Wastin' Away on the North Coast  

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Episode 89: Argue, Laugh, and Cheer

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 12 2008 (9:00 PM - 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “We see out ihe tour with more concert clips and tip our hats to Election Day with playlists for the candidates.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)”

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Beer Bath

    Listener Ed calls our attention to another Landshark sighting, this time in the latest Diggnation podcast (#176).  A viewer sent in a photo of herself in a Diggnation t-shirt, and the photo also includes a bottle of our official unofficial sponsor (and my one and only true friend) Landshark Lager.

An optical illusion.  If you stare long enough, you can see a bottle of beer.

    It’s a crying shame a Landshark had to be sacrificed for this photo, but at least its loss was not in vain.
    P.S.: Ohhhh, laaaadies ... we’ve got t-shirts too!  And Scott will be more than happy to sell you one.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Diamond as Big as My Drinks

    Mexican scientists have discovered they can turn tequila into diamonds.  As reported in Physorg.com, “The key to the surprising discovery is tequila’s ratio of hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon, which lies within the ‘diamond growth region.’”
    See?  Who says tequila can’t help your marriage.

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Our VHS Tape Library

    Sadly, we did not record a show last night.  It wasn’t due to low attendance, it wasn’t due to technical problems.  We even had an agenda, not least of which was to say goodbye to Captain Tony, who passed away on November 1.  Despite all this, it became apparent that are plans would be a no-go and we ended up not recording.
    We’re very sorry about letting another week go by without a new episode, and Schmoe had spent the morning sending out e-mails detailing new plans and projects.  I have plans for new content too, and, since I couldn’t announce it in the podcast, I might as well announce it here.  Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the

    It’s a collection of Jimmy’s TV appearances we have archived on our old VHS tapes, dating back to 1984, dating back to Jimmy’s mustache.  This is stuff that not even Buffett World and Buffett News have.
    You can access the videos at our own page: http://www.wastinaway.net/videos
    or our page at Vimeo (though the collection is not complete)
    or at Viddler (even less complete)
    or even at YouTube (albeit in lesser quality, and excepting any videos over ten minutes long).
    This has been some weeks in the offing and I hope it makes up for the lack of a new episode.  If I may make a recommendation, why not check out how young we look in this 1989 video.  It’s almost like watching our first podcast.  You can see we haven’t changed much, except maybe for the giant glasses.
    Enjoy!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Episode 88: We are the Podcast Your Parents Warned You About

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 22 2008 (9:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Scott is back, making up for lost time by supplying his tailgate playlist and ‘Margaritaville’ verse; and the boys get back to album reviews, with a look at One Particular Harbour.  Special guest: Hud.  Cameo by Jennifer.”

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Episode 87: Everything’s Better With Bacon!   (*Bacon Not Included)

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 15 2008 (9:30 PM - 11:00 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Schmoe & Mike’s concert-going adventures continue and Greg & MIke have new “Margaritaville” verses.  Special guest: Joda.  Cameo by Jennifer.”

    00:44 - with Government Honey being disbanded, Mike’s brother Jimmy (the singer of our theme song) has joined a new band called Mr Fabulous.  A name he’s not too crazy about.  Jimmy also still does his solo act, called The Jimmy Show.
    01:00 - it sounds like Schmoe says “Flagellant Monkey” but the name I came up with was “Flatulent Monkey”.
    I mean, come on.  “Flagellant Monkey” is just plain silly.
    01:07 - did we mention Greg likes monkeys?
    01:35 - Old 97’s
    01:43 - be like Mike: get the new Old 97’s album on iTunes.  Or order if from Amazon.
    02:17 - Silky’s, at Kiernan’s Steakhouse
    02:37 - St Andrew’s Hall, in Detroit
    04:36 - famed luthier Chad Heckler
    05:03 - Mason Jennings
    06:14 - singer Doug Fieger, attorney Geoffrey Fieger, and “Dr Death” Jack Kevorkian
    06:43 - lest we forget, Mike, Schnmoe, and Greg worked security for The Knack, as mentioned in Episode 61B
    07:16 - Sunspots, sunspots, sunspots
    09:08 - contest at Radio Margaritaville
    09:23 - contest at Cheeseburger in Paradise
    09:32 - CIP contest runs from October 15 to November 15
    09:58 - order Nod to the Storyteller from Amazon | or order it from Mailboat Records
    10:30 - a callback to Episode 65 (specifically, 40:40 in)
    11:06 - a callback to the end of Episode 84
    12:24 - a callback to our previous episode
    14:37 - all these bacon references stem from a tangential conversation which, unfortunately for our purposes here, was deleted from Episode 78.  But to make up for it, I present links to Bacon Salt, the item which started it all, and, your source for all things bacon, Bacon Today
    15:46 - Mike quotes a comment from the RCPM discussion board, first mentioned in Episode 38
    15:51 - Mike comes dangerously close to plagiarizing a line from my lyric (in last week’s episode).  I protested at the time, but I vainly deleted it from the show since I sounded so pissy

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Episode 86: In One Way or the Other, We’re All Referees

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 8 2008 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Schmoe’s playlist project better end soon because I’m running out of football puns. This week, it’s Greg’s turn. Plus, the guys show off their lyric writing skills.”

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