Welcome to In the ‘Verse: Song Crafting for the Firefly Universe. We talk about the episode “Jaynestown” from Firefly” as we talk about symbols.
SHOW TIMES
2:42 Upcoming Shows with Marc Gunn
3:29 Upcoming Show with Mikey Mason
3:59 Geek Music News
8:10 Marc’s Song:
9:29 Mikey’s Songs:
12:01 Plot Summary
14:42 Discussion of Episode 6 “Our Mrs. Reynolds”
38:41 Mikey's thanks and song
42:18 Marc's thanks and song
SHOW NOTES
MARC: My name is Marc Gunn, the creator of the Firefly Drinking Songs show.
MIKEY: And I’m Mikey Mason, creator of the Beer Powered Time Machine Podcast.
MARC: This is part SEVEN of our 14 part series. We are rewatching episodes of Firefly. Our goal is to find themes and stories that we can write songs about.
Mikey: The first six episodes were funded by Marc’s fans in his Gunn Runners Club. He hit a milestone which made this show happen.
MARC: There are still eight more episodes of Firefly, and these next eight episodes were funded by Mikey’s fans helping him hit a Patreon milestone as well. But you can still help us in this creative endeavor by supporting him at http://patreon.com/mikeymason/
MIKEY: And by supporting Marc at http://patreon.com/celtfather
UPCOMING SHOWS FOR MARC GUNN
- Aug 1-4: Gen Con, Three shows, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- Aug 23: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co, Birmingham, AL
- Aug 24: Pepper Place Farmer’s Market, Birmingham, AL
- Aug 29-Sep 2: Dragon Con with Brobdingnagian Bards
- Sep 21: Pepper Place Farmer’s Market, Birmingham, AL
- Sept 27-28: Browncoat Ball, Las Vegas, NV
- Season 3 – Coffee with The Celtfather every Wednesday at 10:00 AM EST starting August 7
UPCOMING SHOWS FOR MIKEY MASON
- May 3-5 – Penguicon in Detroit, MI
- May 10-11 – VisionCon in Springfield, MO
- May 31-Jun 2 – ConCarolinas in Charlotte, NC
- June 14 – Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH
- July 5-7 – InConjunction in Indianapolis, IN
- And, online shows every month (don’t have dates currently nailed down for Feb/March yet, so… Check my schedule at mikeymason.com
GEEK MUSIC NEWS
- Marc is…MOVING
- Mikey is releasing songs from his EP Polyjuiced, as well as new music, fairly regularly on his Bandcamp site (mikeymason.bandcamp.com) His Patreon patrons get all of that music, too.
REVIEW SONGS FROM THE LAST EPISODE
- Marc: “Spiderweb”
- Mikey: “Good Night Kiss”
Mikey: Good Night Kiss is a character song that could have multiple perspectives, and I like the ambivalence. It could be from Mal to Saffron, or Mal to Inara, or Inara to Mal.
“We’re not who we thought we are. We’re both complicit in this.”
FIVE MINUTE SHOW SUMMARY
Episode 7: Jaynestown – Written by Ben Edlund
Plot synopsis:
Marc: The crew sets down at Canton, a town on Higgin’s moon, to discreetly pick up some contraband to finish a deal. They pose as buyers of “mud” (a type of clay) because the magistrate (Higgins) doesn’t take kindly to outsiders who aren’t buying.
Mikey: Jayne is nervous because he botched robbery on this planet a few years ago, a robbery of Magistrate Higgins, and wears a ridiculous disguise. When they get into town they realize that Jayne is viewed as a local hero, and even has a statue in his honor and songs in his honor.
Marc: They learn that the contact they were to meet had been caught and punished, but that his stash of contraband is still there. Then, Jayne gets recognized, and any chance of lying low disappear. Mal decides to use Jayne’s fame as a distraction so they can get the contraband.
Mikey: Inara meets with Magistrate Higgins, who wants her to sleep with his son, Fess, a 26-year-old virgin, in order to “make a man of him.” She assures Fess that virginity is just one state of being and that he should be his own man.
Marc: On the ship, an agitated River dismantles Shepard Book's Bible, insisting that it makes no sense and that she has to “fix” it. Book manages to calm her down and explains that the Bible is not about making sense, but about believing in something. Later, she attempts to repair and return it to him, but panics when she sees his wild head of hair that he normally keeps tied back.
Mikey: The Magistrate learns that Jayne Cobb is back in town and releases “Stitch” from what appears to have been four years of solitary confinement in a very small cell. It’s revealed that Stich is Jayne’s former partner, whom he betrayed, from the botched robbery years ago. Higgins gives Stitch a loaded shotgun and then tells him that Jayne is back.
Marc: After Inara and Fess have shared their intimate moment, she learns from him that Jayne is about to be captured and tried, and that the ship has been “land-locked”. He tells her that he would rather Jayne escape.
Mikey: The crew finds the contraband, and get it back to the ship behind the distraction of Jayne Day, then Mal & Kaylee go back to get Jayne, who is making a speech in the town square in fro nt of his statue. That speech is interrupted by a gunshot from Stitch.
Marc: Stitch tells the mudders that Jayne is no hero, that the robbery was botched and that the only reason Jayne threw the money from their damaged aircraft is that it was still too heavy to fly after Jayne threw Stitch from the aircraft. Stitch fires the shotgun at Jayne, but a mudder jumps in the way of the blast.
Mikey: Jayne stabs Stitch with a knife and, after a brief struggle, Stitch dies. Jayne then checks on the mudder who took the shot for him, finding him dead. Jayne knocks the statue of himself over, and they go back to the ship.
Marc: With everyone back on Serenity, Wash attempts to take off, but finds the ship “land-locked” per the magistrate's order. It is quickly released, however, as Fess decides to prove himself a man by defying his father's attempt to capture the “Hero of Canton.”
Marc: I am ever so grateful for the kindness and generosity of Gunn Runners over on Patreon.
Mikey: The generosity of my Patreon supporters is amazing, and helps keep the music being made. Thank you to all of you, especially Robin Abess, John R Wollard, Shouts Out Unicorn, Jeremy Jackson and Jennifer Lewis, and James Doster. And also to all my new patrons in the past few months that helped us get to this milestone: Paige, Mitch & Kelly P, Michael M., Matt B., Mark C (aka Sandpunk,) Adam G, Charlie T., Christopher R., Diana D., Eric H., Jerrie A., Jesse R., Jim M., Joshua O., Keith D., and Kevin B. (aka Moose!) Thank you for joining the family.
CLOSING NOTES
Marc: Thanks so much for listening. You can download these demo songs when you sign up on our Patreon pages. Find out more about Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason and how to support our music on Patreon.
Mikey: We would love your comments, songs and lyrics or links to videos to share in the next show. Use the hashtag #InTheVerse. You can post them on the Blue Sun Tour Facebook page or email intheverse@fireflydrinkingsongs.com
Marc: In the ‘Verse was produced by Marc Gunn and Mikey Mason. Sign up on our website and find out more about the Blue Sun Tour at http://fireflydrinkingsongs.com/intheverse/
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