what do you know about KNOXVILLE?

ok it's actually the jan. 1 show w/damn creeps (who are they?) and jack rose.

oh man that big ears festival looks amazing!!! won't be able to make that, sadly.

i'm psyched.

haha damn creeps are ONE OF WILL FIST'S BANDS!

Hey, Knoxville! My mom was born in Maryville.

I was raised in Maryville! Ages 3-18.

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.

Aw, that's nice. <3

Have to get back sometime!

over the last few years of following this thread

any other recommendations for stuff w/in an hour or two of knoxville? music? sights? etc.?

some friends of mine went on a carnival cruise and described it as "floating gatlinburg"

you could rent motorcycles and ride "the dragon"

http://www.aartennessee.com/Dragon.htm

for an authentic knoxville experience you could spend a day in traffic on kingston pike

lol

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

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.

it's fucking weird

DNW

Whatever happened to all the vinyl in those Ernest Tubb stores? I weep.

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.

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.

amateurist asking questions about Chapman Highway is kind of wild.

the g.f. is taking me to chik-fila-a tomorrow.

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.

Disc Exchange, probably. Yeah it's hit and miss for sure.

GO TO KING TUT'S

it's in vestal on martin mill pike -

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-15020445R-king_tuts_grill-i

fuck a chik-fil-a

No way, I want one. Mail me it?

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.

(shared with another party, but still way overpriced.)

what a h8er

i love mo's shtick. but it's true the place is partly performance, so you have to be in the mood for it.

hey amateurist were you at the pilot light jan 1?

yes, with the gf.

So was I!

amateurist i don't think you were in the right frame of mind

how do you mean?

he was in another state
another state of mind

Knoxville is purty.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3206244085_255df76cc3.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3207083692_1d42d7c8d7.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3256/3207082912_fa72a5b159.jpg

(I was testing out a Christmas camera, don't mind me...)

Aren't the bricks so RED on that building?

Is that the former Miller's department store?

I can't speak for Doc Cas but I believe it is. Also: MOD BURGER!

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.

Your link reminds me that I love the Medical Arts Building -- it is one of my fasvorite buildings in the world.

We're both right -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%27s_Department_Store#Knoxville_flagship_store

beef resolved

haha

fyi: roxy and her fellas were just named the ninth-greatest knoxville band of all time.

Congratulations!

lol at link on that page:

http://metropulse.com/news/2009/jan/28/british-people-now-aware-knoxville/