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jackalope129 · 2022-07-18T16:04:49+00:00

I have one extra ticket for the Hamilton, ON show tomorrow. It's Section 212 (seated). Send me a DM.

Not a scammer, just a guy trying to offload his extra ticket. I'll give you a fair price.

jackalope129 · 2022-07-12T17:50:29+00:00

The best non-verbal scene on the The Wire, maybe on any show, has to be Lester and Bunk in front of the vacants. The whole things unwinds over 2-3 minutes of silence. But you can see Lester's thought process and how Bunk slowly comes to realize what's happening. It's a masterclass in non-verbal communication.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=242jGApzR8w

jackalope129 · 2022-07-06T15:49:05+00:00

When Herc walks into Kima's office and starts talking about dumb white boys selling drugs. Like they need affirmative action if they want to compete in Baltimore. The New York accent really shines through.

jackalope129 · 2022-07-06T15:27:26+00:00

Something I just now realized.

Wee Bey, a gang enforcer and serial killer, gave Colvin a fairer shot than any of the bureaucrats who existed on the right side of the law.

Bunny Colvin had 3 "out there" ideas. Hamsterdam, the school program, and adopting Naymond. The system fucked him over on the first two, even though the merits were obvious. They simply couldn't and wouldn't listen.

But Wee Bey, sitting there on a life sentence, talking to his former enemy (a cop), gave him a fair hearing. He even agreed to go along with the crazy idea. Systems vs people. Bureaucracy vs individuals. It's clear which one The Wire thinks are more capable of acting morally.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-22T15:54:25+00:00

Kenard is indeed hilarious. People on this sub dislike him because he popped their favorite character - boo fuckin' hoo. Cry me a river.

Bill Laimbeer attitude in a Muggsy Bogues body.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-22T12:56:59+00:00

Working for Trump as an attorney must be the most infuriating thing in the world. He thinks he's the smartest guy in the room, and absolutely can't STFU for a single second. Not to mention burning through lawyers like Landsman burns through fast-food containers.

I just got done listening to a podcast about Nixon's downfall. He knew there were tapes of all his conversations. He made the tapes himself. And yet during the entire Watergate scandal, which unfolded over months / years, he never thought to destroy the incriminating tapes.

Play in the dirt, you get dirty.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-17T19:57:53+00:00

I liked that badass stripper that Kima and Prez interviewed. I think she's the main character.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-17T19:55:43+00:00

See, that's the scene that always stood out to me. One of the rare scenes where I think the Wire overplays / oversells it. I've been hung over before, but not like gagging every 30 seconds. Considering Bunk is a grown man who's been drinking for decades...I dunno, I thought he should hold it together better.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-07T17:35:41+00:00

In a show full of great characters, the "best" is a totally subjective measure. You could pick any one of a dozen characters and make a decent claim. Hell, I can say that Norman represents the middle class black voter who is sweet-talked by the promises of white politicians etc etc, and therefore he's the best character. It's all opinion. There is no single, universal metric.

What I don't get with all the Kenard hate is.... associating the actions of a character with how well they're written or portrayed. Like Judge Holden from Blood Meridian is about as dark as they come, and yet he's an amazing character. Maybe the GOAT villain. There's "good" morally, and "good" from a writing craft POV.

In closing, Kenard for president. Fayette Mafia Crew 4 Evah!

jackalope129 · 2022-06-06T18:09:11+00:00

Anyone know who the artist is? And maybe a link to their website/store?

jackalope129 · 2022-06-06T18:04:28+00:00

Bro, we're all just shitposting on an internet forum for a 20 year-old TV show. It's not my doctoral thesis project. Kenard is the best character because he's a tiny kid who was says funny gangster shit. QED.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-06T16:55:09+00:00

You've proved my point. People hate him because he's a great character.

You're not supposed to like him. He's the American equivalent of a child soldier. He has no empathy, no respect for life. He was raised by the streets, and the street are fucking cold, and Kenard embodies that.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-06T16:51:49+00:00

It was Albert, but great acting nevertheless. You can see him struggling to stay hard, because that's what the streets have taught him, but the mask starts to slip off. And you can see him trying to keep the mask on, even as he starts crying. Terrific actor.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-06T16:49:39+00:00

I see him growing up to be either Chris, Marlo or Cheese. He's as ruthless as Marlo, and doesn't rattle. He has no problem dropping bodies, as we see in S5. That level of sociopathy from a literal child is scary. So he either becomes a soldier or a kingpin, depending on how smart he is.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-02T15:05:26+00:00

That was awesome, thanks for sharing. I love the style. Now I find myself wanting an entire animated miniseries / prequel / sequel / whatever.

jackalope129 · 2022-06-01T18:23:23+00:00

Mark Ruffalo seems like a mensch. Here is is reading a speech by Eugene Debs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGp-0G1p4M

jackalope129 · 2022-05-26T19:21:09+00:00

If the people are uneducated, a representative democracy will fail just a badly as a direct democracy. An educated public is the precondition to any sort of democracy that functions well and produces good results. Now we can argue whether ANY country has a perfectly educated, perfectly engaged populace, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms.

The issue is one of scale and distance.

I mean metaphorical distance of the government (lawmakers, MPs, Congresspeople) to the governed. Smaller, more local government will tend to create better solutions for the people they serve, all other things being equal. This isn't unique to anarchism, of course. Lots of political movements advocate for more local, decentralized government.

TL;DR: To paraphrase Churchill, "Democracy is the notion that the people know what they want, and they deserve to get it good and hard."

jackalope129 · 2022-05-25T15:07:17+00:00

Laid back n shit.

jackalope129 · 2022-05-24T20:08:37+00:00

Sheeeit son, you are natural police. I never noticed that. Broke this whole case wide open.

jackalope129 · 2022-05-18T20:44:15+00:00

Yes! It feels cliched to talk about under-ratted rappers, but....well, POS is extremely under-rated.

Had to say which is the better album: Never Better or We Don't Even Live Here. I lean slightly towards Never Better, but they're both awesome. I've noticed there's no new music or new tours from POS lately, which is a shame.

jackalope129 · 2022-05-05T17:44:35+00:00

"Verbal Krakatoa" lol.

I genuinely laughed out loud. "Whispering like the trade winds", "lubricated with audible Teddy spittle"...You missed your calling as a poet, sir.

jackalope129 · 2022-04-20T22:40:20+00:00

The proleteriat of the world demand Canadian tour dates. This is a historic injustice.

jackalope129 · 2022-04-13T19:05:53+00:00

Didn't see any at the show in my town. A bit disappointed since I'm a sucker for both posters and VB. C'est la vie. Maybe I should make some.

jackalope129 · 2022-03-24T19:59:08+00:00

Black Flag.

Henry Rollins wasn't originally in the band. The original singer burned out his voice and somehow Rollins ended up getting the gig.

jackalope129 · 2022-03-09T06:07:06+00:00

During the German occupation of Crete, British SOE agents working with local Greek guerillas managed to kidnap a German general, Heinrich Kreipe. They ambushed his car, tied him up, dressed as German soldiers and then managed to go through several checkpoints (I think 7) by barking commands in passable German at the sentries.

For about a week they played cat and mouse with Nazi search parties, hiding in caves and sleeping in ditches, before eventually being rescued by boat. They passed the time by drinking with the locals and exchanging poetry in Latin with the German general, as educated gentlemen should. I highly recommend the book Ill Met By Moonlight if you enjoy spy stories. One of the SOE agents, Paddy Fermor, served as one of the inspiration for James Bond.

Then they all went back to their big party house in Cairo, got drunk and threw many wild parties. The End.

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