Friday, January 20, 2023

Undeniable Narrator - Episode 72

Line art comic book panel. A man with dark hair and mustache in a black suit with red tie points to the left of the panel, directing the attention of an audience sitting in front of him.

Why is Billy narrating this episode instead of his dad? Can Falk protect his friend Bill Senior from the inflammatory accusations of the Narrators’ Committee? Is “narrativities” a real word? Listen to find out!

Undeniable Narrator, episode 72 of This Gun in My Hand, was fantasized by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What cuts through the bureaucracy? This Gun in My Hand! 

Show Notes:
1. “Narrativities” is a real word. 

Credits:
The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound Effect Title: HARP GLISSANDO DOWN.WAV
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/olver/sounds/505064/

Sound effect title: bustle in the pub
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

Sound effect title: Guests-at-party.wav 
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Mickael_Leroi/sounds/402131/

Sound Effect Title: gavel-double.flac
By zerolagtime (Sen. John Kerry recorded from C-Span)
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/zerolagtime/sounds/70069/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a panel from the public domain comic book True Love Problems and Advice Illustrated, Volume 1, Number 25 (January 1954), artist unknown.

Thursday, January 12, 2023

The Ink-Stained Corpse - Episode 71

Line art, single panel from a comic book. A bald thug in white t-shirt and purple pants saps a brown-haired man in a white suit. The victim falls forward to the left of the panel, his naval cap falling off. He wears a striped red and black shirt under his jacket. A caption in upper left says, "THEN-FROM BEHIND!" A bursting sound effect says, "PLOK." The sapped man's word balloon says, "Ahhhh!"A corpse on a pier. Is the witness really the killer? Did the truth get under his skin? Listen to find out!

The Ink-Stained Corpse, episode 71 of This Gun in My Hand, was permanently drawn under your skin by Rob Northrup. This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What points me on the path to treasure? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. This episode was partially inspired by a trope used in the 2020 film Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears.
2. The script said “incalculable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun,” but when I fumbled the word “incalculable” half a dozen times while recording, I changed it to “unpronounceable.”

Credits:
The opening and middle transitional music clips were from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound Effect Title: Seagulls / gaviotas clean wildtrack.WAV
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Soojay/sounds/462462/

Sound Effect Title: Tweeting birds
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Ravetracer/sounds/515081/

Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified panel from the public domain comic book Captain Silver’s Log of the Sea Hound, Number 3 (July 1949). Pencils and inks by Philip Santry.