David Simon

All the “wellness” products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop

Interesting look at how the same snake oil is marketed to very different audiences.

Trump and Putin’s Rashomon Summit

[T]he establishment of a cybersecurity working group with the two countries is somewhere between a head-scratcher and a punchline.

The Logic of Trump’s Sexist Attacks

The more a woman conforms to traditional gender norms, the more likely she is to experience… See more →

Okay, maybe my previous tweet was half-baked. twitter.com/AoDespair/stat…

When I hear Blind Boys of Alabama’s cover of “Way Down in the Hole” (The Wire, Season 1), I see Bubbles singing it. vimeo.com/150635087

Reading one-star reviews of The Wire on Netflix. “Sad [the cops] end up appearing as ignorant as the criminals, who’s who?”

Just finished season two of Treme. If anyone needs me, I’ll be playing music for the rest of the day.

In case anyone thought there was any justice, I just saw J.D. Williams (aka Preston “Bodie” Broadus) in a FedEx commercial.

Metallica is the Stringer Bell of metal. They wanted out of The Game, but couldn’t figure out how to operate on the outside.

Treme makes me feel like every second of my life spent doing anything other than learning and playing music has been completely wasted.

Remember when I lamented the Wire cast’s lack of good post-Wire work, and some of you recommended the BBC’s Luther? You’re all on notice.

Of course there was nowhere to go but down after The Wire, but it still kills me that the cast’s work since has been so largely innocuous.

Undecided on cereal, I went with some Honey Nut, in honor of my man Omar.

Why are Stringer Bell and Ziggy Sobotka slumming it in Prom Night? Also, why am I watching Prom Night?

Since the two series share subject matter, writers, producers, and many cast members, it’s impossible to talk about The Corner without mentioning its successor, The Wire. While The Wire explores the entire hierarchy of Baltimore’s failed war on drugs, The Corner focuses on one small community’s struggles with addiction and its baggage. The smaller scope gives this series a slower pace and a more easily managed narrative; at times, it almost feels like a stage… See more →

The chance to vigorously shake David Simon's hand may not be in my future, so research has begun for the construction of an effigy hand.

Turning on the DVD player with a heavy heart. The final episode of The Wire awaits.

Just finished Season 3 of The Wire. As with the end of each season, I dread the quickening approach of the final episode.

Very unhappy with Stringer Bell.

Beginning Season 2 of The Wire, feeling fortunate not to have had to watch it according to the dictates of a broadcast schedule.

Just finished Season 1 of The Wire. Really impressed, and looking forward to seeing where it goes in Season 2.

More accustomed to films than TV, whose cruel episodic nature makes it hard not to watch the entire first season of The Wire in one sitting.

ready to try out The Wire after hearing writer David Simon's standard for verisimilitude: "Fuck the average reader. Fuck him to hell."