1:59:46 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night in Birmingham, AL.
Show Notes: Will movie theaters survive COVID 2020?; my new year’s resolution to not go to the movies is working out; memories of my first job working at the Carmike Dollar Theater in Birmingham; Music Break*; Book: “The Crying of Lot 49†by Thomas Pynchon (1965); looking for codes around us; paranoia; Movie: “Under the Silver Lakeâ€(2018); how the George Floyd protest turned into a riot in Birmingham last Sunday night; Video Street Video Store**; Tales from Viscauga, AL: this week, a washed-up coach and his ragtag little leaguers find their heart for baseball, while the emasculated mayor finds his….spine.
Video Street Video Store: 1990 Pizza Hut “Makin’ it Great†Baseball Video from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VHS; 1997 AMC Theaters Employee Training Video.
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1:34:02 — Join Mike in the studio for the first time in three years.
Show Notes: Why I was once suspected of being a mad bomber at the Statue of Liberty; Life During Quarantine (teaching, reading, sleeping, attending events like funerals in alternate ways); somehow my job has brought me back to the Midnight Citizen studio; Music Break*; Reading a “You’re Welcome†letter from President Trump; Supplementing income during Covid time with Doordash, Postmates — well, I got fired from Doordash, and I’ll tell you the story; Jurassic Park book (1990); Video Street Video Store**; “Tales from Viscauga, ALâ€: this week, Senior Mac Nix refuses to graduate in obscurity, and decides to pull off an epic prank for his school to remember him by.
**Video Street Video Store: 1990 Sam Goody “Wrap It Up†commercial; Ames Department Store Asset Protection Awareness training video; Penn and Teller MonsterVision segment.
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1:30:08 –Â Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night, where he recalls the Downtown Drive-In, a deceased project that is 5 years old this week, but still very much alive in an altered form at the Oak Hill Cemetery. Also: what a dream I had about Vin Diesel and a Zippo lighter could mean for our society…
Show Notes: that time I saw a hot air balloon get a parking ticket; Oak Hill Cemetery, 1871; remembering the Downtown Drive-In, which was this week 5 years ago; Music Break*; Adam West; Roger Moore, and remembering a story I once wrote about him; Video Street Video Store**; went to see a live NPR radio broadcast; aggressive society (Liberals vs. Conservatives); a dream I had about that actor Vin Diesel and a Zippo lighter; Music Break*; “Sinkwood Summer 1981” blog I am contributing to.
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1:34:38 –Â Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he mourns the passing of his good friend Vince…as he moves back to LA, and recalls the last few months of his visit back to his roots in Birmingham. It was all like a beloved TV sitcom that comes back for a limited time…
Show Notes: this week’s syncroncities involving Oklahoma City; my failed efforts at home improvement, and admitting failure to a 90-year-old cabinet door catch; saying goodbye to my friend Vince, who is currently on his way back to LA — and excursions in projects including “Creepfest” and “Fred’s Oasis”, our exploitation horror film we shot in 2004; music break*; Brookstone, my 2007 employer at the Riverchase Galleria, closed; every place I work closes; “Movie Magic” show of the 90’s; cool movie special fx with models, pyrotechnics, etc.; “Alien: Covenant”; computers are ruining movies; “Vineland” by Thomas Pynchon; is there a difference between “literature” and genre?; Sherman Oaks Galleria; “Twin Peaks: the Return”;
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40:49 –Â Enjoy a rainy night with Mike on the porch as he contemplates life and other topics. Also, a sort-of review of “Guardians of the Galaxy”.
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Show Notes: Is there anything new under the moon?; melting a toy soldier under the moonlight; when Keurigs break down, and other flaws of future technology; “Back to the Future, Part II”; can anything new be accomplished?; tales from human resources; the story of “Weird-o Ed” at the Galleria, and how he lost me a job at Lens Crafters; Music Break*; is the Midnight Citizen coming to an end, and how far will I go to get people to listen to an ENTIRE show?
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1:42:27 –Â Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he laments the closing of Godiva Chocolates at the Riverchase Galleria, and wonders why there are no mall museums that remember the history of that most coveted of suburban past times. Also: a review of “S-Town”.
Show Notes: they need to build mall museums; the history of land in Alabama, and how we have no regard for history in America; Godiva Chocolates; my thoughts have no where to go when I don’t do a podcast; “Better Call Saul”; the crazy people you meet when you work at the mall; Music Break*; Glamour Shots; “Gone with the Pope”; Director Jonathan Demme; “S-Town” podcast, Woodstock, AL, and finding the world’s most famous “Little Caesars” restaurant; two worlds in Alabama; what would I be like today if I remained in the country?; the Alabama Cable Network; folksiness runs through my DNA; Video Street Video Store**; Bill Nye and other celebrities with dark sides; Episode 209!; “RoboCop”; Music Break*; “Five Came Back” documentary on Netflix; “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; Dennis Miller.
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1:18:46 –Â Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he laments the things we do for money, the Unicorn Frappuccino, and wonders if anyone — any more — likes working. Also, bad job interview memories.
Show Notes: “Welcome to Moe’s” and other insincere gestures by fast food joints; “Undercover Boss”; the Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino; no one seems to like their jobs; are we in a peak age of media consumption?; Music Break*; that time I went on a job interview and got busted by the cops; playing Jeopardy with Alexa; Video Street Video Store**; weird Christian pressure going on in youth groups; I had a whole episode of “The Overnightscape Central” dedicated to me; proximity friendships; Music Break*; Roddy Piper; Sutter Kane.
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Thanks to BiCoastal Becky for the kind words, and PQ Ribber & Jimbo for the songs inspired by this show. Check out the episode of “The Overnightscape Central” dedicated to me.
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49:47 –Â Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he recounts meeting the stars of 1987’s “The Monster Squad” at last week’s Chattanooga Film Festival — and being interviewed by them for a doc they’re making about the movie’s fans. It was like winning the poor man’s Nobel Prize!
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Check out my last two accounts of the of the Chattanooga Film Festival — 2015 and 2016!
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1:02:44 –Â Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he ponders the question:Â if a tree falls in a forest and no one takes a picture of it, does it make a sound? Also, a look at the new “It” trailer.
Show Notes: I got an idea for a movie; existential dilemmas of our times; if no one’s listening to my show, is it worth doing?; Disney World;Â “All That Jazz” (1979); bad finances; lighting a Midnight Citizen Tobacco Coffee candle; playing “Jeopardy” with Alexa; “Highlights for Children” magazine;Â follow-up on favorite movies poll from last week’s show; Music Break; the new trailer for Stephen King’s “It”;Â annoying “Can You Hear Me Now” guy switching teams;Â we need to stop the whole “mic drop” thing;Â a trip to the Video Street Video Store; Books-A-Million in 2003.
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Check out my buddy Josh’s web comic over at RGBros.com.
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