Category: Deadlands: Noir

Affairs are messy. They can leave a trail of sin and regret that the strongest bleach or bucket full of lye used a cleaning woman with arms as thick as your legs and a brush more abrasive than a tone deaf nightclub singer will never get out. And Grace Gunn, Tommy “Bam Bam” Prue and Irving Holt are learning more and more about the affair Helzberg’s been having – and with who – and where. The question is, how much mess did these two make, and who’s going to clean it up?

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Shadowed Silhouette – “invisible pursuer”
Somewhere off Jazz Street – “Refuge”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Green grass”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Floating on air through grief and…”
Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music – “Midnight in Harlem”
Marcus Eads – “Rum River Ramble”

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We all love going to parties. But nobody likes cleaning up afterward. Grace Gunn, Tommy “Bam Bam” Prue, Irving Holt and a cabbie who more than earned his fare just got done having a block party with some uninvited guests who were looking to make our heroes the snack tray. And now the question is, are they gonna clean up this party, or beat feet and leave it to the boys in blue. With a case to solve and no answers to questions they don’t want asked, my guess is the latter.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Floating on air through grief and green grass”
Giorgio Di Campo for @FreeSound Music – “Midnight in Harlem”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Bone Wagon Ride”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “The Night Shift”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Homicide Victim”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Fear and dread in neon”
Lowering – “We’re Dancing”
Manet – “Delerious and Devoured – Devour”
Marcus Eads – “Above Snakes”

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Everybody loves having a good time, but one person’s good time can be another’s nightmare. Take our trio of Grace Gunn, Tommy “Bam Bam” Prue and Irving Holt. Right now, they’re not having a real whoopie time. But to the strange things from the shadows that they’re fighting? I’m betting they think this is a real stompin’ rub. But I’m gonna guess those table might turn before the night is out.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Something We All Know”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Ghost Ride”
Somewhere off Jazz Street – “One Crazy Night”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Call Me Kingpin”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Предок”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Yes, It Signals From The Other Side”
Hot Sugar Band – “Mabel”

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Everybody knows the phrase, ‘the things that go bump in the night.’ And for our trio, there’s going to be more than a few of these things seeking them out ton this cold December night. And because trouble finds them like flies to a fresh cow pie, there’s likely going to be a lot of bumpin’ going on.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “Broadway Holdover”
Manet – “Vendredi Noir”
Hot Sugar Band – “Keep Smiling”
Lowering – “The Bridge (M idnight Walker)”
Manet – “Zygomatic Bones for Days”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Предок”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “Overtime”
Hot Sugar Band – “Jumping at the Woodside”
Hot Sugar Band – “Till Tom Special”
Hot Sugar Band – “Topsy”
Hot Sugar Band – “The Sheik of Araby”
Manet – “Huldra’s Dance”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “Overtime”

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Speakeasys in 1933 Chicago are a dying breed. In a few weeks, they won’t have to hide their dirty secrets and bathtub gin anymore. Well, the gin at least. As far as the secrets go, they’ll still be hidden and they’ll still be as dirty as the trash in a back alley after a two week garbage strike in August. But those are the secrets that Grace Gunn and Tommy Bam Bam Prue are trying to find out.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Kevin MacLeaod – “Tango de Manzana”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Graveyard Romance”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “Broadway Holdover”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “Esquire Bounce”
Plate Mail Games – “Speakeasy”

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Life can be a lot like a carnival ride – kind of entertaining, but most of the time you just go in circles. Of course, a lot depends on which ride you choose. A ferris wheel is nice, an even balance of highs and lows, with some nice views in between. And if you’re lucky you get someone special to sit in the car with you for the ride. Then of course, some of us choose the roller coaster. It moves fast, then slow. Makes you laugh and scream at the same time – balanced between moments of sheer joy and abject terror.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Call Me Kingpin”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Mall of the Dead”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Skidrow After Midnight”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Floating on air through grief and…”
Bebopovsky and the Orkestry Podyezdov – “Bone Wagon Ride”
Hot Sugar Band – “Swing 41”
Francia Jazzline Orchestra – “Fanny’s Score”
Francia Jazzline Orchestra – “Femme Fatale”
Hot Sugar Band – “Topsy”
One Hour One-Offs Podcast

