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On this week's episode present by Busey Bank, we're diving into the world of hospitality, leadership, and creative business models with Matt Longueville, founder of STL Barkeep and the owner of two standout St. Louis bars—The Vandy and the newly opened Off Elm. Matt's journey is a fascinating one. Back in 2018, he was thriving as a consultant in the beverage industry, convinced that owning physical locations wasn't for him. Fast forward six years, and he's not only opened two bars but is also pioneering a co-op-inspired approach to reward his core leadership team—a bold move designed to navigate the seasonality and challenges of the hospitality business. In this conversation, we'll unpack what led Matt to transition from consulting to brick-and-mortar, explore the behind-the-scenes work that keeps his businesses running smoothly, and dig into the metrics that guide his decisions. We'll also discuss the innovative ways he's supporting his team and his vision for the future of STL Barkeep and beyond. Let's roll… #stlouis #stlmade #craftcocktails #collective
Andy, Ant and Dun are practically giddy after the last few games. It's been since our last pod, owing to Thanksgiving, so we have a ton to cover off - Discover what a 'Reverse Puskas' is as we briefly touch upon our draw vs Stoke - We celebrate a Celar Brace vs Cardiff - A decent away point vs the Deerhornets of Watford - The High Flying Canaries come to Loftus Road and... - OHMAGOD!!!!! A HOME WIN! THREE GOALS! TWO FROM KOLLI! - (Sorry, I got a bit carried away there) - How are the new transfers doing? (Apologies to Saito and Dembele for completely forgetting them. Santos may wish we had forgotten him) - The lads seem to be riding the Zamboni of Good Vibes out of the relegation zone. - Love to Jimmy Dunne, Cult Hero in the Making and why he is the new Clint Hill. - The defence turns the Tide with 3 clean sheets - Not the best week to be a CEO in New Yorking - Red Bulls miss out on cup glory, Giants and Jets suffer again, but the Mets steal Juan Soto from the Yankees - Ant revives a Sleeping Giant on Lovely Stuff, whilst Andy loves him some eggnog, and Dun enjoys a succulent Chinese meal in the Shadows - A delicious Schaffer please Barkeep. Oxford come to town on Wednesday and we go and see some old friends who are bound to score vs Bristol City at the weekend. Make mine a Double - Predictions that is... - Dun gets in a time machine and goes to New York 2002 to see Interpol and LCD Soundsystem, and sees the future in Sunday (1994) in a busy week of concerts. Friends, leave your 5 star reviews and comments welcome!
Fall back in time with Legends Podcast! All month long, we're talking about time travel, paradoxes, and being your own Grandpa. We're back in 2014, to live, die, and repeat the process as the snake eats its own tail. Ethan Hawke plays a timecop who meets a stranger in a bar, played by Succession's Sarah Snook. Once the stranger tells his story, none of their lives will ever be the same, while the lives of thousands hang in the balance amid a mysterious bombing spree. Based on Robert A. Heinlein's classic short story ‘—All You Zombies—' and directed by the Spierig Brothers, this indie Aussie flick may not have reinvented the box office, but it might contain enough twists to make temporal sleuths happy. The outcome is not pre-ordained! Will our time travel month have a happy ending, or does this strange loop leave us feeling… not ourselves? This is Chronovember! For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com You can write to Rum Daddy directly: rumdaddylegends@gmail.com You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com
Like so many, Matt Longueville started his business as a passion project. STL Barkeep started small but has turned into one of the premier cocktail businesses in town. Crafting cocktails for events around town and at their bar, The Vandy, in the Grove neighborhood. That's where we sat down for a conversation about spirits, the changing hospitality industry and the opening of his new bar in Webster Groves Off Elm. Off Elm will open on November 21.
From the owners of St. Elmo's comes a vodka so smooth, it might be TOO SMOOTH? Made from Midwest corn based 6 times distilled vodka, then pressure filtered using a proprietary process, Barkeep literally has no bite wahtsoever. It's extremely clean tasting, almost invisible when mixed with any ingredient. It's the PERFECT well bourbon and one HECK of a value for the price.
In the debut episode of the Elven Maid Inn's short-form show, she talks about Fudging and it's implications and impact on games and the hobby. *** SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL!! ...and go to your favorite podcast player or nerdcognito.com or to subscribe to the OG podcast, Nerdcognito! linktr.ee/nerdcognito
Joining the boys of booze news, Jones talks about Barkeep Vodka. The first of its kind premium vodka that is distilled six times in Indiana! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
W. F. Smith, also known as Prismatic Wasteland, is a blogger and game designer, author of Barkeep on the Borderlands, making Prismatic Wasteland RPG, and creator of many other amazing things! He comes to the show to talk weird! Prismatic Wasteland, the blog, is one I've been visiting and coming back to for years, and it's been around for a long while. We even talk a little bit on the show about how the blog culture changed over time but is still on of the most reliable ways gamer and creators share their experiences and thoughts. Barkeep on the Borderlands is a supplement he created collaborating with a team of other amazing creators which won a bunch of awards and explores the many weird and wonderful ways to subvert the tired "you start at a tavern fantasy trove". And it does that spetacularly. In this chat we talked about how the weird can be whimsical as well, about the contrast and the mixing with the fantastical and the mundane, about how the RPG media is still new and full of things to explore. We talked about weird games, about story, about structure, about many insightful things. So listen up and get weird with us! Check out Prismatic Wasteland's Links: The Barkeep Jam https://itch.io/jam/barkeep-jam https://www.prismaticwasteland.com Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514 Or buy something from my itch store: https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post: https://diogonogueira.substack.com/ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Jeshi
Support the show! Prismatic Wasteland aka WF Smith is the prolific blogger behind prismaticwasteland.com and the creator / writer of Ennie award winning fantasy adventure, Barkeep on the Borderlands. He's also running a game jam where participants create their own pub or tavern, which is live as this episode comes out and runs until August 15th 2024. Show Notes: 02:02 - Producing Barkeep on the Borderlands 10:03 - The design of the adventure 16:41 - Good random encounters and tracking time 25:60 - The political side to the adventure 34:19 - Infectious Enthusiasm: Vampire Cruise by Amanda Lee Franck 35:56 - Tyranny of Numbers 39:43 - Re:Play 41:59 - All advice is advice for myself The Indie RPG Newsletter
On this episode, we sit down once again with blogger and ENNIE award winning adventure writer W.F. Smith, aka Prismatic Wasteland, to talk about the Barkeep on the Borderlands, the Barkeep Jam (happening now), Trouble in Paradisa, and Wonky Willie's Authentic Interactive Extravaganza! All our links here: https://linktr.ee/theweeklyscroll Live Streams on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.weekly.scroll Twitter: https://x.com/Weekly_Scroll YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theweeklyscroll
00:00:21 - Intro The Basic Crawl 00:01:03 - Overview 00:04:05 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:45 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:33 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:19:42 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:22:57 - Taverns Companion Adventures 00:36:18 - Barkeep on the Borderlands Check out the Barkeep Jam! Join our Discord!
This week, Preston from Melancholy Geek is here to talk about the 2014 film, Predestination. There will be spoilers for this mind bender, so be aware. It's a trippy, time travel laced film about an agent looking to stop the Fizzle Bomber, but with the help of a man named Joe that he meets while posing as a Barkeep. Joe's life has been a difficult one, and after hearing the story, it just gets even stranger. So, is this a movie that will make you scratch your head in a good way, or is it just too dense for it's own good and eating it's own tail? Let's find out...Find Preston's podcast, Melancholy Geek here: https://shows.acast.com/melancholygeekThanks go out to Audie Norman (@TheAudieNorman) for the album art. Outro music In Pursuit provided by Purple-Planet.comSupport the show by going to patreon.com/wyhsVisit tvstravis.com for more shows and projects from TVsTravis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Two of our heroes leave in search of the Barkeep, because splitting the party is always a great idea.Content warning: brief mention of pedophilia.Editor's note: Some of the mic quality is a little odd due to extenuating circumstances in the lives of our actors. Thank you for your patience.Episode 10 Transcript linkCrash of the Mellifera: Employee Q&A form can be found here!Follow us on tumblr at melliferacrash.tumblr.com. Donations can be sent to Morgan's ko-fi page at ko-fi.com/morganlanewrites. Check out Morgan's other projects at morganlanewrites.com.Various sound effects and music obtained from pixabay.com, freesound.com, and Film Cow's Royalty Free Sound Effects Library at filmcow.itch.io. All other songs and effects provided either by Sam Kitsch or Morgan Lane. Thank you to the following freesound artists: northern87jacksonacademyashmoremlittyDvideoguyerikh2000alexdarekIcedPhoenix49IdezemJoelAudiotosha73dapperdanielbennychico11quantumriverDaveOfDefeat2248
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WF Smith discusses his Ennie-winning book, Barkeep on the Borderlands. Craig asks about the idea's origin and the creative decisions that brought the book to life. Prismatic Wasteland Barkeep on the Borderlands Prismatic's Itch ************************************ Support the show for as little as $1 month: Add this to the end of your link on DriveThruRPG to support the show: ?affiliate_id=1044145 For example https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397612/Court-of-Blades--Scandal-Forged-in-the-Dark?affiliate_id=1044145 Check out our live-streaming content on Twitch Don't miss our RPG Actual Plays, tutorials, and gaming content on YouTube Listen to an excellent boardgame podcast Go to the Writer's Room for 7th Sea Adventures! Check out the great games from A Couple of Drakes: Listen to Tales of the Manticore Marginal Words KS Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow on BlueSky --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thirdfloorwars/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thirdfloorwars/support
Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "Everyone Loops" Written by Mickey Fisher Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada; Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; Annie Savage as the Saloon Doors; Craig Cackowski as Felton; Hal Lublin as Bolthead Blake; Janet Varney as Jenzen; and Hal Lublin as Folksy Hal. Produced by Ben Acker & Ben BlackerMusic by Jordan Katz and Jonathan Dinerstein.Sparks theme by Eban SchletterSound effects by Cayenne Chris ConroyTHE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS NOW 100% INDEPENDENT.Want every episode and more, ad free?To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehourVisit our store for Beyond Belief socks, concert film DVDs, and more!Visit our video vault to stream a ton of live and live-to-Zoom TAH shows!Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Worker B regrets asking Captain Winnipeg to help out. Keep listening after the credits to hear the last answered audience question, directed at everyone's favorite robotic Barkeep.Transcript can be found here.Have any burning questions for Worker B about "life" as an artificial intelligence? Wonder if Captain Winnipeg has a preferred brand of deodorant? Fill out your Employee Q&A form here to have your question answered in a short during our inter-season hiatus!Follow us on tumblr at melliferacrash.tumblr.com. Donations can be sent to Morgan's ko-fi page at ko-fi.com/morganlanewrites. Check out Morgan's other projects at morganlanewrites.com. Various sound effects and music obtained from pixabay.com and Film Cow's Royalty Free Sound Effects Library at filmcow.itch.io. All other songs and effects were provided either by Sam Kitsch or Morgan Lane.
Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "Barkeeper's Helper" Written by Katie Wood Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada; Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; Annie Savage as the Saloon Doors; Craig Cackowski as Felton; Paul F. Tompkins as Zeke-209; and Hal Lublin as Folksy Hal. Produced by Ben Acker & Ben BlackerDirected by Aaron GinsburgMusic by Jordan Katz and Jonathan DinersteinSparks theme by Eban SchletterSound effects by Cayenne Chris Conroy THE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS A 100% INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONTo support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community.Podcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
(Aired February 1, 2024) Minivans and Tank Engines - Get into the minds of the Sherpas with this DomainSherpa Review! In this show, The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 8:05 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's domains are Infrared.com, CUTU.com, VEYA.com, BUSK.com, and Sonata.com. The Sherpas discuss the recent sales of Transformational.com and 469.com. The Sherpas review a list of domains about to come up for auction on NameJet.com, including EnergyStore.com, HomeInsulation.com, and BarKeep.com. They briefly review the portfolio of an audience member, who currently has the domains listed on NameJet, including BananaSplit.com, Juanita.com, StrongBody.com, and FunShop.com, with the full list of domains included in the show notes. The Sherpas also discuss the idea of a "neoregistrar", a term recently introduced on social media by Michael Cyger, and how those types of hybrid entities could impact domains. Also, DomainSherpa is now integrating with Muse.ai for episode transcripts and an AI-driven video player to easily look for topics, words, phrases, etc., and jump to the points in the video where they occur. Let us know your feedback! Plus, all DomainSherpa podcasts are now up on our YouTube channel at DS.tv and much more! JT is joined by Drew & Josh - so be sure to tune in!!
One last call for alcohol! Ben, Brad, & Sarah dive deep into OSR darling and Zinequest champion, Barkeep on the Borderlands! If you want to talk about this more, here is a (functional) link to the Discord: https://discord.gg/Q66gVjc9
I welcome two of the best know bloggers within the indie/OSR space. W.F. Smith, also known as Prismatic Wasteland, whose blog goes by the same name. WF also won an Ennie this last year in the category of Best Supplement for Barkeep on the Borderland, along with many contributors to the great adventure setting. Zedeck Siew who has earned admiration for writing many adventure settings, blog posts, and has the distinction of winning the inaugural overall Gold Bloggie last year for D&D's Obsession with Taxonomy. Bloggie Results: https://zedecksiew.tumblr.com Bloggie Voting: https://twitter.com/zedecksiew Prismatic Wasteland: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com Barkeep on the Borderlands: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/429877/Barkeep-on-the-Borderlands --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diekugames/message
Hodag is a game designer, artists and zine maker of the Indie RPG space! His work is primarily line based and black and white, full of details, references and hidden eggs! I've been following Hodag's work for a while now and we've talked a bit. But not like we did in this episode. Hodag does amazing linework art (and he even talks about his main styles of art, influences and preferences in the episode), and he is quite fond of putting the resemblance of friends and peers in character's illustrations (there is even one with my likeness in Beyond! The Hypertrench!, a Space Fantasy RPG he created). His work with the team of Barkeep on the Borderlands won an Gold Ennie-Award for Best Supplement, and this zine is a great addition for those that want to experience a barcrawl/urbancrawl with many possibilities of play in a gorgeous illustrated setting. In this chat we discussed a wide range of topics and the time flew by. It's a bit over two hours but the conversation is well worth it. We go deep into art, Hodag's influences, our grid and concerns with generative AI applications, humanity in art, how he embodies chaos in his creative process, how he hasn't experienced a dry spell or burnout. We also talked about his vision of artists as kind of the jocks of the #TTRPG space (and that kinda makes sense), how usually in the USA the individual rights are always put above the collective rights, our amazing peers in the Indie RPG space, how he lived in a bunch of different places and how that shaped a bit of his vision, how RPGs are not weird at all to him, and a lot more. You gotta listen to it. We had a great chat and I hope you enjoy it too. Let's get weird with Hodag! Check out Hodag's works! https://hodagrpg.itch.io/ https://www.instagram.com/hodagrpg/ Thank you for listening! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help! https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers! Get your copy right here: bit.ly/kosmosaurs Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Barkeep on the Borderlands - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/shop/p/barkeep-on-the-borderlands Traverse Fantasy Blog - https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/ Prismatic Wasteland Site - https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/ The Wind (Movie) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8426594/ Macteg (Instagram) - https://instagram.com/mactegart Perplexing Ruins - https://www.perplexingruins.com/
Pull up a stool and name your poison! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we chat with W. F. Smith, the mastermind behind Barkeep on the Borderlands! This Ennie Award-winning zine is the product of over thirty collaborators, including 11 guest writers and 17 artists, who worked together to reimagine the classic D&D cavern crawl B2: Keep on the Borderlands as a BAR crawl. You see, in the centuries since the original adventurer's cleared out the Caves of Chaos, a festival celebrating that achievement — the RAVES of Chaos — came to dominate the town every year. Now the king is sick, a cure is needed and to find it, players must brave the raves and visit the many different pubs of the keep. It's delightful! Buy it! * * * Stu's book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is up for pre-order now! Buy it direct from Penguin Random House with code READMIT15 for 15% off! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!
