Tuesday, January 3 2012

Greetings from NOLA

    Mike and Schmoe are in NOLA this week, to watch U of M’s Wolverines in the Sugar Bowl tonight.
    Our roving reporters just dispatched these photos to our news desk…

M’ville Café NOLA, from Mike

M’ville Café NOLA, from Schmoe

Bourbon Street, from Schmoe

Saturday, December 31 2011

Bottle: Los Angeles

    Always striving to bring you the latest in six nine-month-old news, here’s something we should’ve talked about back in the Summer Spring…except no one I know saw this movie when it came out.
    Here’s an image caught last night while watching the Blu-ray of Battle: Los Angeles.  Click to see a larger version.  (Quality is not the best since the still was taken with a cell phone.)

Still from Battle: Los Angeles

Thursday, July 28 2011

Episode 151: Tales from the Tailgate

Show Notes:
Recorded Thursday, July 21 2011 (11:00 PM - 12:00 AM) at DTE Energy Music Theater, Clarkston MI
    “The tailgate podcast, where Mike, Schmoe, and Mickey discuss this year’s Pine Knob concert immediately after seeing it.  Also recapped are shows from Virginia Beach and Nashville.  (Guests: Robert, Cindy, and Wayne.)”

Special guests: Robert, Cindy, and Wayne

      >  Download Episode 151

Friday, July 22 2011

Steambath and a Show

    It was the hottest day of the year!
    I’m still worn out from this year’s concert, but here are few notes about the day…
    Mike did a more elaborate tailgate than usual, hooking up an inverter to his car battery to power a fan and his Frozen Concoction Maker.  The parking lot was definitely a Barometer Soup and I’m not ashamed to admit I drank a lot more water than Landsharks or margaritas.  We didn’t do a lot of wandering around, clinging too much to the shade of our canopy, but I still plan on whipping up another tailgate video soon.  Watch this space.  Maybe.
    The crowd rallied enough to be loud and appreciative by show time; but the people around me were lame and sat down way too often.
    Even after sundown, it was still quite hot.  We recorded a podcast from the parking lot, but we sound so beat that it makes for some less than exciting listening.
    For now, here’s a batch of photos I took of the day, in our photo gallery.  A far cry from last year’s front row seats, but oh well…
    And, ultimately, as always, it was a pleasure and a hell of an evening.

Section RTC, Row MM, Seat 68

Monday, May 2 2011

There’s Nothing Soft About Hard Teas

    This just in, from our roving reporter Mike, vacationing in Florida.  “Breaking News!!  Margaritaville sells spiked tea and spiked lemonade!  Review to follow….”

Spiked Lemonade and Spiked Tea

Spiked Label

Thursday, April 14 2011

Number Eight

    Jimmy got another shout-out in the Late Show Top Ten List, Wednesday night, April 13.  (For all you completists, the other half of the Top Ten follows after the jump.)

Top Ten List, part 1

Top Ten List, part 2

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Sunday, March 13 2011

2011 Newspaper Ad

    Palacenet.com, the website for the Meadowbrook and Pine Knob (DTE Energy) amphitheaters and the Palace of Auburn Hills arena, had Buffett’s ad as the sole image for their front page.  This splash page is no more, but you can still see the image here.
    It took a few days, but the Detroit Free Press finally printed this year’s concert ad today, Sunday.  Presumably this is our first look at the “Fin Land” logo.

Detroit Free Press, “Entertainment + Travel”, page 3E. Sunday, March 13.