Posts by Steve Hodel
Newly Discovered Man Ray 1969 Lithograph "Les Invendables" (The Unsaleables) Includes the Surrealist's Minotaur Homage to His Personal Friend and Black Dahlia Killer, Dr. George Hill Hodel
Los Angeles, California December 29, 2016 1969 MAN RAY MINOTAUR HOMAGE TO HIS GOOD FRIEND, DR. GEORGE HILL HODEL (Left) Man Ray 1969 Lithograph depicting posed female body, her face covered with blood and blood flowing out of her upper torso to form the body and legs of the Minotaur. (The Minotaur, was the mythological,…
Read MoreGeorge Hodel Thoughtprint: Part II, Was the "Dead Again" 1940s Noir Thriller Used as a Taunt by a Real Life Killer?
December 20, 2016 Los Angeles, California Below is a follow-up to my earlier post, “Another George Hodel “Thoughtprint”: Seeing Things As they Are, Not As They Appear to Be.” LW (Luigi Warren) and Ryan’s posted comments: Steve: Those appear to be vintage, German-made Kismet Art Deco scissors. FWIW, “Kismet” means…
Read MoreAnother George Hodel "Thoughtprint": Seeing Things As they Are, Not As They Appear to Be
December 16, 2016 Los Angeles, California Another Family Anecdote “Know all things to be like this: As a magician makes illusions of horses, oxen, carts and other things, nothing is as it appears.” ~The Buddha, from the Samadhirajasutra As I recall, it was sometime in the summer of 1995. I had traveled south from my home…
Read MoreMost Evil II Audible Book "Introduction" Read by Actor, Screenwriter and Master Narrator Malcolm Hillgartner
December 12, 2016 Los Angeles, California Most Evil II “Introduction Chapter” read by Malcolm Hillgartner (9 minutes) Above is a YouTube link to a sample of Malcolm Hillgartner’s narration of the INTRODUCTION chapter to my latest publication, Most Evil II (Rare Bird Books 2015). As most of you know, I am not one to use hyperbole…
Read MoreKPFK Radio Host Mike Hodel's 1983 Lost Video Promo for Hour 25 SFTV Found
December 2, 2016 Los Angeles 1983 Mike Hodel Hour 25 SFTV Video Promo Found (click photo to view 2-minute video) I was recently contacted by email from a reader “Gothling 1955” who provided me with a link to a promo video “Hour 25 SFTV” that was made back in 1983. It featured my brother KFPK radio…
Read MoreLos Angeles in the 70s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine No.1 Bestseller at Book Soup Bookstore
November 30, 2016 Los Angeles Big-time kudos to my twenty-eight fellow LA-contributors, and our editor, David Kukoff as Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, (Rare Bird Books 2016) this week is ranked as the #1 bestseller at Hollywood’s Book Soup Books. See named authors contributors and titles. The anthology contains twenty-nine short stories…
Read MoreLos Angeles in the 1970s Book Launch: A Conversation with Authors Chip Jacobs and Steve Hodel
November 19, 2016 Los Angeles, California Click on the ink below to hear a forty-minute conversation with authors Chip Jacobs and Steve Hodel talking about their separate essay contributions to the just published book, Los Angeles in the 1970s: Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine (Rare Bird Books 2016). Edited by David Kukoff (Book Launch Friday, November 18,…
Read More"LOS ANGELES IN THE 1970S" Book Launch on "The Strip", Friday, November 18th at the STANDARD HOTEL 8300 Sunset Blvd 7PM
November 13, 2016 Los Angeles, California Author/Screenwriter David Kukoff will launch his Los Angeles in the 1970s anthology at the Standard Hotel, 8300 Sunset Blvd on November 18, 2016, at 7:00 PM. If you are an Angeleno history buff or just simply enjoy reading “the way things were” this book is for YOU. More than two…
Read MoreMore 1930s Films (The Mystery of Mr. X and Red Dust) As George Hodel's Signature M.O.?
November 3, 2016 Los Angeles, California (This blog originally posted 12.16.2009, but have updated with photos and more-1930s-films which was cut from Most Evil I. Click on link for that PDF.) Murder As a Fine Art Continues…. (SKH Note- Below section was included in final draft of MOST EVIL , but edited out due to space…
Read MoreJohn Huston, Peter Viertel: White Hunter Black Heart (On Friendship and Cold Blooded, Premeditated Murder)
Los Angeles, California October 29, 2016 (Updated from FAQ 42 originally published June 4, 2007) Q: I recently saw the movie, WHITE HUNTER BLACK HEART which is supposedly based on the life of the director, John Huston and the making of the film, AFRICAN QUEEN. Did you see the movie? What did you think of it?…
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