1. The shit-eating grin on Colbert's face as he introduced the Pavements last night. If ever you needed confirmation that your life was fkn rad, having them on your show would probably do the trick ( Read more... )

I take it back, this is my favorite blog entry on the Treme finale.

J'ai le bonheur, grâce à ce biais, grâce à ce biais: I'll assume you want to be spoiled if you click any of the following links. According to one blogger, Alan Sepinwall's interview with David Simon possibly boils down to one thought: you are so stupid that I have to tell you why. There were of course a boatload of testy comments from New Yorkers ( Read more... )

Season finale of Treme is tonight, dommage that it's not going on for another bazillion eps like right now. I'd like to give a signal boost to the Treme-centered blog Back Of Town, which reports that a city ordinance dating from the 50s that prohibits live music after 8 pm (but not power tools and lawnmowers) has been recently over-enforced by the ( Read more... )

Back of Town, a blog about the show, group-written by locals and fellow-travelers. Really fantastic writing, funny and searching and generous all at once. (Here, I made an RSS feed for it: backotown.) See especially this post (Debrisville Redux), which speaks to my interest in the show's representations of decay, and has some backstory on Louis Prima ( Read more... )

On Treme

A valentine with a devious, violent heart: Alyssa Rosenberg's first volley in the Atlantic's continuing conversation on the show,* and a fair statement of the critical object of affection thus far: realism vs. sentimentality. The creators, for their part, don't give a shit if you want to revoke their artistic license, folks! It will be " ( Read more... )