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Jimmy Sightings at Miami Heat Games

June 19th, 2006


Here are a couple of pics of Jimmy at Miami Heat games. The picture on the left is from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals and the picture on the right is from Game 5 of the Finals.

   

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Update: Buffett returned to his seat Sunday after a quick trip across the pond to watch the World Cup. He saw England play Trinidad and Tobago, then returned in time for the Heat game. His comment after watching the US-Italy game on TV: “And I thought NBA officials were bad. …”

Jimmy had a run-in with an NBA referee February 4th, 2001 where he was ejected from a game. Read the ESPN article about it here


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Star-Telegram Article on JB’s Support of Kinky

June 19th, 2006


The Dallas Star-Telegram has an article on Buffett’s support of Kinky Friedman for Texas governor:

“I’ve known Kinky a long time,” said Buffett. “Since we were all hanging out, working together in Austin during the ’70s.”

“I think it’s very cool what Kinky’s doing,” Buffett said. “I like his original slogan: ‘It can’t be that hard.’ I think we need a sense of humor in government these days.”

“Rock ‘n’ roll,” Buffett said. “Every other aspect of the world has tried to run the country. “Why not us?”

Read the entire article here


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Jimmy Rooting for Trinidad in World Cup

June 16th, 2006


Jimmy is mentioned in the Atlanta Journal Constitution article “Trinidad and Tobago scares England.”

The smallest country ever to qualify for a World Cup held the country that invented soccer to a scoreless draw for 82 minutes here Thursday night. Trinidad and Tobago couldn’t hold out forever, though. Two goals in the final 11 minutes gave England a 2-0 victory and a berth in the World Cup round of 16.

“It was a great match. We [just] ran out of gas,” Jimmy Buffett said.

Yes, that Jimmy Buffett. Two members of his Coral Reefer band are from Trinidad and Tobago, and he said his son was “raised by Trinidadian nannies.”

Read the entire article here.


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WaPo Collection of Reviews from Past Buffett Shows

June 12th, 2006


The Washington Post has put together a collection of reviews that have been done by its writers from the past 18 years. There are some real good reads. The first is from July 14, 1978 and the last is from June 17, 2005, with several in between.

Check it out here.


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Two Articles on Cincy Show

June 9th, 2006


There are two articles in Cincinnati newspapers today about Buffett’s show on Thursday night.

Cincinnati Post – “Parrothead Paradise”

Cincinnati Enquirer – “This time, Jimmy was memorable”

The Post article included this photo:

Photo Credit: Jason D. Geil/The Post


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