Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I reread How Like An Angel the last two nights so thought I'd reprint this. I've spoken here many times of my admiration for the novels of Margaret Millar. Her fate seems to be that of great praise but not many readers. She won an Edgar, she was frequently judged to be as good a writer as her husband Ken Millar (Ross Macdonald), and her books are dazzlers both as stories and exemplars of witty and...
Book Soup Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Have you visited our new Los Angeles Noir section? Check it out.....if ya got the guts. It's overflowing with gangsters, gun molls, rogue cops, and con men. We've got all your favorite writers: Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, James M Cain, Ross MacDonald...writing about the sun bleached streets of Los Angeles and the glittering denizens within. Drop in. Pick something up....if ya got the guts.
Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
How's this for a resume (from Wikipedia): "Geoffrey O'Brien (b. 1948) is a widely published author, editor, book and film critic, poet, and cultural historian. In 1992, he joined the staff of the Library of America, (later) becoming editor in chief. He has been a contributor to Artforum, Film Comment, The New York Times, Village Voice, New Republic, Filmmaker and, especially, to the New York Review...
BobCat House Concerts (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
We had a full house for our Thanksgiving show with the Undesirables and David Ross MacDonald. Our next show features half of the Undesirables as well as the best export from North Carolina since powered flight and NASCAR - Jonathan Byrd . Corin Raymond , the "front man" of The Undesirables, also has a burgeoning career as a solo artist. His new CD, "There will always be a small time",...
Newtyle Salmon Fishings (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Here's expert flytyer Mr Ross MacDonald's baby, the park shrimp in action. To enquire about any of Ross's flies click here
Newtyle Salmon Fishings (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Here's one of the very best salmon flies in the world searching the depths of the river tay for a big tay salmon. Mr Ross MacDonald created this killer and with his this pattern he has added another must have fly to his list of creations. To enquire about any of Ross's flies please click here
Newtyle Salmon Fishings (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Here's one of the best flytyers ive even seen and a very good friend Mr Ross MacDonald speycasting his way down the trap. Ross is the inventer and tyer of the deadly Park Shrimp & Calvin Shrimp salmon flies. Ross's flies just come alive when they go sub surface to tempt the atlantic salmon. To enquire or purchase some of Ross's deadly and must have salmon flies click here
Newtyle Salmon Fishings (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Well today was the day when the 100th salmon of our season was landed. Myself fishing the tail of the cotter with my new favourite fly the Calvin Shrimp the fly swung round over the last rock and a solid pull later fish on. The fish thought hard and deep and was finally landed in the boil. 14lbs of autumn salmon. The new Mackenzie DTX had another good day out now had 3 fish on it in less than 4 hours...
Bibliophile Stalker (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
I'm currently testing Blogger's new form but otherwise, everything's back to normal (i.e. busy, busy, busy; time to bring out the time machine). For a limited time, Sarah Langan's The Keeper is available for free: Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Sony . Interviews Symmetry Breaking profiles Robert J. Sawyer . Alethea Kontis interviews Cherie Priest . Jeff VanderMeer interviews Nick Mamatas . Irene Gallo...
The Art Department (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Ross MacDonald is an illustrator, designer, letterpress artist, prop maker, and every art director’s dream to work with. Whenever we have worked together, Ross has attacked the assignment with excitement, often sending sketches along with all kinds of interesting and amusing backstories about the historical context of the type and images he is playing with. When Greg van Eekhout ’s Tor.com...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
''This summer I've been reading Ross Macdonald. Everybody says, 'Go from Hammett to Chandler to Macdonald, and so I did. I read The Chill, which I think was written in 1964. It's funny to see this hardboiled American detective existentialism colliding with California culture, pretty girls who don't want to be married, '60s freethinkers. . . . you can see Macdonald grappling with this.''
BobCat House Concerts (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
BobCat’s got two great shows coming up this fall. On October 10, we will be hosting the return of David Ross MacDonald to BobCat. This Australian singer-songwriter is someone that we’ve become giant fans of, and he’s been having a wonderful year of touring in Canada. You may have seen him at the (fabulous) Ottawa Folk Festival this year, where he brought the Hall Stage to its feet...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
chary \CHAIR-ee\, adjective: Wary; cautious. Not giving or expending freely; sparing. Chary comes from Old English cearig, "careful, sorrowful," from cearu, "grief, sorrow, care." mascary when a person wears a scary amount of mascara Although Melanie thought her mascara application was flawless, her eyelashes really looked like scary spiderlegs Trivia Which two popular mystery...
Newtyle Salmon Fishings (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
From the creator of the deadly Park Shrimp Mr Ross MacDonald has created another absolutly stunning fly and it could even be more deadly than the park shrimp. During field testing the "Calvin" has been a huge sucess on all the rivers its been tried on even outshining the park shrimp so it must be good. Above is a couple of action video's of the Calvin Shrimp in action, no salmon will be able...
<HTMLGIANT> (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
“The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.” That’s Kenneth Millar, better known as Ross Macdonald, who wrote eighteen Lew Archer novels over thirty years before Alzheimer’s put an end to his career. Incredibly, as the man got closer and closer to Alzheimer’s, his [...]
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