Church of Buffett, Orthodox: January 2001 News

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Last update: Monday, 13-Aug-2001 21:23:40 EDT

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January 2001 News

Jan 30

This weekend's Entertainment Calendar has been posted. We encourage you to go out and support these independent artists.

Jan 29

Any aspiring (or established) artists out there? The CoB,O has been trying to get a high quality (300 dpi) 8x8 inch copy of its logo for a shirt. We're having some trouble doing this (family matters with the current artist, completely understanble!)-if you want to send your for submission, keep a high quality copy on reserve, and email a compressed jpg to graphics@cobo.org. All proceeds from this will go to charity, most likely Reef Relief.

Thomas Ponton has posted his next column on the bulletin board, Blame it on the Internet.

The Parrothead Web Ring's latest newsletter is available. Also they have a new store that you can buy their gear from.

Jan 26

Mac McAnally, Peter Mayer, and friends are scheduled to play in West Palm Beach at the Carefree Theater on Friday, Feb. 23. It will be reserved seating. You can get your tickets through Ticketmaster. Thanks to Dave Pittman

Jimmy's quick sellout of the Greensboro Coliseum convinced his booking agency to bring the Billy Joel-Elton John "Face to Face" tour to Greensboro. Thanks to Andrew

Jan 25

From The Vault has been updated with "If I Had a Boat," a great cover of Lyle Lovett's tune. This knocks the socks off the CoB,O-way to go JB!

Cindy Kekevian posted this to the JB listserv:

OK, I'll probably screw up a bunch of details, but a friend told me that he heard this on ESPN radio yesterday. Randy White, defensive tackle for the Cowboys & co-MVP of SuperBowl XII (1978??) was talking about his experience with hype week. He said the only thing that he remembers is going into some little bar & singing "Redneck Mother" with Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker and our very own Jimmy Buffett.

Former CRB dancer Heather has left the ultimate in trash tv, "Temptation Island," "for reasons of her own."

Jan 24

Why not do a good deed:

Our friends Debbie and Rick Pridemore from the Lexington Parrot Head club lost their house and all of its contents to a fire early yesterday morning. Debbie is the president of the Bluegrass Parrot Head club.

At the February 1st phlocking of the Derby Parrot Heads (Louisville, KY) we'll be collecting clothing and toiletries for them. We'll also be raffling off something to help them out. If you or anyone in your club would like to make a donation to help get them back on their feet, please contact us at donations@derbyparrotheads.com.

Jan 23

Alex Leist passed along some of the scary things some people will do for JB tickets.

Mac McAnally is scheduled to perform on "The Tonight Show" with Ricky Scaggs and Bruce Hornsby on Tuesday, January 30.

This weekend's Entertainment Calendar has been posted. We encourage you to go out and support these independent artists.

Jan 22

Thomas Ponton has posted his next column on the bulletin board, "Hi, this is Jimmy Buffett.....".

MOTM 2001 Decade On Duval online registration is now up and running.

The people at www.onlinescavenger.com must be parrotheads. They have had many Jimmy Buffett scavenger hunts, and now they are including Jimmy in their Survivor Scavenger Hunt. He is the important clue in the fourth of their Survivor Hunts...

Jan 20

Radio WZLX 100.7 is reporting that Buffett is coming on Labor Day weekend with Don Henley to Foxboro Stadium, MA. No info on ticket sales yet. Thanks to Bob Poliquin

You can watch JB tour a Margaritaville Tequila bottling plant.

According to MeasureCast Inc., the total time spent listening to the top five internet radio stations received increased by 38% during the week of 8 January over the first week of the month. The top five stations, in order, were: talk radio station WABC-AM, internet-based MEDIAmazing, internet-only Radio Margaritaville, top 40 pop music WPLJ-FM and talk radio station KSFO-AM. Thanks to Andrew Penchuk

Jan 18

Margaritaville has announced that tickets for the Oakland concert go on sale January 22.

JB was spotted in the Bahamas on January 15th and 16th doing some casting work for Don't Stop The Carnival. Thanks to Al Asenavage

Raleigh Warner asked for some help on getting Parrothead themed license plates:

My name's Raleigh and I'm a member of Parrotheads of the Old Dominion in Northern Virginia.

I contacted my local state delegate and had him propose a bill to allow parrot head club license plates. Virginia currently allows special interest groups to design a specific license plate for that group. These are very common in Virginia and most civic clubs have custom plates. I thought since Virginia has eight sanctioned clubs that we could easily get the required 350 applicants.

After the bill was introduced we contacted the PHIP about using their logo as the symbol on the plates. They informed me early this week that PHIP has limited trademark permission for the term "Parrot Head". They cannot grant us permission for use on the plate and that I should contact Buffett's management.

