Buying the Kielbasa

Finally, Secret Dead Blog enters what I like to call the "Bill Crider Age."

More than two years ago, Mr. Crider brought the wonderful world of internet video to crime fiction, taping snazzy 15 to 30 (maybe even 60) second interviews with everyone from Allan Guthrie (who was caught shopping for a pink baby t-shirt) to Joe Lansdale to Victor Gischler to... well, a whole bunch of cool people.

It was fun. We all dug it.

Now that the Secret Dead Blog Family camcorder has died and gone to heaven (literally... the damned thing only records images bathed in this blazing white light), I bought a modern-day replacement: one of those Flip HD cameras everybody's yapping about. Our Flip arrived today, and as promised, I was shooting video within seconds. Above is a 13-second sample, shot at the Lachowitz Polish Market in Bridesburg, where the Secret Dead Blog Family was engaged in the biannual purchasing of the kielbasa (both fresh and smoked). Not bad for a tiny hunk of plastic, huh?

And... it's in the glory of HD. Does Crider bring you footage in HD? I think not.

Anyway, this is but a mere taste of what (probably) awaits you in 2009: short clips of weird shit shot on the Flip HD. I'll probably share some scenes from the Goodis Memorial in January. Definitely some clips from New York Comic Con in February. And beyond that... who knows? As they say, stay tuned.