If you’re a fan of The Wire (and really, you should be) then prepare for some cognitive dissonance, as you watch and listen to Jimmy McNulty, or rather Dominic West the actor that portrays him, read from one of the few dirty books that snuck into the canon of classical literature. In his actual accent.
Tag: the wire
Two Americas
David Simon, the man behind The Wire, had an interesting piece in the Guardian earlier this week, where he helps the British look at the way the idea of “the American experience” is essentially a non-sensical term, as there are now (at least) two distinct Americas. As usual, Baltimore is his lens, and he has the ability to sharpen the… Read more →
More on The Wire
Apparently if I had been paying more attention to some of my sources, I could have taken advantage of being in Boston for work to pop into a lengthy panel at Harvard’s Institute of Politics last night on the topic: The HBO Series The Wire – A Compelling Portrayal of an American City. (Well, if I had been paying more… Read more →
Monday Miscellany
It’s really a miscellany today. I was half-tempted to title this 88 lines about 44 links, and maybe even do it in some kind of poetic structure, but fortunately a combination of laziness and good sense prevailed. Nice to see that former local (and HGPA-member) Brian O’Malley‘s movie deal is actually happening–at least leads are being cast and a start… Read more →
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
The Wire has ended. And ended well. And hey, stories that don’t end, ultimately don’t mean anything. I’ll miss the show, but there’s nothing sad about five years of making God Damned Art. And with this in their portfolio, I suspect that many of the creators involved (writers, cast, etc.) will have more opportunities going forward to make more of… Read more →
En Passant
I’ve got a three-year-old arriving in half an hour, and I’ve got a remote controlled car that I’ve just assembled, so I don’t have a lot of time for blogging today. Let’s see how many of my 20 or so “quickies” I can get through, in passing, before she gets home… Recent experiments with Hemmingway‘s recipe for Death In The… Read more →
For Fans of The Wire (and the morbidly curious)
I was fascinated to learn that the real Baltimore Sun has an interactive page/Google Maps application that shows the location of murders, and allows you to filter by age, race, gender, cause of death, and whether or not there was an article about the murder. (It also allows you to filter by district which is helpful for fans of The… Read more →
For the discerning individual
If you are a fan of Tom Waits, or of the fine television program The Wire, you will thank me for this. First, go to the Kronos Quartet page. Over at the left, click on the “Kronos Quartet plays Sigur Ros” graphic. This will popup a window with a Quicktime player in it. It will be playing Flugufrelsarinn by default.… Read more →
