Saturday, December 19, 2015

Episode 148 -- "Baristas, After Hours"

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Join Mike on the back porch late at night. Topics include: remembering the after-hours lives of Starbucks baristas I once worked with; having a cigar and coffee and thinking about getting married this week; "'Not too late to say No!", and other cliches people say to you before you get married; anticipating "Star Wars"; movie review -- "Krampus" (2015); how Christmas can be scary, and scary Christmas memories; got an e-mail about auditioning for a reality show like the "Running Man", and; much more!

Show time: 1:32:41

Recorded 12/17/2015. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground. 

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Episode 147: "A Talkin' To..."

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Join Mike in the studio late at night, when he talks about getting a good talking to from the management at a bowling ally recently, and on a church mission trip in the 8th grade.

Show time: 47:28

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Murray and Bright


Sunday was catch-up with Christmas day.

Usually, the traditions come down hard on the ole Boody household right after Thanksgiving,
beginning with 4 am Black Friday coffee and mall walking, followed immediately with lights and ornament hanging. But this year we've been a little preoccupied with the wedding right around the corner -- on December 20th -- so our timeline has taken a bit of a backseat. But today it arrived, front and center, with a trip to our normal, reliable Fraser Fur pusher at Pine Hill Farms out in Tarrant, AL. I've liked the place since we first went out there in 2010; they allow pale, depleted urbanites like me to indulge their inner-rural manhood and cut down a tree with their bare hands, then dope you up on cider and agro-entertainment like live reindeer until your blood runs red and green.

Saturday, December 5, 2015

Episode 146 -- "The ADHD's"

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Join Mike in the studio at night, where he remembers the ADHD's, a group of students back in high school who were too hyperactive and aggressive to mesh with the general population, and the time when one of them, Giffin, went too far with a can of pepper spray. Also: how a wedding can be like a late episode of "Happy Days"; the actor who played "Raj" on "WHAT'S HAPPENING?" commented on one of my recent episodes, reviews of Bobcat Goldthwait movie "Call Me Lucky" (2015) and TV show "Fargo". 

Show time: 1:37:18

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Live Streaming Apps -- Atticus Finch's Dream is Realized!


I have to admit it: I'm addicted to live streaming apps. I just think it's one of the great marvels of the last few years that we can all kick back with our smart phones and see the world through someone else's eyes -- walk in their skin, if you will. That was Atticus Finch's dream, right?

Friday, November 27, 2015

Black Friday Came...

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(Above. Video Jessica and I shot for the Riverchase Galleria in 2011, the only time we ever worked together as a team of freelancers!)

If you've heard the latest MIDNIGHT CITIZEN, then you'll know I make a big to-do about the time-honored tradition of Black Friday. For me, I look forward to it just as much as Thanksgiving. It's not about the deals or door buster prizes, though. For me, Black Friday is the greatest day ever to be out in the retail world, strictly because it combines three of my favorite things: night, shopping malls, and coffee.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Episode 145: "Black Thanksgiving"


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Join Mike in the studio as he comes down from Thanksgiving and prepares for Black Friday. Topics include: getting fitted for a wedding suit at Mr. Burch and recalling having the cops called on me there when I was 17; Thanksgiving dinner at the Cracker Barrel; Black Friday memories and preparing to hit the mall, and; much more...

Show time: 56: 51

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Episode 144: "'Friday the 13th' Marathon"

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Join Mike as he watches all eight of the original Paramount "Friday the 13th" flicks with friends Jason and Adam.

Show time: 12:06:26 

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Episode 143 -- "Flush"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night.

Show time: 39:50

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground. 

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Episode 142: "Halloween Marathon"

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Mike's out of the studio this October 31st on a camping trip, but stay up late this Halloween with over four hours of audio from his marathon of Haddonfield's favorite masked babysitter stalker, Michael Myers! Friends Jason and Brad join him on an odyssey of flicks, including "Halloween 2", "Halloween 4: the Return of Michael Myers" and "Halloween 5: the Revenge of Michael Myers". Happy Halloween, and -- PLEASE REMEMBER -- don't forget to check your candy!

Show time: 4:16:20

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Episode 141: "Instruments of Creation"

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Join Mike outside late at night as he drinks coffee and talks "Back to the Future". 

Show time: 47:41

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Episode 140: "Grab Bag 2"

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Mike is out of the studio tonight, but have no fear! He has another goody bag of segments previously recorded for another show he appears on from time-to-time, "The Overnightscape Central". Each week, Host PQ Ribber chooses a topic, and invites anyone -- even YOU -- to talk about that topic. Segments are compiled and presented every Monday night. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the topics, including: "Terrible TV" (July 2015); "Writing" (August 2012); "Insomnia" (November 2011); "Conspiracies" (November 2011); "Beatnik" (August 2012).

