It's about that walk

Ah yes, our individual musical themes. if we were baseball players, this would be known as our "walk-up music", the song played when we stepped up to the plate in our home ballpark, intent on doing malice to the opposing team's hope and aspirations with our Louisville Sluggers. In our case, we do more than walk-up, so we need multiple themes.

My choice for walk-in music, as in when I walk in to a place like a darkened tavern or some other villainous hive, is the classic Peter Gunn Theme.


Mancini. A nasty surf-guitar riff. A really dirty saxophone. Combine all three of those and it's unbeatable. There are other versions...

From Blues Brotherly...

To Artfully Noisy...


But any version will do the trick.

As a stylish gent (because we are those), sometimes I just walk around being stylish. In which case, this is the accompaniment I prefer (sorry, it's un-embedable)


Now I prefer a different theme altogether when it comes to walking away from explosions. Yes, I know that walking away slowly with your back to an explosion has become something of a tired, overused and cartoonish trope...

...but in this line of work, things explode all the time. If you sit around and pay attention to everything that blows up, you're never going to get things done. It's in cases like these, I go to this song:

What? It's pretty!

Ne'er Do Well Mood Music

Yes ... I even have a scale model of Ironside's custom van.

Yes I do ... 

It's common knowledge The Unbelievables have a theme:


Little known, however, is the fact each of us -- Jeff, Clark and myself -- have preferences as to various themes we like to bust out when cases arise. 

For me the choices are simple. My "go to" theme is Ironside ...


Second choice? The Streets Of San Francisco ...

... and, of course, you simply can't go wrong with the classic old school, instantly recognizable and iconic Mission: Impossible ...



Why? What's the point of the themes? Well, as with any good music at time of need, these themes serve as inspiration and all around "Let's do it!"-ness. They pump you up. Not that The Unbelivables need pumping up you understand but let's be honest: We can all use a good dose of adrenaline every now and again. It gets the juices flowing ... you know?

Clark and Jeff will reveal some of their pre-case inspirations (and, I'm certain, other vagaries) as the week progresses.

Oh ... and as a bonus? Personally, when a criminal is apprehended, I rather like performing a little karaoke rendition of Dolly Parton's "It Ain't Fair And It Ain't Right" with the thug in front of me tied up in a chair, captivated and receptive to my whims. Drives'em nuts.

Yeah, I know: It ain't right, it ain't fair. But it's oh, so much fun.