"Thomas Trang"

Welcome to the podcast! In this episode, guest co-host Craig Terlson and I chat with author Thomas Trang about his debut novel, "Dark Neon & Dirt". As seems our wont, the conversations always expound on life, our influences in reading and writing, and many more things. Thanks for sitting down with us and having a listen. Click Play, we've saved you a spot here at The Speakeasy. Ciao! Referenced during the Episode: -Ted Flanagan (American author) -Philip K. Dick (American Science-Fiction author b. 1928 - d. 1982) -Edward Hopper (American painter b. 1882 - d. 1967) -M.E. (Martine) Proctor (Belgian-American Crime-Fiction author; see her podcast earlier) -Dennis Miller (American comedian) -George Santayana (Spanish philosopher b. 1863 - d. 1952) -Carlos Santana (American musician b. 1947) -"Muttley" (Fictional cartoon dog created in 1968 by Hanna-Barbera Productions) -"Heat" (1995 Crime/Thriller film with Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Val Kilmer) -"The Killer" (1989 Action/Crime film by John Woo) -Don DeLillo (American author b. 1936) -Jennifer Egan (American author b. 1962) -"The Bear" (American TV series) -"Breaking Bad" (American Crime/Drama TV series) -Paul Burke (host of Crime Time FM podcast) -Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian painter b. 1571 - d. 1610) -"The Sopranos" (American Crime/Drama TV series) -Joe Lansdale (American author b. 1951) -Elmore Leonard (American author b. 1925 - d. 2013) -Vince Vaughn (American actor) -J.K. Simmons (American actor) -"Surf City Acid Drop" by Craig Terlson; Book 1 in his Luke Fischer crime novel series -Charles Willeford (American author b. 1918 - d. 1988) -Don Winslow (American author b. 1953) -James Crumley (American author b. 1939 - d. 2008) -Ron Earl Phillips (editor of Shotgun Honey online magazine and book publisher) -Steve Erickson (American author b. 1950) -Haruki Murakami (Japanese author b. 1949) -Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (Chilean author b. 1953 - d. 2003) -Kurt Vonnegut (American author b. 1922 - d. 2007) -Thomas Pynchon (American author b. 1937) -Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (American author b. 1925 - d. 2012)