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Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:37 am to trader_tiger83
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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.
Thanks trader_tiger. I've heard from older Knoxvillians that have read it that it's absolutely legit in describing a lot of how Knoxville was at that time and I know it mentions places I'm very familiar with. I know Knoxville was a rough and tumble place during that time frame so I look forward to a chronicle of that. I don't mind the thick prose (I'm a Faulkner fan) or a time investment (also a King fan) so it's definitely something I look forward to, especially with a better review from someone who loves it.
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:55 am to NawlinsTigah270
:inbeforeMommaGoldberg's:
Auburn, AL.
Auburn, AL.
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Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:34 am to DoubleDown
Oxford - William Faulkner
Posted on 7/3/14 at 8:36 am to YouDontKnowBro
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Allman Bros, Grateful Dead, String Cheese, Yonder, Phish, STS9 etc.
Please don't associate an average electronic band with the rest of that list.
STS9 is so overrated and a fad. They aren't even considered great in their own genre anymore.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 9:44 am to Farmer1906
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Canes is a knockoff of Laynes back when LSU came to Kyle Field and got their arse handed to them. Some LSU grad stole the idea/formula.
Not affiliated with LSU at all. Cat was a ULL dropout working in California when he dreamed it up.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 10:05 am to BigOrangeBri
There is literally nothing I wouldn't do to that woman. If she wanted a rolling brown out...
Posted on 7/3/14 at 10:19 am to Big EZ Tiger
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And he married a Golden Girl...Ding-Ding.
Which one? Blanche? Rose? Dorothy?
Posted on 7/3/14 at 10:23 am to Bama Bird
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Archibald's is in Tuscaloosa city limits. As you turn off of US-82 onto Watermelon Road, it becomes Tuscaloosa.
Nope. Archibald's is definitely within the Northport city limits.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 11:04 am to WRhodesTider
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Which one? Blanche? Rose? Dorothy?
Haha...actually, I think it was Dorothy's mother.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 11:06 am to NawlinsTigah270
Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 11:56 am to Wanderin Reb
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What about that chick from Big Daddy and Chasing Amy?
Joey Lauren Adams... pretty frickin hot back in the day...has not aged well.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 1:34 pm to Prof
But will Suttree make you want to kill yourself, ala The Road? This is really the only cogent question.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 1:41 pm to NawlinsTigah270
Oof. I love Fayetteville, but its culture/arts/music/etc. aren't really that notable. The only two things I can remember being of national (or even regional) interest are Jessie Lunderby, the sheriff's office employee who took her clothes off for a magazine, and Weev, the griefer troll internet guy who showed the exploit iPads had with email addresses.
Also, I know apologists want to lump all of northwest arkansas in as the college town, but I've lived there. The towns have nothing in common.
Also, I know apologists want to lump all of northwest arkansas in as the college town, but I've lived there. The towns have nothing in common.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 1:42 pm to DawgHolliday
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Joey Lauren Adams... pretty frickin hot back in the day...has not aged well.
From North Little Rock.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:00 pm to OBReb6
All three of MS college towns can claim the first McAlisters in a weird way.
Two owners opened the prototype store, Bulldog Deli, in Starkville. The 1st owner wanted to expand, the 2nd owner did not. So the two owners seperated and the 1st owner started his own company based on the same idea and opened up Checkers in Oxford. Then he opened up McAlister's Deli in Hattiesburg. He then decided they all should be called McAlisters.
So Bulldog Deli was the prototype. Checkers was the first of the company now called McAlisters in Oxford. Hattiesburg had the actual first one called McAlisters in the company.
Two owners opened the prototype store, Bulldog Deli, in Starkville. The 1st owner wanted to expand, the 2nd owner did not. So the two owners seperated and the 1st owner started his own company based on the same idea and opened up Checkers in Oxford. Then he opened up McAlister's Deli in Hattiesburg. He then decided they all should be called McAlisters.
So Bulldog Deli was the prototype. Checkers was the first of the company now called McAlisters in Oxford. Hattiesburg had the actual first one called McAlisters in the company.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:04 pm to Prof
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He did initially go to Cornell but was transferred to UT to study mechanical engineering.
He studied mechanical engineering on the UT campus for 5 months in 1943 as part of the Army Specialized Training Program.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:22 pm to NawlinsTigah270
Starkville/ Oktibbeha County, MS
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice
Posted on 7/3/14 at 2:28 pm to DawgHolliday
She lives in Oxford. Have seen her at several of our shows. (I play in a band as a hobby). I guess she is a fan. haha. She is a cool nice girl.
Posted on 7/3/14 at 3:15 pm to NawlinsTigah270
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WSP >>>>> R.E.M.
all day, any day, every day ...
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