The trademark issued never even occurred to me when this got started. I've contacted Margaritaville and they have forwarded my request to Buffett's management. It has also been suggested by the PHIP board that we try to contact Mike Ramos.

At this point we are concerned that the lawyers would simply work to kill the bill without looking for some suitable alternatives. Or that we won't get any response in time, forcing us to request the bill be pulled.

This is a good thing and would promote our clubs as community service organizations. It could be used as a national model.

We do, however, want to move the project forward quickly in a fashion that would make the other clubs, and maybe Jimmy, proud.

This sounds like a worthwhile project and I hope that HK Management/Margaritaville/JB himself approves this. It's not always to get through the layers to get to JB-but if you can get his attention on matters he is more than reasonable. If folks can help get the word about Raleigh's project to JB I think that'd help a lot...

Jan 16

Derek Rollins just sent in this alert re: Dallas tix:

The Dallas Stars and Reunion Arena are offering advance tickets to the Buffett show RIGHT NOW! Tickets are flying out the door, and I'm not sure that any are left. But, here's the deal, if you register as a Dallas Stars e-deal member, you are a part of the system. Then, if you call 214-GO-STARS, and give them your name, you're in.

Tickets are priced at a robust $95.00, but they're lower level "VIP" seats. Since there has been little info on the Dallas onsale, this marks a perfect opportunity to avoid the headache that surely looms in the future.

Tom Gill sent in these Ticketmaster strategies.

Jimmy has been nominated to win Best Live Act (Amphitheatres) in musictoday.com's Golden Roadie Awards 2000. Right now JB is getting slaughtered. Pretend you're from Chicago and vote early and often!

This weekend's Entertainment Calendar has been posted. We encourage you to go out and support these independent artists.

Jan 15

The Original Jimmy Buffett Parrot(t)head Page is closing. In a move rather like Microsoft, the CoB,O will swallow its goodies like the Great Lyrics Compilation, Bank of Bad Habits, the Boat Name Generator, Lyric Morsels, and the image and sound archives. Thanks to Dave April for his years of hard work and his generosity in making this tax-deductible donation to the Church.

West Palm Beach tickets go on sale this Saturday, January 20.

The St. Petersburg Times covers the Florida Manatee Festival in A little piece of Margaritaville.

Jan 14

Thomas Ponton has posted his next column on the bulletin board, The New Tour?. Note that this has some info on the upcoming summer tour...

Boston Globe columnist Steve Morse reported in yesterday's Globe that there is a strong chnace that Jimmy will play Foxboro stadium instead of The Tweeter Center this summer. Thanks to Jeff Koman

Jan 13

Tampa, Charlotte, Greensboro, Orlando tickets go on sale today.

JB Online has 2 new shows: Gainsville, FL 1986 and Jones Beach, NY1985.

Jan 12

San Jose tickets go on sale Monday, January 22 at 10am via Ticketmaster. They are $89.50, $53.50, $49.50 and $28.00. Thanks to Rick McIntosh

Houston and Ft. Lauderdale tickets go on sale today.

The Orlando Sentinel has a blurb on JB's upcoming show in Pour the margaritas -- Buffett's coming to TD.

Jan 11

We're looking for some volunteers to help monitor the Ticket Swap for ticket agencies, scalpers, and dumb posts (like when do tickets go on sale). All you'd have to do is just glance over emails/ads every couple days and if there is an offender, you go to the web site and delete (oh the power!). If we have 1 or 2 people monitor each date it would only be a couple minutes a day or so, and it'd free us up to attend to more pressing matters. If interested please email us at noscalping@cobo.org.

Unfortunately for you northeasters, I've heard that the dates that Boston's Fleet Center were holding for JB aren't going to happen...

Margaritaville has released 2 more tour dates: 3/15 Oakland, CA and 3/17 San Jose, CA.

Ken Hoffman of the Houston Chronicle debunks the lyrics to "Cheeseburger In Paradise" in This cheeseburger is paradise. Thanks to Brad Martin

The Greensboro News & Record covers JB's upcoming show in After five years of trying, the Greensboro Coliseum lands Jimmy Buffett.

Jan 10

The Ice Palace has the ticket prices listed for Jimmy "Buffet" and the Coral Reefer Band at $28.50, $39.50, and $49.50. Thanks to Michael Ho

The Palm Beach Post reports on Jimmy's February tour and the upcoming NYC casting call for the Nassau performances of "Don't Stop the Carnival" in "Buffett bags concert dates". Thanks to Linda Most

Jimmy's back-up singer/dancer, Heather Perry, is featured on Fox's new show, "Temptation Island". The Fredricksburg Free Lance-Star has a nice profile of her in "She's a Temptress". Thanks to Chris Kraynak

Thomas Ponton has posted his next column on the bulletin board, And I Hope Eminem Never Ever Does One of My Songs.

