Disqus - Latest Comments for TrueCrimeMag

Re: Woolie - bowlingalleylawyer: randomlunatic: Dude. Never...

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:30:03 -0000

My hand to God -- I didn't even remember this photo existed till today. Now memories are coming back to me, of course -- a girl whom I dated in college had seen this and still had a copy around the house, and she finally put me together with the magazine cover after we'd been dating for months. But seriously -- I don't remember the photo shoot or anything. And I was always quite sober in high school, so I don't even have chemical amusement to excuse the memory lapse.

Re: Dude. Never thought my secret past as a cover boy... - Random Lunatic News

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:58:52 -0000

Well, at least you don't have any of those audiotapes we all used to make, or the 16mm movies we made with Mark- DO YOU?

Re: This is how much I like some of my fellow Tumblrs...

TrueCrimeMag — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:47:10 -0000

I feel exactly the same way. I would have gotten myself in so much trouble if I'd been tumbling in my 20s.

Re: ‘Cause I can’t leave John Twelve Hawks alone…

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:22:13 -0000

I forgot -- I would be surprised if this is Kamen doing this editing, but who knows? I do know that the Ashland, Oregon reference in the screen name is interesting for the reason you cited and also because that city is just across the border from California, not a huge distance from Kamen's CA stomping grounds. It's thin, but it makes some sense, too.

Re: ‘Cause I can’t leave John Twelve Hawks alone…

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:19:27 -0000

I agree. I'd change it, but it refers to me, and after seeing how many writers try and tinker with references to themselves or their work on Wikipedia, there's no way I'll touch it.

Re: ‘Cause I can’t leave John Twelve Hawks alone…

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:54:06 -0000

It could be a number of things -- for instance, it could have just been a user that didn't like the article linking a blog, even though I'm a professional journalist. That said, I have to agree that it's a little suspicious, considering. I also appreciate you incorporating my theory into the entry. Honestly, I think what I've come up with is the most grounded theory of any out there where this guy's real i.d. is concerned. And maybe he really does want to be that off-the-grid, I don't know. I still think it's all marketing.

Re: More Idol Blogging and those Damn UFOs

TrueCrimeMag — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:28:59 -0000

I know. To ACTUALLY MAKE a tinfoil hat is a bit much.

Re: This Writing Thing

TrueCrimeMag — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:21:08 -0000

Actually, Betsy, I was a laughably horrible poet in high school. I mean cringe-worthy. It was only after taking an intro to Beat Lit class in college that I changed the way I thought about poetry -- completely. I didn't write what I think of as a real poem that I might actually show people, read to people, until March, 1988. But I was trying for years before that. And stuff I wrote after 1988 was awful, too, some of it.

When I was published it was 3 pieces in a poetry anthology comprising the work of poets from all over Middle Tennessee (paid in copies, but at least it wasn't a vanity project) and then in a couple of 'zines. I was a lot more successful in open-mic readings, because I could never quell the performer within. I suppose that made me entertaining. By the late 90s I was being invited to read at various open mics as the featured reader of the night. Very beat at the time, but kinda funny in hindsight. Maybe I've grown too cynical.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale, Part II

TrueCrimeMag — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:27:21 -0000

Oooh -- good find. If he was an English butler of the old school, he probably was pretty loyal. Physick is the sort of servant who probably heard some truly intriguing things in his time. Too bad he didn't write a memoir or something.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale, Part II

TrueCrimeMag — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:45:42 -0000

I've a feeling Physick was pretty happy with his job. He was still at the same Glen Cove address some 15 years after the attack on Morgan and he was still a butler, so I imagine he was still with Morgan.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale (a multi-part tale of murder, mayhem, and J.P. Morgan)

TrueCrimeMag — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:57:31 -0000

PART II.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale (a multi-part tale of murder, mayhem, and J.P. Morgan)

TrueCrimeMag — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:08:31 -0000

Actually, I plan to post Part 2 today, 12/31/07.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale (a multi-part tale of murder, mayhem, and J.P. Morgan)

TrueCrimeMag — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:24:36 -0000

P.S. -- TrueCrimeMag and crimebloggers are both me, Steve.

Re: The Mad Professor’s Tale (a multi-part tale of murder, mayhem, and J.P. Morgan)

TrueCrimeMag — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:24:13 -0000

Do you all like the paging system for entries? I'd been wanting to do that forever with blog entries, just never figured it out. (Turns out it's one VERY simple line of code.)

Re: Sweeney Todd — a Review and a Reminiscence

TrueCrimeMag — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:39:53 -0000

Not that well-written, but thanks, anyway :)

Re: You’re in the right place…

TrueCrimeMag — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:02:38 -0000

Which site, Trench?

Re: You’re in the right place…

TrueCrimeMag — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:26:43 -0000

I have been known to annoy medical practitioners and wives (first wife and present wife as well) with my lack of attention to my health when it counts. I'm ok right now, though.

Re: You’re in the right place…

TrueCrimeMag — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:52:03 -0000

I'm trying to rest. When it occurred to me how to do this, though, I had to jump on it. I'm glad I did.

Re: You’re in the right place…

TrueCrimeMag — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:51:18 -0000

I like it too. It integrates really well with Wordpress, and I think it probably saves bandwidth, too. Doesn't work so well with Blogger, imho.

Re: True Crime Magazine

TrueCrimeMag — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:41:38 -0000

And the threading, too.

Re: True Crime Magazine

TrueCrimeMag — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:33:23 -0000

Just testing out the comments!