Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night, on the eve of his 40th birthday…

…where he wonders if a chance meeting with Salman Rushdie once rendered him unable to distinguish between truth and fiction. Also: the truth that great fiction makes us see the world in unreal and alternate ways. And a toast to Kenneth Starr, the great romance novelist of the 1990’s, who dies this week at 76.

*Music Break: “American English” by the Canoes; “Spontaneous Disappearance” by Blue Lotus

Backing Music: “Danger Night Expedition” by Lobo Loco; “Up, Then Down” by Way Lyricist; “Sailing Away” by HoliznaCCO; “Tuesday Night (Radio Edit) ” by Marteen Schellekens; “Abstract Technology” by Scott Holmes; Loyalty Freak Music.

All music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “City Slickers” documentary (1991)

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! …”I was watchin’ a guy castrate a horse.”

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

Join Mike in the studio on a Saturday night…

…where he attempts to hold the world’s first convention via telepathy, and recounts his first week back on campus as a full-time graduate student. They won’t let him save on rent by moving into a dorm. Also: why’s everybody so upset about student loan forgiveness?

*Music Break: “You Shake Me” by Stompin’ Riff Raffs; “Nothing at All” 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: Sunsphere Ad, 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee; Salman Rushdie: The 60 Minutes Interview (1990)

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! …“Flunk me? Hey, Kurt, you speak English? Flunk YOU!”

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 on a Saturday night…

…where he mourns the passing of Summer 2022 while wishing the world were more backwards compatible – you know, like computer software in the 90s. Also, colleges nationwide encourage their students to withhold their urges…at least in the showers, and a toast to Salman Rushdie, who DID NOT DIE after the long-standing Fatwa on his life was nearly executed last week.

*Music Break: “Take to the Skies” by Forget the Whale (album: “Take to the Skies”); “Chalk It Up to the Blues” by Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite BoysAll music is played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and is available at the Freemusicarchive.org. 

Video Street Video Store: “Community Helpers: School Workers” (1980)

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! …”FATWA! Gotta run I thought I ough-taaaa!”

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.