Knoxify

Every now and then there is some­one you meet that sparks enthu­si­asm, cre­ativ­ity, drive, and innovation…that per­son takes you or your project to the next level. Alex Oliver has been that guy for Knox­ify and now, he needs a boost from our fan base to take home the Young & Free Ten­nessee Spokesper­son gig.

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In writ­ing this review my gut is want­ing to swing towards an unhealthy dia­tribe about the sad state of pop music. Not as a dis­missal of what Jag Star does and rep­re­sents, but the fact that they haven’t broke to a num­ber one down­load in the iTunes Store. Yet no tal­ent fools like Katy Perry and Kesha [notice no dol­lar sign] strike it rich.

But instead of focus­ing on the neg­a­tive, let’s move on to the positive.

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Chad Huskey’s ongo­ing search for the best places to find beer in Maryville

My quest to find beer in Maryville, has taken me back to the 1950s. No, I don’t own a Delorean, and no, even though I keep beg­ging my wife to let me install a Flux Capac­i­tor in our mini­van, she still hasn’t approved. I went back to the 1950s via the more con­ve­nient, Hotrod’s 50’s Diner, near down­town Maryville.

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This photo was taken by Break-A-Leg Pho­tog­ra­phy

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.

Over the past cou­ple of weeks we have posted con­tent that, in some eyes, posed a con­flict of inter­est. Let’s take a sec­ond to nav­i­gate a mine­field, shall we?

First, we’d like to point to our sta­tic Dis­clo­sure page. It has been in exis­tence for quite some time with lit­tle changes. Give it a review if you have time.

For a while now we, the authors and own­ers of Knoxify.com, have been strug­gling to define con­flicts of inter­est and how they’re going to shape our con­tent going for­ward. This site was started to show­case what makes Knoxville great and we have close to 600 posts fur­ther­ing that mis­sion. We pub­lish this blog as a labor of love which means we have day jobs to help keep the lights on.

Some of us are health­care pro­fes­sion­als, some are PR moguls, some are engi­neers, some are media peo­ple and some are real estate rock stars. From time to time the things that make Knoxville great land in our port­fo­lios as clients, friends, col­leagues, etc. When this hap­pens we have to walk a fine line.

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David Keith got into act­ing to meet girls. Or so he claims.

Keith explains that he never got involved in the emo­tional side of his career, mean­ing he didn’t buy into the Hol­ly­wood hype that derails so many young actors. Nor does act­ing define his iden­tity. “I got paid to have fun,” he says with his trade­mark crooked grin. So when Brian Salesky, exec­u­tive direc­tor of Knoxville Opera, made Keith “an offer he couldn’t refuse,” he agreed to tackle a very dif­fer­ent kind of role – that of the Pirate King in Gilbert & Sullivan’s beloved operetta, The Pirates of Pen­zance, com­ing to the Ten­nessee The­atre March 12 – 14.

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This photo was taken by jao­pro

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.

This photo was taken by jim­servies | photography

The View of Knoxville series is derived from pho­tos in our flickr group. Add your pic­tures and we might fea­ture them here.