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John Waters on Baltimore: “It’s Where the Cutest Boys Are”
In an interview with John Waters published last week on the Huffington Post, the questioner asks the famously filthy filmmaker why he “still” lives in Baltimore. (Hmmph!) But Waters’s answer is great:...
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Will a Character from ‘The Wire’ Haunt O’Malley’s Run in 2016?
Gov. Tommy Carcetti Gov. Martin O’Malley, who would like to be president in 2016, has little name recognition in many parts of the country, but TV connoisseurs are already familiar with a fictional...
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A Tale of Two Cities: Cherry Hill and Roland Park
University of Baltimore Asst. Prof. and Bohemian Rhapsody Columnist Marion Winik observes heartache and healing in a city with the exact same name as her own. Along with my E-Z Pass, a parking card...
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The Stars of the Wire: Where Are They Now?
The Daily Beast just compiled a “The Wire Stars: Where Are They Now?” slideshow. (They neglect to mention the late Robert Chew, aka Prop Joe, who died earlier this year.) We here at Baltimore...
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Where Did the Wire Cast and Crew Like to Hang Out in Baltimore?
David Simon with cast members from The Wire. Photo courtesy the Marc Steiner Show. Slate just ran an excerpt from Brett Martin’s Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The...
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Pigtown Design: Talk Talk
I was asked by one of my old schools to give a talk in October. The school, Roland Park Country School, has a continuing education program called Kaleidoscope which has a wide range of courses. As...
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Variety Looks at Baltimore as Stand-In for DC
Photo via Variety The media interpretation of Baltimore hasn’t always been flattering (or accurate). This Variety article, irritatingly titled House of Cards: Spicy Locales at Lo-Cal Costs helps...
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Artist Turns Each Episode of ‘The Wire’ into a Beautiful Typographic Poster
Season 2 Episode 2, via wireposterproject.com In case you wanted to lose yourself on the Internet for a little while, take a moment (okay, several) to scroll through these gorgeous Wire posters...
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Baltimore’s Police Commissioner Hasn’t Watched The Wire
Baltimore’s police commissioner, Anthony Batts, took to Twitter yesterday afternoon to do a virtual meet-and-greet with his constituents. A number of interesting things happened, including one that...
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Bon Secours Cleans & Greens The Wire
“Oh yeah, I loved the The Wire.” The young sales guy at Stirling Castle in Scotland said that to me this summer when I shared that we were visiting from Baltimore. As I left the shop, I immediately...
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Mayor SRB Talks to Johns Hopkins “Wire” Class
Back when he was mayor, Martin O’Malley was decidedly not a fan of The Wire. His successor, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, may not have ever watched a single episode of the acclaimed HBO drama, but...
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SNL Imagines “The Wire” Set in Brooklyn, And It’s Hilarious
Has anyone else been noticing how Saturday Night Live has totally been killing it these days? That Serial parody was hilarious; now the show has decided to tackle The Wire and New York hipsters in the...
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Time: “What Baltimore Can Teach Us About the World”
Photo by Howard Smith, via Flickr Hmmm. Having to teach the world about, well, the world is a pretty hefty burden. But if Time Magazine thinks Baltimore is up to it, who are we to deny them? In a...
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Here Come the Clay Davis Bobbleheads
via Isiah Whitlock Jr/Kickstarter Isiah Whitlock, Jr. can only say “sheeeeeeeee-it!” so many times. So, he wants to make a talking bobblehead to double the possibilities. Whitlock, who made the phrase...
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How The Wire Derived Inspiration from Actual Corrupt Baltimore Politicians
The Wire has been off the air for seven years now, but judging from the number of thinkpieces, nostalgiapieces, and regular old pieces devoted to it, devoted viewers still miss it acutely.But even...
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Was “The Wire” TOO Accurate?
You’ve probably heard about the recent revelations that Baltimore Police has used a high-tech form of cell phone surveillance thousands of times over the past eight years. The story was all over the...
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From “Wire” Extra to “Mad Scientist of Baltimore”
A rendering of one of the ultra-green cars that Simeto hopes to build, via Rolling Stone In Rolling Stone this week, Matt Taibbi profiles Kato Simeto, a man he calls “the mad scientist of Baltimore.”...
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‘The Wire’ Cast Getting Set for Reunion During Artscape
Omar Little, Bubbles, Bunk and Slim Charles will be back in Baltimore this weekend. The cast of The Wire is set for a reunion on Saturday afternoon in the midst of Artscape. At least 16 members of the...
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David Simon Wants You to Stop Using The Wire to Explain Baltimore
David Simon with cast members from The Wire. Photo courtesy the Marc Steiner Show. When the national media discusses Baltimore’s issues–whether it’s political corruption or violent police tactics or...
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Yep, That Was Mike Tyson in That Baltimore-Area Super Bowl Commercial
Not every viewer was lucky enough to see the Mike Tyson ad during last weekend’s Super Bowl game. Only viewers in a handful of East Coast states–including Maryland, naturally– got to see Tyson and his...
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