Around the world #4

"Wood Load In" by Mike Rea * Yeah, so it turns out that The Wire creator David Simon is still pretty ornery: "If people didn't realize after this many seasons of The Wire that they were watching a Greek tragedy, writ across a modern American city… And if they thought that there were going to be redemptions and [awarding] of the Fates, they need to get up with their Medea and Antigone and their Oedipus. I don't know what else to say." [AV Club] * There will be wood: an interview with extraordinary sculptor Mike Rea. [Fecal Face] * Sigur Ros's 2007 documentary Heima now available for free. Shrooms not included. [YouTube] * The appropriately named Wonderful Video Contest concludes with the top five. [Said the Gramophone] * One of my top-five-of-all-time favorite movies is being revived at Film Forum this week! And of course, with revival comes the usual critical reappraisal! [New York Times] * The always worthwhile La Blogothèque ups the ante with two nice new Concerts à Emporter, Stephen Malkmus and Yeasayer. [La Blogothèque]