This Gun in My Hand

Written by: Robert Thomas Northrup
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  • Indomitable hero by virtue of the fact that he carries a gun, Falk Zildjian patrols the streets of Parabellum City in search of injustices to shoot. What would make anyone listen to an old time radio parody with a cast of one? This Gun in My Hand!
    © 2020 by Robert Thomas Northrup. Some rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License.
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  • The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles - Episode 117

    The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles - Episode 117
    Nov 24 2024

    Will Falk survive the wriggling horror that descends from the heavens? Why did he murder his wife? When did he get married? How do you make a piano out of squids? Listen to find out!
    The Chilling Horror That Grinds and Wiggles, episode 117 of This Gun in My Hand, was molded, frozen and dropped on you 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 Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What’s the scariest part of the episode? This Gun in My Hand!
    Show Notes:1. The “slush pile” is publishing industry jargon for unsolicited manuscripts mostly from amateurs. I know the term because outside of self-publishing, that’s as far as my stories have gotten.
    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.
    Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - I. Gnomus VivoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_02_-_I_Gnomus_Vivo.ogg
    Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - VIII. Catacombae. Sepulcrum romanum LargoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_12_-_VIII_Catacombae_Sepulcrum_romanum_Largo.ogg
    Music Title: Pictures at an Exhibition - Cum mortuis in lingua mortua Andante non troppo con lamentoComposed by Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerformed by Skidmore College OrchestraLicense: Public Domainhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skidmore_College_Orchestra_-_13_-_Cum_mortuis_in_lingua_mortua_Andante_non_troppo_con_lamento.ogg
    Sound Effect Title: forest boreal light wind breeze through leaves +close loud birds.flac License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/637563/
    Sound Effect Title: Silbido bomba cayendo.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/393006/
    Sound Effect Title: Broken Egg Squelch By d.n.audio.ukLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/s/461049/
    Sound Effect Title: Pouring Soup in a Metal Pan - Quick,Short,Gross by HitrisonLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/251410/
    Sound Effect Title: Messy Splat 3a by FoolBoyMediaLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/237928/
    Sound Effect Title: Blood Gush and Squelch License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/635042/
    Sound Effect Title: GateShutThumps.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/401041/
    Sound Effect Title: lion.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/684527/
    Sound Effect Title: Gore Cabbage by IENBALicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/607909/
    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain drawing “squid holding sailor” by Alphonse de Neuville, featured in the Hetzel edition of 20000 Lieues Sous Les Mers.
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  • Debut Taunts - Episode 116

    Debut Taunts - Episode 116
    Nov 16 2024
    Will you enjoy the new crop of audio dramas debuting this fall on the Magnum Radio Network? The Gun Doctor! Chap Zero’s House of Traps! Chick Quasar, Space Stevedore! Listen to find out!Debut Taunts, episode 116 of This Gun in My Hand, was doctored 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 Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What’s coming your way next fall? This Gun in My Hand!Show Notes:1. Listen to the Mystery Frequency podcast for a wide variety of old time radio dramas, like Dr. Sixgun and Captain Starr of Space.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mystery-frequency-audio-drama-radio/id16940416952. I want to say that toys advertising actual gold seems like something unique to our modern hellscape, but they’ve probably done it before, or equally ridiculous and borderline scammy promotions. For example, in 1955, Quaker Oats bought 19 acres of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada and printed 21 millions deeds, each deed for square inch of land, as a promotion for the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV show.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Big_Inch_Land_PromotionCredits: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.“Gun Doctor” music and hoofbeats taken from the September 2, 1954 episode of the radio show Dr. Sixgun. License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/otr_drsixgunOrgan music in “Chick Quasar” taken from the July 14, 1953 episode of the radio show Captain Starr of Space.License: Public Domainhttps://archive.org/details/CaptainStarrOfSpace1953/I hope the tiny excerpt of “Need to Know” by Incognito (Democracy Now theme song) counts as fair use after it was chopped, screwed and filtered.Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter BeeBy Steven Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect ChorusBy: RTB45 License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of ChinaSound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/#Sound Effect Title: barking dog 2License: public domainhttps://freesound.org/people/roman_cgr/sounds/415023/Sound Effect Title: Angry big dog barking - Close [d15].wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/v23/sounds/440866/Sound Effect Title: Dog Barking and Whining.wavLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/DaniloSFX/sounds/672733/Sound Effect Title: Doggo_Panting_1_Para.mp3 by Paradoxxxical License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/s/679219/ Sound Effect Title: R15-82-Men Laughing Heartily.wav License: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/480806/ Sound Effect Title: Real Colt 45 M1911 (shot)By CarmelomikeLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0https://freesound.org/people/Carmelomike/sounds/255216/Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / RicochetsBy YleArkistoLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/Sound Effect Title: bustle in the pubLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/people/organicmanpl/sounds/403285/Music Title: spoons.wav (used in “Fight the Rascals”)by angienmLicense: Public Domainhttps://freesound.org/s/249709/ Music Title: Munniharppua.ogg (jaw harp used in “Fight the Rascals”)By ElectricToothpasteLicense: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commonshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munniharppua.oggThe image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the public domain comic book cover from Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Number 10, May-July 1954. Painting by Al McWilliams.
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  • The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail - Episode 115

    The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail - Episode 115
    Nov 8 2024

    Can Falk prevent the murder of beloved songwriter E. Y. “Yip” Harburg? Why would a fan want to kill him? Will everyone come out of it with their childhood memories intact? Listen to find out!

    The Assassination of Yip Harburg by the Coward Fan Mail, episode 115 of This Gun in My Hand, was written, edited and a sung-a on the tongue-a 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 Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities. What physical object represents my heart and brain and courage and love of home? This Gun in My Hand!

    Show Notes:
    1. Watch excerpts from the 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon “I Love to Singa” starring Owl Jolson.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y6CNuffBi0

    2. Orson Welles produced a successful version of Macbeth with an all-Black cast in 1936.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo_Macbeth

    3. Judy Garland led a revised cast in Lux Radio Theater’s one-hour radio adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, broadcast December 25, 1950.
    https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/drama/lux/lux-radio-theater-50-12-25-726-the-wizard-of-oz

    4. Wikipedia has an entry on Political interpretations of The Wizard of Oz. Wild stuff. I cribbed some of their ideas.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz

    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.

    Music Title: Theme to Kolchak: Night Stalker
    Composed by Gil Mellé
    Whistled by Rob
    Fair use excerpt, I hope.

    Sound Effect Title: S15-03 Good general walla with some dishes; cheer.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675070/

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

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

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

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

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

    Sound Effect Title: S41-25 Car backfires; reverberant.wav
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675723/

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

    Sound Effect Title: Taurus G2c Dry Trigger Pull
    License: Public Domain
    https://freesound.org/people/NoonerBear/sounds/589848/

    The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the back cover of the public domain comic book Dell Junior Treasury, Number 5 (July 1956), painted by Mel Crawford.
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