Thursday, March 22 2007

Bum Rush the Charts

    Today’s the day to show the power of podcasting.

    Today’s the day to follow this link, give 99¢, and show the RIAA the power and reach of podcasting.  Not only can you help make a statement, but a percentage of your purchase goes to college scholarships.     (Of course our putting this on our blog as opposed to discussing it in our podcast kind of muddies the waters a little.)

Friday, March 16 2007

“You Realize Of Course That This Means War”

    Holy crap!  It’s an emergency!  Those asshole announcers who do the Buffettnews.com Audio Broadcast [iTunes link] have knocked us off the iTunes page for Jimmy Buffett podcasts!  We need your help.  We hate begging for responses—we usually only beg for donations to Scott’s Paypal accout—but iTunes bases podcast popularity by comments as well as downloads, so please go to iTunes and leave a comment about our podcast [iTunes link].  Only in this way can justice prevail.

“Generations of theatrical expertise, snuffed out in the twinkling of an eye!”

Wednesday, February 14 2007

Happy Valentine’s Day

    Following up on the last episode, here are a couple more selections for favorite Buffett love songs, to help shape the soundtrack for tonight.

Schmoe says:
“Steamer”.  But since he didn’t write it, I will add “Come Monday” as my #2.  “Lady I Can’t Explain” is #3.

Mike says:
“Come Monday” is still the greatest.  “Survive” off of Volcano is my runner up.

Tuesday, January 2 2007

PSA

    Happy New Year, everybody!  Thanks for subscribing and thanks for making us the #1 Jimmy Buffett podcast in 2006.
    The group met yesterday, and while eating chicken wings and watching U of M lose it was decided our next episode will be recorded January 10.  This took so much out of us we never got around to discusing actual show content, however.  That’s the day after Steve Jobs’s keynote at Macworld too, so be warned that Scott and I might wind up turning it into a big tech podcast. 
    In the meantime, even though the holiday parties might be over here is an important public service announcement, courtesy of Schmoe (and others).

    (Video originally from YouTube [link] and uploaded by starlightjen.)

Thursday, December 21 2006

VIDEO: A Visit from St Nicshmolas

    As promised, Schmoe brought his Christmas tequila over for us to sample.  I got to see a matinee of Spamalot earlier in the day, but arrived well in time to record the taste testing session.  We included it in the feed as a special holiday bonus and also have it here as a Flash Video file.

    If we’ve been good little boys and girls, perhaps Schmoe will share his drink recipes.  And, if we’re lucky, maybe we can hear his clinking bottles in the air as he travels from house to house dispensing holiday cheer.

Tuesday, December 19 2006

Digging Our Scene

    As of yesterday, Digg.com, the popular news-sharing site, has started listing podcasts; and as of today, we’re part of that list.  You can see our page here.  They not only list each episode and give you the ability to view or watch it directly at the site, they also offer the ability to comment on each episode.  If you’re already a Digg member, we encourage you to post your feedback there (or here).  We love to see what you have to say.
    Happy Holidays.  New festive video coming soon (we hope).
    P.S.: I forgot to mention you have to be registered with Digg to see their beta Podcast section, but if you’re the kind of hip with-it netizen whom TIME would honor as Person of the Year this won’t be a problem.  Also you can seek us out at the new Plugg’d directory.

Saturday, November 11 2006

This Week’s Assignment

    We will podcast this week (11/15).  Then we will take at least one week off for the holiday.  That means, this week is our Very Special Thanksgiving Episode™.  As always, there is homework.
    Another FourCast:

  1)  Idea to add just a bit of Buffetty-ness, if at all, to your Thanksgiving holiday
  2)  Favorite Fingers solo of all time
  3)  Favorite Buffett clothing (of your own, not Jimmy’s wardrobe)
  4)  Favorite songs by other artists that mention Buffett

    Send your responses to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), Skype us at shortfatguyonline, leave us a voice mail message at 1-774-221-7346, or send us audio feedback at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).