(courtesy Washington County Sheriff’s Office)

Finally right there, in black and white, how American International Pictures developed a film:

“We do our planning backwards: Get what sounds like a title that will arouse interest [Think: “Dragstrip Girl” and “Night of the Blood Beast”], then a monster or gimmick; then figure what our advertising is going to consist of.

“Then we bring in a writer to provide a script to fit the title and concept.

“Now we bring in the producer–though he may have been in during the writing of the script earlier. Four of our producers are also writers and one, [Roger] Corman is also a director.”

First, he went to the Canary Islands to gather more data, then he turned in his thesis, now he’s passed the orals (category two, meaning he “must make a few amendments to his work in the coming weeks”). I expect we’ll get one more news bump when he actually gets handed the sheepskin next Spring.

I was looking for a good link to the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Utah so I could make a joke about how it was definitely not Hell, no matter what anyone said, when I came across the people headed for Purgatory: the booking info on everyone in Washington County, complete with offenses and mug shots!

…a test of broadcasting from THE FUTURE!

As a follow-up to the LAT Homicide Blog, a few choice writerly touches from our friends at the Dog Trainer:
Of the homicide of John Rico, 30: “…Rico came back and allegedly choked one of the officers, an unnamed male officer whom officials did not name.”
Of Isaias Vasquez Bazan, 32: “The neighbors wounded in the attack were listed by police as gang members. But Basan worked long hours, and had no tattoos.”

I found it interesting to run across what was going to be where the Bellevue DQ used to be, along with an earlier version of the current plan. I had also not heard about/noticed/remembered the danger on the site.

I wanted a much better murder-related title for this, but too bad for you. The LA Dog Trainer has a Homicide Blog! With associated Homicide Map! That’s interactive! Never has horrible murder been so web 2.0.

Update: the Blog Said MURDER FROM A WHILE AGO! They also have a vintage crime blog, though the author seems to meander into non-crime topics, too.

It would be a shame to see text message voting banned here. On the other hand, everything I’ve seen indicates that US contest administrators are avoiding the abuses that caused it to be axed over there (and maybe the axing is Channel 4-specific).

It is sometimes confusing to apply my work skills to my own life– it sometimes seems like a strange mixing of my worlds to give myself a reference interview. But sure enough, what I was thinking I would have to cobble together myself is already out there. Thank you AARP!