Sunday, December 16 2007

Episode 58: A Last Can of Schmoe Hash

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 12 2007 (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “It’s our second annual Christmas episode! Greg joins Mickey & Schmoe, with Mike as the disembodied Spirit of Central Standard Time. With special guest appearances by Lee, Shields
& Yarnell, Joey Heatherton, and Chip Davis’s lawyers.”

    00:10 - Mike and Schmoe said they couldn’t recognize our theme song in this new Mannheim Steamroller-inspired version.  “Deck in the Halls” is in the right speaker, our theme in the left, courtesy of GarageBand.
    01:02 - bandolero: did I mean bandolier?
    04:32 - the tavern at Southland Mall is now a Ruby Tuesday’s.  Originally it was called McBob’s; and, thanks to my new scanner, here’s a photograph of the old interior with Christmas Carol:

Mickey, Mike, and Schmoe at left; Christmas Carol, center.

    07:59 - Radio Margaritaville finalists
    08:57 - JB’s appearance at DBA bar
    09:41 - StubHub’s 2007 tour rankings
    11:21 - the complete Times Union Parrot Head quiz
    16:00 - no calls please, it’s U of M football coach Rich Rodriguez
    16:28 - for the record, our 100th friend was the official RCPM listing
    17:02 - a clue!
    17:47 - another clue!!
    24:02 - Frozen Concoction Maker
    24:10 - Amazon’s Steve Goodman book
    24:23 - Squawker’s McCaw
    24:34 - Margaritaville Cargo.com
    24:44 - Windjammer Cruises
    27:56 - our other Mannheim Steamroller Christmas album parody.  The original features a recorder and although I have one I was lazy and just used a MIDI flute sound instead.
    28:50 - our tribute to Cheers.  Note the phone delay…and Schmoe’s scat-singing skills.

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Sunday, October 14 2007

Episode 52: Strummed and Rum’d

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, October 10 2007 (8:30 PM - 11:30 PM), at Casa de Greg, Dearborn MI
    “The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 00:00.   The boys reminisce about their weekend seeing RCPM in Detroit and Cleveland; and they interview Chad Heckler, the man who made Roger’s new guitar.  (Cameo appearance by Cathy.)”

    Attack of the Clyne-cast, Part II.
    We recorded two shows last Wednesday, the Roger Clyne show presented here and the “Bars” review we promised earlier.  Schmoe couldn’t round up enough people for wallyball so we ended up simply recording the show at Greg’s house.  His basement, specifically.  We assumed the Clyne podcast would be brief, consisting of a quick wraparound to our interview with Chad Heckler; but we ended up talking for an hour and a half!  What we’d assumed would be a quick and easy bonus show for the feed turned into our longest episode yet.
    Chad Heckler’s MySpace page.
    Our locations in Ferndale: The Post, Howe’s Bayou (link pending), and The Magic Bag Theater.
    Here’s the Waterin’ Hole page where people first started discussing Roger’s new guitar.
    Chad’s custom guitar for Roger: 1 | 2 | in action.
    11:26 - Red 57
    11:47 - Ha!. and you thought this show would have no Buffett content!
    12:43 - Pictures of Roger’s “Old Faithful”:

Old Faithful, front

Old Faithful, back

    13:02 - buy Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy direct from The Peacemakers
    14:09 - Brian Blush
    17:55 - Chad’s favorites: Better Than Ezra and The Refreshments.
    27:51 - Detroit concert recorded by yours truly.  Much of what we talk about an be viewed in our Gallery: Detroit album
    35:52 - The old Beatles song is “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window”.
    37:06 - yes, Cleveland refers to themselves as the “North Coast” and Wikipedia says that Michigan is really the “Third Coast”.  Too late to change our podcast name though, I guess.  I still contend that Michigan’s two peninsulas offer more of a coast than Cleveland’s.
    40:20 - ironically, while we were just down the street from the stadium we watched the midge attack on TV like anyone else
    41:00 - Latvian dance music performed by Atštaukas
    43:18 - Cleveland concert recorded by Matt Miller (complete recording available here).  Much of what we talk about an be viewed in our Gallery: Cleveland album.
    43:49 - Diana’s MySpace page | Tippy’s MySpace page.  Tippy also has some excellent photos of the Detroit and Cleveland shows, over on her Flickr page.
    44:47 - another one of those references to an old story from college
    46:38 - Shelly and Tim’s MySpace pages: 1 | 2
    52:52 - Neti pot
    62:21 - here’s the video
    Incidentally, this episode’s title comes from Roger’s song “Bottom of the Bay” off No More Beautiful World.

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Saturday, October 6 2007

On the Road with Roger Clyne

    Detroit Thursday.  Cleveland Friday.  Be back soon…

    Behind the Magic Bag, Ferndale MI.  Thursday, October 4 2007

Amazingly, Roger’s arms really are that long.

    Next door to the Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH.  Friday, October 5 2007

Note Mike and Schmoe are wearing the same shirt.

    Update: the Detroit photos and Cleveland photos are now available in our Gallery

Monday, August 20 2007

Which Way Do I Steer?

    The gang met up last Saturday (August 18) to finally visit Cheeseburger in Paradise, in Sterling Heights (by Lakeside Mall).  Not only did we get a chance to dine on cheeseburgers and popcorn shrimp, and sample the house brand Island Lager, but we got to see Mike’s brother’s side project Voodoo Café.  You know, Mike’s brother Jimmy, right?  He sings our theme song.
    No podcast was recorded, but Mickey (as always) documented the event, and the photos are online in our WAOTNC Photo Gallery.

Heaven on Earth

Friday, August 10 2007

Caseville 2007

    Episode 47 was recorded last Wednesday, but it might not be uploaded till Sunday or Monday.
    The boys are a bit pre-occupied right now, seeing as they’ve gone up to Caseville again for this year’s Cheeseburger Festival!

M-53 North

Schmoe enjoys a Landshark and another Riverside Roadhouse Spicy Burger

    As we said, we had the same waitress on our return visit.  You can compare this picture with last year’s.

Our favorite waitress

    And a Show Notes Blog exclusive.  We were too busy eating and drinking to shoot a proper video documentary, so here’s a bonus podcast featuring Schmoe and me watching the Perseid meteor shower:

    Day 2: we head back into town, go to the official store for souvenirs, get gumbo for brunch, meet Mike at the Riverside Roadhouse for lunch, spend some time at the beach, go to Lefty’s Diner & Drive-In for this year’s winning cheeseburger, and then go to the amphitheater to watch Air Margaritaville.  Unlike yesterday, I mainly shot video…and I think I need to buy another hard drive before I can start importing the footage for editing.
    Until then, here’s another Show Notes Blog exclusive podcast…

    P.S.: we’ve returned from our Caseville weekend, but I’m still not sure when Episode 47 will be ready to go up.

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!”