The full text of today’s Detroit Free Press article…
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Habemus concert date! Jimmy Buffett is coming back to Comerica Park, Saturday July 20!
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Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, March 6 2013 (10:45 – 11:45 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Schmoe, Mike, and Mickey take a look at the new Robert Greenidge steel drum Buffett tribute CD. (Guest appearances by Jennifer and Lee.) (The Roger Clyne cast starts at 5:46.)”
Get Robert G’s A Lovely Cruise album from Mailboat Records
03:51 – “Cincinnati Margaritaville Opens Today”, from Buffett News | “Margaritaville Cincinnati Opens Tonight!”, from Buffett World. I got thrown off by the “Today!”; the grand opening was actually couple days prior to our recording
05:37 – RCPM’s Circus Mexicus
08:49 – “Margaritaville Resort Coming to St. Thomas”, from Buffett World | “Margaritaville Vacation Club coming to St Thomas”, from Buffett News
09:14 – and while you’re getting the Robert G album, you can also get Mishka’s Ocean is My Potion EP from Mailboat Records
12:33 – I would dispute this, but I don’t own the original LPs and, like I said, don’t have liner notes
19:07 – the bass reminds of both “Graceland” (the song) and “I Know What I Know”
24:36 – we’ve been making fun of Schmoe’s girlish tote bag for a while, which one of his sisters had given him as a present
29:51 – note that expert three-syllable pronunciation of “karaoke”
Show Notes:
Recorded February 23 & 25 2013
“A mini-episode covering the last three concerts of the 2013 winter tour and a first-hand account of the new Margaritaville in Sydney Australia. (Special guest: Listener Mat.)”
Visit Margaritaville Australia at Margaritaville Australia.com
00:41 – for the record, we added in all the background noise, using every single royalty-free diner sound in GarageBand
06:59 – photos!
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10:10 – I’m hardly an expert but it seemed to me Beyoncé was singing live to a pre-recorded orchestra. The choir that sang the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” did so too, but nobody seemed scandalized by them.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, January 23 2013 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Discussions of Buckwheat Zydeco, Zachary Richard, Grace Potter; Buffett mentions in the media; and the last four concert roundups of 2012. (Guests: Annie, Patti, and Lee.)”
02:32 – the date is for Ash Wednesday.
02:46 – we get overly confused talking about two different concerts. The Buckwheat Zydeco show at Sully’s Roadhouse (22331 Newman, Dearborn MI) was on Tuesday, March 3 1992 (Mardi Gras). The Zachary Richard show was in 1993 but I have no idea when. I attended both shows with Mike and his wife. Mr & Mrs Schmoe showed up Buckwheat and I only vaguely recall them leaving early. They did not show up at all for Zachary.
04:36 – audio from the archives, recorded on the antiquated “cassette tape” format, and heavily edited for time. Buckwheat enjoyed saying “this morning” throughout the show, even though the concert was at night. Sadly, my Zachary Richard bootleg did not come out, presumably from my usual ineptitude.
06:04 – now that I mention it, I could possibly have participated in the Buckwheat interview that same day in 1992, prior to the concert. I really don’t recall. All I remember was I shot it in the basement, where we were continually interrupted by the sound of beer bottles being dumped down a chute.
06:51 – Snake Bite Love
07:14 – page 40, first edition.
07:27 – Zachary Richard’s website and on Wikipedia. Get your autographed copy of Le Fou from Zachary’s website.
09:27 – Grace Potter
11:24 – Buckwheat Zydeco
11:29 – Blackberry Smoke
12:50 – How I Met Your Mother, Season 8 Episode 13: “Band or DJ?”. Voices of Cobie Smulders and Ray Wise. Two scenes edited into one.
15:06 – Paul Shaffer’s Day in Rock podcast. I took a shot at it and said “January 19th”. I was wrong. And, as suspected, this year’s joke was originally from 2010 (and can be heard in Episode 119).
15:33– The Smartest Man in the World podcast. I stupidly failed to mark in which episode, spent far too long relistening to recent episodes, and finally gave up. If you find it, let us know.
15:39 – Harmontown podcast. Episode 26. Voices of Dan Harmon and Jeff Davis.
17:45 – the “Interesting, interesting” comments amuse me since Mike and Schmoe never know what the clips will be. (Of course they might if they did the slightest bit of research …but I digress.)
18:37 – M’ville sunglasses
22:13 – M’ville coffee
26:39 – Lash LaRue, on Wikipedia
30:34 – okay, technically it’s “Lounging at the Lagoon”, but it’s a hell of a lot closer than what Mike said. And wasn’t I just saying how forgettable the tour name is, back in Episode 168 (at the 45:35 mark)? The guys couldn’t even remember that!
33:17 – I am mortified to admit I actually said “Jane Pauley” instead of Katie Couric! Missed it by only twenty-four years! I even wrote it that way in my notes. What an idiot.
33:53 – Jimmy mentions Indiana Jones knowing the producer of those movies, Frank Marshall, was in attendance
36:35 – Jimmy did not do a solo encore for Detroit. These resumed for the next leg of the tour.
40:21 – “Paint the House, Paint the Floor” was in the running for show title. “Talking to Mike?” is a reference to the many times Lee would shout into the speaker thinking he was communicating with Mike in Houston.
