Scott Heim's Blog

Mysterious Skin at the Araki Retrospective at MAD

This Thursday, October 10, the film version of Mysterious Skin will be showing as part of the Gregg Araki retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. I'll be in attendance that night, introducing the film (and...

Instagram

After all these years, I'm finally on Instagram. My handle there is scottheim926, or you can just go here: .ig-b- { display: inline-block; } .ig-b- img { visibility: hidden; } .ig-b-:hover { background-position: 0 -60px; } .ig-b-:active { background-position: 0...

Facebook Author Page

I finally made an Author Page on Facebook, something separate from my personal FB page where I'll post whatever (extremely rare) news I might have about anything book-related. Here's the link....

Slasher Movie Posters of the 80s (Re-Post of an Old Blog Entry)

I was a junior-high / high-school horror freak, and I saw nearly all of these films when they first ran. My friend Lori's mom would drop us off at the Hutchinson, KS Flag Theatre or Fox Theatre, and in we'd...

The First Time I Heard The Smiths

The fourth book in the series I've been slowly unveiling is now out. It's The First Time I Heard The Smiths, and it contains thirty-seven short first-person essays by musicians and writers about their initial experiences with Morrissey, Johnny Marr,...

Joy Division / New Order, Cocteau Twins, and David Bowie Books Now Online

The first three titles in The First Time I Heard series, which I've been compiling and editing for many months now, are finally available online. These first three volumes are on Joy Division / New Order; Cocteau Twins; and David...

Twenty Peter Hook Bass "Covers"

Only a few weeks now before the first of my The First Time I Heard e-books begin to appear. Last week, the Kickstarter fund I created earned its goal (thanks thanks thanks to all who helped out!), so now I'm...

Twelve Warszawas

I'm halfway through the process of (hopefully) funding my "First Time" book series through Kickstarter. As of today, the project has earned 73% of its goal, so thanks to everyone who has contributed--hopefully this will get funded, and the books...

Kickstarter

My Kickstarter page, for THE FIRST TIME I HEARD series that I've been editing for many months, is now live. More info at its page, or you can watch the video here:...

Coming Soon: "The First Time I Heard..."

For the past six months, I've been working hard on a new project. For those people who only know me through my novels, the details of this might come as an oddity, but for those who follow my music posts...