The Sherpa is a new recurring feature on The Daily Pulse blog. I'll throw out some of the coverage that's gotten attention on our website, as well as feature a couple of events that might be of interest. Let me know if I'm boring the hell out of you, and I'll tweak. --Lindsay Beeson (Senior Designer and such)
(... and speaking of what does and does not bore the hell out of you, how about sharing your thoughts on Metro Pulse with this handy reader's survey?)
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The office is buzzing today with the Best of Knoxville. Stories are being edited. Gobs of pages are being designed. The Metro Pulse Best of Knoxville Party is being arranged. One of those things that you're happy to survive, but proud to have produced.
*Anyway* Rambling done.
Most Commented Stories
Unemployed and Uninsured in Knoxville, Tennessee by Leslie Wylie
Zo Howell, age 2, flashes a gummy grin, his tiny mouth full of cream cheese. Eight-year-old Taye is across the room, play-wrestling a Great Dane. Somewhere outside their modest home in northeast Knoxville, a lawnmower growls to a start, nearly drowning out their mother's color commentary. "Turkeyheads," Heather sighs bemusedly, watching her two sons.
Why Newspapers Need to Survive by Jack Neely
Most E-mailed Stories
Full Circle (part of our Rossini Festival Coverage) by Alan Sherrod
It's a small world, the saying goes. It really must be for University of Tennessee Opera Theatre's Carroll Freeman, for his world of music and opera is filled to the top with amazing performances and famous colleagues, and painted vividly by life's intriguing coincidences.
Tennessee Scenic Vistas Act On Hold Again by Chris Barrett
Down but not out, the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act--aimed at prohibiting mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee--is on ice for yet another year. As reported, the bill was due for a vote on March 31 in the House Environment subcommittee. Rather than subject the bill to the potentially fatal effects of an unsuccessful vote, Rep. Bill Dunn, the bill's sponsor, chose to take the bill "off notice," or remove it from consideration.
Knoxville's Old City Gets Country-Music Club by Matthew Everett
If you've been thinking that all the Old City needs is a country-music-themed nightclub and live music venue, then get ready for the opening of South Bound Bar & Grill. The club, in the space most recently occupied by Club 106, will hold its grand opening on Friday, May 1, with a performance by '90s country act Confederate Railroad, best-known for the hits "Queen of Memphis" and "Trashy Women" ("I like my women just a little on the trashy side").
A sample of events for Monday, April 27
(... and speaking of what does and does not bore the hell out of you, how about sharing your thoughts on Metro Pulse with this handy reader's survey?)
***********
The office is buzzing today with the Best of Knoxville. Stories are being edited. Gobs of pages are being designed. The Metro Pulse Best of Knoxville Party is being arranged. One of those things that you're happy to survive, but proud to have produced.
*Anyway* Rambling done.
Most Commented Stories
Unemployed and Uninsured in Knoxville, Tennessee by Leslie Wylie
Zo Howell, age 2, flashes a gummy grin, his tiny mouth full of cream cheese. Eight-year-old Taye is across the room, play-wrestling a Great Dane. Somewhere outside their modest home in northeast Knoxville, a lawnmower growls to a start, nearly drowning out their mother's color commentary. "Turkeyheads," Heather sighs bemusedly, watching her two sons.
Why Newspapers Need to Survive by Jack Neely
News of newspapers collapsing has suggested the obvious conclusion: Newspapers are in the past; the future belongs entirely to the Internet. You can take any skepticism I might have for what it's worth. I have a conflict of interest. I like newspapers, and I'm a print journalist. There are fewer of us every day.
Most E-mailed Stories
Full Circle (part of our Rossini Festival Coverage) by Alan Sherrod
It's a small world, the saying goes. It really must be for University of Tennessee Opera Theatre's Carroll Freeman, for his world of music and opera is filled to the top with amazing performances and famous colleagues, and painted vividly by life's intriguing coincidences.
Tennessee Scenic Vistas Act On Hold Again by Chris Barrett
Down but not out, the Tennessee Scenic Vistas Protection Act--aimed at prohibiting mountaintop removal coal mining in Tennessee--is on ice for yet another year. As reported, the bill was due for a vote on March 31 in the House Environment subcommittee. Rather than subject the bill to the potentially fatal effects of an unsuccessful vote, Rep. Bill Dunn, the bill's sponsor, chose to take the bill "off notice," or remove it from consideration.
Knoxville's Old City Gets Country-Music Club by Matthew Everett
If you've been thinking that all the Old City needs is a country-music-themed nightclub and live music venue, then get ready for the opening of South Bound Bar & Grill. The club, in the space most recently occupied by Club 106, will hold its grand opening on Friday, May 1, with a performance by '90s country act Confederate Railroad, best-known for the hits "Queen of Memphis" and "Trashy Women" ("I like my women just a little on the trashy side").
A sample of events for Monday, April 27
- The Southern Literature Book Group at Carpe Librum Booksellers, 6:30 p.m.
- Energy Efficient Home Presentation at Farragut Town Hall, 7 p.m.
- War On Drugs at Pilot Light, 10 p.m.
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