The Overnightscape Underground

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1:41:17 – 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!

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1:35:11 – 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).

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1:51:00 – 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!

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1:37:07 – 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!

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1:29:36 – 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…

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.

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1:59:56 – 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!

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2:02:25 – 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!

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1:23:31 – 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

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.

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1:30:06 – 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!