Courtesy buddytv.com
Let me tell you, it’s hard to write on perfection. And Friday Night Lights is perfection. So before I slap a big ol’ SPOILER ALERT on this here blog post, please permit me a few words to wax poetic about the greatest show on television. That’s right, I said greatest show on television. Sure, there are people out there who would prefer Gossip Girl or some less-than-FNL-y show like that. But in the prophetic words of Coach Eric Taylor, “To those people, I would say you’re wrong. You’re dead wrong.” Now, I’m not an expert on TV (some would argue I’m not even an expert on sports), but I do watch a lot more television than anyone else I know… and that has to count for something, right? Right. So without further ado, my thoughts/questions/concerns about last night’s Friday Night Lights finale.
*SPOILER ALERT* If you haven’t watched the final episode of the third season yet, stop reading here. I don’t want to be that loudmouth girl who ruins the personal emotional roller coaster that is an episode FNL.
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Many things pass over the desk of the recess editor, or would if I had a desk. Most of them end of getting chucked, but some are too weird to pass up. Like this one.
Tight on the heels of Viking Storm, the two-day celebration at the Coffeehouse and the Pinhook to mark the release of Hammer No More the Fingers’ Looking for Bruce, High Master–which bills itself as “Durham’s only Viking power rock band”–is playing at the Pinhook Saturday night with Pink Flag and Rat Jackson.
The band includes our friends Paul Overton and Ken Rumble from Duke Performances, and Saturday night will prove whether they’re any good, or if they should stick to presenting real musicians.
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!?!?!?!?!? Courtesy Film School Rejects.
Seriously, that’s what I’m calling Lost from now on: The Ben Show. Time and again, he has duped us (think Henry Gale and the Hot-Air Balloon… which sounds like an awesome fantastic amalgam of Harry Potter with Harold and the Purple Crayon), thrilled us (well, maybe just me; I find him deliciously diabolical), and pissed us off (especially when threatening Penny’s life), but he has never, ever bored us. And in last night’s episode, he even went as far as to provide us with a few private insights into the dark, dark intricacies of his multifarious soul.
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Bassist Shuhei Yamamoto (front) with his new band. Courtesy Pet Lions.
Shuhei Yamamoto, a founding member of Duke band Stella by Starlight, recently finished Soft Right, the new EP for his Chicago-based project, Pet Lions. For the full story about Pet Lions, read the recess story here. As a special feature for The Playground, readers can listen to tracks from the EP by following the links below. For more information about the band, including all upcoming shows, look to the band’s Myspace here.
1. Roman History
2. Propeller Plane
Bestselling author Augusten Burroughs will be at the Carolina Theatre tonight in support of his latest book A Wolf at the Table, a memoir about his father. He will appear alongside friend and Durham author Haven Kimmel, most recently the author of Iodine: A Novel. Co-sponsored by the Durham County Public Library and Regulator Bookshop, the event begins at 7 p.m. in cinema one of the theatre. Both authors will be available for a signing after the conversation. Books will also be available for purchase.
