Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Episode 85: French Man FTW!

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 24 2008 (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “This being the day after hometown Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers show, you can probably guess what the topic is.  But we also find time to discuss JB’s two Paris shows.  (Cameos by Jennifer.)”




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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Episode 84: Lots of Friends With the Same Old Answers

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 17 2008 (9:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The gang finally sits down for their Last Mango in Paris review.  With his Houston hotel flooded following Hurricane Ike, Mike is still in town and was able to join us in person.  Greg and Scott join Schmoe and Mickey as well, for a raucous and rambling discussion just like
old times.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)”




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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Episode 83: Tryin’ to Get Together Again

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 10 2008 (9:30 PM - 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “What was intended to be our review for Last Mango in Paris turns into a rehearsal for our review for Last Mango in Paris. Cameos from Lee, Cindy, Jen II, and another special message from Scott.”

    I set the recording gear up early, but then we spent a lot of time trying to get a steady signal from Zodiac’s faltering wi-fi.  Plus Mike had his own delays, in Houston.  By the time we started, Scott had had to leave, and Greg made it only halfway through the show.

    01:11 - this might be the podcast that took the longest between setup and actual recording, but the latest-starting was Episode 77
    01:30 - referring to Episode 53
    02:19 - referring to Episode 82
    03:02 - “till the broadcast” should be “up to the broadcast” I guess.  What I meant was I had spent all my money already
    03:32 - A joke.  He really hasn’t
    03:35 - referring to a deleted scene from Episode 78.  All the talk about Bacon Salt was excised from the finished podcast, to save time.  I now regret having done that, since Scott has made it such a running gag
    04:04 - as shown in the photo below, Scott used Greg’s LP as a reference

Cindy and Schmoe enjoy Scott’s Last Mango review

    04:14 - we’re beginning to suspect Scott is hard of hearing
    04:15 - Greg is talking about the lack of liner notes and barely any artwork in MCA’s CD reissues
    05:47 - I’m bitching about the barely present wi-fi signal
    06:13 - inside joke. Greg once broke his ankle at a U of M game, doing a jig after the announcement of, coincidentally, a Slippery Rock score
    07:18 - Harmony House Records and Tapes
    08:02 - ICE Newsletter
    08:10 - Nashville Now video from my old TV Viewing Room (something else I need to upgrade, when I found the time)
    09:00 - Schmoe and Mike went on to explain how they married sisters (which makes them weens-in-law), but this was cut from the show for time
    10:33 - the timeline is confused here. Hopefully it will get worked out for next week’s show
    10:55 - you can hear Greg saying his goodbyes in the background.  This too was cut for time
    11:03 - New York Times’s story on the Wouk tribute, via BuffettNews
    11:45 - Mac’s Musician of the Year CMA nomination, via Buffett World
    14:15 - the agave article, previously mentioned on our blog
    15:31 - our great biofuels debate was also cut for time
    16:32 - Zodiac now has two waitresses named Jen: Jennifer, heard last year, and Jen II, heard now. Cindy, our waitress last week, dropped by on a night off just to hang out with us



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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Episode 82: Lemon and a Bottle of Beer

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 3 2008 (9:30 PM - 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Back at the Z’ac, as Greg would say, to start Season 6.  We look at the fourth leg of the Year of Still Here tour, with an in-depth discussion of Listener Sarah’s Bristow VA review.
Plus, hurricane songs and the reaction to Mickey’s tailgate playlist.  Special guests: Cindy
and Lee.”

    Read along with Listener Sarah’s review…

Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:42 PM
Subject: 8/30 Concert Review

Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA
Saturday August 30, 2008 ... The Labor Day Weekend Show (Part One)

I was dehydrated for the first half of the show...poor tailgating on my part, but at least I was coherent for the concert.  And I’m still recovering, so this will not be as detailed as Ed’s, but it’s still a review from someone who was there.

He was about 5mins late coming on stage, but the beach balls kept us busy.  AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long comes on to pump us up and even though I had heard HOT HOT HOT four times in four hours in the parking lot, it just means a little something more when it means Buffett coming on stage.

