2:15:23 — Due to tech issues with my new computer, there was not a show this week. But it was a happy accident, because now you can enjoy this rerun from July 4, 2015.
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Show notes: Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night, and also on the porches and streets of Birmingham, AL. Topics include: Happy 4th of July!; interviewing fireworks; the Dick Tracy Watch story; sarcastic Americanism; got a new coffee percolator; podcasting and misconceptions; awful movie trailers; “Jurassic World†review, and much more!
Music for this episode is from the New Midnight Cassette System by Frank Edward Nora (Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal).
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…talking about a trip he took to the beach with the church youth group in 1996, and how most of the time was spent not on the sand, but in the cold conference room of the Holiday Inn, praying and reading the bible. Yikes. He should’ve just skipped the preach and gone to the beach.
Also: I finished teaching summer camp this week; working alongside my students; teaching Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery†using dodgeball; the promise of the Internet in the 1990’s; remembering the show “227â€. Â
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Join Mike in the studio on a stormy Saturday night…
…talking about how he became a hero in the Dunkin Donuts for dealing with a “Karenâ€, and got a free donut. Also, a toast to Actor Ned Beatty, who died this week at 82, and gave us one of the most horrifying scenes in the history of cinema (it’s not the one you think).
Show Notes: Dealing with an entitled “Karen†at the coffee shop, who wouldn’t leave until she got an apology from the manager for forgetting her hashbrowns; what is a “Karenâ€, as the kids call her, and the origins of the term; five year anniversary of a woman drop-kicking her kid’s birthday cake at Kroger; the theatre dream; my trip to Nashville, wondering if I could live and work there; Music Break*; the dangerous things kids’ adventure films of the 80’s taught us; a toast to Ned Beatty; Video Street Video Store**; the epic failure of the game, “Daikatana†in 1999; the Max Headroom hack of 1987.Â
*Music Break: “Drunk†by Simon Mathewson; “Sinister†by Les Hayden. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org.Â
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1:24:13 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.
Show notes: What happens when you call the past? Do you get a “disconnected†message?; Stephen King’s “The Langoliers†shows us that the past is a dead place; survey on where people would rather travel: the past or the future?; the Baha Men; Why I would never survive in prison; Alabama is falling behind heavily on Covid vaccinations; “The Conjuring: the Devil Made Me Do Itâ€, and why these films about the supernatural vs. science are so popular right now; Ed and Lorraine Warren are B.S.; Music Break*; I saw a black market “Calvin and Hobbes†stuffed tiger this week; Summer Camp and Vacation Bible School; the vulgar origins of the campfire song, “Do Your Ears Hang Low?â€
*Music Break: “Athens†by Pierce Murphy; “Your Eyes†by Crowander. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org.
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1:16:54 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.
Show notes: My dream about exploring an old house, haunted by the ghost of Bill Cosby; adult dreams vs. childhood nightmares; it’s scary being a kid because you never know what you will see that will scar you for life; Lucid Dreaming; Music Break*; a toast to a new summer of Midnight Citizen shows; yoga is allowed back in Alabama public schools, but you can’t chant or say “Namasteâ€; thoughts on helping my grandmother move into an independent living home this week; Video Street Video Store**; life lessons from the Birmingham Batman.
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1:16:53 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night, where he reflects on becoming a Trump supporter (briefly) after a dream he had of attending the President’s Christmas party at the Plaza Hotel, and how the theory of meeting a President in person — or, even, in a dream — can greatly improve your chances of voting for him. Also, is Ellen Degeneres done for, and does anybody care?, and we drink a toast to Harvey Updyke, the world’s most dangerous football fan in arborists’ circles, who died this week at 71.
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Show notes: Why does improvisational theatre get such a bad rap? Two improv-themed shows on Netflex: “Middleditch and Schwartz†and “Don’t Think Twiceâ€; the history of improv and negative impressions; the time I embarrassed myself in an improv class with the Second City (it still makes me cringe to this day); lightning struck a tree outside my house this week; Music Break*; a toast to Regis Philbin, who passed away this week at 88; “Live with Regis and Kathy Lee†and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?â€; cool guys in 80’s films; Video Street Video Store**; hindsight is 2020, like the year.
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1:25:00 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.
Show notes: Kids drinking from glass bottle cokes elicit angry reactions from the old guard; generation gaps; it seems like my friends and I are just grown-up children, or maybe not; Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which I visited last year and thought was so beautiful,, is otherwise known as “Helltown, USA†due to urban legends of monsters and satanic cults; Music Break*; “Unsolved Mysteries†returns to Netflix in a very stripped-down, non exploitative, and boring form; Video Street Video Store**; ending the show abruptly due to audio issues.
This episode experienced some major audio issues. The music is mixed way louder than it sounded on my headphones. Thank you for your patience, and I will continue to work these bugs out and come out with a cleaner show next week.
1:09:54 — Join Mike on the porch late on a Tuesday night.Â
Show Notes: Sitting on the porch at 11:55 pm, waiting for my paycheck to come in; doing podcasts this summer; going to the Grand River Drive-In and seeing Jurassic Park, the number 1 film at the box office this week, 27 years after its release; the amazing films of 1999; my strategy for seeing “R†rated films before I was 17; Criterion Collection sale at Barnes n’ Noble starts this week (all Criterion movies are 50% off); Slacker (1991), and the non-participant films of Richard Linklater; slacker culture and arrested development.
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Show notes: Gary Puckett of the 60’s band, “Gary Puckett and the Union Gapâ€, is a perv; anti-vaccers and anti-maskers may be plants by mysterious organizations to keep us distracted; Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon; saw a guy in my neighborhood walking around like a dog, trying to sniff out some pot that he could buy; travelers from Alabama must self-quarantine in many states when they travel due to high infection rates; Music Break*; I went to my hometown of Moody, AL, where I lived from 1986-92, and sat in the dugout of my Little League baseball diamond (it was weird); Birmingham businesses that didn’t survive the pandemic; Video Street Video Store**; Tales from Viscauga, AL: this week, four friends on a camping trip solve the years-old mystery of a family’s disappearance.
