Midnight Barbecue

Season Premieres... Our's Included

2008-09-23T23:43:00.004-04:00

As you enjoy all your favorite network shows returning to the small screen this week, please welcome back The Midnight Barbecue to your computer screen, iPod, iPhone, futuristic 3-D goggles or what ever else you have going on. Sorry for the break, but we were busy chilling with other television stars taking the summer off. Like who, you ask? If you must know? Not one to drop names but; Steve Carell, Patrick Dempsey, and that obnoxious British fellow from Dancing With the Stars... I'll tell you what, Tom Bergeron can be so annoying.

UPDATE

2008-06-13T12:29:00.002-04:00

At long last, an update from the front-lines of the MB.

We apologize for the delay; just as the show was hittin' massive and ridiculous momentum, we had an unfortunate separation from Bruno and Glenn America, which halted production entirely, and brought an early end to season 2.

That said, you all will be (I hope) pleased to hear we are hard at work, and have recently completed filming of four complete new episodes that will appear on the website soon.

Included in what you will see soon in the final three shows for season 2 are the most outrageous videos we've ever aired (courtesy our friends at Who Do You Know Here? Productions), a full concert in studio from In Technicolor, the first appearance of a real, live, congressional candidate on our show (vote perriello), and the debut of Dave Vitto on the program as a part-time camera guy/dating consultant/paisan.

Last night, we taped the fourth new show, and the one that may serve as the premiere of season 3. With Steve in tow running cameras, the show featured an absurd and hysterical conversation with the band Raw Dawg (who are actually really good), which veers dangerously close to William Hamburger territory. We'll leave it at that. The show also features Adam's debut as a musical guest; playing guitar while Nick improvises some lyrics.

And yes, I have been talking about myself in the 3rd person.

Good to be back, and thanks for stickin' with us.

-mb

dating show. you heard me right.

2008-04-23T23:13:00.001-04:00

So summer is almost here, and spring relationships are at a crossroads....the MB is pleased to announce that in the next few weeks, we will be taping a show with noted dating guru Dave Vitto, plus a panel of other dignitaries in the industry. We plan to get hammered, and solve all of your problems. Start thinking of questions; either send them in (you can just respond to this message), or hold onto them until the time is right----we will let you know the number and time to call into the show.
If you want to be ON the dating advice spectacular, let us know....the doors are open and the kegerator is full.

by the way, it has been a long time since I've updated the blog. Go back and read my old posts. I warned you this would happen. Time and again.

We're back, by the way. Thanks for checking out the website.

Long live the cue

adam

(Nick, now it's on you. YOUR turn to update.)

spring break

2008-03-03T19:40:00.002-05:00

As we take a three-week (roughly) break from taping---well deserved after the frenetic pace of the last couple months---I figured I'd post a quick update....again, in bullet-point form.

-taped three shows last week....first, our scheduled guest cancelled (stuck in Arizona on a layover), so we were able to find one of our favorite people, former major college basketball coach Pete Gillen, and drag him back to the studio......then, Sparky's Flaw of Mercury Records spent 90 minutes with us (those guys are f#*&% nuts)....finally, we taped our annual NFL Mock Draft, and none other than Chris Long (the same Chris Long who will probably go number one overall in the real NFL draft) donned his general manager hat and joined us for the full show....

ok, actually, that's pretty much it. so, the bulletpoints were fairly useless. it was more like "bulletpoint."

Oh, and lots of more shows are now up in the episode guide, so check 'em out. And some relatively new YouTube clips are up, too. New sponsors listed at the bottom of the main page, by the way.

BTW---texas/ohio (and vermont and rhode island) vote tomorrow. If you happen to read this and you're in one of those places, we'd like to reiterate our endorsement of Sen. Obama. Hillary is starting to scare the shit out of us.

I guess those could have been bulletpoints, now that I think about it.

more soon.

adam

I Have Formidable Biceps

2008-02-19T23:43:00.003-05:00

So to recap last nights show, we arm wrestled, listened to lounge singers, and then talked politics and right wing scandal.

