When the Revolution Scrums - Episode 142

The Revolution has come and it’s interrupting a team meeting. Who are these brave men and women fighting for freedom, wherever there’s trouble? Will Falk stand with them or against them? Would you believe I’m a cyborg? Listen to find out!

When the Revolution Scrums, episode 142 of This Gun in My Hand, was produced by the means of 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 signal the beginning or end of the two week intervals by which we measure progress in the revolution? With This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. Thanks to W. Town Andrews for pointing out the mispronunciation of “Tagalog” in episode 140.
2. The Witchy Lion Closet was published in 1950, so Billy must have heard the story from Catch-2022.

Credits:
The opening music clip was 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: 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/

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

Sound Effect Title: Kicking/Forcing/Breaking Wooden Door
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/160213/

Sound Effect Title: Running in boots on wood floors by ayse.j.e
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/s/785429/ 

Commercial Song Title: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Composed by Henry Purcell, 1692.
Performed by Carl Pini, John Tunnell, Anthony Pini and Harold Lester.
License: Public Domain
https://musopen.org/music/11140-the-fairy-queen-z629/

Sound Effect Title: Wind-up Crank by RICHERlandTV
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/265614/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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

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

Sound Effect Title: G32-08-Buzzing Sparks.wav by craigsmith
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/438492/ 

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from The Uprising by Diego Rivera, 1931.

Image Alt text: Painting of a battle between men in beige uniforms and workers in newsboy caps and blue overalls waving red flags or banners. In the foreground, an angry woman in an orange dress carrying a baby pushes away a sabre thrust by one of the soldiers. A man next to her pulls away to avoid the thrust. There’s a man on the ground behind them clutching his stomach or chest.

Uniquely Heroic Americans - Episode 121

What are the mysterious objects seen flying over Santopolis? Can Falk stop them with the help of a new paramilitary force made up of old familiar faces? How do you feel about cilantro? Listen to find out!

Uniquely Heroic Americans, episode 121 of This Gun in My Hand, was seasoned and lorded over 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. What makes my chili taste uniquely American? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. Is this the first episode to quote Dead Kennedys lyrics? Maybe.
2. Darn, I should have started the ad with “speaking of motherships…”
3. Robert Thomas Northrup’s mother did not rewrite the ad text in this episode. Some unnamed fictional character who wrote the ad might have solicited notes and rewrites from their mother, or might have been lying. Many statements made by characters in This Gun in My Hand are lies or mistakes. That’s for you to determine because your interpretation is more important than the actual author’s intent. See “The Death of the Author,” an essay by Roland Barthes.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200419132326/http://www.ubu.com/aspen/aspen5and6/threeEssays.html#barthes
4. “In the Western world, Persia (or its cognates) was historically the common name for Iran. In 1935, Reza Shah asked foreign delegates and League of Nations to use the term Iran (‘Land of the Aryans’), the endonym of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence.” - “Reza Shah,” Wikipedia, 2 January 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah#Replacement_of_Persia_with_Iran

Credits:
The opening music was from The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), and the closing music was from Killer Bait (1949), both films in the public domain. Transitional music around the commercial was from the June 9, 1946 episode of the public domain radio show US Steel Hour of Mystery. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Sound Effect Title: tug boat horn - sound effect.wav
By komal22moiz
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/komal22moiz/sounds/380825/

Sound Effect Title: R11-19-Army Marching Steadily.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/480434/ 

(another marching sound to layer with above)
Sound Effect Title: Chân Lính
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/546791/ 

Sound Effect Title: Stomach Rumble
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/yrdn/sounds/473989/

Sound Effect Title: groaning1.flac
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/borygmi/sounds/414975/

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

Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / Ricochets
By YleArkisto
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/

Sound Effect Title: A slap or smack in the face
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/s/522596/ 

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of the public domain comic book Fightin’ Marines Number 14 (May 1955), artist unknown.
https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=21270

Nursery Crimes - Episode 90

Can Falk prevent a war between G.I. Jake and Castro? How many giant robots will be involved? Is knowing half the battle? Listen to find out!

Nursery Crimes, episode 90 of This Gun in My Hand, was transformed and rolled out 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, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. Who else did I need to introduce yet? This Gun in My Hand!

