Brian Jobe and “Right Angle Reply (Tall Grasses)”
I first heard of artist Brian R. Jobe at the most recent Pecha Kucha. I’d like to say that I immediately understood what he was up to and recognized his genius but, honestly, that didn’t come...
One More Final (?) Closure on Market Square – and a Rumor Addressed
The closure of the Peanut Shop on Market Square has been reported elsewhere, but not mentioned here, as it happened over the holidays. Hopefully it will be the final closure on Market Square for the foreseeable...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner: 1/4/15 – 1/13/2015
This marks the first in a shift to a ten-day planner. I’ve had people asking that I extend the calendar and I’m also lining it up to match the upcoming Hard Knox Independent calendar which starts...
Top Ten Articles of 2014
So, here we are with the top ten. Before we get into it, I’d like to thank some people who have been important to the success of the blog this year. Just John added tremendous value...
Top Articles of 2014, Part 1: #25 – #11
One of my nerdy personality quirks is that I really enjoy statistics. I’ve obsessed at various times over SEC football statistics, music statistics (sales, artist rankings, chart positions) and, obviously, I now pay attention to Internet...
Scenes from the City at the End of 2014
I hope you all had a marvelous Christmas or, if you don’t celebrate that holiday, I hope you had some quiet, quality time with your family. To ease into another shortened holiday week, I decided to...
The Knoxville Week (and a Day) Ahead: 12/28/14 – 1/4/2015
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Christmas Eve Services at Downtown Churches 2014
I’m wishing you a happy Christmas with this article. I’ll be spending time with the people I love for the next few days. I hope you are able to do the same. I’ll not write Thursday...
Strollstice 2014
With all the dark, damp and cool weather it might have been easy to overlook the fact that Sunday was the shortest day of the year. Many of them have seemed short and dark and Sunday...
Tour de Lights 2014
The eighth annual Tour de Lights was held this past Friday night. I almost rode in this one, but blogga world got a little crazy the end of last week, so I didn’t make it. Maybe...