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Episode 104: Wednesdays, Sundays, Hearing Aids

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 24 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The deaf are leading the deaf as the guys review Buffett Live: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. (Cameos by Nathan, Jennifer, and Lee.)”

    00:20 – the prolonged giggling is because I came very close to doing a spit-take right here
    00:27 – Key West Coffee & Café’s not exactly up-to-date website and a photo from our eventual visit on July 1.

    02:43 – apparently this is the theme music for Facebook’s Farm Club from Scott’s MacBook (and, 02:58: that’s a tiny snippet of “Rock Me Amadeus”, requested by Jennifer, avoided by me).
    03:53 – Tiki Bar TV
    04:21 – Mike is referring to something Greg said to Jennifer before we recorded. That something is repeated by Schmoe at 04:25
    05:23 – Jimmy sings the Dolphins “Fins” song on YouTube
    05:34 – the Miami New Times contest
    05:46 – Dol-Family’s “Dol-Fans 4 Life” MP3
    06:07 – Margaritaville Montana?, via Buffett News
    07:08 – Estefans Expected to be Minority Owners, via Buffett News
    07:41 – Sirius XM iPhone app: web page link, iTunes App Store link
    09:46 – iEncore iTunes App Store link. For more Buffett-related iPhone apps, check out our list under Episode 94.
    10:02 – Buffett News write-up on Bonaroo
    10:47 – Buffett News write-up on Will Kimbrough post
    11:07 – Buffett News’s write-up on Tommy Womack tweet
    11:25 – Christmas in the Caribbean Jimmy Buffett Tribute Cruise
    17:27 – Buffett World’s Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays page
    18:02 – Greg is complaining about the poor Photoshop cloning on the CD’s back cover
    19:24 – Scott is possibly confusing this 1999 “Beach House” tour with 1994’s “Fruitcakes on Tour”, seeing as “Fruitcakes” was not the show opener in 1999
    38:38 – this was printed on the LP’s inner sleeve
    45:35 – and that was entirely improv’d, too!

Guinea Pigging

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    The Boston Globe interviewed Jimmy, in advance of his two Mansfield shows (Thursday and Saturday). The interview is available at Boston.com, and midway through he mentions us northcoasters.

Q. How has the recession affected your tour? Is this the year the bubble bursts and some people will not come to see you?

A. No, we’re doing great. Thank God there are people out there who like what we’re doing. They haven’t put us on a list of things they’re not going to do because of the economy. This is their vacation and they’re not going to give it up. They may not go to Florida or buy a new car, but they won’t miss our show. I wanted to find out right away, so we went on sale early with a Detroit show — they’ve been as hard hit as anywhere — and it sold out in 20 minutes. I’m very grateful.

    Happy to be your test kitchen, Jimmy.

Summerzcool Art Projects

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    We’re used to seeing Buffett references in “Arlo & Janis”, but we never expected him to show up in, of all things, “Blondie”!
    This is the strip from Friday, June 12.

What makes Blondie stranger?

    Also, Buffett World calls attention to an iPhone app designed for Jimmy Buffett fans and concertgoers. It’s called iEncore and is available in the iTunes App Store [link opens iTunes].

FIns to the future

    We’ve tried to keep tabs on other Buffett-inspired and -related apps, check out the ever-growing list here.
    Update: here’s another multimedia mention, from one podcast to another. The guys of the 24 Cast are now doing a podcast called The Complete Guide to Everything*. Their latest episode is about “Hamburgers” which leads to an extended segment on Jimmy Buffett. The clip is too long to include in one of our shows, so we’ll just link to the episode. The Buffett segment is 7:10 in and runs over four minutes (with a callback at 13:15). [Added 6/16]

Episode 103: Hud Don’t Know and Hud Don’t Care

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, June 3 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The latest headlines, highlights from the last two May concerts, and not much change in attitude.  (Cameo appearance by Jennifer.)”

