A masterwork of modern PI fiction
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Riley King leaps from the page and digs deep to find the truth
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Richard Neer does a masterful job of building a suspenseful plot
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I just finished the first draft of a new novel. Here’s an excerpt I think you’ll like.
I didn’t take notice of a slightly built older man who sidled up next to me, long neck Budweiser in hand. He said, “Hey man, this seat taken?” His voice sounded friendly and the accent familiar but I was in no mood for the company of strangers. I’d share my troubles...
We lose a great Yankee
Gene "Stick" Michael died today at the age of 79. I don't know that I have ever met a nicer gentleman. In the 90s, I had the privilege of hosting a number of Gene Michael charity dinners for Tomorrow's Children, with honorees like Reggie Jackson, Wade Boggs, Jon...
The Dan of Steel
Walter Becker leaves us at the age of 67. Co-founder, along with Donald Fagen of the great American band, Steely Dan. Or were they a band? A case could be made that they were a duo who employed the finest sidemen available and demanded the best from them, regardless...
First takes….
Spontaneity is overrated. Greats like Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan are legendary for eschewing multiple efforts designed to hone the original performance. Orson Welles once responded to a producer, "the proper reading is the one I'm giving you." There is a famous...
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Richard Neer began his radio career at WLIR, fostering it through its birth as the first suburban progressive station in the nation. WNEW-FM was his radio home for almost thirty years; it was there that he became friends with a fellow Jersey kid named Bruce Springsteen, who called him frequently when he was working the late shift.