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so let's talk about the pigeons instead!!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 22 October 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

the only thing i could find was this, a free excerpt from an article in the baltimore sun, oct. 18, 1998, by carl schoettler -

Pondering the great homing pigeon panic
Is it microwaves? Cell phones? Pigeon lovers' minds are racing over just what might be causing their formerly unerring birds to fly the coop.
The Hamilton racing pigeon flyers have lost plenty of pigeons this year. But they're not alone. The whole country began hearing about roaming homing pigeons a few weeks back, when Philadelphia area clubs suffered the sensational and mysterious loss of some 1,600 of 2,200 racing pigeons launched in Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
[John] Butler's big rumble theory is no more far-fetched than most of the theories as to why the pigeons' usually precise homing systems are going awry. Butler, a retired printer who's been racing pigeons since he was a boy, thinks the birds may be telling us something, their erratic behavior a kind of early warning system.
Sleek racing pigeons should not be confused with the scruffy "rats with wings" that beg for food in the street. These are elegant, intelligent, highly trained and conditioned, and sometimes quite expensive birds. Not long ago a Taiwanese syndicate paid $1 million for a single male bird, according to Tom Erskine, a Hamilton club flyer who is chief copy editor for the nationally prestigious Racing Pigeon Digest. The million-dollar pigeon won't be racing anymore, but he'll get a $5,000 stud fee each time he mates.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 22 October 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

NEW BREED PIGEON SUPPLY

415 NORTH PACA ST
21201 BALTIMORE
MD UNITED STATES

Phone. 001 (410) 962-0330
Fax 001 (508) 992-9398

― am0n (am0n), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:01 (nineteen years ago)

i finished the season too and kinda find the whole Dookie getting hired by CompUSA a bit corny

― am0n (am0n), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

Yabbut Carver getting Randy work as a croupier in Atlantic City was genius.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:24 (nineteen years ago)

i found the bubbles cleans up and opens 50,000 sq ft "Bubble's Depo" story-line a bit implausible, if inspiring.

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Sunday, 22 October 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

OK guys but i'm serious about the pigeons.

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Sunday, 22 October 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

i always want to stop into new breed pigeon supply on my lunch break

― bo janglin (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

SCHPOILARZ!

Who did that version of "Walk on Gilded Splinters"? I was thinking maybe Steve Earle since he was hanging around for the finale, but don't find it at Allmusic. The likeliest candidate I see there is Duane Allman, does anyone know if that's correct?

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

haha the fake spoilers are freaking me out so much that I think I just decided not to read this thread for the next 2 months

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Fake spoilers?

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 22 October 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

things I've learned today: Bunny's second-in-command was Tom Pellegrini, one of the cops Simon followed for Homicide. That's almost as cool as the Deacon being a former drug kingpin.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

not Pellegrini, Jay Landsman, the detective-sergeant

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

Why are the kids trying to catch pigeons in the beginning? Why does Marlow keep pigeons?

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:29 (nineteen years ago)

Are you serious?

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

(psst 'Marlo')

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

YES I'M SERIOUS OK MAYBE I NODDED OFF DURING ONE OR TWO EPISODES

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

it's a hobby people do it all over

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

And some pigeons are valuable to those who keep and breed them - pure-white, I guess? Or those descended from homing pigeons.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

Marlo keeps pigeons because that is the only way to communicate with Ghost Dog.

― Paul Eater (eater), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

i almost said that

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

me three

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

Sergeant Jay Landsman Played By Delaney Williams

Lieutenant Dennis Mello Played By Jay Landsman

is this what yr takling abt milo

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah. Landsman #2 is the detective-sarge you meet in the opening pages of Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets.

ps don't buy the mass-market paperback of Homicide, the printing runs too close to the binding (like a lot of mass-markets). I'm going to shell out $15 for the new trade paperback tonight.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

wtf why you make me so fat!
uh, sorry... wanna be on the show?

...ok

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

and Detective Ed Norris (tall, bald guy often eating donuts) is a former Deputy Ops and Commissioner for Balt. City Police.

― milo z (mlp), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

theres a Gov. Bob Ehrlich cameo too

― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Detective Edward Norris Played By Ed Norris

and that public health advocate who was in the meetings with the mayor et al, after they found out about bunny's dastardly plan, was the former mayor of baltimore who got slapped for his flirtations with decriminalization (the most dangerous man in america!).

