The Ten Thousand Things

October 7, 2006 4:42 PM

Blake Leyh Sound designer for such films as The Abyss; Frida; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Y Tu Mama Tambien, and many others has a music blog. He also composed the end credit music for HBO's The Wire, which may be the best television show ever made.
posted by vronsky (20 comments total)

And I think he is or was a member of Metafilter.
posted by vronsky at 4:43 PM on October 7, 2006

Don't know about the end credits, but The Wire is definitely one of the best television shows ever made.
posted by AaRdVarK at 4:52 PM on October 7, 2006

No, Battlestar Galactica is the best television programme ever made
posted by A189Nut at 4:55 PM on October 7, 2006

No. Rhoda is the best television programmes ever made
posted by Flashman at 4:56 PM on October 7, 2006

I knew I should have left off the last half of that sentence.
posted by vronsky at 4:59 PM on October 7, 2006

No, The Wire is the best programme ever made. Residing in the UK and not bothering about tv too much I only caught on to it recently. It is the best tv show ever. No debates.
posted by ClanvidHorse at 5:01 PM on October 7, 2006

I knew I should have left off the last half of that sentence.
No, I agree, but it's just become a bit of a cliche that nowadays nobody can mention the Wire without the addendum that it's 'the best television show ever made'.
posted by Flashman at 5:19 PM on October 7, 2006

Having just caught on the wire myself I have to say I am totally obsessed. It's excellent. Outstanding.
posted by Divine_Wino at 5:20 PM on October 7, 2006

I knew I should have left off the last half of that sentence.

Yep. You've doomed your post about an interesting music blog to the fate of "referendum on The Wire."
posted by dersins at 5:21 PM on October 7, 2006

I was just coming back to say the dudes blog is pretty interesting. I'll be digging though it for a while. I wish he threw up some mp3's but it's clear what side of the fence he fall on with that.
posted by Divine_Wino at 5:33 PM on October 7, 2006

mp3's work for me. Just right click and save.
posted by vronsky at 5:36 PM on October 7, 2006

I stand before you a self-admitted moron.
posted by Divine_Wino at 5:40 PM on October 7, 2006

Ahh, that greek song from the end of the second season is THE JAM.
posted by Divine_Wino at 5:42 PM on October 7, 2006

I absolve you. Go now and sin no more.
posted by vronsky at 5:43 PM on October 7, 2006

..which may be the best television show ever made.

That would be The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Bob Denver's finest role.
posted by y2karl at 6:50 PM on October 7, 2006

I think that it is pretty clear that The Lawrence Welk Show was the best TV show ever made.

As to the subject at hand: this is a pretty cool blog. (mlog?)
posted by SteveTheRed at 8:23 PM on October 7, 2006

Yes, nice blog. Thanks for the link.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:47 PM on October 7, 2006

I sent him email about "The Fall" (though I didn't know it was called that at the time) more than a year ago... glad to see he's made a public statement about it now. I will definitely buy the soundtrack if/when it comes out.
posted by e40 at 9:34 AM on October 8, 2006

As a devoted watcher of both the Wire and Battlestar Galactica, I can assure you all that they are both the best television show ever made.
posted by drinkcoffee at 6:12 PM on October 8, 2006

I dunno. If the humans in Battlestar had an Omar on their side, the Cylons would be little more than outmoded toasters by now.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 8:01 AM on October 9, 2006