This Gun in My Hand

Robert Thomas Northrup
  • 5.0 (2)
  • Comedy
  • Updated Biweekly

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!

  1. Jun 4

    Has This Gun in My Hand Ever Happened to You? - Episode 152

    Can Falk crack the murder case or will he need help from Inspector Tropesmith, Speed Detective, Emerald Ash Borer or The Ad Hawk? You want a fast resolution or a satisfying one? Listen to find out! Has This Gun in My Hand Ever Happened To You?, episode 152 of This Gun in My Hand, was stunned, hawked, sped up and salvaged 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. Why have I gathered you all here today? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. Charters and Caldicott were two minor characters in Hitchcock’s 1938 film The Lady Vanishes. Played by the actors Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, the pair were popular enough to get three films of their own, though not with Hitchcock. After creative differences with the film studio in 1946, the actors appeared as similar characters with different names in seven other films and five BBC radio productions. A 1985 BBC television series rebooted Charters and Caldicott with new actors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charters_and_Caldicott 2.  “Sir, a woman has been murdered in your house, therefore it follows there must be a murderer.” That line is from a teaser for an actual British police procedural show. They use it in a promo on almost every dvd for Acorn TV and the dullness of it kills me every time. 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. Music Title: Flight of the Carpenter Bee By Steve Arntson License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://archive.org/details/Bildungsroman-7512 Sound Effect Title: Mount Moganshan Insect Chorus by RTB45  License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/people/RTB45/sounds/325321/ Insect chorus recorded one summer evening, Mount Moganshan, Zhejiang Provence, People's Republic of China Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# Sound Effect Title: Beep_Sequence_10.wav by AlienXXX  License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/267561/  Music Title: Spaceship Engine - noise + heavy beep by Knoplund License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Knoplund/sounds/371283/ Music Title: Paix Composed and Performed by Alpha Hydrae License: Public Domain https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alpha_Hydrae/Peace_Love_Respect_Overdrive/Alpha_Hydrae_-_Alpha_Hydrae_-_Peace_Love_Respect_Overdrive_-_03_Paix/ Music Title: Hurhis Composed and Performed by Yellow Omm License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freemusicarchive.org/music/yellow-omm/single/hurhis/ Sound Effect Title: Electric zap.wav by michael_grinnell  License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/512471/  Sound Effect Title: ELECTRIC_ZAP_001.wav by JoelAudio  License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/136542/  Sound Effect Title: Milagra.mp3 by foosiemac  License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/76797/  Sound Effect Title: R30-34-Red Tailed Hawk.wav by craigsmith  License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/479610/  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/ Music Title: Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning Mood Composed by Edvard Grieg Performed by Czech National Symphony Orchestra License: Public Domain https://musopen.org/music/777-peer-gynt-suite-no-1-op-46/ Sound Effect Title: S10-19 Falling wooden beam; big interior crash; house collapses; long.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/675967/  The image accompanying this episode is from Popular Detective Magazine, Volume 15, Number 3 (October 1938). Public domain, artist unknown. Image Alt text: Black and white drawing of a hand firing a revolver. Lines and smoke show the gun is discharging. Behind the gun is the shadow of the apparent shooting victim with both hands up and possibly wearing a policeman’s hat. Above this drawing are the words HAS THIS GUN IN MY HAND EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?

