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Q&A with Shaun Perkins, author of Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions  What is your book Cocktails, Coquettes and Cigarettes: Perry Mason Concoctions all about?It’s a review of all 82 of the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner. Each book is rated with a unique rating system that measures the amount of cocktails, coquettes, and cigarettes featured in the book. It’s a fun read and a guide of sorts for people reading the books and enjoying their pulp fiction and noir qualities. I hope it inspires new Perry Mason readers and adds some wisdom and insight to those...

Every Picture Tells A Story: Harvey Kubernik's 'Screen Gems' Tracking Angle contributor Harvey Kubernik's latest book proves "dancing about architecture" - or moving pictures - isn't so bad Rule number one: every documentary has an angle.   I’ve experienced how a “rock doc” can rewrite its subject’s history. In the twilight of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Jackson’s radical re-edit (his angle) of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be footage swept a touch-starved Beatles fanbase. The joy! The memes! Glyn Johns’s fabulous outfits! Jackson’s presentation of the Get Back project fundamentally changed the narrative of the Beatles’ January 1969 sessions.   There's something lost in writing this...

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