A Quick One on The Side - Heath Lowrance

A warm welcome to guest author Heath Lowrance.

Heath has been a movie theater manager (that's a cinema to my UK readers), a tour guide at Sun Studio, a singer in a punk band, and a regular donor of blood for money. He is also a prolific writer of short stories that are dark and twisted. He is the author of the cult novel 'The Bastard Hand', the short story collection 'Dig Ten Graves', and many other things that are bad for you. Not surprisingly, Heath's blog is called 'psychonoir'.
Heath lives in a quiet neighbourhood of Detroit.

So, here goes, ten quickies for Heath...

Who is your favourite author?
"For our purposes here today, I'll say Charles Willeford, Richard Stark, and David Goodis."

What is your favourite book read?
"I tend to go to the Collected Stories of Ernest Hemingway a lot. Also, 'Wise Blood', 'All The King's Men', 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and 'Crime & Punishment'. I know the idea is to pick one, but that's impossible."

What is your favourite band/group?
"I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I always come back to The Ramones. Aside from them, I'd say Tom Waits."

What is your most listened to album?
"I've listened to 'Surfer Rosa' by the Pixies so many times, I've had to buy three copies of it over the last few years."
Here is Surfer Rosa...ooer.....



What is the best gig/concert you've ever attended?
"I saw the Cramps four or five times, but a gig they did in Memphis, in support of "A Date with Elvis", was the best. The first concert I ever saw though, when I was 12 years old, was Elvis himself. It's hard to top that."
Here are the Cramps...


What is your favourite food?
"I'm a pasta junkie. So...spaghetti, more noodles than sauce, with lots of parmesan cheese."

What would be your favourite holiday destination?
"Of the places I've been, North Carolina. Of the places I haven't been, I long to visit Wyoming or Montana someday. Pipe dream destination is Spain."

What would be the most autographs you've ever signed in one session?
"Two. One each for my wife's parents. That's a cruel question."

Have you ever been mistaken for someone else?
"On a couple of occasions, I've been mistaken for someone who gives a damn."

How often do you get recognised?
"A couple of times a week, but only by family members."

Heath, being dark...

My thanks to Heath for dropping by today and being my guest.
As ever, many thanks for reading...