Sunday, April 25, 2021

The Long, Dark Night Vision Scope of the Soul - Episode 17

Where are those gunshots coming from? What does it mean to be a good guy with a gun? Can Petra help Falk get past this low point? Is Madonna the 2nd biggest criminal in Parabellum City? Find out!

The Long, Dark Night Vision Scope of the Soul, episode 17 of This Gun in My Hand, was sighted-in 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. Who says? This Gun in My Hand!

This episode is also 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. Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals.

Emerald Ash Borer’s theme music is
Title: Flight of the Carpenter Bee
By Steven Arntson
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512

The music during Doberman and Collie ad is a modified version of
Title: Chase Scene
by ROZKOL
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ROZKOL/Rust_Symptoms/ROZKOL_-_Rust_Symptoms_-_09_Chase_Scene

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

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

Title: Walking on pavement.wav
License: Public domain
https://freesound.org/people/JohnsonBrandEditing/sounds/244310/

Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
By malupeeters
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

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

Title: Bell 1.wav
License: Public domain
https://freesound.org/people/el1n/sounds/442749/ 

Gunshot and hoofbeat sounds taken from the public domain film “Lawless Frontier” (1934).
https://publicdomainmovies.info/lawless-frontier-1934-starring-john-wayne/

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

Title: Medium Dog Growl.wav
License: public domain
https://freesound.org/people/lukofinc/sounds/246227/

Title: barking dog 2
License: public domain
https://freesound.org/people/roman_cgr/sounds/415023/

The image associated with this episode is a modified panel from Romantic Confessions, Vol. 2, No. 1, April-May 1951, page 23. Art by Bill Ely. Public domain.


Show Notes:

1. It’s not known whether Petra Wojciehowicz attended the Muncie College of Business Administration at the same time as its most famous alumnus, Norville Barnes.

2. “Hurry, Kato! We’re out to smash a writing racket!” Green Hornet smashed a fraudulent vanity publishing racket in an episode of his radio show. I have it on a CD but unfortunately I can’t find a free copy of it on the web to link to. It might have been called “Chiselling Ryder’s Writer Racket” and might have aired in 1939 or 40.

3. I thought they were rolling their Rs and exclaiming “Marone!” on The Sopranos, except subtitles showed “Madonn’!” This is also how I found out the word “capicola” is pronounced “gabba gool” by some people.

4. Would a Sergeant outrank detectives in a Homicide squad? Let’s just say getting ranks wrong is not the most egregious behavior of the Parabellum City Police Department.

5. I saw a Doberman and Collie together in the same fenced yard while I was out walking. They seemed like an odd pair, if your brain is poisoned by ideas of one breed of dog seeming macho and another seeming girly. It seemed funny that the Collie had a deeper bark than the Doberman. After briefly forgetting where I had seen them, I finally found the original pair again and recorded them for some of the barking sounds in this episode.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

How Many - Episode 16

Comic book line art of two men shooting at each other in a darkened room. Black ink on green background.
WPBC headlines, this just in: a bullet. In my spleen. Gunman here in the studio. In just a moment we’ll bring you back to the top story about the school shooting and the capitol shooting. Will I live? Do I need a content warning for a show called “This Gun in My Hand?” Let's find out together.

How Many, episode 16 of This Gun in My Hand, was underwritten and overwritten by Rob Northrup. Visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for credits, show notes, details on how to subscribe, and to buy my books, including Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. On what device do I listen to this show? 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

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.

Music Title: Chase Scene
By ROZKOL
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ROZKOL/Rust_Symptoms/ROZKOL_-_Rust_Symptoms_-_09_Chase_Scene

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

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

Sound Effect Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wav
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/# 

Sound Effect Title: Cattle sale on auction in Saint Joseph, Missouri
Recorded by Felix Blume, May 2013
License: Public domain
https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume/sounds/198595/

Sound Effect Title: teletype_medium_speed.wav
By stratcat322
License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/stratcat322/sounds/169259/

Sound Effect Title: R28-44-Women Screaming and Rapid Talking.wav 
License: Public Domain
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479894/

The image associated with this episode is a modified comic book panel from Authentic Police Cases #13 (May 1951), public domain, pencils and inks by Matt Baker.


