Tuesday, March 18 2008

Episode 63: Sharkjaws Adam at Bay

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 12 2008 (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The preliminaries out of the way, we finally get down to reviewing the Live By the Bay concert video.  And the wait was worth it since Mickey and Schmoe were not only joined by Mike (on phone) and Hud, but Scott and Greg managed to show up again too!  (Cameo by Jennifer.)”

    00:03 - Mike attended a work dinner, while in Houston, which he had feared might delay his participation on the panel
    00:55 - obviously MIke did not get disconnected.  I can only assume the wire from the phone to our speaker had a shot
    01:03 - score by John Williams and Christopher Young
    03:01 - Hud remained pretty fascinated by the contents of Scott’s MacBook.  (The YouTube stuff he mentions was archived, since Zodiac still doesn’t have wi-fi.)
    03:06 - Landshark Lager
    03:33 - Buffett World tour dates
    04:26 - “he’s playing Jul 17th in both Texas and Ohio”, Greg wrote, after perusing vividseats.com (the first place I saw the June 10 rumor)
    05:00 - #3 on Top Live Events, via Buffett World
    05:15 - tonight’s sponsor, Straight Guys Who Love Show Tunes
    05:41 - news on Captain Tony, via Buffett News
    06:15 - Amazon’s link to Sleepy Time Tunes Jimmy Buffett Lullabies.  You’re probably not supposed to operate heavy machinery while listening to it, but the :30 samples available on iTunes might be safe enough.  Having sampled the samples, I especially like how “CILCIA” is included.  What better way to train your toddler to shout “Sonofabitches!” on cue.  I do have to admit the album has a pleasing, easy-going feel (despite that monotonous sleigh bell); but ultimately the tracks all sound way too much like those self-loading MIDIs on your old mid-90s Geocities page.
    06:56 - Margaritaville Salsa at Garden Fresh Gourmet
    07:04 - Listener Josh wrote us on March 6
    09:40 - that’s Greg’s U of M inspired ringtone, by the way
    11:20 - Wikipedia describes the Miami Marine Stadium as “originally built for powerboat racing and utilized a floating stage in front of the grandstand that allowed additional concertgoers to listen from their boats in the water behind the stage.”
    12:01 - the Barbizon modeling school
    12:41 - a topical reference about some football coach who was guilty of pressing his naked self against windows, but I can’t find the news story any more
    13:22 - first heard in Episode 13
    14:26 - still need to find Westwood One info
    20:24 - here’s a screen grab off my laserdisc:

“Only visiting this planet”

    25:56 - now compare this to what Scott said in Episode 56     28:21 - everybody knows the Fins to the Left part, everybody knows the Fins to the Right part.  This is the third step…

    28:45 - the “Last Mango” chorus is written on the men’s room wall at Capt Tony’s     30:24 - you know what?  Screw it.  The song sounds so good, here’s an MP3 download of it.  It’s straight off my ancient bootleg CD, which somebody obviously recorded off the old radio concert LP.     31:06 - in 1981, according to Wikipedia, “Sailing” won Grammys for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Arrangement; the Christopher Cross album won Album of the Year; and Cross himself won Best New Artist     33:01 - another topical reference, to the mess Detroit mayor Kuame Kilpatrick got in texting saucy messages to his chief of staff, Christine Beatty

      >  Download Episode 63

Friday, October 5 2007

Baseball

    OK, ladies and gentlemen.
     Our home team is out of the running, which means baseball is done for Detroit fans—or so you might think.  Where can you now put all your baseball playoff energy?  Look no further than the Arizona Diamondbacks.  This is where we need to focus are energy.  Not for the sake of baseball, but rather the good of Arizona’s own Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers.
    Roger wrote a little ditty to help support his hometown team, the Arizona Diamond backs.  The farther they go the more I am sure we will hear his song, providing some much needed kudos for a very talented singer and songwriter.  So watch the video and spread the word.  This year, I back, you back, we back the D-backs.  That’s a fact, Jack!!
    Yes, I did go see Roger at the Magic Bag last night.  It is the best live show you will ever attend!
    Watch the video.  Very good tune!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaPR9Di-axg
   —Scott

Tuesday, June 12 2007

A Commercial Announcement

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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, October 10 2006

New Album’s Out and I’m Fresh On iTunes

    I couldn’t wait for tomorrow and I bought the new album from iTunes.  Tipping the scales was the fact the iTMS version has a video I hadn’t heard about.  It’s not the “Here We Are” song; it’s a mini-doc on the making of “Party at the End of the World”.  And it culminates in some live footage reportedly shot at Pine Knob!
    If so, that means you can see me in this final shot.  I’m the one applauding…way at the back…in the dark spot.

Monday, September 4 2006

Cheeseburger in Caseville 2006: Video Diary

Friday, August 11 2006
    2:00 PM:  Show up at Joe’s.  Pick up Greg.
    3:30 PM:  Mike is so eager to get out of his office he said his chair is probably still spinning.
    5:30 PM:  Get to Bad Axe.  Check into our room.  Tequila shots.  Head over to Caseville at 7:40 PM.
    8:15 PM:  Buy $5 button at amphitheater for admission to all shows.  Walk around town.  Have dinner and drinks at Riverside Roadhouse.
    12:30 AM:  Back at our room in Bad Axe.  More tequila shots.  Watch TV and video files off Mickey’s laptop.
    2:30 AM:  Bedtime.
    4:30 AM:  Mickey finally falls asleep, tiring of using audiobooks to drown out Schmoe’s snoring

Saturday, August 12 2006
    Morning:  Schmoe, Mike, and Greg avail themselves of the continental breakfast as well as the swimming pool and hot tub.
    11:40 AM:  In an unusually quiet room, Mickey finally wakes up.
    12:30 PM:  Head back to Caseville. 
    1:00 PM:  Go to beach first.  Buy $6 sunglasses.  Find out we could’ve gotten into amphitheater free from the beach.
    Afternoon:  Mike had seen sign for gumbo so we walk to Farm Restaurant to buy some.  Lines to order and to pick-up food are confused and wait is long.  No alcohol either.
    Later: We walk to Elizabeth Port Grill for Bourbon Burger and Coronas.  Next door, in the park, the Lost Shakers are playing.  Go across the street to buy “Mike’s Hard Mike-aritas.”
    Later still:  Walk several blocks to official store.  Buy shirts and souvenirs.  Interview Marie who invites us to look for Steve by the pink bus at tonight’s concert.
    Sunset:  Go back to beach, worried lots might be locked-up before long.  Park on the street, stop at party store, return to amphitheater for Air Margaritaville. 
    Evening:  Sound problems cut first set short.  Manage to videotape both rounds of cheeseburger eating contest (but footage is too dark to be useable).  Finally find Steve during Ai Margaritaville’s second set and record interview.  See a shooting star but Mickey misses it.
    Night:  Stuck on the sidewalk as bars are at capacity.  Find out about Hersel’s and drive a few miles out of town to find it.  Pay $3 cover, quickly buy Coronas, and stand near the dance floor watching the young girls act slutty.  DJ clears dance floor by playing “Come Monday”...and even ruins it for us older folks by trying to sing along without benefit of knowing the words.
    Late night:  Head back to Bad Axe.  Mike makes margaritas.  Mickey determinedly stands out in parking lot in bare feet until he can see his own shooting star.