The Overnightscape Underground

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58:49 — Mike hangs out in the woods this week and talks about existing in the outer margins of football fandom in the South. Other topics include: the movie “Death Valley” (1982) with a young pre-“Christmas Story” Peter Billingsley; new suggested methods of drawing for Secret Santa; possible future meet-up with Bi-Coastal Becky; “Creepfest” is dead, for now; movie review — “Captain Phillips”; the problems of “based on a true story”; and more!

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1:31:40 — There’s plenty to ramble about after a week’s break, including: hanging out at work on a cold, windy day after everyone’s left the office; a brief history of Red Mountain Park; fast-forward to a couple days later where I’m hanging out at Brookwood Mall; various mall jobs I’ve had; Blockbuster Video going out of business; working at Suncoast Video vs. Blockbuster; “Dear Mr. Watterson” documentary about “Calvin and Hobbes”; taking a new route homre from Brookwood to Lakeview; via Mountain Brook Village and the Jemison Trail; some Birmingham history; southern hospitality; Harper Lee’s lawsuit against “To Kill a Mockingbird” gift shop in Monroeville, AL; moving on from the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham; and a lot more!

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1:34:11 — Mike walking around Wal-Mart in the morning and talking about stuff, including: looking at camping supplies, backpacks; medium “Crestwood Blend” coffee from the Crestwood Coffee Shop; the song “5 o’Clock World”; different Birmingham radio stations; looking at TVs; I got a new TV, but should I now get a Blu-Ray?; differences between standard and hi-def; meditating on dreams and the moods they give you; looking for a new scratching post for my cat Dobby; checking out the candy Kane Christmas music kiosk; checking out toys, Ninja Turtles; HDMI cable for XBox; looking at Blu-Rays, new games; “Blurred Lines” and its lawsuits; Joe Bob Briggs; Creepfest, and a lot more…

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1:18:16 — Mike at work and home, winding down after a long Halloween. Topics include: foley artists of the movies; “Jurassic Park” sound fx; Christmas roll-out day in retail; waiting to leave work; “The Twilight Zone” episode where the prisoner is banished to an isolated planet; Tommy Wiseau and “The Room”, “The Tommy Wi-show”; waiting for Jessica to pick me up; coffee drama on the bus; sitting outside the apartment on a Friday night; justifying your off day time, smoking cigars; documentary — “Lost in La Mancha” (2001); “Ghost Bandit” caught on security cam raiding an ABC Liquor Store in Gadsden, AL; the BBC show “Ghost Watch” (spoilers); the dangers of contacting the dead, and more!

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1:07:38 — Mike attempts to find the true meaning of Halloween, as he takes in the holiday decor and Fall air in Forest Park. Topics include: Southern Pecan coffee from Keurig; struggling to get in the holiday mood; “Hocus Pocus” (1993); every year seems to be a carbon copy of the last; previous Halloweens, costumes; smoking a cigar; the all-American town of Edgewood; Rick and Bubba’s new studio in Vestavia; Rifftrax Live; Freemasons, and more!

You can check out the 2010 Midnight Citizen Halloween Special where I host “The House on Haunted Hill” here.

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1:10:19 — Mike walking around and talking about more stuff, like: a tale of two towns in Alabama, Guin and Gu-win; critical summer for drive-in theaters; curbside ordering at Chick-Fil-A; riding the bus; I need a second mode of transportation; Halloween and scary movie time; throwing a party; laziness and pot smoking; and much more!

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1:29:03 — Mike at work and walking around on a blustery day in Birmingham, AL. Topics include: the “lost” MC episode; hanging up on my mother; “Breaking Bad” and Brian Cranson; “Terror Tract” (1999); Geo-caching; Grand Theft Auto Online; “Undercover Boss”; throw-away recliner; day off — sitting on the porch Saturday morning with coffee and a cigar; 1990s “preview channel”; cable news; and more!

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1:38:06 — Most excellent field audio abounds from Birmingham, Alabama. Topics include: riding the bus and saving dough; the Crossfit fad; Grand Theft Auto V review; “Breaking Bad” (no spoilers, don’t worry); a visit to the spooky Camp Tranquility at Oak Mountain State Park, and much more…

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1:50:42 — A series of field recordings on this low-key return, including a walk in the park, a walk in the cemetery, and hanging out at the Downtown Drive-In.

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1:45:15 – Mike in the studio late at night. Topics include: searching for Boss Hogg’s Cadillac; graduation; being a college DJ; phases of The Midnight Citizen; reverse nostalgia; field audio – a visit to the Bumper Nets arcade at the Riverchase Galleria; book review – “Ready Player One”; movie review – “Django Unchained” (2012); Germans; and much more!

All music for this episode is under a Creative Commons Share-Alike license. All music is available on Jamendo.com: Lead-in theme is “ch07-31Ko” by Mister Electric Demon; “Habitual Ritual” and “Nebulous Notions” by Revolution Void; “Solitude”; “9mm” and “Joie” by Logan; “Panta Rhei” and “It’s too Bad” by Vulturius; “No-Trace Land” by XL Ant; “Sultan Soul” by Bayou Trio, and; “Dancing” by Jahzarr.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Attribution by Mike Boody.

Released May 2013, on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com) and The Midnight Citizen (midnightcitizen.com).