Tag Archives: Floyd Salas

Mort: Floyd Salas

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Don

Just got word that Floyd Salas died Sunday the 17th at the age of 90. Tattoo the Wicked Cross, baby. His companion of 38 years, Claire Ortalda, did the obit for Berkleyside — an excellent piece of writing, rounding up … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Padgett Powell Book Posts Willeford

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Don

Aha. Another guy has just discovered the late great Charles Willeford and covers the waterfront on the direct-to-your-inbox service Book Post. If interested, hop to the link fast — I have no idea what the archiving is like. My book … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More on Joe Memoli

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Don

Who would have thought a casual mention made when I was working up an article on the boxer-poet Floyd Salas would lead to more about Joe Memoli on These Mean Streets — and now, years later, to even more. Just … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Floyd Salas Interviewed

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Don

Shot above, Floyd Salas, foreground, and Donald Sidney-Fryer from their first meeting. Matthew Asprey Gear just popped in word that a newly published interview with Floyd (conducted via email in 2014) is now available in Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Floyd Salas Meets Donald Sidney-Fryer

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Don

Left: Floyd Salas. Right: Donald Sidney-Fryer. (Background: gold statue by Floyd titled “The Boxer.”) I’ve had the idea that Floyd Salas and Donald Sidney-Fryer, “a pair of similar opposites” (to use a term Leo Grin came up with) really ought … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Life and Death for the Boxers

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Don

Boxing is in the air I’m breathing this weekend. Need to drop in for a birthday party for my pal Floyd Salas, who is hitting 85 years on the Mean Streets — and some of the streets he went up and down were unquestionably … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Joe Memoli, Made Man

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Don

Heading up for Xmas dinner with Floyd Salas reminded me that a little over a year ago I promised to correct something else on the website. Now I’ve just been back up to the Floyd lair last weekend for his … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Prohibition

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Don

Per my normal Xmas rituals, I’ll be heading up to the dinner table in the hideout of Floyd “Tattoo the Wicked Cross” Salas, but here’s a tidbit to hold down a place under the tree: some casual speculation on Hammett … 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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Rediscovered: More Contrappasso

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Don

Recently a 1977 issue of The Diversifier that I’d never seen before passed through my hands. It included a memoir of Edmond Hamilton by E. Hoffmann Price and a two-pager I hadn’t known about, in which Fritz Leiber discussed his tribulations … Continue reading →

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