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

xxpost - dude thats right! iirc ed norris is the guy that got nailed awhile back for corruption and did time for it

― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

Former Baltimore police commissioner Ed Norris, who was convicted in 2004 on federal tax and public corruption charges, plans to seek a presidential pardon that would allow him to work in law enforcement again.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=938577&sidelines=1

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

he's got a radio show but i've never heard it

― am0n (am0n), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

Giving Sonny Perdue a run for his money, Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich has gone Hollywood. The Guv has a small role as a Statehouse security guard on an upcoming episode of the HBO series "The Wire"

http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/2006/07/ehrliching_the_.html

― jhoshea megafauna (scoopsnoodle), Wednesday, 25 October 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I was gonna say, Norris is hardly "just an ex-cop," he's the disgraced former commissioner who has a radio show on the station HFS was moved to (I'm pretty sure he was on the 1st season of The Wire, before all that shit went down, and for some reason I think it's kind of cool that the show has stuck with him and actually given him a bigger role). his show is actually pretty decent, he's a good radio personality. I'm not sure if his co-hosts are still the morning zoo crew guys whose contracts hadn't expired yet when he was hired but that made for a weird dynamic.

― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 26 October 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

i want to see the little kid that was going OFF on the 'chz faced bitch' when colvin walked back into the room get a storyline.

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

also that computer startup music and the look on dookie and prezbo's faces was beautiful, pure hallmark

― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 26 October 2006 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

Am I the only one who thinks that they are missing the painfully obvious in not doing a music montage with Nina Simone's "Baltimore." Maybe they're saving it for the finale?

Also, not so much Pelecanos writing this season. Although, you can feel his influence. Later in the season?

― one six oh (one six oh), Thursday, 26 October 2006 04:06 (nineteen years ago)

Can't wait anymore; for those who are finished with the season and want to talk meet me in spoilerville

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Thursday, 26 October 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

Am I the only one who hasn't fast-forwarded?

Snoop was in the Times

Snoop and Chris: television's cuddliest couple?

― Paul Eater (eater), Monday, 30 October 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=granderson/061116

Black atheletes weigh in on the Wire in general and Omar in particular.

― It's the lazy and immoral way to become super hip. (Austin, Still), Monday, 20 November 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

holy shit

so good; SO SO good

― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

Is this show done? Like, was last season the final one or do we have more to look forward to?

― B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Sunday, 7 January 2007 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

One more season.

― milo z (mlp), Sunday, 7 January 2007 19:31 (nineteen years ago)

i want to see the little kid that was going OFF on the 'chz faced bitch' when colvin walked back into the room get a storyline.

hahahah

― am0n (am0n), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

have you just come to it, cozen?

― benrique (Enrique), Monday, 8 January 2007 09:14 (nineteen years ago)

That is good news indeed. This is easily my favorite show on television.

― B.L.A.M. (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Monday, 8 January 2007 14:03 (nineteen years ago)

yup; watched first series through, up to the finale, over the past weekend

am... not flabbergasted as to its quality, but certainly taken back... uncompromising is often an ill-judged way to describe a tv show but wd stake tht it fits here... the attention to, observance of, the formalities of policing and the legal requirements is stunning

a lot of the acting is stunning (w.poss exception of mcnulty who sometimes sounds a bit cereal-box american)

it is VERY good when for some reason I wasn't sure it would be

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 8 January 2007 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

(w.poss exception of mcnulty who sometimes sounds a bit cereal-box american)

he is from sheffield!

i just got into it in the autumn, am up to end of s02. i sort of remember some noise when it came out but at that point i was dubious too, not sure why, probabyl similar reasons to tracey hand. david simon on the commentary is very... uh, high-minded, and i feel easier with, say, 'the shield'.

but mind is now blown and i join the chorus saying it's the best thing ever. i think watching one a week would be a difficult memory test -- seeing it on dvd quite quickly probably makes it 'easier'.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 10:33 (nineteen years ago)

It's arriving in the UK in January, finally, on FX, which I don't think I have ever watched.
-- Martin Skidmore (lonewolf.cu...), December 21st, 2004.

goddammn i didn't know it was so recent that it came o'er here.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 10:43 (nineteen years ago)

tomorrow is the start of rerun on BET here in the states. all the DC city buses have The Wire ads on them right now

― dar1a g (daria g), Tuesday, 9 January 2007 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

stringer is english??!!!!!????!!!!????

his mindboggling first role:

"2point4 Children" .... Parachute Instructor (1 episode, 1994)
- Fortuosity (1994) TV Episode .... Parachute Instructor

damn.

― the original hauntology blogging crew (Enrique), Wednesday, 10 January 2007 10:54 (nineteen years ago)

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