The Smoking Section: If Rappers Were Characters From The Wire
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The Smoking Section has become total listmania lately, and we’ve enjoyed quite a few, but our favorite so far has to be their character-by-character rundown of The Wire if it were cast with rappers, or vice versa. We might not have gone with Asher Roth for McNulty, but we like TSS’ justification: “White, perpetually drunk and perfectly okay with it.” Plus, we obsessed over the show ourselves a few years ago in the Listening In interview series with The Wire’s creators and castmembers, so we understand how these things happen. Read the whole post here.
The Wire: The Complete Series (OMMFG)
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Now understand that we love The Wire and we’ve seen every episode multiple times and we have no problem finding a reason to get deep into its intricacies and brilliance, but we’re still majorly excited to have this collection of all five seasons of this masterful television show in one DVD box set. And now we no longer have to harass our friends who “borrow” our individual season collections for months at a time. Winter vacation cannot come soon enough. We’re going in.
Video: M.I.A. + Blaqstarr, “Way Down in the Hole”
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Since we heard that M.I.A. and Blaqstarr were doing a Baltimore-influenced cover of “Way Down in the Hole,” the opening theme from The Wire, we were a little skeptical. After hearing the original blast out of our TV in various iterations for five consecutive seasons we were sure we’d had enough versions of the song. It turns out we were totally wrong! If you haven’t voted yet, go vote, then come back and watch a Youtube video of M.I.A. filming herself watching a cut of the video on her computer. (Via Nick Catchdubs)
HBO & The FADER Let You Get A Piece Of The Wire On Ebay
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We recently celebrated the final season of everyone’s favorite drug drama The Wire with HBO and some of the series’ biggest fans in New York and Baltimore. The Backyard Band, Rod Lee and Diablo provided the sounds, and Slim Charles even took the stage to spit the real. It was lots of fun, but more importantly it included an auction of Wire paraphernalia that will benefit the Ella Thompson Fund, which supports programs that provide recreation to kids in Baltimore’s inner city neighborhoods, as well as programs that connect children with the natural environment. The auction has now been extended to Ebay, where you can bid on signed copies of each season on dvd, Jeff Staple produced sweatshirts designed by Marz, Clot, Techvector, William Caprio and Romeorex and signed by celebrity Wire fans, and signed posters and soundtracks. That’s a lot of signatures and a lot of money that could go to a good cause. Check the auction here and definitely, definitely watch the show every Sunday night on HBO. More pics from the NYC party after the jump.
Video: The Wire In Four Minutes
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Every season of The Wire could go on forever and we would not be mad, so obviously a four minute recap doesn’t quite do the show justice, but as a refresher course it’s not bad. Dudes, could it be the best four minute catch-up ever?
Video: The Wire Season 5 Preview
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Continue to nerd out with us over every bit of info that comes out regarding The Wire Season 5 with this new behind-the-scenes teaser which includes brief, obvious, but definitive statements from David Simon and some of the actors.
