Mitch
@mitchellpowers.bsky.social
Posting about Johnny Carson, Charles Willeford, Jack Vance, Chester Himes and the NPR Tiny Desk blurring out Juvie Juice scandal.
I still have a maxtor drive full of 15 year old video projects and fire it up once in a while for archeological purposes. The housing failed at one point but the old girl is still spinning.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I still have a maxtor drive full of 15 year old video projects and fire it up once in a while for archeological purposes. The housing failed at one point but the old girl is still spinning.
I did this, I was AMPED to talk about George Eliot at 9 am after a jar of espresso. You could see them dying internally.
September 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I did this, I was AMPED to talk about George Eliot at 9 am after a jar of espresso. You could see them dying internally.
Dang man, glad everyone is okay
August 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Dang man, glad everyone is okay
Ahaha who could think of the best guy to write the dumbest most wrong take on this.
July 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ahaha who could think of the best guy to write the dumbest most wrong take on this.
My favorite thing is a different man falling for her every episode. Except for the gigolo, that dude was creepy.
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My favorite thing is a different man falling for her every episode. Except for the gigolo, that dude was creepy.
Any illustration credit on the copyright page?
July 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Any illustration credit on the copyright page?
Imagine Perot on just the drug use “He’s on goofy pills, folks”
July 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Imagine Perot on just the drug use “He’s on goofy pills, folks”
It’s the follow up that makes this a real scorcher
June 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
It’s the follow up that makes this a real scorcher
He was really solid in the titling department.
June 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
He was really solid in the titling department.
Another great Fisher is Giveaway, has a quiz show backdrop? Fisher mining seedy Hollywood.
June 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Another great Fisher is Giveaway, has a quiz show backdrop? Fisher mining seedy Hollywood.
Steve Fisher, I Wake Up Screaming
June 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Steve Fisher, I Wake Up Screaming
Fredric Brown could qualify, though he did get one reprinted during that first wave of Black Lizard. Do people know The Fabulous Clipjoint or The Lenient Beast?
June 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fredric Brown could qualify, though he did get one reprinted during that first wave of Black Lizard. Do people know The Fabulous Clipjoint or The Lenient Beast?
Well people think they know Cain, but no one ever talks about Serenade. He wrote a lot of bad books but I’ll argue that Serenade is the best he wrote.
June 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Well people think they know Cain, but no one ever talks about Serenade. He wrote a lot of bad books but I’ll argue that Serenade is the best he wrote.
Idk if that’s a positive ID, but could be. Don’t thank me, I love digging into this stuff. Also noticed there’s a Chester Himes excerpt in that issue of Players!
June 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Idk if that’s a positive ID, but could be. Don’t thank me, I love digging into this stuff. Also noticed there’s a Chester Himes excerpt in that issue of Players!
His art style in the greeting cards is definitely different but the signature looks the same.
June 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
His art style in the greeting cards is definitely different but the signature looks the same.
Goines and Smith leads here: dokumen.pub/street-playe...
Street Players: Black Pulp Fiction and the Making of a Literary Underground
9780226587073 - DOKUMEN.PUB
The uncontested center of the black pulp fiction universe for more than four decades was the Los Angeles publisher Hollo...
dokumen.pub
June 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Goines and Smith leads here: dokumen.pub/street-playe...
Which is a dead end but that art is very tempting.
June 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Which is a dead end but that art is very tempting.
Holloway House led to Donald Goines book covers that had watercolor elements, led back to eBay. ebay.us/m/7GcpsV
Pardon Our Interruption...eBay Home
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June 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Holloway House led to Donald Goines book covers that had watercolor elements, led back to eBay. ebay.us/m/7GcpsV
Loving this pastel Chester Himes/Harvey Kurtzman thing Bob was working with. Bob Smith sounds like it could be a pseudonym.
June 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Loving this pastel Chester Himes/Harvey Kurtzman thing Bob was working with. Bob Smith sounds like it could be a pseudonym.