The Overnightscape Underground

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46:34 – Mike takes a break from shopping for computers on the Internet to go for a coffee on a cold Fall afternoon. Yep, that’s the show.

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Detailed show notes: taking the new debit card to get a coffee; card chips and filling awkward voids with cashiers; found a community library box; strange encounters on the way back from Texas last week (angry campers and weary travelers); Starbucks Christmas cups; Trump’s plan from last year to make everyone say “Merry Christmas” again; politics-weary; screen fatigue from shopping online; experiences in earning some extra money to buy a new computer (online user testing and mystery shopping); “getting made” as a mystery shopper at a local restaurant this week; the upcoming irrational of the Christmas season.

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1:13:41 – Join Mike for a walk along the gulf waters of Corpus Christi, Texas, where he takes a break from a work conference to discuss election results. Also, stubborn old people who can’t give into technology and want you to know all the reasons why.

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1:03:09 – Mike finds out his ex-roommate is now living on the air in Birmingham as a conservative talk show host, and other American horror stories…

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Detailed show notes: my ex-roommate Hunter takes jabs at Hillary Clinton and drinks the Kool-Aid on a local call-in radio show; my Halloween costume (“Prison Mike” from “The Office”); drought in Alabama; election 2016; TV review — “American Horror Story” and “Channel Zero”; the weird history of the 1960s noise-rock band “The Shaggs”; were they actually good, or is their late success just a product of 90s irony nostalgia?; Chicago Cubs win the World Series, and; a little more!

Music for tonight’s episode: “Something” by Kai Engel; “Call for Surrender”, “Dance Rocket”, “Descent of the Goober Monster” by Jesse Spillane; “City in Ruins” by Mescares; “These Fair Hands”, “True Hearts” by Nick Jaina. All music is Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released November 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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1:28:00 — Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he’s on the lookout for his suspicious neighbors…who may be vampires.

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Detailed show notes: I think my neighbors may be vampires…or just wild for the nightlife; reflecting on Halloween paranoia, and could the weird happenings of 2016 (presidential election, the Cubs/Indians World Series) signal the end of humanity?; “Halloween Safety” (1977); ; trying some Bacardi Pumpkin Spice Rum; Reddit rumors about zombie improprieties down at the Sloss Fright Furnace Haunted House; that time I got kicked out of Sloss for kicking an aggressive actor in the groin; “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” on Nickelodeon and, specifically, “The Tale of Laughing in the Dark” with Zeebo the Clown; walking home alone at night when I was a kid; “Salute Your Shorts” and Zeke the Plumber; learning about the true meaning of Halloween through a solitaire Internet trivia contest.

All music is for this episode is Creative Commons Licensed (Non-commercial/Attribution/No Derivatives and/or Share-Alike) and is available on Free Music Archive.

Featured Music: “JBB Presents” by William Hellfire; “Vampires in my Neighborhood” by Mors Ontologica; “Witch on Fire” by Dan Mechior; “I Think I’m a Ghost” by Ed Shrader’s Music Beat; “Vampire’s Kiss” by The Sonics; “I’m Not Psychotic” by Dylan Palme “Graveyard” by Trailer Bride

Backing Music: “Spiders and Syringes/Escape/Whacked” by Lee Rosevere; “Welcome to HorrorLand” by Kevin McLeod; “Green Monster” by Jesse Spillane; “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by The Itchy Creeps

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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Join Mike at the Oak Hill Cemetery for the Underground Film Festival. Be sure to check out the Video Livestream of this episode for max enjoyment!  (Part 1/Part 2)

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Music for tonight’s episode:  “These Fair Hands”, “True Hearts” by Nick Jaina. All music is Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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1:07:27 – Mike’s out of the studio tonight, but enjoy a collection of his contributions to The Overnightscape Central, which posts every Monday night at onsug.com. Segments include: Strange Places (September ’16); Cereal (June ’11); 1950’s movies (August ’15), and; Rock n’ Roll (August ’15).

