Category Archives: SFSC

Tour: 45 Years — 1977-2022

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Don

Man, it would have been swell to get to the 50 Year mark leading the Dashiell Hammett Tour, but I guess I started in just a little too late. The gumshoes are willing but years weigh heavy. And I can’t … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Death Lit on the Block

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Don

If you picked up my most recent book Arkham House Ephemera: The Classic Years 1937-1973, I am here to slip you the word that no longer is it the latest title to leap to life. The newest of the new … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Radio Sam Rides Again

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Don

Various and sundry alumni of The San Francisco Suicide Club showed up for the panel  I did with Signman: John Law the other night, including Robert Crabill. Robert was mentioning Sam Spade and old time radio — punch in here … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Secret San Francisco

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Don

How about a couple of pics from the panel last Sunday in Jack Kerouac alley? A trifle in front of the stage, to the your left is Vesuvio’s Bar and to the right City Lights Books. At the back Grant … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: In the Alley

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Don

Jeez. Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. . . . In three days I’ve got the talk or panel with Signman: John Law in Oakland, a couple of hours, and done. I figured after … Continue reading →

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Suicide Club: Getcher Tickets

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Don

A week from today I’ll sit in for a talk with Signman: John Law — I see it’ll cost eight bucks to get in, but we’ll shoot for entertaining. John Q. Publick almost never gets to hear us rattling off yarns about … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: John Law, a.k.a. The Signman

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Don

In a couple of weeks a three-month-long exhibit opens up covering some of John Law’s activities over the past four decades. Signman: John Law in the Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland, premiering June 7. You’ve got your art signage as … Continue reading →

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Suicide Club: Peter Field Drops a Book

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Don

A fellow adventurer from the glory days of The San Francisco Suicide Club, 1977-82, has dug around, done a bunch of research, and written a book. I went on one of the first walking tours of the Tenderloin that Peter Field … Continue reading →

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Suicide Club: Roscoe Arbuckle Kidnapped Caper

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Don

On a rotting wharf over the Islais Creek channel, a climactic gundown gets a reenactment — left to right, R. Faraday Nelson as Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (but I’m thinking Ray’s major claim to immortality probably is serving as the model for Roy Batty … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: “Found Wounded” in Corpus Christi

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Don

I was sitting around, minding my own business, thinking about the closest brushes with death I had back in the days of The San Francisco Suicide Club (1977-1982). When suddenly into the Inbox hops Scott Connors, exclaiming: “Found another one!” … Continue reading →

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