jD, Pete, and Tim are back and this week they're discussing the EP Saskadelphia. TracksMontreal - Studio outtake Ouch - Studio versionCrack my Spine (Like a Whip) - Live from Halifax 1991Reformed Baptist Blues - Studio versionTranscriptTrack 1:[0:00] If you're a fan of the Tragically Hip, this is your hip fest. Getting Hip to the Hip, September 1st at The Rec Room. Celebrate the music of the hip with a live tribute act, the finale of a hip-based podcast, and a silent auction with amazing hip prizes, with all proceeds going to support the Gord Downieand Chani Wenjack Fund. If you're a fan of the hip, you need to be there. Tickets available now at gettinghiptothehip.com. Track 2:[0:28] The first, and to date, only posthumous release by the tragically hip is 2021's marvelous EP, Saskadelphia. [0:37] Borrowing its title from the original name of Road Apples, this record packs a punch in under 20 minutes of non-stop rock. Even the chilling theme of the song Montreal moves mountains with its haunting chorus. I remember downloading Saskadelphia on the mail-on weekend in 2021 and I was immediately transported back to 1991. [0:59] In some cases, we're even invited into this studio with banter between Gord and someone named Bruce. It was a total trip hearing these songs from a bygone era with a pair of ears from the 21st century. In some cases it was familiar, as I own bootlegs of Crack My Spine Like a Whip and Just as Well, but these new versions were bursting at the seams with nuance that only a studiorecording can offer. I felt nostalgic and sad listening, but by the end I was grinning ear to ear. This was a fantastic hip experience, and it's one I hope we get to enjoy with the upcoming re-release of Phantom Power, and I'm calling it here first, but I think we see an Up to Here boxset celebrating 35 years sometime in 2024. But don't quote me on that, unless I'm right of course. At any rate, I'm nervous about giving this one to Pete and Tim. Although they both enjoyed Road Apples initially, will they appreciate the significance of this EP? Will nostalgia be a factor for a pair of people who only first heard the band in November of 2022? [2:08] What kind of impact will this have? We'll have to wait and see on this episode of Getting Hip to the Hip. Track 5:[2:40] All right hey hey it's JD here and we are back again for another uh well let's call it the penultimate episode of getting hip to the hip i'm here as always with my friends Pete and Timto discuss Seminole Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip we're going through every album and we find ourselves at the last album. An EP as it were, Saskadelphia. It was released for the May long weekend in 2021 and it's a it's it's a trip back to the road Apple days. Before we get too deep into that discussion though, how the fuck are you guys doing? Well you know I'm a little a little of a Climbed a little tongue-tied. I don't know. I told my kid, Sage, this morning, I was like, this is sort of one of the last recordings. It's about 20 minutes of music. [3:41] And he was very encouraging on moving on to more pod stuff, because he knows I've totally loved doing this. But at the same time, I'm like, do we have to do this today, guys? Can we postpone it? Pause right here and do it later. Because it's like the last bunch of songs, really. The problem is, in a week, you'll be here. It's true. It's true. You'll be here, and we'll be doing the For Real last episode. Hope to see you there at Getting Hip to the Hip, an evening for the Donnie Wenjack Fund. Tickets are $40. You can get them on gettinghiptothehip.com. [4:20] Slash click the ticket button. Do that. It'll be good. Pete, how are you, man? I'm good. Um, your cadence threw me off there at the beginning, JD, because when you said I'm here with my good friends, Pete and Tim to discuss, and I thought you were going to,you're going to say two disgusting fucking individuals, but just to discuss. And then you were like the penultimate record. So, no, I'm good. Everybody knows that by now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Kidding me with our link or that way. We fucking two sailors, three sailors here. That's right. With your captain Pete who we've gotten, I think we've gotten, uh, we've gotten a couple of emails from people saying, do you haveto use the F-word so much? You swear like sailors, ahoy motherfuckers. Yeah. Yeah. I'm, I'm, I'm still looking forward to the, to the, uh, to the live event. I cannot wait. It's going to be so much fun. I'm I just I just hope I hope people are that show up want to that want to just talk about the hip. And I'm like, I'm wondering what other people say because I only know you guys. [5:37] Like, I've only I only really well my friend Barb too, but like, like, yeah, I don't talk about the hip, but I'm gonna be surrounded with a shit ton of people who fucking love the hip. It's going to be cool, man. Has Barb, has Barb confirmed? Barb's not confirmed, but Barb's on the fence. She's, she's, I think she just, we need to, we need to push Barb over the edge. How do we do that? We're pushing her right now. Barb, if you're listening. It's a, it's a love push, Barb. Barb. We're just giving you, we're just giving you a little, little bump you need. You need to be there, Barb. Careful, one person's love push is another person's incarceration, so you want to be careful with that. Well, I said bump, I meant like a little tiny, you know. Was that a Burning Bush reference? Is that a Bible reference? I missed it, went over my head. I'm out of swords today, gentlemen. [6:37] Are we gonna tackle this record? Well, let's talk about where you guys listened to this record for the first time. Where did listen to it, give me the environment, give me the background, give me the details, and then we'll go song by song. For me, no, my car is not a Yugo with the premium audiosound system. Surely it is not. Surely it is not. They're out of business. No, I listen to it in the car a lot, listen to it on my computer a lot. I've been doing a lot of work at the desk and was really surprised with this record, really surprised. kind of. [7:18] Yeah, I'll save all that, but yeah, listen mainly at the computer and in the car. All right. How about you, Tim? I'm the same. Same exact. Yeah. Sitting down. Sitting down. And it's a quick one, right? It's like 20 minutes and you're through. Yeah, 20 minutes. Right. Yeah. It's a tupper. When they first released it, they called it an album. I'm pretty sure they said it was an album. And a lot of people bitched. A lot of people were like, this isn't an album, it's an EP. It's six songs. Who called it that? I believe they did centrally, but even on the wiki page now, it's listed as an EP. So I don't know if it's been officially changed or what, but I'm calling it an EP. And it's a nice bookend. You get the EP at the beginning and you get the EP at the end, you know, in terms of bookends. Unless there's other music out there. But this came out after Gord's passing. This did. Yes. Yeah. 21. Yeah. 2021. People are bitching after the fact. Way to go hit fans. What a show. How about you? How about you, JD? JD, where, what was your experience when this came out? Oh boy. [8:25] Uh, did you grab it? Yeah. Um, I bought the 35th or the 30th it's yeah. The 30th anniversary of road apples, a box set. And it came in that box set and it came with live camp. It was a great box set because it came with a remastered road apples. It came with Saskadelphia. It came with Live at the Roxy and I want to say another record so it was chock full of cool cool shit for me it was just it was just a trip because it was like the last we heard of this band. [9:03] Was Man-Machine-Poem and it's very different from Road Apples, very different from Road Apples. And all of a sudden I was listening to brand new hip that was 35 years old, you know? So it was like, it was really, it hurt my brain a little bit, my brain was doing spirals, you know? Like it was like, this doesn't make sense, this is new, but this is really old. So I don't quite understand what this is all about, you know. But very much enjoyed it. A little disappointed that the version of Montreal is a live version, but I like the live version. It's good, you know. There's a reason. Yeah, there's a reason. And we'll get into that as we go. Should we start with Ouch? [9:54] Well, let's do a little more backstory. Yeah, go. Because in my experience of this EP, I went really quickly to YouTube and ended up watching some of the mini episodes that featureJohnny Faye in the Universal Warehouse finding the tapes. That's crazy. And all that stuff. And it was really interesting to go through those and hear him talk about Universal claiming the fire they had in the warehouse that was, I think he said they found out about it, the NewYork Times article. Yeah. Yeah, that's all I remember. And it listed all these bands whose tapes burned, and they were on the list. And so... [10:42] Johnny, I think. I forget who else. Johnny and somebody else immediately, it sounds like, really quickly went down to hunt down the tapes and they didn't burn. And he even had a comment, or most of them anyways, he even had a comment about how universal they thought. Actually, this was Baker in a different interview, because I watched a bunch with him too. Baker said that they thought that maybe the fire and the tapes were this multi-mega cash-in on getting assets destroyed that weren't really destroyed. But ultimately, they've said that they found 45-ish of 60-ish tapes and there's still potentially more out there. [11:29] So, there's some great interviews on this stuff. I probably watched, I don't know, six interviews. Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah, I was kind of laid up one day and just had some time to kill and watch them, watch them interview. So yeah, so it's, maybe there is more out there. I mean, they pulled together, what is this, five songs? Well, six with Montreal, but yeah. Six. Yeah, six. And, you know, if there's, if we get six more eventually, that would be awesome. Yeah, because they are, I mean, there is talk of Phantom Power being reissued. They announced that last year that Phantom Power would be reissued this year. The 25th anniversary has passed, but I suspect it'll be a Christmas release, you know, but I don't know anything beyond that. [12:16] No, the cover of Phantom Power was actually done by Rob Baker. Really? That's a fact. Oh, wow. Rob Baker studied graphic design, I believe. Graphic design. Oh, yeah. University of Queensland? Queens, Queens University, yeah. Queens. Yeah. near the Bronx. Yeah, right now the Bronx just a hop, skipping the jump away. I'm skipping a jump. I had not, I had not heard or watched and heard interviews with him really yet. And man, I want to hang out with that guy. He is so. Baker? I don't know. He had so many. He had, yeah, he had so many fun, not fun. It's somebody wise one-liners just in the course of conversation with interviewers. Like he's just fucking Zen dude. So chill. Sorry. Some of it was during COVID and he was talking about like during COVID, how his son moved back home and they were, they had set times during the week where theywere jamming together and ah, man, it just. That's very cool. It's just a rad sounding dude. Yeah. Yeah. Well, get in line, Tim, because. [13:26] I'll be behind you. Yeah. Yeah. Rob Baker and I, we go back. We're gonna, I'm in Kingston. We got a we got a couple of beer dates Talk gear. I think it was I think it was ouch That Johnny Fay one of the YouTube video the one of these little mini episode things that Johnny Fay He's listening. There's a video of him listening to ouch. I believe it was out and And it gets to the end, and it stops. And he's so elated and excited. And he said something like, it even has an end. So stoked to find a complete song. Before we jump into the record, did you guys see the, Tim, I didn't watch all the interviews, but what's his name? Craig Rogers sent that email with the videos from the Cineplex event they did. Right, yeah. They did an event at the bathhouse. I didn't see that. Oh, dude, it's fucking cool. I mean, the only videos that he could find were... Or Bob Cajun, Escape is at Hand, Country Day and Coffee Girl, but they did this live event at the bathhouse. [14:44] During Bob Cajun, Rob Baker's just playing guitar. I don't think anybody else is in the video if I remember correctly, and Gord Downie's just shooting pool and singing this songwhile he's shooting pool. It's the coolest fucking thing. Oh my God, I got to see this. It's so cool, man. It's one of the coolest fucking, he's just like, he's, and it's a weird, like, I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm not, when, you know, when we go to the bath house and eventually record there one day, I'm not going to piss and moan to the guys about the pool table. I hope it's a bar size table, but I noticed that the balls in Canada, they weren't like, you know, the color balls like we have in the U S or like red balls. And then maybe a different color. Were they playing snooker maybe? Maybe it was like a snooker table but yeah. Yes they are. They are. They're playing snooker. I just pulled it up. I did this. Sorry Craig. I didn't I didn't I didn't go through. I saw it Craig. Thanks. I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to respond. I've been busy working this week. Yeah I haven't. [15:51] Sorry Craig. Very cool. Yeah. Got something new to check out. That's great let's dive in ouch ouch ouch. [19:12] Go ahead, Timmy. Take it. Well, this one kind of brought me back to Born in the Water. And back then, when we were talking about Road Apples, if I recall correctly, I had some comments about it being bluesy, and George Thurgood, whatever. I had some comments like, why are these guys? They're a rock and roll band, but they're in different buckets of genres within rock and roll. And not many bands can do that and do it successfully. A lot of them try, and I think don't do as good of a job. And so listening to Ouch made me realize, it just brought me kind of full circle on The Hip's abilities and their skills and their talents and brought me to this kind of new level of fandomof thinking about that. [20:18] And like I imagine I have some friends from back in the day who are big time music guys and I imagine that what they would would think about listening to different types of songsby The Hip and how some who are not Hip fans might think it's kooky or why they're doing this. Or it's kind of out of a comfort zone. But listening to Ouch and going back to Road Apples and Born in the Water and songs like that, like it just, it brought me kind of, It completed the circle of thinking. [20:49] These guys are really talented they can do whatever they want to do they're they got the they got their driver's licenses they got the keys you know it's it's just like god what couldwhat can they not do at this point you know and the the song is we could talk about the song and all the aspects of it and gourd's growly singing and you know all the things but this onejust kind of it just kind of hit me full circle with the band and it made me think like at one point i was like thinking about you know in the u.s, raiders fans or fans of certain teams or youknow i bleed whatever i don't know it's all these stupid things of these allegiances to to cultural items and how, or genres or arts and how some people can be like, just so narrow within acategory of something that they really love and how, like, I don't know this. If you opened up your mind a little bit and accept things a little more, why are you hiring now? [22:04] Have more enjoyment. No, no, you can have more enjoyment. No, seriously, I had a moment with this song. Wow. Really fucking solidified why I like The Hip and why I could argue to the end of all day is about how they're fucking better than youtwo. How's that? Yeah. You know? Yeah. So there. That's what happened to me with this song. [22:29] That's far out. Probably led to so many video watchings because I was like, Like just give me more at a personal level of these guys. It's 9.53 in the morning for fuck's sake. It's not even 10. Can I wait till 10 to get high? 20 somewhere, baby. That's right. What about you, Pete? [22:52] Um, I, I dug this song. The only thing I, you know, can kind of gather that, you know. [23:00] I, I agree with Tim on, um, not that I disagree with him on what else he was saying. But you know, just kind of one of the points that he made was that this kind of brought it full circle. Like, I think when we started out with road apples, Tim and I were both kind of like,where are we going with this? And then even when we talked to Paul Ling Wah the other day, how he was, you know, we were talking about, you know, everybody has a different entry point to the hip, you know, westarted from the, from the very beginning. You know so maybe that wasn't our destined entry point, but it was the entry point nonetheless. And we kind of came back full circle because now we got this similar sound of what road apples was without and My only comments on the song itself, which I loved It just painted apicture And I'll read it to you It's 11 15 p.m, The bar is dirty and it's dingy the happy hour crowd has gone home drunk already The band's starting to get into its back catalog and angrytunes. And the close the bar down crowd has just showed up, you know. The guy with the pull cue in the fucking case, a couple of bar room hustlers, a couple of hot chicks that um... [24:29] That frequent the bar. Everybody showed up. Barkeep's getting surly. Barkeep is getting surly. [24:39] Everything about this band, this song, gave me the vibe like they're just up on stage playing and they don't give a fuck. They don't care. They've done it so many times, It's just, it's like muscle memory to them. And they're just, rock and roll is just fucking in their veins. And it's on display for everybody who's probably taking it for granted at the bar. It seems that way. Yeah. Yeah. Because Lord knows, I mean, I took Road Apples and that shit for granted. Did you guys go back to it? Like, after listening to this record, did you go back to Road Apples? To Road Apples, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, like to try and see what like to me I did the same thing and it was like it was to try and see where these songs would have fit in because like asmuch as it's new material we all have to understand too it's material that they felt wasn't up to snuff to make the actual record, right? Yeah, which is weird to me like but maybe it was just a time thing. Yeah, yeah. Because I thought the majority of these songs on this record were great. [25:51] Yeah. Yeah, I tend to agree with you. I enjoy it. It's not long enough to be offensive. Even if it was offensive, you know? You're in and you're out, and it's done. Yeah. What it did for me, I mean, I went back to Road Apples, but I also, again, went. [26:12] To video stuff like i hung out on youtube more with this one and pete it's funny you mentioned kind of a bar scene because the video for this song it's kind of all about a bar sceneit's it's a fun it's a really i didn't know there was the videos for a few yeah there's videos for a few of these yeah jay baruchel's in that video right ouch ouch is it yeah yeah ouch is a hootit's got like all these hidden nuggets through the video with references to other songs or albums. Yeah I think there was like 20 of them. It's a really good video. Yeah, yeah. It's a really, really good video. I watched it a couple times. Super interesting. Yeah, a lot of fun. So check that out. All right, let's move to Not Necessary. Not necessary. [27:01] Um, again, this is just like, I thought this song would have fucking cooked live. I mean, like, like most of the songs on this EP, just like pictured sweat just fucking pouring off of everybody's foreheads. And just, yeah, it was just a good time record, man. A good time tune. Chorus was super hooky, just like, had a great, like it did sound, the chorus sounded like it was, you know, crafted in that time. Like if you saw a TNC Surf t-shirt, somebody was wearing it walking down the street, you'd know what like year that kind of came from. I don't know if anybody remembers TNC Surf.Do you remember that company? Well, yeah. Yeah. Anyway, um, TNC Serpent Skate it was called. But yeah, it's just like, yeah, that would be, you'd know what era it was from. And definitely this song was a bit of just, they were justhaving such a fucking good time. It was kind of a window into their youth. Yeah, yeah, that's good call. Life on the road in the van, you can almost smell the inside of the van, stinky and, you know, sweaty and lived in. Yeah. How about you, Tim? [28:25] I agree with Pete on all that. I don't have much more on the song. I dug the song. I really no qualms about it. [28:37] This one I went faster to video. I hate to say that I just watched videos on all this shit, but I watched a lot of videos. And this one's cool. It's like bank robbery gone wrong. It's got a total plot, to it that somehow ties into the song. I haven't seen the video for this one. It's a really... Oh man, it's killer. Check that out. It's got a cliffhanger at the end. It's a fun video and I just... It really... I don't know, just after listening to so much music by these guys with cans and not having much visually other than some live stuff, like it was fun to find videos from this EP. So, definitely watch Ouch and watch Not Necessary. Great song. Right, we move next to the very solemn song about the École Polytechnique massacre that happened in the late 80s in Montreal, where a young man brutally murdered 14students and the Tragically Hip wrote a response to that it's very loosely based in that although it's bang on at the same time like there are lyrics in it that give you chills, you know? [30:05] But what did you think of Montreal, Tim? [30:11] It's a heavy one. I think I read that 27 people were shot, 14 died. You know, it's one of these songs that you could throw in a bucket by the hip that aren't something I reach for just because of the subject material. You know, it's like one of those heavy things that's Marked history and something uncomfortable and something that we we still deal with Every day, you know like the like a few othertheir songs in this this whole Tragedy, I don't know it's it's a It's you know our Mind may be privileged to listen to it and feel unsettled and move on and put it in a drawer You know,because it's fucking tough history and a tough topic and all the things. And yeah, it's also like, I commend The Hip for and Gord for writing it and them playing it live. Like it's this song is brave, it takes courage and I don't know, I just I don't have a lot of music, just actual tune. Sure. Comments about it, just because it's like, you know? [31:40] Because, I mean, just also being in the USA, I mean, we deal with this stuff all the time. So it's just like, you know, it's probably a song that everybody should hear and play. [31:55] Let me just tell a quick little anecdote before we come to you Pete. I remember my friend Jeff who was older than me and he drove to Toronto for a show, a hip show at the old Ontario Place Forum and I remember him coming back and saying there's thissong called Montreal I think it's going to be on the next record like it was so great like and I got to hear it again And this is back in the day when you just couldn't hear it again. That was it. He heard it and that was his memory of it. And that's the end. He didn't get to hear it again until years later. You hear traces of it on Live Between Us during Courage, I believe. They start singing the tail end of Montreal. Pete, what did you think of this live version? I really liked it. I did. I thought it was very haunting. Those little, you know, cool guitar licks. Those little, you know, I think they're arpeggios or something. And then when the chorus just switches over to a major, it's like a, you know, beautiful. [33:12] What's the way it kind of puts into a happier space, but then it just gets dark again. It was just a bit of a seesaw feeling, this song, but it's definitely something that I, again, I mean, I don't know if it was because of it was a live version, but, you know, I would probably, if Iheard the studio version of this tune, I would want to hear it live too, because it was really a really pretty song, but it was, Because of the six songs on this record. [33:45] I would say it was, you know, I would say it was not my favorite, but I really liked it. I think just because it starts off so heavy. Yeah. Record, you know? Yeah. So. All right. No. JD, if you checked out JD, I guess there's a DVD of that show at the Metropolis. Oh really? That's available, yeah, there's a DVD that's available for free, like via the Hip Fans webpage. I haven't gone back to checking that. Yeah, you might. Check that out, because that sounds pretty awesome. There's some fan... They don't tend to give things away very often. There's some fan footage that... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, there's some fan footage that somebody produced a DVD. Oh, wow. Okay. Well if you're interested in the 7-inch of Montreal, we have an autographed copy of the 7-inch of Montreal and it'll be at the silent auction of the event so that's kind offun. That's a fun one. Yeah, and I should note it's auctioned by the four living members of the band. Like it's not a complete, you know, Gord is not on there. But you get all the living members of the band and that's pretty fucking cool. You get Pete, Tim and JD to sign it too. That's right. That was a joke because it'll be devalued if that happens. [35:14] So we flip the record over and we get the fucking electric, crack my spine like a whip. [38:30] This song fucking melts, doesn't it? Yeah, yeah. [38:35] You know, this is the one, this is the one that Johnny Faye was like, it has an ending too. This was the one he was so psyched about. This is over here in my notes, I'm finally getting on that. And this is the song that led me to ask Paul about he and Baker's guitar playing and he noted how they're who was it Dan Smith Don Smith who also makes this yeah how he channeledthem yeah how he channeled them and put one in the left and one of the right and the hard pan yeah so this song made me yeah the hard pan this song made me realize I don't know it wasit It was a complete picture in my brain of what these guys were doing on guitar. And I even said to Paul, I tried to get into it a little bit, but I would love to talk to him in person about it. But this song, Paul on guitar, he's just got the, just reminds me of 80s power guitar chords, just like Ramones and 80s bad religion. And he's just going through it. It's like he's the fucking locomotive of this song, which also ties in with Pete so many times, how you've said how Paul and Johnny are like a unit unlike any other, cause it's usually drumsand the bass player, you know? [40:02] But these guys have such an interesting compositional makeup within each other, you know? This song to me, like, it kind of personified their abilities And, you know, they're I don't know, just this this song is killer. I just loved it. I listened to it so many times, so many times. It's just killer. Good one. Good song. Yeah. Thanks. Thank you, Don Smith. I mean, you you nailed it with these guys not being rhythm and lead or lead and rhythm. You nailed it with these guys being guitarists. So just let it ride. [40:39] Well, I thought this song it fucking cooked. I mean, I don't have much to say about it, other than the fact that, um, I, you know, to your point, Tim, to add on to it, I think it was more than just Paul and Johnny, I think, Paul, Johnny,Gord, and Rob Baker, are all like, on stage in a fucking musical orgy. And strangely enough, I feel like Gord is in background of the song. He's not a I mean he's there but I wouldn't call him the star of the show for this song. That fucking band like just stepped in front. Gord's like you know in the back like, you know, Maybe changing Johnny's fucking crash cymbal because he broke it so many times duringthe song. He's there and it's good and not trying to take away from Gord's vocals, but the band just fucking destroys this song. You could tell they were having a blast when they recorded it. Hands down. They just take over, you know? Yeah. So yeah, good song. [41:56] One of the YouTube videos on this, I just went back to it. They're called the Saskadelphia Minutes. And there's like five or six episodes, but not all of them are posted. But there is a one minute, they're all short, there is a one minute version of our video for this song just as well. And it's got some fun live footage of the guys. is one thing I think Baker was talking about in a video is how a lot of these songs they did play live and he didn't really have many answersor questions about like why didn't they make it or where did they go or what happened you know he was just like we had a lot of songs and he one cool takeaway of these songs inparticular and just as well was that they didn't rehearse much He spoke at length about how they didn't rehearse much and they road-tested new songs. He said often they'd come out and whatever new song they were working on, they'd play first. Like that was their warm-up, was road-testing a song. And like bands don't do that. Like nobody does that. You know what I mean? It's like you play first base for whatever. [43:16] And coach is like, hey, you're going out, move to left field. And it's like, OK, I'll play left field. I think I can do this. And it's just gnarly what these guys were capable of. It's pretty awesome. And just to back up to our last pod, it's about the absolute opposite of what Mr. Bob Rock these guys do one. You know? It really is. It's like if they could go out and road test a song, first show, the first song of the night. Yeah. Phew. you, Yeah, rather than work on something for a couple ofmonths. It's I think road testing was the way to go. That's the unique gift there to us as listeners and fans. You got to just see your favorite band jam. [44:09] And sometimes they'd come up with something, and you're just like, wow, what is that? I got to hear that. Like my friend with Montreal. Yeah. You know? And then when. Yeah. Yeah, Baker said, you know, we played 200 plus shows a year. We knew each other. We know each other. We're all best friends. We could do it. We could just sit down and figure something out. And if we liked it, we'd go do it. Goddamn. What a gift those guys had. So you merged into Just As Well there, Tim. We were talking about Crack My Spine Like a Whip, and you've brought it into Just as Well, so should we stick with Just as Well for Pete? Or do you have more to say about Just as Well? [44:55] I mean only about picking scabs. All right. Yeah. Because that's the line in Just as Well. For the love of Pete. It's going to keep getting infected. It's going to keep getting infected if you keep picking at it. Oh, Pete, they knew. Yeah, right, right. Sure they did. I love the ready Bruce right at the beginning. That was fun. [45:23] Hmm. This was one I genuinely was like, what the fuck? Why is why was this not on the record? Oh, wow. This was. Hmm. Hundred percent. Hundo. This was probably my favorite tune on the record. Got a lot of Stones vibes. Yeah. I mean, super big. Everything from the guitar tone to just the song itself, just rolling stones. Yeah. And I don't know, man, the more it ebbs and flows because, excuse me, the longer I listen to this band, the more I just understand each and every member, because specifically thissong, Gord Sinclair's bass stands out so much because it follows, I think, Rob Baker's guitar licks. And it just, yeah, what a talented fucking band, man. At this stage in the game they were. [46:31] You know, yeah, what do you, I mean, what a fucking jam. What do you want me to say about the song just cooks dude you know the hook turn around it's just it's so good it's a pop tune, rock pop tune fucking formulaic yeah it is a good one it is agood formula right like it's like original coca-cola it's like it's a formula but it's it works it's it's yeah but there's a lot there's a lot of coke out there there's a lot of soda there's rc there's youknow there's shasta There's that store-bought shit, but this is original fucking recipe, man. This is, maybe even a little savour original. [47:13] Listen to that rolling R's. You like that? Yeah. So, the next one is... [50:44] I just thought, let's go get in the car and go for a drive, you know. It's just reminded me of like my teenage years as a Catholic youth and having a driver's license. I literally had a time in my life and it was like with that summer where I was to go to church and I would just pick up my buddy Dave and we'd drive around for an hour and smokecigarettes and go back home. How was church? It was great. That's what this reminded me of. [51:13] But again, it made me think about the band and the various aspects of rock and roll they could go after, which, you know, we have in our time, you know, we had The Stones whocould do that. We had Zeppelin who could do that. Maybe Queen. Definitely The Beatles. You know, there aren't many bands who can go after kind of different aspects of rock and roll and do it really well and still remain respected and still keep, you know, selling out stadiumsacross Canada or whatever. But this song, it's huge. It hits the two-minute mark and it felt like it could kind of be done or not, and it just keeps going and that's awesome, you know. [51:53] Yeah, I just, it's got like a 15-second fade out. That works for you, doesn't it? And it's cool. Oh my God. I mean, this is this is a killer song. It's the live versions of this song are amazing. This song live is yeah, that's what I'm saying to you. It's alive. It's it's a cooker. It's out there live. I don't know, man. I mean, yeah, I mean, I'm sure I have no doubt that the song cooks live, but you cannot debate that the song does not cook on the fucking studioversion. Because Because it's, it's, I mean, dude, it, it's, this song, if it was like, it's a, it's another bar brawl. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, everything is so filthy, dirty, the guitars, gourds, gourds, who's, you know, Cheers. [52:46] There used to be this bar, nobody knows where this town is, it's in Cedar County, Missouri, near Stockton, it's about 70 miles from, Jesus, where would you fly, what's the gamblingtown where they got the riverboat? It's a shithole town, apologies if you're from there. Oh, God, Branson, it's about 75 miles from Branson, yeah. [53:16] And Cedar County, a town called Jericho Springs, I can't remember the name of it, but everybody called it the Purple Unicorn, because there was a purple unicorn out front. And this was a bar where like you would, 90% of the jukebox would be Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, and that's it. Nothing else. You wouldn't you would not find anything else on there. And this band would like maybe, you know, be staying in town and play a show there. And it would just the place would erupt in a ballroom, ballroom brawl, cops, which cop cars blackand whites all over. Fucking people getting fucking taken out of their Bottles getting broken over people's fucking heads. Then them just fucking smoking a cigarette. The only way I would want to hear this song live would be with at least a fifth of Jim Beam in me or some shitty whiskey. Not even Jack Daniels, just some shit whiskey. I do like this song. [54:27] It's a barroom brawler too. That's awesome. Yeah. And that's how the record ends. That's, you know, as far as we know, that's all the hip we're gonna get. And that puts us in a position to pick our last song for our playlists. You guys each get to pick a song and it'll be the last song in your playlist and you'll debut your playlists at the last episode. So in the proper order that they belong in and everybody will get to see your playlists. What are you choosing? Well, I know I said before that Just As Well was probably my favorite tune, but then I'm taking that back because I just painted that picture in my head so well. I would say Reformed Baptist Blues, man. Oh, wow. That's gonna be it. Yeah, 100%, dude. That song is fuckin'. [55:32] You know like where they get the guy and they throw the guy on the bar and they fucking they shovel him down the bar and he slides and he breaks a bunch of glasses and his headgoes into the jukebox like that's this song and the band's still playing they're still finishing the song because if they stop playing they don't get paid exactly exactly Cool cues gettingbroken over people's fucking heads. What about you Tim? What's your track? I love that song. Yeah, I love that song as well, but I'm going with Crack My Spine. I love the guitar. Yeah, I love the guitars in that one. They're rhythmical like a whip. That song did it for me. Well, your lists are now complete. I will send them to you so you guys can sequence them and maybe you do that on the plane ride over. Who knows? You'll listen to it to see if it works. [56:31] But that's what I've got for you. I want to thank you as always for doing all the heavy fucking lifting and listening to the music, having to describe it, answering my stupid assquestions, all that shit. Guys are fucking gold to me and I can't wait to see you next week and uh, and share you with the world so there's that peace out guys peace out see you in canada pick up your thanks Itwas... It was... You stepped on my fucking line. Fuuuck you Tim how could you? Pick up your shit! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gettinghiptothehip/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, "Evolving Doors"Written by Ben Acker and Ben BlackerStarring Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada; Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; Annie Savage as the Saloon Doors; Craig Cackowski as Felton; Autumn Reeser as Pearl Pascal; and Hal Lublin as Folksy Hal.Produced by Ben Acker & Ben BlackerMusic by Jordan Katz, Jonathan Dinerstein, Becky Ward, John Flaugher, and Ben JaffeSound effects by Cayenne Chris ConroyTHE THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR IS NOW 100% INDEPENDENT.To support the show and the people who make it, and to gain access to our complete back catalogue including never-released episodes (from as far back as 2005!), early access to the podcast, early access to tickets to our live shows, and more, join our Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehourPodcast produced and engineered by Jordan Katz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Westeros PD has a new secret weapon in solving the case, Dr. Lord Varys, forensic detective, coming to CBS Thursdays this fall! Join Erik the Troubadour as he spreads misinformation about jazz ballad nomenclature, rodent reproductive cycles, squire job requirements, and the proper descriptors for ultimate British quaintness. All this, plus special guest The Oklahoma Kid. (The Oklahoma Kid appears courtesy of Pretzels, America's Bread.)The Opening Act is…Barkeep, a Pod of Your Finest Draft Hail (Cthulhu)The Topic on Tap is…Is that Valyrian Steel You Stabbed Me in the Back With, or are You Just Unhappy to See Me? The Closer is…Drink Me a MixThe Flavor and Flow is…Now is the Winter of Our This ContentThe Equation is...(((((((1x2) cubed)/4)x5)-6)+7)-8) times (((((((1x2) cubed)/4)x5)-6)+7)-8)The “You're Stuck Inside” is…Directed by Luke WarmThe “The Force is Inside” is…Also directed by Luke WarmThe “Enjambment” is…Once again, directed by Luke WarmThe Porn Opera is…You guessed it, directed by Luke WarmFind us at gadzooksanerd.com/meowHear the Music at gadzooksanerd.com/fieldsContact us at gadzooksanerd@gmail.com
If you didn't already know, Super Gus is a HUGE Sci-Fi fan. So when he came to me very excited after watching a movie starring Ethan Hawke as "The Barkeep" and Sarah Snook as "The Unmarried Mother" based on the 1959 short story "—All You Zombies—" by Robert A. Heinlein, he didn't have to ask me twice to talk about it on Complete Disarray. IMDB describes it as follows "For his final assignment, a top temporal agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. The chase turns into a unique, surprising and mind-bending exploration of love, fate, identity and time travel taboos." Confused yet? Don't worry. You will be. Find out more about Complete Disarray and more from the Plastic Microphone Studios by clicking here. #FaveFiveFromFans #FFFF #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #podcastlife #podcaster #podcasters #podcastshow #podcastersofinstagram #anchorfm #spotify #spotifypodcasts #itunes #applepodcasts #youtube #googlepodcasts #overcast #stitcher #stitcherpodcasts #castbox #castboxpodcasts #PodcastSuggestions #podcastinglife #podcastaddict #newpodcast #podcastlove #podcastmovement #podcasthost #podcastnetwork #podernfamily #bhfyp #Movie #Movies #predestination #sciencefiction #scifi #space #science #scifiart #art #bookstagram #fantasy #cyberpunk #aliens #horror #alien #books #s #sciencefictionart #film #illustration #movies #scifibooks #startrek #sciencefictionbooks #starwars #movie #comics #digitalart #fiction #book #spaceship #scififantasy #drawing #EveryoneIsFam #SIPNetwork #PodernFamily #PodcastNation #PodcastNetwork #PodcastRecommendations #FollowBack #CrowdsourcedPodcastDatabase #PodTime #booklover #sciencefacts #scifimovies #future #action #conceptart #cinema #thriller #artwork #fantasyart #sf #cosplay #d #bladerunner #scifiworld #nasa #comicbooks #futuristic #physics #horrormovies #sciencememes #anime #artist #adventure #mystery #robot #ufo #chemistry #galaxy #videogames #ethanhawke #movie #robinwilliams #cinema #deadpoetssociety #film #movies #robertseanleonard #beforesunrise #juliedelpy #neilperry #toddanderson #charliedalton #galehansen #knoxoverstreet #richardlinklater #nuwanda #s #beforemidnight #deadpoetssocietyedit #beforesunset #denzelwashington #stevenmeeks #richardcameron #deadpoetssocietymemes #carpediem #joshcharles #deadpoetssocietyedits #love #gerardpitts #robertheinlein #scifi #sciencefiction #bookstagram #vintagebooks #bibliophile #bookcollector #fantasy #booksforsale #bookstagrammer #starshiptroopers #bookseller #booklover #bookcollecting #firstedition #philipkdick #booksbooksbooks #bookshelf #rarebooks #bookaholic #syfy #bookaddict #collectiblebooks #bookporn #library #heinlein #antiquarianbooks #librariesofinstagram #lovecraft #books #scifibooks #strangerinastrangeland #robertaheinlein #book #isaacasimov #sscifi #sciencefictionbooks #film #agathachristie #bookcollection #scifiauthor #podcast #philosophy #vintagescifi #vintagepaperbacks #lronhubbard #scifimovies #bookish #usedbooks #horrormovies #frankherbert #cultmovie #thepuppetmasters #paulverhoeven #bookphotography #scifiart #classicscifi #suntupeditions #philosophyoflife #beer --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fave-five-from-fans/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fave-five-from-fans/support
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sat down with W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wasteland to talk blogs, the post-OSR, and of course his system-neutral pubcrawl pointcrawl adventure Barkeep on the Borderlands. Afterwards we do a few spotlights, unseal a few bundles from The Lost Bay, and preview what's coming up on The Weekly Scroll. Barkeep on the Borderlands is open for preorders right now! CLICK HERE
In an almost prophetic recording from January 2nd we address IP, the OGL, Capitalism and the beast that is this Hobby's Industry. Check out the Barkeep on the Borderlands Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/projects/prismaticwasteland/barkeep-on-the-borderlands Check out the article "Hey, You Got Commercialism In My Hobby, Also Zine Quest 4: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/hey-you-got-commercialization-in-my-hobby-also-zinequest-4 Here Be No Product Identity Monsters: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/no-one-owns-these-monsters --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/support
Today we talk to Prismatic Wasteland about Barkeep on the Borderlands. You can preorder your copy via backerkit right now https://barkeep-on-the-borderlands.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders and, check out: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/support
Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars "Charmed and Dangerous" Written by Katie Wood Starring Marc Evan Jackson as Sparks Nevada; Mark Gagliardi as Croach the Tracker; Joshua Malina as the Barkeep; Annie Savage as the Saloon Doors; Craig Cackowski as Felton; Autumn Reeser as Hartch; John Ross Bowie as Winsome Wilder; Janet Varney as Sue Perdue; and Hal Lublin as Folksy Hal. Produced by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker Music by Jordan "The Brass" Katz, Jonathan Dinerstein, Becky Ward, John Flaugher, and Ben Jaffe Sound effects by Cayenne Chris Conroy Podcast recorded by Broderick Hill Podcast produced by Jordan Katz Video of this episode can be viewed via our Patreon, where you can also find the entire back catalog of The Thrilling Adventure Hour plus Bonus Content, Complete Libraries of Classic Segments, and more: https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehour Follow The Thrilling Adventure Hour: https://twitter.com/ThrillingAdv https://www.facebook.com/ThrillingAdventureHour The Thrilling Adventure Hour Treasury is a Forever Dog podcast https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/the-thrilling-adventure-hour Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Spanish ad for J&B flips the script on the classic mystique of the scotch drinker, as a dignified old man gets into his wife's lipstick. But the ad makers are just grooming us for a bigger reveal. Discussing this commercial is thirsty work. Barkeep, what do you have that's not J&B? Bill Whittle, Stephen Green, and Scott Ott have hosted multiple episodes of a current events talk show each week since 2009, thanks to our Members and donors. To join: https://BillWhittle.com/register/ To donate: https://BillWhittle.com/donate-to-Bill-Whittle/
This week come along as we delve into Ancient History by A.J. Truman, the first book in his South Rock High Series. This one had to be a two parter! Sure, you'll get a Charlie cameo (Barkeep and the Bro, episodes 14 & 15), but trust me, you really want to be here for Amos and Hutch! Strap in. High school drama, old and new, the old man you didn't know you needed in your life- Pop is #thebest-, and emotionally mature rekindled love, wrapped in lust! It's HEA on high with gorgeous Amos ('borrowed' zucchini famous), and Hutch, a jock cultivated by the 'horniest of Greek Gods'. We've created an entire new field of study for higher education, we still can't get over shipping NFL coaches, LOTR lives rent free, camping is too early, and Shakespeare lives on... so yeah, we get off the rails a bit, but you expect that by now xoxo.What you need to know: HS teacher group chats are the bee's-knees. Jesus would totally be a catch in the gay community. Candy does not a relationship make. Ophelia only got that Hamlet dick one time.Safe Word: Water SportsWe'll see you in New Orleans for the conference!
Barkeep, another round, please. MLB heads into its division series, which all start on Tuesday. The big battle out West will feature the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. In the other NL series it will see NL East teams meet as division champs Atlanta Braves duel the Philadelphia Phillies.In the AL, the New York Yankees welcome the Cleveland Guardians to the Bronx in what should be a tense and exciting five-game series. The second AL series features AL West teams as the Houston Astros play host to the Seattle Mariners, one of the hottest teams in baseball in the second half. Get in on all the MLB postseason action at BetUS. Tune in for the latest news on MLB as TC Martin, Dave Cokin and Basewinner break down the latest baseball betting trends and most valuable odds as well as share with you their MLB Picks and Predictions.
