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The Avon Barksdale Story, Son!

The Avon "Bodie" Barksdale Story trailer, you guys! Man, nothing says GULLY like a cable access-caliber dramatic re-enactment starring a cast that appears to have been hired off of Craigslist. Like, no offense to Mr. Barksdale, and please do have...  CONTINUE READING THE AVON BARKSDALE STORY, SON!»

Posted on January 6, 2010 in (30 comments)
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Where's The Great Interview With David Simon, String? What Happened To The Great Interview With David Simon?

Oh, nevermind, String, I found it. ...  CONTINUE READING WHERE'S THE GREAT INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SIMON, STRING? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GREAT INTERVIEW WITH DAVID SIMON?»

Posted on December 21, 2009 in , (4 comments)
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The 100 Greatest The Wire Quotes

Where the fuck is the 100 greatest The Wire quotes at, String? Huh? Huh? Look at me! Where the fuck is the 100 greatest The Wire quotes?! Oh. Here they are. Nevermind, String!...  CONTINUE READING THE 100 GREATEST THE WIRE QUOTES»

Posted on November 16, 2009 in (30 comments)
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Where Class At, String? How Do I Get To Class?

Harvard University is going to be offering a class about The Wire as a study in American poverty. As if that's going to help anyone take back the towers....  CONTINUE READING WHERE CLASS AT, STRING? HOW DO I GET TO CLASS?»

Posted on October 30, 2009 in (9 comments)
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Where Wallace At, String?

We have been asking the age-old question, "where Wallace at, String?" for years now, and we finally have an answer! He is alive and well and a student at Dillon High School! (Thanks, Matt!)...  CONTINUE READING WHERE WALLACE AT, STRING?»

Posted on October 29, 2009 in (13 comments)
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Videogum Summer School Now In Session

The summer is a time for lots of things. It is the time for beaches, and barbecues, and camping, and swimming, and sunscreen, and for making boring lists of obvious things that everyone already knows. But it is not...  CONTINUE READING VIDEOGUM SUMMER SCHOOL NOW IN SESSION»

Posted on July 16, 2009 in (221 comments)
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Stringer Bell Is A Triple Threat

Criminal, businessman, artist. Stringer Bell's (Idris Elba) new single, "Best That I Can," you guys. Summer jam 2009....  CONTINUE READING STRINGER BELL IS A TRIPLE THREAT»

Posted on May 13, 2009 in (6 comments)
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Yes, That Was Bunny Colvin From The Wire On How I Met Your Mother This Week

It's unlikely that The Wire and How I Met Your Mother share a lot of fans, as superfans of The Wire tend to be the type of people who say "I do not watch sitcoms," so that makes it even...  CONTINUE READING YES, THAT WAS BUNNY COLVIN FROM THE WIRE ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER THIS WEEK»

Posted on April 1, 2009 in , (13 comments)
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We've Got To Rhyme Back The Towers (I Don't Know)

Someone has gone to the trouble of figuring out which rapper is the real life counterpart of every character on The Wire (pretty much. No Beadie. Lady Sov?). The least you could do, literally, is read it....  CONTINUE READING WE'VE GOT TO RHYME BACK THE TOWERS (I DON'T KNOW)»

Posted on February 20, 2009 in , (1 comments)
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We've Got To Take Back "The Pattern" In The High Rises

Wait, Gbenga Akinnagbe, better known as Chris Partlow was on Fringe last night? First Chris Eigeman and now this? We are not going to start watching that show again, but this almost makes us want to start watching that show...  CONTINUE READING WE'VE GOT TO TAKE BACK "THE PATTERN" IN THE HIGH RISES»

Posted on January 28, 2009 in (4 comments)
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The Wire Season 6: Taking On Big Blagojevich

A lot of blogs are passing around this transcript from the Illinois Governor's corruption scandal: Get it? Because "shiiiiiit" is something corrupt politician Clay Davis always used to say on the popular HBO sitcom The Wire. That is funny, but...  CONTINUE READING THE WIRE SEASON 6: TAKING ON BIG BLAGOJEVICH»

Posted on December 10, 2008 in , (7 comments)
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Who's The Cinematographer? Fuzzy Dunlop?

