Episode 102: Peacemakers of the Lost Ark

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.
    03:06Buffett 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.
    04:17Buffett News’s write-up on Miami Dolphins announcement
    05:35Steve 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.)
    36:33Mad Money (2008).  (IMdb listing.)
    40:54Circus Mexicus 2009 video
    44:18the tweet in question
    49:05 – an uncredited Lee cameo
    53:30the photo in question

Episode 85: French Man FTW!

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 24 2008 (10:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “This being the day after hometown Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers show, you can probably guess what the topic is. But we also find time to discuss JB’s two Paris shows. (Cameos by Jennifer.)

    00:15 – another dig at Greg’s behavior from the end of Episode 38
    02:29Scenes You Know By Heart, from Amazon
    02:58 – Listener Sandy’s photos: 1 | 2 | 3
    02:58West Coast Rendez-vous’s interviews (found between September 21 and 24)
    03:25a news story on Lulu’s Bama Breeze windmill
    04:44 – Schmoe and Mike talk further about the RCPM Houston concert in Episode 78
    07:47Beatles Medley audio, from my 1996 setlist page
    08:00 – Buffett News says he did not
    08:05 – the Rolling Stone write-up
    14:43our Twitter page.  You’ll have to dig for the 9/23 entries.
    18:34 – this little snippet is from my own recording, which we were quick to upload to the RCPM Discussion Board per Roger’s instructions.  (Note how talkative happy-go-lucky Schmoe is.)
    23:18Howe’s Bayou
    29:46 – Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now books, at Amazon
    29:56 – Schmoe and MIke tell their tales of Mexico in Episode 69A
    31:08Turbo Ocho coffee from AZ Peacemakers.com or from Rao’s Roasting Company itself
    35:24 – lest we forget, the interview is in Episode 37
    35:38 – a reference to Episode 65
    37:16Roger and his ukuleles, in his own words
    38:37it wouldn’t be a Roger Clyne podcast without a link to custom guitar maker Chad Heckler
    40:54 – a callback to the end of Schmoe’s ultimate setlist in Episode 71
    41:52Cowboy Mouth
    46:29 – couldn’t resist adding this in.  It’s from a Late Show that aired right after our recording.
    Want to play the RCPM concert home game? Listen to the whole RCPM show for yourself, courtesy of Bullwinkle and Live Music Archive.  Greg supplied us with his photos, which have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery.  And dedicated fan Tippy uploaded plenty of great photos to Flickr.

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Episode 69A: The Further Adventures of Amigo Schmoe and Cactus Boy

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, May 21 2008 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Joe’s Prime Time Pub, Brownstown MI
    “Here comes another podcast about Roger Clyne…and Mexico! They just can’t help themselves: Mike and Schmoe went to RCPM’s Circus Mexicus in Puerto Peñasco last weekend, and are full of stories. For those of you hungry for Buffett content, they at least made a stop at the new Margaritaville Café in Glendale AZ along the way. (Special appearances by DJ and Rachel.)

    A camera was present during the session, which allows us to present this little behind-the-scenes look at one of the episode’s highlights.

    Since the Roger Clyne talk monopolized the episode, we’ve already recorded a more normal show which will be available in a couple days.

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Episode 65: Pirates, Banditos, and Beach Bums

Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, April 9 2008 (9:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
    “The boys are back from their road trip weekend (seeing Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers in Ferndale and Chicago) and they’re full of stories. Let the mancrushing begin. (Cameo by Jennifer.)

    We saw Roger Clyne in Ferndale on Thursday, April 3 and in Chicago on Friday, April 4. Many of our adventures are illustrated by pictures in our photo gallery: the Ferndale album and the Chicago album.
    00:00 – audio from our Roger Clyne interview, in Episode 37
    01:31 – Schmoe’s and my night of stargazing is part of the bonus audio to our “Caseville 2007” entry, and has been ridiculed ever since
    02:29Joe’s Bar, Chicago
    04:45Emmett Kelly
    06:06 – “Buffett Performs in Glendale AZ”, from Buffett News | “Buffett Plays Glendale Margaritaville”, from Buffett World
    06:25 – “Buffett Performs at the St Barts Bucket Regattas”, from Buffett News
    06:45 – “Buffett Number 1 On Top Events Lists”, from Buffett World
    07:18 – “Early Review of Swine Not?”, from Buffett News
    07:44 – audio from “Onion Radio News”, March 30
    26:26 – funny because the original couplet is “Got off in the wrong direction / Found some hookers and lost our erections”
    27:00the picture under discussion. (I cropped off all the empty space, but you can see Greg’s bunny pose.)
    29:11 – or this group shot from Chicago
    32:58Georgia, the band
    39:11 – I believe Scott getting a Shurman bandmember’s attention by shouting “Hey, Shurman!” was first mention in Episode 37 (or maybe its bonus episode)
    40:41 – as with the previous clips, audio from Ferndale is taken from the upload at Live Music Archive at Archive.org. I left in a lot of this song to get to Greg’s out-of-tune singing on “Echo, echo, echo.”
    48:07 – yes, it’s an inside joke, but the butt of it is not part of the podcast
    49:45 – as seen in “Dunder Mifflin Infinity”, the second episode of The Office season four
    51:14 – it may seem wimpy to use ear plugs, but those guys play loud!
    54:19 – the RAM, Chicago
    57:50 – pretty sure this story is bullshit, but I agree it should catch on
    65:24 – I don’t remember if this has been discussed before. Mike is referring to when Scott confused the band Scandal and the band Journey. But in Scott’s defense, it was because Scandal covered Journey’s song “Only the Young”.
    73:08 – yes, that’s still me on the right; but listen for Mike on the left. (Chicago audio is from my own Zoom H2.)

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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.
    11:26Red 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

    13:02buy Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy direct from The Peacemakers
    14:09Brian 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.
    43:49Diana’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
    52:52Neti pot
    62:21here’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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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

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!!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaPR9Di-axg
    — Scott