The Wire

By Jason Kottke Free Philip Glass mp3s orig. from Oct 27, 2009 Complete DVD set of The Wire on sale for $82 orig. from Jan 22, 2009 One-handed computing with the iPhone orig. from Oct 29, 2009 Bang Bang Diet iPhone app orig. from Aug 20, 2009

By jason@kottke.org Almost 4000 people have taken the best show on TV poll so now is a good time to take a look at the results. Here are the top five: The Wire: 16% The Simpsons: 8% Seinfeld: 7% Arrested Development: 7% The West Wing: 6% Thanks to everyone who voted.

By jason@kottke.org Yanksfan vs. Soxfan views The Wire through the lens of Baltimore sports. Assorted other articles that I'll leave unexcerpted: AV Club interview with Simon, final episode recap from Thoughts on Stuff, and a letter on HBO's site from David Simon to the fans of the show.

By jason@kottke.org How are they going to wrap this up? I don't care what happens to Carcetti or McNulty or Freamon or Daniels and we're obviously going to get some sort of closure on either Omar or Marlo, but if they leave the Dukie, Bubs, and Michael threads significantly hanging, I'm gonna be pissed. (Predict...

Found while browsing HBO OnDemand last night: the first 4 episodes of The Sopranos and the entire season 3 of The Wire. Go nuts. (link)

JT: In Reading Comics, you write "The blessing and the curse of comics as a medium is that there is such a thing as 'comics culture.'" It's unfair to ask, but can you give a shorter summary of this than you give in this chapter of your book ("What's Good About Bad Comics and What's Bad About Good C...