Join us for AJ Truman's Barkeep and the Bro, an HEA (Happily Ever After) M/M romance novel featuring an age gap, self-discovery, a zucchini that *opens a lot of doors* and quite the Bear on Frat Bro action! Talks of college, finance, and the economy are worth it, we promise!Are you looking for people just living their lives, and learning their way without all the /panic/? We were too, and this is where we found it.Come with us, we're going on an adventuuureee Chaarrrlliieee- it's candy mountain, Charlie; name: Mitch.Moral of the Story: When a bunk deal goes bad, bunk up with a Bear baby!Safe word: Mai ThaisTriggers: Dirty fraternity house bathrooms, the realities of partying too hard (vomit), and truths about fending off creeps!
A quirk of fate brings both Lem and Fanshaw face to face with people from their pasts. disagreeable reunions bring up disagreeable memories, and show a taste of what makes a man into a gunslinger. Written and Produced by Julie Hoverson Cast List Lemuel Roberts /Deadeye Kid - J. Spyder Isaacson Clarence Fanshaw - J. Hoverson ~~~~~~ Grisham - Bill Hollweg (BrokenSea Audio) Lisette Carmichael - Robyn Keyes Commander Bannington - Glen Hallstrom Scotty - Mike Campbell Other Voices: Episode 1 Bartender - Rick Lewis Episode 2 Townsfolks - Mark Olson, Candace Behuniak, Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Episode 3 Juliet - Alexa Chipman (Imagination Lane) Glen Hallstrom Episode 4 Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Piedmont - Russell Gold Mr. Roberts - Jack Kincaid (Edict Zero) Episode 5 Nanny - Jennifer Dixon Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Episode 6 Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Mark & Connor Olson Russell Gold Cover Design: Brett Coulstock Announcer: Glen "Ole Hoss" Hallstrom Opening theme: "The Wreck of Old '97" from public domain recording found on archive.org Any incidental music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson No gunshots herald his approach. No trademark left behind him when he leaves. The Kid had his fill of notoriety in days gone by - as plenty of empty boots can surely testify. Some say he rides alone. That's the Deadeye Kid. ************************************************************* Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 1 MUSIC 1_ARRIVAL SOUND HORSES, RIVER, BOAT TRAFFIC LEM Largest town I been near in a good passel of time. I hear tell it started out as a frontier fort, but the frontier moseyed west and left it a-setting behind. FANSHAW Will it be safe? LEM Safe? FANSHAW I had rather assumed you were avoiding larger towns. For ... notoriety's sake. LEM Meaning I don't want be invited to a necktie party? 'at's part of it, though I'm purty sure I ain't never been posted in this territory. FANSHAW Is it worth the risk? LEM [shrug noise] Time to time a man wants a bath and a night in a bed. FANSHAW There are some distinct benefits to being deceased. LEM [laughs] Ayup. I don't gotta listen to you bellyaching about aches and pains and sleeping on the ground no more. Never mind being all prissy and citified about finding you a comf'table bush now and then-- FANSHAW [rolling eyes] Yes, yes. LEM Sides, I'm outta coffee. And low on shells. FANSHAW [teasing] Heavens. How DO you manage? 2_STROLLING AMB IN TOWN SOUND WALKING ON WOOD LEM Lotta trade hereabouts. Reckon I'll be able to get what all I need. FANSHAW Lem! Soldiers. LEM [voice low] Right. We'll go on over yonder. [beat] Must still be a fort within spitting distance. FANSHAW I did notice that the old fortification appears to have become the mansion for an authority of some kind. LEM Probly best to get my business done and skeddaddle. SOUND SALOON DOOR OPENS, JUST OFF, PEOPLE COME OUT FANSHAW I say. Isn't it a bit early for a drink? LEM [shrug] Three weeks. Don't seem early to me. FANSHAW I'll-- LISETTE [off a bit] Clary? FANSHAW [stunned and horrified] Oh god. LISETTE [off a bit] Clary? I'd know that voice anywhere! LEM Friend o'yourn? FANSHAW [stiff, covering] Old acquaintance. Go on ahead! LEM Right. 3_SALOON SOUND HE WALKS INTO SALOON AMB SALOON LEM One here. SOUND DRINK POURED BARTENDER There you go. SOUND COINS SOUND LEM DRINKS GRISHAM [angry growl] Lemuel Roberts. LEM [SPIT-TAKE] SOUND GLASS SLAMMED DOWN BARTENDER Something wrong, fella? LEM [coughing, trying to clear his throat] Toothache. Hit like a snakebite. GRISHAM You look at me, you pissant slab of gun leather. BARTENDER [sympathetic] Tarnation. You need it yonked? Barber can‑‑ LEM [finally getting clear] No, no. I kin handle it. SOUND COINS, GLASS DOWN LEM Another. And sorry about the-- BARTENDER [dismissive] Ain't no nevermind. SOUND MORE COINS LEM Give me the bottle. GRISHAM Now I found you, you could float a heap o rotgut and won't never drown me! BARTENDER You drink more careful now, you hear? LEM Ayup. 4_LISETTE AMB OUTSIDE LISETTE [close, laughing] Oh, good lord, look at you! Mustache and all. Aren't you a little brigadier? FANSHAW [acknowledging] Carmichael. LISETTE Oh, how formal. Just like at school. What have you been up to Clary, dear? FANSHAW "Fanshaw," if you please. LISETTE And we used to be such chums. However did you end up here? FANSHAW I'm quite sorry to see that you are dead, Carmichael. LISETTE [laughing] Oh, I rather doubt that! You're only very sad to see that I'm here, aren't you? FANSHAW Would you prefer that I said I am pleased to find that you died, since that would be the only circumstance that could ever have stopped you from tormenting every living soul around you? LISETTE [not amused any more] At least that would be closer to the truth. FANSHAW Jolly good. Happy you're dead. Must get along. LISETTE Don't run off so quickly, Clary! FANSHAW [long breath of self-control] LISETTE There's been no one interesting to talk to or listen in on for simply ages. FANSHAW How unfortunate. Must rush. LISETTE I noticed you speaking to that fellow. FANSHAW [quiet] Bloody hell. [up] I speak to a lot of people. LISETTE I'm sure. But he replied. Might I speak with him as well? FANSHAW I-- LISETTE Oh, just watch your face! You're trying desperately to come up with a lie! You never could hide anything from me, mustache or no mustache, silly Clary-- FANSHAW Stop calling me that. LISETTE Oh, how I've missed these little moments with my dearest friends - ever since I made the leap. I shall have to spend a great deal of time with you - and with your rugged looking friend. FANSHAW [gritted teeth] Jolly good. 5_SALOON2 AMB SALOON SOUND LEM DRINKS, SLAMS DOWN GLASS GRISHAM I know you kin hear me, you toad-bellied worm. SOUND CHAIR SHIFTS, KICKED OUT FROM TABLE LEM [low] Sit. GRISHAM What makes you think I'd sit with you? You done went and killed me! LEM That's one reason I'm plumb surprised to see you. You went down all the way to Fayetteville - damn far north o' here. GRISHAM I ... drifted. LEM That's just what's got me hornswoggled. Ain't no one drifts. GRISHAM Well I did, and I's planning to get you back for what you done, one way or t'other. LEM [sigh] SOUND DRINK POURS 6_PIGS SOUND PIGS LEM Why'd you drag me out to the slaughterhouse? FANSHAW That woman - ghost woman. LEM An old flame? FANSHAW Nonsense! We knew each other as ... children. She is-- [changing the subject] She is unlikely to follow us here. LEM Spect not. Womenfolks ain't fond of this sort of messy business. FANSHAW [disgusted] Yes... LEM So? You'd best'a brought me here fer a reason. FANSHAW Lisette Carmichael. She [hard to say] is a person who likes to know things. About other people. She likes to -- LEM Hold a grudge? Like a noose over yer head? FANSHAW Aptly put. Yes. LEM You cain't have much in the way of dark secrets, though, can you? Leastways not no more. FANSHAW You might be surprised. LEM Who's she a-gonna tell? [realizes] Oh. FANSHAW And while I'm fairly certain you think you could overlook any past indiscretion on my part, I don't doubt there are a few things that might shock even you. Lord knows, she's not even above the occasional fabrication. LEM [after a moment] Did it involve a sheep? FANSHAW What? LEM Whatever it was you done. FANSHAW No. It isn't - it's not like that at all. LEM [shrug] Sounds like we should jest ride on out. FANSHAW What? LEM Got my coffee, ain't no reason to lollygag. FANSHAW You would leave? Over this? LEM I figger you saved m'life more'n once, and ain't much I can do in return. SOUND WALKING IN MUD LEM Let's get gone before you start a-thanking me. 7_BARN AMB BARN SOUND TACK, HORSES, ETC. LEM You distract her, I'll get the gear. Come and find me when you feel the pull. FANSHAW Righty-ho. SOUND LEAVES GRISHAM Running away, eh? Allus knew you'ure yella. LEM [sigh] You're lucky ain't no one about but us. Otherwise, I wouldn't dignify none of that with an answer. GRISHAM You kilt me! LEM We had it out, fair and square. I never shot no one in-- [breaks off, a bit choked up] I never din't kill any one not a-gunning fer me. Not on purpose. SOUND LAST BIT OF TACKING UP GRISHAM Are you saying I was asking fer it? LEM I seem to recall you a-calling me out in the middle of a fairish game of cards. Yellin blue bloody murder that I should step out and face you. GRISHAM Well, yeah, but I was drunk. LEM I din't do THAT to you neither. You called me out, without no good reason agin me. GRISHAM [losing some of his bluster] I fancied making a name for myself. SOUND LEM GETS INTO THE SADDLE LEM By shooting the Kid? You ain't the first. GRISHAM But you still kilt me. LEM And I won't never forget none of it, but you got what you asked for, and not a jot more. Blame providence if you cain't blame yerself, but don't put this guilt on me. Hee-yaw! SOUND RIDES OFF 8_DISTRACTION FANSHAW Lisette? LISETTE There you are! Just like a naughty boy, running off to filthy places to get away. FANSHAW So sorry. Didn't have much choice. My friend is quite fascinated by... hogs. LISETTE Did you make a clean breast of it? Or just warn him not to believe a thing I say? FANSHAW You don't understand what you're threatening to do - you never did. LISETTE So bothered over trifles! How much people change! FANSHAW Ruining someone's life never meant anything to you! Do you recall poor Selfridge? LISETTE Carmela? Served her right. FANSHAW She threw herself off a bridge! LISETTE She also let herself be compromised! I didn't put her in the family way, and she was the one lying and hiding-- FANSHAW Are you trying to imply that you are somehow in the right? A champion of truth? LISETTE Shall I point out what it is you are doing that flies in the face of nature? FANSHAW History is replete with-- LISETTE Oh, spare me. Next you'll be quoting Shakespeare. FANSHAW Very well. I shan't try and justify myself, but I will point out that whatever I am doing, it cannot be changed. Being dead, there's not much one can do about such trifles. LISETTE Then why should it be such a catastrophe were I to tell? FANSHAW [beat] You've never had a real friend, only people who fawned on you in order that you would not reveal their shortcomings. LISETTE [outraged] I--? You--! FANSHAW Kindly allow me to finish. There is a certain camaraderie among men that simply does not - cannot - occur once a woman is involved. Once you put your nose in, I fear it would never be quite the same. LISETTE No doubt. I'll just go and find your friend now, shall I? FANSHAW [strange gasp, ending on a laugh] No, but I think I shall. SOUND FANSHAW LEAVING NOISE CLOSING Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 2 1_MOSEYING AMB OPEN COUNTRYSIDE, nighttime SOUND HORSES WALKING LEM I still cain't reckon how he got so far from where he-- I-- where we had it out. FANSHAW How odd. Have you ever encountered other ghosts who could travel? LEM Present comp'ny only. FANSHAW And we know the how and why of that. Perhaps this fellow has a similar... arrangement? LEM How? And who with? Ain't no one would carry that ugly cuss a dog's walk, let alone some hundred miles. FANSHAW Well, every one of we "spirits" seems to be a bit different. LEM Like your lady friend back there? FANSHAW [sigh] From her current appearance and [disapproving] "costume", she had fallen on ‑ahem- hard times indeed. Possibly drifted west - whilst alive - in hopes of making something better for herself. LEM Lot of people can say that, out this way. FANSHAW [a bit snotty] Frankly I'm not surprised at her misfortune. When you alienate all those around you, no one will step in to help if things take a turn for the worse. LEM Cain't say I ain't never been that fella. FANSHAW [chagrined] Oh. MUSIC FOR FLASHBACK NOTE Lem is younger, more cocky, more superior in the falshback - need to really show who he used to be 2_THE OLD KID AMB SALOON LEM Gimme two. SOUND CARDS LEM [pleased noise] I'll see you and raise-- SOUND CROWD HUSHES GRISHAM [snarling declaration] I hear tell the Deadeye Kid's here in town? LEM [ignoring him, smug] Raise ten. DEALER [shaky] Uh, Kid? GRISHAM Which one o' y'all's sposed to be this weasel? LEM Your call. PLAYER1 [shaky] Um... I fold. LEM [chuckles] PATRON1 How can he--? Patron2 Shh! SOUND HEAVY SPURRED BOOTS CROSS FLOOR, PEOPLE SCUTTLE OUT OF WAY GRISHAM [heavy menace] You the deadeye kid? LEM [offhanded] I'm the man playing a nice civil hand of cards. Mebbe you can hold your hosses there, whistle stomper. GRISHAM Either you come out and face me now, or I swear'n I'm gonna shoot you where you sit. SOUND CHAIRS SCOOTING OUT, PEOPLE LEAVING TABLE LEM [long dramatic sigh] Now that sounds a mite like a threat. PLAYER1 [muttered] Uh, yeah. I'm done. Fergot my wife wants me home. GRISHAM Are you coming, or am I shooting? LEM If everyone's takin' leg, I guess I win by forfeit? DEALER Um, I don't think anyone's gonna argue you on that. GRISHAM You turn around now and face me, you yellow bellied dog! SOUND MONEY BEING SHOVED TOGETHER LEM Give the frog a chance to jump, knuckles. Cain't just leave all this layin around. SOUND G's GUN DRAWN AND COCKED GRISHAM Now! LEM [to dealer, cocky] You'll look after this til I get back? DEALER Uh... certainly. GRISHAM I'll do it! I will! SOUND CHAIR SLOWLY MOVES, LEM'S SPUR-STEPS, STANDS LEM Rightchere in front of all these good folks? And leave the dealer to clean up the mess? [tsks] Let's at least be civilized and take this on outside. 3_EASIER MUSIC BACK TO NOW SOUND HORSES WALKING FANSHAW Seems as if it would be a great deal easier. LEM Whazzat? FANSHAW Shooting someone in the back. LEM And killin a chicken's easier than takin down a buffalo, but ain't a thing to swell over. Ain't no pride in the easy way. FANSHAW Backshooting would gain you notoriety just as quickly. LEM It's all about how folks look at you... and how they see you. MUSIC BACK TO FLASHBACK 4_WARMUP GRISHAM Are you stepping? LEM What flavor of tarantula juice got you fit to wake snakes? Milk? [insulting that he can't hold his liquor] GRISHAM [furious noise] I got a pill to run you on, and I'm gonna chew back every moment of it. LEM [to the crowd] Righchere's a rumbustious fellow for you. SOUND DRINKS DOWN HIS LIQUOR, SLAMS IT DOWN LEM Barkeep? Have me a shot of top mark waitin. SOUND WALKS OUT, SLOWLY GRISHAM You look at me while I'm a talking to you! LEM [walking out] You say somethin' more wheat than chaff, mebbe I will. 5_RATTLING FANSHAW Were you trying to upset his equilibrium? LEM What's that when it's at home? FANSHAW uh - Throw him off - make him upset and more likely to make mistakes. LEM Rattlin. Yup. There's as much head as hand in a proper showdown. Not that this was one o' them. FANSHAW Why not? He called you out. LEM He was halfway round on rotgut. Not a nugget's chance agin me. Even if he had all his [careful] equilibriums about him. FANSHAW But you stepped out with him? Even knowing he had no chance? LEM A'course. He wouldn't take no. Drunk fellers who ain't gettin their way are as likely to shoot just about anyone. I reckoned I was a-helpin, putting him down. FANSHAW [a bit touchy] And you couldn't simply injure him or knock him out - he had to die? LEM Ain't no place for fine feelins when there's a man with a gun a-facin you. And ain't no time to aim all purty and shoot him just so. You hit hard and put him down, cause if you don't, he'll do it to you. That's the part you cain't get away from - one or t'other's likely for boot hill, and you GOTTA face it that way. 6_SHOWDOWN MUSIC BACK TO FLASHBACK SOUND OUTSIDE NOW GRISHAM You ready? LEM Why trouble yerself to call me out anyhow? I kill someone yer riled over? GRISHAM [duh] Yer the Deadeye Kid! LEM [duh] Yep. [beat] That's your sole entire reason? You wanna walk in my boots? GRISHAM No faster way to make a name, than laying out a name. SOUND THEY MOVE TO EITHER SIDE OF THE SOUNDSCAPE SOUND GUN BEING CHECKED, LEM LEM And o'course it gots to be a callout. [digsut, sarcasm] No one wants to be the next Robert Ford. [man who backshot his friend Jesse James] GRISHAM Come on! Kick it up, Deadeye! Less'n yer yellow! SOUND LEM - DIRT PATTERS - checking the wind] LEM [maddenginly cool] Oh. I'm ripe and ready to drop. SOUND TENSION NOISE, CROWD NOISE, THEN SUDDEN FLURRY OF GUNFIGHT. SOUND G - BODY DROP SOUND LEM - GUN INTO HOLSTER. A MOMENT. FEET WALK BACK UP INTO SALOON 7_ENJOY MUSIC BACK TO NOW FANSHAW [relenting a bit] I suppose it's very like being in battle - not a good place to have consideration for the other fellow. LEM Have to ice over that pond. Hard and cold. Hard and cold. FANSHAW I- I do apologize for sounding disapproving. I want to assure you, it's the process that... well... seems so very pointless. LEM [a litle lighter] Men'll be men. FANSHAW But men can behave in a civilized manner! Look at we Brits. LEM [grunt - half laugh half dismissive] FANSHAW Do you enjoy it? LEM [very mixed feelings] Enjoy? FANSHAW Throughout history there have been men who reveled in killing, in battle. LEM Hmmm. [musing] There's a fire that burns you at that moment, like bugs in the skin. LEM S'like the best whiskey and the moment you almost fall off a cliff, and being with the love of your life, all at the same damn time. FANSHAW The thrill of danger? LEM That, but even more so. If'n you just want danger, you go climbin cliffs or breakin broncs. This is starin into the eyes of death - death right there and then and ain't no "maybe so" about it. Kill or be killed. [beat, then not quite truthful] Enjoy? No. FANSHAW Sometimes a person's strength is in making the right choice, even when it might pain them to do so. LEM I reckon. 