Due to a sudden illness, Etta James has been confined to bed rest in Nashville and forced to cancel tonight’s concert at the Tennessee Theatre. The show has been rescheduled to Tuesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. All tickets purchased for tonight’s show will be honored on the new date.
For additional information, contact the Tennessee Theatre box office at 865-684-1200.
Chris Range emails:
I want to invite all my friends to stop by my booth at Adventurecon this weekend. I’m just across from Billy Dee Williams, so it ain’t hard to find me. Just look for the big line for his booth and go to the one with no line to his right
Here’s the guest list and schedule. Some of the people who will be appearing:
And from Star Wars:
I’ve never been to one of these, and I have plans for today and tomorrow, but I may go next year. Sounds fun.
Ok, folks, it’s time to do it again! Let everyone know; pass the word; let’s make it a big one before summer really gets going.
WHEN: Saturday, June 9
WHERE: Bailey’s in West Knoxville.
TIME: 6PM
Leave a comment if you’ll be there. I’m setting the time early enough that it’s still a kid friendly atmosphere for those who want to bring them along. I’d bring my kids, but they’re at that age whre it’s not cool to hang out with dad on the weekend.
I’ll see everybody there!
Yes, It’s 3:30AM and yes, I just got back from watching Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End.
And yes, I will be working tomorrow. Er, today.
And finally, yes, you should go see it.
One of the most pleasant surprised for me in this series is the depth it has, particularly given that it started as a Disneyland ride. There’s not much material in a 3 minute ride to make a 2 hour movie, (anybody remember Haunted Mansion? Me neither.)much less three movies clocking in at roughly 8 hours, but POTC transcends its origins thanks to the writing of Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio, along with Gore Verbinski’s direction, and of course, Johnny Depp’s signature Captain Jack Sparrow.
Ok, enough of the critic speak. This is a fun movie, although maybe a trifle overlong at 2:45 minutes. The first hour moves along nicely, but things slow down a bit in the middle hour, but hang on to your seats for the last hour. At Worlds End is much darker than the first movie in the series, but not as gloomy as the second, and it is certainly the most violent of the three. I’m not going to say anything about the story, because I don’t want to spoil it for anybody; I’ll just say that At World’s End was a great way to wash away the mediocrity that was Spiderman 3.
The previews on the other hand, those I’ll talk about.
First up was the newest Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard. While the first three movies in this series were basically an excuse to kick the crap out of Bruce Willis for 2 hours, the trailer for the latest installment look like John McClane is dishing out more than he’s taking, cracking wise the entire time. The only potential drawback is the presence of the annoying little snot from the Apple commercials. Of course, we may get lucky and get to see him die harder.
Next up was, believe it or not, the Transformers movie. In the trailer, there’s a scene of a Decepticon rollerblading down the highway while blowing up a bus. I’ll pass.
Finally, the latest Disney Pixar joint production features a rat in a French kitchen training to be a chef. Trust me, the trailer makes this idea look every bit as bad as it sounds. In fact, after seeing the trailer for Ratatouille, (Get the joke? He’s a rat,making ratatouille.) rollerblading robots are starting to sound a lot better to me.
Zorb is coming to Knoxville Tennessee! Well, not exactly… Zorb is coming to the Smoky Mountains which is only 30 miles southeast of Knoxville Tennessee. The Smoky Mountains location is planned to open sometime in 2007
What is a Zorb and what is Zorbing? I can’t think of a better resource than Wikipedia’s article on Zorbing to explain the answer.
Zorbing is a recreational activity developed in the 1980s that consists of rolling downhill inside of a usually white, double-hulled sphere called a zorbus, made from PVC.
Zorbing originated in New Zealand as the brainchild of Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers. In 1967 they conceived the idea of the spheres in Rotorua, New Zealand. The inside of the original zorbo has 9 straps to keep the rider in place. Variations include strapless hydro zorbos where water is added for an experience somewhat like a water chute. The latter variation can be ridden with two or three other zorbonauts.
For those of you who didn’t follow that explanation it is “a person in the middle of this big ball. They’ve got about 700 mm of air between them and the ground - that’s about 2 feet for you metrically challenged folks - and this air cushion keeps em safe as they hurtle down the side of a hill at speeds of up to 50 kilometers per hour.”
