Even Better Than the Real Thing
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
So who is the real “Weird Al” Yankovic? Why, only one of the most devious performers of our time. He may seem inoffensively silly, but in fact he has made a career of deflating our pop-culture hang-ups. Dave Prince has a talk with him. Full story »
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Determined to be Downtown North
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
City Beat: The Downtown North/Interstate 275 revitalization plan to make North Central Street more attractive to residents and to businesses was warmly received by most of the 175 in attendance at its first public meeting July 8. There were a few objections to attempting to draw people to the area while prostitutes work their trade up and down Central and homeless people are habitually sprawled on nearby sidewalks, but most greeted the plan with optimism. Full story »
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Ear to the Ground: Let's Try Again
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ear to the Ground: Look for a suggestion at a Knox County Commission committee meeting next week that proposed charter amendments be put on the ballot. Confusion over the bundled items in the two charter petitions has prompted re-thinking about putting them on the ballot. There may be a proposal at the Commission Intergovernmental Committee meeting next week to offer each of the items as a separate ballot initiative and put them on the ballot for the November election. Full story »
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Eye on the Scene: No Woman, No Cry
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The upcoming five-band show at Pilot Light on Friday, July 25—a benefit for the club—will probably be the last chance to see local rock band Woman on a Knoxville stage for a while. Singer Chris Lowe and guitarist Tyler Mucklow are both leaving the country for extended periods in the next couple of months—Mucklow to Mexico to study for two semesters, and Lowe to South Korea to teach English. The moves will bring to an end, at least temporarily, the band’s two-year run. Full story »
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Childhood Calling
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Scene & Heard by Rose Kennedy: It’s about 1:30 p.m. and the sun is still high this Friday afternoon, but the fun is winding down. A few hours earlier, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, our city’s repository for and promoter of African American achievements and culture, was thronged for its first-ever family-friendly Friday Fun in the Sun event. Full story »
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Ellen Fowler
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Street Talk by Rose Kennedy: This is a three-week summer camp for 15-year-olds, and we’ll have nine different countries represented. Each will have one leader along with four kids, two girls and two boys. We really can’t give out the names of the countries until they leave, for security reasons, but they’re coming from South America, Europe, Asia—pretty much all over Full story »
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The Highly Effective Novelist
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
In Profile: Richard Yancey is the creator of Teddy Ruzak, the Highly Effective Detective. The first book, The Highly Effective Detective, came out in 2006; the second, The Highly Effective Detective Goes To the Dogs, is due out next month. Though the tone of most of the books is light-hearted, the novels have earned critical praise for the Gainesville, Fla., author. When we read the books, we can’t help but notice the setting, a complicated city of reckless college students, eccentric beggars, stubborn cops, obsessive old ladies, and tattooed bohemians called Knoxville, Tennessee. Full story »