Show Notes

1. Teletype sound inspired by Corporate Crime Reporter Morning Minute with Russel Mohkiber. It’s the Twenty-First Century and dude is still playing that teletype sound in the background of reports to make it sound like super-legit 1970s journalism. 

2. St. Gabriel Hospital in Parabellum City is not named after the archangel but after Gabriel Possenti of Our Lady of Sorrows, who will eventually be recognized as the patron saint of hand gunners if continued lobbying efforts pay off.

3. This episode was inspired by a real incident when a tv news anchor confused footage from two different developing stories about shootings in Knoxville, TN. “I forgot about the other shooting, so this is actually live, this is not our taped footage from Austin-East high school earlier.” Who can keep up?

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

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.

Monday, March 15, 2021

Naked Save - Episode 14

What is this fantastical world Falk finds himself in? How did he come here? What happened to the World Crime Syndicate? Who’s the guy with the sword? What’s the key to unlock these riddles? This Gun in My Hand.

Naked Save, Episode 14 of This Gun in My Hand, was conjured by Rob Northrup. For show notes, credits, details on how to subscribe and to buy my books, visit http://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com . What distinguishes the civilized man from the barbarian? 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.

Music during the “Choplivria” ad is a modified excerpt of “Worth The Struggle,” used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Jay Man - OurMusicBox
https://www.our-music-box.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox/ 

Thewgosh’s chanted musical sting was by me!

The four following modified clips were used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license:

Music for “This Glaive-Guisarme in My Hand” brief musical sting was an excerpt from
Title: Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor - Complete Performance
Performed By Malcolm Hamilton
https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869/
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, Bach, 1772

Title: Spring Peeper Frogs
By TheBoatman
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoatman/sounds/346747/

Title: Traffic mel 1.wav
By malupeeters
https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/

Title: Gun Fire
Recorded by GoodSoundForYou 
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Modified public domain clips:

Title: Sword sounds compilation 
https://freesound.org/people/SamsterBirdies/sounds/345308/

Title: Sword hits the body.wav
https://freesound.org/people/vdovitsky/sounds/411122/

Title: Walking in Some Leaves.wav
https://freesound.org/people/thebabydinosaur/sounds/325405/#

Title: Cow - Moo 3 - 96kHz.wav
https://freesound.org/people/JarredGibb/sounds/233128/

Title: Body fall_02.wav 
https://freesound.org/people/Adam_N/sounds/346694/

Title: R12-43-Old Car Horns.wav
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/479995/

Modified public domain image from Out of This World No. 1 (Avon Comics, June 1950).
Pencils and inks by John Giunta. 

Show notes: 

1. Thewgosh was inspired partly by reading Thongor Against the Gods by Lin Carter. I counted at least six instances where he described the hero or some other character as “naked save for” a harness or loincloth or whatever. 

2. Thewgosh introduces himself with descriptors like Thewgosh the Wanderer, Thewgosh the Freebooter, Thewgosh the Usurper. These are all descriptors from titles of books about another sword and sorcery hero you may be familiar with. 

3. The name of the wizard “Chay-esh” is derived from Cheech Wizard, the comic character by Vaughn Bode. Yes, this is how I come up with most of my D&D and ttrpg character names.

4. Charlton Heston voice: It’s chopped liver! Choplivria is made of chopped liver! 


Thursday, February 11, 2021

OnlyPhantasm - Episode 13

Falk Zildjian, indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, interrogates The Phantasm, hoping to recruit him for a fight with higher stakes than they’ve ever faced. Will they or won’t they? Find out in this final episode of Season One.

OnlyPhantasm, episode 13 of This Gun in My Hand, was brought to you by Rob Northrup. Visit https://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for full credits, show notes, details on how to subscribe, and the whole reason for the podcast, so you can buy my books. Also watch this site for my forthcoming podcast audio book, Mutiny on The Lollipop. What's your password? 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. Music during the opening narration is “Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood” by Edvard Grieg, performed by Musopen Symphony (public domain).
https://musopen.org/music/777-peer-gynt-suite-no-1-op-46/ 

The four following modified clips were used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license:

Title: Footsteps on gravel
By Joozz
https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/

Title: Spring Peeper Frogs
By TheBoatman
https://freesound.org/people/TheBoatman/sounds/346747/

Title: Gun Fire
Recorded by GoodSoundForYou
http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html

Title: 38 Caliber Gun Shot 5x
Recorded by Mike Koenig
http://soundbible.com/375-38-Caliber-Gun-Shot-5x.html

Modified public domain sounds:

Title: falling gumtree.wav
https://freesound.org/people/ianoboe/sounds/150203/

Machine gun fire and explosion taken from the public domain film Commandos (1968, aka Sullivan’s Marauders).