Show Notes:
1. Some people claim the nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” was about the Bubonic Plague, but that interpretation appears to have developed after World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses

2. The crimes of The Butcher are documented in Episode 79, “Shadow Taxi,” and The Baker in Episode 81, “Any Other Name.”

3. Listen to Banned Camp on your favorite podcast player. (That’s “Banned” with two Ns.)

4. Special guest appearance by Flicka the Ladybug as Mecha-Batrachian.

Credits:
The opening music clips was 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: Sota, taistelu, rintama, jalkaväki / War, infantry at the front, a battle, various guns, automatics, weapons, various banging, mix
By: YleArkisto
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/265654/

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

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

Sound Effect Title: explosion bomb
By Jurgerius
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Jurgerius/sounds/473819/

Sound Effect Title: Räjähdys sisällä / Explosion, hollow, echoing, edit, interior
By: YleArkisto
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/347758/

Sound Effect Title: cows_mooing_mono_4824.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/Mystikuum/sounds/401636/

Sound Effect Title: lancaster bomber.wav
By confusion_music
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freesound.org/people/confusion_music/sounds/103439/

Sound Effect Title: Farnborough Airshow > Lancaster flyover
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/surrey_film/sounds/162240/

Sound Effect Title: B-25 Mitchell Flyby
By Fight2FlyPhoto
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Fight2FlyPhoto/sounds/142887/

Sound Effect Title: Glock 19 Handgun Pistol Slide Cocking Sounds
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial/sounds/393734/

Sound Effect Title: Chain Dropped
By BlastwaveFx.com
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
http://soundbible.com/559-Chain-Dropped.html

Sound Effect Title: Hitting in a Face
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/florianreichelt/sounds/460509/

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

Sound Effect Title: Bricks/Stones/Rocks/Gravel Falling
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/iwanPlays/sounds/567249/

Sound Effect Title: G29-40-Theater Audience Laughing.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438400/

Rice-A-Roni commercial circa 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIH5cRqpzs0

Sound Effect Title: G50-01-Trolley Street Scene.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437592/

Sound Effect Title: R28-47-Man and Woman Screaming.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/482833/

Sound Effect Title: Pink Noise 20 Sec.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/MATRIXXX_/sounds/443990/

The image accompanying this episode is modified from panels of the following public domain comic books:
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhyme Comics Number 41 (April 1944), art by Walt Kelly.
Flying Aces Number 3 (November 1955), artist unknown.

Strikeforce Shakespeare - Episode 37

Who are these gun-toting mugs wearing tights & ruffled collars, herding citizens onto trucks? Can Falk Zildjian stop an army? Find out!

Strikeforce Shakespeare, episode 37 of This Gun in My Hand, was pacified urbanely by Rob Northrup. 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 light through yonder window breaks? It is the gleaming of This Gun in My Hand!

This episode and all others are available on Youtube with automatically-generated closed captions of dialog.

Show Notes:
1. The seed idea for this episode was a character named Strategic Hamlet. Read more about how American armed forces have actually used it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Hamlet_Program
2. To hear the earlier confrontation between Defenders of the Hearth and the World Crime Syndicate, listen to Episode 13, “OnlyPhantasm.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-13-only-phantasm

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

Sound Effect Title: Window breaking.MP3
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/m1a2t3z4/sounds/112213/

Sound Effect Title: Bulldog Howl
By GB01
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/GB01/sounds/174873/

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

Sound Effect Title: Noise
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/jhepkema/sounds/149445/

Machine gun sound taken from the public domain film Commandos (1968).

The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of “Hamlet” etched by Leopold Flameng after a statue by Lord Ronald Gower, published in the Art Journal, 1881, plus helmet detail from the comic book Warfront, No. 29 (July-September 1956), page 7, pencils and inks by Warren Kremer. Both source images in public domain.

Gun Buyback - Episode 15

Why would the National Rifle Manufacturers Association host a gun buyback event? And why would the G.I. Jake team, ICE, Seal Team Six, C.O.B.R.A., robots and ponies show up to sell their guns? How much would you pay for -- This Gun in My Hand!

Gun Buyback, episode 15 of This Gun in My Hand, was manufactured and given away by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, notes, information on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, such as Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. You know what would hurt worse than paying two dollars and ninety-nine cents for my short story collection? This Gun in My Hand!

This episode is available on Youtube, and in audio formats other than mp3 on archive.org.

Music and Sound Effects 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.

Sound effect title: bustle in the pub

Public domain

https://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/

Sound effect title: Gun Fire

Recorded by GoodSoundForYou

Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Sound effect title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5x

Recorded by Mike Koenig 

Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.html

Machine gun sounds from the public domain film Commandos (1968, aka Sullivan’s Marauders).

Angina Theater fake commercial features dialog from the public domain play Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2.

The image accompanying this episode represents a member of the G.I. Jake team, "Other Killer Who Has a Dog Named Killer." Detail from front cover of the public domain comic book Battle Attack, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1955. Art by Eugene E. Hughes? 

Show Notes:

1. The Knights of Pythias are a real fraternal order.

2. Fran's surname “Shuwatch” is the word Ultraman occasionally shouts. I couldn’t find what it means.

3. The audio and text of This Gun in My Hand are works of fiction. Any resemblance to real people, organizations, companies, buildings, or Spanish shotgun manufacturers is coincidental or intended as satire.