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Tuesday, May 17 2011

Episode 147: But, Anyway…

Show Notes:
Recorded Sunday, May 15 2011 (4:00 PM - 5:00 PM) at Cantina Dos, Dearborn MI
    “Hud joins us, as Mike talks about his trip to Florida and we recap the first leg of the Fin Land tour.”

    00:27 - Scott’s ran the Relay for Life that morning; he thought he could make it, but then changed his mind
    00:58 - sorry about the whistling, but I’d been playing the Tremé soundtrack for Mike and had “Skokiaan” on the brain
    02:04 - Mike is talking about this photo, from his collection
    04:41 - our Twitter page
    04:52 - Mike’s spiked tea photos, in our gallery
    05:28 - Mike’s review, from earlier
    07:04 - We have recorded over 232 GBs of audio since we started.  (I’m not sure what this works out to time-wise; I’m too afraid to drag all of it into iTunes or too lazy to calculate it.)  Out of that, we have 76 GBs of edited shows in uncompressed CD quality, which then comes down to less than four and a half gigabytes of MP3 podcast files.
    08:38 - Mike’s Sloppy Joe’s photo, in our gallery
    11:24 - Gatorscafe.com
    11:43 - KingGatorVision’s channel on YouTube
    11:57 - a time cut since the video was taking so long to load
    12:16 - Mike’s Kirk Adams photo, in our gallery
    12:21 - Kirk Adams’s “Mexican Wrestler”, from MySpace
    12:51 - M’ville sunglasses display photo, in our gallery
    13:28 - M’ville salt photo, in our gallery
    24:48 - Jimmy’s first discussion of Wisconsin’s cheese trees can be heard in Episode 132B.
    29:40 - “Lady I Can’t Explain”, performed that night for the first time, is heavily edited here for brevity
    31:23 - In Harm’s Way, at IMDb.com
    36:54 - not the all-night party we mention, but the one from the following year (1984), from Mickey’s college archives:

Your future podcasting team: Greg (left), Schmoe (second from left), Mike (third from right), and Mickey (right)

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Monday, May 9 2011

There’s Nothing Soft About Hard Teas, Part 2

    I promised a review of the new Margaritaville products that I stumbled upon in Florida last week, so here you go:
    Margaritaville Spiked Tea:  Kind of a tea-like flavor.  Lightly carbonated.  On the sweet side.  I found it to be quite refreshing.  Great right from the bottle or over ice.  This product is more like Mike’s Hard Iced Tea than it is like Twisted Tea.  If I had to rank it among these, I would put it after Twisted Tea and before Mike’s.  I would buy this again.
    Margaritaville Spiked Lemonade:  Not as sweet as some competitors.  In fact, I found it to have a bitter edge to it.  Descent lemon flavor comes through.  Lightly carbonated.  I didn’t care for the first one I had.  I would not be able to drink a few of these in a row.  Later in the week I gave it another chance over ice.  That was better.  Definitely more refreshing that way.  Not sure I would buy this again, but wouldn’t turn one down if someone offered it.  I would add ice though.
    There you have it.  Keep an eye out for it when shopping.  Maybe it will be in Michigan soon.  I would be interested in your opinions too.

Sunday, May 8 2011

You Don’t Know Jimmy

    Eager for my iPad to arrive, I started watching the “iPad Today” podcast from TWiT.tv.  And, guess what, there’s a Buffett mention in the latest episode!  You can view it at 18:58 in episode #44 ... or by playing the clip below:

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 21 2011

Episode 146: We Need a Cantina

Show Notes:
Recorded Tuesday, April 19 2011 (9:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Casa de Scott, Allen Park MI
    “Mid-April marks the start of the 2011 tour, and how did we celebrate?  By throwing a listening party for the new Roger Clyne CD!  But don’t worry, we still talk about the Tampa concert and the exciting new changes to the setlist. (Special guests: Todd and Ron.)”

    The show description originally began with “April 19 marked the start of the 2011 tour”.  This is inaccurate; the tour began in Tampa on Saturday, April 16.  April 19 was the release date of Unida Cantina as well as the date of the tour’s second stop, at Raleigh.  What can I say, I wrote it after a long day of editing.
    Get Unida Cantina from Roger (CD or vinyl), at Amazon (CD, MP3, or vinyl), or from iTunes.
    Learn more about Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers.