LiveDaily confirms the spring tour and that a new book is due in May...

The Museum Store is selling a National Geographic logo shirt with the words "off to see the lizard" and a artistic image of a lizard for $18. Thanks to Jerry Shea

Jan 9

Looks like Mac might be back with the CRB. He's playing a concert at the Mucky Duck in Houston on Feb. 14, the night between Buffett's Texas shows.

Jimmy's tour dates are up on Pollstar's website, along with a short write up in "Spreading Some Sunshine". Thanks to Dean Lenaburg

The Manatee Festival is taking place at Crystal River on January 13 and 14. A "Sounds Like Buffett To Me" contest begins at 1 p.m. on January 13. The winner will be the one who sounds most like Jimmy and will receive a four-day Key West vacation.

Jan 8

Reliable sources from PHIP state that tickets for Florida shows have increased but not as much as was earlier reported on the COB,O. The average price will be right around $60 plus any venue charges that are assessed. [don't ask me about the $90 tag posted earlier, that is what we were told but obviously this sounds better.] Thanks to Betsy Brown

This weekend's Entertainment Calendar has been posted. We encourage you to go out and support these independent artists.

On Sunday Jan 7, a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? contestant referenced "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" as part of his answer about the equator and latitude zero degrees. Thanks to Ben

Also note that Survivor candidate Keith Famie is one of Captain Tony's 12 children... Thanks to Sue Aprea

Jan 6

Dallas tickets go on sale January 19. Thanks to Edward E. Getterman

One of the cast members, Michael Skupin, of the new Survivor show on CBS lists his favorite band as Jimmy Buffet[.] Thanks to Shawn

From The Pulpit has been updated with The tragedy of Eminem.

Lower arena tickets to the Tampa show will be $95. Ouch. Thanks to Jerry Allen

Interesting topic started on the bulletin board, Hardest Songs To Know By Heart.

Jan 5

The Ticket Swap and Concert Venues section of the bulletin board are ready for this spring's tour.

Margaritaville has posted tour dates for February that appear to correlate with the ones here. On sale dates are also available here.

Buffett was mentioned & quoted in the Jan./Feb. issue of Islands magazine in ""The Music Man" an article about Tom Moffatt in Hawaii on p. 42:

(About Moffatt's office) "The main entry is a sliding glass door, but it's so hard to open that most visitors - from the pizza delivery guy to Jimmy Buffett - rarely use it, entering instead by way of another glass door by another door that leads past Moffatt's desk."

(About Moffatt's photo collection) "and color snapshots - of Moffatt with Buffett in Tahiti,"

"'I would perform anywhere for Tom,' Jimmy Buffett says. 'He goes to the mat for an artist, and you can trust him.'"

(After a concert) "... sips on a Corona left over from a recent Buffett concert." Thanks to Linda Huebner

Jan 4

Tickets for the Greensboro show on 2/17 go on sale January 13. Thanks to Marinell Moseley

Tickets for the Houston show on 2/15 go on sale January 12 via Ticketmaster. Thanks to Ken Hoffman

Jan 3

Thomas Ponton has posted his next column on the bulletin board, Chads to the Left; Chads to the Right.

In the Tuesday USA Today there is an article about a USA Today writer and his attempt to lose weight. There is a picture of the writer on a stairmaster. The caption under the photo says the writer is listening to Jimmy Buffett tunes as he works out. Thanks to Phrank

Jan 2

JB was winning Maxim's Fashion and Travel poll at last look with 60% of the vote. The poll was "Auld Lang Syne is so played, and no one knows the friggin' words. The New Year's Eve anthem should be... Prince, "1999" (for nostalgic reasons); R.E.M., "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I feel Fine)"; Europe, "The Final Countdown"; Jimmy Buffet [note the 1 t], "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw." Thanks to Brad Hoyer

The Columbus Landsharks made their public debut on December 30. The Landsharks are a new professional lacrosse team in Columbus, Ohio and take their name from "...the sharks who can swim on the land..." in the song "Fins." The team owner is a parrothead, they were supposed to feature Buffett music at the game, and have a seating section for extreme fans called the Shark Tank. Thanks to Paul Pearson

Jimmy's "Merry Christmas Alabama (Never Far From Home)" was played going to a commercial break during The Blue Grey All Star Football classic on ABC, December 25th. Thanks to John Morris

This weekend's Entertainment Calendar has been posted. We encourage you to go out and support these independent artists.