Observations from the Balcony

-This is the greatest thing ever, I’m so there. “The Jim Henson Co. has launched development of the feature “Happytime Murders,” a puppet comedy in the film noir detective genre (yes, I did make a little geek squeak the first time I read that.) Jim Henson offspring Brian and Lisa Henson will produce the flick, which will mix humans and puppets and center on a puppet detective forced to solve a string of murders around the Happytime Gang, the cast of a popular children’s show.”

-New issue of Demolition. With stories by Christa Miller, Kieran Shea, Nathan Cain & Doug Perry

-Interview podcast with Shamus Award winning author Sean Chercover

-Carnival of the Criminal Minds: Ten Years of Irish Crime Movies

BOOK REVIEWS

-Exit Music by Ian Rankin

-Book of the week: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

-Small Crimes by Dave Zeltzerman

MOVIE/TV/DVD REVIEWS

-The Shield 7.07

-Stuck

-Review of Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston

MISC.

-How to Beat Up Anything

-This picture reminds me of the cover for Rain Dogs

-Free idea (and food for thought)

-First Michael moves to Beverly Hills 90210 and now Marlo is on Heroes

-In celebration of the re-release of his trilogy of fantasy novels: an interview with Jeffrey Ford

-Interview: Leighton Gage

-Book Giveaway: Soul Murder by Andrew Nugent

-Behind the Black Mask: Michael Connelly

-Tom Schreck

-Podcast interview with Charlie Huston

-a long discussion between authors Joe Gores and Mark Coggins on Hammett and the Maltese Falcon.