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The Wire — confusing, painful, and exhilarating — may well be the very best and smartest show of the current Golden Age of TV serial drama (though I’ve only seen a few episodes of The Sopranos). Kottke has a great roundup of recent links and quotes about the series, including creator David Simon talking about…

The Brochus, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. The Brochu brothers get Simpsonized! All my brothers and I did ourselves as Simpsons, and I used my mad photoshop skills to put us into the same picture! Seamless. Left to right: Eric, Lee, Tyson, Luc.

alone in the lab, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Thanks to a combination of conferences, vacations and nice weather, I’m the only person to show up in my lab. For the second day in a row. While it makes it somewhat easier to work, it does make me feel like a bit of a…

And David Cross is a decidedly ironic Allen Ginsberg. From the upcoming Todd Haynes film I’m Not There, which will feature an assortment of actors (including Christian Bale and Richard Gere) as the talented Mr Zimmerman.

‘Honest’ Ed Mirvish passed away yesterday at the ripe old age of 92. I’d never heard of Ed Mirvish before I moved to Toronto, but once there, stories of Honest Ed’s department store drew me like a magnet. A gigantic kitch bargain emporium of a decidedly old-school bent, I found it a welcome, tacky respite…