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All due respect to Jimmy (and Van Morrison), but this might be my new favorite version of “Brown Eyed Girl”…
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, December 19 2012 (11:00 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“It’s Doomsday +1 and we made it through to bring you some holiday cheer, three more concert round-ups, and our best wishes for happy 2013. (Special guest: Joe Maj. Cameos by Kate and Jennifer.)”
Yes, we know, the show title is close to the same as Episode 80. We couldn’t resist. But really, can you blame us?
01:42 – No, that’s not Kate laughing. It’s probably JoeMaj, off mic.
01:51 – we refer of course to the big $550 million Powerball drawing, of November 28. Schmoe labels his ticket bogus because he was tricked into purchasing after ten:thirty and thus the ticket was only valid for the next drawing.
03:00 – “Buffett Sells Cheeseburger in Paradise Chain”, from BuffettNews.
06:27 – The Margaritaville Mixed Drink Maker is available from M’ville Cargo and at Bed Bath & Beyond
08:20 – “Buffett narrates new PSA for Manatee Awareness”. from BuffettNews | “Buffett narrates new PSA for Manatee Awareness”. from Buffett World
08:35 – “Buffett visits the White House”, from BuffettNews | “ Buffett Makes Rounds in Washington DC”, from Buffett World
08:55 – footage of “God Bless America” from YouTube
09:05 – Get the “All Night Long” video from the US iTunes Store
11:46 – Jimmy also joked he was going to put on the best show the audience ever saw — if only because the location (the Botanical Gardens) had never hosted a concert before
21:34 – Singing for Change
24:20 – Jimmy also played a lovely solo acoustic medley of “Banana Republics” and “Cowboy in the Jungle”, but it was too long to include here
24:42 – Jimmy and Mac, photographed by the Margarillas on Facebook (November 26) | or try this non-Facebook link
25:06 – Thanksgiving dinner from M’ville Foods Direct is no longer offered.
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27:47 – Robert Greenidge’s Coral Reefer Christmas
27:54 – that noise sounding like an old man blowing his nose is actually Zodiac’s new P.A. system
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, November 7 2012 (10:30 PM – 12:00 AM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Listener Ed’s in-depth Alpine Valley review plus concert roundups from the other three shows from this leg of the tour (Camden, Jones Beach, Bristow). (Guests: JoeMaj and Annie.)”
00:00 – Daily Show clip from November 6.
01:17 – the title track (courtesy of someone’s home movies):
[the original video went offline some time ago. I’ve replaced it with something similar. (Sorry about the ad.)]
08:06 – Want to read along with us? Here’s the document he sent us…
Listener Ed’s 2012 Alpine Valley Review by WAOTNC on Scribd
13:00 – ummm, no (…as you can hear at 27:34)
14:16 – due to a conversion glitch in going from a DOC file to a TXT file, double quotation marks showed up as ì or î, apostrophes showed up as í, and ellipses showed up Ö. Mike and I are reading off the DOC on my iPad; but Schmoe is stuck reading the plain text version emailed to his phone.
14:49 – actually this is due to the 12-string guitar change for “Son of a Son of a Sailor”
23:14 – It was the same day as the concert. “Armstrong died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 25, 2012, at the age of 82, after complications from coronary artery bypass surgery.” (From Wikipedia.)
30:29 – “shows”; not “songs”, “shows”
45:55 – as heard at 05:21
47:30 – First 30 Rock clip, featuring Bryan Cranston, from “Governor Dunstan”, broadcast October 11.
48:34 – Second 30 Rock clip from “Unwindulax”, broadcast October 25. The song is not the best quality, but it was ripped from the rear surround channels.
Yikes! Looks like no shows for October.
We got distracted by Detroit Tigers’ post-season baseball, to be honest, and even though they generously bowed out of the World Series as quickly as possible, tonight is Halloween and we’ll be too busy eating the candy we’re supposed to be handing out.
High hopes for November, though.
Show Notes:
Recorded Wednesday, September 19 2012 (10:30 PM – 11:30 PM) at Zodiac Racquet Club, Southgate MI
“Back at Zodiac for Talk Like a Pirate Day and the boys share pirate jokes and discuss the Indy, Cincy, and AC concerts. (Cameos by Scott and Todd. Special guests: Joe Maj, Annie, and Jennifer.)”
00:00 – the baseball game capturing everyone else’s attention is the Detroit vs Oakland. (The Tigers won, 6-2.)
01:41 – it’s the “m’north” that really sells it
02:14 – JoeMaj sounds more like Popeye, which would make him a sailor man instead of a pirate
02:25 – obligatory Wikipedia link to scurvy
05:10 – “Margaritaville” with Jimmy Buffett and The BaHa Brothers, from YouTube
05:23 – “Buffett Performs in Newport RI”, from Buffett News
05:35 – “The Richest Lead Singers in the World”, from CelebrityNetWorth.com
14:42 – we didn’t see word about a video till Buffett World mentioned it in April 2013
23:42 – you’d think Jennifer would know better than to have an intimate conversation with a recording device at the other end of the table. I tried to edit around the more personal details, but you can probably still make out what she’s saying – even though you shouldn’t be listening to that side of the recording anyway! It’s personal!
25:19 – the “Raiders of the Lost Ark controversy”: I can understand Annie’s never having seen Raiders, but she says she’s never even heard of it
26:59 – oh, but that movie she’s seen