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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast

The Thirteenth Hour books are 80s inspired illustrated fairy tale fantasy novels that pay homage to fantasy, sci fi, and teen movies from the 80s as well as the music of that era. This podcast explores aspects of 80s culture as well as a wide variety of influences behind the books. Companion site: http://13thhr.wordpress.com

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00:18:14

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #533: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/10/27

In today's episode, I'm playing around with some music from one of my favorite soundtracks, Legend, using the score done by Tangerine Dream. There's a piece in there I have always liked, called "The Unicorn Theme" and the same melody and chords get used in the ending song for the theatrical release in a ballad with vocals done by Jon Anderson called "Loved by the Sun" with the Tangerine Dream synths in the background. When I first heard it, I thought it was an odd

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01:26:58

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #532: Mappa Mundi...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/10/20

In today's episode, my brother and I are wrapping up the role playing adventure we started last week based on a setting in his role playing game, Mappa Mundi. This week picks up after the main character, Axel, has fallen into a deep crevice in the ice. Will he emerge? What will he find in the icy depths below? There were supernatural creatures (below) above the rift - what about within it? Who knows what Axel will find in the depths below?! Thanks for listening! Watch for the compilation

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01:11:33

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #531: Mappa Mundi...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/10/13

In today's episode, I'm starting the first of a two part adventure with my brother, the one I was making music tracks for the past few weeks. This is for a role playing adventure we recorded a few weeks ago based on a setting in his role playing game, Mappa Mundi. The music track I made will play in the background few times this episode to signal the coming and discussion of a supernatural being we are referring to the Ice Giant. There is a lot more about the giant and the world created

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00:26:03

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #530: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/10/06

In today's episode, I'm pretty much wrapping up the track I started last week for an episode that my brother and I recorded a few weeks ago based on a setting in his role playing game, Mappa Mundi. I'm using the same DAW (digital audio workspace) I started learning how to use last month, the free web-based program Bandlab. Part of the reason for the past month and a half of making tracks this way was to warm up to the idea of making music entirely digitally (since that is what most

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00:24:00

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #529: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/09/29

In today's episode, I'm working on a new track for an episode that my brother and I recorded a few weeks ago based on a setting in his role playing game, Mappa Mundi. I'm using the same DAW I started learning how to use last month, the free web-based program Bandlab, which I have found is great for quickly storing ideas for later. When I was working on "The Hunt" last month, I had the idea for an arpeggiated pattern than might fit once scene where your character reacts with

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00:23:06

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #528: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/09/22

In today's episode, I'm building on what I have been discussing the past three weeks as I continue to make a dark synth track to accompany one of the many hunting scenes in The Thirteenth Hour prequel, A Shadow in the Moonlight, about a cursed hunter who has to spend eternity hunting an enchanted deer. I've wanted to learn to use a desktop based DAW to make and edit music so am using this track as a way to do that. I've settled on the free web-based program Bandlab which also have

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00:18:53

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #527: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/09/15

In today's episode, I'm building on what I started discussing last week as I continue to make a dark synth track to accompany one of the many hunting scenes in The Thirteenth Hour prequel, A Shadow in the Moonlight, about a cursed hunter who has to spend eternity hunting an enchanted deer. I've wanted to learn to use a desktop based DAW to make and edit music so am using this track as a way to do that. I've settled on the free web-based program Bandlab, which is supposedly the

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00:33:47

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #526: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/09/08

In today's episode, I'm building on what I started discussing last week as I continue to make a dark synth track to accompany one of the many hunting scenes in The Thirteenth Hour prequel, A Shadow in the Moonlight, about a cursed hunter who has to spend eternity hunting an enchanted deer. I've wanted to learn to use a desktop based DAW to make and edit music so am using this track as a way to do that. I've settled on the free web-based program Bandlab, which is supposedly the

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00:19:52

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #525: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/09/01

In today's episode, I'm working on the very beginnings of a dark synth track to accompany one of the many hunting scenes in The Thirteenth Hour prequel, A Shadow in the Moonlight, about a cursed hunter who has to spend eternity hunting an enchanted deer. While I've had ideas for the soundtrack to this story for years and even filmed a number of segments for some future video every time I'd see a good full moon, I have never gotten around to putting anything down until now, mostly

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00:31:02

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #524: Thirteenth Hour...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/08/25

Today's episode is about the unit Logan from the Thirteenth Hour is a part of, the Imperial Rangers, who coincidentally, mostly meet their end in the novel. They are replaced, however, at the end of the novel by King Darian IV's all female guard, as they are comparably trained. Readers of The Thirteenth Hour actually get to meet two named Esmerelda and Skye (shown in the picture below from The Thirteenth Hour).Other Rangers - Stella, Camilla, Lilia, Jenny, Maggie, and Kathyrn appear in the

