Tag Archives: Raymond Chandler

The UR Syllabus of Shitlordery

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Browsing my Facebook feed the past few days, I’ve been astonished at the amount of hysterical, sloppy thinking I’ve seen from many of my otherwise smart friends. How you can see a (likely gay) Muslim man shoot up … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Education, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Bukka White, Charles Bukowski, Charles Ferguson, Charles Portis, Charles Willeford, donald westlake, Edward Abbey, Elmore Leonard, Epictetus, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gary Taubes, George MacDonald Fraser, Gore Vidal, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, Howlin' Wolf, John Colapinto, John Lee Hooker, John T. Flynn, Joseph McCarthy, Kevin MacDonald, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lonnie Johnson, Mance Lipscomb, Marcus Aurelius, Mencius Moldbug, Michael Oakeshott, Mississippi John Hurt, Muddy Waters, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Wade, Oswald Spengler, Otis Rush, Raymond Chandler, Red Pill, seneca, shitlordery, Skip James, Son House, Stanley Rothman, Steven Pinker, T-Bone Walker, Thomas Sowell | 7 Comments

A Literary Immortal

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: English novelist John Banville writes in The Guardian about how he’s been commissioned by Raymond Chandler’s estate to write a new Philip Marlowe novel. Banville — called “the heir to Proust, via Nabokov,” a Nobel Prize contender, winner … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged John Banville, literary critics, Raymond Chandler | 6 Comments

Notes on “The Long Goodbye”

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: 1. What a wonderful book. A sprawling mini-epic with L.A. as a Potemkin paradise that, like “The Big Sleep,” is confusing as hell. More than a few times I stopped short to say, “Wait, how are these people … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies | Tagged Crime Fiction, Elliott Gould, Leigh Brackett, Los Angeles, neo-noir, Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, William Faulkner | 12 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: “There ain’t no clean way to make a hundred million bucks,” Ohls said. “Maybe the head man thinks his hands are clean but somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies | Tagged Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye | 8 Comments

And This Was Stillwood Heights

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: We curved through the bright mile or two of the Strip, past the antique shops with famous screen names on them, past the windows full of point lace and ancient pewter, past the gleaming new nightclubs … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing | Tagged Farewell My Lovely, Los Angeles, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler | 5 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: If you can go past those awful idiot faces on the bleachers outside the theater without a sense of the collapse of the human intelligence; if you can stand the hailstorm of flash bulbs popping at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies | Tagged Academy Awards, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Oscars, Raymond Chandler | 2 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Dorothy Malone and Bogie in Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

Posted in Movies | Tagged Dorothy Malone, Film Noir, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler | 7 Comments

“Brick”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Rian Johnson has made a name for himself with his latest film “Looper.” I haven’t seen it, but I did catch up with his debut feature the other night. It’s called “Brick,” and I found it … Continue reading →