Category Archives: Willeford

Sinister Cinema: “Hoke” Shaping Up

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Don

I’m not intending on keeping track of every development in the saga of the upcoming TV show Hoke, based on the Willeford novels — but at least it looks as if the pilot is a sure thing, because they’ve cast … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Talking About the Falcon

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Don

If you’ve got a few bucks to donate to a good cause, this coming Saturday, February 8 at 6:30p.m., the Novato Theater Film Club is showing the 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon — the classic version. The good cause: … Continue reading →

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Posse McMillan: Contrappasso Noir

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Don

Dennis McMillan has been buzzing through the area lately — you’ll remember he got his car with Kansas plates stolen as an early Xmas present — and a few weeks later he got the ticket for his stolen car running … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Giamatti Is “Hoke”

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Don

Surfing around the net as I drink coffee and try to wake up, what ho! News that Charles Willeford’s existential cop Hoke Moseley will return with Paul Giamatti in the title role. At least for a pilot — with any … Continue reading →

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Mort: Adios, Elmore

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Don

Just heard the news that Elmore Leonard passed away today — probably not a lot of titans left in the hard-boiled field, now. While technically I didn’t meet Elmore, I got to hear him do an interview, live, and once got … Continue reading →

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Posse McMillan: More on Crumley, with Ralph Beer SPOILER

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Don

Doing some catch-up on stuff I have contemplated posting: Early this year I surfed across a fine memoir of James Crumley by a writer pal of his named Ralph Beer — very nice, even includes photos of some of Crumley’s favorite … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Norris Chambers RIP

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Don

I’m running behind on memorial notices, as pals of mine have been kicking off right and left, it seems. And even though I did a Memorial March theme last year, noting the anniversaries for the deaths of Lovecraft and ERB, as … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Down Low and Bad Plus on Willeford

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Don

Remember when Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus came to town and wanted to talk Willeford? Talk Willeford we did, and Ethan recorded it, had the thing transcribed by Cullen Gallagher of Pulp Serenade, and he just put the chatter … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Becoming Legends

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Don

Fritz Leiber, subject of the tour coming up this Sunday, was alive for much of the time I’ve been doing walks. Some of you may remember Hammett tours when we reached 811 Geary Street and did the blurb on Fritz and Our Lady … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Beat: The Tully Talk

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Don

On Sunday the 14th I got up in Denver at the crack-of-dawn (and anyone who knows me can tell you I hate the crack-of-dawn) and began punching the machine toward LA for the talk about Jim Tully in Musso & Frank, … Continue reading →

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