  2. May 22

    The Barn Job - Episode 151

    Who do you go to when you wanna fence livestock? How do we know the monster is allergic to the Moon? What’s a Lan Golly Yay Leap? Listen to find out! The Barn Job, episode 151 of This Gun in My Hand, was stolen and sheared 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 do I use to keep farm animals in line? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. The internet says alpaca wool is more valuable than llama wool, or at least more marketable. In the US, llamas are used more like guard dogs for herds of other animals, not for harvesting or selling their wool. 2. The Herb I know in real life who likes Italian sausages from concession stands at the fair would not steal art or livestock, or livestock with art on it. No actual Herbs or Kreutzers or llamas were harmed in the recording of this thing. 3. The song “Who Put the Bomp” was released by Barry Mann in 1961.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kpVqbCpXck Credits: Music in this episode came from these public domain films and old time radio shows: The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950 film) Too Late for Tears (1949 film, aka Killer Bait) Hour of Mystery radio episode “Journey Into Fear,” broadcast 9 June 1946 Mystery House radio episode “Dagger in the Dark,” broadcast 5 July 1946 Most of the music and sound effects used in this 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: Playing with a map by pfranzen License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/405452/  Sound Effect Title: chugging diesel (bus) and rev.MP3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/CraftyIndividual/sounds/418436/ Sound Effect Title: WaHi Airbrakes blast.mp3 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/chripei/sounds/393663/ Sound Effect Title: Bus Closing Door License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/am7/sounds/520753/ Sound Effect Title: Footsteps Dress Shoes Wood Floor.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/allrealsound/sounds/161756/  Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel by Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/ Sound Effect Title: Shop door bell.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/775noise/sounds/494565/ Sound Effect Title: AMB follón llamas y alpacas by Diegolar License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/406909/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of The Guy From Coney Island by Jack Handley (1954), artist unknown. Image Alt text: Midway huckster at a carnival with tents and rides in the background, gestures up and to the viewer’s left. In his other hand, he holds a microphone. A few men in suits and fedoras stand in front of him gawking and smoking, one of them in a sailor suit. Across the bottom is the title, THE BARN JOB.

  3. May 9

    The Buck Fifty Special - Episode 150

    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.

  4. Apr 5

    Love at First Sound - Episode 149

    How do you convey love at first sight on an audio-only medium? What does that sound like? What in tarnation has got into you? Listen to find out! Love at First Sound, episode 149 of This Gun in My Hand, was [finger pop from mouth][side of mouth razz][quick burst of siren whistle][GUN_FIRE] 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. This episode is dedicated to Melinda [TING], and to our good friends Patrick and Anita celebrating their honeymoon on Ganymede. [Ting, Ting!] What’s the best way to coax the delicate flower of love to blossom? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. I keep trying to make a joke that shows on shortwave radio are second-rate compared with FM radio. Melinda, being a longtime expert, reminded me that people in our time like Alex Jones, ReviewBrah and various cult leaders have to pay extra to have their shows broadcast on shortwave. So maybe it should be considered a status symbol instead of a mark of weakness. 2. Listeners have already heard The Cherry Pachyderm’s real name, Latthew Morressier, during his first appearance in episode 24, “Consulting Defectives.” He forgot but I didn’t. https://archive.org/details/tgimh-24-consulting-defectives 3. It came out sounding like I’m dragging hillbillies for hoping their kids take the same job their father and grandfather had, but it’s not what I intended. I think this expectation is similar for people all over the US. Even though my grandfather (the master plumber) and my dad (the steamfitter) would be glad I got an office job instead of following in their footsteps, there’s a part of me that feels like I let them down by taking a different path. Credits: Music in this episode came from these public domain films: The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), Too Late for Tears (1949, aka Killer Bait) and The Big Combo (1955). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Run-Out Groove of a 78 RPM Record – Archival Noise Texture by Auroch_Media License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/440733/  Sound Effect Title: Xylo N&D 72 C4.aif by beskhu License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/273879/  Sound Effect Title: Glockenspiel_46_f4_04 by cabled_mess License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/348924/  Sound Effect Title: Piano Note.wav by kelsey_w License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/467047/  Sound Effect Title: medium wine glass.wav by Tairblenn License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/549900/ Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# Sound Effect Title: Traffic mel 1.wav by malupeeters License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/malupeeters/sounds/191350/ Sound Effect Title: Clothing_ShirtsandPants_Rustling.wav by duckduckpony License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/204016/  Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/ Sound Effect Title: banjo song.mp3 by Prime45 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/522715/  Sound Effect Title: Toy Gun 7 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/giddster/sounds/434720/ Sound Effect Title: laser gun License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Superglue28/sounds/499696/ Sound Effect Title: Horse Whinny 1.wav by GoodListener License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/322445/ Music Title: Händel’s Messiah Composed by Georg Friedrich Händel Performed by Orchestra Gli Armonici License: Public Domain https://musopen.org/music/5876-messiah-hwv-56/ Music Title: Fugato in e minor, BWV 962 Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Performed by Gunnar Johansen License: Public Domain https://musopen.org/music/45623-fugato-in-e-minor-bwv-962/ Sound Effect Title: Tarzan Yell by Buster Crabbe from Tarzan the Fearless (1933) License: Public Domain Sound Effect Title: Boing.wav by juskiddink License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/140867/  Music Title: Munniharppua.ogg By ElectricToothpaste License: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munniharppua.ogg Sound Effect Title: Siren Whistle 02.wav by FreqMan License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/88425/  Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of the cover of Confessions of Love, July 1952, Number 11, art possibly by Manny Stallman, AC Hollingsworth and/or Norm Nodel. Public Domain. Image Alt text: In colorful comic book line art, a young man and woman embrace and kiss passionately. Both have black hair. He wears a long sleeved red shirt. She wears a blue blouse. They’re surrounded by a green leaves and magnolia flowers and branches with blue jays on them. Above them in script letters are the words “Love At First Sound.”

