The Midnight Citizen

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night…

…where he rejects the notion of having a mid-life crisis despite all the warning signs. If anything, with all the advances in modern medicine, he’s having a quarter-life crisis.

*Music Break: “Star Wars Saloon” by John Lopker (Album: “Spaceship Earth”; “Twenty-Five” by Delay 77 (Album: “Don’t Stare at the Sun”). All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “Burn Cycle” Game Trailer (1995); “Game Crazy” Training Video (2003)

Check out the complete Video Street Video Store playlist here!

Nightcam: The Windmill Bar – St. John, USVI

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Our father who art in heaven/let him stay there.”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released August 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Join Mike in the studio at night…

…where he hobnobs with movie stars, runs afoul of bandits and gentlemen conmen, and shotguns Coronas with Mexican gangsters.

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“I’m not the phone company. NO ONE’S the phone company anymore.”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released April 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night…

…where he wonders if the self-esteem movement of the 80s made him a millennial snowflake? Nope – he watched the sick entertainment of Jim Henson. Also, anti-antiwork, and VR’s last play. Will we all end up cartoons in a cartoon graveyard?

*Music Break: “I’ll Almost Get us There” by Derek Clegg; “Citizen’s Arrest” by Dazie Mae. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available as a mixtape at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: ABC News Report: “Virtual Reality 1991”

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Nightcam: The Pier at Huntington Beach, CA.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night…

…where he navigates through a haze of confusion and paranoia, egged on by high gas prices, noises of flatulence, and misunderstood song lyrics. Also, an ordinary trip to the drug store results in an accidental time trip back to middle school.

*Music Break: “Hipster Girls” by The Spin Wires; “That’s a Beat” by Ketsa. All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “Batman Returns Talk Show Backlash” (1992)

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Nightcam: Leavenworth, Washington

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …”I gotta motor if I’m gonna make the funeral.”

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2022 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Mike's out of the studio this week, but enjoy this oldie from March 2016.

Show Notes: Join Mike in the basement on a rainy Saturday night. Topics include: porch podcasting plans destroyed; making coffee; doing a show in the basement with the garage door open and looking out on the rainy night; stormy night nightmares and dreaming this week that I was trapped inside an 80s dead teenager movie with a bunch of stereotypes; describing the dim, shadowy basement; just saw “10 Cloverfield Lane”, and spoiler-free review; John Goodman; attended TEDx Talks today; moving to action vs. slacking; is it best just to sit out being proactive or join the game and mobilize; being a sideline commentator in life and how all my heroes have done the same and I’m just now realizing it, and; much more!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Non-commercial Share-Alike License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2016 on The Midnight Citizen and The Overnightscape Underground.

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

…where he wonders if he really learned anything in kindergarten – since life is so tough, and recites a better credo to live life by: the repo code.

Check out the detailed show notes here.

*Music Break: “Bellweather” by Man Woman Child; “Get Me a Job” 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: AOL Corporate Video (Early 1990’s); Jean Shepherd on “Shepherd’s Pie” – New Jersey Public Television (c. 1977)

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Nightcam: Ober Gatlinburg – Gatlinburg, TN

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“Never open your mouth until you know what the shot is.”

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.

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.

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

…where he tearfully looks back on his long-lasting relationship with his bank, and how he regretfully had to break it off. Also, Mike attempts to yodel, and remembers Cousin Cliff Holman, Birmingham’s own “Kansas City Star”.

*Music Break: “The Machine Stops” by The Miseryslims; “The Milky Way” by HolinzaCCO (album: “An Ocean in Outer Space”). All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “‘Training Day’ Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video Training Film (c. 2006).

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“I didn’t come with pants, and I’m not leaving with pants!”

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.

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

…where he discovers new uses for the Zippo, as the American military did during Vietnam, and contemplates the long, complicated history of sentence diagramming. Also, will the kids take over when they realize the adults don’t know what they’re doing?

*Music Break: “Blackout Romeo” by the Spin Wires; “Hawaii 5-0 (CB-203)” by Checkie Brown All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “Video Toaster 4000” Promo Video (1994); “Over the Edge” (1979) trailer.

Check out the complete Video Street Video Store playlist here!

Check out the website over at mikeboody.com/themidnightcitizen, with links to old episodes on Archive.org, and join the Facebook page! …“My name is John Johnson, but everyone here calls me Vicki.”

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.

Join Mike in the studio late on a Saturday night…

Where he burns a bourbon-whisky scented candle he made, and wonders when the American “boy” becomes the American “man”. Perhaps it’s when he gets his first Boy Scout Handbook? Or maybe when he finds out the Boy Scouts are a sham? 

Also: memories of the Boy Scouts (all I got from it was a first place medal for the Pinewood Derby, a competition I cheated at); why I quit the Boy Scouts of America; the “manly” art of chandlery (candle making); Mancaves, and the modern obsession with being a “man” in the Teddy Roosevelt/Ernest Hemingway-sense; Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt novel explored the notions of the American man as a role and facade; Music Break*; the waning days of summer; announcement this week that my 20 year high school reunion will be held in September, but I probably won’t go; signs of aging; a trip to the Video Street Video Store**; another Criterion haul from the Barnes and Noble (Medium Cool, Salesman -- both 1969).