8_WINNER MUSIC FLASH BACK AMB INSIDE SALOON, HUSHED SOUND GUNSHOT, OUTSIDE WOMAN [gasps] SOUND [CROWD NOISE, OUTSIDE], THEN OMINOUS BOOTS ON WOOD, SALOON DOOR OPENS SOUND PIANO PLAYS, CHATTER BEGINS AGAIN LEM [voiceover] there's also this way people have of lookin at you - like yer the best. Used be I din't see the fear beneath it. SOUND BOTTLE POURS, GLASS SET DOWN BARTENDER Your shot, Mister. LEM [drinks big, then bragging] My second shot in two minutes! SOUND Forced laughter from the crowd, warps out a bit. 9_HUNKER MUSIC BACK TO NOW LEM [brisk] It's coming down dusk. Need to find a place to hunker fer the night. FANSHAW I shall keep an eye out for-- [dread] oh! LEM Whazzat? FANSHAW Look - the horizon! LEM Signal fires, and a lot of em. Damn. FANSHAW They're a little far off to get a better look at. We shall... have to return, shan't we? LEM Someone's gotta warn the town. Whether it's injuns or sumpin else, looks like an ambush on the march. FANSHAW [weakly] Surely the garrison maintains lookouts? LEM Not so much that I saw. They're purt near closed up shop, from the looks back there. FANSHAW [heavy sigh] Right, then. SOUND DISMOUNT, SHIFTING A FEW THINGS FROM HORSE TO HORSE LEM You worried about your lady friend? FANSHAW She's neither a lady nor a friend. But whatever she might have to say will matter to none but me. [change of tone] We are a couple of hours out. LEM Horses ain't fresh, but I weren't pushin. We can get back before them out there can get into spittin distance. SOUND MOUNT OTHER HORSE FANSHAW [resigned but determined] Shall we? MUSIC Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 3 1_WONT SPOOK SOUND READYING FOR BATTLE LEM If'n you got a fresh horse, I kin go scout some fer you. COMMANDER You've done enough already, stranger. Ain't even your fight. LEM I know where they're at, and I got some idea of where they're likely to be by the time I get back there. Give me one horse ain't like to spook, and I'll-- COMMANDER I'll have to send a man along with you. LEM That's fine. Make sure he ain't like to spook neither. 2_LISETTE SOUND [above scene plays out in the background] LISETTE And here I thought you had run away and left me all alone. FANSHAW [sigh] Why don't we step outside to have this conversation? LISETTE No. I like seeing what the "menfolk" are up to. [frustrated noise] What I wouldn't give to be able to leave this rattletrap town. I'm still not sure how you did that. Or why you came back. FANSHAW We had to warn the garrison. LISETTE Always full of suprises, aren't you - and yet still sanctimonious. Fanshaw, dear old chum. Are you not afraid of what I might say? FANSHAW Any concern you might cause me is negligible when weighed against the potential danger to others. LISETTE [surprised laugh] Hah! All you superior little snobs, with your noses in the air! And deep down, all just as afraid as the rest of us. FANSHAW I've no idea what you're talking about, and I don't care to find out. Whatever you plan to do, just get on with it. We have a job to do. LISETTE Wait! FANSHAW [long sigh] Yes? LISETTE Shall I wish you "good luck"? FANSHAW I doubt I shall need any. But I thank you for the sentiment, Miss Carmichael, however grudgingly bestowed. 3_JULIET FLASHBACK JULIET Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself. FANSHAW I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo. JULIET What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night So stumblest on my counsel? ROMEO By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am: My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself-- SOUND POUNDING LISETTE Oh heavens! Not again! MAN [calling from off] Sorry. SOUND POUNDING STOPS LISETTE Try that scene again from the top. Romeo? FANSHAW [sigh] Yes? LISETTE Couldn't you try to be a bit more ... masculine? JULIET Oh, I like "him". So terribly byronic. FANSHAW I'll see what I can do. 4_SCOTTY SOUND PACKING A HORSE SCOTTY Sir? LEM Yeah? SCOTTY Private Scott. Commander Bennington told me to report to you. LEM [sigh] Right. You ever shot that for real? SCOTTY O'course. LEM Against a person? SCOTTY Well, against animals. LEM Right. GRISHAM Not everyone can be you. LEM [sighs] SCOTTY Don't you worry! I ain't afraid! GRISHAM This pullet ain't even got pinfeathers yet. You get him killed, you gonna adda a notch fer him too? LEM You got a horse, Scott? SCOTTY Everyone calls me Scotty. GRISHAM Later, they'll just call him dead. LEM Scotty. Right. You gotta horse? SCOTTY Over there. GRISHAM [rueful] My damn horse. Serving in the army like the rest of the idjets. LEM Well, go and get'im. SCOTTY Right, sir! GRISHAM Ain't he a little young? You should oughtta throw him back. LEM I'm stuck with him. And I never kept notches. GRISHAM That ain't what I heered. LEM Lot o' tales goin round - ain't a one of 'em naught but sagebrush smoke. GRISHAM And the tale 'bout how you kilt me? LEM [sharp intake] I don't brag on none o' that no more. GRISHAM So, you think I like being plumb forgot? LEM If I thought tellin about it would ease you on to the next thing, you think I wouldn't? SCOTTY Tell me about what? Injuns? [certain] I know all about them. LEM [sigh] 5_SCOUTING AMB CRICKETS SOUND HORSES FANSHAW They're still out of range. I can just barely catch snippets of sound at my farthest reach, but I'm fairly certain it is not Indians. LEM Hmm? FANSHAW I can make out English and Spanish. Are we anywhere near the Mexico territories? LEM [quiet] Ain't impossible. Deserters, mebbe. SCOTTY What ain't impossible? LEM We're gettin close. Best to go on foot. SCOTTY These here horses are my responsibility! LEM Best you stay and watch'em, then. FANSHAW Don't forget the satchel. SOUND CREAK LEM Like I'd forget that. SCOTTY I wouldna gone through your kit or nothin! I ain't no finger monkey. FANSHAW [laughs] I ne'er heard that one before. SOUND REMOVING SPURS LEM Ain't that I don't trust you, son, just might need me some things. If I was you, I'd take them horses up yonder - forge as far into the high rough as you can, but keep where you can see if I come tearin out of there. You reckon? SCOTTY How'll you find us? LEM I'll find you. Just be ready. And don't shoot me. SOUND QUIET FEET ON DIRT 6_JULIET2 FLASHBACK echoey hallway LISETTE [running up] Fanshaw? FANSHAW Carmichael. LISETTE [trying to start a fight] We've been reconsidering your costume. Those leggings are positively scandalous. FANSHAW [bland] Romeo can hardly appear in bloomers. Would be rather difficult to climb to the balcony. LISETTE Perhaps plain trousers, then. [sly] Though I understand you were quite keen on showing off your legs. FANSHAW [rueful] There is a great deal to be said for the freedom of movement. [dismissive] But a costume is a costume. I certainly shan't make a fuss. LISETTE [annoyed at not being able to get a rise out of F] Very well. 7_FANSHAW SCOUTS SOUND SLIGHT RUSTLE OF LEAVES LEM [very quiet] Close enough? FANSHAW I'll have a look round. SOUND FANSHAW LEAVES GRISHAM [very loud] You hiding from something? LEM [reaction noise, quickly stifled] GRISHAM Ooh! Scairt you, din't I? LEM [whispered] Made me jump damn near out my skin. GRISHAM [smug and evil] Well that's good, then. Looks like I can get my own back on you. LEM What all do you want? GRISHAM Apart from you in a pine box? I'm hankerin to be alive agin, but that ain't gon happen. LEM Not likely, nope. How'd you follow us? GRISHAM What kind of tenderfoot you take me for that I can't follow my own damn horse? LEM [half realizing something] Damn. SOUND FANSHAW COMES BACK FANSHAW Who the devil is this? GRISHAM Who the devil are you? LEM What'd ya find out? FANSHAW A motley crew, but definitely girding themselves for battle. GRISHAM What kinda girlie man are ya? Highfaluting slicker talk! FANSHAW [sigh, but determined] They're half mounted already, but I could make out that they're waiting til after midnight, to make certain of finding as many people abed as possible. GRISHAM Put you in a dress, and I bet everyone'd wanna dance! FANSHAW We need to get moving. GRISHAM I think you need a shave, girlie man. SOUND KNIFE FANSHAW [finally breaking concentration] God damn you all to hell! SOUND PUNCH, KNEE TO GROIN LEM [trying not to laugh] GRISHAM Oooohhhh. FANSHAW Marquis of Queensbury be damned. We need to go. GRISHAM [different kind of ooooh - like he's falling, or being dragged off] SOUND SUCK NOISE AND GRISHAM VANISHES LEM What'd you do to him? FANSHAW I didn't! I couldn't-- I... haven't the faintest idea? 8_JULIET3 SOUND TAP ON DOOR LISETTE Fanshaw? FANSHAW Come in. LISETTE I've brought you your hat-- whatever are you doing? FANSHAW I was considering what I might do with my hair. To create the right ilusion. LISETTE That is what the HAT is for. FANSHAW I prefer not. It looks like an ottoman on my head. LISETTE And Romeo does not wear a moustache. FANSHAW Whyever not? LISETTE On the stage, moustaches are only for villains and army colonels! FANSHAW [considering] I might just cut my hair. LISETTE That is the final straw! Miss Peabody said this would happen. FANSHAW What? LISETTE That you would take too many liberties. You are out. FANSHAW Out? LISETTE [snidely satisfied] You are no longer a member of this production. 9_DEAD SCOTT SOUND QUIET BOOTSTEPS LEM [very quiet] Scotty? FANSHAW [off a bit] Oh, good god. LEM Do I need to keep quiet? FANSHAW I don't see anyone. Anyone... hostile. SOUND QUICK, NOISIER FOOTSTEPS SCOTTY [as if waking up] Oooh! LEM What is-- [tragic regret] Ohh. SCOTTY They come in out of nowheres! FANSHAW I don't doubt it. SCOTTY And they took the damn horses, Mister Roberts! FANSHAW I think that just might explain-- SCOTTY And who in blue blazes is this feller? LEM [heavy sigh] Ayup. CLOSING Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 4 1_DROP EVERYTHING SOUND UNBUCKLING, BAG DOWN, ETC. LEM Good thing I had that with me. Though now I gotta leave it. SOUND SATCHEL DOWN FANSHAW Of course. SCOTTY I'm really sorry about this, sir. LEM I doubt me you coulda stopped it, son. And you been punished enough. SCOTTY What do you mean? They musta knocked me out, but I don't even feel it. FANSHAW I'll deal with him. LEM I'll leave you to it. SCOTTY What are you doing? LEM Gonna haveta hoof it back to town - cain't take naught but my guns. You gon' be all right? SOUND RUSTLE OF BUSHES FANSHAW Well, we won't be able to do much to stop them if they came across your bag, but that looks like a good hiding place. Especially in the dark. SCOTTY Can't do anything? What are you talking about? FANSHAW Hush, Scotty. Let Lem get moving and we'll have a good long talk. SOUND BOOTS RUN OFF 2_REBEL CAMP SOUND MANY HORSES, MEN CHATTER, etc. SOUND GRISHAM STUMBLES IN GRISHAM Where the hell? [Thunder?]! Goddam rustlers! SOUND MEN WALK BY LEADER Two horses, two saddles. I don't like it. SECOND Guerrero had the kid down before we realized. But if there's another scout, he won't be able to get anywhere - at least not soon enough. LEADER [thinks, then definite] We must move up the charge. SECOND We're nearly ready. 3_NO HEAVEN SCOTTY [trying not to cry] So that's IT? I mean this is it? No nothing left? No heaven? FANSHAW There are so many things even I don't understand. I wish I could offer you more in the way of consolation. SCOTTY But don't no one ever pass along? FANSHAW Most do. And I'm even aware of those who spend some time like this, and then pass on, though there's no easy answer for how or why it happens. SCOTTY And I won't never even get to be with a woman. FANSHAW [uncomfortable] Oh, dear. That is a shame. SCOTTY What's it like? FANSHAW [dread] What is ... what... like? SCOTTY Being with a woman? FANSHAW Ohhh.... 4_RUNNING LEM [heavy but measured breathing] SOUND RUNNING FOOTSTEPS - TROT, NOT DASH LEM [muttered] Dammit. Leastways there's a good moon. 4A_FLASHBACK MUSIC FLASHBACK SOUND NIGHT, DOGS, CHICKENS - ALARUMS SOUND ANGRY MOB, OFF ROBERTS [yelling, off] Leastways, there's a good moon! PIEDMONT [up close, heavy breathing, trying to be quiet] ROBERTS [off, yelling] Spread out! Don't let that traitor get away! Where's that rope? PIEDMONT [gasp, then trying to breathe even quieter] SOUND VERY SLOW CREAK, SHUTTING DOOR ON THE NOISE. YOUNG LEM [about 12] Whatchoo doin', mister? PIEDMONT [terrible gasp, smothers a scream] 6_EXPERIENCE FANSHAW My experience is not ... vast, but I have had one or two ... romantic encounters. SCOTTY Well, you're a man of the world, ain't you? You been all over the place! FANSHAW Oh dear. [up] I've spent most of my life deep in study. I suppose I've always felt there would be time - later - to settle down to a family and all. SCOTTY Me too. Not the studying, but the ... "later". FANSHAW [after a moment] Women are.... soft. SCOTTY [eager] Yeah? FANSHAW And round. In places where men aren't. SCOTTY But they do got legs, don't they? FANSHAW [flabbergasted] What? SCOTTY You never don't see none of them out of skirts! Who knows what they got under there? FANSHAW Well, that I can answer - generally, women are made the same as men. Arms, legs, heads - well, one head. You understand. SCOTTY [avid] And bosoms. FANSHAW Yes. Yes, that. 7_VARMINT SOUND RUNNING, LEM'S HEAVY BREATHING UNDER THIS? PIEDMONT Shh! Don't let anyone know I am here. YOUNG LEM You the varmint they's looking fer? PIEDMONT There is no call to use such language, boy. Do you know this area? YOUNG LEM I should hope I do! My pa's Mr. Jorgenson's top man. PIEDMONT [sarcastic] So he's the one leading the search. YOUNG LEM [pride] Yup. SOUND OUTSIDE, THE ROW GETS CLOSER ROBERTS [outside] Get him, Honeysuckle, there's a good bitch! YOUNG LEM [pride and fear] That's my pa! PIEDMONT But you're not going to tell him I am in here? YOUNG LEM I don't fancy getting whupped. I ain't sposed to be in the barn at night. 8_YOUNG LOVE FANSHAW I was in love. When I was very young. SCOTTY Was she really purtty? FANSHAW [sigh] I thought the sun rose and set with my beloved's face. Have you ever seen hair so fine and blonde that your fingers desperately wanted to touch it? SCOTTY You talk so flowery, I bet all the girls jest love you! FANSHAW Our parents objected. They said we were too young, and I was packed off to school. SCOTTY What didja do? FANSHAW I waited. I nursed my deep love, and remained constant, like patience on a rock. SCOTTY You waited on a rock? FANSHAW I waited at school. I was determined that one day, when we were old enough that no one could object, I would return and we would be joined forever. SCOTTY What happened? FANSHAW I made my way to the object of my affection and...discovered... SCOTTY Yes? FANSHAW That I was the only one who had bothered to wait. SCOTTY She'd gone and -- FANSHAW My "dearest love" had married another. Had, and I quote "almost forgotten about that summer." SCOTTY Damn! Women are right terrible. FANSHAW Don't fault women, boy. There are quite as many constant and sweet-natured females as there are fickle and wicked men. We all deserve a "heaping helping" of the blame. 8_DISCOVERED SOUND UNDER - LEM WALKING NOW, STILL BREATHING HARD, PACING HIMSELF YOUNG LEM They're fixing to hang you? PIEDMONT Yes. YOUNG LEM Why? What for? PIEDMONT We were on opposite sides in a fight. YOUNG LEM You mean the war? Hmph. My pa says why keep slaves when you can hire men for even cheaper and don't have to sell them if'n they don't do the job right. PIEDMONT [incensed] You think your pa knows so much about everything, don't you? YOUNG LEM [a bit afraid] Well, he knows where you are. SOUND DOOR SLAMS OPEN ROBERTS There he is! MAN Get him! PIEDMONT [scream] SOUND SCUFFLE, KNIFE DRAWN YOUNG LEM [gasp, cut off by hand] PIEDMONT I'll kill your boy, just see if I won't! 10_STUCK SCOTTY You said you know about some folks what was like this for a time and then moved along? FANSHAW Yes. We've encountered one or two. SCOTTY How'd it work? FANSHAW Work? SCOTTY I mean, I don't wanna be stuck out here, middle o' nowhere, all by my lonesome, forever! FANSHAW I don't know that I have an answer for you. I've only been - like this - for a... a couple of years, myself, and haven't seen a fraction of what Lem has. SCOTTY Years? You been dead for years and ain't moved on? FANSHAW We... help people. And I get to see the world - [half pleased, half rueful] hmph... in perfect safety. 11_SHOT SOUND LEM RUNNING AGAIN PIEDMONT [panicky, but trying to be placating] I am going to have to ask you to take a step back, sir! My hand could slip a fraction of an inch, and that's all it would take. YOUNG LEM [gasp] Pa? SOUND GUNSHOT SOUND TWO BODY DROPS ROBERTS [cold] You understand we cain't leave that kind of critter running loose, don't you? 12_BUSINESS FANSHAW Some folks stay because they have unfinished business, and once the business is completed, they are able pass on. SCOTTY Business? I ain't never been in business. FANSHAW No, no. For instance, one young man was able to move along once his murderer was uncovered and hung. SCOTTY Oh. I spose that could happen. FANSHAW Or perhaps when the horses have been recovered, since that was your task at the time of your death. SCOTTY [very down] Oh, right. FANSHAW [cheering] Or, when the town has been warned. That could very well have been at the forefront of your thoughts. SCOTTY [wailing] Oh no! FANSHAW Whatever is the matter? SCOTTY What if it's ladies? FANSHAW [careful] What if what is "ladies"? SCOTTY What if I can't never pass on til I been with a lady? FANSHAW [cold, practical] That would be most extremely awkward. Worry about that once we find out if you can get back to town or not. 13_WHUPPING YOUNG LEM [sniffles a bit] ROBERTS You crying, boy? YOUNG LEM [stifling it] No sir. ROBERTS Good. Now run and let Mrs. Roberts have a look at that scratch. SOUND A COUPLE OF STEPS, THEN TURN YOUNG LEM [blank] You shot him dead. ROBERTS Yup. YOUNG LEM In the dark, and on the draw, and din't even hit me. ROBERTS Yup. [beat] You asking something? YOUNG LEM What if he'd'a kilt me? Or what if you did? ROBERTS [long pause] Life's hard, boy. You cain't let folks get away with wrongdoing, no matter who they got a grip on. YOUNG LEM Oh. SOUND BARN DOOR SWINGS OPEN, COUPLE OF STEPS ROBERTS Lem? YOUNG LEM [almost a gasp] Yessir? ROBERTS [casual] Don't think I'm not gon' whale you for being in the barn by night, neither. [neeether] YOUNG LEM [quiet, resentful] Yes, sir. 14_CRICKET SCOTTY It ain't fair! I'm being punished and I ain't never even done nothing! FANSHAW Life is not fair. Death even less so. SCOTTY I-- FANSHAW [cutting him off] Still, I expect there must be some sort of answer. SCOTTY Answer? FANSHAW Very likely, when they take your body back to town, you will accompany it, and there will find what you need to do to pass on. SCOTTY What if they don't take it - me back? FANSHAW Lem will see that they do. SCOTTY Oh. And what about you, Mister Fanshaw? FANSHAW What about me? SCOTTY Don't you get to pass on too? FANSHAW Oh. But you see Scotty, I have no wish to. SCOTTY No? Why? FANSHAW I still have many things to see. And I feel like I'm doing good here. There's a story I read some time back, a sort of fable, about a puppet that comes to life. SCOTTY That's crazy talk. FANSHAW That's why it's a story. In the tale, a cricket is asked to stay with him and make sure he does the right things. SCOTTY All right. Wait, a cricket, like a bug? FANSHAW A talking bug, but yes, a bug. SCOTTY That's just plumb crazy. FANSHAW True. [gasp] Look at the horizon! I think they are on the move! SCOTTY Is there something we can do? FANSHAW This is one of those times I truly wish there was. CLOSING Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 5 1_COMING SOUND IN TOWN - HORSES, MEN, READYING FOR BATTLE COMMANDER [commands] We need more shot at the western boundary! Get someone over there! SOLDIER Yessir! SOUND FEET RUN OFF SHARPLY SOUND DISTANT APPROACH OF PAINED, SLOW RUNNING SOLDIER2 Sir! Someone's coming! On foot! COMMANDER On foot? SENTRY [off] Halt! LEM [breathless, with long gasps] I can't... If I stop... I'm gon fall down... And I gotta get to... The commander. SENTRY Stop, I say! COMMANDER Let him on through. LEM They're a-movin. Deserters 'n comancheros. Have guns. COMMANDER Why are you-- LEM Kilt Scotty. Took the horses. Look sharp. Ungh! SOUND FALLS DOWN COMMANDER Are you all right? [up] Someone get Doc! LEM I'll be [coughing fit] fine. Jest let me lie till the shakin goes off. 2_SPOOK HORSES SCOTTY We got to do something! FANSHAW And just what do you have in mind? I've already done all I can, scouting them for Lem. By the time they come close enough for us to get a look at, they will be moving fast enough that we shall hardly have time to observe. SCOTTY Can't we spook the horses or nothing? That's what haints do, isn't it? FANSHAW I was with you the entire trip out from town. Did the horses seem spooked to you? SCOTTY [really down] No. FANSHAW If Lem makes it back in time, there are ways we can help him. Otherwise, we are merely spectators at this show. 3_TONIC DOC Can you get yourself around this? LEM [still hoarse, puffing] Tonic? DOC [shrug] Mostly brandy. Medicinal. LEM [rusty chuckle] Thanks, doc. [drinks] LISETTE Oh, goodness. I believe you are Fanshaw's dear friend. LEM [coughs] DOC Din't say it was GOOD brandy. LEM [hawks, spits, clear throat] Hits the spot. LISETTE [calculating] And not able to walk away. [cruel chuckle] How perfectly jolly. DOC The commander's gone off to rally the men, but they're like to need you to guide them. You up fer it? LEM Will be... shortly. Any chance of a mite to eat? It's been a powerful long night, and not looking to roll up any time soon. 4_DO SOMETHING SCOTTY He's the only one what can hear us? FANSHAW We've come across... others. But they are very rare. SCOTTY [yelling] I want to DO something! I want to help! FANSHAW There is no need to make such a ... a ruckus! I am in precisely the same predicament! SCOTTY But I-- GRISHAM [off] Will you two shut up? They're trying to sneak up on your position! FANSHAW Oh dear. Come along. SCOTTY Where? FANSHAW To do the only productive thing - gather as much information as possible. 