This was the week that Iceman met Riverbend and Chaffin and that other whiskey tango piece of shit met an actual female soldier. “Concertina bush” — jeez, what a pig. I was so repulsed by that, not the least by the writer’s co-yuks with his new homies. Seeing as how this is an all-girl blog, [...]
The grooming standard.
During my final days in the newspaper business, the editor of my tiny (and getting tinier by the quarter) p.m. daily had the idea to send someone to Afghanistan. As our paper was not the sort to keep a foreign bureau, the hook was the time-honored “follow some local troops” angle. The only problem is, [...]
The Co-Prosperity Sphere.
In all the excitement of wrapping up OUR REASON FOR LIVING THESE PAST TEN WEEKS OH DESPAIR OH KILL ME NOW, let’s not forget one little detail: Laura Lippman, whose New York Times obituary will note how she appeared to have been “stuck in cement” for her Wire cameo, has a new book out today.
“Another [...]
Attitude problems.
You know what I like about Roger Ebert’s movie criticism? He likes movies. Really. He shares a trait with the best pop-culture critics I’ve known through the years: He walks into every movie with an open mind and open heart, expecting to be entertained. Overwhelming experience has taught him he’s as likely to be disappointed [...]
Did somebody say…Dickensian?
You better know what you’re talking about when you talk to David Simon, or you’re going to get skooled:
After watching Simon lead a lively talk at USC about the relationship between journalism and the public, a fresh-faced young man in rumpled khakis started speaking to Simon about the “Machiavellian” nature of a few of this [...]
Wire mirroring reality #739: Templeton works at the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel
Nancy’s too modest to post this up here, but she has done Gus-like yeoman work, and has found that Tim Goeglein, White House Public Liaison officer and Karl Rove gopher, is a stone cold red-handed plagiarist.
Look for the chatter to come down from Romenesko today like wild.
Kudos to Nancy. Kudos to Gus.
Update: Tim Goeglein resigns.
I need to lie down.
Didn’t write much last week, I know. I watch my Wire On Demand, spend the week thinking about it, then post something after you proles without superpremium cable get caught up. And as you know, the new episode goes up a mere two hours after the last one airs for the first time.
And after watching [...]
Loose lips.
You people are ignoring the 900-pound gorilla: Who leaked the grand jury documents? This is key, I think. Grand jury secrecy is serious stuff, and while it’s breached all the time, it’s usually by an involved lawyer to a journalist or some other party with a vested interest in making the secret public. (Hello, BALCO.) [...]
CSI: Baltimore, et al.
Forget how he feels about the Baltimore Sun. David Simon hates “CSI.” This whole season is like a backhanded bitch-slap to Team Bruckheimer. I like how the titillation of the mythical serial killer — he makes phone calls! he taunts! — runs headlong into cruel reality when Bunk and Kima visit the crime lab and [...]
Some-a that pepper steak.
David Mills is taking credit for co-writing episode five, so I’m giving him credit for the gleeful cannonball into the racial-politics pool last night. Not to take anything away from Our Hero — and I’ll be switched if I find out later that co-writer David Simon came up with the scenes I’m about to mention [...]