    00:09 – Scott recorded this special message on his way out (before we had a chance to turn the TV down) … and then decided to stick around after all
    01:41 – “Prospective Buyer Says Trump Marina Sale is Off”, New Jersey Star Ledger, via Buffett News
    02:25 – revised Fall dates at Margaritaville.com, via Buffett News
    04:18 – Buffett News’s The BOSS Act Rewrites Rules for Concert Ticket Sales”, NJ.com
    15:59 – the dodgy sound is as I recorded it
    18:30 – drum rolls are because Roger Guth was expecting to start “Fins”

Someone at TRMS is a Parrothead

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    When worlds collide. All three “Weak in Review” stories from Friday’s Rachel Maddow Show have a remarkable connection to our podcast.

    They used Buffett music for the first two stories and then, for good measure, wrapped up with a Jonas story just for Scott and Schmoe! Could Kent Jones be one of our listeners? (Or would that mean he’s weak?)
    Actually, this is not the first time Buffett music has appeared in The Rachel Maddow Show…
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Episode 102: Peacemakers of the Lost Ark

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 20 2009 (10:00 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “In the wake of the recent concert at The Ark, the Roger Clyne podcast takes over at 24:08 and doesn’t let up till morning; but before that, the boys rehash the first two of May’s Summerzcool concerts.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)”

    This episode is almost an hour which can only mean the guys are rhapsodizing about Roger Clyne again, fresh from seeing him in Ann Arbor on May 16.
    Not sure how The Ark is “lost”, but it seemed a better parody title than “Ark of the Contraband”.
    Audio levels are quite bad at the start of the episode but even out after a while.  This was an unforeseen effect of using the same recorder for the Clyne concert and stupidly (oh all right, drunkenly) forgetting to re-adjust the levels before starting our podcast session.
    03:06 – Buffett News’s write-up on tour date changes.  The October/November tour dates which disappeared from Margaritaville.com have already been reinstated, with slight emendation.
    04:17 – Buffett News’s write-up on Miami Dolphins announcement
    05:35 – Steve Bruton
    05:54 – “Jimmy Buffett Killed Vacationing”, Phoenix New Times
    06:11 – “Pascrell Condemns TicketsNow for Gouging Fans, Overselling Show”, Trading Markets.com
    07:02 – “Fans Throw Away a Giveaway”, Philadelphia Inquirer
    08:03 – “Unless the deal gets extended, the LandShark name will come down before the Pro Bowl and Super Bowl are played in the stadium in 2010”, according to McClatchy.com
    08:44 – “Outback’s Parent to Sell Buffett-Inspired Burger Chain”, Brandon News and Tribune
    10:09 – it appears the PDF of Memorial Day shows is no longer available.
    18:35 – special thanks to SunLover, at the Buffett News discussion board, for providing a copy of the Las Vegas concert, as the RCPM concert was that same night.
    25:45 – our Ann Arbor photo album can be viewed here in our Photo Gallery.  Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/WAOTNC
    31:51 – the two Ark recordings mentioned can be downloaded here or here.  (The first link was the source of this episode’s sound clips.)
    36:33 – Mad Money (2008).  (IMdb listing.)
    40:54 – Circus Mexicus 2009 video
    44:18 – the tweet in question
    49:05 – an uncredited Lee cameo
    53:30 – the photo in question

Episode 101: An Anemone in the Space/Time Continuum

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 6 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The gang tries to rescue Schmoe from imprisonment in a temporal wormhole while also discussing the ‘Summerzcool’ single, a Landshark Stadium, and the last three April concerts.  (Special guest: Jennifer.)”

