Kevin Burton Smith

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Montreal
About Me:
Writer, fighter, tight-tope walker and late-night talker, web monkey and writing group flunkey.
Website:
http://www.thrillingdetective.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Got a few hours? The Big Sleep, The Blue Hammer, Early Autumn, Farewell My Lovely, Everybody's Dead, The Maltese Falcon, LA Requiem, The Green Ripper, Sleep with Slander, Barney's Version....
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Chinatown, The Maltese Falcon, Murder My Sweet, Casablanca, Duck Soup, Night Moves, The Rockford Files, Harry O, Mom P.I., DaVinci's Inquest, Joe's Apartment, City Lights, The Late Show...

Comment Wall:

  • Daniel Hatadi

    The first person to bring their own beer. Finally.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Okay, honey, now what?

    Nice place you got here, Daniel. Good to see you too, George.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Hot-damn! KBS finally found this place! Now we can go forward with that re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Erie that we've been planning!

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Wow, this might be fun. Another way to avoid... THE BOOK.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • JackBludis

    It was there, then it was gone ... have I been censored? Nah. What I said was ... I didn't know your image was on the Molson's bottle ... Watch your language there are ladies present.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Hey, Jack, let's have fun before the BSP Weenies and Whinies discover this place and start adding 12-page "About Me"s.

    It can only be a matter of time...

    Mar 21, 2007

  • JackBludis

    You know Kev ... I just don't get the Marx Brothers ... All your other TV and Movies look fine to me, except "L.A. Requiem" which I also didn't get, but I don't know the rest of the series.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Daniel Hatadi

    Kevin, I'm going to try my bestest to not let that happen.

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Daniel Hatadi

    I was referring to the BSP, not the fun. :)

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Sean Chercover

    Love your image, Kevin! It's even a stubbie...very cool. I could go for an Ex right about now. Bartender?!

    Mar 21, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Hey, Sean,

    An Ex? You must be from Ontario... in Montreal, it was just Molson. Or "Une Mols." And Molson Canadian? Yeah, right. In "la belle province"? It was Laurentide, tabarnaque!

    And then the stubbie died, just so we could import watered-down piss like Bud and Miller. I don't think it was worth it.

    And now Molson, one of the world's oldest breweries (Take that, Bass!) is owned by Coors, the john Denver of Beers. Talk about depressing...

    Mar 22, 2007

  • J.D. Rhoades

    I don't care what everyone else is saying about you, I sent a friend request anyway.

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Yikes. What are they saying, JD?

    Mar 22, 2007

  • Angie

    Just dropped by to say hello.
    The Rockford Files? My dad bought a Camaro because of that show - ended up being my first car. I loved that orange monster!

    Mar 23, 2007

  • Christopher Mills

    If it isn't my favorite expatriate Canuck!

    Mar 24, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    If it isn't, then who is it?

    Ladies and germs, it's Chris Mills, back from the Fortress of Solitude, one of the best writers we've ever published. No, really. Go to Thrilling Detective and read his two Matthew Dain P.I. stories. Then come back and tell him to write more.

    Welcome back, buddy.

    Mar 24, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Hmmm... lots of friends here. Meaning actual "friends." But who the hell are the rest of these folks?

    At least originally i'd heard of most of my friends, but some of these people don't even seem to have bios on their pages.

    Why do I suspect I'll be asked about insurance soon?

    Mar 26, 2007

  • Russel McLean

    So Kevin, you ever considered taking out badger insurance? (You know you weren't going to be happy until someone asked)

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Badgers? We don' need no steenkin' badger insurance...

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Sean Chercover

    Yeah, I'm originally a Toronto boy. But don't hold that against me. I'll take a Laurentide in one of those big-ass bottles so popular in la belle province.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Oh, man, quarts!!! Yeah!!!

    I remember, back in the day, La Grand Bock, this great little basement brasserie dive we'd go to right on Ste. Catherine, tucked underneath Woolworth's. It had live bands and great cheap food. And happy hour was quarts, two-for-one.

    Those were the days, my friend.

    Mar 29, 2007

  • Pari Noskin Taichert

    Da Vinci's Inquest? Our local station has it on waaaay past midnight. I adore this show, but have missed a couple because of the time.

    Did Dominic run for city council? I missed the last episode and nearly screamed. Whatever happened to that sicko Brian?????

    Mar 29, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    New policy. I'm not accepting anyone as a friend who uses their book cover or corporate logo as their Crimespace photo.

    Let's keep this about people, not product placement.

    Mar 29, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Cheesy Photoshopped beer bottle/portrait composites, on the other hand, are perfectly acceptable.

    Mar 29, 2007

  • LC Fraser

    Hi Kevin,

    Not a Molson drinker but one of my friends used to work for them - does that make her family? You take a great photo.

    LC - yet another 4MAer

    Mar 30, 2007

  • Dick Lochte

    But, Kevin, what if your book cover is a cheesy photoshopped beer bottle?

    Mar 30, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Dick

    That of course depends on what your definition of "is" is.
    (Remember the good ol' days when we were debating the meaniing of "is," not "torture.")

    Mar 31, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Hey, Pari,

    Here's your answer: DaVinci's City Hall.

    DaVinci becomes not coucilman but mayor!!!

    Unfortunately, Da Vinci's City Hall, which tried to mix both politics and crime) lost about half of the former Canadian audience for Da Vinci's Inquest (U.S. syndication figures probably don't matter). In February 2006, the CBC announced the new show wouldn't be brought back, although negotiations are allegedly underway to reprise the Da Vinci character in a series of TV movies.

    Mar 31, 2007

  • Sean Chercover

    I was very pleased to see your recommendation of John Zorn's SPILLANE in the recent Mystery Scene. A great (and greatly overlooked) album.

    Apr 5, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Newt! Good to hear from you! I know you're not going to believe this but I accidentally deleted your chatter. Could you please re-post? (The "delete" button" is where my e-mail program has a "reply" button.)

    Apr 6, 2007

  • Yvonne Klein

    Now there's a blast from the past - how the hell are you? Of course I'll be ton amie.

    Apr 9, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    Am I the only one who vets my "friends"? in the last few days, I've had several requests from spammers and wingnuts who have absolutely no interest in crime fiction.

    Don't encourage them. Reject them right off. Let's keep crimespace for crime.

    I'm also sort of ticked off that some folks change their profile photos -- after being accepted as a "friend" -- to plug their books or whatever product they're selling, turning my page into a billboard.

    But that's me...

    Apr 19, 2007

  • Kevin Burton Smith

    And hey, Yvonne! How're tricks?

    Apr 19, 2007

  • Patricia

    oh boy I really like the beer bottle...nice to meet you!

    Apr 19, 2007

  • Yvonne Klein

    Hey, Kevin - For someone who uses a beer bottle (even a stubby) as a self-portrait, you have some nerve complaining about my cat.

    Apr 22, 2007

  • Rick Mofina

    Hi Kevin: Jus signed on to crime space. I think you page is fantastic. Congratulations on spreading the crime wave gospel.
    Rick

    Aug 5, 2007