Monday, January 7th, 2008

Tmw Is The Day

Yes, not just for the New Hampshire primaries, but for the Wire soundtracks. Feel free to criticize me for my single-mindedness (it wouldn’t be the 7,643th time) but I’m hella gratified and proud to be a small part of this amazing project.

Plus the truth is I’m still getting up to speed on my thang for 2007, let alone 2008, so all the unfinished biz from ’07 will be handled in due time. Yes king! Yes queen!

In the meantime, run don’t walk to cop both brilliant sets: The Wire: And All the Pieces Matter – Five Years of Music from the Wire and The Wire: Beyond Hamsterdam: Baltimore, the Bmore rap set. Then come check back here for all the rest over the next few days.

Just a small last word on tomorrow’s vote: the media has been rubbing Clinton’s face in it–over Obama’s increasing lead in New Hampshire and more. Don’t believe the hype til the returns come in tomorrow night. Much as everyone wants to believe, the media has a much better story if Clinton is portrayed as besieged right now. The bigger the lie, the more they believe.

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