Saturday, June 28, 2014

Not Bob

Join Mike in the studio on a hot Saturday night, and on the streets of downtown Birmingham, AL with an audio field trip to the Museum of Art. Topics include: hassles of manned and un-manned transactions -- supermarkets and otherwise; Starbucks's "Not Bob" theory; Actor Eli Wallach has died; encountering a religious rally at Linn Park downtown; visiting my dad's old office building; architects' conceptual models used as artwork in building lobbies; working for the census bureau and hunting down homeless people to enumerate; lost, trying to find the art museum; tough time recording; confrontation likened to sexual tension; Michael Keaton and "Birdman"; walking around the B'ham Museum of Art; ever-changing meanings of "modern"; misplaced Spanish painting in the Rococo room; Smuckers "Uncrustables" sandwiches; synchronicities of this episode, and; much more!    

Show time: 1:36:49

Music for this episode by Wade from the album “Midnight Soundz” (CC license, BY, NC, SA), The Bayou Trio (CC license, BY, NC, SA), and Mister Electric Demon (CC license, BY, NC, SA), available on Jamendo.com.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2014, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) and The Midnight Citizen (themidnightcitizen.com).

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Expo '95

Join Mike for his regular Saturday night thing. Topics include: old ad copy used as decorative art in restaurant bathrooms; Harrison Ford injured on the set of "Star Wars"; "Blade Runner" Final Cut; new "Godzilla" was bad, depressing; Birmingham News has closed its nice offices downtown; Pepper Place Farmers' Market was a carnival without the rides; Oak Mountain Middle School Carnival/ Expo '95; on the porch late at night; house-sitting for parents; snake season in the South; local Birmingham station METV shows great classic shows; "Deadwood"; Facebook youth flight, and much more!

Show time: 1:38:00

Music for this episode by Wade from the album "Midnight Soundz" (CC license, BY, NC, SA) and The Bayou Trio (CC license, BY, NC, SA), available on Jamendo.com.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2014, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) and The Midnight Citizen (themidnightcitizen.com).

Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Saturday Mindwash

Join Mike inside and out, for more ramblings about anything, including: mall arcades; working at the Riverchase Galleria in various capacities; first Mall job at Suncoast video ('98-'99); co-workers; difficult people; book review: "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room" by Greg Sestero (2013); "Disaster Artist" comparisons to David Lynch movies; washed my show notebook by accident; house sitting for my parents; "Deadwood"; this week is the 2nd anniversary of the Downtown Drive-In; possible revival of the DD-I; the Blue Moon Drive-In in Guin, AL, and much more!

Show time: 1:53:19

Music for this episode by Wade from the album "Midnight Soundz" (CC license, BY, NC, SA), available on Jamendo.com.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2014, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) and The Midnight Citizen (themidnightcitizen.com).


Saturday, June 7, 2014

The Phone in the Bushes

Join Mike on the streets of Birmingham, AL. Goings on include: Birmingham "Slicefest" happening down the street; street art; the nature of synchronicity and mirror universes; visiting Avondale Park on a muggy Saturday afternoon; graphic novel "Teenagers from Mars" (2005); noticing various Birmingham neighborhoods that have been gentrified; "The Guy", my pot-dealing neighbor, has skipped town; HBO show, "Hello Ladies -- very funny, but cancelled, and; more!

Show time: 1:35:37

Music for this episode by Wade from the album "Midnight Soundz" (CC license, BY, NC, SA), available on Jamendo.com.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2014, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) and The Midnight Citizen (themidnightcitizen.com).