I always liked that place. You mean the one near the one lane underpass, on Ogle?
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
(i think the one-lane underpass is what makes maryville pike seem distant from king tut's in my mind. like a secret passage or something.)
― tipsy mothra, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:41 (sixteen years ago) link
no the one on blount ave, before you get to the baseball diamond if you're driving from town. it's built up around the overpass on the right hand side if you're driving that way. it seemed like the stacks of cars just carried on up into the hills and the woods and the kudzu. there's only a few cars left there now, though, and it's disconcertingly... TIDY
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Some Vestal pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/vestalsignsized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/faintinggoatssized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/savwaysized.jpg
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/roundhousesized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/peasesized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/onelanesized.jpg
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/montgomerysized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/kingtutsized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/headsized.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/browniesbarsized.jpg
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
haha i have NEVER seen that vestal sign
the savway used to be a cas walker's, did you know that? same red and white facade, too. cas walker's entire business strategy was to set up supermarkets in poor neighborhoods and sell the lowest quality products possible.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha, lol @ Cas.
Also, that Vestal sign is right across the street from Vestal park. Ever been there?
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
great pics, roxy!!
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
yes i have! not in awhile though.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=W004
Thanks, Tracer!
― roxymuzak, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
dude i went to five points village plaza in june
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 27 August 2007 01:52 (sixteen years ago) link
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