Monthly Archives: November 2015

Rediscovered: Race Williams Roscoes Again!

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Don

One thing among others I can be thankful for is that a book can still knock me out purely as a physical item. Not every book that comes through my hands. Not all the time — not nearly enough of the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Zobeck Goes Zombie

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Don

Not long after doing his review of Nathan Ward’s The Lost Detective here on These Mean Streets, our frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck happened on a paying reviewing gig close to home — for his résumé, he popped in the … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Tenderloin is the Night

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Don

Figuring I could kill a couple of birds with one speaking appearance, I told Bill Arney (left) and Mark Murphy (center) — a former and a current inhabitant of 891 Post Street — about the talk in the Tenderloin Museum, where … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Voice of Noir

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Don

How about a few more pics from the gig in the Tenderloin Museum? I was supposed to talk for 30 or 40 minutes about Hammett living in the TL, the 1941 film of The Maltese Falcon and so forth — … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Reeling in the History

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Don

Did a couple of groups by appointment yesterday, got lucky with the brutal winter rains holding off. . . . On one of them the mysterious CitySleuth came along and tossed in some tidbits of film/Frisco history — one was … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Eldritch Altar of a Haefele Heretic!

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Don

Hey-hey. Friday the 13th! What eldritch and unspeakable image or subject would be an apt fit for today, I wonder, I wonder. . . ? How about the pic above by Michael Moses, who added some Lovecraft idols to a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Willeford’s Grandfather

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Don

And to keep the Willeford train rolling, Michael S. Chong recently popped me a note as he was waiting to go under the knife for some foot surgery — now there’s a serious Willeford fan for you! To keep himself … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Mean Streets Veteran Cracks The Daily Beast

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Don

Veterans Day. Lots of Vets on These Mean Streets. Hammett, two World Wars, interred in Arlington. The late great James Crumley. The great Kent Anderson. Plenty more. And of course Charles Willeford — also interred in Arlington — who gets … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: John D. Haefele on Fungi from Yuggoth

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Don

Remember how John D. Haefele was nudging me to do a reread on H. P. Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth sonnet cycle a few months ago, which led to my micro-essay “Pigeons from Hell from Lovecraft”? I give Haefele a blurb … Continue reading →

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