Hat tip to Walter Satterthwait.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Another Giveaway
Sweepstakes | Mulholland Books: "Celebrate the launch of Mulholland Books! Enter below for your chance to win one of 10 advance copies of THE BAYOU TRILOGY by Daniel Woodrell."
Click the link to get to the entry form.
No Comment Department
Valerie Plame Wilson to Write Series of Spy Novels - NYTimes.com: "Fed up with those popular images of the female secret agent, Ms. Wilson decided to draft her own. Eight years after her cover was blown by the political columnist Robert Novak, she has signed a book deal with Penguin Group USA to write a series of international suspense novels, with a fictional operative, Vanessa Pearson, at the center. Ms. Wilson will write them with Sarah Lovett, a best-selling author of mysteries, who also lives in Santa Fe."
Hat tip to Walter Satterthwait.
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth: "When rescuers went to the bathroom, they found something unexpected. “A 69-year-old female, sitting on the toilet, with a toilet paper holder impaled in her neck,” explained Dallas Fire Rescue Public Information Officer Jason Evans."
Paging Roy Orbison
The Local: "When police raided a home in Lule in northern Sweden last November they discovered a small arsenal of weapons, including a shot-gun built into a guitar."
Possibly my most obscure headline ever.
This is Just . . . Wrong
Contactmusic News: "Val Kilmer is getting back in the saddle to play an ageing Wyatt Earp in director Mike Feifer's new movie THE FIRST RIDE OF Wyatt Earp."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Mail Online: "Johnathan Washburn, 23, allegedly hit a man around the head with a skateboard after he took a picture of his bizarre triple mohawk hairstyle - landing him in police custody, in front of the mugshot camera.
The alleged victim told police he had been taking photos of 'anything that was remotely interesting or unusual' in Austin, Texas."
The alleged victim told police he had been taking photos of 'anything that was remotely interesting or unusual' in Austin, Texas."
Great haircut photo at the link.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Jett Harris, R. I. P.
BBC News: "Jet Harris, the original bass player with The Shadows, has died of cancer aged 71.
The guitarist, who played on number one hits including Apache, died at his partner's home in Winchester, his agent Peter Stockton said.
Sir Cliff Richard paid tribute to his former bandmate, saying: 'Jet was exactly what The Shadows and I needed - a backbone holding our sound together.'"
The guitarist, who played on number one hits including Apache, died at his partner's home in Winchester, his agent Peter Stockton said.
Sir Cliff Richard paid tribute to his former bandmate, saying: 'Jet was exactly what The Shadows and I needed - a backbone holding our sound together.'"
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
For reasons of space, Jon Breen's great article on Holmes pastiches didn't make it into the current issue of Mystery Scene. The good news is that it's available on-line. Click the link and take a look:
Lawsuit of the Day
NYC fashion maven claims work in NJ drove him to mental breakdown - NYPOST.com: "A top manager for ritzy design house Elie Tahari gripes in a $2 million claim against the company that he suffered a mental breakdown partly because his bosses banished him to outposts in the Garden State.
'It was the smog. It was depressing driving to Jersey,' said Thomas Horodecki, 36. 'The traffic was horrendous on Route 4, and they are pretty bad drivers. The stores are kind of cheesy for the most part."
'It was the smog. It was depressing driving to Jersey,' said Thomas Horodecki, 36. 'The traffic was horrendous on Route 4, and they are pretty bad drivers. The stores are kind of cheesy for the most part."
Hat tip to Art Scott.
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