8 Million Ways To Die: Murder on Pill Hill

Los Feliz, the inviting and charming community nestled below the East Hollywood Hills, was once known as Pill Hil due to the large numbers of physicians who took up residence there. There are three celebrated Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes in Los Feliz: the Hollyhock House (1921), the Ennis House (1924), and the Freeman House [...]

An Important Notice For Wonderland Crime Scene DVD Customers

An unfortunate paperwork/master tape snafu last week led to our duplicating lab sending us 20 fresh copies of a completely different DVD. New copies are being struck this week and we hope to have all past and present orders fulfilled and mailed by Friday, February 3, at the latest.
Thank you for your patience.

Carver’s Dog

Trace hit the hotel bar early that night. He was there at six o’clock sharp when Jose opened the double doors to the windowless den with a frayed pool table, a jukebox stocked with rock classics, and uncomfortable chocolate brown vinyl booths on either side of the room.
Trace poured his weary frame into a stool [...]

Charles Bukowski: The Anti-Romantic

Throughout cultural history writers have slain miles upon miles of trees in their endless quest to understand affairs of the heart. As much as I admire F. Scott Fitzgerald, his idealized notions about love and romance are sometimes enough to make me yearn for a one-night stand with a loose and lively bar floozie.
That’s where [...]

Thank You

After all of the terrific and heartfelt comments left in the wake of yesterday’s posting, I would love nothing more than to report that the black clouds are lifting. They will, slowly and gradually, but in the interim guess what valuable lesson I learned? I have a lot of friends out there. Sometimes that’s too [...]

Breaking: Christopher Penn Dead

**UPDATED**
Christopher Penn, 43, brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, has died of undisclosed causes. The body was discovered at his Santa Monica home this evening. An investigation is pending.
Penn was a talented character actor who had crucial supporting roles in art house hits like “At Close Range” (with brother Sean), “Reservoir Dogs”, [...]