Looking around for links

Ah, you gotta love bomb scares. Especially ones where people stand around, looking confused, unsure if they are allowed to get into the building or not. Best line overheard, uttered by one of the NYPD patrol officers: “If this turns out to be real, we’re all just going to end up being memories.”

Gee, thanks.

Anyway:

Bruce Campbell is, to say the least, a cult figure. And a funny guy,to boot, as his recent memoir and new roman a clef, MAKE LOVE THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY, demonstrates. He talks to Salon about the book, why Tom Cruise should “shut up and act” and other random things on his mind.

Iain Sinclair reflects on London, past and present, as it copes with the aftermath of the bombings.

The newest issue of Crime Scene Scotland is now up for perusal, with stories by Ed Lynskey and Pat Lambe, an interview of JA Konrath, and lots more.

Interviewer extraordinaire Robert Birnbaum sits down with Richard Marinick, who has some choice words for crime writers who haven’t actually “lived the life.”

David Montgomery chats with Barry Eisler at Mystery Ink, whose latest book KILLING RAIN is about as good a thriller as you can possibly read this year (and it’s probably only a matter of time before more readers get on board with this series…)

So you mean not all children’s authors earn as much as JK Rowling does? Nooooooo, really? Wow, what a newsflash!

And finally, this is the silliest idea I’ve heard in ages, but then again, what else to expect if Pauly Shore is involved?