Tag Archives: Mechanics’ Library

Hammett: The Passing of Fechheimer

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Don

Just heard from Terry Zobeck, who heard it from Larry Block, who must read the New York Times, that David Fechheimer died April 2 at the age of 76 — reportedly from complications after open heart surgery. Once again, ouch. … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Win Some Lose Some

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Don

How about the Hitchcockesque pic above to close out the year? Shot in the stairwell in the Mechanics’ Library after one of my talks about Hammett or noir. I feel noir just looking at it. And kind of dizzy, too. … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Last Stand

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Don

How about a couple more pics from the panel in Mechanics’ Library on September 30? From left to right, both images: me, Nathan Ward, David Fechheimer — bottom shot, I’m holding aloft for the crowd to gander a November 4, 1975 issue … Continue reading →

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Hammett: That White-Hot Burst in 1925

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Don

Image at top: holding down a table at the Mechanics’ Library talk while Nathan Ward merrily signs a copy of his new bio of Hammett. Image at bottom: before we start the proceedings (clew: my wine glass is loaded) we gear … Continue reading →

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Tombstone: Phil Geauque

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Don

Image above: another shot from the Mechanics’ signing, Nathan Ward inscribing a copy of his Hammett bio while I look on; standing to left, Vince Emery in blue, John Law — of The Suicide Club, Cacophony Society, primal Burning Man, … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: Lit World Has Its Fans

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Don

Shot above — sales table at the Mechanics’ Library talk — shot at bottom, foreground: Nathan Ward and Vince Emery somewhere in the process of getting an inscription put into The Lost Detective — background: me talking to a guy … Continue reading →

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Hammett: If Joe Gores Had Written a Bio. . .

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Don

Shot above — Nathan Ward chatting as the room fills to capacity in the Mechanics’ Library — art shot at bottom, Table with Book (and Wine, and Mic). If you wanted an autographed copy of The Lost Detective and couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Tour: Every Sunday in October

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Don

Partly because some people asked for some of the dates, partly to give the packed audience for the Hammett talk in the Mechanics’ Library a chance to slip on the old gumshoes and ease on down the mean streets, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: The Wild Life of Warren Oates

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Don

Every year or two I make the plunge into looking at refs to me on Google, though I have never managed to get to the end, if there is an end. Kind of fun to see various previously unknown citations … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Ford — The Flivver King!

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Don

Bio Month is rocketing to a finish. Sometime today Nathan Ward is supposed to hit town. His appearance in Mechanics’ Library tomorrow is sold out (but he is dropping into a few bookshops to sign store stock, if you really want an … Continue reading →

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