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re: Best thing to come out of each SEC town
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:30 pm to BigOrangeBri
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:30 pm to BigOrangeBri
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How about Alex Haley
We are like Rome - all roads lead to Knoxville. Not sure if Haley was born in Knoxville or not but he certainly claimed us in life and we claimed him. The Alex Haley statue is awesome (I think they built a park too). Also, UT has all of his personal papers. I think that's more than enough to count him.
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Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:32 pm to BigOrangeBri
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You win.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:32 pm to Prof
When I was growing up I got Alex Haley and Alvin Ailey confused all the time. DOES THAT MAKE ME A RACIST???!!!??!!
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:35 pm to Prof
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Kenny Chesney - born in Knoxville
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:36 pm to LegendOfCobb
Their names are similar enough that I could see you mixing them up. Unless you thought they looked alike I don't think you have anything to worry about.Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:37 pm to Mizz-SEC
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Mizz-SEC
Quite possibly but so what?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:43 pm to LegendOfCobb
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Wait, Prof--didn't Vonnegut go to Cornell? I just assumed he was there for his entire college career, given that he was the pledge educator in a buddy's frat.
He did initially go to Cornell but was transferred to UT to study mechanical engineering.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:44 pm to Mizz-SEC
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You win.
We all win
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:47 pm to Pavoloco83
REM and the B-52's were the most commercially successful bands out of Athens. B-52's are my favorite of the two and they started in the 70's. I've never been into jam bands even when they were in. I remember them being very popular with the college scene in the 90's, mainly in deep south though. I do realize that WSP had a big following.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 5:49 pm to Reservoir dawg
^REM was also highly influential in the music world. That counts for a lot.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 6:02 pm to Gulf Coast Grinder
Yes we have our Edam cheese. You can't get any during the holiday season, unless you order in Oct.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 7:00 pm to Reservoir dawg
Timothy Leary went to Bama.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:09 pm to GeauxPack81
Well, I know he wasn't born in Baton Rouge, but Bill Conti apparently came up with a rough draft of the Rocky theme for a class project while studying music at LSU. He was in the Golden Band from Tigerland as well and credits LSU a lot for his musical chops. He did the scores for all but one of the Rocky movies.
I saw a video saying two other people turned down the movie because it didn't really pay anything. He took it and it was so low budget that he had his wife and her co-workers that could sing do the vocals on "Gonna Fly Now" - the main theme. The rest is history.
And he married a Golden Girl...Ding-Ding.
Rocky music > the rest
I saw a video saying two other people turned down the movie because it didn't really pay anything. He took it and it was so low budget that he had his wife and her co-workers that could sing do the vocals on "Gonna Fly Now" - the main theme. The rest is history.
And he married a Golden Girl...Ding-Ding.
Rocky music > the rest
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:14 pm to HempHead
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and a lot of hot, drunken sloots.
Good enough for me
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:59 pm to Prof
Prof,
I've read Suttree and trust me, you won't be disappointed. It's in my top 5 favorite novels of all time.
Yes it is an investment of time, but the prose is so complex and elegant that you can't help but love the book. So many characters involved and the landscape Cormac paints is something I think any Vol will identify with.
-trader tiger
I've read Suttree and trust me, you won't be disappointed. It's in my top 5 favorite novels of all time.
Yes it is an investment of time, but the prose is so complex and elegant that you can't help but love the book. So many characters involved and the landscape Cormac paints is something I think any Vol will identify with.
-trader tiger
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:01 pm to OBReb6
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McAlister's deli for Oxford I guess.
Bro, do you even Faulkner?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:01 pm to NawlinsTigah270
Hershel at UGA, Bo at Auburn, Joe Willy at Bama, Pistol at LSU
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:06 pm to DCRebel
What about that chick from Big Daddy and Chasing Amy?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:08 pm to NawlinsTigah270
Lexington.... Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:23 pm to CatFan81
Or your BBC you tug on.
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