2:16:23 – The conclusion of the serialized version of The Dain Curse, as it appeared in the February 1929 issue of Black Mask. Reading and commentary by Dave in Kentucky, with a feline review by Mr. Bean near the end. Songs and other music provided once again by Dave and the Suno AI.
Musical Selection
Start Time
1.
Bittersweet Intro (instrumental)
0:00
2.
The Wreck that was Owen Fitzstephan
21:16
3.
Back to the House in the Cove
46:34
4.
These Morphine Blues
1:06:40
5.
Aaronia Arrives
1:29:22
6.
A Spic with a Shiv
1:33:11
7.
Sit Down, She Said
1:55:28
8.
Funky Pheromones
2:06:59
9.
Bittersweet Ending (instrumental)
2:11:55
Words by Dave in Kentucky, music by Suno.ai (v4.5). Soundtrack soon to be available in a timeline near you.
Show art: Two early editions of the Dain Curse novel which this serial became, from Alfred A. Knopf (left) and Grosset & Dunlap.
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.
2:04:00 – Killer Serials continues its mock-opera rendition of Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse. Naturally intelligent lyrics by Dave in Kentucky, artifically intelligent musical settings by Suno in the Web. Feline reactions to Dave’s reading are by Mr. Bean.
Musical Selection
Start Time
1.
Black Honeymoon
0:00
2.
Off the Beaten Path (instrumental)
5:55
3.
A Honeymoon in Separate Rooms
13:52
4.
Quesada, Quesada
43:36
5.
Back to Quesada
1:00:40
6.
Blinded by Ambition
1:12:37
7.
A Feral Cat Indeed
1:30:27
8.
Guilty Just the Same
1:49:37
9.
Off the Beaten Path (full reprise)
1:59:15
Words by Dave in Kentucky, music by Suno.ai (v4.5). Soundtrack is forthcoming, available or unavailable on Alternate Timeline Records.
Show art: Public-domain covers of the January and February 1929 issues of Black Mask, which contained the final two episodes of the serialized version of The Dain Curse.
2:13:07 – Killer Serials continues its comeback with this second installment of Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse, which appeared in the December 1928 issue of Black Mask. Reading by Dave in Kentucky, with feline commentary by Mr. Bean and music by Dave and Suno.
Musical Selection
Start Time
1.
Dark Blue Background (instrumental)
0:00
2.
Trendy Cults
12:03
3.
A Comfortable Stay
30:49
4.
Manuel & the Hollow Temple
46:01
5.
The Room where Flowers Died
1:02:52
6.
Not Much Competition
1:24:23
7.
Oh So Misterioso (instrumental)
1:27:27
8.
Ghostly Apparition
1:46:32
9.
Reno or Bust
2:03:01
10.
Dark Blue Reprise (instrumental)
2:08:28
Words by Dave in Kentucky, music by Suno.ai (v4.5). Soundtrack potentially available on Alternate Timeline Records.
Show art: Interior illustration from “The Hollow Temple” as it appeared (less the damage) in the December 1928 Black Mask.
2:14:39 – Dave in Kentucky brings back his Killer Serials series, transitioning from Old Time Radio serials to magazine serials, and from homemade song parodies to AI-generated songs. First up: Dashiell Hammett’s The Dain Curse, as it appeared in the pulp magazine Black Mask from late 1928 to early 1929. This first installment (“Black Lives”) is from November 1928, and is thus in the public domain, in this timeline, at least. The reading is by Dave in Kentucky, with occasional feline ambience by Mr. Bean.
Musical Selection
Start Time
1.
Jazz Agent (instrumental)
0:00
2.
Diamond in the Grass
2:27
3.
Noir for Miles (instrumental)
18:31
4.
Two Men
35:43
5.
Cherchez (as the French would say)
40:31
6.
Minnie and Rhino
1:02:10
7.
When Facts are All Assembled
1:16:32
8.
Hopped-Up Mama
1:35:53
9.
A Heck of a Frame
2:10:16
10.
Noir for Miles (slight return)
2:13:51
Words by Dave in Kentucky, music by Suno.ai (v4.5, except #1 is v5). Soundtrack is thought to be available on Alternate Timeline Records.
