We start with a tremendous goodbye to one of my favorite shows in the last years in Justified.
Justified was written extremely well and my favorite character Boyd Crowder (brilliantly played by Walton Goggins) might be the most multi-layered character that television has seen in years.
If you haven't tried Justified-I give it my highest endorsement!
An interesting article on the "comeback" of sorts by Dwight Yoakam by Grantland can be found here.
It's a look at the ecletic singer and actor that first came to my attention when he brought Buck Owens back to the public eye with "Streets of Bakersfield".
I didn't know Yoakam did so many movies,although I did remember his role in "Slingblade" as the abusive boyfriend that Billy Bob Thornton kills in the end.
Grantland adds another note with this one on Rattlesnake Rodeos,which seem to be a distinctly Southern thing-mainly because they are where the rattlers are!
It shows how towns derive a festival out of something that so many look at as a dangerous pest and make some money off it,which can be very good for them.
Joe Plum posted this article from NPR on animals that may go extinct because no one wants to eat them!
It mainly deals with heritage breeds that are mainly cows,pigs,etc.
It is interesting on just how the tastes of humans change what is considered top of the line in animals at various times over the years...
Finally,we wrap up with the passing of Suzanne Crough at the age of 52.
Crough was best known as the youngest member of the Partridge Family,who rarely spoke and played the tamborine.
I was always a big fan of the show and passed that along to Rachel.
Crough was the first member of the musical TV family to pass away (I didn't count Dave Madden as the manager Reuben Kincaid) and likely cost a lot of people a lot of money in the "first Partridge to pass away" pool as most people would have selected Danny Bonaduce as the odds on favorite in that role....
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