Episode 233: “My Short Career As A Con Artist” (2/19/22)
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1: 37:36 — Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…
…where he recalls the time he scammed himself a free pizza from Domino’s (unsuccessfully), and talks about “Inventing Anna”, a Netflix series showcasing the millennial scam culture. Also, more scams of the rich and famous, and another trip to the Video Street Video Store!
Check out the detailed show notes here.
*Music Break: “Slipping Away” by Jack Adkins; “Idiot Revival” by Blood Lontra. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org.
Video Street Video Store: “What is a Yuppie”/Yuppies in London (1987); Music Channel Promo – TV-61, Phoenix Arizona.
Check out the complete Video Street Video Store playlist here!
Nightcam: Venice Beach – Los Angeles, CA
Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …”It happens sometimes. People just explode. Natural causes.”
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released February 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.


3:26:45 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: The attic window, weirdly warm and breezy, CAO Flathead 660, pandemic reflections, mysteries of 209, The Hitcher (1985), Year of the Dragon (1985), The Hitchhiker (TV series), Owyn Elite Pro – No Nut Butter, Alakazam Oaks, Circus of Power, Last Action Hero (1993), beans and tofu memory, Edict Zero – FIS, Profit (TV series), Murder One (TV series), Douglas Trumbull dead at 79, Sy Sperling died in 2020, Alamo Drafthouse, The Ovrstreet Comic Book Price Guide to Lost Universes, CBD Oil, KOF XV, Maxim font, world of illusion, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:46:17)… Gospelgoose(step) by Sans Blanc [FreeMusicArchive, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Schmerler Ford – “With A Voice Like Mine” (Commercial, 1980) [FuzzyMemories.TV], The Mexican Hovercraft by Fuzzy Daupner [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], The Games of Starcade – Pop Flamer [YouTube], Dear Old Southland by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Monsanto’s House Of Plastics [collection], Going Places (excerpt) [Archive.org, public domain], Orchard Games by Tree Bag Ask [Onsug, CC BY 4.0], Dear Courtney (Part 1) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dear Courtney (Part 2) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], Dear Courtney (Part 3) [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0].
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3:11:19 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Hanging out with the puppet people, Horizons, plastic fruit, Westward HO!e in One, manifest destiny, dwarf planets, America’s 250th “Sestercentennial”, Snapple, root beer chewing gum, American Freedom Train, Phrivl: Interdimensional Mansons, bubble light synchronicity, The Compleat Evil Farm, Tato Skins, Ziggy, Bowlerama, Chatterbox, credit cards, Pluto Return, Gonggong, Dr. Mazzei update, Ignatius Wallops, Weird University, Phish Mexico streams, chocolate cigar, Super Bowl XVI, “crypto” commercials, and much more… plus the Other Side (at 2:40:42)… Sky Rockets Rag by Polar Lion [Onsug, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0], CHiPS pull over HR Pufnstuf ! S01EP08 [YouTube], Sarequ (fake Boards of Canada song, origin unknown) [collection], At The Movies – Blade Runner, etc. (1982) [collection], Gimme by Christine [Jamendo, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], Chillin’ FM going legal [via Webm8 productions], Shuffle On by zinger & Lunchquake [Ubiktune, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0], STEAM ENGINE TRAIN NOSTAGLIA – 1975 [YouTube], Bronze barrels of ammonia by Dead Planet Surfers [Archive.org, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0], MESA VERDE 1975 [YouTube], Three Figures by The Maravines [Archive.org, public domain].
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