5_SADDLED SOUND MEN READY TO GO SOUND MOUNT UP LEM [sigh of relief, but also soreness] COMMANDER You doing all right, there, feller? LEM Better saddle than boots. I fair run the soles offa these. COMMANDER Morning comes, we'll stand you a new set. Least we can do. Let's go. SOUND HORSES MOVE OUT LEM Commander? COMMANDER Hmm? LEM Rather than meet them headlong, since ain't no way to know how far they come, might could I suggest a defensive position? COMMANDER This town is not a good place for that. Too spread out. And there's no way to get everyone into the fort, not without leaving near everything they own ripe for the picking. LEM Nah - I'm a-thinkin just this side of the bridge, right about halfway out. Bridge and creek - they ain't much, but if we can catch them this side of it, put their backs to water, and use the treeline for cover-- COMMANDER I like the way you think, hombre. [up] Company! [attention!] 6_FIGHT GRISHAM Ain't no way you're taking me by surprise again, you-- ow! SOUND PUNCH FANSHAW [casual] shut up. SCOTTY That was a good'un! But what if he lands one on you - he's awful big! FANSHAW Leave him! [quiet, moving away] We can't actually be hurt. But not everyone realizes that, and many feel the pain, even when there is no reason to. I learned that the hard way. GRISHAM [off] I'm a-gonna get you! FANSHAW Blast! He may not be able to harm me, but he can annoy and distract, and make it difficult to get anything constructive done. SCOTTY Maybe - maybe I could keep him from bothering you? FANSHAW How? SCOTTY Well, I been plumb angry since I got kilt, and my momma says sometimes the best way to get over anger, if you don't got no pie, is to-- GRISHAM Kill you, you girly man! SCOTTY [grunt as he punches him] GRISHAM oof! SCOTTY Better'n pie! You go on, Mr. Fanshaw, and do what you gotta. FANSHAW Good lad. 7_GRANDKIDS LEM [muttered] Fanshaw? Damn. Too far out. COMMANDER What's the terrain like beyond the bridge? LEM Nothing much to speak of. Some hills. A ridge off to the north where first we saw them. No place fer them to make a stand tween here and there, though. COMMANDER Good. Cain't let this sort of thing go. LEM Course not. COMMANDER You got the extra shot you needed, did you? LEM Ayup. Had to leave all o' mine cached back with Scotty. COMMANDER You're sure he's ... dead? LEM I'm afraid I do know dead when I see it. COMMANDER [sad] That's too bad. LEM Kin? COMMANDER Nephew. LEM [trying to ease] He went down fightin. COMMANDER That don't give my sister grandbabies. LEM [symp] Nope, it shore don't. 8_PIRATES SOUND MUCH CREEPING FANSHAW Looks like about three score. Hardly a fair fight, sneaking up on a defenseless town at night. Like pirates. 8A_FLASHBACK MUSIC FLASHBACK AMB BRIGHT SUNNY DAY NANNY Come along in now, bunny bug. YOUNG CLARA Stop calling me that, nanny! I'm very nearly 10 years old. NANNY You'll always be my little bunny bug. Oh! Whatever is that tea towel doing on your head? [gasp of fear] Did you hurt yourself? Show nanny! YOUNG CLARA No! I am a pirate. NANNY Do not be so silly. There are no pirates. YOUNG CLARA Of course there are. They are in books, so they must be real. NANNY Besides, you cannot be a pirate. YOUNG CLARA Well not just NOW. When I am bigger, I shall be able to do whatever I want. 9_WASPS COMMANDER Did you see how big a force they had? LEM Not to count them, but it was bigger'n I thought. At least 30, probably more. COMMANDER [skeptical] Really? LEM They had a dozen cookin fires goin, and you don't make a fire to feed a lone fellow. COMMANDER [considers, then agrees] No, you don't. LEM 'Sides, better to expect a whole hive of wasps than be surprised by one too many. COMMANDER [chuckles] Sound thinking. [up] Lieutenant! 10_BAG SOUND STILL MUCH MOVEMENT SOUND SCOTTY AND GRISHAM, FIGHTING SCOTTY [pleased] You tired yet, feller? I ain't even blowed! GRISHAM [tired] You little whippersnapper! Think you can pull a man's whiskers and walk away! FANSHAW [muttered] There are some distinct benefits to being dead. More than he will ever know. [gasp] No. RUFFIAN1 Hey! I found something! SOUND CREAK OF LEATHER - LEM'S GEAR FANSHAW [worried] Damn! Lem's bag! RUFFIAN2 What? SECOND Silence! RUFFIAN2 [whispered] bring it - we'll split it later! RUFFIAN1 Split it? Nonsense! It's mine, whatever it is! SECOND [whispered] Keep moving! 11_SCOUT AHEAD COMMANDER [ordering, but hushed] Take your men and circle round up thataway. Get to high ground and cut off retreat. BOB Yessir! LEM If you don't mind, sir, I'us thinkin I might scout on up ahead a mite. COMMANDER You aren't even being paid to be part of this, fellow, why do you keep risking yourself? LEM [shrug] Someone's gotta. 'sides I had to leave my kit behind, and wanna get it if I can before someone else lays hands on it. COMMANDER Valuables? LEM Nothin worth money, but some things cain't be replaced. COMMANDER [teasing a bit] Go on then, but if you see them coming, you'll come back and tell us first, eh? LEM [chuckle] I reckon. 12_LEAD ROPE SCOTTY Mister Fanshaw! That fellow just vanished! Like he flew away, whilst I was a-hittin on him! FANSHAW I fear I shall be gone shortly as well. SCOTTY Why? FANSHAW I am not sure of his reasons, but I must stay with the bag. Now that it has been found... SCOTTY Why? Keeping an eye on it? FANSHAW No. There's something in there - Oh! It's moving. Stay with me as long as you can. SCOTTY Why can't I--? FANSHAW Shh! [very hurried] Picture a rope tied to something, say, to you - your body, over there. And you are on the other end. SCOTTY Like a training rope? [ASK PAT] FANSHAW Basically, yes. You can go anywhere, within the circle made by that rope. SCOTTY [figuring it out] So you're ... tied to that bag? FANSHAW Yes! [gasp] Bloody thieves! SOUND FANSHAW SUCKED AWAY 13_BE A BOY YOUNG CLARA I am going to be a pirate! I shall sail the seven seas and steal all the gold! NANNY Stealing is very wicked. YOUNG CLARA But you can't be a pirate without stealing! Then you're just a sailor! NANNY And young ladies do not become pirates. Young ladies become mommies. YOUNG CLARA Or nannies. NANNY [reassuring] Don't fret yourself, bunny bug. You shall be a mummy. YOUNG CLARA I should rather be a nanny. Mummies are boring. Nannies have things to do. NANNY [sigh] Mummies have things to do too. YOUNG CLARA I don't want to be a mummy, I want to be a pirate! I want to see the world! NANNY [stern] There are many thing in this world, Clara Fanshaw, that are only meant for boys. YOUNG CLARA Then I want to be a boy! END Auld Lang Syne [DeK4] EPISODE 6 1_READY SOUND NIGHT, MEN BEING QUIET, HORSES OFF COMMANDER Yer sure you wanna go on out there, all on your own?? LEM I'm best on my own, and I don't want another of yer boys on my conscience. COMMANDER [acknowledging] Scotty. LEM If I can't see my way to get back and warn you quick enough, I'll shoot off twice-- COMMANDER [warning] They'll know you're there. LEM I kin look after myself. Two shots means it's a-comin, and I spect after that there'ull be plenty more shots to keep y'all busy. I best get a move on. COMMANDER One thing. LEM Yeah? COMMANDER One of my men swore he'd seen you before. LEM [down] Oh. COMMANDER And that you're the Deadeye kid. LEM I- COMMANDER [overriding, but clearly lying] I told him not to be so credulous. Deadeye Kid looks nothing like that man that's about to save our town. LEM [realizing] Ri-ight. COMMANDER [serious] Don't make me a liar. LEM I kin only do my best. SOUND WALKS AWAY 2_BLACKGUARDS SOUND COMMOTION, MANY MEN, HORSES, TRAVELING LEADER [loud whisper] We'll leave the horses near the stream and sneak up. FANSHAW Blackguards. RUFFIAN2 [whisper] What's in that bag you found anyways? RUFFIAN1 [whisper] Ain't had no time, but it's shore heavy. RUFFIAN2 [whisper] Heavy is good! Mebbe it's gold! RUFFIAN1 Well, I still ain't sharing! FANSHAW Such stimulating conversation. I wonder how far ahead of these ruffians I can manage to stay. 3_TALLYHO SOUND STEALTHY MOVING THROUGH UNDERBRUSH, STOPS LEM Nothin. [angry hmph] They cain't be too damn far off. And ridin. FANSHAW [distant] Tally-ho! LEM [starts to laugh but turns it into a snort] FANSHAW Halloooooo! Halloo- [suddenly cut off] LEM What the devil? [shrugs, to himself] Well, you can take care of your own damn self. SOUND RUNNING FEET TAKE OFF 4_STRUGGLE AMB IN THE ATTACK FORCE GRISHAM Now I gotcha sorted out! FANSHAW [muffled noises] SOUND STRUGGLING GRISHAM Oh, no you don't! SOUND MORE STRUGGLE GRISHAM I finally figgered out cain't do nothing to hurt me. Long as I ignore it. But I can still keep a tight grip on you. FANSHAW [noise of effort] GRISHAM [ouch!] Hey! You bit me! FANSHAW Keep ahead of them!!!! GRISHAM Waitaminute. [disgusted noise] FANSHAW [to grisham] Damn you all to--[muffled again] GRISHAM Stop with all the wiggling, you stupid-- [stunned!] whatthehell? FANSHAW [noise of effort] SOUND STRUGGLE, BREAKS FREE GRISHAM You're a-- ? FANSHAW You may be stronger than me, but I am faster. SOUND FANSHAW LEAVES GRISHAM what the hell? A female? 5_SIGNAL COMMANDER He's been gone a fair piece. SOUND [DISTANT] TWO GUN SHOTS COMMANDER [commanding, but quiet] They're coming! SOUND [command passes along ranks - GET VOICES] COMMANDER [a bit superior] I knew that that fellow was no sort of outlaw. 6_PLAN DOS LEADER Shots? SECOND Sir? LEADER Damn. Someone has seen. Get El puerco and his fellows. Tell them plan dos. SECOND Plan dos, sir? LEADER They'll circle south and get behind the town. We get some children in hand, no one will fight any more. SECOND Yessir! SOUND RUNS OFF SCOTTY [torn] I can't just let them-- [plaintive] but what can I do? 7_BUCKETFULL SOUND HORSES APPROACHING NOTE - Lem is lying in wait, letting the group go past, and plans to pick them off from behind. FANSHAW [distant but closer, yelling] Lem! That dead friend of yours is about - watch out! LEM [muttered] Damn. And I don' want to go shootin no good horse jest to lay a varmint like that down. SOUND HORSES BEGIN TO PASS LEM [very quietly] 30...? Nearer fifty. That's a bucketful of wasps. SOUND SHOTS! (where the horses went to) LEM [muttered to self] hold on. SOUND NO MORE HORSES COMING LEM [muttered] almost... GRISHAM There you are! LEM [sharp intake of breath] That don't work on me twice. Specially when I been warned. GRISHAM Oh, that girly friend of your'n? Funny thing about that-- SOUND GRISHAM IS YANKED AWAY LEM Good riddance. And jest in time. SOUND BEGINS SHOOTING MaN [shot, fall] 8_HOLD THE LINES COMMANDER [roaring now] Hold the lines! More shot, boy! BOY Yessir! MAN [hit, argh!] COMMANDER Stay low! FANSHAW All seems rather well here. GRISHAM There you are. FANSHAW Bloody hell. GRISHAM [nasty chuckle] I was just wondring - if I kin grab you, I bet I kin kiss you, little lady! FANSHAW [dodging] I doubt you'll catch me again, now that I'm watching for you, but I will admit that one advantage to being a ghost is that I needn't make an effort to remain upwind of you. SOUND FANSHAW OUT 9_RELOAD SOUND COMMOTION OFF, NOT RIGHT HERE SOUND RELOADING SOUND NEARBY HORSE PFFS LEM That's nine. SOUND SLAPS GUN SHUT SCOTTY [distant, yelling] Someone! They're circling round! There's some fellers as are going south to get behind lines! LEM Damn. [listens for a second] Fanshaw? Damn. SCOTTY [yelling] Please! Don't let them hurt nobody in town. LEM [muttered] boy'll yell himself hoarse. [chuckles] dead don't get hoarse. But I gotta get one. [clucks to horse] SOUND HORSE BLOWS LEM [grunts as he swings into the saddle] Come on. FANSHAW [a bit distant] Lem? LEM Wazzat? There you are! FANSHAW Close as I can get just now, and can't stay. That blighter keeps trying to grab me. LEM Grisham? Yeah. FANSHAW The commander seems to be holding well. The villains have taken heavy losses and are starting to fall apart. LEM Good. Can you yell to Scotty, let him know I got his message? FANSHAW What message? LEM Just try and tell the boy. So he can rest hisself. [to the horse] Geeyah! SOUND HORSE TAKES OFF FANSHAW Scotty? Can you hear me? 10_YOU STAY COMMANDER Let's clean this up - leave none of them to try and harm the town. CORPORAL Yessir! Should we capture them, or-- COMMANDER This is no time to be peaceable. They set themselves up to attack a settlement, and we have to take serious measures. SOUND HORSE APPROACHING LEM [distant] Commander! COMMANDER Let him through. [up, to Lem] Looks like we've got nearly all of them. SOUND GUNSHOTS DISTANT COMMANDER A bit of tidying up to do, but-- SOUND HORSE PULLS UP and STOPS LEM [to horse] Whoah! I overheard a couple at the back, saying they had a force circlin south - dozen men mebbe - to get round any resistance and come up behind. COMMANDER My god! LEM Horse up a few good men, load em up and come with me. COMMANDER You, boy! BOY Yessir? COMMANDER Bring my horse, quickly! LEM You're needed here, surely? COMMANDER You're the one who needs a rest, mister Roberts. My corporal, here, will be happy to hear any other suggestions you might have, but I will be leading my men. LEM Sound thinkin. I have been going a bit. COMMANDER Corporal? CORPORAL [acknowledging] Yes sir. FANSHAW Lem? I think I got through to Scotty, but there's such a distance. Poor lad, he merely wants to do his duty. SOUND LEM DISMOUNTS LEM Let's you and I see if we cain't root out a few more of these varmints. I see purty well in the dark. CORPORAL Excellent! FANSHAW I'll see what I can turn up. GRISHAM Found you! FANSHAW Oh, damn! GRISHAM You ain't never getting away from me, you-- FANSHAW [hits out] GRISHAM [ungh!] FANSHAW Have to get him out of here, Lem. Too distracting. SOUND FANSHAW LEAVES GRISHAM [laughs triumphantly] Coward! But I don't suppose I should be surprised. LEM [quietly, but deadly serious] You don't stop making a fuss, I'm gon' kill your horse. GRISHAM What? LEM You sit still and be quiet or that horse yer so attached to is gonna find itself on the wrong end of a bullet. You hear me? GRISHAM [all the bluster gone] Yeah. LEM Good. I don't fancy killin no animal just fer this, but this here's a battle-- SOUND GUNSHOT LEM [gasp, hit!] Damn! SOUND QUICKDRAW, GUNS BLAZE GRISHAM Hah! I still gotcha! LEM [weakening, through gritted teeth] Din't no one see them a-sneakin up? CORPORAL [commanding] Men! SOUND MORE GUNSHOTS LEM [groan] SOUND BODY DROP AS HE COLLAPSES END NEXT EPISODE BEGINS SOUND FADES IN AND OUT COMMANDER Hold on, there, fellow. LEM [vague] all's well? COMMANDER We got em. LEM My pack? COMMANDER I'll set someone to finding it. FADE OUT DOCTOR Bite down on this. He's lost a lot of blood. FADE OUT BOOTMAKER I'll have a new pair ready before he'll be walking anywhere on them. You sure I should even bother--? FADEOUT WOMAN Just a little bit of broth, mister. You need to get some o'yer strength back. SICKROOM LEM [annoyed moan] FANSHAW You're awake. LEM [quiet] Anyone--? FANSHAW Not close enough to hear - as long as you stay quiet. LEM Good. I been shot? FANSHAW At least twice, judging by the bandages. Once in the chest, once in the leg, I should say. I should have been watching. LEM [reassuring] Can't leave you to do everythin. FANSHAW [awkward pause, then stiffly] Should I ...go? LEM Go? go where? FANSHAW [covering] I - I mean, leave you in peace. To rest. I don't doubt you will still be needing a great deal of it. LEM [straining a bit] Did you see, did it go alla way through? FANSHAW I don't know, but you were very fortunate - or so the doctor declared. LEM [satisfied] Good. FANSHAW I'll leave you to your rest, then, shall I? LEM Go or stay, I ain't so wrung out I cain't tell you got somethin on yer mind. FANSHAW Oh. LEM Is it that female ghost o'yours yer frettin over? FANSHAW [bracing breath] Yes. LEM [exasperated snort] Yer worried she said sumpin, izzat it? FANSHAW Yes. LEM [playing it up a bit] You furriners and the trifles that plague you. FANSHAW So she did--? LEM [shrug] Yup. So? FANSHAW [surprised] So? LEM You cain't be the first. FANSHAW First? LEM Nor the last, like enough. FANSHAW But it... doesn't... bother you? LEM Well, you don't do it no more. FANSHAW I... don't? LEM 'sides, plenty of little fellers wet up the bed right up til they'us in long pants. FANSHAW What? END
The Barkeep, John is joined by his good friend, Ken Bishop from The Forces Behind Star Wars Podcast and The Inflatable Falcon Podcast, to discuss the 501st Legion, the Mandalorian Mercs, as well as other costume clubs and what they entail.
