Macho Delusions, the Losses of Gentrification, Urban Decay, Alcoholism, Wasting Time, Wasting Love, Cowboy Myths, Neon Lights in Black and White...it's ripe with inspiration for writing...

LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO (1983) opens with a Chevy pickup disguised as a rat driving the Houston highways and streets on its way to the Alamo, a bar that's been sold to developers. Its gang of usuals, and some strays, are arriving for one last night: youtu.be/jSf9B9vrgGk?...

ANTHONY NOMINATIONS OPEN UNTIL APRIL 30TH: If you're a Bouchercon voter, please consider nominating one of RHP's two eligible anthologies. Thanks again for your support. #bouchercon2026

With Sheldon Lee Compton's passing this week due to heart attack, it's been a shitty one to say the least. I'm somewhat buoyed this Friday by kind things I've seen written about COUNT THE DUST recently by @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @bryanharvey.bsky.social Small things. a.co/d/07kcaYhe

Tix to see @rebeccaportermusic.bsky.social and the Rhinestone Roses/Ramona and the Holy Smokes on April 23rd at the Evening Muse in Charlotte procured.

Tonight I’m simply feeling guilty. What could I have done to get more readers for this great author? Sell more of his books? Please read his work in whatever medium you can.

Kansas City Breakdown KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN by M.E. Proctor & Russell Thayer Order Here! (paperback and ebook available) ​ May 1952. Mobsters, molls, and muscle are meeting in Kansas City to carve out territory, make...

May 1952.

Mobsters, molls, and muscle are meeting in Kansas City to carve out territory, make deals, assert influence...

KANSAS CITY BREAKDOWN by @russellthayer10.bsky.social & @meproctor.bsky.social is here. Out now from CJ Press:
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/kansas-city-...

I'm shaken, at a loss. He was my email pen pal, an author I deeply respected, a man I greatly admired.

Live frog. Dead bat.

CTD "flashes key details in a manner that is more akin to family gossip and random callers on the radio to get at how past events transport their effects over decades. From behind a counter, a discerning eye might trace the signs of addiction."

Thanks for reading and for your thoughts Bryan.

Eatin on the river (Catawba).

That’s doubly great to hear.

Get goin. This one inspired Sundance and revolutionized the whole idea of the independent film scene. Eagle Pennell and Cowboy Jamboree, independent as shit.

The Whole Shootin' Match (1978):
youtu.be/gUYmzMXjgao?...

It's not wrong for you to wonder why you're here
As you wait for things to change year after year
There are some secrets nobody wants to share
And the sadness gets too strong for me to bear...

Listenin to the incomparable voice of my friend @kentrosetunes16.bsky.social this morning.

CJ's FALL CALL

If you like Cowboy Jamboree & know Eagle Pennell's work the two should already jive for you. If not, you'll have to do a little homework, but it'll be fun homework. As always, when submitting, make sure you submit a note on how your piece fits the issue theme.

If you're in a particular Bobbish mood today, how about getting blue with Cowboy Jamboree's BLUE BOB, incited by the luscious Bobby Dylan: bookshop.org/p/books/blue...

Released on this day in 1969: Bob Dylan’s NASHVILLE SKYLINE.

Gettin them chords down.

Hiking at the greenway before pizza and drinks.

for more on this read my new interview with union electrician/radical honky-tonker Croy (of Croy and the Boys!) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/croy-and-the...
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I can't stop writing about snakes...

Hey, COUNT THE DUST is available from @leftoverbooks.bsky.social 🐍: a.co/d/029RfNdz

It’s my pub day!! I appreciate the support of this literary community. Get your copy today! Thank you to AV @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

After his passing, CJ did a whole issue incited by the great John Prine, and now you can have it as anthology to keep:
a.co/d/05RizC0n

There were spaces between Donald and whatever he said
Strangers had forced him to live in his head
He envisioned the details of romantic scenes
After midnight in the stillness of the barracks latrine...

Gone too soon on this day in 2020: the great John Prine.

Arizona care package and a signed copy of her new collection from Sabrina Hicks. COYOTE GIRL is out now y’all! www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/coyote-girl....

Quality Dissent Daily. Me and the boys in front of the Shepard Fairey mural in Rock Hill.

Handsome little lethal weapon.

The valley fever was a common fate
To the farmworkers here in the Golden State
And I miss Oklahoma but I'll stay if I must
And help make a livin' in the Tulare dust

Born on (1937) and died on (2016) this day: the great Merle Haggard

I was taught and brought up there, the laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on its side...

Gurf does Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=akEC...