This Gun in My Hand: May 2026

Saturday, May 9, 2026

The Buck Fifty Special - Episode 150

In a theater district with bright lights, eight people mill about the street with a crowd of others silhouetted in the background. There’s a policeman standing with arms behind his back, a man in top hat and a woman both in formal attire. A man with a mustache in a blue suit looks at his watch as he leans against a mailbox. An older man with a bowler hat and cigar reads a newspaper. A blond woman wears pearls, heavy makeup, a pink blouse that’s falling off one shoulder, a wide black belt and tweedy skirt, her braceleted hand on her hip. In front of her is a man in a brown fedora and trenchcoat with green shirt and red bowtie. He gazes to one side with his mouth slightly open and a cigarette in the corner of it. An older, slightly jowly high society dame wears pearls, a wide brimmed pink hat with yellow flowers on top, red hair that might be dyed, penciled eyebrows, rouged cheeks, a fluffy white fur collar.

What extravaganza does Falk have planned for his 150th episode? Or is the big event out of his control? Why does it have to be about him all the time? Listen to find out!

The Buck Fifty Special, episode 150 of This Gun in My Hand, was specialized 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, archives, and to buy my books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I gather all my friends for a big event? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. In Public Relations Writing class at Eastern Michigan U, my prof used to repeatedly joke that “there’s a lot of love in this room.”
2. Falk explored the realm of stereo in Episode 83, “The Multitracks of Madness.”
https://archive.org/details/tgimh-83-multitracks-of-madness

Credits:
Music in this episode came from these public domain films:
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and Too Late for Tears (1949, aka Killer Bait). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound Effect Title: Creaking Door by eqavox
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/709418/

Sound Effect Title: Wood_Creak_02.wav by dheming
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/177779/

Sound Effect Title: Foley - Feet shuffling and sweeping on carpet by RavenWolfProds
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/503659/

Sound Effect Title: Crowd walla by knufds
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/504906/

Sound Effect Title: Weed Eater 16bit 48kHz ZOOM R24.wav by DK77
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/322182/

Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/

Sound Effect Title: PA microphone feedback (2).wav by FreqMan
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/42930/

Sound Effect Title: R02-06-Medium Crowd Applause.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/480682/

Sound Effect Title: Light Applause by ojosdedurazno
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/391326/

Sound Effect Title: G28-27-Crowd Fast Walla Applause.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438387/

Sound Effect Title: small group applauding (48/24) by neilraouf
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/484513/

Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Sound Effect Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5x by Mike Koenig
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.html

Sound Effect Title: Machine gun.wav by CGEffex
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/101962/

Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot) by Carmelomike
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/

Sound Effect Title: S18-25 Rifle shots battle.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675666/

Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/717133/

Sound Effect Title: gun lee enfield 303 rifle fire shot loud badass crispy.wav by kyles
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/450852/

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Along the Broadway Beat by Louis Sobol (1951), art by Ray Johnson.