what do you know about KNOXVILLE?

the last time i went to cat's it felt weirdly barren and unloved.

lol @ tracer hand. i meant will there still be cats at the book eddy.

CATS was the worst store in the world.

when it was still "cat's records and tapes" it was pretty great :(

in that same little shopping center there was briefly a FANTASTIC used record store whose name i can't remember. i got some bill withers, yazoo, and human league singles there for less than $10 total one time.

that is the store where i work. lost and found records.

it was there for eight or so years and then moved to the strip for a while and is now on walker blvd./broadway. lost and found has been around for over fifteen years now but briefly closed in the early 2000's cause of ebay ruining the record store game temporarily.

ahhhh! that is excellent!!

yeah!

Dudes!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz4jsf3ji14

aw. that is cute!

ha, i actually walked out of my friend's apartment at the emporium right into the middle of that shoot.

good use of the new flying bus station there. not sure how actually useful that place is, but it looks pretty cool at night.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/IMG_0541.jpg

i had a weird knoxville dream last night!

i was supposed to meet tipsy at market square for a cocktail but i kept running into every person in the world i knew on my way. every single person i past was someone i knew which made me embarrassingly late. when i finally arrived, tipsy was sitting with a panel of news reporters and interviewing bill landry who was making balloon animals outside the tomato head.

nothing about that seems unlikely, really...

it is true!

I love McKays. Been there every Christmas after first being taken to it. Crazy amount of Book Club printings of 60s/70s sci-fi hardbacks for cheaps.

Okay, I'm here til the 28th! Fap, anyone?

Today is Dollywood!

What?! Too cold to run the rollercoasters?!

Weird.

I won't have time to meet up with anybody but last night I had dinner at Regas and met Bill Regas himself! :(

Also hey Knoxvillians, get ready for outdoor theater off Magnolia this summer and possibly a new brewery and restaurant down there in the next couple of years

I always wanted Magnolia to get some more attention from the city.

well there's a dude who owned a bunch of abandoned warehouses around there (near Tyson, if that makes sense) who has now just given them to the city because of the tax liability.. and the city now has to
actually get creative about how to use them. basically what i'm saying is let's elect madeline rogero

yeah. hard to do for me since i live in north carolina now...

Kingfish, if yr around tomorrow come by brewpub on Gay Street in the mid-late afternoon. It's only open til 6, so there's a tradition among some friends of drinking til they kick us out. I'll probably be there from 4-6. (you can email me at jmayshark (AT) gmail)

Can anybody recommend a decent pc recycling/used computer bits place around Knox/Loudon/Maryville/etc? Apparently I now need to hunt for a coupla gigs for my dad's Latitude 620.

Tipsy, might be able to do that, depending on the schedule for later on.

Past Fellini Kroger but before Senor Taco there is a laptop shop on the left. it is right next to the apple/mac repair place that has been there forever.

Noam Chomsky is speaking in the Cox auditorium on Tuesday, Jan 25!

http://www.utk.edu/events/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=47542

What is happening the week of March 1st? I know it is a month away, but I will be in town and would enjoy a FAP.

should have been big ears >:(

Hey Knoxville, it looks like I will be flying in late Thursday. Friday a.m. we want to kick around your fair city for a bit before we head to Oak Ridge for a memorial service. Suggestions for great a great breakfast? Good part of town to kick around in for a bit? Would love to FAP but so far schedule does not look so hot for that :(

Noam Chomsky is speaking in the Cox auditorium on Tuesday, Jan 25!

http://www.utk.edu/events/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=47542

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hahaha wait what

holy shit i thought he died like 8 years ago

why the fuck did i think he died

breakfast:

the rankin
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=knoxville+rankin&fb=1&gl=us&hq=rankin&hnear=Knoxville,+TN&cid=3727886440773378311

delicious diner food

Or if you're downtown, come to Pete's on Union. Good grits, great egg sandwiches. If you're there between like 8:30 and 9:30 Friday, look for a big table of guys near the back and ask which one's me.

pete's was going to be my 2nd suggestion

Pete's had decent blueberry pancakes iirc

Thank you! Now what to do after breakfast for a couple of hours?

you will be close to here: http://www.easttnhistory.org/
which is great and has a cool exhibit right now re: jewish history of east TN

that would be my recommendation for what to do w/ 2 extra hours downtown

aw man that exhibit closed today! still cool stuff there tho

and you can check out these side-by-side stores that are awesome:

http://www.yeehawindustries.com/home.html
http://morelockmusic.com/

and check out the free concert down the street:
http://www.wdvx.com/programs/blueplate.html

otm although on that day i think dane and taylor are playing the blue plate :/

Thanks much. Looking forward to my trip (though it isn't 100% certain yet). BF and I are bbq obsessed to recs for that are U&K.

bbq:

chandler's on magnolia avenue is U+K
the smokehouse is a drivethru ribs place on magnolia ave that is incredible
THE DIXON BBQ - v cheap and good, also on magnolia

will it ruin my cred to admit i always ate at buddy's? :/

Dixons was just just featured on Man vs. Food this month.
That show is gross. Dixons is not.

xp in a word, yes

also sorry its not called the smokehouse, its called the smokeSTACK

Love dixson's, but in a pinch I'll eat at a Buddy's. They're not bad!

Dixons pig burger was, of course, the item on Man v. Food

Is Man v. Food the show where that fat bald guy goes around eating lions and shit and creeping out the cooks with his chatter? Because I hate that guy.