I wish Knoxville would get a good planetarium, though (delayed response to way-upthread thing mothra said).
xpost what on earth is that
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
it's out MLK boulevard, it's supposed to be a hub to revitalize "the wrong side of the tracks". its biggest attraction is an IGA. i went because i had to renew my driver's license and the old courthouse doesn't do that anymore - and no way am i driving to east town(e) mall. i was the only white person i saw for about an hour. it sort of brought a whole lot home to me that i avoided thinking about for years, re: knoxville
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
haha also i have been to the "we need your head in our business" barbershop, when i got back from london in 2004. irony overload: they cut OFF the mullet i received from a london hairdresser!
Haha, that's GREAT!! re: the mullet
I wonder if that IGA serves IGA burgers...
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:59 (sixteen years ago) link
A cool local guy has opened a thing called South Knox School of Sound directly next door to the "Need your Head in our Business" place/Pease furniture. They do good all ages shows and music lessons.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
i hesitate to ask what goes into an IGA burger
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link
the arrowhead IGA - now some really creepy looking afterschool place - was where i honed the pacman and donkey kong skills that have made me so famous
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread makes me feel like richard ford
haha
i am great at pacman too! i honed this at the longbranch, tho
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:06 (sixteen years ago) link
hey is smoking outlawed now by the way?
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:08 (sixteen years ago) link
not that this is an issue for you these days
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Supposedly, but I have not noticed a THING changed, except Stefano's makes you smoke outside now.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
hah
ok i must sleep
good night knoxville!
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Night, Tracer!
Old City Java is under new management as of this month and has ice cream and cuet cupcakes now, which is nice. They have movie night instead of the wack Black N Mild dj night they used to do. Movies shown so far: Roadie (starring Meatloaf), Kindergarten Cop, Heathers.
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
it sort of brought a whole lot home to me that i avoided thinking about for years, re: knoxville.
mm-hm. e.g. the county zoned the downtown-development areas so the condo dwellers could have their kids go to sequoyah hills instead of green (even though they could walk to green).
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 27 August 2007 02:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I LOVE SOUTH KNOXVILLE
The movie theatre celebrating its openinng this week with dollar movies, dollar popcorn and dollar bevs, playing kind of a weird selection of movies. After this, I hear they are going to have THEME WEEKS, which is great!
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link
ps, that I LOVE SOUTH KNOXVILLE seems a little non-sequitur. I just moved back, is all.
The little Mexican store next to the Tacqueria on Chapman sells awesome Death candles.
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i love south knoxville
i like those pictures too - knoxville looks more american than the last time i saw it i think
― ken c, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
who was the specials guy by the way - i saw neville staple a few weeks back at a random festival in cornwall!! he was immense.
― ken c, Thursday, 30 August 2007 22:40 (sixteen years ago) link
It was Lynval, I think.
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 30 August 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer Nashville and Murfreesboro.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:21 (sixteen years ago) link
how in the hell could you prefer murfreesboro
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i mean nashville sure - it's like a whole other planet - but... MTSU? i'm struggling here
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:29 (sixteen years ago) link
murfreesboro has a delightfully bad name
― ken c, Friday, 31 August 2007 10:32 (sixteen years ago) link
murfreesboro scares me.
― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 31 August 2007 13:10 (sixteen years ago) link
to be fair, murfreesboro has a great record store.
― molly mummenschanz, Friday, 31 August 2007 13:13 (sixteen years ago) link
NAshville music scene is retarded.
― roxymuzak, Friday, 31 August 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
does that mean good or bad?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 31 August 2007 18:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Bad. For musicians, anyway.
― roxymuzak, Friday, 31 August 2007 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Well, I guess I like Murfreesboro because it's cheap and close to Nashville
What's the record store in Murfreesboro? Is it better than even the Disc Exchange? (yuk yuk)
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 31 August 2007 22:46 (sixteen years ago) link
i think lost and found is the comparison you want there
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hey disc exchange isn't bad. not no lost and found, but locally-owned, big selection. ( i still haven't been to the giant mccay's warehouse they moved to. used to love the mccays bargain bin.)
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:16 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o306/extrapics_album/KnoxvilleDungeonCoverSMALL.jpg
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=82207459
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
http://blog.myspace.com/knoxrapmovement
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Mista Enz - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=55944993
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Gutta Bound - http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85117604
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
is that kontext?
― ken c, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Lost and Found does indeed rule.
Is there a store like that in Murfreesboro? Or is it all Cats Music style?
Disc Exchange is okay I guess.
The new McKay's is overwhleming, like a flea market of books and DVDs. I wish they had a way to search for stuff. I can't go in there without spending an hour looking for something specific (and not in a good way)
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 1 September 2007 00:33 (sixteen years ago) link
where u from, fool?
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 2 September 2007 04:56 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ "the 865"
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 2 September 2007 14:22 (sixteen years ago) link
"the V O L"
good article about mr. mack here - http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2006/Jul/28/cole-rapper-proud-to-represent-the-865/
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 2 September 2007 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i like that mr. mack's myspace page identifies him as being from "alcoa/rockford" (or it used to, haven't looked in a while). i lived in rockford for a little while. more deer than people.
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 2 September 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I had no idea Mr. Mack was from Knoxville.
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 2 September 2007 15:29 (sixteen years ago) link
fuckin boomsday
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 2 September 2007 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
This thread makes me wish I was in Knoxville. I just moved back to Asheville and it's not the same. I guess the thing I most liked about Asheville was the large, vibrant, transient gutterpunk contingent. But NONE of that remains, it seems, since the police decided to clean up downtown. What's left is hippies indies and rich people :/
― wanko ergo sum, Sunday, 2 September 2007 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
trustafarians
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 2 September 2007 23:24 (sixteen years ago) link
do they still do music on the radio that's synchronized to the fireworks?
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 2 September 2007 23:32 (sixteen years ago) link
hahahaha i don't know!!!!
― roxymuzak, Monday, 3 September 2007 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
mtsu is gonna get destroyed by louisville on thursday.
just so you know...
― hstencil, Monday, 3 September 2007 03:29 (sixteen years ago) link