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It might appear that we at Metro Pulse—most especially that Jack Neely character—are knee-jerk preservationists, chaining ourselves to every crummy ol' dilapidated tenement about to be demolished for a parking lot that we see. Well, that's just wrong, and Jack proves it right here, right now. Review his list of the Top Ten structures in Knoxville that should be torn down. See if you don't agree. (And if you have other candidates for demolition, just let Jack know. He'll take care of it.)

Bill Carey gets the story behind Emery 5 & 10's surprisingly burgeoning business, and Joe Sullivan reports on the growing availability of, and rosy prospects for, high-definition television (HDTV) in Knoxville.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan sums up some of the biggest problems Governor-elect Phil Bredesen will have to deal with in Insights, Bill Carey wonders what happened to good 'ole American liberty in Editor's Corner, and Jack Neely takes that last ride with Hank Williams one more time in Secret History.

You may own a pair, you may not. And even if you do, you probably haven't given them a lot of thought. But they are more than just clothes. Sometimes a symbol of the working man, other times a signifier of country music, maybe now the official costume of Hip Hop stars, they've been around a long time and served many functions. Jay Hardwig pays homage to the humble overalls.

North Carolina's Piedmont Charisma say they aren't retro, they aren't indie, and they aren't garage. Whatever they are, John Sewell thinks they're good, in the Music Feature. Some Knoxville bands ain't so bad either, according to the reviews of CDs by Tim Lee and The God Star Social in Eye on the Scene. The African art in the McClung Museum's show "The World Moves, We Follow" presents a complexity, diversity, and spirituality so potent, it can't be contained in one column. Part one of two, by Heather Joyner in Artbeat. Knoxville's long been a literary town. Adding to that tradition are David Brill's Desire and Ice, an absorbing account of his ascent up Denali (perhaps more familiar as Mt. McKinley), and Jack Mauro's Enola's Wedding, an exquisite tale of a fictional Knoxville romance, in Pulp. What does "rational" mean, anyway, asks Massimo Pigliucci in Rationally Speaking. CALENDAR * MOVIES

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