Thursday, June 29, 2006

Off again

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I'm on tour again until Sunday and won't be blogging - at least much. By the way, there's an interview in English of the Finnish...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Muistoja elokuvakerhoista

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Kirjoittelin eräälle sähköpostilistalle muistoja Porista, elokuvateattereista ja elokuvakerhoista ja ajattelin ikuistaa viestin tänne: > ...
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Monday, June 26, 2006

Author sucks

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As you've probably surmised, I've had something else to think about than blogging. Mainly I've been thinking that I suck. There ...
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Sunday, June 25, 2006

Pantyhoses

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Elina sells lots of stuff via HuutoNet, the Finnish equivalent of eBay. Usually she sells old and vintage clothing, mainly from the sixties ...
Tuesday, June 20, 2006

My ex-Joe Novak novel

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Finished the first draft of the Finlandisized version of my old Joe Novak novel, The Dostoyevsky Reel . It's now about Harri Tanner, a r...

Chase: Knock, Knock, Who's There?

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James Hadley Chase was an opportunist writer who changed his style to fit the current mood. In Knock, Knock, Who's There (1973) he has ...
Monday, June 19, 2006

Pere Ubu

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I found in a library a five-disc box of Pere Ubu , the classic American new wave band from the late seventies and early eighties. I'd li...
Friday, June 16, 2006

Off

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Going away for a weekend. Won't be blogging until next Monday. Take care!

Woody Haut's blog etc.

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An ugly post in Finnish, with ugly hyperlinks: Woody Haut, Pulp Culturen ja Neon Noirin kirjoittaja, on perustanut blogin: http://woodyhaut....
Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Me almost 20 years ago

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A commentator said a while back that I looked "suitably bad-ass" in a photo I posted here . While I don't know about that, I d...

Some art brut

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Here's still another drawing I wanted to save after Kauto had ripped it apart. It's a joint drawing by Ottilia and me. It's our ...

The Finnish cover for Chase

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Here's the very graphic, poster-like cover for James Hadley Chase's What's Better Than Money? / Raha on valttia . I don't kn...
Monday, June 12, 2006

Thanks for the fish

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I got a fishbone in my throat last night. I had to go to a doctor, since I couldn't get it out myself. She couldn't see it, because ...
Friday, June 09, 2006

Books read from the last couple weeks or days

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Just a quick note on some books: James Hadley Chase: Eve (1945; no American publication that I know of) - basis for a famous film by Joseph...
Monday, June 05, 2006

Norbert Davis, once more

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Here's my take on Norbert Davis from Pulpografia (in Finnish, of course): Norbert Davis (1903—1949) julkaisi novelleja mm. Ace-High Dete...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein and pulp

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Here's a very nice article about Ludwig Wittgenstein and his affection for hardboiled crime writing, especially of Norbert Davis (who, ...

New books

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I've been browsing through publishers' catalogues for the next Fall. It's been worrying, embarrassing, frustrating: I'm not ...
Sunday, June 04, 2006

Ottilia

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Here's the future architect.

Ottilia and some of her friends

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Ottilia with some of her friends from daycare. Ottilia's the one with the wide grin.

Ottilia's last day at daycare

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Ottilia is going to school next Fall. Here she's getting big hugs from her daycare teachers ("tarhantädit", as we say in Finla...