Some cast and crew from The Wire are getting together to film a web series. From the Baltimore Sun blogs: Former cast and crew members of HBO's The Wire are starting production in Baltimore tomorrow on a new Web series,...  CONTINUE READING WHO'S THE CINEMATOGRAPHER? FUZZY DUNLOP?»

Posted on November 20, 2008 in , (3 comments)
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Mr. Prezbo's Class Is In Session

This Huffington Post entry titled What Barack Obama Could Learn From The Wire provides an interesting lens through which to discuss America's drug policies and anti-crime initiatives, but we kind of take issue with sentences like "Obama could take Stringer's...  CONTINUE READING MR. PREZBO'S CLASS IS IN SESSION»

Posted on November 14, 2008 in (2 comments)
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M.I.A. + Blaqstarr + Marlo Stanfield = Regrets Over The Skinny Jeans Trend

When M.I.A. directed this music video for Blaqstarr performing a cover of Tom Wait's "Way Down in the Hole," better known as the theme song to The Wire, all of the scientists were like "Eureeka, we've discovered the formula for...  CONTINUE READING M.I.A. + BLAQSTARR + MARLO STANFIELD = REGRETS OVER THE SKINNY JEANS TREND»

Posted on November 6, 2008 in (3 comments)
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Obama Step To Any Motherfucker, Omar, Barksdale, (McCain,) Whoever

The cast of The Wire will be campaigning for Obama in North Carolina tomorrow. We have no idea how that will help anything, but we have some idea of how awesome it is (very awesome.)...  CONTINUE READING OBAMA STEP TO ANY MOTHERFUCKER, OMAR, BARKSDALE, (MCCAIN,) WHOEVER»

Posted on October 27, 2008 in (3 comments)
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17 Again Is So Many Other Movies It Will Blow Your Mind

There's a new trailer for 17 Again, the movie where Matthew Perry wakes up to find out he's 17 again and Zac Efron. I think it looks kind of potentially funny, thanks to Tom Lennon and Leslie Mann: It's not...  CONTINUE READING 17 AGAIN IS SO MANY OTHER MOVIES IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND»

Posted on October 22, 2008 in (22 comments)
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Free Snoop

Actress Felicia Pearson, who played Snoop on The Wire, has been arrested on minor drug charges. Of course she has. From the New York Times: Court records show Felicia ''Snoop'' Pearson, who played a killer of the same name on...  CONTINUE READING FREE SNOOP»

Posted on August 22, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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The Wire Season 6: Generation Kill

Considering the fact that we're still embroiled in the conflict in Iraq, I think it would be weird to say that I'm "excited" about David Simon's upcoming HBO mini-series Generation Kill. It's based on the true stories of a few...  CONTINUE READING THE WIRE SEASON 6: GENERATION KILL»

Posted on June 27, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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Bootleg Dark Knight Trailer: There Ain't No Nostalgia In This Shit Here

This is going to get taken down any second, but here's a bootleg version of the new Dark Knight trailer, nerds. (via Film Drunk) Wow, that looks terrible. The quality of the video, I mean. Dark Knight looks awesome. Also,...  CONTINUE READING BOOTLEG DARK KNIGHT TRAILER: THERE AIN'T NO NOSTALGIA IN THIS SHIT HERE»

Posted on April 29, 2008 in (1 comments)
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The Wire And Friday Night Lights T-Shirts Are The New Black

Here are two items of clothing that are very real, and are very wanted by me. [buy it for me here] [buy it for me here]...  CONTINUE READING THE WIRE AND FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS T-SHIRTS ARE THE NEW BLACK»

Posted on February 28, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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