The image illustrating this episode is a modified detail from the cover of Black Cat Comics No. 4 (Feb-Mar 1947). Pencils and inks by Lee Elias. Public Doman.

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Made in The Shade - Episode 12

Angry blonde woman punching man, "CRACK," from Women Outlaws comics, No 6 (May 1949). Art by Dick Rockwell.
Is wealthy playboy and industrialist Lamont Cranford using his power as The Shade for good or evil? Will Falk overcome The Shade's supernatural abilities? What were you looking for when you stepped into this room? Those answers and more
lurk inside this episode.

Made in The Shade, episode 12 of This Gun in My Hand, was made by Rob Northrup. Visit https://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for full credits, show notes, details on how to subscribe, and to buy my books. Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities is for sale in pdf format for the low, low price of $2.99. What object was I looking for when I stepped into this room? 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.

The following four modified music or sound effects were used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license:

Music in the waiting room scene was
Title: “What a Beautiful Name”
Music by Jay Man | OurMusicBox
Website: www.our-music-box.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox

Title: Punch.wav
By ztrees1
https://freesound.org/people/ztrees1/sounds/134934/

Title: ST_chair_ruckus.wav
By ScreenplayTheater
https://freesound.org/people/ScreenplayTheater/sounds/180685/

Title: Mount Moganshan Insect Chorus
By: RTB45
https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/

Public domain sounds:

Title: Punch 1
https://freesound.org/people/peridactyloptrix/sounds/209765/

Title: G26-23-Fight Scuffle.wav
https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438342/

Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav
https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/

Title: House Front Door Inside 3.wav
https://freesound.org/people/saturdaysoundguy/sounds/388027/# 

The modified comic book panel accompanying this episode is from Women Outlaws No. 6 (May 1949). Art by Dick Rockwell. Public domain.


Sunday, January 24, 2021

Curse of The Bubbe - Episode 11

Falk is on the trail of an agent whose clients include villains like The Black Terror, The Shade & The Phantasm. But are they really villains? Who can tell these days? Does anybody really know what time it is? Yeah, I’ll tell you who knows: This Gun in My Hand.

Curse of The Bubbe, episode 11 of This Gun in My Hand, was pronounced by Rob Northrup. Rate and review this everywhere you can. Visit https://ThisGuninMyHand.blogspot.com for full credits, show notes, details on how to subscribe, and to buy my books. Who can you contact to hire me for writing gigs, birthdays, bar mitzvahs and quinceaƱeras? This Gun in My Hand!

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

Music and sound effects credits: 

The opening and middle 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. Black Terror musical sting is from the public domain film Hollow Triumph/The Scar (1948).

Sound effect title: Bubbling beaker.wav
https://freesound.org/people/Melthurian/sounds/319384/#
Public domain

The illustration of The Black Terror tossing a criminal at cops is from his debut in Exciting Comics #9, May 1941. Pencils and inks by David Gabrielsen and color by Richard Hughes. Public domain.

Show Notes:

1. The Black Terror debuted in Exciting Comics #9 (May 1941, Vol. 3, No. 3). The first issue of his own comic was published in February 1943. His sidekick Tim Roland had no hero nickname. You can read these and many other public domain comics at digitalcomicmuseum.com.

2. Other real public domain comic characters mentioned in this episode include Captain Freedom, The Shield, Captain Battle, The Star-Spangled Kid, The Liberator, Captain Flag, The Flag, The Destroyer, The Whizzer, The Terror, Daredevil, and Yank and Doodle (the twins from Prize Comics). I made up the story about The Flag pulling a false flag in a museum, but there was a character named The Flag from Ace Comics.

3. This episode is sort of set in the 1940s, with a few anachronisms because of comedic license. Gary predicted that “fifty years from now [1990] the biggest thing on the comics rack is gonna be the one and only menacing guy in a skintight black costume with a skull on his chest.” The prediction came true, although it was some other guy in black with a skull on his chest, not the Black Terror.