Los Angeles Is Heaven, Los Angeles Is Hell
Hollywood is wonderful. Anyone who doesn’t like it is either crazy or sober. — Raymond…
Small Town Megalopolis
My best friend from college was coming to visit this summer. It’s the first time…
Freddy Got Fungooed: Widespread Panic by James Ellroy (with John “Son of Griff” Anderson)
For all readers and Ellroy fans out there: John and Grant co-hosted a LIVE reading…
Ellroycast #7: My Dark Places with Anastasia Rose Hyden (Year of the Month)
True-crime expert Anastasia Rose Hyden joins us to talk about Ellroy’s “L. A. Crime Memoir”…
Ellroycast #6: L. A. Confidential with Tristan Nankervis (Drunk Napoleon)
Three protagonists take a journey that leads to many unexpected destinations. Is it Ellroy’s novel…
Almost Like Going Home
I am, as I’ve mentioned, in the process of moving. A strange thing about it…
Ellroycast #4: Elizabeth Short (with Joan Renner)
Los Angeles crime historian and co-editor of LAPD ’53 joins us to talk about Elizabeth…
Ellroycast #2: the Public Intellectual
Hold for Probable Nightmares: Son of Griff and wallflower Talk About James Ellroy’s THIS STORM
DOCUMENT INSERT: 4/25/1940. New English Weekly, review of The Thirties, authored by ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR…
Melancholic Screwball: INTO THE NIGHT (Year of the Month)
Into the Night resembles a lot of other films of its time: the Los Angeles…