Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Many thanks to Deutsche Grammophone.

Andrew Britton, RIP (January 6, 1981 – March 18, 2008)

http://andrewbrittonbooks.com/content/index.asp

When Andrew released The American, I attended the book launch party at Tir Na Nog Pub. My first mystery novel probably was just in early notes or draft; I probably mentioned it to Andrew. Andrew, I miss you. Your family misses you and Christopher, I know.  In another life, if you had the time, I would have loved to have you read the novel I just self-published yesterday, on Saint Patrick's day. 

Mystery Deathside Manners Characters

Inspiration for Larry Bright (and possibly Mark Pierce) found by searching Google and Images Laurence Fox. Inspiration for the Lila and Clabber Don scenes comes from a Mary Whyte water color.

Mystery Novel Weston Investigates: Deathside Manner

Stimulate thinking and enjoy. The characters might look like the below images taken from a Google Search and Images. Musings only. Alex as James Franco. Alex as Jake Gyllenhaal. Link to the mystery http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ULP6R9M

Mystery Deathside Manner Characters

To stimulate thinking. Josh Gad possibly suggests Vittsie Coyle, from the Huffpo announcement he'd been selected for Beauty and the Beast. The first three are Maude Cambridge. The second three are Virginia Blair The two sets of general images come from Google Search Images. Link to the mystery http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ULP6R9M

Mystery Deathside Manner Characters

Kate. I like the picture below, Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon. Imagine how they look at Alex's party, then later a possible Sunday pose when they visit the beach. Alex's intensity when he interviews families. For fun, James Franco in an alternate outcome when Alex makes a quick stop and tosses his keys to a security officer. A link to a recent James Franco interview about The Interview, 21Jun2015.

http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/3330574-james-franco-tries-to-move-the-interview.html#.3631668-stage-related1-5

Link to my novel http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ULP6R9M

Update 20Mar2016 An emergency slide appears at the end of Weston Investigates: Deathside Manner. Here is a current idea on how to use a sky slide:

http://www.mail.com/news/us/4220930-skyslide-airlifted-to-downtown-los-angeles-skyscra.html#.23140-stage-hero1-5

 

Da Ponte in the News

Great visual: playing violin in a priest's collar when those were the only clothes he had. Operas now include Nixon in China and Anna Nicole Smith. Will Da Ponte be next?
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/01/08/nights-at-the-opera

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo From A 2015 Performance

This man gets more handsome every decade. You have to agree.

Death in a Dacron Sail by N. A. Granger

In the past two weeks, the book launch party was a success. Now you can read the cozy mystery.

http://www.amazon.com/Death-Dacron-Sail-Brewster-Mysteries/dp/0578149532/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426035511&sr=8-1&keywords=Death+in+a+Dacron+Sail