NOIR Pause for PUSHCART Nominations ~ AT THE BIJOU

NOIR Pause for (drumroll please)

PUSHCART Nominations

 ~ AT THE BIJOU ~

BIJOU SEAT ~ Heidi Schlempp Fournier

Luscious Ladies and Genteel Gents who have been gracing our red velvet seats AT THE BIJOU for the past two years ~

The lingering mood of the painting above (available, fittingly at artist Uncle Shlomo's Pushcart site) speaks to me, solitary on its reflective pier, as the author's mind. Alone but full, where words come to life and purvey their chance encounter to reach reader, to turn pages, to hold interest, to inspire, to leave rapt or to evoke a well-placed chortle. 

We have experienced all that AT THE BIJOU with the stunning authors gracing our virtual stage of stories and reflections. Truly 'Writers' raves are Readers' faves'.

Honoured am I

 to send the following

 six Pushcart Nominations

 out into the world

 to do us proud ~

" CHOPPER JOHN "

Arizona Author 

C O L I N   J A M E S

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ February 2, 2011

during our FAB-FEB-FILM-FEST

    

" WHO'S GOT THE ACTION? "

New Jersey Author 

K E V I N   M I C H A E L S

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ February 24, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

" DIVORCE YOUR LOVED ONE

 WITH DIGNITY "

New Jersey Author 

A N T H O N Y   V E N U T O L O

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ March 7, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

" DON'S DILEMMA "

California Author 

E R I C   B E E T N E R

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ March 29, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

" BUNG HO! "

Massachusetts Author 

S E A N   P A T R I C K   R E A R D O N

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ April 5, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

" THE REASON FOR LIVING "

California Author 

J O S E P H   G R A N T

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ November 10, 2011

during our NOVEMBER goes NOIR

    

Most Honourable Mention
showing what rat-a-tat-tat but 100 words can do ~

" YOU ONLY DEFECT ONCE "

Iowa Author 

Chris Rhatigan

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ November 8, 2011

during our NOVEMBER goes NOIR

    

If I could nominate a bright Brit,
ripplin' our pond ~

" STAR "

Sunderland, UK Author 

Julie Morrigan

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ February 26, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

Most humble mention, 
if I could share one I was proud of ~

" THE GREAT AMERICAN

 SAILING HERO "

Connecticut/Ohio Author 

Absolutely*Kate

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ March 18, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

Most excitement jiving
 midst our authors in a star-studded show this year ~

" HOW DID ALL THESE PEOPLE

 GET INTO MY ROOM? "

Mr Meet Me In St Louis Author 

the incomparable Robert J Randisi

Published AT THE BIJOU ~ February 22, 2011

during our RAT*PACK*REVUE

    

All Links are above.

Good tidings

 and Great readings 

into our joyous holidays

Grace of my thanks be with you

for how you honour authors

time and time again, here,

*AT THE BIJOU*

May it ever be your welcome world

for worthy words to take on

 greater stage lights,

~ Absolutely*Kate,
Believing in Believers

MARLOWE KNOWS ... IMDB film photo

I detect
we'll Deck December
with our NOIR NOEL

comin' up next folks

RAT PACK REVUE: "Bung Ho!" ~ By Sean Patrick Reardon

Fringe Rat Pack?

He certainly hung with the best ~

(and not too shabby on the peepers either!)

"Bung Ho!"

By ~ Sean Patrick Reardon

The gang's all here and we’re back in the old Mulholland house. Niven, Hale, and Rathbone paid off the new owner to make themselves scarce for the weekend, so we could have one last get together. The drink is flowing and the stories are flying. Eat your hearts out Cabot and Tiger Lil you money grubbing bastards. I may be down, but I’m never out. You would have got your money Bruce and sure, maybe the Cinemascope was a bit much, but I never did anything worth doing half arsed. William Tell could have been a contender.
 
Yeah, old sports, this is what you might call the final roast and if it was good enough for Jack Barrymore it’s all the better for me.  It’s great to be back, even if it’s for just for a few hours before I’m due back at the morgue. The way I look at, I’m just reprising my role in The Case of the Curious Bride. Hell, even propped up in this chair, suited up, fedora tilted just right, and a Chesterfield parting my lips, half the dames in L.A. would still want to be “in like Flynn”.
 
Stop your crying Olivia and drink up. You know no one could make my tights malfunction like you my dear. Bette, you feisty little minx in petticoats, don’t think for a minute I wouldn’t have slapped you right back in the kisser if film wasn’t rolling when we did that scene in Elizabeth and Essex.
 
If I had my way, I’d have Cardiff film this right now.
 
Don’t look so happy about all this Niven and always remember our days at Cirrhosis by the Sea. I know I will. And Nigel, if they were real sword fights, you might have been able to kill me anytime you wanted, but I always got the girl. Doug Fairbanks and Ty Power couldn’t carry our jock straps.
 
