of a “Tin Cup Chalice”. 09:25 – Greg insists he is mocking me with that pronunciation 12:00 – I completely failed to mention the return of “We’re Still Here” during the MSG show for the only time this leg 12:02 – once again I have misremembered. Jimmy ragged on our follow-spot operator while introducing “One Particular Harbour” but mentioned him in New York during the introduction to “Cowboy in the Jungle”. 12:12 – that errant voice is actually someone barging into the back room to see the new LED palm trees (shown in the preceding blog entry) 18:30 – as always, this clip is edited for time 19:22 – WDIV Channel 4 were also the geniuses who delayed Late Night with David Letterman an entire day for Our Gang and Barney Miller reruns. WKBD Channel 50 was an independent UHF channel, but more recently was a UPN and now CW affiliate. 20:50 – Buffett News’s story on the Little Feat album 21:09 – Amazon link for Sonny Landreth’s new From the Reach album 21:16 – the song is “Hell at Home”, but it’s only new if you’ve never heard Sonny’s album The Road We’re On from 2003. Which I haven’t. 21:43 – remember, Scenes You Know By Heart is only available at Walmart, Sam’s Club, and, of course, Mailboat Records 22:35 – an old quote of Schmoe’s 22:49 – as heard at the tail end of Episode 70 23:03 – I know, it’s not. This is. 23:18 – Journey’s new lead singer
Show Notes:
Recorded Tuesday, June 10 2008 (11:00 PM – 12:30 AM) at Pine Knob, Clarkston MI
Recorded Wednesday, June 11 2008 (9:00 PM – 10:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub in Brownstown MI
“A special double feature in the wake of Jimmy’s 2008 concert performance. (Appearances by Scott, Greg, Jacob, Patti, her cousin Debbie, Schmoe’s daughter Kate, and others.)”
Hey kids, it’s our second “Tales from the Parking Lot” show! By the way, it might not make the best podcast for driving since there are a lot of car horns in it. And now onto the show notes… 00:39 – wrong again. It’s Lynyrd Skynyrd. 01:49 – thanks to gingerbreadman, of the Buffett News discussion board, we got to hear Jimmy’s Radio Margaritaville pre-show interview after the concert 02:08 – according to Wikipedia, Pine Knob Music Theatre became DTE Energy Music Theatre in 2001. That’s longer that I thought but still not long enough for Schmoe’s talk radio callers to be ignorant of. 03:12 – the DTE Energy FAQ lists capacity at “15,274 Total *7,202 pavilion, *8,072 lawn seats”. 04:11 – the Freep‘s Garden Fresh Gourmet article 04:40 – at the tailgate the night before, Mike and Schmoe joked how they only needed to add milk to turn the Margaritaville “Island Lime” chips into a kid’s breakfast cereal 04:57 – Scott related how he had witnessed a woman win the opportunity to board the Margaritaville party bus. She presented a laminated certificate from WYCD 99.5 “Detroit’s Country” (née “Young Country”) — whose only claim to Buffett is the License to Chill album! — which had a booth near the front gates. 05:42 – and here’s where we get invaded by the Prime Time Pub softball team. They had been enjoying a celebratory meal on the patio, but it had been a muggy day and I guess the mosquitos were too bad and drove them inside. 06:14 – because of Episode 67, of course 06:26 – yes, it was only around eleven:o’clock when we started recording 06:42 – recognize the little audio cue? Can you guess where it originated? 08:00 – my guess is Schmoe is referring to their July 17 2006 concert 09:48 – yep, that’s right, back on July 20 1994! 10:13 – incredibly, Palacenet did not put out a single port-a-john, even though the lot opened at 2 PM 11:12 – that’s somebody driving over some glass 11:40 – another Roger Clyne reference, this time to Mike & Schmoe’s fabled Circus Mexicus show where Roger urged to crowd to “pace yourself” … until changing his mind near the end of the show. Probably mentioned in Episode 69A but I don’t feel like listening to it to find out. 13:36 – for those paying attention back in Episode 64, I bought one of Mike’s tickets and I sold my tickets to Patti and her cousin. 13:47 – you can see our angle in my cellphone pictures, in the preceding blog entry 18:42 – I Twitter’d on the road and during the concert 20:29 – visit Sonny Landreth at Sonny Landreth.com 21:25 – said because Jimmy had messed around with the song order at the June 5 Atlanta show 21:33 – but, no one noticed we missed out on hearing the new “Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season” arrangement 22:12 – said because Jake had announced the appearance on his website 23:08 – some nice shots of Jimmy wearing the jersey, courtesy of chippewa on the Buffett News discussion board 23:57 – just to set the stage: you can’t hear it, but the Tommy Bahama lady (and her beau) pull up in a second vehicle, as the Palacenet worker drives off 24:40 – aw heck, why not: here’s a link to Tommy Bahama 24:43 – a reference to Sharkjaws Adam’s appearance in Episode 71 24:49 – evidently she though I said “Prove it” because she leaned forward and it really looked to me like she was going to undo her bikini top — and I wonder if that’s why her beau suddenly cut the conversation short and drove off 26:47 – the True Colors tour 28:24 – did you guess yet? Did you? It’s from the opening to “Dreamsicle”! 28:30 – another Roger Clyne shout-out. The song playing is “Ashes of San Miguel”. 29:44 – maybe “daily” is too strong, I have no way of knowing. But weekly? Every other day? Venues don’t clean their port-a-johns, do they? Don’t they just have some company swap-in fresh ones?
Show Notes:
Recorded Saturday, June 7 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:00 PM) at Casa de Schmoe, Dearborn MI
“The boys make their deadline just under the wire, reviewing the last three of their ultimate setlists in time to hear Jimmy’s own carefully chosen setlist on Tuesday. (Background vocals: Schmoe’s & Mike’s kids and a few oscillating fans.)”
14:24 – at Pine Knob they’ll let you get by with drinking if you at least conceal your beverage, which led me to the ingenious idea of pouring my beers into a Vernor’s ginger ale bottle. 14:43 – Orson Welles by way of Edgar Alan Poe by way of Alan Parsons’ Tales of Mystery and Imagination (the 1987 remaster) 16:43 – a lame impression of Homer in “Flaming Moes” 22:06 – Jay and the Americans 25:15 – Mike drafted his setlist on the spot and there was no need to e-mail it to anyone, thus there is no PDF to share. Instead, we’ll just note the titles as he reads them:
Mike’s Setlist
One Particular Harbour Coconut Telegraph Livingston Saturday Night Boat Drinks Leaky Little Boat Cowboy in the Jungle We are the People Our Parents Warned Us About Come Monday Creola Distantly in Love Dreamsicle Son of a Son of a Sailor Fins Margaritaville
Brahma Fear (w/ Fingers) Tin Cup Chalice (w/ Fingers) Growing Older But Not Up (w /Fingers) CILCIA Mañana Volcano He Went to Paris Lovely Cruise A Pirate Looks at Forty / Redemption Song Banana Republics Cheeseburger in Paradise Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful It’s Five o’Clock Somewhere Treat Her Like a Lady
First Encore Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season Twelve Volt Man
Second Encore Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
Here’s an outtake from tonight, captured after our recording was done. Being a follow-up to Mike’s traumatic cactus attack, you might even consider it a sequel to the movie from Episode 69A.
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