I have seen Asphalt Jungle and I meant to include it, but I left it out. I still haven't sat down to watch Rififi yet, but I plan to.

Shannon,

Looking forward to buying you that drink in Bouchercon ...

best,

MC

Thanks for saying so. I don't think I have a single photo of me alone. I barely have any of me at all since she entered my life.

Thanks man, great work.

Thanks for the comment. And in a interesting twist, I recently picked up Michael Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer and put it on my "to read" stack.

I really enjoy the podcasts, and run them while I work. Always entertaining and informative.

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for stopping by my message board Gordon. David Corbett is a friend of mine, and one heck of a writer, so I hope we will have another chance to talk with him soon. Currently, "Behind the Black Mask" is booked through fall, but we may find a way to work him in.

Thanks for listening.

Shannon

Hi Shannon - thanks for the invite!. Love the podcasts as I've said before!

I'm pretty new here but this looks like a great site for readers and writers of crime fiction. Thanks for accepting the invite. Best wishes for 2008!

You can't hide under that fedora, SC.

Hi Shannon - Thanks for the invite, I'm much obliged ... any purveyor of Chandleresque fiction is a friend of mine. Not to mention Kazantzakis ... As for 'the dark love child of Cain and Thompson' ... sounds damn fine by me. If you want to wander over to Crime Always Pays and drop the opening paragraph on us, with a link (?) to the first chapter, we'd be glad to give it a plug. Cheers, Dec

Well I there and thanks! It's nice to meet you! We share so many tastes on books and things and trying to launch! I'm still working on my rocket though! But no one gets anywhere without trying (and then succeeding)!

Thanks for the invite, Shannon! I'm a noircast fan in a big way! We worship the same pantheon of noir greats (and back when I was studying Italian, I grew to love Italo Calvino and Dino Buzzati).

And we like fedoras, too! :)

Shannon, good to hear from you. How's the knee? All healed up? And the podcasting?

Thanks for the invitation.

Thanks Megan. As I listened back to that episode, I felt like maybe I was a bit too enthusiastic about the film. But compared to most neo-noir, it really is great. I'm glad you found the new noir categories useful. Truth told, I just needed them so I could keep track of what I was saying. Thanks for "stopping by."

Hey, Shannon--Just listened to your fabulous HOLLYWOODLAND episode--filled with gems. I love what you say about the 1950s as a decade pulling a hoax on itself....and your proposed noir category reorganization is superb (noir style, faux noir, neo noir)...

Thanks for the invite. Your site is a must-visit as far as I'm concerned

Hi Tribe. Thanks for stopping by my chatterwall (I'm still not used to saying things like that). We've always appreciated your support of the podcasts. Hope our link to your blog has driven a few people your way. You write one of the best blogs out there, bar none.

Ya know, it just occurred to me that you're one of the guys responsible for the noircasts. I'm a huge fan.

You can find all three on DVD. Better yet, they're all available at Netflix!