Monthly Archives: September 2006

Not about the Wire, but still topical

Le Petit Lieutenant is playing at the Angelika: it is a film about a woman head-detective in Paris whose struggle with alcoholism reaches a head when she befriends a young lieutenant new to her unit (major crimes) and they investigate … Continue reading

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we interrupt this program

to ponder what, exactly, is accomplished when dudes smooch at you on the street, especially before nine am? When I crossed the street this morning, the sun barely peeking out, this man driving a truck found the energy to not … Continue reading

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Namond is Nicety

Julito McCullum rocks Michel’le and James Blunt, Maestro and EJ: bases covered Someday I shall post something that is not related to The Wire. Which reminds me, Jacob Weisberg has your back.

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more fear and disgrace from god’s country

Democracy fritters.

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TV ON TV

I’m being flip but not fully mendacious when I say they’re the only rock band I care-about care about in 2006. Let them collect accolades. Alternately, D. Letterman is a class-a weirdo.

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tie one on at the old cherry tree

Late last night at the Irish sports bar round the way, Mo, wise beyond her years, gestured into her scotch. “The problem with criticism is that it’s all florid adjectives. No one uses verbs anymore. No one,” she groused, “but … Continue reading

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Barbra Streisand on Bush’s Psyche

From her website, The Songbird gets really real: “In his unfinished authorized memoir of the President, Mickey Herskowitz touched upon the psycho-social reasons relating to Bush’s decision to invade Iraq: a long-standing father and son competition based on feelings of … Continue reading

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Jon Caramanica’s “Baltimore Rap vs. The Wire” in NY Times

I love The Wire so much I’m almost afraid to write about it, for fear I’ll fuck it up: it’s so good — and so tragic — it feels sacred, like Tonantzin and dancing. Jon Caramanica, braver than I, and … Continue reading

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i can’t stop thinking about “blue steel”

CARCETTI FOR MAYOR!

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September 10

Four is the best season yet.

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