Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest: Thomas Underground

 Hark! It's an 87th Precinct podcast.

Well, it's been a while (42 months or so, as of release of this) so we thought it high (not low) time we got back together. Luckily Spike Lee thought to adapt Kurosawa's High and Low into his 2025 film Highest 2 Lowest and so how could we resist this opportunity?

Remember, we're Hark87Podcast on most social things, but particularly ⁠Bluesky⁠ now. Please do rate, review and share the episodes. If you'd like to email us, please use ⁠hark87podcast@gmail.com⁠ to do so and check out our ⁠blog pages⁠ for previous episodes, scores and so forth.

Why not listen to Paul's song ⁠High To Low⁠ (by Good Grief) on Bandcamp to accompany this episode?

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We're also available on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hark87podcast) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/hark87podcast) but we're hoping that Bluesky will be the real home of the Ed McBain chat going forward. 

Whilst we're currently not podcasting, Paul is still sharing McBain/Hunter/87th Precinct facts and info and is there to respond to any thoughts, queries or questions you might have.

Hope you'll join us!

Evan Hunter / Ed McBain Collector's Guide - Now Online

 Hark!

Some of you will have previously downloaded my #EvanHunter / #EdMcBain reading checklist/short biography. Now you can access it without downloading, as an online flipbook and (technology willing) embedded below!

Link (open in separate browser window): https://heyzine.com/flip-book/f368f75a78.html

Ed McBain's Fiddlers - Book 55, Bonus: Celebration Train

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast bonus episode!

In fact, it's the last ever bonus episode. And everything went fine, yessir, no technical hitches or anything (*nervously runs finger around collar, eyes darting about the room*). 

 

We explore as always the original UK and US covers of the books and those of our own editions and some international versions before getting into the films, television and music from the year of release - in this case, 2005. Paul, Morgan and Stevo have made their picks from the year as well. Sort of. 

 

See you soon for a concluding episode looking back at our scores and reflecting on the series - thanks for sticking with us.

 

Fare thee well!

Ed McBain's Fiddlers - Book 55: A Very Long Pope

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast. In fact, it's the last (except our bonus episode) of the main series of this podcast as we arrive at the final book in the saga of the boys of Grover Avenue. It's Fiddlers. The corpses are piling up and the squad have to figure out what links the killings, whilst navigating their own matters of love, loss and family.

Does McBain leave us on a high? Find out within as we investigate not only the book itself, but the other things released by McBain/Hunter during the final year of his life and after that. 

 

Thank you so much for sticking with us and keeping us motivated to do this project. We truly appreciate it. So, until the bonus episode arrives, we'll merely say...

 

Fare Thee Well!

Ed McBain's Merely Hate - Book 54a: FIFTY-SIX?

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct bonus extra minipod!

Before we approach the final book in the official series of the 87th Precinct, we need to divert down a side-track to look at the book TRANSGRESSIONS - ten novellas selected and edited by Ed McBain. The book includes a novella from the author, set in the 87th Precinct, called Merely Hate, so we can't ignore it.

 

In this brief episode Paul will outline the other authors in the book and a little about this short(-ish) story, whilst you wait for us to bring you our last official episodes! 

 

Until then, 

 

Fare Thee Well.

 

Ed McBain's Hark! - Episode 54, bonus: Stars In Your Mouths

Hark! It's an 87th Precinct Podcast bonus episode!

This is the bonus for our show all about the 54th (of 55!) novel in the series, Hark!

 

As usual we take a look at the cover designs for the book then settle back into the usual nonsense from the year of publication - in this case it's 2004. Prepare yourself for the Dave Mathews Band, Look and Read and some sequels. 

 

See you soon for the concluding story in the series - FIDDLERS.

 

Fare thee well.