To find out how you can contribute to The Overnightscape Central, e-mail PQ Ribber at kpqr.torc@gmail.com. 

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Episode 139: "The Garfield Cult"


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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: saw a "reindeer nose" on a pick-up truck today; starting Christmas too early; procrastinating with taking Christmas decorations down and every other mundane, rote task; cults; junk furniture shopping in the alley; found art; recollections of living in squalor when I got my first apartment; the Futon story; fleas; more audio from the "Friday the 13th" marathon; a field trip to McDonald's to test out their "all-day breakfast" on the night crew; TV review -- "The Leftovers", and much more!

Show time: 1:41:17

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Episode 138 -- "Grab Bag"

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Tonight is kind of a special episode. Mike presents a carefully curated montage of his contributions to the  best podcast out there, The Overnightscape Central. Each week, Host PQ Ribber chooses a topic, and invites anyone -- even YOU -- to talk about that topic. Segments are compiled and presented every Monday night. So sit back and enjoy this grab-bag of topics, including: "Ramplers" (January 2013); "Reality" (September 2015); "Night" (July 2012); "Cool Things" (November 2011); "Hobbies" (May 2013); "Study Hall" (January 2015); "Closed Stores" (July 2011).

Show time: 1:35:11

To find out how you can contribute to The Overnightscape Central, e-mail PQ Ribber at kpqr.torc@gmail.com.

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Thursday, October 1, 2015

"The Last Broadcast" (1998) -- Trailer Commentary


Halloween is upon us with the first in a series of spooky commentaries to some of my favorite horror flicks. 

Tonight, two 90s slackers hosting a cable access show get more than they bargained for when they venture deep into the Pine Barrens in search of the Jersey Devil.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Episode 137: "Kranky Kustomer"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: a history of "Happy Birthday", and how it was finally freed from copyright this week; Kampgrounds of America (KOA) and its Kranky Kustomer service; ran into high school friend who was a huge "Tears for Fears" fan a day after I talked about him; lattice of coincidence; local hipster bistro is actually a "breastraunt" in disguise; failed job interview I once had at a Hooter's; more "Friday the 13th" marathon audio with friends Jason and Adam; awkward Folger's ads from the 90's; TV review -- "Project Greenlight", and much more!

Show time: 1:51:00

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Episode 136 -- "ZeitGuy"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: strange response I got when knocking on a Starbucks bathroom door; movie review -- "In a World" (2013); getting fat and breaking the sedentary lifestyle; I "sweat to the oldies" in the studio and attempt to lift free weights"; my mic stand loses balances as it was previously being weighed down by the free weights; the coffee habits of a working stiff; gym rackets; more "Friday the 13th" marathon excerpts with friends Jason and Adam; zeitgeist -- what is it?; breaking down certain cultural trends; review of new PBS doc on Walt Disney; Disney World in the 90s and the gay paranoia of right-wing evangelicals I knew back then; local beer is overtaking corporate beer and shutting down its factories; strange comment I got on the last show; "Too Close for Comfort" and a possible upcoming interview with its star Deborah Van Valkenburgh, and much more!

Show time: 1:37:07

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Episode 135 -- "Windshield Move"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: literature and parking tickets left on your wiper blades that allow you to do "the windshield move"; protesting parking tickets in college; civil disobedience; marriage equality; Kim Davis; internet nonsense; 9/11 funk; remembering the reality show "Murder in Small Town X" and the winner who was killed in the attacks; audio excerpt from the "Friday the 13th" marathon with friends Jason and Adam; good ole days; movie reviews -- "Neighbors" (2014) and "Dark City" (1996), and much more! 

Show time: 1:56:51

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Episode 134 -- "Finding the 2 Sisters"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: getting out of town and re-charging batteries; the quaint town of Springville, AL, where there is nothing to do; the unsuccessful search for the quintessential small town diner; small town romanticism vs. reality; IBC Bottle confusion; Nielson sent me a dollar to fill out a survey about my TV habits; celebrity deaths -- Wes Craven and Dean Jones; smoking a pipe outside; movie review -- "A Walk in the Woods", and; much more...

Show time: 1:29:36

Note: Apologies for the bad sound quality in the field segment of this episode. Not sure what happened there.

