Knoxville

March 1, 1971
Me, Beverly, and Matt on a bike with our dad, about 1971. I could use some help with the date. Matt's more than one year old.
December 26, 1972
I liked playing with my toy Texaco station. We weren't able to take it when we moved to Chattanooga.
October 1, 1987
Saw R.E.M. at Stokley Athletic center at the University of Tennessee. 10,000 Maniacs opened.
December 1, 1987
I tried to strangle my roommate while sleepwalking. Date approximate.
March 2, 1988
Went to Regas with Katie for a birthday. This was supposed to be the fancy place in Knoxville.
March 4, 1988
Everything Tool played with Abstracts at Cityside. This had to be one of my first attempts at setting type on a computer.
November 5, 1988
Everything Tool played with Across The Yard at China King. Across the Yard were, in fact, the jangliest.
July 28, 1989
Mercyland, Anastasia Screamed and Everything Tool played at Planet Earth, Knoxville. The year is a guess. My brother and I were in Everything Tool. Mercyland was the out-of-town band. I don't remember meeting them but we had a cassette of their album in the car and we played it a lot.
October 1, 1989
I checked this War Of The Worlds LP out of the Knox County Library. I used to check out lots of records from the Knox County Library in downtown Knoxville.
March 24, 1990
I saw Fugazi at the Library in Knoxville. Lotsa hillbilly white supremacists showed up.
April 15, 1990
My fanzine got reviewed. I think everybody who did a fanzine looked forward to seeing these capsule reviews in Factsheet Five.
August 2, 1990
Snake Oil's first practice. We came out of the basement to discover the Gulf War had started.
November 6, 1990
Snake Oil played Gryphons with Swell. Gryphon's was the laundry where we practiced.
April 1, 1991
All the pictures I have of my cat Jack. It was harder to take hundreds of cat pics then.
December 15, 1991
My college diploma, laminated. I got this in the mail from the alumni association at UT. I shoulda put a penny for scale.
March 3, 1992
Had a pretty great birthday party. Marshal Andy sang to me about cowboy heaven.
December 15, 1992
Two of my bands were on a compilation of Knoxville bands. These were the unhip bands of 1992. We were too old!
September 15, 2001
Dirty Knives played Pilot Light in Knoxville.
January 10, 2003
All-Night Movers played the Pilot Light in Knoxville. A comedian opened the show.