Chris Cornell releases brilliant live album
Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor The current upperclassmen will be some of the last students to pass through Coppell High School having experienced the early 1990s – a time hen the music industry was dominated by the explosion of grunge and alternative rock. These bands altered American popular music, replacing the flamboyance of 80s glam rock with a focus on genuinity and grass-roots production. Often hailed as one of the greatest rock vocalists in history, Chris Cornell was a leader of this movement as singer for the successful band Soundgarden. Cornell’s booming voice continued to fill stadiums and rock radio stations well into the 2000s as lead vocalist for super-group Audioslave (following Soundgarden’s breakup). On…
Annual holiday parade, tree lighting to kick off holiday season
By Thomas Hair Online Copy Editor Dozens of dazzling floats will take to the streets and people will flock to Town Center Plaza for other festivities on Saturday Dec. 3, as Coppell officially kicks off the holiday season! This year’s edition of the annual parade will feature 37 floats and will follow its usual route travelling west on Parkway Boulevard from its intersection with Samuel Road. The theme of the parade has been announced to be “Hometown Holiday.” Citizens have been encouraged to enter homemade floats as part of this theme. Floats begin lining up at 3:00 p.m., and the parade itself begins at 6:30, after judges have analyzed the floats. About 1,500 are anticipated to be in attendance for…
Call of Duty does it again with Black Ops
Chase Porter Staff Writer It’s true: everyone loves Call of Duty: Black Ops. The franchise has done it again releasing its newest edition of Call of Duty with millions of followers all around the world. “It’s awesome,” said junior Garrett Hicks. “I love Call of Duty: Black Ops because the [Call of Duty] games have always been fun and the new additions really make it stand out from the other games.” The Call of Duty franchise has released games for almost the entire decade starting with WWII games and then branching off into different story lines, like Modern Warfare and now with Black Ops. Black Ops has re-introduced the meaning of the first person shooter…
Anticipation for Black Ops
Chase Porter Staff Writer For years, the games of, Call of Duty, have entertained teenage boys and now the wait for the highly anticipated, Call of Duty Black Ops, is almost over! On November 9th the latest instalment of the Call of Duty games will release for Xbox 360 and Xbox live. the game has been anticipated all year and pre- order sales have already passed that of last years best selling game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The new game from Treyark will include many new features from their last installment of their version of the Call of Duty games, Call of Duty: World at War, including new multi player modes and even a change…
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“MacGruber” won’t disappoint
By Wren Culp Staff Writer Believe me, I was as skeptical as you were when I heard about NBC’s decision that the first movie in a decade to be based on a Saturday Night Live character would be MacGruber, about a guy who’s a parody of MacGyver and whose main appeal is in blowing up at the end of every 90-second sketch. Nothing in the movie resembles the character we saw in the TV series, but that’s all for the better. Perceived as an utterly over-the-top action movie parody rather than a faithful interpretation of the SNL sketch, MacGruber is childish and ridiculous and far funnier than you’re expecting. The fact that it’s funny at…
Live chat on Southlake Carroll vs. Coppell transcript
On Wednesday, October 7,2009, people on both sides of the Coppell-Southlake divide convened to discuss predictions for the Friday game. Read a complete transcript of the live chat below and continue the discussion in the comments below!