what do you know about KNOXVILLE?

TELL ME ABOUT IT! That place had the best breakfast on earth, no more, no more. And they left it looking like a diner -- fucktards.

The pub in Woodruff's is actually ok, though!

And yes, I am in town, but I am leaving to go on tour tomorrow night, returning the 20th. My band is playing Sundown (omg) on the 22nd! Big exciting deal! You should stay.

Please to explain.

although the girl who works at tomato(head?) prolly didn't get freebies either.

although the girl who works at tomato(head?) prolly didn't get freebies either.

Oh right! I totally forgot her. She sadly does not work there anymore.

Re: pretzel -- ??

You're insane! It's more happening/money-making than it has ever been!

Also, what about that new swank-ass club in the old Kimball's siamond store (omg) on Gay St. called Sapphire? Supposedly it is nice.

there have been periodic proposals to rename it over the years, none of which have gotten very far. the best intersection is gay and church -- which is just one block from church and state.

there have been periodic proposals to rename it over the years, none of which have gotten very far.

sooo stupid.

knoxville's downtown revitalization has apparently bypassed the whole "convince young people to live there" phase and has gone straight for the "convince millionaires to buy overpriced lofts" phase. one new condo going up on gay street actually advertises itself on the hoardings as "upscale condo apartments"!!!!

i have been inside the world grotto thingie now, roxy. it is kinda weird. but the huge dancefloor/event space downstairs looks mega! what is that?? the art gallery upstairs was hit and miss, mainly miss, but there's that one artist that has her cherry-lipped klimt thing down pat, and it's pretty nice. it seems like the kind of place that would be in ft. greene, brooklyn, actually.

that one artist that has her cherry-lipped klimt thing down pat, and it's pretty nice.

cynthia markert? i like her.

Noon to 7 p.m on Saturday, September 30 at Market Square.

The day-long event will be a celebration of East Tennessee Latino culture
filled with live music, food, arts and crafts displays and children's
activities.

Willie Crespo and Salsarengue will be arriving from Nashville to kick off the
festivities. Representatives from around 15 countries will line up at Krutch
Park and will make their way to Market Square carrying flags, wearing their
native folk costumes and dancing to their country's best-known music.

Dance Dimensions Studio and Knoxville Argentine Tango Society will demonstrate
Latin dance steps and Knoxville Opera will present highlights of their
upcoming production of "Carmen." The evening will end to the rhythms of Nuevo
Montuno, a tropical salsa band from Asheville, North Carolina.

The festival is held in Knoxville each year in conjunction with National
Hispanic Heritage Month, ( established by Congress to run from mid September
to mid October) and is organized by HOLA, Hora Latina, an East Tennessee
Hispanic social and cultural organization. For more information, call (865)
588-1923, ext. 251 or e-mail [email protected] .

We went to take an evening walk
About a mile from town.
I picked a stick up off the ground
And knocked that fair girl down.

the Pilot Light is showing all Hank's known tv footage tonight at 7! Should be neat. Also: Jambalaya outide the Urban.

so this new movie theatre

never been to knoxville, but i grew up in nashville, and the proximity/similarity in names always endeared it to me.

congrats on the new theater?!

Wait, wait. You grew up in Nashville? Have you talked about that on ILX yet? I'd be curious to know what that was like.

it's on gay street, right? seven screens or something?? there's been so much talk, for DECADES, about getting gay street on its feet again and this is the first thing that i feel like could make it a hub for a real cross-section of people to hang and congregate. like, thompson-boling arena style cross-sections. am i fooling myself again, the way i have promised myself not to in regards to all the promises made about the old city, year after year?

i went to sundown in the city this summer, and it was FANTASTIC. tons of teenagers, loads of oldies... very, very few black people or hispanics, however.

one sight that pleasantly shocked me - a sight i would have never seen growing up - was driving by the vestal baseball diamond and seeing a group of about 15 mexican looking guys plying soccer in the outfield.