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yes. it's just too hot! downtown looks kind of emptyish, and everything else is in strip malls. mostly i just like the north better. actually, i like how there is a street on campus called CHAMIQUE HOLDSCLAW DRIVE.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Eep! You're over here in the Southeast! You're about an eight-or-nine hour drive from me! (If that sounds alarming, keep in mind that I'm in Florida and that Miami is a 8 to 9-hour drive from my city in the opposite direction.)

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 23:58 (twenty-one years ago)

"Chamique Holdsclaw Drive" was the tail end of a rash of street-naming mania from the former mayor. I think it started with a street for Phil Fulmer, but then they had to do one for Pat Summitt, and then came Peyton Manning Pass (har har), but then they had to do one for Tee Martin because he actually won a championship, and then to keep things even they had to give one to Chamique. It's a good thing the mayor got term-limited, they were going to start running out of streets. He even named one for Gerald Ford, for no discernible reason. (Hizzoner is now ambassador to Poland...)

But hey, I was just in Knoxville last week for the first time in two years. If you think downtown's empty, you shoulda seen it five years ago. There's actually a lot more going on now, lots of little restaurants and stores on Market Square and stuff. Then again, downtown seems lively to me because I have a bunch of friends who live and work there, so it's got a nice neighborhood feeling. Definitely go to the Sundown in the City shows, at least you'll see some people there. But it probably took me about three years to really love Knoxville, so it might not be something you'll feel in a few months.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

(I was mildly surprised to discover that the new "trendy" bar on Gay Street -- it brags about serving $8 martinis, which is real money in Knoxville -- actually had crowds.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:18 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, also i like how there is a gay street. and another one on campus called "melrose place"???

i guess i ignored the advice and ate at kashmir. the owner was weird and mean.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Sitar is better than Kashmir, but it's out in Bearden. The Japanese place on Gay is supposed to be pretty good. But yeah, Asian cuisine isn't exactly the city's forte. Have some biscuits instead.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

We've got a Gay Street here, too, near Florida State Univ. -- and the Melrose Apartments (where a lot of college students stay) were built while Melrose Place was on the air.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

There have been a few proposals in recent decades to change the name of Knoxville's Gay Street, for the reasons you'd expect. Hasn't happened, tho.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't really understand biscuits. or bacon fat.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)

caitlin, have you tried some of the other suggestions on here? Drinking beer at the Long Branch is highly recommended, for instance. As is King Tut's.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i only just got here on sunday! also i'm supposed to be doing math but i just got internet an hour ago. i ate at oodles on monday because it was the only place open. it was ok. also i am only 20 so no one is allowed to give me the beer.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Aw, I bet the Longbrach will serve you. Maybe not, though, it's pretty severe around the campus. Go find roxymuzak, she lives on my parents' street! She will totally hook you up!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, Tomato Head's closed on Mondays, right? That's the place to go next time you're on the square.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Also go to my friend Andie's dress shop. It's called Vagabondia.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Sunrise, one of my favorite silent films ever, is playing at the Knoxville Museum of Art tomorrow (Thursday, 6/2). And the jaw-droppingly great Melt-Banana are playing the Pilot Light next Wednesday (6/8).

(Hope nobody minds if I plug my Chattanooga-centric music/film blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/spap_oop/ )

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Thursday, 2 June 2005 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Melt-Banana are playing at the Pilot Light????!!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I saw the flier for that in their window. Did a doubletake.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been eyeing this thread for a while now and I've been suspicious of things like Mike (to whom I'd like to be similar) and all I can really add is:

1. Gelatine
2. Johnny

― Unfortunate Prankster (Unfortunate Prankster), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Indeed.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Caitlin, my awesome band Tenderhooks are playing at one Pilot Light on Jackson/Central NEXT SATURDAY (june 11) omgwtf. Get in.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i suppose i might go to sundown in the city tonight since my roommates are going. maybe it will be fun! even though it's rilo kiley!

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

If only it were Kilo Ali!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

MB has played the PL before. I mean, Moe Tucker played there, BFD.

― nijoli (nijoli), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

That Moe Tucker show was amazing.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 22:36 (twenty-one years ago)

it was very hollister.

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

rilo kiley, i mean

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i took this picture of toucan sam and a banana in knoxville:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/tennessee/DSCN0636.jpg
and the sunsphere:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/tennessee/DSCN0635.jpg

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 3 June 2005 01:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Look, I'm amazed Melt Banana is playing Knoxville, what can I say.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 3 June 2005 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Mead's Quarry hasn't been mentioned on this thread yet. Go find Mead's Quarry!

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 3 June 2005 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Or ANY quarry! Bring twelver and crazy friends and tempt fate.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 3 June 2005 05:55 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm beginning to have fun. which farmer's market is better, knox county regional or market square? i need vegetables

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't been to the regional market in years. It used to be pretty good, but then there was a lot of political hoopla about who was going to run it, so I have idea what's there now. The stuff on Market Square is usually pretty good. I used to buy some great homemade onion relish from one of the people there.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 9 June 2005 19:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to live in Melrose Hall room D303. You took that 2nd photograph from somewhere almost in view of my old window. Yes, on Melrose Place. Did they close that dorm yet or what?

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm not sure if it's a dorm but it's still there and looks open

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 9 June 2005 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

hey cebtlin, how's it going in Knox patch?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

it's not so bad! here are some pictures from the zoo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/camelman.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/bigguy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/prairiedoggin.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/caitxa/DSCN0657.jpg

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Red pandas rool.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 00:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I have touched that red panda!

Caitlin, I'm glad you're having more fun. Knoxville is truly awesome. Done any of the other things on the thread? Seriously, Sequoyah Hills park is grebt this time of year.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 16 June 2005 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, attn: Tracer (since you frequent this thread) I am moving off the Lane. :(

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 16 June 2005 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

you should move to 3112

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:17 (twenty-one years ago)

So who's taking over the house on the hill? That's sad news, roxy.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 16 June 2005 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

It's still Brandt and me that own it, I'm giving it up and moving on. We can't really feasibly live together anymore. :(

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 16 June 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm going to a baseball game tonight

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Thursday, 16 June 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

knoxshows.proboards20.com sometimes has value.

Caitlin: come see my band on Friday! Pilot Light, 10! We will rock you like 4 hurricanes.

Go to Harold's yet?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 23 June 2005 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Go Smokies!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 23 June 2005 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Go to the Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg. I went to TN over Memorial Day and the shark exhibit is so good!

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 23 June 2005 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

oops hi. i have 2 more weeks here. my roommates refuse, refuse, to go to the egyptian place so i think i'm going to go by myself. one of them (a girl from tennessee) pretty much only eats red meat, hates vegetables, and hates restaurants that aren't american. she never even tries things! once i had to go to applebee's restaurant of barf and eat chicken because of her. i haven't tried to suggest sunspot to them but if there's no meat she won't eat it, so i'm going there by myself too.

ok enough complaining. i went to mackay's a while ago, but what is a used bookstore that's more...used bookstore-ish?

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

My friend John has a nice place called the Book Eddy, next to Disc Exchange on Chapman Highway. (At least, I think it's still there. I didn't actually go check last time I was in town.) You could drop by on your way to King Tut's.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

ok i'll go there right now!

― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:26 (twenty years ago)

god, just MAKE her go to king tut's. the food isn't "weird" at all, the guy who runs it is very aware of knoxvillians' leeriness towards any food that is not red meat + salt.. if he, his wife, and his daughter can't charm the pants off your roommate then yr roommate is not suitable friend material in my opinion.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 8 July 2005 18:41 (twenty years ago)

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