On Friday night, the undead will roam South Main in search of brains during the seventh annual Memphis Zombie Massacre.

Sigh.

Let's all agree on one thing: it was a great season - the best season, really. One sucky series shouldn't take away all of the joy and excitement of these past few weeks.

This year's playoffs were Memphis at its finest, and not just on the court. It's been incredible, and I feel so lucky that we got to experience that kind of unified joy.

The Dropkick Murphys (everyone's favorite Boston punk band), are coming to Minglewood Hall in June and I'm giving away a pair of tickets to one ILM reader.

Ed. note: In honor of today's super nice weather and my own desire for some kind of frozen treat, here's one from the archives: five of my favorite Memphis milkshakes. Enjoy!

These are by no means the only good milkshakes in Memphis. There are others (like these) that are equally delicious. What I like about these five, though, is that they transcend the usual vanilla-chocolate-strawberry shake shtick.

Happy Thursday, y'all.

Today in Memphis, the Levitt Shell shows start, a new holiday has been declared (it's tomorrow), and D.J. Stephens is a beloved freak of nature. Also, we have details on where to drop off donations for tornado victims in Oklahoma.

But first, check out this photo that @lisabertagna shot of the Sons of Mudboy (featuring Luther and Cody Dickinson) during their weekly Wednesday night show at Minglewood Hall.

Here's what I played on this week's Mystery Train, with all of the local tracks marked with an asterisk:

If you turned off the TV in frustration sometime in the third quarter, you missed the Grizzlies staging a comback, Tony Allen selling a technical so hard that he should have a spot on QVC, overtime, then a not-so-bad loss. It was like the fourth quarter was trying to make up for the first three being so boring / depressing.

This weekend, park your bicycle under the giant bike wheel disco ball in Crosstown for the third annual Bikesploitation film, music and art festival.