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Episode 133 -- "Money Pool"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: new mouth habits, dentist catastrophe and preventing oral hazards; my history with money, from wanting to build a money pool in my closet like Scrooge McDuck on "DuckTales" and my first and only time shoplifting from a Food Lion to taking any job just to finance my weekends; book review -- "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind; the "New Hollywood" movement of the 70s; wild coincidences and the cosmic unconsciousness; making fun of the past as I watch "The Kids' Guide to the Internet" (1997) on YouTube; Bryant Gumble's smug reaction to "e-mail" on The Today Show in 1994; Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" movie coming to theaters in a couple weeks; man's awkward relationship with the Wild, and; much more!

Show time: 1:59:56

Cover art by Josh Davenport. Check out his web comic at RGBROS.com!

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial-Share Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

Episode 132 -- "Savannah Porch"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night, and on the porch in Savannah, GA. Topics include: white line fever, highway hypnosis and the "Black Dog" legend; busy vacation; passports and honeymoons; small town Georgia; Beanie Babies; having a porch cigar and lighting a left-over sparkler from July 4th; seeing Adam Sandler on River Street; what makes a celebrity tired; the ongoing dilemma of recording and how it can dilute experience; concentrated wealth in seaside communities; haves and have-not's; passing time in the car; 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and; much more!

Show time: 2:02:25

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.


Saturday, August 8, 2015

Episode 131 -- "Candle S'mores"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: candle review of "Campfire" by the Great Bear Wax Co.; making s'mores over the candle; new Dr. Seuss book "What Pet Should I Get"; Roddy Piper; playing some video of the 13-hour "Friday the 13th" marathon from March I did with friends Jason and Adam; TV review: "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp"; movie review: "Mission:Impossible -- Rogue Nation", and; much more!

Show time: 1:23:31

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2015 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Episode 130 -- "The Midnight Realm Amusement and Experiential Park"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: an audio journey through the proposed Midnight Realm Amusement and Experiential Theme Park in Muscle Shoals, AL; Walt Disney and his grand designs, camera presence; Michael Eisner; sad celebrity deaths -- Max Fleisher artists and amusement park conceptual designer Vincent "Val" Valentine and wrestler, actor "Rowdy" Roddy Piper; TV review -- "The Jinx" (2015); Movie review -- "Lost Soul: the Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's 'Island of Dr. Moreau" (2014); Birmingham YA author John Green; the "Magical Pixie Girl" trope, and; much more! 

Show time: 1:30:06

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2015, on The Overnightscape Underground and The Midnight Citizen.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Video Aside -- "Shazam!"

Mike takes you to the oldest, restored outhouse in Homewood, AL, and explores the career of Jim Nabors ("Gomer Pyle, USMC").


Saturday, July 25, 2015

Episode 129 -- "Third Place"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night, exploring all things about the great American movie theater. Topics include: Jason and the keeled-over, barfing drunk guy at opening night of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake (2003); first time going to the movies alone when I was in the fifth grade; first job memories of working at the Colonnade movie theater in 1998; thinking about the experience surrounding the movies -- bookstores, ambling, what happens after the movie's over; the smells, the snack bar, and everything sensory; just found out about the shootings in a movie theater in Louisiana RIGHT before I started the show, and; much more!  

Show time: 1:23:43

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2015, on The Overnightscape Underground and The Midnight Citizen.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Episode 128 -- "Snobs v. Slobs"

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Join Mike in the studio late at night, and on an excursion to the Alabama countryside. Topics include: Sylacauga, AL and its various claims to fame such as the Hodges Meteorite and being the birthplace of Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle, USMC); checking out an old census report of living Civil War veterans in 1909; field recording from riding around the golf course compound late at night where I went for a work retreat this week; Video Asides; Doesthedogdie.com; "I Dream of Jeannie" turns 50; Barbara Eden on the Today Show; "Harper Valley PTA"; field recording from the hotel room; can't sleep; the golf compound staff left some right wing Christian literature for me to read; TV reviews -- "True Detective" and "Life's Too Short" with Warwick Davis; Snobs vs. Slobs, and; much more!

Show time: 1:58:02

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2015, on The Overnightscape Underground and The Midnight Citizen.

Video Aside -- "In the Studio at Night"


Join Mike for a tour of the Midnight Citizen podcast studio. 

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Episode 127 -- "Shadow States"



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Join Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: memories of the VisionLand amusement park in Bessemer, AL and the dead shopping center Watermark Place next door; Amanda Peterson, teenage star of the 1980s, dead at 43 and remembering her claim to fame in "Can't Buy Me Love" (1987); Harper Lee and "Go Set a Watchman"; movie review of "The Nightmare" (2015); shadow people; "Cloak Man" dream review from when I was six; how to get a free oil change at Pep Boys, and; much more!

Show time: 1:42:18

Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2015, on The Overnightscape Underground and The Midnight Citizen.