The Barkeep, John is joined by his good friend, Ken Bishop from The Forces Behind Star Wars Podcast and The Inflatable Falcon Podcast, to discuss the current state of the Star Wars Fandom. As well as the new Unifying Fandom Network, that now encompasses both The Forces Behind Star Wars, The Inflatable Falcon, and The Beskar Bucket podcasts.
Our Canary P.I. Summer spectacular out now!! We will back with season 3 in fall/winter. Enjoy the show!---Gimme a Bellamy Scotch Sour and i mean yesterdee!Voice Acted By:(In Order Of Appearance)J. Henry ... Canary P.I.Tina Marie Serra ... Jo Woodward & Denny's WifeJennie Dyer ... Canary's MotherJulienne Guilas ... Bus Attendant, Bus Driver, GeraldFrank Gulglielmelli ... Barkeep & Denny DerwoodJackson Tyler Lee ... Hotel ManagerMarie G ... The ButcherWritten, Directed, & Edited By J. Henry.---Audio used from the movie Swamp Women---Music By:Just As SoonKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Noire #1Music By PedroFast TalkinKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Shades Of SpringKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Comfortable Mystery Part 1Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/InvestigationsKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/NervousKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Comfortable Mystery Part 3Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Music used : "DEAD OF THE WATER" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"Music link : https://youtu.be/OZREBQ9i5XASUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPHFollow on Facebook : https://bit.ly/33RWRtPFollow on Instagram : https://bit.ly/2ImU2JVAtlantean TwilightKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/At RestKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
We went a little deeper in this episode on body image. One thing is universal, we all have a body and we all have opinions on what the perfect image of our body is. The flaws that we see in the mirror come in many forms. In this episode we touch on a few of those things and of course trail off in a few different directions but it all comes back to body image.
Do you know someone who you can confidently say, they had a life well lived? Michael and many others can say that about Richard Wylie of Doylestown, PA. Listen to find out why. Original air date 24 June 2022.
When reformed gunslinger Lemual Roberts (formerly the Deadeye Kid) and his sidekick, British travel writer Clarence Fanshaw, roll into town, things sometimes get a bit... spirited.... But sorting out a feud in Ozark hill country might be more than they can handle. Cast List Lemuel Roberts /Deadeye Kid - J. Spyder Isaacson Clarence Fanshaw - J. Hoverson Sheriff Nell - Hillary Dixon Bartender - Joel Harvey DRUMMONDS Eb Drummond - Dan Conklin Jake Drummond - Jake Stratton TARBOXES Abner Tarbox - Bill Hollweg (of Brokensea Audio) Hap Tarbox - Reynaud LeBoeuf Marilee Tarbox - Beverly Poole Jenfaire Tarbox - Jody Montague Harmonica music by Jere Canote (Canote.com) Other Music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Design: Brett Coulstock Cover Photo: Lauren Burbank (courtesy of Stock Xchange.com) "What kind of a place is it? Why it's hill country somewhere in the Old West..." ********************************************************************** THE DEADEYE KID Cast: Olivia Lemuel Roberts (Deadeye Kid), retired gun, seen it all Clarence Fanshaw, British writer, highfaluting Hap Tarbox, last of the Tarboxes Jake Drummond, last of the Drummonds Marilee Tarbox, cause of the feud Jenfaire Tarbox, Marilee's sister Abner Tarbox, "old man" of the Tarboxes Eb Drummond, old and more than a might tetched Barkeep Sheriff Nell Milford - ex-schoolmarm, talks purty. OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's an Ozark cart-road, can't you tell? WESTERN MUSIC AMBIANCE DAYTIME WOODS - BIRDS, ETC. SOUND HOOF BEATS - TWO HORSES LEM Tell me again why you wanted to come on up here? FANSHAW I've told you a dozen times already, old chap. LEM Keep tellin' me and might could I'll believe it some time. FANSHAW [chuckle] I am fascinated by the impact of emigrant culture into the Americas. This particular area of the Ozark Mountain Range was heavily influenced by the Scottish who came here over the years. LEM I never heered no one from hereabouts sounding Scotch. FANSHAW Not surprising, my good man - Scotch is a whiskey. Scottish is an accent. [chuckles] LEM [disgusted] I reckon. FANSHAW And you see, this area is most commonly known for carrying over the Scottish concept of the feud. LEM Well, I guess I did know that. FANSHAW Some feuds in Scotland went on for generations - long after everyone had forgotten the root cause of the conflict. LEM Yup. FANSHAW And this area is so isolated, nothing will have changed much for - oh, 200 years. It's like a window into the past. LEM Speaking of holdin' grudges, Fanshaw, You might not want to say too much - folks round here might still be smartin' from that little dustup with your folks. FANSHAW My folks? LEM You know, hunnert-some years back? FANSHAW Hundred? Oh! Oh, yes. I take your point, Lemuel. Yes. I shall keep mum, then, until we have tested the waters, so to speak, and understand the local population a mite better. LEM Long as you keep shet, I reckon we'll do fine. SOUND JUST THE HORSES FOR A MOMENT SOUND GUNSHOT ABNER Stop right there! SOUND HORSES PULL UP LEM [resigned] Don' want no trouble, podner. ABNER You one o' them? LEM Don' even know who them is. ABNER [hatred oozing] Them Drummonds? LEM Not no Drummond. Don' know no Drummonds. Jest passin' through. Name's Lemuel Roberts. ABNER Roberts? You the Deadeye Kid? LEM [sigh, weary] Used t'be. I's retired. ABNER But you don't stand with them Drummonds? LEM I stand pretty much as you see me. ABNER [thinks a moment] You's s'posed to be mighty good with a shootin' iron - any chance you'd like a job? LEM I don' take sides. ABNER It wooden take long. You and me, we cud end this hyear thing once and fer all. LEM [sigh] I ain't a shootist no more. Fight yer own battles. SOUND HOOVES, CONTINUING UNTIL STOPPED FANSHAW [whispered] I say, what if he shoots you in the back? LEM [snort] Won't make no never mind. He ain't no danger. FANSHAW [realizing something] Oh! [beat] I'm always surprised that you see things like that so much more clearly than I. LEM Yep. [dry sarcasm] I'm the lucky one. MUSIC AMBIANCE WESTERN TOWN SOUND ONE SET OF BOOTS ON WOOD SOUND SALOON DOOR OPENS, BOOTS STOP AMBIANCE SALOON PEOPLE [talking, slight lull in conversations] SOUND BOOTS CONTINUE, DOOR SWINGS SHUT PEOPLE [Conversation resumes] FANSHAW [quietly] You certainly know how to make an entrance. LEM [quietly] Don' see too many strangers hereabouts. BARKEEP Certainly don't. We're a mite off the beaten path. What'll you have? LEM Whiskey. FANSHAW I could do with some myself. LEM [sighs, then loud, to bartender] I dint see no sign. What's the name of this here town? BARKEEP Locknaw. FANSHAW [excited, but still very quiet] I knew it! I'm quite sure there's a castle Lochnaw - I shall have to look that up. SOUND ONE GLASS BEING SET DOWN AND POURED BARKEEP Like I said, we don' get many strangers hereabouts. No need fer a sign. LEM Reckon so. [drinks quickly, reacts] I heerd tell of some feudin' up this way? P'raps why you get no company? BARKEEP Did that blasted Hap Tarbox try and hold you up? [calling] Sheriff? LEM No, no - I met someone, but he was might near civil. FANSHAW You call that civil? SOUND OFF - CREAK OF CHAIR, FOOTSTEPS APPROACH LEM They ain't no need fer... You-- you all gotta female sheriff? FANSHAW I say--! BARKEEP [hurriedly, under his breath] She's the only one no one-- SOUND FOOTSTEPS STOP SHERIFF NELL I'm Sheriff Milford, but most folks just call me Sheriff Nell. LEM Don' take you very serious, do they? SHERIFF NELL They don't have much choice. Is there anything I can help you with? BARKEEP Tarbox's up to it again. SHERIFF NELL That's preposterous. I've got him locked up. What's your name, stranger? LEM [reluctant, but rapid] Lemuel Roberts. I saw someone-- BARKEEP [belligerently, resents sheriff] Someone tried to stop him in the road and it surely weren't Abner Tarbox. FANSHAW I say, why? LEM [trying to calm them] Dint nobody try to stop me. I was just sayin I met someone on the road. SHERIFF NELL What did he look like? LEM I dint-- FANSHAW Just under 6 feet tall, ginger hair, perhaps 60 years old, ruddy complexion-- LEM [undertone] tsch. [up] --Dint get a good look at him. He'us in the brush. BARKEEP That's Hap-- SHERIFF NELL Hush. Let's have a seat. SOUND FOOTSTEPS SHERIFF NELL This ...person... did he say anything? SOUND SQUEAK OF CHAIRS LEM Ast if I was Tarbox or Drummond. When I said I dint know neither one from Adam, he passed on... on by. FANSHAW [chuckle] SHERIFF NELL When was this? LEM n'hour or so. See here, what's a'goin' on? FANSHAW Yes, this is perfectly fascinating! SHERIFF NELL [sigh] Tarbox - Drummond feud. Started long before I arrived in town. They've just about managed to kill each other off. The only ones still fighting are Hap Tarbox and Jake Drummond, and neither one has any children, so Locknaw's just keeping its head down until one or both is done in. LEM And you're the only one they all-- SHERIFF NELL I was made sheriff because I'm the only one in town with no kin on either side. I came to Locknaw as schoolmarm, if you can believe it. SHERIFF NELL (continues) Took this on since it was the only way to keep them from shooting up the town every Friday night. Now they just terrorize each other - and strangers. FANSHAW Perhaps we can help? LEM I'm not much of one fer interferin'-- SHERIFF NELL That isn't what I've heard, Mister Roberts. LEM [Sigh] FANSHAW Your reputation precedes you. LEM I cain't never get away from it. FANSHAW [with Nell] Double negative. [chuckles at Nell's reaction] SHERIFF NELL [with Fanshaw] You shouldn't use a double negative like that. [NOTE she does not react to Fanshaw's comment.] LEM I don't rightly care. SHERIFF NELL I'm so sorry. Old habits. I'm-- [sigh] Sorry. If you truly don't want to interfere, I'll-- LEM I dint not say that - neither. SHERIFF NELL [laughs] FANSHAW You're smarter than you act sometimes, "podner." LEM Only, it's more on account of what I used to be, than what I am, if you take my drift. SHERIFF NELL I'm afraid I don't. Quite. FANSHAW He's a reformed man. Trying to make up for the things he feels he has done wrong. LEM Let's just say that if I still were who I was, I'd prob'ly be wantin' money fer this. Being who I am now, I'm just tryin' to -- well, get inta providence's good books. SHERIFF NELL Expiation. FANSHAW My precise word. LEM Naw, just payin' back for my sins. MUSIC AMBIANCE WOODS, ONE SET OF FOOTSTEPS IN UNDERBRUSH FANSHAW Are you sure this is safe? LEM You don' have to come along. You're sumpin' of a trial. FANSHAW That's the sort of thanks I get! If it were not for me-- LEM You know I don' mind the comp'ny, I jest meant-- SOUND LOUD SNAP OF TWIG FANSHAW Was that--? LEM A twig. We should be jest about there, if'n I reckon right. [grunt] Yep - it's cleared out over thataway. FANSHAW That will make a delightful change. SOUND CRUNCHING THROUGH BRUSH, THEN FEET ON DIRT FANSHAW [low] I say, look there, Lemuel. LEM [low] I see her. [up, very deferential] Ma'am? Ma'am? MARILEE [gasps, taken completely by surprise] Oh! LEM Ma'am, please, we don' mean no-- FANSHAW --any-- LEM --no harm. Jest want to set and talk for a spell. Are you Marilee Tarbox? I was told I might find you hereabouts. MARILEE [utterly bewildered] I-- I-- What are you doing here? FANSHAW We've come to speak with you, my dear young lady, about the - ahem - altercation between the Tarbox family and the Drummonds. MARILEE I'm afeared that'us all my doin'. LEM That's why we come. Can you bear to tell it? MARILEE I'us s'posed to marry my removed cousin Abner Tarbox, but I'us took with love for Eb Drummond. So young and fetchin-- FANSHAW How utterly tragic! MARILEE Ayep! As t'was, I dint make it nowheres. Never did get to church. After-- well, Abner and all brought me back here, and here I's stayed. FANSHAW And of course, Abner couldn't marry you, after all that had happened-- MARILEE [shocked] That's crazy talk! LEM Don' pay Fanshaw no mind. He's furren. They talk plumb crazy all the time. FANSHAW Lemuel! LEM Miss Marilee, so you's tellin' us that it was you harin' off that started up the feud? MARILEE S'all I know about. [ashamed] O'course, no one much talks to me no more. FANSHAW That is most definitely their loss, miss Tarbox. You are as lovely as a veritable posey in springtime. MARILEE [smiling] Crazy but sweet, aincha just? MUSIC SOUND MORE BUSHWHACKING FANSHAW I don't see what more we need to know - Miss Marilee's abscondance was the root of the conflict. LEM I jest don't see it. It ain't -- drastic enough, to my mind. FANSHAW Trust me, it takes very little to set Scottish blood afire, even at this far remove! SOUND GUN SHOT FANSHAW Was that--? LEM Yup. That one WAS. Stay here. SOUND DROP HEAVY BAG ON HARD GROUND LEM [Calling] I ain't yer enemy! Whoever y'are, I ain't none o' this! Jest want some palaver. JAKE Ain't a Tarbox? LEM Wouldn't even if'n I could. FANSHAW [off] I'm not even going to try... LEM [low] Hesh. [up] Can I come on? You see my hands, a'right? JAKE [beat] All right. Come on, then. LEM [to Fanshaw] Keep shut. I don't fancy getting' kilt here. FANSHAW [off, fading] Right-ho, Lem. SOUND WADING THROUGH UNDERBRUSH JAKE Who are you, then? LEM Lemuel Roberts. You can call me Lem. EB [coming on, wheezy] Looks like a Tarbox t'me. JAKE Lem. I'm Jake. You holdin' iron? LEM Left it yonder. JAKE [grunt of acceptance] So what you come fer? EB He's scouting fer them. LEM How bout you'n'I set a spell? JAKE I reckon we cud do that. Lord'a'mighty, put yer hands down - you look right silly. LEM Thankee kindly. [grunt as he sits] EB You cain't trust him, cain't trust none'o them! JAKE Lemuel Roberts. Seems like I heered that name somewheres. EB He's the Deadeye Kid! Just goes to show them Tarboxes are yeller enough to hire theyselves a gun! LEM [grudgingly] Folks sometimes call me... the Deadeye Kid. JAKE Thassit! [suddenly suspicious] Them Tarboxes, they pay y'all to come on up here? LEM Nope. [sighs] I-- I don't rightly know why I'm gettin' inta the middle o' this-- EB He's a low-down dirty liar! Check and see if he got him a forked tongue. LEM Mister Drummond, I reckon the only folks I'm speakin' for here is the town. They ast me to try and stop all this trouble, and here I am. They jest ast me cuz I don't haveta live here, and I-- well, I guess I ain't a‑scared of much. [slight snort] EB You shud be! My boy here can shoot the eye out a silver eagle at twenny paces! JAKE [snort of disbelief] Y'all are gonna sort this here out? Cain't think how you spect to do that. This'us been goin' on for a donkey's years, and Hap ain't about to rein in none. He's a curly wolf 'n no mistake. Time and again, I tried to reach some kinder accord with him, but - well, I shore wooden be s'prised to find that boy was plumb rabid. EB That whole family got polecat in it somewheres. Ain't none of the menfolk right in the head. LEM But you'ud set down if'n he did? JAKE [blows out air, thinking, then doubtful] I reckon I cud, but I cain't see my way to trustin' him, nohow. He'd lie soon as look atcha. EB Don't you go trustin' them Tarboxes, boy! LEM If I sort this out right, he shou'n't have nothin' left to be afired up about. JAKE He was borned afired up. Hmm... [beat] Well, [slaps his thighs] Least I can be hospitable. You a drinkin' man? LEM I wouldn't say no to a snort. SOUND CREAK OF LEATHER AS JAKE GETS UP JAKE [going off] Be right back. SOUND FEET ON GRAVEL WALK AWAY LEM [waits a second, then] And you, sir? EB Me? Eh? No one lissens to me! LEM Might you be Eb Drummond? EB [sly] I might.... but not to any Tarbox. LEM Marilee sends her love. EB [flabbergasted] Marilee? How'd you know Marilee? LEM Talked to her, jest as I'm talking to you now. Figgered the boy wouldn't understand, so I waited to tell you. EB She-- Is she--? LEM I spect she's much as you remember her. They never managed to get her