Bob Calhoun

@bobcalhoun

Author of The Murders That Made Us, a true crime history of San Francisco. Co-host of Old Movies for Young Stoners, the podcast that pairs cannabis with classic cinema. Former SFWeekly, Incredibly Strange Wrestling. He/him www.murdersthatmadeus.com

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Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jul 8

Comic book panel of a man with sideburns exclaiming, “Good Lord!” as he gazes at a human heart on his desk.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jul 3

Nosferatu!

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jul 2

But what if it’s an Ali Frazier I themed wedding where the bridesmaids all wear dresses inspired by Smokin’ Joe’s stylish green brocade robe?

Boxer Joe Frazier in his green brocade robe with gold trim.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 29

The ER is no fun. Get well soon. In the meantime, here are Pixie & Romy.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 28

Murderer!

A mature ram on a green field with hills in the background. (from the film The Sheep Detectives).

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 25

With #Supergirl hitting theaters, we pair pot with the only DC Comics movie you need, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER (2022) + SKY HIGH (2005) with Kurt Russell in the latest episode of @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social. Streaming on Spotify & other pod apps. open.spotify.com/episode/6nZZ...

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 20

There’s a signed copy of my book, “The Murders That Made Us” at @booksonb.bsky.social in Hayward on the True Crime shelf along with @calfraser.bsky.social’s Murderland.

The true crime shelf at B Street Books in Hayward with the books “The Murders That Made Us,” “The Fort Bragg Cartel” and “Murderland,”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 17

Name a tv show you’re positive no one remembers but you

Black and white TV Guide ad for the short-lived superhero series Gemini Man from 1976. Images show a man in bell-bottoms running. Side triptych on the right shows the Gemini Man turning invisible as Gen Omen try to punch him.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 16

In my brief foray into running the 2007 manuscript for "Beer, Blood & Cornmeal" through AI writing detectors, Grammarly & GPTZero rated my writing as 100% human. Thanks! Meanwhile, TextGuard says that the text from 19 years ago is 70% AI-generated, but they can "humanize" it for a low monthly free.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 14

Man playing an acoustic guitar with a sticker above the fretboard that reads, “This machine kills fascists.”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 8

A Bluesky post by Tegan O’Neal that reads: “I see a lot of schmucks out here in these streets over-indexing a fluke-y situation in a one-off rural party primary environment to read as some kind of national shift, when the real data point is how the actual semi-functioning large state party apparatus ethered Swalwell in the space of a week.”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 6

@rpicado.bsky.social The Cubs POV from yesterday.

A pair of Blue Sky posts from Linda Holmes on 6/5/2026 that read: Cubs announcers: “Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.” Accurate and apt

The announcer just posited that “the bigger issue” for the team right now is the lack of offense, which is BOLD at this particular moment, sir. Bold.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Jun 2

Dammit! My syllabus said I had to watch Hasselhoff Fury!

Man with an eye patch chomping a cigar and holding a pistol.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 31

I voted, corroded and my booty exploded.

Text message that reads: “ROBERT C, A message from California Secretary of State on behalf of Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Your ballot for the June 2, 2026, Primary Election was received and will be counted. Thank you for voting!”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 30

BREAKING: Dragon Sound has withdrawn from the Freedom 250 Celebration.

Man with a mullet wearing a red shirt and black pants playing guitar.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 27

First they resurrect Val Kilmer with AI and now it's Stan Lee! But Ed Wood brought back BELA by having his chiropractor hold a Dracula cape over his mouth! Philena & I make PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (58) topical in the latest ep of @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Gold letters over an image of a crater-marked moon in space that read: "Grave Robbers from Hollywood."

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 24

When I own a major league ball team, I’ll scrap #StarWars Day and replace it with STAR CRASH DAY! We can get David Hasselhoff to throw out the first pitch. #SFGiants

Left to right: raven-tressed beauty in a clear space outfit and go-go boots, a regal older man wearing golden space armor with a shiny cape, and David Hasselhoff.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 22

Before The Sheep Detectives there was Steve McQueen in "Baa-Baa," an episode of WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE where he's hired to track down a beloved ewe. pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

Black and white image of a man (Steve McQueen) with a sheep (Baa-Baa).

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 18

Yay Dimetrodons!

Painting of a dimetrodon, a sail-backed dinosaur, by Charles R. Knight, 1897.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· May 5

There’s a kid rockin a Slayer shirt at SF State Jazz & Tacos today. cc @adamscantwell.bsky.social

Two youths playing hollow body electric guitars at Jazz & Tacos, a presentation of the College of Liberal and Creative Arts at San Francisco State University.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 27

Post a cover to a comic Gerry Conway wrote that you love.

Comic book cover of "The Defenders" issue 42. Cover lines read: Marvel Comics Group. The Defenders. Rhino, Solarr, Egghead: "The Deadly New emissaries of Evil!" The Rhino is ramming his head into into The Hulk in the foreground while Solarr is using his heat blast to ensnare the feet of Luke Cage, Power Man in melting concrete while Valkerie runs up on Solarr with her sword and Doctor Strange floats overhead.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 23

I'm sorry Matt. It's so tragic what these jackanapes are doing to, well, just about everything. I think it's time we all got printing presses and became the cantankerous, muckraking newspaper publishers in our towns like Edmund O'Brien in Man Who Shot Liberty Valence.

Scruffy, bearded man wearing a rumpled black hat, a wrinkly shirt, a string tie, and a grey vest standing in front of a wood paneled wall and a coat rack.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 21

Barbarber slashes man in barber’s chair with a straight razor while onlookers gathered at the window exclaim, “Good Lord! Choke!”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 15

I'd feel a lot better about things if Pete Hegseth didn't fire this guy...

Two-star general in full uniform scowls at shaggy-haired man.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 13

The best day of my life happened 13 years ago today when @rpicado.bsky.social said, "I do," at San Francisco City Hall. Here's to hoping for another 130 wonderful years with my true love and best friend. I love you Tiger Mama.

Man with dark hair wearing a white tux jacket places the ring on the finger of a gorgeous woman in a white dress while the judge who officiated the wedding looks on at San Francisco City Hall on April 13, 2012.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 12

Paperback cover of the novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep “ by Philip K. Dick showing a silver android on a grassy field with sheep.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 7

At least it’s Jazz & Tacos day.

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Apr 2

We are so in the "Well this time it's different" decade. Hearing it about horrible, broken shit all decade long now.

Tall man in a black suit with a white shirt and black tie presenting a silver sphere with blades sticking out of it. Text at the bottom reads, "No, it's not!" (From the film Phantasm II.)

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Mar 25

Screenshot of tweet by Jef Poskanzer with a pic of several turkeys in front of a kung-fu studio in Berkeley. Text reads: “@berkeleyside Oh great, now the turkeys are learning martial arts.”

Bob Calhoun@bobcalhoun· Mar 24

@adamscantwell.bsky.social thought you might need to see The Carvery.