All right, so I see that the Blue Cats show has been rescheduled, which is awesome! I was afraid there wouldn't be another there before I moved away. The 28th is a Thursday, though. So, how many of you superfans are going to come from out of town and support, maybe missing a Friday obligation or two?

Just got back from a whirlwind weekend roadtrip to Knoxville!  

We stayed in the downtown Hilton with a couple of BUSLOADS of rambunctious, junior high-school, Christian youth groupies from Godknowswhere, TN.  Apparently, Knoxville is a hot Spring Break destination among the N'SYNC set.  Who knew?

Since the Features were not playing, we asked the guy at the front desk what there is to see in Knoxville.  His response:  'I don't really know, in terms of 'seeing' anything.'   Then he went blank.   Sometimes I wish people came equipped with Ctrl-Alt-Delete.  

We drove around Knoxville; saw many strip malls and check cashing places.  Glanced, in passing, at a boarded-up downtown.  Marveled at the industrial decay.  Stopped at Target and bought new underwear.  

We ate the best burger in the universe at Litton's.  Said burger was about the size of a baby's head and was served on a homemade bun, beside a mountain of fresh-cut french fries.  Don't know how, but I managed to finish and still enjoy a piece of German Chocolate cake for dessert.  This meal was truly the highlight of our trip.  

Walked around the Old City on Saturday evening, but there wasn't much to do there except drink.  Perhaps it is more lively when it's not Spring Break and the UT crowd is in town?  It seemed pretty dead around 10 o'clock.  Blue Cats looked like a neat venue, but we did not care to see the hippie jamfest.   John Prine was playing somewhere else in town, but his show had sold out weeks before.  Damn!

We walked around for a couple of hours, went into a couple funky little shops, stopped for some really bad coffee at Old City Java, then headed back to the hotel.  We watched American Pie 2 and ordered a pizza.  We laughed: this we could have done at home.  

I still have no idea what there is to do in Knoxville.  However, the gorgeous drive through the mountains made the trip worthwhile.

Man I should have warned you Knoxville is the worst place on earth! I will never go there again! All that damn orange and redneck meth heads and let me tell you how cool the strip is - ha ha - I won't even go there to see The Features - I would rather travel twice as far to avoid Knoxville - if The Features want to play in a really cool town they need to go to Athens or Austin - speaking of which why are they not playing SXSW that is where someone might notice that they rock and should be signed

Did anyone see the episode of the Simpsons where Bart takes a road trip to Knoxville? That pretty much sums up the town. Although now they do have a nice Old Navy store near West Towne Mall.

LOL. We kept joking about the 'Wigsphere,' which Melinda recalls being a disappointment even back in 1982, when she was 12.

yes I have seen that episode - Knoxville Knoxville Knoxville! - where Bart gets a fake id and they rent a car and run into the wonderful Sunsphere - yes just drive by that and the dirty whores that walk the strip and just get back on I40 and go go go and never look back

sounds like you all have it figured out, except maybe for the meth-heads (?). try living here for five years.

'Walked around the Old City on Saturday evening, but there wasn't much to do there except drink.'

drinking mass quantities does make the town bearable, even enjoyable at times.

tennessean is tennebelievin'

I have decided that as nasty of a town as Knoxville is, the Features go there and play and get great crowds.  Why not Athens or somewhere else?  They cannot guarantee near the return of a hopping crowd like Knoxville can and does every time the Features go there.

When you say, 'The Features should go to Athens,' you do mean Athens, GA, don't you? I don't think they would do very well in Athens, TN. There might be a Shell station there they could play at.

No, I think the Parthenon on the Acropolis would be a perfect place...

I thought anytime I said Athens on this board it would be an understood thing that it = Athens, GA

an you people call yourself indie - ha

I just wanted to clarify... besides, if you've ever been to Athens, TN, you can imagine how funny it would be if the Features tried to play there!

from what i've heard, the features are playing athens(GA) soon. their playing with some 'kindercore' band. i forgot their name.(it's not of montreal or marshmallow coast)

How much different can Athens, TN be from SPARTA, TN, the Features' home town?

the kindercore band wouldn't be i am the world trade center, would it? they're playing athens relatively soon i think, and i'd give my left soul to see them and the features in one night. i also hear the essex green (i *think* they're on kindercore) and ladybug transistor are playing there.  dammit, why can't nashville be cool too?

I Am The World Trade Center? Jesus Christ, what will the kids think of next? Please tell me that this band name is not real. If so, please kill me.

i am the world trade center is very real...and very good. quasi-electronic, instrumental, standard freezetag fare. they're from new york...hence the name, and they only have one album called out of the loop which was produced on the guy's laptop computer, released last july. now here comes the spooky part though, after i posted earlier i went and got the record out and noticed the 11th song on the album is called 'september.'

That's no coincidence; the band had full knowledge of the Sept. 11th attacks before they released the CD.  The band is the musical arm of the al Qaeda network.  They use their catchy, electronic songs to spread the ideals of Islamic fundamentalists!!!

To any spooks who may be reading this post:  The above statement is a joke.  I have no knowledge of any activities of kindercore bands nor of the al Qaeda network.

Wait a second, so this band was around BEFORE September 11? I figured they were just cashing in. That is strange coincidence...