The Wire: Blogs

Just in case you haven't noticed we here at Palaba's Posts are big fans of HBO's The Wire, but believe it or not we're not the only ones! It seems the series finale of The Wire has inspired many a post, especially at The New York Entertainment's blog Vulture. So for you other blog readers who can't get enough of The Wire here's some of reading material:

Vulture:
‘The Wire’: One Last Long, Boozy Irish Wake for David Simon’s Accidental Masterpiece
Ten Questions Left Unanswered by the ‘Wire’ Finale
Actor Ptolemy Slocum on the Emotional Last Night of Shooting ‘The Wire’
‘The Wire’ Finale's Montage: A Shot-by-Shot Commentary
Debating the Legacy of ‘The Wire’
Sternbergh on ‘The Wire’ Finale: The Anti-‘Sopranos’
BREAKING: Eliot Spitzer Completes Tommy Carcetti's Character Arc
David Simon Still Has Some Things to Say
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The Wire: What to eat!

I was discussing with a friend what to serve during the gathering he's hosting for this evenings Wire finale. We both came to the immediate conclusion that steamed crabs or crab cakes would be the best, but since Maryland Crabs are out of season and no one wants to clean up after crabs at 10:30 at night we came up with a great Baltimore themed snack assortment:

First up is UTZ's Crab Chip, a favorite Baltimore Snack featured in several episodes of The Wire

One thing anyone who has eaten crab chips before will tell you is that they make you thirsty! What better way to quench that thirst than with Baltimore's favorite cheap beer National Bohemian or as we call it Natty Boh

If you need more proof that UTZ and Natty Boh go together better than PB and the J check out this billboard as seen from I-95 in Baltimore

What snack assortment would be complete without some sweets? A must have is Baltimore's Bergers Cookies

And in honor of the fictional detectives of the Baltimore City police department we have Jameson Whiskey

Bon Appetite Hon

Lazy Sunday : The Wire finale edition

Well it's here. We all knew that eventually what has been called the greatist show on television ever, is coming to an end. The Wire has changed what millions of people expect from television, shows who's theme is meant to be gritty or "real" seem like Fisher Price compared to The Wire. As most Baltimore natives who watch the wire will tell you, every character no matter how minute or major, is based on at least one real person. Events like Hamsterdamn or McNulty's serial killer may be completely fictions, but their reaction and message is very real. Join us here at Palaba's post as we take a quick look back at the Best Television Drama Ever! If you feel the need to say goodbye HBO has a "Public Record" for you to leave your mark HERE. I left my words HERE










For an extra treat check out this interview with the phenomenal 12 year old actor Thuliso Dingwall who plays Kenard aka Omar's killer

LEGO Digital Designer: Design anything you can Imagine with LEGOs

If you loved building your own LEGO designs as much as I did, I have found a must download free app, the LEGO Digital Designer! The LEGO Digital Designer allows you to select from three LEGO themes and 763 different blocks. The graphics rich interface allows you to rotate and connect bricks, move any hinges or levers and move the "camera" 360 degrees. Of course there is a link to the LEGO store so you can purchase your creation, which even comes with custom step-by-step directions so you can re-build you digital creation with the real blocks.If you're having a creative mental block the Digital Designer comes with 17 models ready for you to customize. All the options combined with the heavy graphics can be quite the memory hog, so I suggest closing every thing else before you give it a try, but I DO suggest you give it a try.

Check it out HERE

Mr. Picasso Head

If you have ten minutes to kill check out Mr. Picasso Head. The name pretty much everything you need to know, but just in case you can't quite picture it I'll give you a brief run down. You start with blank canvas in lieu of a potato, and instead of shiny plastic appendages to bludgeon the potato with Mr. Picasso Head allows you to arrange Picasso-ish graphics which can be enlarged, rotated, shaded, etc. Create your own or browse the user created gallery HERE

Trailer Posts: Wanted

Wanted Exclusive Trailer



So far, judging solely on the trailers I've seen it looks like the movie strays far far away from the comic. Also solely judging on the trailers, I really want to see this movie!

Lazy Sunday: Post Apocalyptic Edition

I am by no means masochistic nor do I have a bunker full of spam, with the intention of out living everyone with out spam. (No you can't have any) But I do enjoy a good movie where everything goes to all hell. So today I took in three of my favorite sci-fi/survival/horror movies perfect for your own lazy Sunday.

First up is the definitive 1968 Zombie classic George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. I've herd over and over people whining "I can't watch black and white movies" well if you can't watch movie than you just don't like movies period. If you have never seen this ultra classic, written and directed by the man who re-invigorated the zombie genre and is either directly responsible for, or inspires just about all today's zombie movies, please, please, please do yourself a favor and watch this movie.



Next up is Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men, Set in 2027 in a world where no babies have been born in over a decade. With people panicking and societies crumbling, Theo (Clive Owen) must escort the first pregnant woman to safety. An action packed epic with a great performance by Michael Caine.



Last we have one of my absolute favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time, 1973's Soylent Green. Superstar Charlton Heston plays a cop in 2022, where overpopulation has endangered the worlds food source. With a blockbuster performance by not only Heston, but Edward G. Robinson as well, if you've never seen Soylent Green you don't know Sci-Fi