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'The Wire' Makers Turn Attention to Music Industry for TV Drama
'The Wire' Makers Turn Attention to Music Industry for TV Drama
The makers of hit HBO TV series 'The Wire'' have turned their attention from the death of the American dream to another institution fallen on hard times -- the music industry. The show's makers have bought the rights to the book 'Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the ...
THE WIRE - 100 Greatest Quotes (video)
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THE WIRE - 100 Greatest Quotes (video)
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Twitter / Kurt Andersen: Watching The Wire for the ...
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There is Hope for the Future: Harvard Class on The Wire
There is Hope for the Future: Harvard Class on The Wire
spencerkyte.blogspot.com — It's been a long time since I talked about my favorite HBO show that hasn't aired in... a couple years, mainly because I'm in serious withdraw and need to get my hands on Season 4 and 5 to complete my collection.If you still haven't found time to check out The Wire in any way you can, do it, ... There is Hope for the Future: Harvard Class on The Wire
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Wire Creators Option Music Industry Tell-All
Prefix — ... According to Spinner, the folks behind HBO's The Wire (aka the best television show of all time*) have optioned Steve Knopper's Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, a music industry tell-all that starts with the Disco Sucks night and ends with the digital age eating away profits, with the presumed intention of turning it into an HBO project. Playwright Victoria Stewart is already attached as the head writer, and Knopper himself is trying to get some musicians involved in the creation of ...

Music Industry’s Decline Brought To You By The Makers of ‘The Wire’
melophobe - concert reviews and concert photos — ... has optioned Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, a book by Rolling Stone writer Steve Knopper.  And as us music fans know, there is a wealth of failings to choose from. Just think, you can meet another 531 characters, see some crying over sold leer jets and watch as executives try to bully new artists into 360 deals. Bring it, makers of the Wire. Music lovers need a holy grail show just for them. Via Spinner

'The Wire' Producers Bringing Knopper Book 'Appetite for Self-Destruction' to Television...
The Daily Swarm — ... Spinner: The makers of hit HBO TV series ‘The Wire’’ have turned their attention from the death of the American dream to another institution fallen on hard times—the music industry. The show’s makers have bought the rights to the book ‘Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age,’ a tome written by Rolling Stone journalist Steve Knopper which charts the industry’s spectacular freefall in recent times. The book looks at the last ...

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