Posts that mention Chattanooga.

I replaced the XTerra in Chattanooga with a 1993 Ford Ranger.

220,000 miles already, but the price was right.

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Said goodbye to my XTerra.

I was getting close to Birmingham when I started to hear a ticking sound coming from the right side of the motor.

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I dreamed my car rolled into a river.

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My mom got out some old family photos.

I didn't have a scanner, this was the best I could do.

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Our lodgings were across the street from a neglected cemetery.

I climbed through a lot of briars and such to get up there and look around.

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Had lunch downtown with Beverly.

Took a little tour of her office afterward.

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I got a catfish plate at Uncle Larry's in Chattanooga.

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Trey and I went to Riceville, Tennessee, and stopped a couple places on the way.

We went to Ankar's, which had barely changed since 1985.

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I took pictures of a wig shop on Market Street that looked about the same when I was in high school.

Back then we wouldn't have felt comfortable taking pictures.

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First flight in years.

I hate flying, especially Delta. Hard crosswords help, but only to a degree.

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I took a walk around downtown Chattanooga.

It was a really hot Sunday, so somewhat deserted.

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I dreamed a religious group took over my home to make a worship show.

I also punched some people.

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Unimog!

Saw this great high-water truck in Chattanooga.

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Here are ten or twelve albums that really influenced me.

These aren't even necessarily the ones I listen to the most. These are the ones that "influenced" me.

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I went to Chattanooga for Thanksgiving.

Joanne is the one taking the picture.

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I saw the Wayne White exhibit at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga.

A really fun show.

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I saw Wayne-O-Rama in Chattanooga.

I also saw the Wayne White museum show, but this might have been more fun.

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Goldie's radiator blew up near Poplarville, Mississippi.

I still made it to my mom's the same day, just about eight hours late.

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A warehouse caught fire while I was home for Thanksgiving.

Nobody was hurt.

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Red Hot.

We start a ritual regarding a sign in Laurel, Mississippi.

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My grandfather died.

I went to Chattanooga and hung out with my cousins.

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I saw Little Richard on Tom Snyder's show.

I saw this live when it was first aired.

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We played a show or two in Chattanooga.

I remember this show or these shows but I really wonder when they happened.

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The Red M&Ms recorded our five-song cassette, Unhealthy.

After the recording my brother got picked up to go to summer camp.

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I saw the Black Crowes before they were really the Black Crowes.

They were the opening band. They were pretty good.

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I worked at Taco Casa in Eastgate Mall.

I got the job the day I graduated high school.

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Saw Musical Moose and Bend Sinister at the Knights of Columbus Hall.

Dee tried to guess my middle name.

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Bev's birthday, 1985.

I guess this picture was given to me because my high school hair is on full display.

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Punk rock comes to Chattanooga.

We started to get real DIY shows in Chattanooga in 1984.

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Thanksgiving Punk Fest.

Punks and skinheads finally united.

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Buncha guys sitting on the couch.

No idea what the occasion was.

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I got in a fight outside Pizza Caesar and spent the night in the hospital.

Very hard to recreate the date on this event.

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Played with a Gene Simmons doll.

Very unsure of the date of this.

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I was in a band called Dial A Miracle.

We went through so many drummers.

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I saw The Day After on TV.

This was a terrifying and depressing show.

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We played Fox and Hounds at Scout meeting and never found the fox.

The rumor was that he hid in an open grave but I think the real answer was different.

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I got kicked out of a record store.

Definitely worth it though.

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I took the Kuder test.

We all had to take it. I guess it was for people who had no dreams.

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I saw Billy Squier at the Roundhouse.

My first real concert.

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I saw Fear on Saturday Night Live.

This really did seem wild at the time.

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I was walking back from soccer practice when I heard President Reagan had been shot.

It seemed unbelievable, people were just walking down the street making this insane claim.

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I got promoted to the sixth grade.

We all had to wear white, and then you have ginger ale with sherbet in it.

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Kicks, Atoms Win In CYF.

I think that was my only goal of the season but it was also my birthday.

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I saw Talking Heads on Saturday Night Live.

I wish I still had the More Songs About Buildings And Food album.

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I saw the Rolling Stones do "Shattered" on Saturday Night Live.

Our mom switched it off halfway through though.

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I saw Devo on Saturday Night Live.

I liked the effects pedals taped to the guitar, though I had to ask Bruce what that was.

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I helped make a commercial with Mr. Sulu.

The city bus company was making a commercial starring Mr. Sulu from Star Trek, and would we like to come down to the studio and watch and maybe help out?

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Influences: the art of Don Martin.

We stuck these sound effects stickers on our dresser and our closet door.

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Star Wars was released in theaters.

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Influences: we got an 8-track tape of folk songs for Christmas.

Turns out Folk encompasses a lot of kinds of music.

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Watched The Night That Panicked America.

A movie about Orson Welles' War Of The Worlds. I remember they unscrewed a jar in the toilet.

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I heard Seasons In the Sun and thought I was going to die.

I had to go to a special doctor.

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My first appearance in the paper.

I got a postcard of all the Sesame Street Muppets thanking me for participating. This was possibly too much attention for a six-year old.

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We lived at 103 Asbury Drive in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Guessing a date based on the fact that I started school a little after the start of the year.

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