Homemade Music was an interesting first song and probably confused some JB concert virgins. Tiki Bar is Open “gets the party started” for the rest of crowd. An updated version of Fruitcakes and Pencil Thin Mustache (Lovell was awesome on this one) keeps it going and Manana switches gears before revving it back up for an awesome 5 o’clock somewhere.  My fav song, Changes in Latitudes was next and he rocked it. The video for Changes in Latitudes was fun to watch and even though we didn’t decorate our truck, the tailgaters that we followed in was on the video and so were the people a few rows over with an active volcano on their roof.  Gypsies in the Palace was a nice surprise for me and amusing since it was my parents at my house watching my dish TV and taking care of my dog.  Jolly Mon Sing was great with Lovell and follows with the perennial favorite Come Monday.  The Rock Band version of Cheeseburger (which had a great funny intro between Jimmy and Utley) followed with video of people playing it in the parking lot.  Followed by Brown Eyed Girl, which didn’t get the response it did last year.  A great One Particular Harbor rounds out the first set with pics and video from a few decades ago that was in Tahiti.

I had to go get water during the intermission or I might not have made it to the end, so it was water instead of the first two songs of the second set, but Scarlet Begonias and Why Don’t We Get Drunk sounded good from the outside.  I was walking back to my seat as Jimmy introduced Mac for The Ass and the Hole.  Mac did awesome, but most of the crowd was still outside. Mostly everyone was back by Son of a Son of a Salior and I was still recovering from the water issue, but pics from Jimmy’s trip to the USS Harry S Truman (docked in Norfolk, VA - pronounced “Nor Fuk” not “Nor Folk” damn it) played on the screens.  The crowd pops for Volcano and we’re all in sync again. Last Mango in Paris shifted the gears down and then he introed Nadirah and she sang Makin’ Music For Money with Jimmy and did a damn fine job of it. Jimmy takes it back and keeps the pace with a fantastic School Boy Heart and Pirate Looks at Forty.  Far Side of the World, not my fav but still great.  We keep the lower gear for a great Southern Cross.  Followed up by the Parrothead Anthem, Maragaritaville.  Crowd was into it, the SALT signs were out, but sadly Jimmy lost the lost verse for our show.  But he did accept the Presidental nomination from the “JB 4 Pres” signs in the crowd.  The newbies and people who want to beat the traffic hightailed it out of there and left the die hards to finish.

Encore 1: Fins was awesome.  Then the band intro and Rainy Day Women. Lovell rocked this one too. Then they all leave but Jimmy and the stage lights go down and it’s just Jimmy, his guitar and a few thousand of his closest friends for Regabilly Hill.  This song is great acoustic and truley enjoyable. The jumbo tron was used nicely for this song with four different camera views, a long shot with Jimmy off center to the right, stage right up close side shot and a normal front on close up and long shot all fading in and out of each other.  I don’t remember the song now, but he showed Michael Phelps winning several matches and receiving two golds...crowd popped and Jimmy mentioned after the song was over, but I haven’t listened to the recording from Radio Maragaritaville (it’s nice to have a DVR and Dish Network) to remember the song.

Yet another awesome Jimmy Buffett show.

The photos are up and remember most were taken with my crappy little cell phone camera:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyldgade/sets/72157607035574408/

Sarah in VA

    And here’s the picture Mike requested…

Greg sporting “The Barack”

    P.S.: Michael Palin for President.com



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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Tequila Sunset

    It’s Schmoe worst nightmare come true!  According to the Telegraph (UK), Mexican farmers are clearing away agave fields—used to make tequila—for more profitable wheat or corn crops.  With the US paying big money for biofuels, tequila may become a thing of the past.

    Corn currently sells for a record 18 cents a pound as US motorists turn towards biofuels in an attempt to avoid the soaring cost of petrol - now $2 a gallon.
    In contrast, agave, which was worth approximately 80 cents a pound six years ago, now sells for less than two cents.
    As a result, farmers have taken the difficult decision to let their agave crops burn to clear the way for more lucrative crops.

    I imagine at this very moment, having read this, there is a Schmoe-shaped cloud above his spinning office chair, as Schmoe tears off to the closest liquor store to stockpile bottles of patron.
    (Found via Digg.com.)

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Episode 81: In Touchdown With My Insanity

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 20 2008 (10:00 PM - 11:00 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Season 5 ends with another football playlist, Greg reporting from the Margaritaville Café
in Myrtle Beach, and Scott getting drunk.  Cameo by Rachel.  Background vocals by DJ and Jacob.”



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Friday, August 15, 2008

Episode 80: Beyond the End Zone

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, August 13 2008 (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Joe’s Prime Time, Brownstown MI
    “Mickey, Greg, Schmoe, and Mike discuss the first of our JB-inspired football tailgate playlists plus the latest in Jimmy Buffett news.  (Cameo by Rachel.)”

    Quote of the Episode: “Don’t wear shorts if it’s stupid to wear shorts.”



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