The show kicked off with the usual, Adam's commentary vs. my Oration. This bout ended in a draw.
Next we brought on the Gal's (and gentleman) from C.L.A.W. , which stands for Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers, and talked arm wrestling and had an impromptu arm wrestling contest.
After that, we listened to some lounge tunes from a man who wins my entertainer of the moment award, Richard Cheese. If you don't know about Dick Cheese, listen up: He is a lounge singer from Las Vegas who sings covers of some of America's favorite pop/rap/rock hits. Check out his version of U2's Bloody Sunday.
Then Adam segued into a opera based on phone transcript of Bill O'Reilly that was presented in sexual harassment complaint brought onto him by a former female producer. I found it both educational and entertaining, which I find to be the foundation of all learning. If you don't know about this, let our buddy Mike Stark explain it to you.
Mike Stark (read more of him in his diaries on the Daily Kos) then joined the program and shared with us some right wing sex scandals that may have gone under the radar over the past 4 - 8 years of "The reign of Premier Bush"

That was the show, but I would like to take a moment to thank all those who comment to us on our blog and in other ways, and invite our more vocal fans to participate in the show via phone. We would love to hear from you all. Hoping to get you on the line soon E.G.

been a week

2008-02-14T23:27:00.002-05:00

short entry. longer one tomorrow. or more likely, in a month. for now, bulletpoints.

-The Midnight Barbecue endorsed Barack Obama for president, in a narrow choice over Mike Gravel. Not coincidentally, Obama then beat Gravel handily here in Virginia.
-The Kings of Belmont were on the show
-They are a band
-Eric Prum was also on the show. He's a professional paintball player who has his own fan club
-Taping soon with Sparky's Flaw, Mike Stark (again), the Charlottesville League of Armwrestling Women (CLAW), and the Rolling Stones. (Ok, one of those is an exaggeration. We'll let you guess which one)
-The kegerator has been revitalized
-Nick, Glenn America, and I will soon be immortalized in cardboard cutouts.

more to come

cheers

on the can...

2008-02-07T19:26:00.000-05:00

The other side of being on the cover of a magazine: I was picking up dinner tonight at a local restaurant prior to the UVa basketball game, and I walked into the men's room...and there, lying on the back of the toilet, was my face smiling back at me....that's right, all over central Virginia, people are reading about the Midnight Barbecue while taking a shit.

Sounds about right.

In the News...

2008-02-06T19:42:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I haven't been bad about updating the blog. I've been embarrassingly bad. Thanks Noe and Brun for picking me up. Anyway, today, the MB graced the cover of "the Hook"---a weekly publication in Charlottesville sure to gain massive stature and clout after today---so I figured it's as good a time as any to dive back in.

Lots of good shows lately…the most recent one ("Vajayjay") was particularly fun, because it was basically a throwback to the old days when we didn't have guests; we'd just sit down, have a beer, and wing it….some good shows coming up in the future, too---we're taping a Valentine's day thing tonight with the owner of a lingerie store joining us….that'll be episode 2x13…..and later this month, Sparky's Flaw is gonna come hang out for a show; huge props to another C'ville band-done-good….just read about them today on mtv.com ….

I'm wondering if now that we've been on the cover of a magazine, as well as profiled on TV across the Mid-Atlantic (on Comcast SportsNet's Cavalier Sports Weekly), if we finally have enough cred to create a fucking Wikipedia entry without it being deleted right away. I mean, look at everything that has a damn Wikipedia page. BRUNO has his own Wikipedia page. So anyway we're gonna work on that ASAP. If you read this, please feel free to chip in on our Wikipedia entry….we don't want to be those sad people who have to make their own (although I pretty much just admitted that's exactly who we are).

Reason number 5,722 why I love being on the show:
Last night was setting up to be an absolute disaster. I had decided to drive up to Northern Virginia to have dinner with an ex-girlfriend (one who I was very nearly married to), and planned a really emotional heart-to-heart that had been a long time brewing. So the night before, while Nick and I sat on the balcony with a couple cigars and a little bourbon, I explained the whole situation to him, and how I still care about this girl, but we can't seem to have a civil conversation, etc. etc….so what does Nick say in response? "Good luck"? "I'll be pullin' for ya, sport"? No….

"Can you text me every few minutes while you're up there, so I can keep a running blog on the website in case it turns out to be a train wreck?"

God bless the 'Cue.

2008-02-06T18:55:00.000-05:00

A Real Life Newsman in our Studio

2008-02-01T18:35:00.000-05:00

Thursday nights show was supposed to be Adam and me yammering on and on about things on our mind, and do a couple of bits we had been planning. That ended up being most of the show, but when I went to work on Thursday morning I saw this article, and had enough. This was the second chapter in a case being covered by The Hooks very own Lindsay Barnes. (Read the first part of the story) The case concerns a Staunton Adult Novelty shop that is charged with violating obscenity law. The owner of the store was recently slapped with felony indictments. Now, two months latter, the cashier who sold undercover cops, “Obscene Materials” has also been caught up in the dragnet, and is being charged as well.

