Greetings.
- Someone posted a rumor that Steve Earle would be performing the "Down in the Hole" official Wire theme song for Season 5. And... the rumors are true. The song won't be commercially released until Sept. 25. If anybody has an in into listening to the song sooner please let me know. I'm still waiting to get my hands on the Season Four version.
I'm not super knowledgeable about Earle's music (though I've always thought "The Revolution Starts Now" would be the perfect campaign song) so I don't know what to expect. I do hope that he doesn't country-fy it too much. He is a great musician, though for a show that the hip-hop community as adopted as its own it's possible that his version might not fly too well given his more down-home style. Politically though, his views are pretty in-tune with what Simon and Burns have said.
- "Night at the Wire," the annual philanthropic event thrown by the actors and producers of the show, happened a few weeks ago. Sounded like they gave away some interesting prizes to people who donated funds.
- Not a whole lot of Wire news I've seen out there. With such a large ensemble cast as the show has, there's always news about what each cast member is up to, which I decide not to post since there's so many cameos and public appearances.
The most interesting thing are all the articles written by people who reference plot events in the show to illuminate current events. Here's a particularly brilliant one that makes a link between the famous "dope on the table" episode from Season One and the crackdown in China recently due to deadly toothpaste. The gist: by cracking down on a problem through showy plant closures, you don't really solve the problem. The problem is much deeper and thus the solutions must go much deeper.
"The Wire" may not be a commercial success but it's influence among the intellegentsia in this country and beyond is profound and should not be underestimated. Lots of journalists reference "Hamsterdam" for example when talking about the War on Drugs and practical social experiments. It's one of the legacies of this show.
- Someone posted a rumor that Steve Earle would be performing the "Down in the Hole" official Wire theme song for Season 5. And... the rumors are true. The song won't be commercially released until Sept. 25. If anybody has an in into listening to the song sooner please let me know. I'm still waiting to get my hands on the Season Four version.
I'm not super knowledgeable about Earle's music (though I've always thought "The Revolution Starts Now" would be the perfect campaign song) so I don't know what to expect. I do hope that he doesn't country-fy it too much. He is a great musician, though for a show that the hip-hop community as adopted as its own it's possible that his version might not fly too well given his more down-home style. Politically though, his views are pretty in-tune with what Simon and Burns have said.
- "Night at the Wire," the annual philanthropic event thrown by the actors and producers of the show, happened a few weeks ago. Sounded like they gave away some interesting prizes to people who donated funds.
- Not a whole lot of Wire news I've seen out there. With such a large ensemble cast as the show has, there's always news about what each cast member is up to, which I decide not to post since there's so many cameos and public appearances.
The most interesting thing are all the articles written by people who reference plot events in the show to illuminate current events. Here's a particularly brilliant one that makes a link between the famous "dope on the table" episode from Season One and the crackdown in China recently due to deadly toothpaste. The gist: by cracking down on a problem through showy plant closures, you don't really solve the problem. The problem is much deeper and thus the solutions must go much deeper.
"The Wire" may not be a commercial success but it's influence among the intellegentsia in this country and beyond is profound and should not be underestimated. Lots of journalists reference "Hamsterdam" for example when talking about the War on Drugs and practical social experiments. It's one of the legacies of this show.
posted by Andy Sywak at 9:11 PM
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I was watching the BET awards show and caught a glimpse of Felicia "Snoop" Pearson in the audience. She's always looking cute and gangsta!
Anyway, I wanted to check out more pictures of her and some of the other cast members. If you don't already know,check out Gettyimages at the link below. You can see all the latest pictures of your favorite Wire characters or any celebrities for that matter.
Just type their name in the above left hand search box.
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx
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