"The Wire" on HBO

I can't remember, what movie theater was that scene shot in? maybe Loews White Marsh? I mean I'm assuming, since there are practically zero modern movie theaters in Baltimore city limits anymore (RIP the United Artists on Pratt St.).

on Thursday there was all sorts of Wire shooting business out on Guilford Ave. next to the shopping center w/ 5 Seasons and the Dunkin Donuts I stop at before work. I hate having to drive by too fast to be able to ID anybody. also I found out that some girls I work with used to work at a hotel where JD Williams (Bodie) used to stay and had some funny stories about him.

Coming to HBO: 'The Wire' at The Post

Making a rare screen appearance as itself: The Washington Post. A crew from HBO's "The Wire" spent more than six hours filming in our very own offices Sunday, the first time in anyone's recent memory that a movie or TV show has been allowed to shoot here. (Even "All the President's Men" had to re-create the newsroom on a sound stage, and that one was all about us. Word is that some bosses here are big fans of the gritty Baltimore crime drama.)

The plot of the fifth season (set to air early next year) focuses on the media, with some scenes filmed at the Baltimore Sun; Sunday's shoot involved a reporter interviewing for a job at The Post. Style chief Deb Heard's office played the office of a fictional Post Metro editor. (Note to hard-core fans: Apparently it was all new characters, so, no -- McNulty, Avon and Omar weren't here.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/04/AR2007060402111.html

tell funny bodie stories plz alex thx

I forget Avon's still around. The ending of Season 3 fucked me up!

oh, i dunno if i could re-tell the stories out of context in any entertaining way. mainly they were about his hotel room smelling like weed and him telling the black girl I work with that he'd date her if she wasn't "the wrong color"(?).

the promised return of Avon is a big part of my anticipation for the last season.

i keep thinking Bodie's still around! one of the random extra HBOs we get was showing a season 4 episode very late last night. the one where snoop & chris are asking new york dudes who is young leek.. namond is esp. funny. "Ma, let me build!"

I'm still holding out hope that season 5 will include some kind of absurd fantasy reunion of all of the show's deceased characters like the last episode of Homicide. Bodie and Stringer and D'Angelo (and Snot Boogie!) bullshitting up in heaven.

Let's not get carried away - I'm still hoping that doesn't happen on the Sopranos tonight. Ugh. Shoot one of Phil's lackeys. Just one.

watching s07 of homicide right so thanks for the SPOILER. so far its the worst season, like jump-the-great-white bad

right *now

ugh kenan totally off tm, the tom waits version is decent but is totally outshined by seasons one and three

season 4 weirdo gospel version is so teh best duh

I am a Tom Waits loyalist, apparently. ;)

s1 is best fareal. that shit still drifts into my head at like 3 in the morning.

i haven't seen season 4 so i dont know it

I'm now 5 eps into it, and all I can say is, yannow, ask a friend with pirating skills. It's probably my favorite season, so far.

yeah pretty amazing

dere it is http://www.torrentportal.com/torrents-details.php?id=750930

oh cool, thanks

s4 theme suuuuucked. actually, i like the themes in the exact order they aired (although 1 and 2 are kinda equal to me), so i hope i don't hate the Steve Earle one. I really kicked myself for not asking about or suggesting s5 theme possibilities to the show's music supervisor when I spoke to him briefly a few months ago.

didn't like 4 theme

lots anyway

I like all the themes.

I watched When the Levees Broke before the Wire, so I had this huge flash of recognition when someone recently mentioned to me that Bunk was one of the guys interviewed a ton in WtLB (with no mention of his role on the Wire).

Bodie and Stringer and D'Angelo (and Snot Boogie!) bullshitting up in heaven.

this should be animated in an airbrushed t-shirt style

fanfic t-shirt

http://www.itsablackthang.com/images/Kolongi/HipHopHeaven-by-kolongi.jpg

i think we can fit em in above big pun here

has Boondocks ever referenced The Wire (strip or show)?

my friend rode the subway with andre royo this morning! he's kind of little (5'4"ish).

I ate the same restaurant as Andre Royo and KEITH from Six Feet Under this weekend!

andre is getting around lately.

Apparently the restaurant is co-owned by Royo's wife so all the people there were like "yeah it's Bubbles so what" haha while I'm like sitting there trying to evesdrop on his conversations.

According to his myspace page he's 5'8" but I'm not so sure.

Haha and he sez the restaurant is HIS new restaurant so whatever.

Someone should have invited Adebisi.

Haha if Adebisi had been their I would probably have been too nervous to eat.

andre is getting around lately.

-- lauren, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:50 PM

OK, my mind is so preoccupied with wondering what's going to happen in Season 5 that this comment instantly led me to wonder whether he's been shooting scenes where Bubbles gets clean and experiences the weight gain of a recovering addict.

i read an interview w/him where he was all yeah i do sometimes wish they had chosen a different name aka not that cool to have people always yelling bubbles at you from across the street

well maybe mcnulty doesn't like being called mcnutty either

I named a squirrel that kept looking for food on my patio mcnutty.

also there was a real bubbles

I am so excited for Season 5. Season 4 was my favorite season (next to 2, actually) and I hope they don't shift focus totally away from the kids.

It seemed like they were setting up Michael to be a major character in future eps, which is too bad, cause I thought he was the least interesting of any of the kids. It's Randy that I really want to see more of.

Still watching s4, almost done, but I have to say, Chris killing Michael's stepdad was maybe the most balls-out BRUTAL killing I've ever seen, certainly on television, possibly anywhere. The way Chris gets INTO it. Gives me a shiver.

isn't there a judy blume book where one of the characters decides they want to be called "bubbles"? (but no one does)

other "bubbles" of note:

http://www.hula-la.com/girl_images/bubblesmug.jpg

http://slantmouth.com/articles/smoothCriminal/images/bubbles.jpg

anyways - i'm a little over half way through the 4th season and am enjoying it but not even close to how much i enjoyed the 1st and 3rd seasons.

dear season 5: less children, more wires!

the fourth is really great

brutal but great

the kids are what make season 4 the best!

I really missed watching The Wire when I was in Japan. Now that I'm back, I'll probably go'n' rent season 3 tomorrow.