Episode 163 -- "Alamo Survival Tips for Davy Crockett from George Romero"

Join Mike on the porch late at night, reflecting on such topics as the death of Prince at age 57; the Bat Dance; what those guys defending the Alamo could've learned from watching "Night of the Living Dead", and much more!

Show time: 49:29

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Episode 161 -- "Sin City of Alabama"

Hang out on the porch with Mike on a chilly Saturday night. Topics include: Spaghetti-O's turns 50!; a trip to the 90's via a Dilbert Coffee mug; how to buy alcohol in Alabama; dry counties; Pavlovian ice cream trucks; channel surfing -- "Pawn Stars", HGTV and "Forrest Gump"; TV review -- "11/22/63"; did Oswald act alone; John Carpenter's "Lost Themes", and much more!

Show time: 1:07:41

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Episode 156 -- "History Hole"

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night. Topics include: finding some old streetcar rail inside a pothole in the street; Birmingham's underground river myth and where the term "To Like like a Mulhatton" comes from; the world is on loan to us; the time my childhood friend Benji and I dug a whole to China but found Hell first; B-Movie review of "Hawkeye" (1988); politics and Donald Trump; Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s; short story reading of "Suitable Distance" by Adam Fox, and; much more!

Show time: 1:19:52

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Episode 150 -- "Edge City"

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night, when he talks about living in the sprawl fringes of downtown proper, sometimes referred to as an "Edge City", and how he was once a spy for a television station there. Also: a series of odd, sometimes random, sometimes interwoven incidents, have been happening lately -- possibly related to Mercury Retrograde?

Show time: 1:28:26

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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?

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

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 

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Episode 142: "Halloween Marathon"

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

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Episode 139: "The Garfield Cult"

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

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Video Aside -- "Wes Craven Pinball"

Join Mike for some pinball and video games at Paramount in downtown Birmingham, AL.

Video Aside -- "Camp Tranquility"

Mike takes you to an abandoned summer camp outside Birmingham, AL.

Episode 131 -- "Candle S'mores"

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

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Video Aside -- "Letterboxing in the Woods"

Mike takes you on an urban scavenger hunt.

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

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

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Video Aside -- "New Grace Hill"

Mike visits the New Grace Hill cemetery and a neighboring structure garden in Birmingham.

Video Aside -- "War Memorial"

Mike visits a Civil War monument under fire in Linn Park.

Video Aside -- "Old Apartment Building"

Mike finds a surprise at the place he lived more than 10 years ago.

Episode 128 -- "Snobs v. Slobs"

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

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Video Aside -- "In the Studio at Night"

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

Episode 126 -- "Interviewing Fireworks"

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night, and also on the porches and streets of Birmingham, AL. Topics include: Happy 4th of July!; interviewing fireworks; the Dick Tracy Watch story; sarcastic Americanism; got a new coffee percolator; podcasting and misconceptions; awful movie trailers; "Jurassic World" review, and much more!

Show time: 2:07:43

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Episode 125 -- "Back to Night"

Join Mike on the back porch on a Friday night, and in the mall on a Monday afternoon. Topics explored include Actor Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) arrested -- should parents of celebrity children be accused of child abuse for putting their kids in the spotlight?; Brian Wilson movie "Love and Mercy" reviewed; asked by mall security to stop recording, and; much more!

Show time: 1:32:03

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