http://www.metropulse.com/news/columns/knoxville-culture/secret-history/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Secret History by Jack Neelyen-uscolumns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyhttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/15/elusive-specialty-hot-dogs-grilled-cheese-and-bisc/?partner=RSSBut do we serve anything worth waiting in line for? Something that we’d say, “When you’re in Knoxville, you just have to try a ___”? neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 15 May 2013 14:41:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26030-735003columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe Elusive Specialty: Of Hot Dogs, Grilled Cheese, and BiscuitsMetroPulseelusive-specialty-hot-dogs-grilled-cheese-and-biscurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26030-735003Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/08/averageville-knoxville-typical-american-city/?partner=RSSI’ve been talking around that conclusion for a long time, without ever daring to suggest that particular superlative. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 08 May 2013 15:14:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26005-734996columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNAverageville: Is Knoxville the Typical American City?MetroPulseaverageville-knoxville-typical-american-cityurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26005-734996Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/01/where-boxcars-are-all-empty-mysteries-harry-mccli/?partner=RSSIf you’re a student of folk music, over 50, or both, you can sing along with an unusual song called “Big Rock Candy Mountain." neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 01 May 2013 14:28:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25976-734989columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNWhere the Boxcars Are All Empty: The Mysteries of Harry McClintock's Knoxville YouthMetroPulsewhere-boxcars-are-all-empty-mysteries-harry-mccliurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25976-734989Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/24/national-profile-some-weird-resonance-news-and-app/?partner=RSSKnoxvillians of a certain age have been struggling avoid a certain comparison, but maybe it’s time to go ahead and get it out. Consider two brothers, successful businessmen, the more outgoing of whom has gubernatorial aspirations. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:18:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25955-734982columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe National Profile: Some Weird Resonance in the News, and an Appreciation of Terry MorrowMetroPulsenational-profile-some-weird-resonance-news-and-appurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25955-734982Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/17/better-n-you-few-reasons-why-we-should-stop-citing/?partner=RSSState rankings are kind of like ethnic slurs. We can use them as punchlines of jokes about being grateful for Mississippi, and as motivating tools to talk about ourselves. But when someone else uses them, it can rankle. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:40:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25921-734975columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNBetter 'n You! A Few Reasons Why We Should Stop Citing State RankingsMetroPulsebetter-n-you-few-reasons-why-we-should-stop-citingurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25921-734975Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/10/small-giant-spring-saturday-and-sudden-and-brief-e/?partner=RSSI had things to do on Saturday afternoon, but it was such a lovely day I took a walk through Market Square. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:53:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25879-734968columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe Small Giant: A Spring Saturday, and a "Sudden and Brief Exclamation" About KnoxvilleMetroPulsesmall-giant-spring-saturday-and-sudden-and-brief-eurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25879-734968Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/03/two-corners-some-resonance-behind-depot-street-fir/?partner=RSSI’d never looked twice at the building on Depot Street at Ogden. It was just a big, blank, one-story building, looking from the front like any utilitarian warehouse from the 1970s. I remember the ’70s, but can’t account for what we were thinking then, especially concerning architecture. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:20:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25865-734966columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNTwo Corners: Some Resonance Behind the Depot Street Fire and the Marble Alley ProjectMetroPulsetwo-corners-some-resonance-behind-depot-street-firurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25865-734961Change734966Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/mar/27/metropolitan-knoxville-msa-now-nine-counties-not-o/?partner=RSSIf you’ve been feeling a little more metropolitan lately, you’ve got some numbers to back it up. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:52:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25832-734954columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNMetropolitan? Knoxville MSA is Now Nine Counties—But Not the Ones You ThinkMetroPulsemetropolitan-knoxville-msa-now-nine-counties-not-ourn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25832-734954Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/mar/20/drivers-only-handicapped-accessibility-problem-we/?partner=RSSAfter a couple of recent accidents involving death and injury, in West Knoxville and then North Knoxville, it’s not clear that cars are safe in parking lots. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:03:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25816-734947columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNDrivers Only: The Handicapped-Accessibility Problem We Don't Want to Talk AboutMetroPulsedrivers-only-handicapped-accessibility-problem-weurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25816-734947Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/mar/13/new-urbanist-fable-if-you-can-discern-moral-please/?partner=RSSYears ago I discovered the easiest way to dull the pain of paying bills is by paying them in person. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:57:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25776-734940columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNA New Urbanist Fable: If You Can Discern the Moral, Please Advise MetroPulsenew-urbanist-fable-if-you-can-discern-moral-pleaseurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25776-734940Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/mar/06/bill-and-ali-caf-no-s-tales-knoxville-way-guatemal/?partner=RSSAfter a few months in charge of the best bookstore in Guatemala, Bill McGowan’s back in town, and wanted to catch up. A skinny guy in a tweed Irish cap and a stubbly white beard, McGowan is originally from Chicago, and says Marie’s Olde Towne Tavern reminds him of the warm neighborhood bars of his youth. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:40:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25746-734933columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNBill and Ali at Café No Sé: Tales of Knoxville, By Way of Guatemala MetroPulsebill-and-ali-caf-no-s-tales-knoxville-way-guatemalurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25746-734933Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/27/kubrick-and-agee-walk-bar/?partner=RSSIn my column about filmmaking, to emphasize the unusualness of the fact that James Agee is still regarded as relevant to current cinema, 58 years after his death, I stretched one point. I stated that James Agee died before he ever heard of several giants of the second half of the 20th century, including Stanley Kubrick. It seemed a pretty safe assumption. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:57:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25722-734926columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNKubrick and Agee Walk Into a BarMetroPulsekubrick-and-agee-walk-barurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25722-734926Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/20/next-hollywood-oscar-night-companion-knoxvilles-la/?partner=RSSIs Knoxville the fourth biggest video-production city in America? We’ve been saying that, and I don’t hear rivals for that title complaining. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:44:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25698-734919columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe Next Hollywood: An Oscar-Night Companion to Knoxville's Latest ClaimsMetroPulsenext-hollywood-oscar-night-companion-knoxvilles-laurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25698-734919Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/13/rachmaninoffs-last-bow-reason-knoxvilles-home-worl/?partner=RSSMost folks, even people who live and work nearby, don’t know he’s here. He stands alone in a contemplative spot in a copse of trees where curious walkers find him. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:58:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25666-734912columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNRachmaninoff's Last Bow: The Reason Knoxville's Home to the World's Only Statue of a Russian ComposerMetroPulserachmaninoffs-last-bow-reason-knoxvilles-home-worlurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25666-734912Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/06/mark-samuel-bell-our-most-famous-silversmiths-bett/?partner=RSSCome July, our favorite reality-television program, Antiques Roadshow, is on its way to Knoxville. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:24:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25648-734905columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe Mark of Samuel Bell: Our Most Famous Silversmith's Better Known in TexasMetroPulsemark-samuel-bell-our-most-famous-silversmiths-betturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25648-734905Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/30/city-guns-and-country-guns-one-clearest-examples-p/?partner=RSSThe gun debate may be the crispest demonstration of America’s city-country split. Our political divide is starkly geographical, in a way that’s true on a micro level in Knox County, precinct by precinct, and on a national level, state by state: population density may be the single strongest predictor of whether you vote for Republicans or Democrats. It’s so strong it often looks like the main determinant. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25605-734898columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNCity Guns and Country Guns: One of the Clearest Examples of the Political/Geographical DivideMetroPulsecity-guns-and-country-guns-one-clearest-examples-purn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25605-734898Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/23/medical-arts-and-architecture-rehab-main-street-la/?partner=RSSDowntown’s residential wave is finally lapping at Main Street. The Medical Arts Building—that tall, beatific jazz-age tower underused and underappreciated for years—is getting rehabbed, and that’s good news. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:59:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25596-734891columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNThe Medical Arts and Architecture: Rehab of Main Street Landmark, Its Architect, and the End of an EraMetroPulsemedical-arts-and-architecture-rehab-main-street-laurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25596-734891Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/16/light-rail-weekend-visit-popular-phantasm/?partner=RSSOur recent issue about What Knoxville Needs stirred up an old futuristic dream that won’t die. We talk about it today in the same tones we used in the ’60s when we talked about jet packs and hovercraft and computers. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:32:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25562-734884columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNLight Rail: A Weekend Visit to a Popular PhantasmMetroPulselight-rail-weekend-visit-popular-phantasmurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25562-734884Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/09/two-architects-bruce-mccarty-and-charlie-richmond/?partner=RSSThe year’s only a few days old, but Knoxville has already lost two influential and very different architects. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25530-734877columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNTwo Architects: Bruce McCarty and Charlie RichmondMetroPulsetwo-architects-bruce-mccarty-and-charlie-richmondurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25530-734877Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/02/year-2013-some-notes-about-coming-months/?partner=RSSFinally, we’ve arrived in a gracefully nameable era. For 13 years now, those of us who are accustomed to making sense of our recent past by sorting it into decades with distinct personalities, like the ’20s or the ’50s, haven’t been quite sure what to do with this 21st century. Maybe, given a name, these teens will make some coherent sense. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:51:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25520-734870columns/knoxville-culture/secret-historyJack NeelyKnoxville, TNIn the Year 2013: Some Notes About the Coming MonthsMetroPulseyear-2013-some-notes-about-coming-monthsurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25520-734870Change0Usable