Sunday, April 20, 2025

Recommended reading - Kiss Me Deadly, by Mickey Spillane (1952):


Kiss Me Deadly

By Mickey Spillane.

Filmed as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), directed by Robert Aldrich.

Published by Orion.
First published 1952.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1409158691
ISBN-13: 978-1409158691

Description:

# 6 in the Mike Hammer series.

Before Jack Reacher . . . there was Mike Hammer.

One night, a blonde jumps out in front of PI Mike Hammer's car. She's so scared he doesn't have much choice but to give her a ride. At a police roadblock, he discovers she's on the run from a sanatorium, but he passes her off as his wife. Other people besides the police are after the blonde, and these people play rough. Real rough.

The blonde turns out to be the star witness against some big-time mobsters. Mike has blundered into something unimaginably big, but the Feds don't want him involved – and take his PI licence and gun.

For Mike, it's a chance to strike a blow against evil on a grand scale. He discovers that something representing a great deal of money, and a lot of power, has gone missing, and that some people will go to any lengths to get it back . . .

George V. Higgins, on writing:


The characters are telling you the story.
I'm not telling you the story, they're going to do it.
If I do it right, you will get the whole story.

- George V. Higgins.

Happy Easter:

Saturday, April 19, 2025

On this day in movie history - Street Kings 2: Motor City (2011):


Street Kings 2: Motor City

directed by Chris Fisher,
written by Ed Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft,
was released in the United States on April 19, 2011.
Music by Jon Sadoff.

Cast:

Ray Liotta, Shawn Hatosy, Scott Norman, Clifton Powell, Kevin Chapman, Inbar Lavi, Charlotte Ross, Stephanie Cotton, Linda Boston, Corey Emanuel Wilson, Jack Moore, Tiren Jhames, Tim Holmes, Joe Tinpan, Sidi Henderson, Otis Youngsmith, Ele Bardha, Lauren LaStrada (credited as Lisa Lauren Smith), Julia Ho, Gordon Michaels, Tia Fletcher, Christopher L. Dixon, Ron Causey, Nesti Gee, Roland Matthews, Joey Naber, Terrence c Ward, Wendy Aaron, John P. Chittick, Alex Cohen, Tim Craiger, John Dezsi, Isaac Ellis, Steven Hauptman, Chancler Haynes, Elisabeth Hoekstra, Jason W. Lee, Amanda Lewan, Dervis Lici, Runako Marshall, Noli McCool, Ralph H. Meyer, Victor Pytko, Ralph A. Recchia, Maria Lucia Safi, Morris Lee Sullivan, Amanda Wright.

On this day in music history - Hang Cool Teddy Bear, by Meat Loaf (2010):


Hang Cool Teddy Bear

Album by Meat Loaf,
released April 19, 2010.

Track list – includes songs on bonus disc & other editions:

Peace on Earth; Living on the Outside; Los Angeloser; If I Can't Have You; Love Is Not Real/Next Time You Stab Me in the Back; Like a Rose; Song of Madness; Did You Ever Love Somebody; California Isn't Big Enough (Hey There Girl); Running Away from Me; Let's Be in Love; If It Rains; Elvis in Vegas; Boneyard; Prize Fight Lover; Don't Get Me Going; I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News); If It Ain't Broke, Break It; Blind as a Bat; Amnesty Is Granted; Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through; I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That); Two Out of Three Ain't Bad; Bat Out of Hell; Roadhouse Blues/Why Don't We Do It in the Road?; Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire); Peace on Earth; Living on the Outside; Song of Madness; Los Angeloser.

On this day in movie history - Razorback (1984):


Razorback

directed by Russell Mulcahy,
written by Everett De Roche,
based on the novel by Peter Brennan,
was released in Australia on April 19, 1984.
Music by Iva Davies.


Cast:

Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, David Argue, Judy Morris, John Howard, John Ewart, Don Smith, Mervyn Drake, Redmond Phillips, Alan Becher, Peter Schwarz, Beth Child, Rick Kennedy, Chris Hession, Brian Adams, Jinx Lootens, Angus Malone, Peter Boswell, Don Lane.

On this day in music history - Magazine, by Heart (1977):


Magazine

Album by Heart,
released April 19, 1977.

Track list:

Heartless; Devil Delight; Just The Wine; Without You; Magazine; Here Song; Mother Earth Blues; I've Got The Music In Me.