Baltimore CityPaper isn’t like DC CityPaper. One gets the impression with all the city has to cope with in terms of unemployment, crime, grit, and staggering infrastructure that there are people there who still believe and still like Baltimore. They don’t want to be defined by “The Wire” alone. Whereas the DC [...]
The Washington Post’s Peeps Show/Contest has become one of my favorite spring traditions. And this year is no exception in terms of creativity and talent. I never thought Peeps were food in the first place. Always left them in my Easter basket. My favorites were the chocolate anything and the colored eggs. [...]
Before there was an “Undercover Black Man,” David Mills was a somewhat mild mannered reporter for The Washington Post who was invited to share in the good fortune of his college friend David Simon on a new television series based on Simon’s book “Homocide.” “Homocide” jump started a new writing career for Mills with [...]
Everyone’s talking about “The Wire” these days, a show that only recently wrapped up its run on HBO. DVD sets are on the shelves ready to buy or ready to fly into your mail box courtesy of Netflix.
Articles and interviews about “The Wire” are all over the place. Here are a few:
Bill Moyers [...]
Having a bit of a brain melt. I accidentally deleted my post about Undercover Blackman (UBM) blogging from New Orleans.
UBM is on the writing team for David Simon’s (creator of “The Wire”) new HBO drama series “Treme” (I haven’t figured out how to add the accent on WordPress yet). “Treme” takes [...]
