An obscure Jimmy Buffett song is being referenced today in news articles. John Joseph Houghtaling, the inventor of the “Magic Fingers Vibrating Bed”, died on Wednesday at his home in Florida. Buffett’s single “This Hotel Room”, written by the late Steve Goodman, mentions the bed:

They got a room service menu for food and drinks
A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink
Two big pillows to rest my head
A magic fingers and a king size bed
Put in a quarter, turn out the light
Magic fingers makes you feel alright
Feel alright, feel alright
Magic fingers makes you feel alright

The Fox News Channel’s Brit Hume is apparently a parrothead. In a January interview, Hume sang the lyrics to “This Hotel Room” to former President George W. Bush and his father when they mentioned a vibrating chair in the Oval Office.

Read more on Houghtaling and the Magic Fingers bed here.

The single “This Hotel Room” appeared on the 1976 album Havana Daydreamin’. Download the song now from iTunes or Amazon MP3.

The Summerzcool tour was back rolling tonight as Jimmy and the band began the east coast run with the first show of the third leg of the Summerzcool Tour in Camden, New Jersey.

The set list was the same as the past legs except for “Scarlet Begonias,” a hold over from Bonnaroo, replacing “Coast of Carolina” and the tour premiere of “Nautical Wheelers” to close the show. “Nautical” was last played in February of this year at the special show with Mac McAnally in Key West.

View the entire set list here.

Did you attend the show? Share your thoughts on our Discussion Board or post your photos in our Photo Gallery.

The 2009 Summerzcool Tour continues Saturday with another show from the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. There’s still plenty of time to get your tickets now!

Sirius XM internet subscribers can now get a free app for their iPhone or iTouch and listen to 120 channels of sports, talk, entertainment, news, comedy, and music, including Radio Margaritaville.

“Getting SIRIUS XM’s superior programming on your iPhone or iPod touch is now convenient and easy,” said Mel Karmazin, CEO of SIRIUS XM. “The SIRIUS XM app allows new and existing subscribers to access great music, talk and sports almost anywhere they go. For millions of users, the best radio on radio is now the best audio content on their iPhone or iPod touch.”

Some select programming, including MLB Play-by-Play, NFL Play-by-Play, SIRIUS NASCAR Radio, and Howard Stern, will not be available on the iPhone and iPod touch. Listeners will continue to be able to access that programming through the platforms they are currently offered on.

The Sirius XM app also allows users to:

• Purchase a song heard on SIRIUS XM while it is being played or “Tag” favorite songs for later purchase from the iTunes Store.
• Save SIRIUS XM Internet channels for fast, easy access through a “Favorites” function.
• See the current channel plus what is playing on all other available channels via the “Lookaround” function.
• Quickly surf through 120 channels of SIRIUS XM programming on the fly with the flick of a finger using the innovative Multi-Touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch.

The SIRIUS XM app is available for free from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore and www.siriusxm.com/app.

Jimmy Buffett’s 2009 Summerzcool Tour resumes tonight with the first of two shows at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. Besides a performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival last Saturday, Buffett has been off since May 21st. It hasn’t been all leisure though, reports are that Jimmy has been in the studio recording songs.

The show will start shortly after 8 pm ET and you can listen live on Radio Margaritaville on Sirius 31 / XM 55 or on the web for free at radiomargaritaville.com. Be sure to tune in at 7:30 pm for the pre-show.

You can follow along with the set list and chat with other parrotheads during the show on our discussion board.

We’ll also tweet during the show, so follow BuffettWorld on Twitter.

Grab tickets for this show or for another upcoming show here!

Attention iPhone owners, there is a cool new app for Parrotheads called i-Encore:

This is the ultimate accessory for Jimmy Buffett concerts. Not ready for the concert to end? Start the application and you can choose a parrot, saltshaker, shark fin or lighter.

Touch the illuminate button and it will change the colored item to a light that all the band members can see.

Other features include:

• Wave your phone to the left and you hear “Fins to the left!”. Move it to the right and you hear “Fins to the right!”
• Shake the phone and it doubles as a maraca so you can play along with the band.

So, if you’re a Parrothead, a casual fan, or just someone who loves to escape to the islands this is the concert application for you.

We first stumbled across this on Twitter. Are you on Twitter yet? Follow BuffettWorld now!.