The cast of the Wire answer that age-old question…
… who would win in a fight betweeen a minotaur with a trident and a centaur with a crossbow?. “Why are you asking? Are you with classical dot com or something?”
Tom Waits’ dog food commercial
Tom Waits famously protects his ’sound’ from being used in commercials, having successfully sued Doritos for using a Tom Waits impersonator in one of their commercials. Now, over at boingboing, they’ve got the one commercial he did allow his name on - a dog food commercial.Oh, Tom :(
Trailer for Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure
Via kottke, something I’ve been looking forward to for a long time: the trailer for Errol Morris’ new film, Standard Operating Procedure.
Almost there…
Bill Hicks:
Yeah so I have a show debuting this fall and, no, it’s not a talk show. Nope it’s a half hour show entitled ‘Let’s hunt and kill Billy Ray Cyrus.’
Trivia for TV show “Knights of Prosperity”
The show was sold to the network on the basis of the hypothetical title “Let’s rob Jeff Goldblum.” [...]
‘The Wire’ Finale’s Montage: A Shot-by-Shot Commentary — New York Magazine
Nice collection of shots - I never even spotted the Bodie / Lex graffiti
‘The Wire’: One Last Long, Boozy Irish Wake for David Simon?s Accidental Masterpiece — New York Magazine
Even in flat text, Landsman’s ‘eulogy’ for McNulty manages to bring a tear to my eye. That shit is powerful.
What’s Alan Watching?: The Wire: David Simon Q & A
Looooooooong interview with David Simon, creator of the Wire
Alternate Ending to “I Am Legend”
Now why didn’t they use this one in the cinema release? It’s much closer to the book and isn’t head-smackingly dumb.