  5. Mar 29

    The Yeast of These My Brethren - Episode 148

    How will Falk take down a bank robber when aromatic, freshly minted heroes keep getting in the way? What’s their origin story? You own some carnival rides? Listen to find out! The Yeast of These My Brethren, episode 148 of This Gun in My Hand, was punched into shape 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 would it kill ya to buy my books? Such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. Why do they always need irradiated chemicals when the best origin is This Gun in My Hand?! Show Notes: 1. From the Bible, King James Version, Matthew 25:40: “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” 2. Obvious mistake I didn’t notice until after recording. Beer Man says he gained his powers last week. Then he mentions using his powers for three months. Continuity is hard! A no-prize will be awarded to anyone who rationalizes those statements. 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. Ironized Yeast Tonic radio commercial, vintage unknown, assumed to be public domain. https://www.oldradioworld.com/media/Vintage%20Commercials%20Ironized%20Yeast.mp3 Sound Effect Title: 22lr Caliber Rifle Shots and Reloading License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/717133/  Sound Effect Title: Gun Fire by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Sound Effect Title: Kimmokkeita / Ricochets by YleArkisto License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/YleArkisto/sounds/401921/ Sound Effect Title: Metal Frame.mp3 by TheBoulder3400 License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/636096/  Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: Hose Sounds.mp3 by JazzyBay License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/JazzyBay/sounds/435052/ Sound Effect Title: Spraying water from a garden hose by meisterjaan License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 https://freesound.org/s/323485/  Sound Effect Title: Leather Car Seat 2 by Filmscore License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/830202/ Sound Effect Title: Car_motor_Sound.m4a License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/Blizzard123/sounds/504633/# The image accompanying this episode is a modified version of a print ad for ironized yeast, assumed to be public domain, date and artist unknown. Image Alt text: Print magazine ad for Ironized Yeast featuring a photo of a woman in a striped bathing suit next to a comic strip. A word balloon above the woman in the photo has her saying ‘If men “hate the sight of you”--read this–.’ In the first panel of the comic, two young men run past an emaciated woman in a black one-piece bathing suit. One of the men says, “Let’s beat it__here comes that skinny dame.” The second ad shows the skinny dame seated wearing a short sleeve top with possibly ragged sleeve edges. As she reads a newspaper with a prominent ad headlined “GAIN 10 LBS,” she says, “Men hate the sight of me, I’m so skinny. I’m going to try Ironized Yeast.” The third panel has a black arrow labeled “A FEW WEEKS LATER” pointing towards the action. A smiling woman filling out a bikini, no longer a skinny dame, poses with one hand on hip and the other on the back of her hair. A young man in dark shorts holds her bicep in one hand, saying, “You’re gorgeous since you’ve gained weight!” Two other men in the background run towards them. Across the bottom, large letters read, “THOUSANDS OF SKINNY GIRLS GAIN 10 TO 20 LBS.–QUICK!”

