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A Commercial led to Inspiration #2

Ron Livingston once said, “Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don’t think he is not capable of hurting you.” That’s what basically D’Angelo said in The Wire when he was teaching chess to Wallace and Bodie. Alison did a commercial about it for …

A Remix led to Inspiration #1

Lao Tzu once said, “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” After listening to what we will do in Week 9, I was quite happy that we get to submit posts that we thought inspired us on the ds106 inspire website. The first …

Inspiration #3: Stronger Breast Cancer Assignment

Here is my inspire submission for this creation. You can find the original blog post here.

I’ve always loved hearing the personal stories that inspire or influence art. Some people might argue that you should appreciate the piece on its own and not just because there’s a great meaning …

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Planning the Show
We knew that we wanted to discuss the theme of corruption throughout all that we’ve seen of The Wire so far, but we weren’t sure how to turn that into a show. During our Google Hangout with Paul Bond, he suggested that …

Inspire #2: Dunkin Donuts Commerical

Here is my inspire post for this creation. The original blog post can be found here.

This might come across as bragging about how awesome our radio show is, but I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL that Jessica created. It’s a hilarious, well crafted mash-up of a culturally insensitive scene from …

Inspiration #1: Accessorizing Your Waterfowl

Here is my inspire post for this creation. You can find the original blog post for this creation here.

I love how Paul took a simple detail from The Wire–Ziggy’s duck–and made something smart, creative, and comical about it.

The orange, black, and white color scheme really catches your …

“At The Top Of His Adrenaline”

Once again in the fourth episode of season 3 of The Wire we see Bunk and McNulty drunk. This has been a theme throughout the entire series so far. While watching this episode I was thinking to myself about these events. I was wondering if there was a message that …

“I’m Sure To Get Paid”

One thing that caught my attention in the 3rd episode of season three was Omar Little. He is always up to something and he’s one of those characters who you might forget about but once you see him you know only bad things will happen. Every time I see him …