hitched, if that's what you're worrying about. EB Then ...what happened--? SOUND FOOTSTEPS ON GRAVEL RETURNING JAKE Make it myself. Old granddad's receipt. EB Boy does take after me. SOUND CREAK AS JAKE SITS SOUND BOTTLE TOP OFF, POUR INTO TIN CUP JAKE Get yerself around that, then. LEM [reacts - powerful, but not bad] JAKE [chuckles] Kicks, eh? LEM [coughing slightly] Like a cougar in a carrysack. EB Yep. Bites and scratches all the way down. JAKE [chuckles] EB Boy! Yes you. LEM [very understated] Hmm? SOUND OCCASIONAL SIPPING, POUR OF ANOTHER DRINK, THROUGHOUT THE FOLLOWING EB [whispering throughout] Them Tarboxes, they said Marilee brought me a poke of gold coins, as a dowry-like-- JAKE So you're fixin' to end the feud? LEM Yep. EB --and that's what started the intire mess. When they - they ...found her-- JAKE I'd be happier than a pig in swill if this was over. EB --the coins weren't nowhere. She never had 'em! JAKE I cud settle down. EB You b'lieve me, dontcha? JAKE Maybe raise me up some kids. LEM Yep. [slight change in emphasis] Sounds mighty nice. JAKE It's Hap Tarbox won' letcha snap it off. LEM Reckon I'll ask him hisself. SOUND CREAK AS HE GETS UP, DUSTS HIS SEAT LEM Afternoon. JAKE Here's luck. EB If you happen across Marilee again, tell her I- I'll come for her. LEM I'll carry that. MUSIC FANSHAW Gold? I was quite certain this all began with love. LEM Gold moves jest as many mountains. FANSHAW Yes, but you must consider - Love may very well vanish into thin air, but gold must have actually gone somewhere. LEM Plenty o' folks, these parts, ‘d bury it. No one'ud ever know. FANSHAW Oh, come now. A secret is only a secret if no one knows it. Did he say how much gold? LEM Spect he dint know. Not likely they'd a given no reckonin' to them they's accusin' of rustlin', no ways. FANSHAW [sigh] Sometimes I truly despair for your grammar. LEM [smile] My Grammar's dead. Keeled over when I wasn't but a pup. FANSHAW [sound of exasperation]. MUSIC AMBIANCE TOWN SOUND HOOVES - ONE HORSE SOUND HORSE STOPS, CREAK OF A DISMOUNT SOUND BOOTS ACROSS WOODEN PLANKING, KNOCK ON DOOR SHERIFF NELL [off] Come on in! FANSHAW This Hap fellow isn't likely to be very cooperative, after his incarceration. LEM Let me do the talkin'. SOUND DOOR OPENS, FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE FANSHAW [muttered] As always... LEM Sheriff? Ma'am? SHERIFF NELL Mr. Roberts. Have you had any luck? LEM A mite. Can I jaw with your prisoner for a spell? SOUND HEAVY LEATHER CARRYSACK BEING SET DOWN SHERIFF NELL Hap? Certainly. Though I must warn you he's not very cooperative. Right through here. SOUND JINGLE OF BIG KEY RING SOUND LADY'S FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWED BY SINGLE SET OF HEAVY BOOTS SOUND LOCK UNLOCKS, DOOR OPENS, FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE FANSHAW [off, calling, slightly disgruntled] I'll just wait out here, shall I? LEM [muttered] That's jest fine. SHERIFF NELL Hmm? SOUND FOOTSTEPS STOP, JINGLE OF KEYS AGAIN LEM Ah'm startin' to see what mighta caused all this. SHERIFF NELL How? I've had Hap and Jake each at one time and another in lockup here, and neither one seems to know - or they simply won't speak of it. LEM Ah'm good at listenin' to them as no one else pays any mind to. SHERIFF NELL Whatever do you mean? LEM [he said too much] Um, old folks, crazy folks, injuns - them kinds. SHERIFF NELL [puzzled] Hmm. LEM If'n it gets the job done, I reckon the path I take don't matter much? SHERIFF NELL [sigh] Too true. Well, see what sort of a path you can turn up in there - but I'm afraid you'll find it a rather crooked one. SOUND DOOR OPENS, BOOTED FEET GO IN HAP Wuzzat? SHERIFF NELL Someone wishes to speak with you, Mr. Tarbox. Please try and be civil. HAP You can go to blazes, bezom. SHERIFF NELL Such a fine upstanding character. I want nothing further to do with him. SOUND BOOTS SLOW INTO ROOM. DOOR SHUTS. HAP You can go to blazes too, who'e'er y'be! LEM Kinda dark in here, ain't it? HAP It's the pokey, nit. ABNER Hey! I clapped eyes on you afore this - on the road! You said you wasn't involved! LEM I ain't involved in none of this, jest trying to help the Sheriff keep the peace. Now, she says Hap - that's you, ain't it? - is one o' them making trouble. ABNER It's them Drummonds! They's the ones started it, stealin' our gold! HAP This is all them Drummonds' fault! We're jest tryin' to get back our own! LEM I unnerstand that. Now if'n I can nose out what y'all lost, get it back to you, would you agree to end this - make peace? ABNER My own cousin was kilt fer that gold! That varmint Eb Drummond tricked her into stealin' it, then crevassed her once't he done got hold of it! HAP [not convincing, too sly] I reckon I might could set down - long as Drummond does. ABNER Her folks was took hard - losing both daughters in jest one season. HAP Y'all come back when Drummond turns peacable, ya hear? LEM [muttering] Two daughters? HAP What? Wazzat? LEM [disgusted noise, then strangely inflected] I'll speak with you again soon, feller. HAP Soon? hah! MUSIC AMBIANCE WESTERN TOWN STREET SOUND ONE PAIR BOOTS ON WOOD OR HARDPACK, WALKING SLOWLY LEM Didja see him? FANSHAW Yes. While you were in conference with Tarbox, I took a look around - [heavy sarcasm] as much as I can manage on my own. LEM And? FANSHAW Jake Drummond was certainly watching when we left the Sheriff's office. What shall we do now? LEM I'm sore tempted to break Hap Tarbox out the pokey. FANSHAW Surely you jest! Lem, that would be madness! LEM It'd be one way to end everythin'. FANSHAW Do you mean--? LEM You put two rabid dogs in one corral, you're bound to have at least one less dog. FANSHAW But Jake... He seemed like a rather reasonable fellow. LEM That's all at's stoppin' me. SOUND PAPER UNROLLS FANSHAW What the devil is -- [confused] a wanted poster? [very dry] You're holding it upside down. LEM Don' matter-- SOUND PAPER IS ROLLED UP LEM --I jest took it. Wanted sumpin' to make Jake wonder. MUSIC SOUND BUSHWHACKING FANSHAW I don't see why we had to come all the way back out here. You've already spoken with Marilee. LEM I reckon she might have more t'say about them two lost girls. FANSHAW Do you feel it's so important? LEM Everthin's important - right up til you know what ain't. This - well, I reckon its jest sumpin that got overlooked, and I cain't leave a loose rope to dangle. FANSHAW Colorful. Do you still hear Jake behind us? LEM Reckon I do. SOUND LEAVE THE BRUSH, BOOTS ON HARD PACK FANSHAW Aha, the lady is expecting us. MARILEE [coming on] Y'all came back! FANSHAW Of course! Simply to gaze upon you would brighten any man's day. MARILEE [giggles] LEM [disgusted] Now that the courtin's done with, you two want a hayloft somewheres? FANSHAW I say! LEM You say plenty. Miss Marilee, we come back fer two reasons. First, Tarbox said sumpin about two girls died the year the feud started-- MARILEE My sister might could tell you more-- JAKE [off] What in tarnation is wrong with you, Kid? LEM [calling back off to Jake] This'll only take a moment. You might want to-- EB [off] Marilee? MARILEE [breathless] Eb? FANSHAW Now I see your scheme! You romantic fool, you! LEM [calling] Jake, I need to apologize fer leadin' you all to hell and gone-- [BEHIND JAKE AND LEM, MARILEE AND EB EXCHANGE ENDEARMENTS - HE STARTS TO SOUND YOUNGER, LESS CROTCHETY] JAKE I should say so! What you want with in a place like this? [slightly weirded out - it is a graveyard] They ain't nothin' here. LEM I been thinkin' that mebbe the answer is here somewheres. JAKE Here? Buried? Was that paper Tarbox gave you a map? LEM No map. See, two young ladies - were taken from their family, right about the start of all this, here. I'm reasonable sure Marilee weren't the cause, so I have to ast myself, what about the other one? MARILEE Jenfaire? What do you know about her? LEM Sheriff Nell says your sister left behind a child and a husband who weren't much more than a drunk and a troublemaker-- EB That's a Tarbox all right. Beggin' your pardon, my dearest dove. MARILEE He'us a beast. He hurt her so bad when he got too much white lightnin inta him. LEM So I ast myself who would need the money more, if'n she were plannin' on lightin' out fer parts unknown - a newborned mama, or a girl gone to marry? JAKE But Jenfaire Tarbox, she was Hap's Grandma. LEM So Sheriff Nell said. JAKE She never dint go nowheres. LEM Not like she planned, no. HAP [off] Hold it right thar! Hands up, both of you! LEM Down! JAKE No! SOUND SCUFFLE, THEN GUNSHOTS [from off] WHICH PING OFF OF STONE. JAKE I reckon there's one good thing about meetin in a place like this. [grunt as he rolls up to shoot] SOUND CLOSE GUN SHOT JAKE Plenty o' cover. LEM Dammit, I'm trying to end this peaceable. JAKE Go out there and tell that sidewinder, then. I'll put up when he does. FANSHAW Lem, he's behind a tree north-north east of here. If you roll to the left, he won't have a clear shot. LEM Right. Jake, you stay put. Gimme some cover, but don't waste yer lead. JAKE [almost enjoying this] Oh, I got plenty. LEM Just cover! SOUND SCUFFLE AS LEM ROLLS AWAY. A COUPLE QUICK GUN SHOTS FROM OFF, ONE FROM NEAR - THEY GO ON SPORADICALLY IN THE B/G LEM Get Marilee over here. I need Jenfaire. FANSHAW Right ho! LEM [yelling] Abner? Abner Tarbox! HAP It's Hap, you chicken-brained dog-breath varmint! JAKE [hissing] Course, it's Hap! Abner got hung last month over to Conners Gulch. LEM [muttered] Dammit. FANSHAW Here is Marilee. Shall go and I fetch Abner for you, as well? LEM [sigh] Yeah. If'n you please. MARILEE Jenfaire don' wanna come. She ain't fit for comp'ny. LEM I ain't company, woman. Think o' me as the law. EB [sounding much younger] Yes, darlin', lissen to the-- ABNER [off, coming on] Let go of me - you city slickin' furriner! EB What the blazes! ABNER [grunt of effort] Hah! [shocked] Marilee! MARILEE Abner! EB Stay behind me, Marilee. SOUND GUN SHOTS CONTINUE ABNER You little mink, runnin' off on me. EB You dint take no time a'tall to fetch you another bride, Abner Tarbox. ABNER [sarcasm] Right. I plumb fergot it were almost five years afore you finally hitched up with Ellie Dean. MARILEE Oh! EB I had to, darlin'-- LEM I hate to break up this li'l tea party-- SOUND GUNSHOT LEM But if'n we don't sort things out right quick, your 'last remainin' will be joinin' you. JAKE [off] You say sumpin, Lem? LEM [calling] Talkin' to m'self. [quieter, urgent] Get Jenfaire. MARILEE [going off] I'll try... ABNER [low] Eb, Don't you never tell that purty little girl this, but I was jest as happy to see the back of her. EB What? Why? ABNER I's never sure but that we was a mite too close fer kissin, if'n you see where I's aimin'. EB Oh! LEM Sounds t'me like, if the gold's found, this whole thing can be done with. MARILEE Jenfaire's here. Talk. LEM Jenfaire? Where? FANSHAW She prefers to stay out of sight, Lemuel, but she will answer. LEM [Sigh] I'ud rather look folks in the face, but-- Jenfaire Tarbox, wha'd you do with them gold coins? JENFAIRE [distant, wispy, teary] I-- I hid ‘em under the cowshed, in a leather poke. I meant to go back and..., and git. Just git away-- but the baby come early. LEM I see. JENFAIRE --and I-- I dint make it. LEM Thank you ma'am, fer that. You go on back now. I'll try and turn this stampede. EB Can I-- I can stay here, with Marilee, cain't I? LEM Reckon I don't know, but you can try. [Up] Hap! I know where the gold is. I'm standin' up, and if you shoot me, there ain't no one else alive can tell you where to find it. FANSHAW Must you rub it in? SOUND NOISE OF STANDING: CREAK OF LEATHER, PULLING SELF UP ON HEADSTONE, ETC. HAP [off, calling] Tell Jake to throw down his weapon. JAKE Ain't gonna happen! HAP Tell him-- LEM Ain't gonna happen, Hap. But Jake is gonna walk away, and you and I are gonna go on and get yer coins. JAKE [whispered, still hunkered down] I ain't! LEM Jest go. SOUND [beat, then] JAKE STANDS, FOOTSTEPS ON GRAVEL MUSIC BUILDS NOT A CHANGE SCENE, JUST A DRAMATIC MOMENT SOUND CLICK OF HAMMER ON REVOLVER SOUND GUNSHOT, SOMEWHAT IN SLOW-MO SOUND SECOND GUNSHOT - GOES WILD, RICOCHET. JAKE [yell of surprise] HAP [off] Unggh! [impact] FANSHAW Oh, good shot. JAKE [turning around/coming on] What in tarnation?! SOUND BODY DROP, OFF HAP [off, death rattle] LEM [under his breath] Damn. MUSIC SOUND HIS AND HERS BOOTS ON WOODEN PLANKS SHERIFF NELL So Mr. Roberts shot Hap? JAKE The critter was fixin' to shoot me in the back! He couldn't not do it. [beat] Ma'am. SHERIFF NELL Did anyone else witness this? JAKE Nope. I'm plumb sorry miss, I mean sheriff, ma'am, but it was jest the three of us. [beat] And all them headstones. SOUND BOOTS STOP. DOOR OPENS SLOWLY, WITH EFFORT SHERIFF NELL Ungh - what is -- wrong --? JAKE Let me help ya, miss. Ungh -- SOUND DOOR OPENS GRUDGINGLY, SOMETHING FABRIC IS BEHIND IT SOUND MUFFLED CLINK SHERIFF NELL A rotted old leather sack? MUSIC SOUND TWO HORSES HOOVES FANSHAW You could have kept some. LEM [down] Sheriff Nell there will see it gets put to good use - mebbe fer a church or a school or sumpin. FANSHAW You did the right thing. That town is free of a terrible burden. LEM [down] My hands done it. Dint give me no time to think twice. FANSHAW If not for your interference, Lemuel, a good man - Jake - would be dead. [beat] Try to think of it this way - you ended the feud with but a single shot. LEM [starting out of slump] Yeah, I reckon a single shot kin have some kind of power. FANSHAW Yes. LEM [kidding, sly] Like that shot heard round the world? Jest over a hunnert years ago? FANSHAW [huffy] Yes, well. LEM [chuckles a bit] MUSIC OUT CLOSER NOTE: Poem with the line shot heard round the world was written in 1837.
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The Barkeep celebrates the heroic efforts of Timothy, Flowerkraut, and Sherman. Time is short, though, since the Story Ark is making its way to the trio's unknown destination. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Are you ready for part 2 of Mel's magical pathfinder game? Listen along as the ladies continue with the shenanigans. Mel talks about how it was DMing her first game, 80 uses her amazing vocabulary and sounds straight out of a delicious book, and Emily compares real life to her character. Leave a comment about what you thought of the episodes! Follow us on Instagram @justcomeoverpodcastFollow us on TikTok @justcomeoverpodEmail us: justcomeoverpod@gmail.comMusic: Jordan Pier @leavingrichmondArtwork: Alex Velasquez @yourboymaccoyMay 2021
An academic walked into a bar and sat down at the counter. "Barkeep," he said "Pour me a stiff one. I've had a hard day." "What's the matter, friend?" said the barkeep. "Well," said the academic, "this morning's class was all about the life of Shakespeare himself. This afternoon's class will be all about his poetry. Things are going from Bard to Verse!!!"(Ba dum dum.)Okay, maybe that's not as good a pun as most of Will's, although there are some that groan worthy, but we can't help it - we're paronomasiacs. (You'll learn what that is in this episode.)Make sure you join us for our FREE benefit live stream of Macbeth on Friday February 19, 2021 at 7:30 pm and Saturday February 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm. It won't cost you a cent but if you like it, please consider donating to The Actors Fund or Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids. You can find the YouTube livestream link on our website at: www.thebardcastyoudick.com Or, on our Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter pages!!To send us an email - please do, we want to hear from you!!! - write us at: thebardcastyoudick@gmail.com To support us (by giving us money - per episode if you like!) on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=35662364&fan_landing=trueTo visit our website, go here:https://www.thebardcastyoudick.comTo donate to an awesome charity, go here:https://actorsfund.org/help-our-entertainment-communiity-covid-19-emergency-reliefLike us? Leave us a five-star rating AND a review wherever you get your podcasts!!Episode Sources:Shakespeare, Wikipedia, and the rest of the interwebs :)
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