  6. Mar 12

    The Downside of Uplifting - Episode 147

    Will Falk survive a journey through the gentle but confounding borderlands of the Tealight Zone with a bloodthirsty villain on his trail? Will they put him in gaol? ¿Qué onda, güero? Listen to find out! The Downside of Uplifting, episode 147 of This Gun in My Hand, was lifted upside down 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 wholesome books, such as Sisyphus, Eat Your Heart Out, available in paperback and ebook from Amazon. How do I say goodnight? With This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. The creator and narrator of The Waltons, Earl Hamner Jr., got his big break in Hollywood when one of his scripts was accepted for The Twilight Zone. I swear I didn’t find that out until this episode was half finished. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Hamner_Jr. 2. The actor Will Geer was a bisexual communist who pled the fifth in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951 and somehow managed to come back as the wholesome Zebulon “Grandpa” Walton in the 1970s. https://travsd.wordpress.com/2019/03/09/will-geer-queer-communist-and-as-american-as-apple-pie/ 3. For more stories about Half-Pint stealing a Native American baby and her Pa stealing gold, read Little Heist in the Big Woods and Other Revisionist Atrocities by Rob Northrup. Available in ebook and paperback at https://www.amazon.com/Little-Heist-Woods-Revisionist-Atrocities/dp/B0DPDGW52B/ 4. Juan-Boy gets mugged in Wheeling, West Virginia in season one, episode 20, broadcast Feb 8, 1973. I mean, if there had been a tv show called The Wholesomes, that’s when it might have been. 5. Other more or less wholesome tv shows I love are Cranford, Return to Cranford, and Lark Rise to Candleford, which are not mentioned in this episode because they were covered adequately in Episode 108, “Zildjian’s Away to Shropshire.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-108-zildjians-away-to-shropshire 6. For the record, I didn’t copy the exact audio of harmonica and xylophone notes from any tv show. I recreated it with an actual harmonica (one chord, not very difficult) and one pre-recorded xylophone note. Took me twenty minutes of manipulation to sound more or less right. 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. Guest starring Melinda as Abuelita (Esther Wholesome)! Sound Effect Title: G17-03-Barnyard with Chickens.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/438149/  Sound Effect Title: R24-06-Barnyard Ambience.wav by craigsmith License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/479606/  Sound Effect Title: Footsteps on gravel by Joozz License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/people/Joozz/sounds/531952/ Sound Effect Title: Xylo N&D 72 C4.aif by beskhu License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/273879/  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 by GoodSoundForYou License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 http://soundbible.com/1998-Gun-Fire.html Sound Effect Title: Crickets.wav by ItsTheGoodstuff License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 https://freesound.org/s/656116/  The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a public domain etching print titled “Landscape with Six Single Trees and Three Small Farm-Houses” by Augustin Hirschvogel (1503-1553). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augustin_Hirschvogel,_Landscape_with_Six_Single_Trees_and_Three_Small_Farm-Houses,_NGA_37108.jpg   Image Alt text: An etching of a farmhouse with trees to the sides, a cart or wagon in front of it, and a mountain or hill rising behind and to the side. The lines are dark brown and all the background is pale custard.

  7. Feb 22

    On the Gunny Side of the Street - Episode 146

    What if this beautiful day is just a dream? What if it’s a story contrived by someone with ulterior motives? What does a guy gotta do to get some shut-eye around here? Listen to find out! On the Gunny Side of the Street, episode 146 of This Gun in My Hand, was brought to light 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. With what do I pierce the veil between our illusory existence and the dark truth underlying it all? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. For Cherry Pachyderm’s arguments that chili does not exist, listen to episode 73, “Escalating Pitch.” https://archive.org/details/tgimh-73-escalating-pitch 2. In an earlier episode, Cherry Pachyderm describes the emblem on his chest as a cherry tree. The elephant is hiding in the cherry tree so you can’t see it. People were confused by his emblem and started calling him “Cherry Tree,” so he changed it to a red elephant at some point. [This is a retcon. Outside of the story, I just forgot what his emblem was and thought it was always an elephant. I caught this mistake before recording the episode and wrote dialog for him to explain it, but it was too boring. Now it’s a little lagniappe for people who read the show notes!] 3. After Cherry mentions the germ theory of disease, I was going to make a dig at RFK jr’s preferred “miasma theory” of disease. But it’s supposed to be a happy story to take your mind off our grim reality. Credits: The opening and closing music in this episode came from two public domain films, The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) and Killer Bait (1949). Most of the music and sound effects are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Perfect SongBirds (Seamlessly Loopable) by DreamSavvyr License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/781115/ Sound Effect Title: Park ambience - mostly birds License: Public domain https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/274175/# Sound Effect Title: children1.mp3 by yacou License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/190894/  Sound Effect Title: footsteps cellar.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/gecop/sounds/545030/ Sound Effect Title: FEETHmn-MCU_Footsteps, On Grass_Nicholas Judy_TDC by designerschoice License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/807862/ Sound Effect Title: hamp rope creaks by 6polnic License: Public domain https://freesound.org/s/231438/  Music title: On the Sunny Side of the Street Composed by Jimmy McHugh (some think it was Fats Waller) Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Performed by Ted Lewis and his Band, 1930 License: Public domain https://archive.org/details/78_on-the-sunny-side-of-the-street_ted-lewis-and-his-band_wave The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail from this public domain photograph: Title: Detail view of terrazzo floor medallion - National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. Photographer: Rosenthal, James W. License: Public domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_view_of_terrazzo_floor_medallion_-_National_Zoological_Park,_Elephant_House,_3001_Connecticut_Avenue_NW,_Washington,_District_of_Columbia,_DC_HABS_dc-777-C-26.tif Image Alt text: A red pictogram of an elephant on a circular white background, surrounded by more red. The whole thing is shot through with light and dark gray flecks as if rusted or distressed.

