Better Than Friday - 322 (Patreon)

Happy Post-Thanksgiving everyone, hope your meals were delicious. Had a nice quiet holiday. I'm very thankful for all of you. Thank you very much for keeping the show going.

Editing the review of James Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia" - Coming soon. Wishing you a nice weekend.

A recommendation from JG Ballard: The White Goddess by Robert Graves (Paid Link)An enormous study of mythology and folklore by the author of "I, Claudius".

Found from this article.

Finally watched John Huston's "The Maltese Falcon" with Bogey and Lorre

And I can't recommend it enough, what a knockout. Bogey's quips carry the whole film.

Last great song I heard: this remix of Gene Loves Jezebel's "Desire"80's as all hell. Love that bass.

"The Big Knife" directed by Robert Aldrich

A James Ellroy recommendation. A scathing Film Noir aimed at Hollywood. Terrific film. Rod Steiger nailed his role as the evil Hollywood Studio exec. Nice introduction to the film from TCM here.

"I CONTROL YOUR MIND" - We lost a great one

The irreplaceable Udo Kier. Bless that man. Rest in peace. Found via @kpissfmHere's a nice commemorative article by Adam Lehrer.

Reading about L.A., missing L.A.

Photo by my wife Lynn