    02:55 – oops.  I say Buffett World but I was actually reading off Buffett News
    02:57 – “Possible St Barth’s Show in November“, “Rumor: Newport Folk Festival“, “Buffett’s Today Show Appearance Canceled”
    03:28 – gotta give Buffett News credit for that.  Still haven’t bought Swine Not?  Get it from Amazon.
    03:58 – as expected, it’s official as of Friday, May 8
    04:18 – the new logo
    04:35 – okay, now I’m reading off Buffett World
    09:40 – “Buffett will help pay for the deal by playing two shows at the stadium at little or no cost“, from South Florida Business Journal, via Buffett World
    10:56 – purchase it in iTunes or purchase it at Amazon
    16:50 – try “pattern”
    21:09 – oh what the heck, here’s the obligatory link to Susan Boyle’s performance
    31:59 – iPickupLines iPhone app [iTunes Store link]
    34:45 – Barney Stinson’s Barney’s Blog

Episode 100: La Vie Don King

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 22 2009 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Our big hundredth episode coincides with the start of Summerzcool.  We take a look at the first two nights of the new tour.  (Cameo appearances by Jennifer and Lee.  Special yawn effects by Jacob.)  (The Roger Clyne podcast starts at 29:33.)”

    02:17 – it was decided, a few weeks ago, in a FSGL team meeting, that we would continue podcasting at Zodiac year-round since the pizza is better and it’s more centrally located.
    04:26 – Buffett World’s Twitter story
    05:34 – twitter.com/buffettworld | twitter.com/buffettnews | twitter.com/WAOTNC
    06:43 – Buffett News’s Bob Dylan story.  The full interview can be downloaded in PDF from Bob Dylan’s official site.
    07:38 – for the record, Greg’s comment is really about Savannah Jane.  I confused Savannah Jane’s Thursday interview with Kristin’s Saturday interview during the news segment, but this mistaken attribution was edited out.
    08:31 – thepiratebay.org
    12:24 – a reference to how Greg is incapable of downloading any kind of audio file on his work laptop
    14:28 – the boys mock me because I had to redo this announcement.
    18:43 – that would be Episode 70
    20:41 – as you probably already know, it’s the beach ball that’s purple
    23:57 – a reference to the giant cluster that ends Episode 84
    26:25 – I wish now that I’d said “schooled” instead of “scolded”
    29:54 – in our area, Roger Clyne and Peacemakers are playing Chicago on Friday, May 15; Ann Arbor on Saturday, May 16; and Cleveland on Sunday, May 17.
    33:35 – see Clement Freud tell the joke himself, at Boing Boing.net.  (And I guess that should be Boing Boing “readers” rather than “listeners”.)

Episode 99: Tiki Barber is Open

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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 15 2009 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “Greg is back, and the boys help Jimmy build his empire by suggesting new items for the Margaritaville label. (Special guests: Joe and Jacob. Cameos by Schmoe’s and Mike’s kids and Jennifer.)”

    01:42 – Greg reviewed this Frozen Concoction Maker review back in Episode 75
    03:07 – front page to the Adrienne Shelly auctions
    03:12 – the Adrienne Shelly Foundation
    03:22 – Waitress on IMDb and on Amazon
    03:51 – link to JB’s auction
    04:12 – Margaritaville Myrtle Beach: Poker Set, from Google
    04:58 – call-in story on Buffett World
    05:24 – call-in audio on Margaritaville.com
    06:03 – ping pong story on Buffett News
    06:39 – Tiki Barber, in Wikipedia
    07:11 – Jimmy Buffett tribute cruise
    07:28 – what is now the Windjammer link
    10:02 – follow us on Twitter
    12:00 – Sammy Hagar’s got Cabo Wabo, Vince Neil’s got Tres Rios, Roger Clyne’s got Mexican Moonshine, and Justin Timberlake’s got 901.  Know of any others?
    13:52 – look for the /Filmcast at slashfilm.com
    14:16 – Note: the message code has been doctored to protect the guilty. The recipient’s name has not.
    18:57 – Margaritaville beach chairs (at the Key West store)
    19:42 – Close.   It’s nagsheadhammocks.com in Kitty Hawk NC.  Recommended by Mickey’s sister-in-law.

    20:12 – the Fantome succumbed to Hurricane Mitch in autumn of 1998.  To learn more, we recommend Jim Carrier’s The Ship and the Storm, available at Amazon.

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