Biography
Staff writer Mike Gibson was born in the heathen jungle wilds of Tanzania, raised by a feral herd of pygmy Boer goats. Upon migrating to the U.S. in 1865 for the purpose of studying medicinal origami, he abruptly switched career paths and entered journalism school at South Pizmo College for the Mucous-Deficient. He earned no actual school credits at South Pizmo, but did manage to land a pivotal internship with Butt Shuttle, a tasteful and highly sophisticated gentleman's publication. He has been with Metro Pulse for the better part of the last week now, and in that time has spent many long minutes thinking about writing numerous award-winning stories. When he is not on the job, Gibson is a liar, a charlatan, a dope fiend, a cheapskate and a butt kisser of the first rank. Metro Pulse looks forward to many more years of fine service from Gibson's office, which he will hopefully have departed by the end of next week, after the pesticides take effect.
Position History
- Articles Editor
04/18/2008 - 10/01/2008 - Staff Writer
04/02/1995 - 04/18/2008
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Local Songwriters Launch "Career-Management" App for Musicians
Published 02/01/2012 at 11:13 a.m.
The world’s wastebaskets are filled with tattered bar-naps scribbled over with big ideas that never got off the ground—product concepts, book titles, and fragments of movie scripts. But when Knoxville’s Jonathan Sexton ran into former Whiskey Scars bandmate Matt Urmy ...
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Square Room Prepares Scruffy Concert Series
Published 02/01/2012 at 10:59 a.m.
One of the Knoxville’s favorite performers is coming back home, at least once a month, to front a monthly concert and interview series with everyone’s favorite local columnist.
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Multiple Issues Hamper Development of McClung Warehouses
Published 01/04/2012 at 11:56 a.m. 1 Comment
What to do with the smoky remains of the McClung warehouses on Jackson Avenue downtown is an issue that won’t go away—mainly because little progress has been made since the historic buildings went up in flames in 2007. Recently, the ...
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Jyotindra Shukla: "Knowledge and Faith Are Complementary."
Published 12/21/2011 at 2 p.m.
Since its founding in 1991, the Hindu Community Center, which also houses a Hindu temple, has served many functions to the community of local Indian expatriates who frequent it. It is a social gathering place for people with shared culture, ...
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Canadian Rockers Protest the Hero Put Prog in Perspective
Published 12/14/2011 at 10:36 a.m.
Protest the Hero has the earmarks of a first-rate prog-metal outfit, to be sure. But beyond the obvious technical brilliance—and occasional profligacy—of the band’s music, there’s an impassioned quality to Protest’s performance
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Proposed Closing of Lakeshore Raises Questions
Published 12/07/2011 at 10:26 a.m. 1 Comment
The handwriting is on the wall, or so it would seem for Knoxville’s Lakeshore Mental Health Institute—even though the state’s plan to shut down the 125-year-old facility still has to pass muster with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and the General ...
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Tennessee's Voter ID Laws Draw Criticism
Published 11/23/2011 at 10:49 a.m.
When Tennessee’s new voter ID laws take effect on Jan. 1, their ostensible purpose will be to cut down on voter fraud. But critics say the only fraud lies in the notion that the new law is actually intended to ...
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East Knoxville's Mighty Marching Roadrunners Bring the Swagger
Published 11/02/2011 at 2:31 p.m.
There’s a rumble in the distance: a knuckle-popping cadence from a 10-man drum corps that sticks together like triple-sided tape, syrup on glue. And here they come, marching ’round the gate leading into the stadium: the Mighty Marching Roadrunners of ...
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Bar Tales: One Memory of a Legendary Tough-Guy Bartender
Published 09/21/2011 at 12:10 p.m.
Stewart wasn’t a big guy—maybe 5-foot 6-inches, and 150 pounds. But you couldn’t have scalloped an ounce of fat off his hardest figure, and he carried a knife with a blade the size of small boat oar, which he could ...
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Tribe One's Debt Crisis Threatens Its Future
Published 09/07/2011 at 11:16 a.m.
After 20 years of working with Knoxville’s urban youth, Tribe One is in danger of ceasing operations. Executive Director Stephanie Davis says if a capital fund-raising campaign does not raise $50,000 by Oct. 1, the organization will have to close ...
