Subject: Jimmy Buffett

• A Pirate Looks at ... a High Cost of Living?

  November 2, 2007

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  September 11, 2008

• Warren Isn't the Only Buffett Who Supports Barack

  October 28, 2008

• Jimmy Buffett Kills a Man with 'Margaritaville'

  The patron saint of Key West killed a man last night. Police in Steamboat Springs, Colorado say two men snapped and beat a 37-year-old Army sergeant to death after he played Jimmy Buffett's insufferable classic on the jukebox. A Steamboat Springs police official told the Denver Post that Sgt. 1st Class Richard Lopez "was obviously enjoying the song, and that upset the two other patrons." A fistfight spilled out into the street, and Lopez was killed.-- Tim Elfrink

  January 6, 2009

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  September 1, 1993

• Chip off the Old Coral Rock

  April 3, 2008

• Are You A Musician With a Cult Like Following? Why Don't You Have a Stadium Yet?

  After the news that Jimmy Buffet had partnered with the Miami Dolphins to rename Dolphin Stadium as "LandShark" Stadium, a number of other notable musician with cult-like followings looked up and said, "Wait, you can do that? Like, if you have enough money you can just pay to have a major city landmark renamed whatever you want? Seriously?"  Riptide has exclusively learned that a number of other weird stadium renamings are in the works. This may be the biggest advent in music mark

  May 19, 2009

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  November 8, 2007

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  November 1, 2007

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  July 26, 2007

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  May 12, 2005

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  July 15, 2004

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  July 8, 2004

• This Week's Day by Day Picks

  April 29, 2004

• Best Food Stop On The Drive To Key West

  May 17, 2001

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  December 28, 2000

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  August 31, 2000

• Rotations

  July 30, 1998

• Halfway to Paradise

  May 1, 1997

• Rotations

  August 17, 1995

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  July 20, 1995

• The Gamlin' Blues

  February 26, 1992

• Wasting Away In Corporitaville: The Fins Sell Their Soul To Buffett

  Ever wonder what it looks like to sell your soul?courtesy Miami DolphinsThis is what Jimmy Buffett has wrought.At Dolphin Stadium, it looks something like this: A white guy in a pink sombrero and plastic lei jerks to the grating jingle of "Margaritaville." Three young men covered head to waist in blue paint awkwardly bob to the faux-Caribbean beat. A man adjusts the cheeseburger on his head.On a stage in the plush VIP lobby, Jimmy Buffett is tanned and dancing before a huge banner for LandShark

  May 8, 2009

• Neologism Friday

  Harvard UniversityJump the Shark - Used to describe the moment when a TV show or other cultural phenomenon has outlived its usefulness or creative steam, e.g. Phil Hartman's death stalling NewsRadio.Land it in the Hudson - A sentiment of encouragement, usually given in the midst of a crisis, based on US Air Flight 1549's successful crash landing in the Hudson River, as in, "If General Motors can turn a profit before the 4th quarter, they could still land it in the Hudson..."Land Sharking - To us

  May 8, 2009

• A Stadiums Worth of Landshark Lager Would Not Numb The Pain Caused By Father Cutié

  Shocking horrible news this week that is tearing apart Miami at it's very seems: a grown man touched a lady once, and it was photographed! The horror! Not just any man of course, but a celebrity priest. First, a Mexican tabloid released photos of Father Cutié frolicking on a beach with a lady. Within the day he had resigned. People literally got into fist fights over whether or not the Catholic Church should still enforce clerical celibacy, but I thought people should also get in

  May 8, 2009

• Check Out Jimmy Buffett's Unfortunately Titled New Book

  Do you really need more proof that Jimmy Buffett hates freedom, America, children, ice cream, baseball and pretty much everything else that is good in our world? via Amazon.comSwine Not? Because H1N1 is not a joke, Jimmy Buffett. Also, your music sucks.Even after he wrenched out the soul of a proud football franchise in the name of selling more Corona ripoffs?  After the even more disturbing revelations that he didn't even pay money to rename the Dolphin's home "LandShark Stadium"? (Se

  May 11, 2009

• Welcome to LandShark Stadium, Miami

  May 14, 2009

• Steve Miller Band to Play Hard Rock Live on November 17

  It seems that contempt for his radio-friendly '70s tunes such as "The Joker" and "Fly Like an Eagle" drove Steve Miller off the stage in '80s. He told Rolling Stone in 2008, "Bands like X were the big thing in L.A., and my work was being called unmitigated slop. I said to myself, 'I get it! I'm outta here! Stop kicking me, I'm leaving.' " He retreated from the spotlight for about 5 years, and reemerged when he saw bands like the Beach Boys enjoying a second chance on the road. Sure, the Steve Mi

  May 27, 2009

• Dolphins Song-Off

  June 18, 2009

• Vote Now: Is This Hometown Dolphins Anthem Better Than Jimmy Buffett's New Song?

