Over at the official HBO site for The Wire they’re running a feature about the music that has a fairly substantial interview with me, and a cool playlist I put together called “The B-Side of Baltimore”, showcasing eleven tracks that never made it into the show. There’s also some back-story to several tracks that were used over the last few seasons. The whole feature turned out pretty nicely, as far as these things go. One limitation was that I could only use tracks that they could link to in the iTunes store, but that didn’t cramp my style too much.

You can check it out here.

This just arrived in my inbox this morning, so I thought I’d share. I’m thinking that the tsunami of hope is not quite high enough yet that we will be hearing an official presidential campaign song from a Bmore rapper. But how about using it in some targeted ads? Just the fact that you might stop and consider the idea says something about the current climate, doncha think?

When Barack Obama is president, all radio stations, even NPR, will be required to play a certain minimum number of hours per week of hip-hop.

Mullyman has a Myspace here. Mully’s song The Life, The Hood, The Streetz is on both versions of The Wire soundtrack, which you can find here and here. The image of Barack Obama above comes from a limited edition print by Shepard Fairey, which is here. Barack Obama himself is here.

I’m Blake Leyh and I endorse Barack Obama for president.