what do you know about KNOXVILLE?

lol

does craig still hang out at java?

No, in fact Java is totally different now! They don't even have shows there anymore. It's like, a cupcake-selling kind of coffee shop now.

:(((((((((((

;_;

there's egg nog, at least?

how easy is it to open a shop in knoxville?

hannah's cafe used to be "the spaghetti factory", right?

over christmas my friend josh actually made some people move from a booth at manhattan's because 15 years ago that booth was "his"

his did it very charmingly

p.s. roxy can't come out this month but still hoping in the near future! hopefully sometime when people in shops will say "happy holiday" to me to confuse the hell out of me.

how easy is it to open a shop in knoxville?

from observation and the experiences of various of my friends, i'd say the hard part is not opening a shop, it's keeping it open. the old city in particular is a mercantile bermuda triangle. (all the more reason to respect jason and the pilot light crew.)

if i can open a shop there i reckon it'd be so good it'd stay open.

hannah's cafe used to be "the spaghetti factory", right?

no, that became barley's

TRACER are you coming home for holidays?

I've got some old friends in Knoxville. The Pilot Light is the best rock club I've ever played at. The unflappable bartender was playing some of my all time favorite vinyl sides (Tyrannosaurus Rex, Hawkwind, PETER GREEN'S Fleetwood Mac) and I had to tell him how happy it made me. He just stared back at me without saying a word. I'm missing Tennessee in autumn.

that's gotta be bill warden

he's an institution

what band are you in?

I played with Jerusalem and The Starbaskets at the Pilot Light waaay back in 2004 (I think?). I'm not in any band now. I'm an ooooold friend of Brad C that played bass in Dixie Dirt. He actually did a solo thing that night at the Pilot Light that was really good. I think he works at Barleys lol.

i know bradford

will red bull dozers be able to play pilot light if it travels to america? didn't really look like it's a place for an indiepop/comedy fusion act..

you would go over awesome at the birdhaus, it's in 4th and gill

you could easily do pilot light too though, a monday or tues night would suit you fine!

roxy no :/ i will be preoccupied with keeping a tiny baby alive in london!!

will you be able to get me a gig around april/may next yr?

tracer come to knoxville around april/may next yr

yeah of course

tracer i didnt know! congrats!!

thank u! somebody had to do it

late may 2009 may be a possibility.. the softball tourney

softball tourney combined with red bull dozers gig in knoxville!??!?

yo knoxvillains - ASHEVILLE NC is your sister city for the election! if you've got a car, drive over there and help people get to the polls! SIGN UP! DO IT!

are they going to drive over here and help us get to the polls

(tracer i knocked a rock out of your parents lawn decorations with my car the other day. i was humiliated)

no they're not - TN is SO OVAH

"lawn decorations"??? were you driving in the orchard??

i see roxy's driving has improved

lol ken

no, some kind of...landscaping? near the driveway, and kind of on the border of our driveway.

no driving in the orchard yet!!

most beautiful place in the world right now

xpost roxy, still true? I am going to be in Kville from the 23rd to the 28th for holidays. Guess I should read this thread, every time I am in town I just kind of lump around at the fam's..

will be back there again in a week's time

that is awesome, casino! october is famously beautiful in these parts. it's perhaps not as lovely as that, but I still love knoxville in the winter, especially south of the river.

ayo roxyville, are u goin to this?

http://www.bigearsfestival.com/

JW will be there!

I am going to the big ears festival too!

Of course I'm going to that, as much of it as possible.

JW in Knox? Crazy!

:D

I am going too! You should tell us where all the most deliciousest places to eat are, so I can be loaded down with sticky BBQ when I watch Fennesz.

Also, did you see the news about the Ampy Ant Cafes?!

the Ampy Ant Cafes • 12/18/2008
Discussion stations will be located throughout the Big Ears festival where festival goers can take a break, relax and meet each other. Live and evolving ambient music will be provided by musicians at each location. As part of this process, the musicians will interview willing festival attendees and may include portions of the shared conversation into special musical pieces. The newly created pieces will be provided online and often on-site throughout the festival. Be sure to bring a jump drive. Special high quality green and black teas and herbal infusions will be served at these venues, sometimes by the musicians themselves.

i love that ashley's doing that fest. no idea how it'll go over in kxville, but it's cool that he's bringing it there.

That sounds pretty nice!

I'd like to add that this is a really great thing for the Pilot Light (I just left there! <3 the place, <3 Jason. Have had some of the best, worst and most important nights of my life there [including 3 birthdays, haw]), which has seen better days financially. Hopefully this will give it the kick it needs to carry on...forever!

xpost, yeah it's awesome of ac

in other knoxville-related things, for reasons i can't totally explain i got dan lacey to do a pancake painting of the sunsphere.

http://funhouserock.com/funhouse/blab/picture.php?albumid=33&pictureid=394

LMFAO

that...

...is incredible

should we start a Big Ears Festival thread or is it OK to clutter up this one?

start one!

and now Ken C will sing "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:30 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

he's gone through a phD, gear.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:38 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i now only sing "Dr. Jones" by Aqua, in karaokes
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:38 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ took me until the second read

okay, i'm here til the 30th. Now what?