Anyhow, I got so fired up that I contacted Lindsay and booked him for that nights show. He joined us for two segments and told us all about the story and allowed me to vent my frustrations, confusions, and opinions on this case. Lindsay gave us the legal definition of the obscenity, and some predictions on where the case might end up.

As for my thoughts (and I am assuming Adam’s as well)… I think Ray Robertson is a buffoon who is making allegations without any evidence, and wasting time and money on an issue the government can not, and should not control in the first place.

"Five Different Types of Asians"

2008-01-29T20:23:00.000-05:00

Hit play and start reading:

not from our studio, something to listen to while you read

Those were some of the first words out of the mouths of "Tim Be Told" (MySpace), a Charlottesville/UVA based pop quintet that came and hung out with us in our studio last night. Foolishly, I attempted to identify each band members ethnicity, and correctly identified 3 out of the 5 (Chinese, Filipino and Caucasian) and then learned an import lesson about picking a Korean out of a group (its all in the eyes). But the show was less about ethnicity and more about group of 5 cool dudes who have some how have been flying under our sonar (apparently we have been flying under theirs as well).

Yes, I did just say sonar... We are looking to make the big jump to radar in late spring, more info to come on that soon.

A big thanks goes out to the guys for staying up late with us. In addition to our musical guest:

Adam's and weekend house guests discovered a way to pass time between the hours of 2 a.m. and 7 a.m., using The Sex Offender Registry Page and the phone book.
We talked about the knowledge you might gain from our new instructional video. Its both instructional as well as entertaining as we demonstrate a new take on a old game (beer pong/ beirut).
We also would like to take this chance to promote our facebook groups as we continue our man vs man challenge to see who could create the more popular facebook group.

Adam's group is: I probably won't wish you happy birthday on Facebook.

The whimsical definition of the group: I will not write happy birthday on your Facebook wall. I promise, it's not personal. That doesn't mean I am ignoring you, or harbor a grudge of any kind. I'm not trying to keep your numbers down so I feel like I have more friends than you. It just means that out of the 40 people who will write "happy birthday" on your wall this year, 20 you haven't spoken to in two years, 10 write it on everybody's wall no matter what, five are only writing on your wall in hopes you'll return the favor, and make them seem more popular; and at least three are people you don't recognize, who you probably became facebook friends with after some massive throwdown freshman year and haven't seen since.

If I want to wish you a happy birthday, I will send you a text message or maybe see you at your party. Otherwise, just assume it's implied. Join Here.

My (Nick's) group is: Where are they now...TGIF stars?

My less that whimsical definition: TGIF on ABC was a pillar of our generations early teenage and adolescent years. Unfortunately it seems as though time hasn't been so kind to TGIF actors not named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. While I can't guarantee success for these Dickey Roberts, I can promise that I will keep members abreast of what Kimmy Gibler and Eddie Winslow have been doing since they left your your Friday night small screen. This may be one of the only facebook groups out there giving back. Join Today.

That's it, it's been good to gather.

We now have a small connecion to Bill O'Reilly

2008-01-23T19:28:00.001-05:00

On Monday night, January 21st, we welcomed a slew of guests into out studios. The list includes:

A reporter and photographer of a local publication
Corey Gross, who is the drummer for 6 Day Bender, and a man who was the subject of last weeks dominatrix demonstration
Political Blogger and self proclaimed "Old Crank", Mike Stark, who shared with us some of his work. (Falafel-Bill, George Allen)
Helen Horal, a longtime friend of the show and local musician who played for us and now has a certain journalist as a new fan.

A few take-aways from the night:

I never thought we would be news worthy.
I am still glad Corey bit the bullet and volunteered to be dominated, video evidence proves it (coming soon, I promise).
Mike Stark is a real mensch, and now where near the evil man Bill O' Reilly makes him out to be. Check out more of Mike at The Daily Kos, (These are Mike's entries on the site)
Helen still doesn't know the names of any chords, but her music is as good as ever, and graphic evidence (seriously!!) of the time she spent in Africa.
Also Helen will be playing at an upcoming wedding reception and has us to thank. Apparently the bride or groom saw her on The Midnight Barbecue and thought she would be a great addition to the nuptials. (I feel as though we have done some good.)

As always it was good to gather, leave comments, see you next time.

There's a man in a Jock Strap hog tied on our carpet.

