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
“I owe him a trip to Chicago and a morning spent in a funny hat and gown.”
A surprise from today’s Chicago Tribune
David Simon pays tribute to a ‘Wire’ fan
It’s not terribly unusual for television writers to form bonds with the people who watch their shows. What David Simon is doing for a “Wire” fan this weekend, however, may be a little unusual.
Simon, the creator of “The Wire,” will be in [...]
Info re David Simon @ DePaul commencement
Thanks to Jim King for info re David Simon’s involvement in the upcoming DePaul commencement activities. Per the DePaul site, the date of the ceremony is June 15. (at the improbable hour of 8:30 a.m.)
For those who may not have been around earlier, here’s the backstory.
HBO has crack
There are some very entertaining wastes of time over on the HBO site. Check out the eye candy at The Wire Season 5 NY Premiere. We’ve seen some of these before, but there are a few new pictures, including a dearly departed character. It’s a slideshow so be sure and hit “Next.” These [...]
More on jury nullification, this time from Pandagon
I’m a day late to catch this post Amanda did on the The Wire, the black hole we call the “the War on Drugs,” and jury nullification. Neither did I see this Time article by Burns, Lehane, Pelecanos, Price and Simon. I’m on my lunch hour without time to flesh any of this out but [...]
David Simon interview on Fresh Air today
Listen on yer radio or here
h/t michaela
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
Simon, New Orleans, and the Davis Rogan connection
First, to set the stage, the standard NuPac head shot. Davis Rogan, Ben Franklin High School yearbook, 1982:
Gus, Omar on NPR’s Fresh Air
Spurred by this comment to Nancy’s newest post, I dug up the recent Terry Gross interviews of Clark Johnson (Gus) on 1/21/08 and Michael K. Williams (Omar) on 1/22/08. I enjoyed them both immensely.
I might also add that these Fresh Air shows (and other NPR offerings) are available as free podcasts on iTunes.
Apropos of angry
As I was stumbling through the links to the links to the links, I read this Rolling Stone interview for the first time.
Yeah, it’s over a year old but there’s not a blogger at this joint that doesn’t think about New Orleans every single day. Indeed, it’s part of the glue that brought this particularly [...]