  8. Jan 25

    This Wrench in My Gears - Episode 145

    What could you do to frustrate or delay the jackbooted thugs in your community if you lived under an authoritarian regime? Where can you find more practical methods of sabotage? What’s the hair and salt for? Listen to find out! This Wrench in My Gears, episode 145 of This Gun in My Hand, was maliciously wrecked 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 do I use on slot machines to avoid developing a gambling problem? This Gun in My Hand! Show Notes: 1. This episode was inspired by Mother Bone's posts about the Simple Sabotage Field Manual, released internally in 1944 by the OSS (predecessor of the CIA) and declassified in 2018. The concepts could be used today by anyone resisting an occupying force or authoritarian regime. Direct quotes from the manual appear throughout this episode. https://archive.org/details/simplesabotagefi26184gut/page/n5/mode/2up 2. I have pocket knives with pictures of Tarzan and Lash LaRue on the handles. Here’s a picture of a colorful Hopalong Cassidy pocket knife: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1068482143/vintage-hopalong-cassidy-pocket-knife?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F 3. I thought I was being ridiculous imagining slot machines branded with 1930s comic strip characters, but apparently there was really a Blondie machine at some point, and just last year they released a video slot machine featuring The Phantom. https://www.aristocratgaming.com/us/slots/games/the-phantom 4. Anachronism! Lash LaRue’s first film appearance was in 1944, and he only began to star in Westerns around 1947. 4. Anachronism! The comic strip Sad Sack was first published in Yank, The Army Weekly in June 1942. The generic expression “sad sack” may not have been common until after the comic strip became popular. Credits: Music in this episode came from three public domain films: The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950), The Scar (aka Hollow Triumph, 1948), and Killer Bait (1949). Most of the music and sound effects used in the episode are modified or incomplete versions of the originals. Sound Effect Title: Heels on Pavement.wav License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/people/B.Harkins/sounds/683658/ Sound Effect Title: School door with metal latch inside.aif by timonunderwater  License: Public Domain https://freesound.org/s/532788/ Fair use brief audio clip of William Shatner taken from outtake of a recording session for the 1993 PC Game Star Trek: Judgment Rites. The image accompanying this episode is a modified detail of a photograph by Horst Grund from 1943 titled “Sizilien, Reifenpanne mit VW-Kübelwagen.” Italy, Sicily, 1943. A flat tire on a VW-Kübelwagen, soldier with jack going to replace the tire. By Bundesarchiv, Creative Commons License Attribution-ShareAlike Germany 3.0. (Note that the CC Attribution-Share Alike license applies only to this image, not to the text or audio from this episode.) Image Alt text: Color photo of a soldier in short sleeves and khaki shorts cranking a jack along the driver’s side of a VW Kubelwagen with a flat tire. The hood over the engine compartment in the rear of the car is open. The car is beige, dirty and worn. The background appears to be a large body of water or sea with hills or mountains rising over it. The photo was taken in Sicily, Italy, in 1943. I’m not familiar enough with military uniforms to tell if this is a German or Italian soldier.

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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!

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  • Creator
    Robert Thomas Northrup
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020 by Robert Thomas Northrup. Some rights reserved. Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives License.
  • Show Website
    This Gun in My Hand

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