I started watching HBO’s The Wire thanks to a high review from PASTE Magazine.  I watched the first episode of season 1 last night.  It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t bad.  I’ll give it a few more episodes and see where it goes…

I’m also in the middle of season 2 of 30 Rock.  This show is amazing so far!!!

I’ll give more thorough updates when I complete the seasons.  All I can say now is that I love Tracy Morgan.  That’s all I’m watching right now besides The Office and LOST on real TV (what a drag!  It’s much better to just get things on DVD) and I occasionally watch a Doogie Howser episode on Hulu.com.

Marathon has now been submitted to 23 film festivals and we won’t be hearing back from any of them for a few months or so…I’ll report how we do (good or bad).  We submitted to some major festivals (LA, Cannes, USA FF, and Palm Springs) and some smaller festivals so who knows???

As far as books go — I’m completely obsessed with “Bowerman and the Men of Oregon” right now.  The stories from the early 60’s are amazing.  Not only running stories but Bowerman tinkering with types of track surfaces, mental aspects of coaching and treating different runners, and founding the company we know as Nike.

Musically, I’ve been listening to “Dark was the Night” - it’s a compilation album including Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, and The National - and “Elvis Perkins in Dearland”.

Here’s a video by Elvis Perkins that a secret source led me to: