SHIT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

First, a picture of Herman:

All right then.  First up, cheers to the bevy of grizzled dudes taking stabs at the noir/crime zine scene, with the revived Crime Factory buzzing all over the place, and the recently announced Needle print mag. These, plus Beat to a Pulp, A Twist of Noir, and my own Plots with Guns(working on it.  I swear), are giving noir fans plenty of places to discover new writers on the web, or old favorites teasing us with bite size shorts.

Next, you should all be watching Archer.  If not, then poopy on you.

I know Justified is coming to TV on Tuesday, and I'm pretty excited about it, but I have a sinking feeling that it's because of a show like this that Yellow Medicine might never get the TV deal I'm hoping for.  Or maybe it will help.  Who knows?

If you're coming to Marshall for the Marshall Festival here in, um...Marshall, then you might want to check in with Mike's Cafe, especially if your idea of breakfast is greasy stuff buried in cheese sauce.

PWG Crimedog Jonathan Woods has a badass collection of stories due in April from New Pulp Press, and the reviews are amazing.  Check out the trailer.  It's called BAD JUJU.

What books am I reading?  Sort of a lot at once: Ledfeather, Nineteen Eighty, Faceless Killers, The Renegades...but when I'm done with those, I'm really looking forward to Serena by Ron Rash.

Spring Break's almost over, and I really recommend melting.  Especially for snow.

And who else is excited about the new THE SHOW malbec?  Can't wait.

So you tell me what shit I should know about.

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Comments

[AlisonGaylin]

Just watched Zombieland on DVD and LOVED it. It's now my second favorite zombie movie after Shawn of the Dead, and that's really saying something because I love all zombie movies. Also, I'm very psyched for 212 by Alafair Burke -- who will be guest-blogging on this very site next Tuesday!

[Karen Olson]

I'm psyched, too, for Alafair's new book. And if I ever finish Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (a real doorstopper and while good, it's taking me a long time to finish), I have to get to Wallace Stroby's Gone Til November and Nancy Martin's Our Lady of Immaculate Deception.

[Steve Weddle]

First, thanks for the mention.

And second, ARCHER is my new favorite show in the world ever in the whole world. Here is the linky for Archer on the Hulus: http://www.hulu.com/archer

Looking forward to the upcoming PWG, sir.

[Keith Rawson]

Digging ARCHER although I've missed it over the past couple of weeks because of scheduling issues.

John's one hell of a wirter. Crimefactory is publishing one of his stories in the coming months along with a couple of other New Pulp Press authors

And I MUST, MUST have the double issue of PWG within in the next two weeks

[Graham]

Archer is the definite shiznit. And FACELESS KILLERS was pretty good, though it took me a while to warm up to it.

[Lori Armstrong]

Neil I would never presume to tell you shit that *you* should know about because you're the hipster here, not me :)

[Gerard]

You forgot the "doofus" part.

[Account Deleted]

Lori,

 

Me?  You're callin' me a hipster?  That does it.  Meet me in Deadwood, bring your iron.  Shootout at high noon.

[Becky Hutchison]

Herman looks quite dapper in that picture.

The constant rain this weekend finally melted what remained of our record-breaking, heavy-duty snows in February.

In the last two weeks I've read some fun books by Carolyn Hart, Sue Ann Jaffarian, Jeff Cohen and Jim & Joyce Lavene to prepare for the "New to Woo" panel I'm moderating at Malice.

Wow, Alison. I've never met or heard of anyone who was such a zombie connoisseur. Can you do a blog about how to rate zombie movies?

[AlisonGaylin]

Ha! Great idea Becky! I was actually talking to my husband today about how I never saw a zombie movie I didn't love. But he pointed out that the ones I've seen -- all the George Romero ones, 28 Days Later, Shawn of the Dead etc. -- are really the cream of the crop. So I guess I've missed ALL the bad zombie movies? I don't know. I still think it's a good blog topic.

[Becky Hutchison]

Alison, it would be awesome to learn how you'd rate zombie movies, even just among the ones by George Romaro. Where else could I find out about important things to look for in Shawn of the Dead? This is the blog I come to for this information.

Neil thanks for the info on the noir/crime zine scene. I didn't realize it had been so neglected. (See, I really do learn things on this site.) Good luck on the TV deal for Yellow Medicine.