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The Midnight Citizen

Your late night broadcast from Birmingham, AL. mikesbonfire.substack.com Since 2010, Host Mike Boody has been giving you a unique blend of personal stories, takes on pop culture, and reflections on everyday life, all in a candid, free-flowing monologue-style. Recorded in the quiet hours, The Midnight Citizen offers an intimate, nostalgic listening experience—part memoir, part cultural diary, always honest and offbeat.

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VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE -- Episode 4

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/06/11

And hellooooooo, everybody! Time to go back down again to the VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE — return some old tapes and pick up some new ones. It’s a busy week for me as I wrap up teaching kids how to write plays at summer camp, so I only have time now for three videos, as opposed to the usual four. Despite our smaller haul this week, what we’ve got is still pretty great. So sit back and enjoy! And if you’re new to this here Substack, feel free to go back and check out previous episodes of the VIDEO

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The Midnight Citizen 262: "Lounge Lizard"

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/06/08

Join Mike out back for a drink as he decompresses from a hectic week of teaching summer camp and remembers the life and times of Wayne Newton, who’s still alive, but, ya know, kinda forgotten these days…In other news: we’re watching Joe Bob Briggs host “Donnie Darko” (2001) on his late night horror show, “The Last Drive-In”. Also: what the h-e-double-hell is “Donnie Darko” about anyway? And recounting the career resurgence of Drive-In movie critic Joe Bob Briggs — how he’s gone from a forgotten 90s

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38:40

VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE -- Episode 3

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/06/04

With all that’s goin on in the world, let’s go back down to the VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE! The VSVS is a regular feature on my weekly podcast THE MIDNIGHT CITIZEN. I record each podcast live, and do very little post-production, which means that sometimes, in the middle of a show, I gotta take a break. When I do, I give you the VSVS, a dive into the analog weirdness of our shared pop culture heritage — collages that are designed to soothe, amuse, and, sometimes, outright disturb.For all future trips

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105:18

The Midnight Citizen 261: "The Monster Fraud"

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/06/01

Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he remembers the time he met the cast of 1987’s “The Monster Squad,” and how they took off with his social security number. Also, are movies over? That’s the question after the mega-budget “Mad Max” movie bombed last week. Mike investigates, though he gets sidetracked by how much a Youtuber talking about the same subject looks like a werewolf. Anyway…In other news: the real-life “Dennis the Menace,” awaiting trial for terrorizing his neighborhood with a

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33:07

VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE -- Episode 2

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/05/28

Here we go again with another bigger, longer cut of THE VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE! Keep in mind that the VSVS is a regular feature on THE MIDNIGHT CITIZEN podcast — some videos I play in the middle of my live show so I can take a break and, hopefully, surprise you with a deep dive into the analog weirdness of our shared cultural chaos. For all future episodes, as well as The Midnight Citizen, your late-night broadcast from Birmingham, AL, be sure to, ya know…A new show drops every Saturday night

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94:35

The Midnight Citizen 260: "Rubber Bullets and...

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/05/25

Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he mulls over the mental gymnastics of playing violent video games. Does good karma extend to the virtual world also?Be sure to…ya know… A new show drops every Saturday night!In other news, I’m sequestered in my house lately due to (yet another!) car issue; my absurd back-and-forth with a service lady at the dealership; a new “Adults Only” library in Idaho; what the Kevin Bacon movie “White Water Summer” (1987) can teach teachers about teaching; the

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VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE -- Episode 1

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/05/21

Starting this week, I’m giving you bigger, longer, uncut episodes of a feature that’s been a staple of THE MIDNIGHT CITIZEN podcast since something, like, 2016 — THE VIDEO STREET VIDEO STORE.I originally conceived of the VSVS back when I first started doing live studio shows. Hosting and producing a late-night show in real-time was taking a toll on my concentration and voice. To give myself a break, I began compiling collections of short, mostly retro videos for you to enjoy while I caught my

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The Midnight Citizen 259: "Dog Days in May"

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/05/18

Join Mike outside for a whiskey on a mild May night, and, later, on a drive through the streets of Birmingham, where he remembers the old 90s joke about how RadioShack wanted to know all your personal business.Also: how I got fired from my new job this week; all about my basset hound Izzy’s risky surgery to remove a mass; Larry Sanders; “The Jinx: Part II”; Roger Corman.Check out the new home over at mikesbonfire.substack.com, join the Facebook page! …“Time’s are hard, you’re afraid to pay the

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89:56

The Midnight Citizen 258: "Analog Nightmare"

The Midnight Citizen ·

2024/05/11

Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he recounts his nightmare adventure of getting his fingerprints taken for a new job, and how things got complicated due to the great cyber hack of Birmingham’s City Hall that’s still going on three months later. It’s a good example of “analog horror” that the kids are all talkin’ about!Also: what is “analog horror,” and why is it everywhere on the Internet? How it’s evolved from films like Ghost Watch (1992) and The Blair Witch Project (1999) to

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