Black Mask, Scotch and Vaginas

Last week or so I bigged up the excellent Out of the Past: Investigation Film Noir. Well, that show's creators, Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards, will be launching a new podcast, Behind the Black Mask: Mystery Writers Revealed, on July 15. Their first guest: Paul Malmont, author of the pulptastic The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril. Their second guest (in August): Rian Johnson, director of the Hammett-soaked hit film Brick. And their third guest? You're lookin' at him. We did the interview via phone at 6:30 tonight and I think I managed to avoid making myself sound like a total idiot. The podcast won't be available until September 15, but that's good, because it'll give me time to forget all of bad things I said about the Russian mafiya.

In other news....

Well, bad news: My mother-in-law is in town for a few days. But the good news: My 1.75L bottle of Dewars is two-thirds full, which will be more than enough to get me through until the liquor store on 2nd Street in Old City opens its doors at 9 a.m. Cheers!

Also: Philebrity.com dubs Secret Dead Blog a "vagina-free zone." Because you know there's nothing more important going on in Philly than tracking the lack of vagina at a married writer's personal blog. Go get 'em, Joey!