tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58578308232872398152011-04-21T18:22:49.860-07:00Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-1132184435812188812008-10-20T09:05:00.001-07:002008-10-20T09:06:51.737-07:00Scarface continues to commit crimes, but some Tony Montanas stay alive and are sent to jail, as you can read <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-drug-boss-sentenced-101908,0,3553797.story">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-113218443581218881?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-45050789573880486302008-08-29T19:07:00.001-07:002008-08-29T19:09:46.523-07:00It may have been inevitable, but it's no less <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIo3nBe1C08">scary</a>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-4505078957388048630?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-41096225272362515712008-08-26T10:44:00.000-07:002008-08-26T10:46:43.694-07:00This piece<br />http://www.prefixmag.com/news/are-rappers-endorsements-going-to-keep-obama-out-o/20862/<br /> suggests that hip-hop artists may be wary of making their support of Obama too public, lest it damage his chances to win. The rapper Scarface is the most eloquent, in his way...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-4109622527236251571?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-37050527198409903232008-08-25T06:38:00.000-07:002008-08-25T06:40:21.710-07:00Sometimes a man just needs a Scarface <a href="http://www.honest-men.com/viewthread.php?tid=68713">duvet cover</a>...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-3705052719840990323?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-37184234536705756022008-08-24T07:37:00.000-07:002008-08-25T06:42:43.069-07:00In "Scarface Nation," I have a chapter called "Alterna-Scarfaces" that gives due credit and praise to the terrific documentary "Cocaine Cowboys." Among other colorful characters, filmmakers Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman describe the criminal career of Griselda Blanco, a ruthless Miami drug lord who could easily have been dubbed "Lady Scarface." <br />(There are at least two other "Lady Scarface"s in cinema history--read my book to find out who/what they are.)<br />Anyway, this <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/288/story/653604.html">piece</a> in today's Miami Herald suggests that Corben and Spellman had the same idea I did, and one day in the not so distant future, we may see a big-studio production of "Lady Scarface."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-3718423453670575602?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-5926859780659928222008-08-23T18:54:00.000-07:002008-08-23T18:58:38.746-07:00Today's proof that Scarface continues to exert his presence in the culture, for good or bad. <div><br /><div>Read <a href="http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/07/no-headline---07sbriefs/">this</a>.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-592685978065992822?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857830823287239815.post-46711419406287013072008-08-23T18:42:00.000-07:002008-08-23T18:50:58.534-07:00You've arrived at the site for "Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America," to be published by St. Martin's Press this November. <div><br /></div><div>It's a book not just about the 1983, Brian De Palma "Scarface," but also about Howard Hawks' 1932 "Scarface," and Armitage Trail's 1930 pulp novel "Scarface."</div><div><br /></div><div>It's also about the rapper Scarface, and a thousand other ways Scarface has manifested itself in the culture. </div><div><br /></div><div>You can pre-order my book from Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scarface-Nation-Ultimate-Gangster-Changed/dp/0312330596/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1219529102&amp;sr=1-1">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>More soon. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5857830823287239815-4671141940628701307?l=scarfacenation.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ken Tuckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209780273914408056noreply@blogger.com0