    01:56 - a much better photo than I remember, from @peacemakerjd on Twitter
    02:14 - fan photo from RCPM’s sombrerofied Salt River Fields concert, April 16 2011
    04:35 - RCPM’s Watering Hole discussion board
    06:20 - radio interview from The Blaze, ASU’s Alternative Radio 1330 AM, March 24 2011
    20:01 - a time cut
    23:29 - Eddie Money’s “I Think I’m in Love”
    29:17 - sound effect provided by Scott’s djay app
    30:14 - Chad Heckler’s Heckler Custom Guitars
    33:13 - I was merely nodding toward Scott’s speakers; I didn’t expect the gesture would provoke such a reaction.  And his speakers are quite good; he was just playing everything too loud for the room.
    50:38 - told you the speakers were loud
    53:41 - O.A.R.‘s official site | O.A.R. on Wikipedia
    1:01:34 - Scott is trying to play “Green & Dumb” out of his music library but keeps finding live versions
    1:24:23 - as you can hear in the concert montage in Episode 144, they did perform “Boomerang Love” in Australia (but this was the same show where Jimmy had his accident, so I guess you can excuse his confusion)
    1:26:37 - a time cut
    1:27:41 - Jimmy changed this for the following concert, repeating that line twice just like he wanted
    1:29:53 - the full song, we mean, since some of it had been performed last year during “Where the Boat Leaves From”
    1:31:29 - especially since it sounded like a newer arrangement of “Son of a Sailor”, which I wouldn’t expect needs another arrangement
    1:35:26 - more from radio interviewThe Blaze interview

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Friday, April 15 2011

Episode 145: Doing the TFE2E Thing

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 13 2011 (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “It’s another season finale!  Topics include taxes, the start of a new tour, the release of a new RCPM CD, Square Grouper, a follow-up review of Mike’s M’ville eyewear, Amish racing, chat slang, and Schmoe’s terrible personal problem.  (Cameo by Annie.)  (The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 14:23.)”

    00:06 - that knocking from behind the wall is indisputable evidence that…the back room is haunted!
    02:36 - note to our readers: apparently, Schmoe did the same spit-take when listening to the episode in his car
    03:00 - “April 16 is Jimmy Buffett Day in Florida”, from Buffett News | “Florida Congressman Proposes ‘Jimmy Buffett Day’”, from Buffett World
    04:39 - nope
    05:29 - nope
    05:34 - nope
    05:50 - “Are Sharks Mammals or Fish”, from Buzzle.com
    05:59 - for the record, I meant a cover of Heart’s “Barracuda” and not Jimmy’s own “My Barracuda”
    06:41 - “Buffett Performs StageIt event in St Bart’s”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Helps Demo StageIt at SXSW”, from Buffett World
    07:16 - “Head Hurts, Feet Stink”, “Chanson”, and “Volcano” (via Coconut Television)
    07:56 - “Buffett Performs at Wedding in Keys” and “Video of Buffett Performing at Florida Keys Wedding”, from Buffett News | “Jimmy Performs at Key West Wedding”, from Buffett World
    09:08 - “Buffett Performs at Baz’s Bar”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Plays Impromptu Show on St. Barth’s”, from Buffett World (with Lance Armstrong tweet)
    09:37 - “Margaritaville Casino coming to Las Vegas”, from Buffett News
    10:02 - “Biloxi Margaritaville Casino gets Approval”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi Approved”, from Buffett World
    11:26 - This Week in Photography #192, from ThisWeekinPhoto.com
    13:05 - Square Grouper at Amazon (DVD or instant), Netflix, and IMDb
    14:54 - AZ Peacemakers.com | Peacetimegoods.com
    17:52 - “Mike’s eyewear video again
    18:29 - a reference to the old commercial for BluBlockers sunglasses
    21:09 - M’ville Lifestyle.com
    26:17 - it’s Annie, the beer girl at Wesburn Golf Course
    26:47 - Annie references her studies in squamous and cuboidal cells
    27:55 - I guess she’s thinking of the sign at Northville Downs
    31:37 - meanwhile, I’m picturing this

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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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