  Lionel Lightbourne lives just a few blocks from the Dolphins' home field. When they win and fireworks explode over Miami Gardens, he watches from his front porch. Lightbourne has been a fan since the Fins' perfect season in 1972 -- the year after he was born.So when he heard the Fins were renaming their stadium after Jimmy Buffett's LandShark Lager in exchange for a new theme song, he got upset. See, Lightbourne wrote his own ditty a few years ago. It was good enough to win a citywide contest an

  June 17, 2009

• Update: Gloria and Emilio Estefan Get Minority Ownership in the Dolphins

  Last month, Riptide received a vague but alarming email invitation with this headline: "JIMMY BUFFETT, MIAMI DOLPHINS AND DOLPHIN STADIUM TO HOST MAJOR CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT."Riptide quickly RSVPed and was treated to one of the most disturbing displays in sports history: Jimmy Buffett playing to a crowd of Parrotheads and getting the stadium named after his Corona-lite LandShark Lager in return. via Wikimedia Commons So what to make of the invite we just received a few minutes ago? Here

  June 23, 2009

• Island Hopping

  June 25, 2009

• Dolphins Song-Off: Jimmy Buffett Crushes Hometown Rap Anthem

  One week ago, a lifelong Dolphins fan named Lionel Lightbourne called out Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett, and demanded an Internet duel for the soul of the aqua-and-orange nation.via Wikimedia CommonsThis man will destroy you in hand-to-hand combat.Buffett had a new, corporate-approved anthem for the Dolphins, soullessly penned in exchange for renaming the stadium after his watered-down Budweiser-hawked beer. Lightbourne had nothing more than a family band and a dream. Let the people

  June 25, 2009

• Drink and Draw Debuts at the News Lounge

  WikicommonsWhen we get drunk over here at the New Times, we tend to throw on some Jimmy Buffett and reminisce about the good ole' newspaper days of the late 1760's, when reading the "pape" was not only expected, it was required by Divine Order of the King. (Damn, I miss the monarchy...)But when the guys at the Drink Draw Club get drunk, they break out the charcoal pencils and make art. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and the irrefutable evidence is that only Our Divine Red-Suited Savior

  June 25, 2009

• Fins Owner Gave Away Naming Rights Because He Couldn't Get Buffett Song Out Of His Head

  Good thing Stephen Ross wasn't stuck on "I Kissed A Girl." Or humming "My Humps" all day long. The South Florida Business Journal confirmed this morning what we've suspected all along here at Riptide: The Dolphins owner gave away the naming rights to Dolphin Stadium for absolutely nothing because he had an annoying Jimmy Buffett jingle stuck in his head.In a lengthy post-mortem of the weirdest stadium naming deal in history -- in which the Fins' home was rechristened "Land Sh

  July 14, 2009

• Which of These Miami Dolphins Songs Is More Embarrassing?

  In hip-hop, Jay-Z is God, and since he declared Auto-Tune dead, we've hoped that would put a swift end to the career of professional Auto-Tune abuser T-Pain. (I will never understand how a musical technique pioneered by Cher became "gangsta.") Dolphins majority owner Stephen Ross didn't get the message, and drafted to remake the Miami Dolphins fight song.  It is pretty predictably goddamn horrible. But is it really the worst song associated with the Fins in their long, cheesy musical

  August 11, 2009

• Snowflake Returns

  August 13, 2009

• Book Fair Announces Author List

  WikicommonsHunter S. Thompson at the 1988 Fair​Artists have Basel. Filmmakers have MIFF. Geniuses have the Book Fair.My inner nerd (well, maybe it's outer, too...) did the running man this morning when it saw PR-extraordinaire Lisa Palley's email announcing the Author List for the 2009 Miami Book Fair. (November 8 - 15, 2009)The fact that last year was the Silver anniversary of the fair and this year, if you haven't heard, ain't such a good year to be a non-profit arts organization means that

  August 13, 2009

• Which Florida Celebrities Will Get a Piece of the Dolphins Next?

  In case you missed it, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross made it official this morning: The Fins are indeed waging the biggest celebrity love-fest in South Florida this side of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami.via Wikimedia CommonsAre you ready for some mustache?​The Dolphins have lost 20 percent of their season ticket base since 2006, and Ross's plan to win those pigskin fans back runs heavier on the T-Pain than the tight ends. Miami, you see, is about "celebrities, entertainment, and lif

  August 19, 2009

• Starry Night

  August 27, 2009

• Dolphins vs Falcons: Let's All Remain Calm and Optimistic

  ​Miami Dolphins @ Atlanta Falcons, Sunday at 1pm on CBS4. Not to say the Dolphins don't have some well deserved swagger, but let's be real, out of all the defending divisional champs the Fins fan's optimism might be the most muted. We all knew last year's historic turn around season was thanks in no small part to two things: Brady's busted knee and the surprising wildcat. Well, Brady's back after a year off spent impregnating Gisele, and the wildcat may be turning old hat. Add to tha

  September 11, 2009

• Hank Williams Jr. Sings in Spanish Tonight

  The only way to make the Monday Night Football intro that will air tonight for the Dolphins-Jets game better (worse? more surreal? soulless?) is if Jimmy Buffett also sang in Spanish. But having Gloria Estefen beside Hank Williams Jr. as he belts out, "Estos listos para football?" is pretty damn close to corporate nirvana.Thank you, Steven Ross. Gracias por todo.

  October 12, 2009