Sometimes a movie has the feel of a play or a novel reads like a screenplay, but I had never come across a TV show that feels like a novel until I started watching HBO's "The Wire," which wraps up its fourth season this Sunday. If you have the time to watch each hour-long episode (there are 50) in order, do it. The writing and acting are incredibly sharp, and the format is similar to a John Sayles movie, with story lines from every level of society woven together. But where Sayles bumped up against a two- or three-hour limit for a feature film, "The Wire" can expand over 50+ hours. Great stuff.

And of course, like all good things, there is a Chin Music connection: Method Man of rap fame, who plays Cheese Wagstaff.

Finally, yes, we are guilty of silence when it comes to another famous Chin Music TV connection: Kramer from Seinfeld. I think Kramer needs to get a bit part on next season's "Wire" as a dope fiend who gets the bejesus beat out of him by Cheese. That would bring the Chin Music energies back into alignment.