Sneak Preview – The Dain Curse Single (4/13/26)
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7:27 – Dave in Kentucky’s “Killer Serials” series has been presenting Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse as it appeared in Black Mask from late 1928 to early 1929. It features not only Hammett’s original text, now in the public domain, but songs based on the events of the story, turning it into a sort of “mock opera”. Words are by Dave in Kentucky, music and show art by Suno.ai (v4.5). Here’s a sample.
Background: One of the story’s characters, named Gabrielle, is addicted to morphine. Near the end of the story, the protagonist (who is twice her age) helps her kick her habit, despite her being very difficult and disagreeble about the process, as you might expect. Side A, “These Morphine Blues,” is sung from her perspective before her cure; Side B, “Sit Down, She Said,” is from his, after her cure.
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Attribution: by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4.5). More info at onsug.com.