Hale, my friend, we shall meet again and ride off into the sunset just like we did in Don Juan.
 
I’ve had my share of good times and bad ones, good movies and ones I did just for the paycheck, yet I never lost my zest for living life and squeezing every last drop I could out of her.
 
Sure I cringe about The Steve Allen Show, standing next to Don Knotts, who’s sporting my trademark mustache. The Martha Rea show wasn’t exactly my proudest moment either.
 
I want you all to know what a wild ride it’s been and I don’t regret a single second of it. Sure, there were tough times, but that’s what you get when you chase a star that’s always just over the horizon.
 
Goodbye old sports, the Zaca is leaving port. I’m captaining her on the eternal journey and you will all be welcomed aboard as time passes.  Bung Ho!

(c) 2011 ~ Author Sean Patrick Reardon

making his AT THE BIJOU debut!

SEAN PATRICK REARDON? Wow! Have you been reading this thriller of a Thriller author? Crisp, edgy wordsworthy rascal cutting details into storylines you want to read three times vs just two. (Yeah, he's THAT good!) Sean's not only a toppling talent in the rising crime star firmament, but he's Mr Generosity Good Guy to fiction authors across the wilds of WebTowne.  

No doubt you've tasted the enthuse of this fella's muse in commentaries and sharing-the-shout praises of what's savvy and cool 'round writers' worlds. He reviews, he spreads good stirring news and behind a lacrosse stick he gets his Irish up too. But you can figger that out ~ right here at his multi-enterprising website of  MINDJACKER, where a debut novel launches forth.

(Yeah Julie, I agree ~ Dude's sexy as all get out too! 

Oh yeah - Errol too!)

Buy AT THE BIJOU ~ Stage Right

MINDJACKER: A Crime Thriller

When wealthy Russian mobsters contract L.A. psychologist Joel Fischer to develop a device to manipulate minds, the Dreemweever exceeds all expectations. Everything is on track for delivery and a big payday, until two adventurous stoners steal his Dodge Challenger that, unknown to them, contains the Dreemweever in its trunk. Fischer and his crew have two days to get it back or he dies.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

RAT PACK SHOWS 

PLAYING AT THE BIJOU

         

RATPACKREVUE

Tuesdays.

Thursdays.

Sunday Matinees too.

Be there or be square.

RATPACKREVUE 

AT THE BIJOU

Always swell to see you here.

~ Absolutely*Kate,

and our swanky staff of renown

THE PACK DON'T WANT YA TO MISS A SHOW:

Sinatra: "If power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love, then you haven't really got any."

Opening Night: "RAT PACK REVUE TO YOU"

RAT PACK REVUE: ROBERT J RANDISI TAKES THE STAGE

RAT PACK REVUE: "How Did All These People Get Into My Room?"  By Robert J Randisi, working the lounge before he hits the main room

RAT PACK REVUE: "Ain't That A Kick In The Head"  By Robert J Randisi, paying homage to Ocean's 11, the original . . . for all the right reasons

RAT PACK REVUE:  "Who's Got The Action"  By Kevin Michaels, knowin' more than the night club scene  

RAT PACK REVUE:  "STAR"  By Julie Morgan,  hitchin' TinselTown to a dick's star

RAT PACK REVUE:  "OH SOUL O'MIO"  By Absolutely*Kate,  mirroring where scars shine bright

RAT PACK REVUE:  "Divorce Your Loved One With Dignity"  By Anthony Venutolo,  oozing atmosphere, over the border

 

RAT PACK REVUE:  "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"  By Paul D Brazill, giving Dino a whole new swan song  

RAT PACK REVUE:  "THE GREAT AMERICAN SAILING HERO"  By Absolutely*Kate, scuttling the way the tides roll in

RAT PACK REVUE:  "DON'S DILEMMA"  By Eric Beetner, definitely digging deeper . . . 

 

RATPACKREVUE 

  

~ ON OUR SWANKY STAGE ~

BIJOU AUTHORS ~  ERIC BEETNER ~ PAUL BRAZILL ~ KEVIN MICHAELS ~ ANTHONY VENUTOLO ~ and ABSOLUTELY*KATE + a sailor new in town

BIJOU DEBUT ~ JULIE (LEWTHWAITE) MORGAN ~ SEAN PATRICK REARDON

PLUS STAGE AFTER PAGE AGAIN ~ OUR HEADLINER ~

STARRING IN AUTHORS-TO-AUTHOR INTERVIEWS, 

MORE OF RAT PACK MYSTERY AUTHOR ROBERT J RANDISI

WITH A RAT PACK INTERVIEW AN FINALE OF AN RJR ~ ROAST ~ AT THE BIJOU

~ ~ ~ ~

STAY TUNED. 

You're nobody til somebody love you,

and we love you AT THE BIJOU.

ENJOY.

~ ~ ~ ~