Whittle Communications is no more, but the legacy of the company that burned brightly and briefly in downtown Knoxville is very much with us. Jack Neely, who once cashed Whittle paychecks himself, was amazed to discover that dozens of the artists, writers, editors, and designers who flocked here from across the country are still in Knoxville, ensconced at just about every level of the local and national media. In some ways, Whittle means more to Knoxville dead than it did alive.

John Sewell takes to Knoxville's streets to report on the growing popularity of the opiate Oxycontin, and Joe Tarr asks some hard questions about TDOT's plans for a road around the Smokies.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan says the state of the city administration is confusion in Insights, Joe Tarr says, "Don't quote me on that" in Media Blitz, and Jack Neely reaches the thrilling climax of the XYZ murder case in Secret History.

People like to talk about the sights of this city—the mountains, the dogwoods, the strip malls—but what about the smells? Paige M. Travis follows her nose and finds out that whether it's roasting coffee, baking bread, or pungent wastewater you're after, Knoxville's got it.

Matthew T. Everett gets dirty with the rollicking indie blues of the North Mississippi Allstars in the Music Feature, while in Eye on the Scene reports on the great Atlanta Evil Twin spanking scandal (as well as the KJO's European tour plans). Heather Joyner finds you don't have to go to China—just the Ewing Gallery—to see Tradition and Transnationalism in Artbeat, and John Sewell sits down with two very different coming-of-age stories in The History of the Kelly Gang and Rides of the Midway in Pulp.

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