Pretty simple question this week. We’re going as Lil Wayne and instead of trick-or-treat we’re going to ask, “Lane Kiffin?” What are you going to be for Halloween? Photo by: Vincent & Bella Productions
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Generation of Vipers’ Dead Circle
What do you think of when you hear the term “post-metal”? My best guess is that 99.9999999999% will retort a truly esoteric “huh? Whuzzat?” According to the bastion of truth that is Wikipedia, post-metal is “…broadly characterized by distorted guitar, heavy atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure, and a minimal …
Quiddities: The Tennessee Stage Company
A scene from the Tennessee Stage Company’s production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” in which a band of tinkers discuss a play that they intend to present at the wedding of Theaseus and Hippolyta. Before this summer, I had never attended a production of the Tennessee Stage Company (TSC). …
View of Knoxville, Vol. 50
This photo was taken by abennett23 The View of Knoxville series is derived from photos in our flickr group. Add your pictures and we might feature them here.
You’ve Never Heard it Called That!?
This is a guest post by Chad Huskey. As a kid, riding up and down Chapman Highway with my folks, we would stop in for gas at a gas station/pawn shop/jewelry store/restaurant. The sign at the road says “Thrifty Center”, but I had always heard it called Taul Town. When …
TN Bloggers Standing Behind Education
The fine folks over at Tennessee Bloggers For Education have been asking us to spread the word about their program for a while. And what a great program it is. Head on over to their donation page and look at all the ways we can help local teachers.
Your Favorite Knoxville Pumpkin Patch?
Whether you like to carve them or smash them, pumpkin season is in full swing with Halloween right around the corner. Pumpkin patches can be a treasured family excursion and there are many places in Knoxville to go. Which Knoxville pumpkin patch is your favorite and why? Photo by: Frank …
Gettin’ Snuggie Wid It: Knoxville’s First-Ever Snug Pub Crawl
Saturday night, October 17 is a date that will go down in history – albeit, quirky cultural history, but history nonetheless. This chilly evening marked Knoxville’s inaugural Snug Pub Crawl, hailed by one local tweeter as the “tweet-up of the century.” Twenty-some-odd Snuggie-clad seekers gathered at the appointed time on …
View of Knoxville, Vol. 49
This photo was taken by mosaic_photo The View of Knoxville series is derived from photos in our flickr group. Add your pictures and we might feature them here.
Livin’ La Dolce Vita – A Visit to the Fellini Kroger
Frederico Fellini was an idiosyncratic Italian film director renowned for blending fantasy and baroque images into his work. A cinematic pioneer, Fellini created what critic Robert Richardson referred to as an “aesthetic of disparity” in his films, abandoning traditional plot and character development in favor of a “disparate succession of …