2008-01-15T01:42:00.000-05:00

Some may ask, "Why is that hairy man in our green room wearing a backless underpants and nipple clamps?"

Whether it be who, what, where, when, how or why; you are asking a good question with a simple answer-- the January 14th, taping of the Midnight Barbecue.

We played hosts to 6 Day Bender who have been good friends as well as entertaining guests. Doing a show with them usually involves engaging in something resembling a conversation with the band, followed by a Q&A with whomever they bring in as their guest. Past 6 Day Bender accompaniments have included an inebriated stranger posing as their drummer, a train hopping hobo, and then there was the time they got naked in studio because it was a little to warm for them.

True to form, last nights special guest of honor was a Dominatrix, going by the name of Lady Oriana. This former professional mistress was no exception to the growing lineage of exceptionable people, introduced to us through the band.

Check back soon to learn more about the "The Scene", the rules the govern it, and to see how we got to the point pictured above. In my estimation it should be up with in the next three weeks. But in the mean time, we think we have some things to keep you satisfied.

YouTube Updates...

2008-01-04T18:08:00.000-05:00

Look for some new stuff on YouTube, including the Mark Thompson beer taste testing segments (heard in the second show currently on our main page), a clip of Helen Horal and the original gang performing "Landslide" from the vault, and the "Best of Year One."

Check them out this Sunday, 1-6-08!!!

Latest Developments

2007-12-31T15:25:00.000-05:00

So I guess the answer is "no---I will NOT be better at updating the blog." Hope everyone's had a good three weeks. Anyway, here are the major developments since the last update...

1. We bought a kegerator.
2. We're still retooling and building the website, so keep checking back, because any day now we'll re-launch will full shows for (free) download, new video clips, pictures of the new studio, and a sick-ass new flash intro. That's right, a Flash intro. We're now at least catching up to 1998.

Cheers.

The Great Series of Tubes

2007-12-09T00:58:00.000-05:00

Thanks for coming to our home here on the Interweb. Glad you could find us here in the Great Series of Tubes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE).

This is the Midnight Barbecue! We hope you have as much fun watching and listening to the show as we do hosting it....so we've tried to make this interactive; we'll have much more information on this soon, but for now, go ahead and explore the site....there are ways for you to submit video to the show, sign up your band (or suggest a band) for an appearance on the program, and if you just feel like kicking back to watch the show and enjoy a good time, check out the link for Midnight Barbecue Drinking Games (21 and over, please).

We're adding affiliates all over the place, so please keep an eye out for the Midnight Barbecue in your local listings...and if you don't see it, contact your local Programming Director and tell 'em you want the 'cue!

Cheers, and thanks for stopping by.

YouTube

2007-12-08T14:16:00.001-05:00

New clips are now up on Youtube. Catch Mariana Bell and DJ XSV performing an impromptu duet with awesome results and the infamous "Oreo Song" performed by Dave "Tom Berenger" Caldwell. Look for even more new clips soon.Also, remember to send us your stuff by clicking "submissions" in the "for the viewer" section of the drop-down menu at the top of each page. You can submit your own videos or music videos (or for that matter, video clips containing nothing but music) directly to us. Who knows....you just might see -- or hear, your stuff on the air!

Welcome Back...

2007-12-07T19:09:00.000-05:00

Ok, so back in April of aught-seven, a Central Virginia radio show by the name of the Midnight Barbecue launched it's first website, and one of the key features was a "blog" maintained by the hosts and producer. Nobody had ever given me a blog before; I was honored....so I updated frantically about anything and everything, for about ten days....then I got tired of it. Eventually, David Dillehunt (the guy that built the site) started pleading with me to post more, and when that didn't work, posting one-sentence blog updates himself every now and then just to keep the site fresh.

I'm like that with everything; I dive in headfirst for a few days, then get distracted by the next shiny thing to come along...that's why I'm terrified of having kids; I'm afraid I'll be a doting father for the first month or so, then get a new set of golf clubs or a new Abba CD and forget completely about poor Adam, Jr. Here is the real pattern of entries from the first Midnight Barbecue blog:

-April 29, April 30, May 1, May 1, May 2, May 3, May 5, May 5, May 5, May 7, June 16*, August 6*, October 31*

Those with the (*) indicate that the entry was written by Bruno.

Anyway...now that the Midnight Barbecue has grown to monumental(!) proportions, we launched a new site, and I'm gonna try my hand at the blog thing again. Check back in two weeks and see if I've drifted off again.