The video from the DePaul University College of Communication commencement has been posted. David Simon’s introduction and remarks start at about the 27 minute mark.
Thanks again to Jim King for keeping on top of this for us.
More about Simon’s decision to speak at the ceremony here and here.
Simon’s tribute to Ashley: video now up
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 [...]
A Lie Agreed Upon
Spoilers for the latest, beneath.
Slate uber alles
Goldberg and Plotz know more about The Wire than you do. Don’t believe me? Just ask them.
Better yet, ask Mr. Simon.
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.
Wire mirroring reality #n: Ray Nagin acts like Clay Davis
WWL TV did a piece on Ray Nagin Thursday night about his schedule. What was he doing with his time, was he in Jamaica most of the year, were his kids in Houston, and so on.
Typical FOIA journalism.Only thing, See-Ray went coocoo for Cocoa Puffs. He went ballistic, he went off his meds, he lost [...]
No, Athenae didn’t quit
In case you’re wondering…
Nor have we got her locked up in a vacant somewhere. She’s just very busy lately being famous and dealing with the release of her new book, It Doesn’t End with Us, the Story of the Daily Cardinal. (Available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Heritage Books)
More here about scheduled [...]
Best Dramatic Series
The Wire has been awarded Best Dramatic Series honors by the Writers Guild of America. The 2008 WGA awards were announced yesterday:
DRAMATIC SERIES
THE WIRE, Written by Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, William F. Zorzi; HBO
Send Bill O’ to B’More
His head would explode.
Just tell us where this bridge is.
Oy.
“Like the boys in so many cities”
NOT AN ENDORSEMENT, merely an observation.
Clip from near the end of Obama’s speech last night. Knowing that The Wire is his favorite show, did anyone else ponder a connection here? Not that it matters, because the story about those boys in the street is true no matter where you go, but does anyone know if [...]
