The Midnight Citizen 292: “Live and Mercy”
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Join Mike in the studio late (and LIVE!) on a stormy Saturday night…
Tonight, on the eve of Fathers’ Day, and in the absence of having kids of my own, I pass onto you some sage advice handed down to me by my dad…or maybe it was the funny coach from Teen Wolf:
“Never get less than 12 hours sleep… never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city… …and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
Anyway, the second week of Camp was smashing. I taught the kids how to write plays using tried-and-true methods for creating conflict given to us by that Sylvester Stallone arm wrestling trucker movie Over the Top. It all went real well, which I know because the kids wrote a song about throwing me down a well. (Don’t ask, you just have to listen to the show and it’ll all make sense.)
Later… The job hunt continues…poorly. I kind of lose it on this episode when it dawns on me that Nazi Scientists were able to get gainful employment so quickly after Nuremburg…yet I continue to go unemployed. Honestly, it’s getting real desperate these days — like posting-on-LinkedIn and attending “Networking Events” desperate. I even emailed back a podcast spammer to ask if he had any jobs going.
Well, enough of that… After I play you some music, I invite you to take a toast with me to Brian Wilson, who passed this week at 82. Kick on back in the proverbial sand as we remember the great creative genius, his fraught relationship with the jolly Svengali Dr. Landy, and the woman who saved him — all depicted in the excellent, underrated film Love and Mercy (2015). Along the way, we’ll enjoy some memorable television moments with Brian and his late brothers…and, yeah, even Mike Love.
And finally… We take a look at Sammy’s Gentlemen’s Club, the infamous house of ill repute in the button-down Birmingham suburbs, that closed last year after the dancers united over unfair tipping practices…and will soon be holding its grand reopening as something called “The Pony Lounge” …Oo-la-la… I wonder if they’re hiring.
Music Break: ?“Belmont Jail Song”? by Crete Boom (CC-BY-NC-ND) ?“When You’re Gone”? by Bombay Laughing Club (CC-BY-NC)
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Video Street Video Store ?“Tom Savini on ‘Friday the 13th’ 1 & 4”? ?The Beach Boys on ‘Good Morning America!’ (early 1980s)?
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2025 on ?mikesbonfire.substack.com? and ?The Overnightscape Underground?.
