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I got this Sexy Comment from Commentsheaven.com!Marilyn Monroe MySpace CommentsJUNE 2009, right on the verge of the new month and thought I would scribble here and say HI again to all my dear friends who have been writing & sending pictures and NOT getting a word from me!! I'm so sorry about that!! You know I'll make it worth your time eventually but right now I'm up to my eyeballs in work, mostly: script translations, which I do a lot of lately(I translate scripts from German into English), DJ jobs, and including: I'm working on a new novel!! Things have never been busier and between that and a little music project I'm doing with my friend LOUIS from LAST DAYS IN THE BUNKER...you can heck on the ROPE BURNS page for more information on that, IF I get some time to get there to write about it because well...it's just crazy time!! New songs to post to the URGENT FURY and ROPE BURNS pages...so much updating, so little time!! The most important thing to me isn't updating, but keeping in touch...I do love all my friends and you know that I'll be in touch with you. Everyone else, please don't be upset if it takes me a while to get back!The best news so far this year is having my novel, SOUTH BY SOUTH BRONX, get a NOMINATION for a HAMMETT AWARD. This award is presented every year to the best suspense/crime/mystery novel. Past recipients have included ELMORE LEONARD, MARTIN CRUZ-SMITH, CHUCK HOGAN and MARGARET ATWOOD. It is an honor and a privilege, and I'll be HIGH and rocking on that all year long until the winner is announced this October. There is also a FRENCH EDITION of "South By South Bronx" being published this year...so the book marches on...here's a peek at the cover:www.akashicbooks.com. Go there!Check out "Jaguar", my short story in BRONX NOIR, which features other writers like SJ Rozan, Lawrence Block & Jerome Charyn!those of you know who've known me for a long time remember my days in a hardcore punk band called URGENT FURY. I formed this band in 1982 with Harry Viderci and Zev Rogoff.The band lasted ten years, going through several phases(just like SPINAL TAP)until I put out a 10" and split up the band in 1992.URGENT FURY put out a pair of demo tapes, a split single and a self-titled 10" record. All available on CD soon!! Contact me if you want more information on where to get URGENT FURY stuff.the latest ROPE BURNS: The new 6-song E.P. is called "Strut"..www.myspace.com/rodmusik Free Twisted layouts at twistedsiblings.com
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A snippet of Book Tour: Letter To Johnny Temple

Johnny,Hi there! I just wanted to drop you a line to maybe just "hang a bit". Haven't really been able to talk to you about stuff and so now that I'm at Joel's, I have the time to just write you an ...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:38:00 GMT

I Miss Pedro

I miss Pedro.I remember sitting with him outside a seedy hotel in mayaguez. he was scribbling with a tiny stublet of pencil gripped with gloved fingers. he kept saying hey man, do you know where we co...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:15:00 GMT

WELCOME TO THE STEAM BATH

OR SHOULD I SAY, MUD BATHor asbestos drizzle or toxic seasons(REMEMBER a punk band called Toxic Reasons??) Oh sorry...got a need to write you about Wednesday 18 July, the day I flew in to ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:27:00 GMT

THE TRASHING OF KURT VONNEGUT

THE OBITUARY OF KURT VONNEGUT BY FOX NEWS was more of a rightist tirade against a man who lived too long in their eyes than a respectable tribute to a great American writer. They even claim to deny h...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 02:03:00 GMT

on dreaming dreams

this is a case of dreaming dreams and walking them wholesale.  sometimes through life and maybe they are like companions that wait.  a lifetime maybe of not doing something about it.  I...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:01:00 GMT

URGENT FURY

(This article by Jim Testa originally appeared in JERSEY BEAT, 1984)
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:56:00 GMT

OLD SCHOOL #3

(Originally appeared in PAPER MAGAZINE, May 1993.)
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:49:00 GMT

OLD SCHOOL ARCHIVE #2

(This article originally appeared in NEW YORK MAGAZINE, June 7th, 1993.)
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:12:00 GMT

OLD SCHOOL 1

OLD SCHOOL ARCHIVE #1 (to Ernesto Q, who always calls me "old school".) (originally appeared in AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS, November 1992 issue.)
Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:03:00 GMT

a typewriter won't ever let you down

neither wordsor anything of the kind.  just a start with tiny curtains swaying aside.  (a five year old holding a shield.  something about romans.  diatribe about kids to follow bu...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:31:00 GMT