The New York Daily News has a short interview with Jimmy Buffett where he reveals that he’s working on his next album:

Jimmy Buffett isn’t impressed by Justin Bieber. At the Child Mind Institute Gala at Cipriani 42 on Thursday, we asked the “Margaritaville” singerwho he was listening to these days. Buffett, 64, who performed at the event, told us his son Cameron Marley had turned him on “to some people that are pretty cool,” but he was having a “senior moment” and couldn’t recall specifics. When we tried to jog his memory by suggesting Bieber’s name, Buffett shook his head. “No, it’s none of that,” he said. “It’s people that actually write songs and get onstage and sing.”

Buffett is still doing both. He told us that he’s working on his next album and has given himself a 2013 deadline to complete it.

Jimmy Buffett was in southern Mississippi on Monday morning where he donated a boat to his alma mater: University of Southern Mississippi.

The world famous singer-songwriter was on hand Monday morning at the Gulf Coast Research Lab in Ocean Springs to help dedicate the new boat. The Miss Peetsy B was originally built as a navy boat in 1973 by Uniflite.

The 33-foot vessel will be used to ferry school children through the marshes of South Mississippi and on excursions to Deer Island. USM officials said the boat will also be available to the public for programs like Sea Camp, ecological tours of the Biloxi Bay, and trips to Deer Island.

The boat was donated to the university by Buffett. The man who invented the Margaritaville brand attended USM years ago.

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“We’re all here because our mother valued education so much. It was sort of a building block in all of our lives,” said Lucy Buffett.

Uniflite originally built the 33-foot navy vessel in 1973. Jimmy Buffett’s longtime friend, Jimbo Meador, found the boat and shepherded the project.

“We’ve been working with them for a little over year to design and get a boat that meets our needs and allows us to do educational programs cost effectively,” said Chris Snyder, Director of the Marine Education Program.

The Buffetts first got involved with the GCRL following 2010’s oil spill.

“At the time, I was angry but I had to put that anger somewhere,” said Jimmy Buffett, who once considered being a marine biologist. After donating a boat to help the university with oil spill cleanup, the Buffetts spoke with USM President Martha Saunders to see how they could help local children understand the value of the Gulf Coast.

“When you ignite the minds of kids and show them the ocean for the first time, it’s a life-changing experience,” Buffett said.

Buffett graduated from USM in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He also helped out the university last year during the Gulf oil spill.

From left, Jimmy Buffett, Lucy Buffett and Laurie Buffett-McGuane christen the boat at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Monday, Dec. 4, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. (The Mississippi Press/Harlan Kirgan)

The East Hampton Star reports that Jimmy Buffett rescued a kid while surfing over the weekend:

Yesterday afternoon, the state police closed off Montauk Point, Turtle Cove, etc. to surfers or anyone else. Surfers turned back, bummed. Great surf at the lighthouse right.

Jimmy Buffett, on his standup board, saved a kid who had gone out on a body board with no swim fins and got caught in the rip heading out to sea.

(Hat tip Jahfin)

Jimmy Buffett played a show at Jones Beach Theater on Friday night and then headed up Long Island to the Hamptons for a couple parties over the weekend.

On Saturday night, Buffett attended Apollo in the Hamptons, a fundraiser for the Apollo Theater, at the home of Ronald Perelman. Jon Bon Jovi and Jamie Foxx performed, among several others.

Buffett mingles with Colin Powell at Apollo in the Hamptons event. photo Kevin Mazur / WireImage

On Sunday night in Montauk a launch party was held for Chris Blackwell’s ‘Blackwell Fine Jamaicain Rum.” Buffett was at the beach party and was asked what he’s been doing on his summer break:

“You know what I did this year? Nothing,” he said. “I hung out, enjoyed my kids and the weather.”

photo Amanda Gordon / Bloomberg

Buffett’s back on the road Tuesday night with a show in Cincinnati.

On Saturday night Jimmy Buffett hosted a star-studded party to celebrate his wife Jane’s 60th birthday:

Billy Joel paid tribute to Jimmy Buffett’s wife at her 60th birthday party, praising her for their long-standing partnership. Joel told us, “I said that Jane Buffett knows the secret of staying happily married to a rock and roll man. And I sang Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay.’ ”

The star-studded party at Buffett’s North Haven home Saturday night had VIPs partying in a tent and treated to performances by Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Buffett — who wed Jane in 1977 — and James Taylor. Guests included Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jane Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Richard Gere, Anjelica Huston and Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.

Happy birthday Jane!