Show art: Public-domain covers of the November and December 1928 issues of Black Mask, which contained the first two episodes of the serialized version of The Dain Curse.
2:52:21 – Dave in Kentucky is joined by Eddie Murray (at 32:34), Chad Bowers (at 1:31:55) and Frank Edward Nora (at 1:56:32) for an examination of the concepts of borders, barriers and boundaries. Congratulations to Chad on reaching the milestone of 400 Central episodes, thereby crossing a border, breaking a barrier, and expanding our boundaries!
Next month’s topics: Planes, Trains & Other Conveyances. Record about one, two or all three of these and send audio files or links to DaveKY at mail.com by the deadline: 6pm Central Time on March 10, 2025.
Show art: Automat (1927) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) depicts a sneaky time traveler listening to the Overnightscape Central in an automat while cleverly concealing her air buds with her hat brim.
Opening theme: “It’s Central Time Again” (2024) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v3.5). Featured song (at 26:22) and bumper clips: “A Deal with the Devil” (2025) by Dave in Kentucky and Suno.ai (v4). Closing theme: “Noise Rebellion” (2024) by Eddie Murray and Suno.ai (v3).
30:29 – From the land of the bluegrass, Dave in Kentucky proudly presents his first AI-Generated Biblical Paleocontact Bluegrass Album. (Come to think of it, it’s probably the world’s first, not just his.) Songs are presented in the approximate chronological order of the historical events on which these songs are based. Headphones are recommended.
Anunnaki Genesis (at 0:00)
I Don’t Like to Watch (at 2:35)
A Bet with Satan (at 4:56)
Abram was Sumerian (at 6:35)
Landing Party (at 8:54)
Nuking the Sodomites (at 12:21)
I’m Just a Jealous God (at 14:55)
The Powers of the Ark (at 17:31)
Moses Faked his Death (at 21:31)
Jericho’s Last Stand (at 23:26)
Achan and Ai (at 25:13)
The Ark Ain’t Lost (at 27:21)
Disclaimers: Not for the easily offended. Anu ‘n’ the Naki Boyz are not an actual band, and the album’s producer, Herman Eutics, is not an actual person, just an actual process.
Album cover art: Generated by the AI Image Generator at Deepai.org.
Music: All lyrics by Dave in Kentucky, all music and performances by Suno.ai. Songs 3, 9 and 10 were generated with version 3; the rest with version 3.5. Songs 3, 9, 10 and 11 were previously included in SERMONS episodes; the other eight songs are made available here for the first time.
29:37 – The love triangle of Jacob, Rachel and Leah can be summed up in the words of the Lovin’ Spoonful: “Sometimes you really dig a girl the moment you kiss her, but then you get distracted by her older sister.” Except in this case, it’s the girls’ father who masterminds the distraction. A battle of wits ensues in which two con men attempt to out-con each other, and two sisters vie for the same man’s affection, by methods both normal and paranormal. It’s a Biblical confection with a musical surprise in the middle. Sit a spell, listen a spell, maybe even fall under a spell. Dave in Kentucky does the casting.
Show art: Jacob Fleeing from Laban (1686) by Filippo Lauri (1623-1694), Public Domain.
59:08 – Dave in Kentucky plays an original song about a fictional close encounter and talks about an actual one he had back in the Seventies. Also: a slightly-reedited “sex scene” featuring Joe Besser and Lou Costello, from 1949’s Africa Screams, plus more from the Ethiopic Bible, including The Book of Jubilees as well as The Book of Enoch, the Nephilim or Watchers, Azazel the metallurgist / jeweler / cosmetologist, Semjaza the community organizer / horticulturist / hoodoo man, the sons of Anak (the Anakim) and the Anunnaki, Heather Lynn’s The Anunnaki Connection, the survivors of the Great Flood, Unidentified Submersible Objects (USO’s), the Thule Society and the Master Race, the three types of aliens (Greys, Reptilians, and Nordic), Dietrich Eckart and the German Messiah, Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Aryan race theory, the Spear of Destiny, the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, Indiana Jones movies, Subaru cars and the Pleiades star cluster, Pleiadians, Zecharia Sitchin, V-2 rockets, the debunking of pseudoarchaeologists, and the source of the Spanish flu.
