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Fusebox #153  “Bozo Battalion”

25:00- A Hasty Clown Car Retreat Is Requested, Joys of Digitalia, Portland in Flames? A Glutton of Optics, 4 More Years? Fusebox ID Liner, Upstanding Outcast in the Corner There, Hurricane Laura, Milt’s Memory, Cash in the Bank, Breaking Bovine News: Butt Eyes, Torched-Face First Lady on Public Display. 

No clowning around thanks to our contributor, Erin Lehn .

Co-producing and session audio assistance by Milt Kanes.  

Co-produced by Jeff Pollard.

All music and post production by Marc Rose and Fuse

Fusebox show art design by POLLARDdesign.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.  

Attribution: by Marc Rose  Released September 9th, 2020 

Fusebox Face Masks!!  Read! Rise! Resist!

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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.

*Music Break: “It’s Time” by Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys; “Rip Van Winkle” by Shannon and the Clams”. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Check out the new website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …You just do your thing, and I will do mine…

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Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.

Show notes: Why does improvisational theatre get such a bad rap? Two improv-themed shows on Netflex: “Middleditch and Schwartz” and “Don’t Think Twice”; 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?”; cool guys in 80’s films; Video Street Video Store**; hindsight is 2020, like the year.

*Music Break: “Necrofago” by Dr. Frankenstein;  “Evil Itch” by The Space Merchants. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

**Video Street Video Store: Early AOL Commercial (1995); DIVX Promo Video (1998)

Check out the new website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, as well as the livestream of tonight’s show on YouTube, and join the Facebook page! …You just do your thing, and I will do mine!…

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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.  

*Music Break: “State of Mine” by The Crevulators; “Out All Night” by The Riptones All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

**Video Street Video Store: “1982 World’s Fair”

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.

Backing music for tonight’s episode: “Hendrixy Slow Blues Backing Jam Track” (YouTube); “Blues in A Minor Backing Track” (Gilad Perry); Petti Music Studios (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

Check out the new website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …You might be able to solve a mystery…
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1:09:54 — Join Mike on the porch late on a Tuesday night. 

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.

Check out the the new Midnight Citizen website with links to old episodes on  Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …Film is just photography, 24 times a second…

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released July 2020 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

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50:39 – Another trawl through pop culture obscurities, in which we uncover the depressing reality behind seventies British sex comedies, celebrate those unsung heroes of TV and film – the supporting players and character actors, watch London destroyed by a man in a lizard suit, explore the commodification of freedom, before looking at those non-racist racists we all know. All this and more, including:

Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976) excerpt ¦ Adventures in Smut ¦ Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate (1978) excerpt ¦ More Adventures in Smut ¦ Adventures of a Taxi Driver opening and closing theme ¦ Eugene Deckers ¦ Random Movie Trailer – Gorgo (1961) ¦ Forgotten Film: Mister Freedom (1968) ¦ Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) excerpt (featuring Christopher Neil and Diana Dors) ¦ Sex Ban? ¦ The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973) trailer ¦ ‘I’m Not Racist, But…’

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Released Jun 2020 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.

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2:21:18 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night.

Show Notes: Exciting things are going down at the Piggly Wiggly, now that the machines have arrived; witnessed a sad old lady shouting at a self checkout kiosk; why do we trust machines more than humans?; this week is the eighth anniversary of the Downtown Drive-in, my pop up theater that succeeded before it failed horribly; are drive-in’s making a comeback? Because they should; Music Break*; sipping some Evan Williams, and remembering the time I was made fun of by a little fella in the liquor store for buying some “cheap” whiskey; people are pretending the pandemic is over; protest update from Birmingham, AL; Video Street Video Store**; Tales from Viscauga, AL: this week, after an especially painful breakup with his girlfriend, Jim sets out on a quest to find a mysterious videotape.  

Music Break: “Long John’s Jump” by Daddy Long Legs; “Running Eiskrokodil” by Lobo Loco. All music is released under the Creative Commons License: Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivatives. Available on freemusicarchive.org.

Video Street Video Store: “Rock, It’s Your Decision”; “‘USA Up All Night’ — ‘Vampire on Bikini Beach’”; “How Can I Tell if I’m Really in Love?”

Backing music for tonight’s episode: “Hendrixy Slow Blues Backing Jam Track” (YouTube release); “Blues in A Minor Backing Track” (Youtube User: Gilad Perry); “Machinery” by Eddy (CC: Attribution, Noncommercial, Share-Alike; Petti Music Studios (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike).

Check out the livestream of tonight’s show with pre- and post-show coverage, as well as the new Midnight Citizen website with links to old episodes on  Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …Let’s go get sushi, and not pay…

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2:48:12 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Late entry for the cardboard recycling, Smup House II at Suds, day 91 of the crisis, script, the expired rhubarb yogurt, Usolopy Dingomeyer 456, Zopp, Angry Elf cigar, walk in the storm, CHAZ, Bloomfield walk, new businesses, Uncle Floyd, 7-11, orange sodas, Orange Vanilla Coke, Comics Revue, Tarzan, yacht rock, mosquitoes, cardinal birdsong, air lane, AI friends, Truck-A-Dub-Tub World’s First Hot Tub in a Truck, Real People, news, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:07:25)… Crumbling Castle by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard [Bandcamp, CC BY-ND 3.0], Wiley (excerpt) [collection], Raganera by Richard St. Clair [IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], NBC commercial break – November 26, 1978 (part 1) [YouTube], ‘The Trip’ – Movie Promo Spot [Archive.org], Sabrina by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Computer and Console Boot Sounds Compilation [Archive.org].

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2:37:10 â€“ Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Nylon memory, day 89 of the crisis, New Jersey innovation, La Gloria Cubana, The Doors mystery, temporal disruption, Shock Treatment (1981), rest room, wandering the parks and streets, gated community, storage units, Stuff I Sold on eBay in 2003, the books, comic books, around the fire pit with Denice, holograms, Real People, To Relax in 2005, Nick from The Motor Excursion Ruffians, weddings, NJ stay-at-home order lifted, black cat, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 1:56:42)… HBO May 1981 preview & bumpers [YouTube], Weird October Beast [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dotchidabe – Bis by Büromaschinen [Upitup Records, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], She Puts The Dust On You by Wead [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Of Better Times by Bing Satellites [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Into the Night by Doug Rice [Rainbowland, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty – Chapter 1 [Podiobooks, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Monster Vitamins Commercial starring Vincent Price [YouTube], Redolence of Love by Sudharshan Varadarajan [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Road Kings (Williams) (1986) [PinMAME], Moments are Moments by The Saint Valentine State [EardrumsPop, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].

License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Frank Edward Nora – more info at TheOvernightscape.com

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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 Lake” (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.

Music Break: “Thorough Queen” by The Agrarians (CC License – Noncommercial, Share-Alike); “Pretend” by Malyssa Bellarosa (CC License – Share-Alike) 

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.

Backing music for tonight’s episode: “Last Energy of the Day” (Public Domain); Petti Music Studios (CCO 1.0 Universal, attribution, noncommercial, share-alike).

Check out “The Midnight Citizen” on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …Keep circulating the tapes!…

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released June 2020 on The Overnightscape Underground.