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If there’s one thing you need to know about the alleyways in Chicago, is that there’s a lot of twists and turns. If there’s two things you need to know about the alleyways in Chicago, is that you don’t walk through them unless you’re looking for trouble. And the third thing – it’s the secrets they hold. The saying goes, ‘Seeing is Believing.’ For folks scraping by in Chicago in 1933 if they can’t hold it in their hands, it’s phonus balonus and a waste of their time. But for Grace Gunn, our Shamus and her three compadres they might start seeing things with their peepers they don’t want to believe. And what they are getting themselves into could be just like those alleyways, with twists and turns and even a dead end or three.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Aging – “Nights in Amber”
Busted Boot Productions – “Tommy’s Chase”
Somewhere Off Jazz Street – “Scene of the Crime”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Cremated in C minor”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Endsmouth”
Somewhere Off Jazz Street – “Don’t Give It All Away”
Kevin MacLeod – “Fast Talkin”
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Looks like our crew has got themselves caught up in something. Whether it’s related to their case, or part of something bigger, or hell, maybe a bit of both, remains to be seen. One thing we do know for sure, is that Grace Gunn is down for the count, and that’s got her three friends shaking more than a soldier on leave in a Tomato Market. And if you know anything about these four, it’s probably about to get worse.

Oh yeah, and one more thing. See we got a contest going on. We’ve got a sleek pair of rats and mice – you know, the bones you roll in those back alleys – that’s dice for the rest of you. It’s a nice set from our chums at Norse Foundry. I’m no snitch, but here’s the deal. Simply leave a review for either this podcast or ‘The Adventures of Young & Holt.’ We’d like 5 stars but times are tough, so as many stars as you can spare. If for some reason your podcatcher doesn’t do them, then check out this tweet and retweet to all your adoring followers. And remember, if you do leave a review, you gotta search for ‘Fear the Boot Actual Play.’

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “When life throws you under the bus”
Bebopovsky And The Orkestry Podyezdov – “Люди вкуснее овощей”
Hot Sugar Band – “Zooming at the Zombie”
Hot Sugar Band – “Mabel”
Hot Sugar Band – “Wham!”
Francia Jazzline Orchestra – “Some Trouble In Pasadena”
Francia Jazzline Orchestra – “Femme Fatale”
Somewhere Off Jazz Street – “Last Resort”

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The saying goes, ‘Seeing is Believing.’ For folks scraping by in Chicago in 1933 if they can’t hold it in their hands, it’s phonus balonus and a waste of their time. But for Grace Gunn, our Shamus and her three compadres they might start seeing things with their peepers they don’t want to believe.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
the Orchestra of Mirrored Reflections – “Sax For Ms. Mojito”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Living Hell”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Chasing Shadows”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Just Not Today”
Bebopovsky And The Orkestry Podyezdov – “В гробу карманов нету”
Bebopovsky And The Orkestry Podyezdov – “Люди вкуснее овощей”
Shirt Tail Stompers – “The Panic Is On”

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There’s few things worse than when you’re putting a puzzle together and can’t find all the pieces. It’s like the devil decided to look at all the hard work you put in on that 1000 piece job and then goes and takes pieces 750 and 825 and stuff them deep in the couch cushions, never to be seen again. But for Grace Gunn and crew, they’re still trying to piece together the edges of this little puzzle.

Music from this episode
Vainoras and the Altar of the Drill – “Alice”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Living Hell”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Chasing Shadows”
Somewhere off Jazz Street – “If I Could Tell You”
Somewhere off Jazz Street – “Scene of the Crime”
Zimbabwe3000 – “Just Not Today”
Hot Sugar Band – “Little Brown Jug”

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