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Help Mike
A benefit show well be held for musician Mike Phillips, who was in an accident on Aug. 22 and is in a coma. Phillips played in a band, Joyce and Company. The benefit will be held at the Amvets on the Oak Ridge Turnpike, Friday, Sept. 17, with Dr. Pink, Tunnel Vision, The Big Hot, Tragedy, and several other musicians playing. The cover is $5 with proceeds going to help Phillips and his family. Drive safely and wear your seat-belt.
The Future is Now
If anyone should attempt to write an anthology of Knoxville music 30 years from now, there’s likely to be several entries on a sexy-mofo named Will Fist, whose record label, Whisk-Hutzel, is celebrating its 5th anniversary on Sunday, with a gig at the Pilot Light that will certainly be one for the ages. The celebration will include upwards of 28 bands playing at the Pilot Light for the bargain price of $2. The line-up includes: Fistful of Crows, Circle of Planets, Redbook, Will Fist, Andy Pirkle, The Wangsmen, Marcus, The George, Kerry Balch Duets, Jose P. Orchestra, Mitchel W.K., Adam Ewing, Le Deaf, Don Gato, Divorce, Pensil, The Cheat, Fecal Japan, Dark Inside the Sun, Plunger Factory, Plecostomus, It Is a Code, Terri Denton, The Sneering, Armies of Aslam, Hungerford v.s. Fist, and Drum War. It’s unclear how many of those bands Fist is actually in. With so many bands playing, the show must start at 9 p.m. sharp; be there if you want to catch all the action. And if you love rock ‘n’ roll, you’d be damn fool to miss this one.
Go.
Thursday: The V-roys were one of Knoxville’s best loved bands, but sadly they’re no more. However, the band’s two great songwriters—Scott Miller and Mic Harrison—have forged on with great solo work. You can hear them both play absolutely free in Market Square tonight. Don’t be surprised if they play a few numbers together, and I’m sure some of the old V-roys’ tunes will get dusted off.
Friday: It’s the last weekend for the Tennessee Valley Fair, so go laugh at the ducks as they fall down the slide, eat lots of funnel cake, embarrass yourself on the ladder climb and smooch your girl- or boyfriend on the Ferris wheel. And tonight, catch two great Knoxville rock bands, The American Plague and The Westside Daredevils. Sometimes life is OK.
Saturday: If you want to hear genuine blues—I don’t mean that watered down drivel that Eric Clapton spawned—head to the Pilot Light to hear Paul “Wine” Jones, who comes to us from Belzoni, Miss. Tip your bartender and be nice to your fellow patrons, you hear?
Sunday: Make a big pancake brunch with your friends (no substitute for pure maple syrup either—you can get it, along with some tasty fair-trade coffee, at the Knoxville Community Food Coop). You will need this meal to fuel up for the evening’s festivities. Get to the Pilot Light early (well, early for the Pilot Light, which is like 8:30 p.m.) because you won’t want to miss this 20-some band extravaganza of Whisk-Hutzel Records.
Monday: Call in sick to work on your opera. Then reward yourself and find inspiration with a performance by acclaimed singer-songwriter David Olney, whom Townes Van Zandt called “one of the best.” He plays at UT’s Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library as part of the libraries writer-in-residence series, now headed by R.B. Morris.
Tuesday: One of the first lessons about living is the one that consists of knowing how not to know, which does not mean not knowing, but knowing how not to know, knowing how to avoid getting closed in by language, knowing more and less than what one knows, knowing how not to understand, while never being on the side of ignorance. It is not a question of not having understood anything completely, but of not letting oneself get locked into comprehension.
Wednesday: Order a big pizza and kick back with the Dempseys at Barley’s.
—Joe Tarr
September 16, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 38
© 2004 Metro Pulse
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