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The Wire

jonsernine wrote 6 days ago: Best serie ever olması Galatasaray’ın en iyi takım olması gibi bişi ama çoğu diziye el atmış b … more →

Tags: Entertainment, dizi

Alan Sepinwall, NJ TV critic and master of "The Wire" (SPOILERS)

readjack wrote 1 week ago: “Got to. This America man.” —Snot Boogie’s friend Valchek v. Sobotka. Who kn … more →

Tags: Alan Sepinwall, Avon Barksdale, Beadie Russell, bubbles, bunk moreland, Dangelo Barksdale, Dennis Lehane, Ed Burns, frank sobotka

Anthology of McSweeny's Funny Women

insidelit wrote 1 week ago: For your weekend reading pleasure, here’s a gender-specific, curated Rumpus essay by Elissa … more →

Tags: Elissa Bassist, Rumpus, Christopher Hitchens, jason boog, Galleycat, McSweenys Internet Tendency

David Simon Feature

petergeoghegan wrote 2 weeks ago: Irish Examiner, 06/06/09 My interview with the creator of The Wire when he was in Belfast for the Ha … more →

Tags: The Corner, Belfast

My Edinburgh International Book Festival picks2 comments

yasminsul wrote 2 weeks ago: I know it’s been nearly a week since this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival p … more →

Tags: Edinburgh International Book Festival, Literature, Charlotte Square, Ian Rankin, Neil Gaiman, Ruth Padel

Book Review: Clockers1 comment

Tim Weaver wrote 2 weeks ago: You should throw out your television set. Your life will be enriched in more ways than you can possi … more →

Tags: American letters, look upon me i'll show you the life of the mind, Literature, richard price, Writing Fiction, The Wire HBO, American Literature, Book Reviews, Character Development

Most Important Black TV Shows - #15 The Wire

malikaziz wrote 2 weeks ago:   The Wire aired for five seasons on HBO.  The main character of the show was the city of Baltimore … more →

Tags: 25 MIF & TV, inspirations, WIRE

Insider's critique of newspaper industry decline

Brian Johnson wrote 3 weeks ago: There was a great talk on C-Span several days ago by David Simon, a former newspaper reporter who is … more →

Tags: media, c-span, National Press Club

Podcast alert

stevenhartwriter wrote 3 weeks ago: The podcast series Writing Excuses is the next best thing to having a bunch of writer friends who ar … more →

Tags: The Reading Life, the writing life, The Wire, writing excuses, The Corner

David Simon on the newspaper situation1 comment

elainemeyer wrote 3 weeks ago: It is hard to go into journalism today, for the obvious reason that jobs at newspapers have been los … more →

Tags: Journalism

The Future of (Chicago) Journalism - Part V - Five Key Meetings

stevesewall wrote 3 weeks ago: June 13 11am. Reading up yesterday and pondering the journalistic rush to monetize content, I found … more →

Tags: Future of Journalism, Steve Coll, monetizing content, Public Interest, Chicago Future Media Conference, Arianna Huffington, Knight Foudation, Alberto Ibargüen, Knight Foundation

all the pieces matter: apuntes sobre the wire24 comments

mauroforever wrote 1 month ago: 1. sobre aviso no hay engaño. las amplias coordenadas por las que navegará the wire a lo largo de … more →

Tags: Lo mejor de la década, Series de T.v., Bunk, mauricio gonzález lara, OMAR, The Wire

"I'm a police."2 comments

Mark Athitakis wrote 1 month ago: Since February the Guardian’s TV blog, Organ Grinder, has been hosting a nerd-out about The Wi … more →

Tags: John Updike

Conan O'Brien...Kind of a Dick?3 comments

screengrabx wrote 1 month ago: I don’t want to think of ill of Conan O’Brien, since it takes away valuable hate energy better spen … more →

Tags: Andrew Osborne, Conan O'Brien, harvard lampoon, John Edwards, Michael Bay, The Wire, transformers, William Shatner, wong kar wai

Back to the Future of Journalism by David Arthur walters

heliumsagas wrote 1 month ago: BACK TO THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM By David Arthur Walters Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, Chairman … more →

Tags: Boston Globe, helium.com, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, senatory kerry, web2-0

'A neighbor with a garden hose and good intentions is not a citizen firefighter'

mysteriouseast wrote 1 month ago: David Simon, the former Baltimore newspaperman and creator of The Wire, recently testified before a … more →

Tags: Newspapers, Globe and Mail, media, The Wire

Meeting a legend!3 comments

stunoble wrote 1 month ago: As previously mentioned the creator of The Wire David Simon was in Belfast last night. I have been … more →

Tags: Belfast, The Wire

Immodesty Blaize at The Hay Festival4 comments

dollydaydream wrote 1 month ago: So this weekend we had a beautiful weekend in Hay for the book festival. We went on Saturday, arriv … more →

Tags: General Chatter, 1940s, 1950s, A C Grayling, Alain de Botton, bathing suit, Books, burlesque, gloves

McNulty's Progress: On The Uniqueness of "The Wire"13 comments

danhartland wrote 1 month ago: Ed Burns, David Simon and George Pelecanos I’ve just finished watching the fifth season of Dav … more →

Tags: Television, adam roberts, David Milch, deadwood, HBO, The Wire


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