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00:35:39

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #523: Thirteenth Hour...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/08/18

Today's episode is a follow up on last week's episode on the geography of Logan and Aurora's island; today I wanted to share some of the resources I used that helped both inspire and inform how I wrote about the house they constructed for themselves.While I had a number of ideas of how they might make their house (i.e. partially underground) from fiction (books like My Side of the Mountain, The Sign of the Beaver, The Hobbit, and On Walden Pond had provided inspiration), the first time I

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00:28:50

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #522: Thirteenth Hour...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/08/11

Today's episode is on geography of the island that Logan and Aurora from The Thirteenth Hour make their eventual home on. While they initially think it's uninhabited, it turns out to be the home of half elves who take refuge there. Logan and Aurora eventually become ingrained in their community, learning their way of life, and because they are more mobile, take to trading and selling things on the mainland, things they and the half elves can't so easily make.I made a top down map of

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00:23:30

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #521 and Like A Hood...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/08/04

In today's episode, I wanted to make a rendition of the James Horner Rocketeer theme in time for what would have been Dave Steven's 70th birthday (7/29). At this the time of this podcast release, that is a few days in the past, so we are going back in time a bit. I can't imagine trying to improve upon the score as it is, so I decided I'd alter it a bit to fit the mood or state of mind I envisioned when I pictured this whole project - Cliff soaring towards the horizon on a

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00:24:08

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #520: Musical Interlude -...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/07/28

In today's episode, I'm playing a song from the early 90s adventure game, King's Quest 6 - the instrumental version of "Girl in the Tower," which played at the end of the game if you had the CD-ROM version of the game, a feat that was pretty cool at the time. Although the song, composed by Mark Siebert, fit in perfectly with the top 40 adult contemporary hits of the early 90s and the themes of later JRPGs like those found in the Final Fantasy games, for me, it always stood out

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00:30:15

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #519: Preview of The...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/07/21

Today's episode is an update on the work I've been doing on writing the sequel to The Thirteenth Hour. In reality, I have been working on the sequel's story for decades in small ways and started actually writing it a number of years ago but then took a hiatus to work on other things. In the past 3 weeks, I've made a point to get back to it, so far writing about 8K words in little bursts, often in between other things. Not a ton but, it's been fun to revisit this world

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00:42:25

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #518: Welcome My Brother,...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/07/14

This week, on the show, my brother and I are watching Men at Work, from 1990, a funny, lighthearted, somewhat absurdist ensemble film. You can watch film for free if you have access to Tubi. Check out Jeremy's work over at Pixel Grotto, CBR.com, and Classic Batman Panels on IG. If you are of the DnD persuasion, his articles on DnD Beyond may be right up your alley, and you can view his entire portfolio here. You can also check out his latest book, where he is a co-author: Pathfinder Adventure

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00:18:52

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #517 and Like A Hood...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/07/07

This week, I'm reading Chapter 23, the final chapter of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. Ironically, this episode will come out right after the United States' birthday (7/4/1776), at a time when there is a lot of turmoil in the country. It's not the first time, nor will it be the last, I suspect. I won't get into the wasteland of politics, but since this episode is on the Rocketeer, I thought it would be an interesting time to reflect on how

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00:53:47

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #516: Welcome My Brother,...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/06/30

This week, on the show, my brother and I are watching Manhunter, from 1986, a prequel of sorts to The Silence of the Lambs films. Not having seen any of those films or read any of the books they were based on before, I went in with no expectations, but I will say, this is quite an entertaining, very stylish 80s movie. The synth soundtrack alone is worth a listen if you can find it (see this link). You can find the film online on various sites to view for free (for example, here).Check out

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00:20:14

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #515 and Like A Hood...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/06/23

This week, I'm reading Chapter 22 of the Peter David penned movie novelization of the 1991 Rocketeer film. This part of the film picks up on top of the zeppelin, with a daring autogyro rescue by Peevy and Howard Hughes. A few other things: 1.) Once Upon a Dream is out! Listen on most major streaming platforms, though if you have no preference, I suggest Bandcamp, which has a bonus track. This is the music project I've been working on the past seven years or so, trying to translate the world of

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01:18:32

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #514: Welcome My Brother,...

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast ·

2025/06/16

This week, my brother and I are watching the 1991 animated movie, Wizardry, a Japanese rendition of the computer RPG series from a decade before. Sometimes the term OVA (original video animation) is used for these often standalone films that were produced for direct VHS/laserdisc/VCD/DVD release. Sometimes, I think there were earlier series that came prior, and the OVAs had higher budgets and could summarize an entire series in a 1-2 hour movie. This was a fun conversation about these early

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