It looks like a blast and I am already planning a trip down for a ride after it opens. I’ll pay someone $10 if they can convince Frank Murphy and Michael Silence to ride down a hill in a Zorb together and $15 if they can get Randy Neal in there for a three person Hydro Zorb ride.
If you want to try and contact Zorb’s Smoky Mountain location try the following information:
Zorb Smoky Mountains
203 Sugar Hollow Road
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863
smoky@zorb.com
1.865.428.2422
Who: Clay Aiken, performing with a full symphony orchestra
When: Sunday, August 12,
8 p.m.
Where: Tennessee Theatre
Tickets are $49.75 and $69, plus applicable services fees at the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 656-4444 or online at TennesseeTheatre.com.
Clay Aiken fans are in luck! In support of his 2006 release, A Thousand Different Ways, pop idol Clay Aiken makes his Knoxville debut at the historic Tennessee Theatre this summer, performing with a full symphony orchestra.
Aiken’s live show include performances of the following cover songs:
Harry Nillson’s “Without You,”
The Bad English hit “When I See You Smile,”
The Foreigner classic “I Want to Know What Love Is,”
Bryan Adams’s “Everything I Do (I Do It For You),”
Paul Young’s “Everytime You Go Away”
Dolly Parton’s “Here You Come Again.”
Email from Angie Clement
The Disc Exchange loves Vestival, the quaint celebration of life across the Henley Street bridge in the South Knox neighborhood Vestal. Food, fun and LOTS of great local music make this one of the coolest and most unique Saturdays you can spend with your friends or family. Read the release below and go!
The 7th annual Vestival will be held Saturday May 12th from 11AM to 7PM at the site of the old Candoro Marble Company (on the corner of Candora Avenue and Maryville Pike in the South Knoxville community of Vestal). The festival will begin with a Vestival tradition – a Mother’s Day Brunch (free to mothers) at 11AM. Music also begins at 11:00 and continues until 7PM. Fine food and arts and crafts vendors will fill the beautiful festival grounds (pick up those last minute Mother’s Day presents). Children’s activities and tours of the old marble building are also on tap.
The music schedule is as follows:
Candoro Café:
12:30 Greg Horne
1:30 Jim Myers
2:30 Sweethearts of the Bitterroot with Cary Masters
3:30 Trisha Gene
4:30 The Maid Rite String Band
5:30 The Bearded
Maryville Pike Stage:
11:00 Grupo Lavolta
12:00 The South Knoxville Persian Music Ensemble
1:00 Christabel and the Jons
2:00 The Lonetones
3:00 Sara Schwabe and Her Yankee Jass Band
4:00 The Hector Qirko Band
5:00 Los Breakfast Meats
6:00 Exit 65
Dog lovers should know that the 13th annual Bark in the Park will be this Saturday, May 12, starting at 11:00 AM at the Jacobs Building in Chilhowee Park. Admission is $5 per person. Because of the new indoor location the event will be held rain or shine.
Tomorrow is the sixth annual Free Comic Book Day. Go to a participating comic book store and get your choice of one of 28 free comics. Visit the site and enter your Zip code to find participating shops in your area.
Visit the site and enter your Zip code to find participating shops in your area. Locally, participants include Hastings in Maryville, S&G Comics and Collectibles in Sevierville, Clinton Cards, Comics, and Collectibles in Clinton, and in Knoxville Triad Comics and Collectibles, Comics Exchange, and Sci-Fi City.
Hat tip to Ace of Spades.
From The Knoxville News-Sentinel:
Brittnee Robinson, a junior in electrical engineering and chairwoman of the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers at UT, said the project is volunteer and extracurricular.
She said she knew nothing of the Rubik’s Cube and had to look up World’s Fair history on the Internet. She wasn’t born in 1982.
“My dad came to the World’s Fair and said it’s kind of odd that I’m working on the Rubik’s Cube when I wasn’t even around when the World Fair came to Knoxville,” said the junior from Huntsville, Ala.
Kessel said he is trying to get the Rubik’s Cube ready by early May, in time for the city’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the World’s Fair. He said the cube would return to the Fair site, although an exact spot remains to be determined.
That’s good news. Other than the Sunsphere the giant rotating Rubik’s Cube is easily the most recognizable icon of the World’s Fair. The East Tennessee Historical Society is managing the restoration.
