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Dashiell Hammet
Surprised that more of you haven't read them... To me, Hammett and Chandler are like the bookends of the American Detective Story as we currently understand it. Both of these guys just have to be read together. Hammett gave us moral ambiguity, and Chandler gave us a bootstrap smart-ass. Their...- Mark Finn
- Post #28
- Forum: The Golden Era
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New Ladies and Gents Step Forward
My turn at the podium My name is Mark Finn, and I'm the creative director for the Violet Crown Radio Players, in Austin, Texas. We perform old time radio in period costumes, using period-specific props and sound effects, and with period music, as well. I write many of the scripts that we...- Mark Finn
- Post #541
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How Did You Discover Old Time Radio?
I got hooked in the 1970s, while driving the backroads of Texas with my father and step-mother in the front seat. The AM station out in the boonies played episodes of The Shadow, Inner Sanctum, and the Green Hornet. Every time we'd go out to the country, I'd demand to listen to that station on... -
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Share your favourite Jazz
New to the forums and jumping in with both feet I have just moved to Vernon, Texas, the home of Jack Teagarden, who was the best jazz trombonist in the history of the universe. He played and sang with just about everyone, from Benny Pollack to Paul Whiteman, from Benny Goodman to Louis...
