Well, I missed mentioning the 10th anniversary of the premiere of the greatest American television show that ever aired (that should have been mentioned on June 2nd), but there's been a small resurgence of The Wire bits and news the last few weeks to keep the show in our minds.
First off, Michael K. Williams ("Omar") got some of his old friends together to make this funny piece for Funny of Die (which didn't have an embed code for Blogger, 'cause, you know: Blogger is Old School). It's called "The Wire: The Musical", and it's pretty great. I should probably note there's a spoiler in here from season five, but there are plenty of things that didn't happen in the series the way they are shown here, so it probably won't hurt you to watch. (Of course, if you haven't seen the show yet, it will be funny, but not really funny.)
Here's the link:
The Wire: The Musical
Secondly, Maxim Magazine did a wonderful article about The Wire recently for its tenth anniversary that can be found here. This one has lots of spoilers about the show, so you should probably stay away if you haven't watched it and plan to.
I was a very early subscriber to the mag, but stopped getting it years ago as it became a male Cosmo, but if they are doing pieces like this, I'm going to have to give it another shot.
Finally: if you haven't seen the show before, I'll recommend-- again-- that you do. It's easier to find than ever. HBO OnDemand (on Charter at least) has been keeping it in rotation, HBO GO has it from what I hear, the DVD seasons have been on sale more and more ($17 at Best Buy recently), or check them out from your local library (both systems I frequent has them available; yours might too).
It will challenge you-- but it's completely worth it. Give it a few episodes to burrow in your brain, and you'll find you can't stop watching the rest.
But I've written about it before in this blog, so click on this link if you need more convincing.
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