HBO returns
In celebration of my nervy decision this morning to re-order HBO through my cable service, this is a New York Times Magazine preview of the promising David Simon series "Treme," which debuts Sunday, April 11th. "Treme" (pronounced 'tre-MAY') is about a post-Katrina New Orleans neighborhood richly populated with musicians and artists. The show's high pedigree of talent before and behind the camera makes it as much of a can't-miss quality programming prospect as exists in the medium.I've been without an HBO subscription for better than three years. The pay network is famously "not TV," yet their decision to cancel "Deadwood" prematurely in 2007 was a very "TV"-like thing to do. The pound of flesh owed to me had to be exacted. Now-- after 40-some months of fees withheld-- it has been, and so the penalty box swings open...
I'm doing very little writing today because you've got quite a bit of reading ahead of you. The Times piece runs eight webpages long. Get going.
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David Simon, about the subject of his new series: "This city is capable of moments unlike any moments you’ll ever experience in life. To see an Indian come down the street in full regalia on St. Joseph’s Night on an unlit street of messed-up shotgun houses and one burned-out car, and he’s the most beautiful thing on the planet, and everything around him is falling down. It’s a glorious instant of human endeavor. It’s duende from the Spanish, chills on the back of your neck, and then the next minute it’s gone. Lots of American places used to make things. Detroit used to make cars. Baltimore used to make steel and ships. New Orleans still makes something. It makes moments."
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