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Friday, January 19, 2024

The Midnight Citizen 255: “Go West to Pizza Hut”

1:19:59 — Mike discovers a Zoom recorder in the back of his car while waiting for his windshield to defrost, and remembers he has a podcast. Join him for a drive around his hometown of Birmingham, AL as he reflects on a variety of topics, like the South’s latest blast of wintry weather, delivering food on icy roads, updates on his grad school thesis, and the Showtime show “The Curse”.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“I’m not pro crack, but I’m pro-crack in my coffee…”

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Monday, September 4, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 254: “J. Cruise”

1:48:32 — Join Mike and special guest Dave in the studio late on a Saturday, where they free-range explore a wide variety of topics, including: understanding the frightening concept of plagiarism as a student; the diminishing charitable returns of John Mellencamp’s FARM AID; the Birmingham Batman, as featured on “That’s Incredible” (1980); “Stay Hungry”, the 1970s movie filmed in Birmingham starring Arnold Scwartzenegger; Birmingham’s adult movie theaters; the PMRC and its regulation of the music industry in the 1980’s; the wild private life of John Denver; the ubiquity of fake facts on the Internet in the 1990’s; making up fake Jimmy Buffet song titles.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Well, after a meal, there’s nothing like a good cigar” …This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Monday, July 24, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 253: “Love & Death at the Tip Top Grill”

1:32:15 — Join Mike as he watches the sun set over Birmingham, AL…and later for a drink in the backyard, where he gives his review of Oppenheimer.

Topics include: woodgrain console television sets; adult friendships; HBO’s Love and Death and the book it’s based on, Evidence of Love by drive-in film critic Joe Bob Briggs; the use of hypnotism in solving crimes; reviews of Oppenheimer and Mission: Impossible; going to the movies in 2023, and much more!

Music for this episode: Synthwave Mix | L.A. Sunset by White Bat Audio.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Hasta Lasagna, don’t get any on ya”…This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Monday, July 17, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 252: “Waiting Room Blues”

1:52:07 — Join Mike at home and in the streets of Birmingham, AL., where he discusses the mysterious “Blackwell Ghost” film series, the Birmingham zip line wars of 2012, and much more!

Other thoughts include: solo filmmaking by Richard Linklater in the 80’s; inverted realities of the real world and video games; Taco Bell and Roger and Me (1989); urban decay; service department blues; McConaughey Watch ‘23; free pizza and no suburban homeless to donate it to; adult children, and much more!

Music for this episode: 80’s Night Drive Synthwave Background Music | Royalty Free No Copyright by Brand X Music

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“We’re the gas, they’re the brakes”…This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Monday, July 10, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 251: “Down at the Drive-In”

1: 35: 39 — Join Mike at the Grand River Drive-In in Leeds, AL, where he watches, and occasionally comments on, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Other thoughts include: other activities to do in town other than sit around, watch movies and play video games; escape rooms; rage rooms (where you, an adult, pay money to break stuff like a little kid); the wide range of sights and sounds you see in town as a delivery driver; an Uber customer I delivered groceries to accidentally stole my beer; a jackass Doordash driver got fired for cursing at a customer who gave him a generous tip; director James Mangold is a great director despite Indiana Jones, and more.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Nazis. I hate these guys”…This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Saturday, July 1, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 250: “Gas Station Wine”

Join Mike for some backyard ramblings on a hot summer afternoon in Birmingham, AL.

…Talking about a humorous and kinda embarrassing misunderstanding with Buzz the friendly neighborhood gas station clerk over a bottle of wine; delivering PF Changs to a shady meeting between a doctor and a drug rep; the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs’ surprise friendship with my buddy Dave; organic vs. artificial celebrity encounters; fan conventions

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Who are you people?”…This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Friday, June 23, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 249: “Moonlighting”

1:51:41 — Join Mike for three days in the streets and alleys of Birmingham, AL, as he takes on and talks about all the side jobs he’s doing to support himself. 

Topics do not include: Donald Trump’s legal problems, the lost Titanic submersible, a review of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Is this a metaphorical title, or did your brother actually piss on you?”…This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Saturday, June 10, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 248: “Energy Economy”

1:24:57 — Join Mike on the porch of his favorite tobacco shop, working his way through a fine Perdomo and a lot of topics, such as his feelings of nostalgia over coming down with Covid a year ago, and his insomnia-induced enjoyment of Snake Eyes (1999) starring Nicholas Cage. Also, some thoughts on HBO’s new Bama Rush documentary about his college alma mater.

Check out the awesome 4-part podcast on the secret and nefarious “Machine”, hosted and investigated by John Archibald of AL.com.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Are you, Alice, currently menstruating?”This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Monday, June 5, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 247: “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” (6/5/23)

1:17:52 — Join Mike on an afternoon shift delivering food and walking around the mall in Birmingham, AL.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2023 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

The Midnight Citizen 246: “Pyramids in America”

1:19:37 — Join Mike inside the world’s largest Bass Pro Shop in Memphis, Tennessee, where he rides an elevator to the top and checks out the view. Also, hang out with him at the cabin in West Memphis, Arkansas.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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