Raising Hell In the Cheap Seats

Spouting off on music, movies, television, sports, and whatever comes into my mind. My interests run the entire spectrum. I maybe talking about Metallica one minute and James Taylor the next. Favorite shows include Breaking Bad, Sons Of Anarchy, The Walking Dead and a load of others.

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@leonbridgesofficial killed it for his hometown crowd tonight. What a great show! #LeonBridges #Music #Concert #Live #Dallas #Weekend #Sunday (at Music Hall at Fair Park)

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Night of metal starting with #deathangel #Metal #Live #Concert #Dallas #Rock (at Gas Monkey Live)

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Anthrax getting the crowd going #Anthrax #Metal #Rock #Live #Concert #Dallas #Texas #Friday #Weekend

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Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh - Dallas, TX - 10/7/2016 #Anthrax #Live #Concert #Dallas #Metal #Friday #Weekend #GasMonkeyLive

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Anthrax - Breathing Lightning - Dallas, TX 10/7/2016 #Anthrax #Live #Metal #BreathingLightning #ForAllKings #Concert #Dallas #Texas #GasMonkeyLive

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Anthrax - Indians - Dallas, TX 10/7/2016 #Anthrax #Indians #Live #Concert #Metal #GasMonkeyLive #Dallas #Texas #Weekend #Friday (at Gas Monkey Live)

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Slayer. Dallas, TX 10/7/2016 #Slayer #repentlesstour2016 #Metal #Live #Concert #GasMonkeyLive #Dallas #Texas #Weekend #Friday (at Gas Monkey Live)

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Slayer 🤘🤘 Dallas, TX 10/7/2016 #Slayer #repentlesstour2016 #Metal #Live #concert #GasMonkeyLive #Weekend #Friday (at Gas Monkey Live)

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The Grassy Knoll #JFK #JFKAssassination #Exploring #Dallas #Downtown #Saturday #Weekend #MyCity

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Exploring Downtown Dallas today. Texas School Book Depository. #JFK #JFKAssassination #Dallas #Downtown #Weekend #Saturday #Exploring #MyCity

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Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge . . #LaterGram #Thursday #LargeMarge #Dallas #Texas #texasforever🇨🇱 #Downtown #City #Home #Vacation

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My City. A view from the top. . . #LaterGram #Dallas #ReunionTower #City #Sky #Downtown #Texas #texasforever🇨🇱 #Thursday #Vacation (at Reunion Tower)

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Elevation . . . . . #U2 #U2Dallas #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Texas #Live #Concert #Latergram #Weekend (at AT&T Stadium)

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Pride (In The Name Of Love) . . . . #U2 #U2Dallas #U2TheJoshuaTree2017 #Latergram #Concert #Texas #Weekend

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Bad #U2 #u2dallas #u2thejoshuatree2017 #Rock #concert #Live #Texas #Weekend (at AT&T Stadium)

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Watching & waiting. Right here next to god. Our Sherpa went missing about 20 rows back. #U2 #u2dallas #u2thejoshuatree2017 #sendoxygen #sendvodka #Music #Rock

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Friday Night Lights memories

A decade ago, Friday Night Lights premiered on NBC. It changed my life. It changed how I approached and understood my job. When I visited the show’s Austin, Texas set in Season One, I got an rich and full understanding of how the ways in which they made the show influenced why it had such a profound effect on me (and many other people). 

I wrote a long feature article based on a that set visit – that’s here, and I remain super-proud of it. But two other FNL pieces were erased by the internet – until now. 

I also about what TV could learn from the show: That’s posted in Part One below. When the show wrapped up in February 2011, I did a writeup of the finale. That’s Part Two below. Clear eyes, full hearts, has it really been a decade?  

Part One: 12 Things TV Can Learn from ‘Friday Night Lights’

[Originally posted Feb. 9, 2011, on a site now owned by the Sheinhardt Wig Company and then mysteriously removed, but I had my own copy, so here it is.]

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