Never mind all the grumbling about the crowds and the teenagers and the lineups and how much beer costs—nothing symbolizes downtown Knoxville’s recent renaissance like Sundown in the City, the free music series on Market Square that’s just started its ...

Well, okay. Those are all reasonable answers. But we were looking for more creative ideas, like, “Put a gun on the Alabama flag.” Or, “Put the Alabama flag on guns.”

Oh, dear. How the once-slavish fans turn on you once you completely reject them (after one short year) in order to further a dubious career built on acting like a self-entitled dork with few actual results on the playing field.

No, Gatlinburg is not in Knoxville. But we just can’t compete!

A colorfully historical jumble of Victorian and early 20th-century architecture on a more personable scale than most of downtown, and 30-odd businesses, mostly local, mostly unusual, is a big part of the 156-year-old Square’s appeal.