i'm psyched.
― amateurist, Sunday, 28 December 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
haha damn creeps are ONE OF WILL FIST'S BANDS!
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 December 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, Knoxville! My mom was born in Maryville.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 28 December 2008 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
I was raised in Maryville! Ages 3-18.
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
That whole side of my family was from that area. Granddad was one of the first people to settle in Pigeon Forge, when there wasn't much there at all. I'm glad to see, over the last few years, that there's so much happening in Knoxville, which I visited every summer as a kid.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Aw, that's nice. <3
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Have to get back sometime!
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:23 (fifteen years ago) link
over the last few years of following this thread
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 28 December 2008 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
any other recommendations for stuff w/in an hour or two of knoxville? music? sights? etc.?
― amateurist, Friday, 2 January 2009 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
some friends of mine went on a carnival cruise and described it as "floating gatlinburg"
― TOMBOT, Friday, 2 January 2009 05:58 (fifteen years ago) link
you could rent motorcycles and ride "the dragon"
http://www.aartennessee.com/Dragon.htm
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 2 January 2009 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link
for an authentic knoxville experience you could spend a day in traffic on kingston pike
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 2 January 2009 10:08 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 2 January 2009 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
amateurist asked: "any other recommendations for stuff w/in an hour or two of knoxville? music? sights? etc.?"
If you're still in TN this Thursday (Jan. 8), the amazing Shelley Hirsch will be playing a show in Chattanooga (an hour and a half drive from Knoxville). (If you make it, say hello - I'm playing in a duo that's opening the show.)
More details here:http://www.myspace.com/shakingraylevisociety
― ernestp, Sunday, 4 January 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
in chattanooga?! whoa. i'm out of the area on tuesday, sadly.
harvest records in asheville is amazing. EVERYBODY in the area should visit.
does anyone know anything about basement records on chapman hwy in knoxville? we passed it driving, and i was curious, but there is no info at all online (save for the address) so i wonder if it's just crap.
― amateurist, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
it's fucking weird
DNW
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 09:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Whatever happened to all the vinyl in those Ernest Tubb stores? I weep.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, who even knows.
Seriously, AM, you might find somthing you want in Basement but it's honestly not worth the trouble. It's horribly disorganized and what organization it DOES have is for the o_O files: "Black Music" is a category there, I crap you negative.
― roxymuzak, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 09:45 (fifteen years ago) link
There used to be a fantastic used vinyl store in the same shopping center as Cat's on Kingston Pike but I dunno what happened to it. I got the Human League Fascination 12" and Bill Withers and a red Michael Jackson Thriller 7" there.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 10:11 (fifteen years ago) link
amateurist asking questions about Chapman Highway is kind of wild.
the g.f. is taking me to chik-fila-a tomorrow.
― amateurist, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i was unimpressed by the big record store (forgot the name) on chapman. lost and found records had some good country vinyl, otherwise not so great. knoxville is a bad records town. i did have a nice time at the pilot light.
― amateurist, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Disc Exchange, probably. Yeah it's hit and miss for sure.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:57 (fifteen years ago) link
GO TO KING TUT'S
it's in vestal on martin mill pike -
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-15020445R-king_tuts_grill-i
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 11:58 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck a chik-fil-a
No way, I want one. Mail me it?
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 6 January 2009 12:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i went to king tut's. i wasn't super into the guy's schtick, but the food was fine. i was pretty peeved by the bill though-- $38 (incl. tax) for a greek salad and the sampler. rip off.
― amateurist, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
(shared with another party, but still way overpriced.)
what a h8er
― roxymuzak, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i love mo's shtick. but it's true the place is partly performance, so you have to be in the mood for it.
― tipsy mothra, Wednesday, 7 January 2009 04:21 (fifteen years ago) link
hey amateurist were you at the pilot light jan 1?
― roxymuzak, Saturday, 10 January 2009 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
yes, with the gf.
― amateurist, Sunday, 11 January 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago) link
So was I!
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 11 January 2009 06:03 (fifteen years ago) link
amateurist i don't think you were in the right frame of mind
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 11 January 2009 12:21 (fifteen years ago) link
how do you mean?
― amateurist, Sunday, 11 January 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
he was in another stateanother state of mind
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 11 January 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Knoxville is purty.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3206244085_255df76cc3.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3207083692_1d42d7c8d7.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3207082912_fa72a5b159.jpg
(I was testing out a Christmas camera, don't mind me...)
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Aren't the bricks so RED on that building?
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that the former Miller's department store?
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't speak for Doc Cas but I believe it is. Also: MOD BURGER!
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
According to this it was a Rich's:
http://www.swankpad.org/places/knoxvilletan/richs/richs.htm
...but I imagine it's worn a few hats. And yes, fabulously red bricks! I'm a sucker for saturated-color glazed bricks, as a rule.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Your link reminds me that I love the Medical Arts Building -- it is one of my fasvorite buildings in the world.
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 18 January 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
We're both right -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%27s_Department_Store#Knoxville_flagship_store
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 18 January 2009 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
beef resolved
― roxymuzak, Sunday, 18 January 2009 23:41 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 18 January 2009 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
fyi: roxy and her fellas were just named the ninth-greatest knoxville band of all time.
― paper plans (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 23:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Congratulations!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
lol at link on that page:
http://metropulse.com/news/2009/jan/28/british-people-now-aware-knoxville/
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"BRITISH PEOPLE NOW AWARE OF KNOXVILLE"
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link