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

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1:08:11 – Join Mike outside on a Friday night, where he explores old TV movies about H. Ross Perot and Iranian hostages, and laments the possibility that we’re all living in a Matrix reality.

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Detailed show notes: “On Wings of Eagles” (1986 TV movie), starring Richard Crenna as Ross Perot; the 1979 Iranian Revolution; “Argo” (2012); Ross Perot; grilling on the back porch on a Friday night; “Hail Caesar” (2016); weird political seasons (2016, 2000, 1992); the Ross Perot infomercials from ’92 were filmed in the same studio as Joe Bob Briggs’s “Drive-In Theater” in Dallas, Texas; late night horror hosts; reading Joe Bob’s response to an e-mail I sent him about Ross Perot; congrats to Alex for being a new, first-time dad; shout out to Miss S’s 12th grade History class at the local high school for listening to my show; Elon Musk is funding research to investigate if we are living in the Matrix; alternate worlds; “Mayberry RFD” and depressing sitcom spin-offs; “The Ropers”; advice to Norman Fell and all other actors of successful sitcoms past NOT to do spin-offs; and more!

Music for tonight’s episode:  “These Fair Hands”, “True Hearts” by Nick Jaina. All music is Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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1:28:30 — Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he gets all paranoid playing scary VR games. Also, dive into an investigation of 1980s “body switch” movies.

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Detailed show notes: Encountered a drug deal while walking the dog; Fall has come to Birmingham; getting used to “Jingle Palette” cart program to mix in music as I talk; movie drug deals vs. real life drug deals; is Birmingham as great and on the upswing as everyone here says it is?; “Big” (1988) starring Tom Hanks, perceptions of this movie when I was a kid vs. watching it as an adult; “body switch” movies of the 1980s (“Like Father, Like Son”, “Vice Versa”, “All of Me”); got a greenscreen and rigged up some lights for video content; a venture into world of VR with the horror game “Alone”; getting freaked out playing VR; practical uses for VR as it moves out of its youth; Remembering Arnold Palmer, PGA pro, who passed away last week, and the Hertz commercials he did with OJ Simpson — also that time he locked eyes with my mom in 1984; “Seinfeld” episode “The Jacket” based on author Richard Yates, who taught at my college alma mater in Alabama; drinking the last bit of my favorite sweet tea that exists in Birmingham — is doing a podcast a “tea worthy” occassion”, and; more…

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Music for tonight’s episode: “Something” by Kai Engel; “Call for Surrender”, “Dance Rocket”, “Descent of the Goober Monster” by Jesse Spillane; “City in Ruins” by Mescares; “These Fair Hands”, “True Hearts” by Nick Jaina. All music is Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released October 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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53:49 – Join Mike outside on a Friday night, exploring the trends of 2016 — most notably this weird “clownspotting” epidemic, and whether or not its some viral marketing stunt for some stupid Rob Zombie movie, or just a bunch of pathetic improv losers trying to scare children.

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Detailed show notes: the 2nd day of Fall; Sam Adams Octoberfest; doing a show outside because the studio is too hot; trends of 2016 — off-their-rocker politicians, Pokemon Go, clowns; clowns spotted in South Carolina and Alabama offering kids candy and money; Stephen King’s “It”; clowns in “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” (1986); the “Ernest” character played by Jim Varney; the Midnight Citizen studio is currently under construction, and; a bit more…

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53:52 – Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night.

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Detailed show notes: the evolution of “Dear John” letters; how to keep a Frog alive; Auntie Litter; my ex-roommate Hunter’s video editing work he did for Auntie Litter show up on the Comedy Central show “@Midnight” this week; “Dear John” TV show; technical problems bring yet another show to an early end.

Music for tonight’s episode: “Something” by Kai Engel; “Call for Surrender”, “Dance Rocket”, “Descent of the Goober Monster” by Jesse Spillane; “City in Ruins” by Mescares; “These Fair Hands”, “True Hearts” by Nick Jaina. All music is Creative Commons License: Attribution, Share-Alike.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released September 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.